"By the way, there have been signs of evil cultivators in the Illusory Realm recently. Please be careful, old wizard."

"An evil cultivator?" The old wizard's eyes widened slightly beneath his mask.

"Um."

Shen Sanruo took out the black spirit core and handed it to the old wizard to examine.

Tell him about the infected black bear and the destroyed Myriad Transformation Wood.

Upon hearing this, the old wizard's eyes flashed with anger, and he clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the table.

"What audacity!"

"I was merely in seclusion, not dead! How dare you extend your claws into my Illusory Realm!"

The old wizard swore a few times before calming down.

"Thank you for informing me of this. I will strengthen the defenses of the Illusory Realm from now on."

"It is my duty. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave," Chen Sangruo said, cupping her hands in greeting.

"I'll trouble you with this matter."

Shen Sanruo nodded and then walked out of the room.

Fang Yu waited for her at the entrance of Fuyun Tower. When the two met, the little bamboo bear couldn't wait to pounce back on her, still with that familiar soft and cuddly feel.

The two walked together out of the Floating Cloud Tower.

Looking out from outside the Floating Cloud Tower, all you can see are heads packed tightly together, and there are even more people than before.

When the crowd saw them come out, they automatically made way for them, their gazes still filled with envy.

One of the people dressed in black exchanged a glance with Shen Sangruo and then quickly lowered his eyes.

The man's gloomy eyes gleamed with an eerie light, making one instinctively feel uneasy; her brow twitched almost imperceptibly.

She didn't recognize the face; it must have appeared after they went inside.

She calmly withdrew her gaze. She had already used her divine sense to investigate and found nothing unusual; he was just an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The man in black lowered his head, concealing the slight upturn of his lips.

However, a glint flashed in the little bamboo bear's eyes, and the next moment it jumped out of her arms, crossed the crowd, and headed straight for the man in black.

"Little Bamboo Bear!" Fang Yu exclaimed.

The little bamboo bear had never rushed toward a person so out of control.

Shen Sanruo's eyes darkened, and she pushed off with her feet, immediately running in that direction as well.

The man in black watched as the little bamboo bear flew towards him. He gathered spiritual power in his hand to try and block it, but the little guy easily crushed it with one foot.

Before he could react, the world spun around him, and in an instant, he was trampled under the little bamboo bear's feet, unable to move an inch.

The people around him retreated in response to the sudden situation, creating an open space that allowed Chen Sangruo to approach smoothly.

The man in black's eyes flickered, his face filled with disbelief. What did this thing eat to grow so heavy?

Seeing that she couldn't struggle, she suppressed her panic and began to wail.

"Ouch! Whose spirit pet has gone berserk and suddenly attacked me?! Help! Help! Old wizard, you must avenge me!"

Everyone's attention was drawn to the commotion. They all recognized that the little bamboo bear belonged to Shen Sangruo, and a flurry of discussion ensued.

Many people advised:

"Fellow Daoist, please bring your spirit pet back quickly. Even if you are a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, you can't bully people like this."

"Yes, that fellow Daoist is only at the late Foundation Establishment stage. What you're doing is going too far."

"This is Floating Cloud Pavilion. The old wizard has explicitly forbidden fighting. You've just gained the old wizard's favor, and now you want to break the rules?"

Hearing that someone was standing up for him, the man in black wailed even louder.

Unable to bear it any longer, the little bamboo bear stomped its feet twice more, making the black-clad man's wails sound much more genuine.

Shen Sangruo ignored those words and slowly walked up to the man and the bear.

Their eyes met the little bamboo bear's dark, beady eyes, and the little bamboo bear's gaze was very serious.

"Do you think there's something wrong with him?" she asked, bending down.

Little Bamboo Bear nodded, its gaze falling on the man in black, as if searching for something.

Shen Sanruo narrowed her eyes slightly. The little bamboo bear was never a mischievous bear. The last time it was this stubborn, it led them to the Ten Thousand Year Transformation Wood.

And she already felt that something was off about this man.

Could it be that the little bamboo bear discovered something?

She straightened up, choosing to believe Xiao Zhuxiong, and said to the people around her, "It wasn't that I deliberately bullied him, but that this man has a problem."

The man in black became agitated. "What's the problem? What's wrong with me?"

He didn't think the thing on his body could reveal his identity.

"Ask the others if there's anything strange about me. How can you order your spirit pet to attack me without even asking what happened?!"

Another wave of accusations erupted from the crowd; Shen Sangruo's explanation clearly failed to convince them.

Those who were standing next to the man in black just now all testified that there was nothing unusual about him.

Fang Yu struggled to squeeze in, her face almost contorted from the effort. Ignoring her own appearance, she blurted out, "Quiet! Quiet! My sister says there's a problem, so there's a problem!"

This can be described as mindless trust.

"Please calm down, everyone. This bamboo bear is very intelligent and won't attack people without reason," Chen Sangruo reassured the crowd.

The crowd continued to clamor, demanding that Little Bamboo Bear release the person, and some were even ready to take action.

However, due to Shen Sangruo's late-stage Golden Core strength, he dared not act rashly.

The man in black also shouted, "You say I have a problem? Then show me the evidence! Hey, hey, hey..."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt the little bamboo bear on his body nuzzling against his chest.

Little Bamboo Bear wasn't as gentle with this man in black as he was with Shen Sangruo. He felt as if a bull was butting him, almost making him vomit blood.

Soon, the little bamboo bear took a storage bag out of his arms.

With a stomp of his foot, the storage bag shattered, and all the items inside fell out.

Besides the usual pills and spirit stones, there was something else that caught Shen Sangruo's eye.

"The heart core of the Myriad Transformations Wood?!" She had seen what the heart core looked like in ancient books.

The core of the Myriad Transformations Wood was taken by the evil cultivator.

"You are..." Fang Yu exclaimed in surprise, but upon receiving a look from Shen Sangruo, she quickly stopped talking.

There are too many people here; I'm afraid it might cause a disturbance.

The little bamboo bear must have sensed something to do to do that.

It stomped its foot angrily, for this person had severed the lifeline of the ancient, ever-changing wood! It could even smell the core!

Shen Sangruo's sharp gaze pierced the man in black, who, despite being an evil cultivator who had committed numerous atrocities for many years, felt a surge of fear.

His intuition told him that the woman seemed to have already seen through his identity.

He tried to escape, but the little bamboo bear's claws were like pliers, and he couldn't even break free of his soul.

“This is the evidence you wanted.” Shen Sangri picked up the core. “You can shut up and come with me to see the old wizard now.”

The commotion reached the old wizard's ears, and he came out from the second floor to see this scene.

He naturally knew that his little mountain god wouldn't target anyone for no reason.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, he spoke up: "This person is indeed suspicious. Bring him into the Floating Cloud Tower!"