Niu Niu's face paled, and her gaze toward Chen Sangruo became extremely complicated.

The fur of a demonic beast is like clothing for humans; burning its fur is equivalent to...

"Moo moo moo!"

It used its hooves to tightly protect its front.

Ugh, you pervert!

Shen Sangruo: "..."

She actually saw a hint of shyness on the face of a cow.

At this moment, the herdsmen also arrived.

They had all witnessed the magical clash between Shen Sangruo and Niu Niu, and thus understood that she was a cultivator.

"This ox has gone mad and offended the fairy. I beg the fairy to forgive it."

"It was thanks to the fairy's protection that this beast was subdued."

Niu Niu glared fiercely at the man and asked, "Who are you calling a beast?"

"What's going on? Why would such a monster appear in the cattle herds you manage?" Chen Sangruo asked the herdsmen.

“A month ago, this cow suddenly appeared in the herd. We saw that it was very strong and had a gentle temperament, so we treated it as a lost cow and fed it.”

Apart from being slightly larger, it is not much different from the cattle of the herders.

"But today it inexplicably went berserk and rushed out of control. We tried to chase it back, but it was too fast and we couldn't catch up at all."

"Later, we met a fairy and learned that the ox was a demon beast."

The thought that they had actually raised a demonic beast filled me with lingering fear.

Niu Niu kept whining beside him.

They even said it went inexplicably crazy? Don't they know why?

It had finally managed to sneak out of the sect and had only enjoyed two days of leisurely self-sufficiency in spiritual herbs when it heard them say that with such a big head, it must have a lot of meat on its body.

They all wanted to eat it, so how could it not run away as soon as it heard that?

"Thank you for your help today, fairy."

The herdsmen showered her with compliments, praising her extraordinary skills and saying she was truly a celestial being.

Only at the very end did he hesitate before speaking: "But... it's a demon beast, and we certainly can't keep it any longer."

"We hope the fairy will help us deal with it, either by banishing it or turning it into jerky..."

Niu Niu shot him a sharp glare.

I've been watching you! Nobody can turn me into jerky!

"In short, just keep it away from this meadow."

The man then took out two mid-grade spirit stones and handed them to Shen Sangruo; these were their long-accumulated savings.

Shen Sanruo accepted one and said, "Don't pick up cattle and sheep of unknown origin anymore."

"Thank you, fairy! Thank you, fairy!" The herdsmen were overjoyed. They knelt down and kowtowed twice before hurrying away.

Only Chen Sangruo and Niu Niu were left staring at each other.

She was certain that the cow had developed some intelligence and could understand human speech.

She said in a nonchalant tone, "Did you hear what they were saying? Are you going to leave on your own, or should I use fire to drive you away?"

Niu Niu shook his head, then nodded.

It wants to go with her! She seems very capable and can protect it from being turned into beef jerky!

Looking at the ox that was gazing at her with such affection, Shen Sanruo felt a little strange. Her brows furrowed involuntarily, and she couldn't understand the meaning in its eyes.

So all I could do was ignite a tiny flame at my fingertips and repeat, "To go or not to go?"

Shen Sanruo's eyes were full of threat, and Niu Niu shrank back, finally thinking of a solution.

It went around behind her and pushed her forward with its head.

That would be great, we can go together!

It's such a smart cow.

Two black lines slid down Chen Sanruo's forehead. Was this cow clinging to her?

But her main task now is to go to the Fengyue Lingxu, and she doesn't have time to deal with the bull.

Then he distanced himself from Niu Niu, turned around, and stood in front of it.

Niu Niu looked at her with some confusion. What's wrong? Didn't you say you were leaving?

"Go back to where you came from, and don't follow me." Her voice carried a hint of coldness.

Niu Niu stared at her with wide eyes, unable to believe it.

She burned all its fur, and now she's going to abandon it?!

It's a famously chaste and fierce ox in the surrounding villages! How can it be an ox after this?!

That resentful look in her eyes was as if she were looking at a heartless man who had toyed with her feelings and then abandoned her.

Shen Sangruo: "..."

Shen Sangruo's eyebrows twitched as she looked at it.

Can anyone tell her why a cow can have such a wide range of expressions?

"Anyway, you're not allowed to follow behind me, or I'll get rough with you."

She remained unmoved and gave Niu Niu one last warning.

If it doesn't listen, she'll have no choice but to resort to force.

"Moo!"

Niu Niu grunted twice, turned its head away, seemingly angry, and ran past her, swishing its hooves.

If they don't want it to follow, they don't want it to! It doesn't even care!

Seeing this, Shen Sangruo finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued forward.

On the way, she was still reviewing why the cow had bumped into her so deliberately.

Finally, the reason was attributed to the fact that she was wearing a red dress that day.

She had heard that some cows are unusually sensitive to the color red.

She silently decided that next time she had to pass through an area where cattle roamed, she would never wear red clothes.

After a brief moment of relaxation, Chen Sangruo took out a speed-travel talisman and transformed into a red afterimage.

If there were other people on the road, they would have noticed two figures, one in red and one in purple, passing by one after the other, maintaining a certain distance between them, just outside the range of Shen Sangruo's divine sense.

She spent three days crossing the Immortal Mist Plain, entering a forest, and then crossing the forest to reach the Wind and Moon Spirit Ruins.

After confirming that there was no danger in the surroundings and setting up defensive magical artifacts, Chen Sangruo sat down to meditate and recover her energy.

At that moment, a furtive figure appeared.

Niu Niu tiptoed to her side and cautiously opened his mouth wide.

Unbeknownst to them, the person meditating had suddenly opened their eyes.

Why is this ox still following her? She has a speed-traveling talisman and is at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, yet she hasn't managed to shake it off.

Oh, she forgot, this cow can teleport.

Shen Sanruo had no idea why the ox was clinging to her; did it want to eat her?

She merely watched the cunning cow with a cold eye, and just as it opened its mouth to make its next move, she suddenly struck.

Niu Niu looked at the firelight that suddenly appeared in front of him and let out a loud "Moo".

Startled, he couldn't control his mouth for a moment.

Countless blades of grass spewed from its mouth, quickly piling up into a small mountain.

Chen Sangluo: Overwhelmed by grass, at a loss.

Strangely, although the grass was vomited up by the cow, it looked as if it had just been cut from the ground, and it had not been damaged by its teeth and stomach.

She immediately activated the Sunset Glazed Fire Technique, and the grass on her body was instantly swept up by an invisible wind, swirling into a vortex and transforming into countless flames.

She stepped out slowly, squinting at the cow.

Niu Niu, however, looked at the ashes in the air with tears in her eyes, utterly devastated.

Oh, the grass! Oh, its grass!