This place is rarely visited, making it an ideal location for murder and robbery.

Occasionally, disciples from small sects and minor families would come here, but their cultivation levels were generally low. The gray-robed cultivators took advantage of this to commit evil deeds here.

The gray-clad man at the head of the group possessed the strength of a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

His attacks were extremely ruthless, and with the assistance of more than a dozen other people, the female cultivator who used the guzheng as her magic weapon, although also at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, was quickly overwhelmed.

"Fellow Daoists, help me!" Ji Zicang's voice grew increasingly anxious.

"What are you yelling about? What are you yelling about? Let me tell you, I'll send you on your way first, and then I'll bring them here to keep you company!"

"Boss, they look like they have a lot of good stuff on them!" A gray-robed cultivator looked at Shen Sangruo and the other two, his eyes gleaming with greed.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go! This time, let's do something big!"

Several gray-robed cultivators immediately charged straight at Chen Sangruo and her two companions.

Chen Sangruo finally made a move, grasping the feather fan in her hand.

Knowing there was no place for them to intervene, Ye Huai and Bai Ruoan retreated behind her.

"Ha, two grown men hiding behind a little girl, what a coward!" The leader pointed at them and mocked mercilessly.

The remaining gray-robed monks burst into laughter.

The male cultivator on the giant elephant seemed to have lost hope upon seeing this scene.

Bai Ruoan shook her head, as if she felt sorry for them.

"You two look like acquaintances to me."

"What acquaintance?" The leading man frowned at his abrupt question.

His response was to receive three more slaps from Shen Sangruo.

Wherever the fiery flames passed, the gray-robed cultivators within instantly turned to ashes.

Without even a scream, and without anyone reacting, they vanished into thin air.

Bai Ruoan stroked her chin and corrected with a faint smile, "I misspoke just now, it should be 'veteran friend'."

The flames swept past the giant elephants without harming them.

Ji Zicang stared wide-eyed, unable to recover for a long time.

More than ten people disappeared in the blink of an eye?

That's incredibly assertive!

It was the female cultivator who reacted first, flipping off the giant elephant and coming to stand in front of Chen Sangruo and the other two.

He cupped his hands in thanks to her, saying, "Lin Qianyin, thank you for your help, fellow Daoist."

"It was nothing at all," Chen Sangruo said, her lips curving into a smile.

Ji Zicang also came down and thanked Chen Sangruo, saying, "If we hadn't met you, we would probably have lost our lives here."

Lin Qianyin was a rogue cultivator. The two had been friends for many years. They met on the road and came here together for training, but unexpectedly they encountered robbers.

Then came the scene that Shen Sangruo and the others had just witnessed.

"Is this your spirit beast? I just heard that you are a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect." Shen Sanruo looked up at the giant elephant.

The giant elephant's large, glass-bead-like eyes also looked at her, its gaze seemingly both curious and excited.

“Yes.” Ji Zicang replied, a hint of pride in his expression. “I’ve raised it since it was a puppy, and it’s the most docile and obedient.”

However, the next moment the giant elephant suddenly began to wildly swing its trunk, trying to roll Shen Sangruo onto its back.

"Hey, hey, hey... what are you doing!" Ji Zicang hurriedly stopped him, "I just praised you for being gentle and obedient!"

However, before the elephant trunk could lift up Chen Sangruo, a ray of light shot out from between her eyebrows.

The little black and white creature stood on her shoulder, glaring hostilely at the giant elephant in front of it.

DouDou's eyes were filled with two words:

How dare you!

The giant elephant was actually intimidated by this tiny creature, which was no bigger than its eyeballs.

It curled its nose back, looking aggrieved. It just wanted to stick close to her; it wasn't going to take her away.

Zhu Miao raised her head in triumph.

Even sticking on stickers is not allowed!

Ji Zicang breathed a sigh of relief, patted the giant elephant, and stored the aggrieved big guy in his sea of ​​consciousness. "You've worked hard, take a rest."

Shen Sanruo held the little guy to her chest and said with a slightly serious tone, "You are not allowed to be fierce to other beasts."

Having spent so much time together, she had come to understand Zhu Miao's personality to some extent.

In particular, she could sense that the little guy seemed to have a very strong possessive desire for her.

She had no idea where this possessiveness came from.

Zhu Miao stuck out her bottom, closed her eyes, and turned her head to the side, indicating that she would not listen to her.

Ye Huai and Bai Ruoan were already used to such scenes.

Lin Qianyin asked curiously, "Is it your spirit beast?"

But just now, Shen Sangri clearly used a fan as a magic weapon, so she doesn't seem to be a beast cultivator like Ji Zicang.

She shook her head. "No, it's a demon beast. Someone just asked me to take care of it for a while."

"Huh? Isn't that right?" Ji Zicang looked surprised.

Shen Sangruo looked at him, "Why do you say that, Fellow Daoist Ji?"

Since it concerned Shen Sangruo, Ye Huai and Bai Ruoan also turned their heads.

Ji Zicang's gaze darted back and forth between her and the bamboo stalk in her arms, his brows furrowed deeply. "But I clearly feel that there is the same connection between you and it, just like there is between me and Da Kuai."

"A big piece?"

"That giant elephant from just now, my contracted beast."

"You mean it's also my junior sister's contracted beast?" Bai Ruoan asked with some surprise.

Ji Zicang nodded.

“But I have never formed any pact with it.” Chen Sangruo raised the bamboo stalk again and looked at it, but the little guy pretended to look away casually.

She had heard that the process of beast cultivators forming a bond with spirit beasts was extremely complicated.

She didn't even know the steps to form a bond, and upon careful reflection, she hadn't noticed anything unusual since meeting Zhu Miao.

Ji Zicang then mentioned several commonly used methods for forming a bond with spirit beasts, but Shen Sangruo had no recollection of any of them, making her quite certain that she had not formed a bond with Zhu Miao.

"Hiss, that shouldn't be the case." Ji Zicang circled the man and the bear several times. "It just came out of your sea of ​​consciousness."

Only contracted beasts can exist in a cultivator's sea of ​​consciousness.

She felt even more strongly that Zhu Miao was her contracted beast.

Shen Sanruo thought of Zhu Miao's special nature, after all, it was a demon beast that even the old wizard could suppress, and said, "Perhaps there are other reasons? Zhu Miao is not an ordinary demon beast."

“The Beast Taming Sect is nearby. Why don’t you come back with me and ask my master? My master, Yuan Jin, is quite knowledgeable about this,” Ji Zicang suggested.

Shen Sangruo had also heard of Yuan Jin's name.

To be precise, this name is well-known throughout the cultivation world.

Indeed, as Ji Zicang said, he had a good understanding of animal taming, especially of transforming some vicious and evil monsters.

She never expected that Ji Zicang was his disciple.

Shen Sanruo stared at the black and white dumpling in her hand for a long time, while the other party had already put on a bewildered and innocent expression.

In the end, he decided to visit Yuan Jin at the Beast Taming Sect.

After all, Zhu Miao is very important to the Illusionary Realm. If she forms a contract with her and becomes her contracted beast, she won't be able to explain it to the old wizard.

Of course, she thought the possibility of this was very small.

The five of them headed to the Beast Taming Sect together.