Suddenly, the black bear demon felt his body stagnate, and his dodging movement slowed down.

With a "chi" sound, after Hu Sanniang's claw shadow passed, several long blood marks appeared on the black bear demon's left cheek, deep enough to see the bone.

"Hiss! Hu Sanniang, you stinky bitch, have you forgotten you're a goblin? Which side are you on? You're chasing me around for a few mortals, you're crazy!" The Black Bear Demon covered his bruised cheek, and couldn't help but get angry. Back then, he and Hu Sanniang were friends who could talk to each other in the goblin circle. They were both equally arrogant and treated human life as worthless. How come after hundreds of years, Hu Sanniang has changed so much that she's now picking on him for a few mortals?

"Shi Xiong, you bastard! If you hadn't sent me some wicked invitation to come here and take the blame for you, I wouldn't bother with your shit. Oh! You did something bad, and I'm the one taking the blame. Is that how you treat a friend?" Hu Sanniang still felt resentful when she thought about it. If she hadn't remembered their friendship and hadn't come here to attend Shi Xiong's son's wedding, she would still be staying by her master's side to absorb his spiritual energy! Shi Xiong, this silly-looking but treacherous guy, insisted on saying that they hadn't seen each other for years and asked her to come here to share in his joy. What happened? He tricked her into coming here to take the blame.

"Hu Sanniang, I didn't ask you to take the blame. These souls are no longer pure. I asked you to share the feast, but how come it's my fault? If we weren't friends, would I find an excuse for your son's marriage to save your self-esteem?" Shi Xiong was so angry that he jumped three feet high.

Twenty years ago, Shi Xiong learned that Hu Sanniang had damaged her inner elixir, and he'd been thinking about how to help her. In this mortal world, it was rare to find someone like Hu Sanniang. He didn't want her to die, so he wanted to share some of the good things he'd already gotten. This bitch didn't even thank him for his kindness, and she'd been chasing him around, yelling for him to kill her. Shi Xiong wasn't a mean-spirited person, so he'd be angry, right?

"Bullshit! Shixiong, Shixiong, stop making excuses for your greed. Impure souls? One or two is fine, but how could a whole village be possessed by a ghost? I think you're the one who's been bewitched. You noticed something was wrong a long time ago, but you didn't do anything about it." Hu Sanniang retorted unconvincedly. Whenever she thought of the stupid things she had done a few days ago, she would be furious. Her fox clan, especially the Qingqiu fox clan, had always been the smartest demons. She had never expected to be tricked by a fool like Shixiong.

"Hu Sanniang, the great god sent me here to patrol the mountains. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." Shi Xiong was almost mad at Hu Sanniang. He and Hu Sanniang had been friends for so many years, but was it not worth a few mortal lives? Besides, it wasn't Shi Xiong who released the ghosts. He just didn't save those people in time! What crime had he committed?

The Great God once said that if any impure souls appeared in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, their clan would be free to devour them. However, Hu Sanniang kept pestering him about those mortals, not even giving him the time he wanted to retreat and refine those souls.

"Stop talking nonsense. In short, are you willing to come with me to explain to the master? If not, let's fight again. Whoever is stronger will have the final say." Hu Sanniang shouted.

"Hu Sanniang, you have degraded yourself into becoming a human spirit pet. Don't involve me, Shi Xiong. Let me tell you, in these 100,000 mountains, I, Shi Xiong, am the only one. Even if your lousy master comes here, he has to act according to my mood." Shi Xiong raised his left thumb and shook it a few times, saying angrily.

In the past few days, Shi Xiong's ears have been filled with Hu Sanniang's "master". "The master is very powerful" ~ "The master is kind-hearted" ~ "The master will not let you go" ~

Humph! He, Shi Xiong, is the Lord of All Spirits of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, appointed by the ancient gods. Hu Sanniang’s so-called master is nothing!

Standing on the treetop, Zhou Yuanyuan heard the quarrel between Hu Sanniang and Shi Xiong and guessed a little bit of the truth. It seemed that Xiaoyu was right. Her Hu Sanniang was really wronged. The real culprit should be this fat black man Shi Xiong.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuanyuan tiptoed down from the tree, and with a burst of spiritual energy from her fingertips, Shi Xiong's raised thumb dropped with a "click".

"Ouch! Who? Who dares to plot against me?" Shi Xiong demanded, covering his injured thumb with his uninjured hand. Shi Xiong's skin was thick, and even though his thumb was broken, he didn't feel much pain. After his spiritual energy circulated over the wound a few times, the injury to his thumb healed immediately.

"Master, you're finally here!" Unlike the Stone Bear, Hu Sanniang's face was filled with joy. Honestly, if Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't shown up, Hu Sanniang wouldn't have been a match for the Stone Bear. Both Hu Sanniang and the Stone Bear were five hundred years old, and their powers were comparable. Unfortunately, Hu Sanniang's inner elixir hadn't recovered from its injuries, and she didn't dare overuse her spiritual energy. This made her no match for the Black Bear. Fortunately, the Black Bear, mindful of the "Master" Hu Sanniang often mentioned, refrained from killing her. Hu Sanniang was able to battle the Black Bear for two days and two nights.

Before Zhou Yuanyuan arrived, Hu Sanniang felt a dull ache in her inner core, a sign that her spiritual energy was beginning to overdraw. Hu Sanniang was secretly complaining when she sensed Zhou Yuanyuan's presence, leading the Black Bear Demon to move towards her while fighting and bickering.

After hearing Shi Xiong's curse, Zhou Yuanyuan remembered that she had not yet released the Concealment Technique. After releasing the Concealment Technique on herself, Zhou Yuanyuan's figure gradually appeared in front of Shi Xiong and Hu Sanniang.

"Little girl, were you plotting against me? Considering your youth and ignorance, if you kowtow to Grandpa Xiong and apologize, Grandpa Xiong will spare your life." Shi Xiong looked at Zhou Yuanyuan with contempt and said arrogantly.

Before meeting Zhou Yuanyuan, Shi Xiong often heard Hu Sanniang talk about Zhou Yuanyuan, and thought that the "master" Hu Sanniang was talking about was a female monk who was hundreds of years old (please refer to the stern Nun Miejue in the TV series for the specific image).

After seeing Zhou Yuanyuan, Shi Xiong was greatly disappointed. In the eyes of the goblins, human age is not a secret. The energy and blood in Zhou Yuanyuan's body showed that she was a real young girl, not the kind of female cultivator who looked childish on the outside but mature on the inside.

Even if a teenage girl had exceptional talent, it was impossible for her to possess any great magical powers. Shi Xiong believed this, and so he bluntly asked Zhou Yuanyuan to kowtow and apologize to him.

"Hmph!" Zhou Yuanyuan snorted coldly and looked at Shi Xiong with disdain.

With a cold snort from Zhou Yuanyuan, her signature move, the "Spiritual Thorn," had already penetrated the Stone Bear's mind. Angered by the Stone Bear's rude remarks, Zhou Yuanyuan deliberately let the "Spiritual Thorn" stir within the Stone Bear's sea of consciousness a few times.