“But…but…”

"No buts. You've been with me for most of your life, enduring hardships. Old woman, it's time for you to enjoy your life." Ever since the housekeeper stopped taking care of the accounts, Old Man Sang has become much more confident. It was all given to him by his granddaughter.

The village's commercial street was empty anyway, so Old Man Sang opened whatever shop the villagers could think of. He didn't care about the crowds. The Sang family would just open the shop first.

The inn is still under renovation. As for the restaurant, they don't plan to open it yet. Their little lucky star said they'll slowly prepare.

"There's nothing around here. We've been wandering around here for a few days. Apart from a dilapidated village, there's nothing unusual. Brother, let's go back and report to the Second Elder first." said a young man in a red and white robe.

"Well, let's go back first."

“…”

Tian Laoqi has been in the Nanwei Mountains for several days. Although he did not find any treasures, he discovered an interesting person.

It was a little girl, traveling alone through the Nanwei Mountains. It was unknown how she, at the Qi Refining stage, had managed to enter the Trial Enchanted Realm. Interesting, truly interesting.

Shengdan Village has become stable, and the villagers have their own means of making a living. As long as they are hardworking, their lives will not be too bad in the future.

According to Li Jingyu's intelligence, there's a tyrant in Nanwei Mountain. Since this is where disciples from all the major sects undergo trials, there must be a lot of good stuff. If she doesn't grab some, that wouldn't be her style.

After she begged Li Jingyu for two days and one night, hoping that he would take her with him when he went into the mountains, Li Jingyu finally gave in. He tore open a crack and sent her in. This was different from the last time he refined the Tiandao Pill.

She had successfully refined the Heavenly Dao Pill once before and knew it would cause a lot of noise, easily attracting people and monsters. It would be bad if she attracted that diamond tiger. But this time, she just wanted to come in and take a look. She also needed the experience to solidify each level of her cultivation.

So this time, as long as she was careful, she could avoid some of the monsters. She also didn't plan to go to the deepest part, to avoid running into the King Kong Tiger. It would be self-destructive. That level of cultivation was equivalent to that of a human in the early stages of the Nascent Soul stage.

If someone knows there is a huge gap in strength but still insists on confronting others head-on, that is not bravery, that is stupidity.

This time, Li Jingyu didn't come in with her. As long as they were within a thousand miles of each other and Xiao Jin didn't go deep into the mountains, she could directly enter his personal space with the jade token.

I have to say, the "Wanxiang Formation Record" that Xiao Jin gave him was quite impressive. It contained several ancient formations, including some that had been lost. It was thanks to that technique that he had created this key specifically for Xiao Jin.

So he was very relieved that she could go into Nanwei Mountain alone. If she encountered danger, Xiao Jin could hide in his personal space and come out according to his location.

Sang Jin had just entered the mountain. She was still on the outskirts of the mountain range, so there wasn't any danger. However, she still released her spiritual power within a 500-meter radius to avoid danger.

Although cultivators in the Southern Wilderness Continent already had a soul sea during the Qi Refining Stage, she had no spiritual consciousness without a foundation, let alone the ability to send it outward to explore the way. Fortunately, she had spiritual power, which made up for this shortcoming.

"Bai Ling, let's not go to the deepest part. Come with me to find out if there are any magical herbs or something like that here. We'll move them back to the secret realm and plant them." Sang Jin said to a little white dog.

Xiao Bailing is the little Qilin that Sang Jin rescued. It usually appears as a little white dog. The children in the village call it Ergou.

"Okay, master." Bai Ling communicated with Sang Jin through the soul sea.

Sang Jin released Bai Ling to search for medicine, which would speed up the collection of spiritual medicines. No matter what level of spiritual medicine, as long as it was medicine, she would store it all in the secret realm.

"Many of the herbs here aren't mature yet. I'll probably have to wait another two years," Sang Jin muttered to herself. It didn't matter; she could dig up the unripe herbs and plant them.

Tian Laoqi watched the little girl digging for herbs all the way. Wherever she found a magical herb, she left behind pits of varying sizes.

"Swish... swish..." Sang Jin heard the sound of branches slowly moving behind her. She held a small shovel in her petite frame and did a front flip to avoid the branches from hitting her.

Then more branches came towards her: "Bai Ling!" Sang Jin called Bai Ling back and let it enter the secret realm first.

Sang Jin dodged the branches nimbly while observing what kind of tree demon it was. At this time, white fruits were thrown at Sang Jin.

A fourth-level tree demon, equivalent to a human cultivator in the foundation-building stage.

She has wood spiritual roots, so she also knows wood-related magic.

"Wooden wall. Stop!" Sang Jin quickly used branches to create a wooden wall. She protected herself within it, then controlled the white fruit to stop in mid-air. She swept the Phoenix Feather Sword across, shattering the white fruit.

This tree demon's cultivation level was comparable to that of a human cultivator in the early stages of foundation building. For Sang Jin, defeating it wasn't a difficult task. However, the ginkgo nuts on this tree were medicinal. It would be a shame to destroy it.

With this thought, Sang Jin used his mental power to draw a formation talisman. Then he took a drop of the tree demon's green blood and finally injected the formation talisman into the tree demon's trunk.

This array talisman was a mark left in the tree demon's soul sea. If it ever showed any sign of betrayal in the future, even if it was thousands of miles away, Sang Jin could wipe out its spirit, leaving only a puppet-like demon body for her to control.

Unlike contracted beasts, contracted beasts are the result of the will of both the human and the beast. When the master breaks through, her contracted beast will also benefit and increase its cultivation. And vice versa.

Directly branding a demon beast with this kind of soul mark only allows the master to control the beast unconditionally, while the branded beast is unable to resist.

If the master's contracted beast is a comrade, brother, or family member, then the beast branded with the spirit is like a soldier, puppet, or servant in the master's hands.

It must be said that being able to brand a demon beast's spirit is Sang Jin's biggest trump card. In her previous life, she had her master by her side, and the spiritual energy of the fading Eastern Wasteland Continent lacked any powerful demon beasts. Otherwise, relying solely on this one move she taught her, she wouldn't have been so embarrassed.

"Master, Baiyin greets you!" A voice of a boy of seven or eight years old came from Sang Jin's soul sea.

"Your name is Baiyin? It's very similar to the name of my dog ​​Ergou, his name is Bailing. Okay, let's get along well in my secret realm from now on." Sang Jin used the soul sea to communicate with the new Baiyin.