After a good night's rest, there was actually no change on Yan Baibai's face, but he could still feel the servants' fear.
"System, is this yard under surveillance?" Yan Baibai asked while having breakfast.
"Host, aren't you a mortal now? How do you know the house is under surveillance?" The system decided to speak up for the poor male protagonist. "It's not really surveillance, really. It's a master hired at great expense to protect you."
"Tsk, I knew it." Yan Baibai finished his meal, rinsed his mouth, and continued, "Although my brain isn't working very well right now because of my incomplete soul, I can still sense whether a person cares about me or not."
"So that's why the host is so calm?" The system was a little shocked, feeling that its recent worries were unnecessary. As if it had made some kind of resolution, it asked, "Host, if you want to know the reason, I can..."
Before the system could finish its "tell you", Yan Baibai interrupted: "No need, it's meaningless."
A man gave up the woman he loved for some unavoidable reasons. Perhaps due to the influence of his past life, Yan Baibai did not want to delve into this issue.
Because the result is already here, there is no point in her delving into it now, it will only cause her trouble.
"System, after the upgrade, can you help me avoid the people monitoring outside the yard?" Yan Baibai asked.
\"Sure."\" The system didn't want to disappoint Yan Baibai.
After an incense stick of time, the female cultivator who had been silently protecting the yard outside suddenly felt dizzy. When she recovered, the first thing she did was to look at Yan Baibai in the yard. She didn't feel relieved until she found that Yan Baibai was still in her room.
However, Yan Baibai had already left the yard and came to a teahouse outside the city to happily drink tea.
Knowing that the world is dangerous, Yan Baibai put on men's clothes again, and put on a beard and a hideous scar on his face. With the help of the system, Yan Baibai did not think that he would be recognized as a woman, and there would be no danger.
Although she had plenty of money, Yan Baibai still chose to sit down at an empty table in the lobby. She had just finished half a pot of tea when she heard a conversation at a table not far away.
"Hey, have you heard?" Although the man said he was deliberately lowering his voice, it was not clear whether it was intentional or not. Anyone who was interested could hear it: "Something big happened in the Hehuan Sect!"
"I've heard about it a long time ago." Unexpectedly, the person sitting at the same table took a peanut and threw it into his mouth, then took a sip of his wine before continuing, "That incident where the leader of the Hehuan Sect was stabbed and his life was in danger, right?"
"Ah, yes, yes, that's it." The man clapped his hands, then poured wine for his tablemates and said, "I also heard that the leader of the Hehuan Sect lost a treasure. I don't know what kind of rare treasure it is."
"Hush~ I heard it was a person who was missing." The classmate's voice became much quieter, and then he continued, "Moreover, the assassin was an outer disciple of the Hehuan Sect."
"A mere outer disciple, how is it possible? This news is too fake!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the guests who were "eavesdropping" on the conversation between the two in the lobby on the first floor all nodded in unison and expressed great agreement.
"I heard this from the neighbor of my nephew's second aunt's brother-in-law. His family's surname is Zhou, and he has a very capable daughter. She was accepted into the Hehuan Sect as an outer disciple when she was young, and she has become a formal inner disciple not long ago!" As if eager to prove the authenticity of the news, my deskmate described the source of the news in great detail.
Could it be Senior Sister Zhou Shengnan? Yan Baibai couldn't help but think when he heard this.
Yan Baibai didn't continue listening to the gossip because she suddenly received a task assigned by the system.
"Ding~ Side quest has arrived. Host, please go to the bottom of a cliff a hundred miles outside of Hehuan City to rescue an important person." The system's long-lost mechanical voice sounded: "Host, do you accept?"
Yan Baibai's eyes lit up instantly when she heard the news. She had been eating and sleeping all the time for the past month and had long wanted to relax and unwind.
"System, accept." Yan Baibai agreed without hesitation.
"Host's choice is correct." The system breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "This side quest is worth a lot of points. The people you save must be closely related to the quest itself. Please complete it diligently."
After paying for the tea, Yan Baibai left the teahouse. Thinking that he was now a mortal and it would be difficult to travel a hundred miles, Yan Baibai bought a spirit beast car as a means of transportation.
It is not so easy for mortals to control spiritual beasts. Fortunately, with the system, Yan Baibai reached the bottom of the cliff smoothly. Before finding the target of the mission, he even picked a few fine spiritual herbs on the steep cliff.
When Yan Baibai saw Wu Pin's face, it would be a lie to say she wasn't shocked. She had never thought they would have the chance to meet again, and that she was the target of her mission.
Perhaps due to falling from the cliff, Wu Pin's outer robe was damaged in several places, and there were also scratches on his face from trees. However, the most serious injury was the dagger stuck in his chest. Fortunately, the dagger did not fall out when Wu Pin fell, otherwise he would have died from excessive blood loss.
Thinking of this, Yan Baibai felt that he was overthinking. If a person could not die after falling from such a high cliff, why would he be afraid of a mere small dagger?
Yan Baibai miraculously discovered a small cave at the bottom of the cliff. There was a stream flowing slowly not far from the top of the mountain. It seemed that someone had lived in the cave before. There were simple wooden frames made of wood and a stove made of stone on several sides. There were also two small iron pots on the stove. If the grass at the entrance of the cave had not covered the back of his feet, Yan Baibai almost thought that there were still people living here.
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