"Cang Liuyu, thank goodness you're here..."

Cang Liuyu slightly curled the corners of his lips and looked away.

"So stupid."

I can't leave her out of my sight for even a moment.

Shen Zhiyi sheathed her soft sword, stood up angrily, and walked up to the two people.

Why did you steal my sword?!

The man and woman were still tied up with ropes, back to back, groaning in pain with bruised and swollen faces, and did not answer Shen Zhiyi's questions.

They are two groundhog spirits who have cultivated themselves into human form.

When the male groundhog spirit saw Shen Zhiyi, he stood frozen in place as if his soul had been stolen, his mouth agape, speechless.

Cang Liuyu's brows were deeply furrowed.

He drew his sword horizontally, his murderous intent fully revealed.

"I'm asking you a question."

The male mole spirit suddenly came to his senses.

The female groundhog spirit was also terrified and said tremblingly, "Sword Master, please calm down. We'll tell you everything."

"There was a female cultivator who cast a spell to conceal our presence on my brother and me, and gave us a bunch of spirit stones, asking us to steal her soft sword."

She gestured with her chin, pointing at Shen Zhiyi.

"We never expected that she and Sword Master were on the same side..."

"If we had known, we wouldn't have dared to touch her things even if we had ten lives..."

"We truly know we were wrong. Please, Sword Master, give us another chance and forgive us this time..."

The two groundhog spirits wept and wailed.

Cang Liuyu's expression was cold and desolate.

A technique to conceal one's presence?

It seems that only the ancestral secret treasure of the Su family in Canghui City can achieve this...

He turned to look at Shen Zhiyi, "What do you plan to do?"

Shen Zhiyi revealed a fierce look, "How much did she give you?"

"Hand it all over!"

The two groundhog spirits immediately twisted their bodies.

A large pile of spirit stones rolled out of his sleeve.

"It's all yours, it's all yours!"

"Let us go..." they cried, tears streaming down their faces. "My brother and I have a hard life. We have never killed anyone in order to become human."

"I was truly blinded by the spirit stone today, which is why I did something wrong."

"Please, give us a chance..."

They had always lived deep in the mountains and had never seen so many spiritual stones before.

That's why I couldn't resist the temptation...

Shen Zhiyi gathered all the spirit stones together. "A mistake is a mistake, and you must be taught a lesson!"

She put her hands on her hips and patted Cang Liuyu.

"Leave it to me."

"I'll definitely make them cry!"

She walked up to the male mole spirit, her eyes wide with anger, and said, "Are you an idiot? Someone gave you a little money and you've already lost your way? How will you ever accomplish anything great in the future?"

The male gopher spirit blushed and his heart pounded as he stared at her blankly.

My breathing became disordered.

"I...I was wrong..." He swallowed hard. "Please, sister, hit me..."

Cang Liuyu: ...

He grabbed Shen Zhiyi and pulled her back.

Suppressing his anger, he asked, "Is that how you swear?"

"Otherwise what?" Shen Zhiyi looked at him blankly, cupped her hands, and whispered in his ear, "Look at that groundhog spirit, I scolded him until his face turned red, he must be furious."

"I have to press my advantage and give him a couple of slaps!"

Cang Liuyu almost choked on his breath, grabbing her wrist to prevent her from getting any closer to the groundhog spirit.

So angry?

He looked at the groundhog spirit with eyes that were practically brimming with spring water!

"Don't swear anymore," he said coldly.

After a while, noticing the expectant look in the male mole spirit's eyes, she felt a nameless anger rise in her heart, and with a slight smirk, added, "And don't hit anyone."

"Why?" Shen Zhiyi asked, puzzled.

Cang Liuyu stared at her intently, his voice deep and cold.

"Because I won't allow it."