The three of them hurried along as if racing against time, with the surrounding scenery rushing past their feet.

However, to their dismay, they encountered no familiar sights along the way. Ji Yi and the golden eagle exchanged whispers, and after confirming that they were on the right track, the three of them grew increasingly heavy-hearted.

As the sun gradually set in the west, its golden rays bathed the earth, casting a warm glow upon everything around them. However, the three of them had no heart to appreciate this picturesque scene.

Before them stretched rolling hills, but they couldn't see the one they had been teleported to.

"Could it be that it's being exported to another location?"

Linglong shook her head.

As night fell, everything around them gradually became blurred. However, the three did not give up; they supported each other and continued to move forward in the darkness.

After searching for a while, Linglong stopped and said briefly, "There are some talismans here, protective treasures that only require a little spiritual power to activate. Both of you can use them."

Bai Zhongjiang's forehead was covered in sweat, partly from exhaustion and partly from the tension of the impending darkness.

She looked at Linglong, her worries growing even stronger.

Ji Yi asked, "Are we lost, or are we trapped by some kind of illusion or formation?"

Linglong replied, "I didn't see any trace of the formation, and there was no fluctuation of spiritual energy around. Moreover, Tianpeng has been monitoring from the air the whole time. If anyone gets close, they will definitely be detected."

Linglong's analysis made a lot of sense, until the three of them were caught in a large net and hoisted up a tree.

The three of them tried everything but couldn't break through the net.

Finally, Linglong sighed and said, "Don't bother. This should be a spirit net specifically designed to capture spirit beasts. It can seal spiritual energy and capture demonic beasts up to the fifth rank. Do you think you are stronger than a fifth-rank demonic beast?"

The two stopped moving at the same time.

"What should we do?" Ji Yi asked.

No one spoke.

Now we can only hope that the person who set the trap was only trying to catch the silver fox and wouldn't make things difficult for the children.

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A gentle night breeze blew, causing the branches and leaves to rustle and the spiritual energy to become even stronger.

After an unknown amount of time, six figures emerged from the darkness, their faces obscured by the dim light.

"After waiting for several days, we only caught a few brats. What bad luck," one person said.

At this moment, someone approached with a fluorescent stone in hand and asked in confusion, "Brother Meng, could it be a fox spirit in human form?"

A middle-aged man looked the three people up and down, shook his head and said, "I think they are just children who have practiced some martial arts."

Two more people approached suspiciously and asked, "Where are you from, and what are you doing here?"

Linglong said, "We are from Yuelu Academy in Qingzhou City. We heard that you can catch silver foxes here, so we came to try our luck."

"Oh?" the man asked in a questioning tone, looking at their storage bags and spirit beast bags, and said, "You have delayed our important business, so hand over your storage bags and spirit beast bags."

Linglong said, "You set a trap that kept us trapped for half a day, and instead of releasing us, you're demanding compensation. What kind of logic is that?"

Another burly man laughed loudly: "Hahaha, principles? Little brat, I'm not your teacher in the academy. I'm not going to teach you any principles. You'd better behave and listen to me, otherwise, hehe."

A-Jiang panicked a bit. He hadn't even officially entered the world of cultivation yet, and he had already encountered a tribulation cultivator!

The plot should be that the protagonist pretends to be weak to take advantage of others, and in the end, these people either flee in defeat or die.

But when she looked at herself and her two friends, she felt that no one had the destiny of a protagonist, and she really didn't have any trump cards.

So he suggested, "Gentlemen, we just accidentally fell into this trap, which caused you all trouble. We can compensate you, but we didn't take much with us when we left home to play. How about we go back home and get some valuables before we compensate you?"

The group exchanged glances, their expressions softening somewhat. What the kid said made sense; a junior cultivator like him might not possess any treasures.

"Throw out your storage bags first, and we'll let you go if we're satisfied."

All six of them came over, looking like they wanted to take a look at the storage bag.

Linglong bit her lip and reached for the storage bag at her waist, but Ajiang stopped her.

Ji Yi also stopped what he was doing, his round face showing incomprehension.

Linglong felt the trembling and coldness in Ajiang's hands, and her heart sank.

The faces of these people, illuminated by the fluorescent stone, resembled those of a blue-faced demon.