The next day, Rong Qi and Feng Qinghuang ate a casual breakfast and headed out of the forest.

Half an hour later, the two looked at the forest they still hadn't left, filled with doubt. Why were they walking around without any end in sight?

"Aqi, do you think we're stuck in a maze of ghosts?"

Rong Qi pondered for a moment, then held Feng Qinghuang protectively in his arms: "It shouldn't be a ghost wall, but rather we're probably trapped in a formation. Look, isn't the air circulation around us faster than normal?"

"An array? How could an array suddenly appear in this forest? Aqi, what do we do now? Have you ever encountered arrays before?"

Rong Qi nodded: "I've only read books on formations, but I have no idea how to break any specific formation. Let's look around and see if there's anything in this formation that contradicts this environment. That should be the key to breaking the formation. Jiao Jiao, you must never leave my side."

"Okay, don't worry, Aqi, I'll be in no danger."

The two people walked hand in hand through the formation, searching for a while but finding nothing unusual. The formation didn't seem to have any offensive capabilities either. Could it just be a trapping formation? But what was the point of trapping them?

Not far from the two, a small animal hid behind the leaves, its big eyes staring cutely at Rong Qi and Feng Qinghuang: "Humans are so stupid, so stupid."

The two, who were puzzled, suddenly heard a sound and looked in the direction of the sound, but all they could see was a patch of green leaves and no living creatures. Could it be that the tree had become a spirit?

"Aqi, that sound just now was... a tree spirit?"

No sooner had Feng Qinghuang finished asking than the little beast spoke up: "You're the one who's become a spirit! You're the one who's become a spirit!"

Feng Qinghuang couldn't help but chuckle. Judging from the voice, it must be a cute little beast, but she couldn't see it.

"Who are you? Can you come out? I have some good food for you."

After Feng Qinghuang finished speaking, the little beast didn't even move, so it seemed it wasn't easy to fool.

Feng Qinghuang took out some dried beef jerky from her spatial storage, handed two to Rong Qi, and kept two for herself.

"Fine, since you're not coming out, we'll eat it ourselves."

The aroma of beef jerky permeated the formation, and the air circulation within the formation was relatively fast, so it instantly reached the little beast's nose.

The little animal's nose twitched violently; this thing smelled so good, it must taste delicious too.

The little beast jumped out from behind the leaves, its small body slowly turning back to its original color—a small, grayish-white beast without a single blemish, not much bigger than Feng Qinghuang's palm.

Rong Qi and Feng Qinghuang were surprised that the little beast could turn invisible; it had completely blended into the leaves just now.

The little beast ran up to Feng Qinghuang, squatted on its two hind legs, and tucked its front paws in front of its upright body, looking extremely cute.

Feng Qinghuang handed it a piece of beef jerky. "He who eats another's food is bound to do the same," she thought. "Give it something to eat so I can question it later."

The little animal hugged a beef jerky as thick as its arm and gnawed on it with great relish.

"It smells so good, it tastes so delicious! My beauty, what is this?"

When Rong Qi heard the little beast address Jiao Jiao, his eyes narrowed dangerously. Did this little beast want to die?

The little animal, who was munching on beef jerky, suddenly felt a chill around it. What was going on? It had never felt cold before.

Upon hearing the nickname "little beast," Feng Qinghuang turned to look at Rong Qi. When she saw the dangerous look in his eyes, she quickly grabbed his hand.

"Aqi, we still have things to ask you, don't be angry."

The moment Feng Qinghuang grasped his hand, Rong Qi had already lost all his anger.

"Little guy, this is beef jerky. Do you know how to break this formation? If you do, I'll give you another one."

The little guy's eyes darted around, and since it had just finished the previous one, it stretched out its little paws in front of Feng Qinghuang.

It means you give it to them first, then we'll talk.

Feng Qinghuang couldn't help but chuckle; this little guy was quite clever.

So Feng Qinghuang handed it another one.

The little beast took it and quickly began to gnaw on it, afraid that Feng Qinghuang would regret it and take it back.

After finishing the second one, the little guy still seemed unsatisfied and licked the oil off his paws.

Should I tell them? If I do, will I be able to enjoy such delicious beef jerky again after they leave?

The little guy thought it over and over and decided that they couldn't let them leave so quickly. Just when Feng Qinghuang and the others thought the little beast would tell them the answer, the little guy's body disappeared in front of them in an instant.

The two exchanged a glance. Had they been fooled by the beast?