My pet is a loach? I want to throw it away.

A demon soldier came forward to report, "Report—Lady Saint! It's time to go on stage!"

Linghu Luoxi put away his emotions, nodded, and brought Jiang Yeqing and the soldiers to the stage. On the stage, Junze's scarlet cloak rustled, and the magic pattern on the hilt glowed darkly.

“Bi sin! Bi sin!”

The soldiers below the stage were full of vigor and momentum. The roar of the demon soldiers' punches and shields shook the earth. Jiang Yeqing and the other two were confused. Linghu Luoxi whispered in translation: "They said, 'We must win. We must win.'"

Song Zhiye was even more confused: What did she understand?

"Zhing fer!" With that, Jun Ze unsheathed his longsword, and the dark mass of demons surged over the mountain ridge like a tide. Linghu Luoxi gritted his teeth and followed the group, Jiang Yeqing's jade pendant behind him making a crisp clash as they raced.

Halfway there.

"boom--"

Several black iron shells ripped through the sky, and the demon soldiers instantly erected a dark blue light shield around them. However, dozens of those who reacted too slowly were blasted into a bloody mist, and scarlet mandalas bloomed on the scorched earth.

"Yi met feing! chu yur!" Jun Ze frowned and ordered.

After saying that, Jun Ze drew his sword and slashed in the direction of the artillery shells. Chi An and the others immediately fled, hiding in other secret places, took out their guns, loaded bullets, aimed, and fired bullets. Shangguan Yi took out Ak and launched a fierce attack on the soldiers.

Linghu Luoxi couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought I'd be able to see a battle in my lucky year! But..." Linghu Luoxi changed the subject, "Why can't you aim? It's easy to hit me!"

Jiang Yeqing and Song Zhiye, who stood on either side of Linghu Luoxi, immediately opened their protective shields. Song Zhiye, however, mocked Linghu Luoxi, "You don't even know how to create a protective barrier?" He sneered as he opened the colored glass shield. "Is this all the eldest daughter of the Linghu family is capable of?"

Linghu Luoxi was speechless for a while before she began to explain, "Look at your cultivation level, and then look at mine! Do you have the nerve to do that? Answer me!"

Jun Ze, whose heavy black iron armor was already covered with cracks, turned around and roared, "Come and help!"

"Alright~" With that, Linghu Luoxi suddenly turned her gun, the bullet piercing the demon clan's standard-bearer's forehead. Under Jun Ze's furious gaze, she leisurely walked into the formation of her direct disciples, her Nine-Luan Yingluo skirt brushing against the corpses scattered on the ground.

Jun Ze was slightly stunned, and then said with even more disgust: "Traitor! Someone like you dares to be a saint! Bah!"

Linghu Luoxi stood in the middle of the disciples, arms folded across her chest, and said with a contemptuous smile, "That's really embarrassing! I'm not some saint! I'm the eldest daughter of the Linghu family, the head of the three major families! I'm also the future head of the Linghu family!"

Jun Ze's pupils shrank upon hearing this, and by the time he came to his senses, half of the demon soldiers had been killed. Seeing this, Jun Ze gritted his teeth, tightened his grip on the sword, and turned to shout at the remaining soldiers, "Retreat!"

The relatives and friends breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the demons leave. Linghu Luoxi burst into tears as soon as she saw Chi An and Shangguan Yi. Chi An's body tilted slightly, and Linghu Luoxi fell flat on her face.

"Hahaha! 'Luo', you are such a grown-up, why can't you stand steadily? Hahaha..." Shangguan Yi laughed mercilessly.

Linghu Luoxi was instantly enraged, "What do you care!" After saying this, Linghu Luoxi seemed to have noticed something and asked in disbelief, "'Yi', you've reached the Foundation Establishment stage? Damn it! You've been secretly doing this behind my back!"

"You are almost in the middle stage, and you are still criticizing me?" Shangguan Yi shrugged and said.

Chi An said expressionlessly: "You are worse off than me. You have all broken through, but I haven't."

Hearing this, Linghu Luoxi's defenses were instantly broken. "Fuck! Are you even talking like that?! You just achieved a breakthrough last month. Have you ever seen anyone achieve a breakthrough once a month? Besides, the youngest genius in the middle stage of the Golden Core stage is only in his 30s or 40s! You're still trying to achieve a breakthrough? That's not even a breakthrough! You're clearly trying to ascend to heaven!"

After hearing this, Chi An replied with a faint "oh". Linghu Luoxi felt that his words were in vain and spat out a mouthful of blood from his heart on the spot.

"Junior sister, are you okay? Are you hurt?" Lin Junming helped Linghu Luoxi up and asked worriedly.

"Oh, it's okay!" Linghu Luoxi said with a smile.

Jiang Ye took a quick look at everyone present before he said slowly, "Now that it's resolved, we'd better hurry back."

Everyone nodded and began to pack up. Ye Lingyou returned the sword to Linghu Luoxi and thanked him. Yan Hui also returned the mustard seed bag to Linghu Luoxi, who generously gave Yan Hui a gun.

Linghu Luoxi spotted a clear stream nearby and stopped to catch a fish. Chi An noticed and said, "No! We have to go back!"

"Then you guys go first, we will naturally go back later!" Linghu Luoxi said with a grin.

Jiang Yeqing twitched his lips speechlessly and returned with the other disciples. Chi An and Shangguan Yi followed Linghu Luoxi because they were worried she might fall into the river, while Xuan Yu and the others followed her to protect his junior sister.

"Junior sister! Do you want me to help you?" Xuan Yu waved his hand and shouted.

Linghu Luoxi shook her head and refused, but Xuan Xuan also wanted to go to the river to fish, so Mo Lingui went to pick up branches.

When Linghu Luoxi went fishing in the river, he saw a black thing in the river. Thinking it was a fish, he quickly grabbed it. The guy was frightened and struggled desperately. In order to survive, he took the initiative to sign a master-servant contract with Linghu Luoxi.

Everyone was stunned. Yun Suiqi said in disbelief, "Junior...Junior Sister and...Niu Qiu signed a master-servant contract?! Huh?!"

"What do you mean?" Linghu Luoxi tilted his head in confusion.

"You can't eat it, but you still have to raise it."

Linghu Luoxi adhered to the principle that smiling is a form of politeness and said with a smile: "Haha! I don't care! This loach looks delicious, let's cook it!"

"Junior sister, why don't you stay? Maybe this could be an opportunity, and this thing doesn't look like a loach!" Xuan Yu immediately advised.

"Yes, yes! Everything has a spirit."

Mo Guilin said nothing, just watched silently. Linghu Luoxi saw that everyone was trying to persuade her, so she relented, "Okay, okay! It's not too late to eat it when it grows up!" But in her heart she silently complained: Speechless, why not a phoenix, but a loach!

"Give it a name!" Chi An said coldly.

Linghu Luoxi thought for a moment, "Since you're quite dark, why not just call you Xiaobai?"

After hearing this, Chi An punched Linghu Luoxi on the back of the head and said, "Hold it carefully!"

Linghu Luoxi rubbed her head in frustration and tentatively said, "Coal." Seeing Chi An raise his hand again, she immediately changed her tone, "Forget it! Black and abandoned, then the name... Yan! It's decided, let's call it 'Wu Yan'! May you no longer be despised by the world, may you no longer be abandoned by the way of heaven!"

Wu Yan was slightly stunned after hearing this, and looked up at Linghu Luoxi. Linghu Luoxi smiled sweetly, like a ray of warm sunshine in millions of glaciers, touching his heart.

"Haha, I really envy you! I just happened to pick up a spiritual pet a few days ago. It's more like an ancestor than a spiritual pet! It's the guardian god of the Suzaku Kingdom, named 'Wushuang'. It's so expensive!" Shangguan Yi forced a smile.

Linghu Luoxi applauded and praised, "Wow! What a 'unparalleled in the world'!"

"Speaking of spiritual pets, I suddenly thought of Wu Yu during my previous training. It attacked me first, so I beat it and then subdued it. Seeing how strong I was, it formed a partnership with me. Then, I, a person with ice spiritual roots, received a phoenix with fire spiritual roots!" Chi An said calmly.

"Wow! What a 'don't care about life and death, just fight if you don't obey' mentality! Wait! What did you say? You have an ice spirit root and you received a fire spirit root?!"

Xuan Yu excitedly said, "Junior Sister, come and grill the fish!"

Linghu Luoxi grabbed a fish, put a stick on it, and poked Shangguan Yi. Shangguan Yi started a fire while cursing, and Linghu Luoxi sighed, "Ah! Fire spirit roots are good! Oh, right, I want to eat popsicles~"

Chi An's eyes glared, and Linghu Luoxi immediately shut up. Yun Suiqi took the fish from Linghu Luoxi and grilled it. After they finished eating, they set off to return.

As dusk deepened, a breeze blew through the bamboo forest. Yi Xiaoxiao knelt down before a mysterious man in black, and the man in black slapped Yi Xiaoxiao. Yi Xiaoxiao was blown away by the powerful force, and her back hit a bamboo pole beside her, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Hmph! My master told me to tell you that if you fail your mission again, you won't see the sun tomorrow!"

Yi Xiaoxiao dug her bloodstained fingertips into the soil and said weakly, "Thank...thank you for your understanding, Master!"

"Hmph! What are you still standing there for?! Hurry up and prepare for the next mission! How can you and I shoulder the responsibility of our master's mission?"

"Yes... yes!" Yi Xiaoxiao weakly got up from the ground.

The man in black then left, leaving Yi Xiaoxiao alone, disheveled. Yi Xiaoxiao wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said, "One day, sooner or later, I'll make you all bow down to me! Especially that Linghu Luoxi!"

Linghu Luoxi sneezed, and Shen Chuwei handed Linghu Luoxi a cup of hot water, "Here! Warm yourself up."

Linghu Luoxi took the water and said, "Thank you." After taking a sip, his pupils shrank slightly, and he spat it out to Shen Chuwei. As if Shen Chuwei had expected this, he waved his hand and the water flew back into the cup.

"Damn! Why is it so hot!" Linghu Luoxi stuck out her tongue and stared at Shen Chuwei with resentment.

Shen Chuwei pretended to pick up the water cup and blew on it twice, "Calm your mind." He took a sip and sighed.

Linghu Luoxi's eyes widened. Seeing Linghu Luoxi's expression, Chen Chu felt a little proud. "See! It won't get burned this way!"

Linghu Luoxi held his forehead and said, "You took the wrong cup..." Having said that, Linghu Luoxi didn't know what to say next.

Hearing this, Shen Chuwei's eyes widened, and a mouthful of water was about to spit out. Linghu Luoxi quickly covered Shen Chuwei's mouth, "Don't spit on me! My clothes are made of brand new material!"

Shen Chuwei swallowed it hard, and Linghu Luoxi finally let go of her hand. Shen Chuwei turned around and left without saying a word. Linghu Luoxi didn't notice Shen Chuwei's expression, but just meditated quietly.