An unexpected encounter with the Beast Taming Sect
As the yellow sand continued to spread behind her, Ruan Qingyu couldn't help but release her divine sense. She took all the movements around her into her sea of consciousness, and could immediately detect any slightest disturbance.
In the vast desert, the temperature was extremely high. Fortunately, one of them was a phoenix with a natural physique who was skilled in using fire elemental energy, and the other was an ancient demon beast that was not sensitive to high temperatures.
About half an hour later, Ruan Qingyu reached out and pressed Yun Yin's neck: "It should be about three miles to the right front."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Yin opened her mouth and a ball of lightning flew out, hitting the spot she had mentioned.
"You! The mission requires a complete corpse, how can you expect to get one with this spell?" Ruan Qingyu was furious. She grabbed Yun Yin by the neck and flew towards that location.
Before Yunyin could stop, he leaped off his back. His gaze fell on the now pitch-black bottom of the pit, where, as expected, only half a fish tail remained; the head was long gone.
However, even this half of a fish tail could barely be sold. Ruan Qingyu's wrist lit up, and she put it into the pet token that she had originally given to Yun Yin.
Seeing this, Yun Yin took a half step back, realizing something was wrong. He had only been a little excited, but he hadn't expected the sandfish to be so fragile.
After confirming that no sandfish could be found around, Ruan Qingyu immediately turned around and grabbed Yun Yin's ear, saying, "Why are you being so rude? We've searched for ages and haven't found a single one. And now the only one we have is only half left!"
As she spoke, Ruan Qingyu stretched out her fist and punched Yun Yin hard on the head, to teach him a lesson.
"Awoo!" Yunyin was stunned by the punch, immediately shook its head, and wagged its tail to wrap around Ruan Qingyu's wrist and shake it a little aggrievedly.
Seeing that he wasn't speaking human language and was just howling, Ruan Qingyu crossed her arms and refused to look at him. Her divine sense continued to spread outwards, hoping she'd be lucky enough to spot another one.
Shaking his head, Yun Yin also unleashed his divine sense to cleanse the sandfish. He had never seen this thing before, and guessed it wasn't some high-level demonic beast.
Now that his divine sense has been restored, he can probe a greater range than Ruan Qingyu's Foundation Establishment stage divine sense.
"There seems to be a sand-slippery fish at a location a hundred miles away." After Yun Yin sensed it, he immediately told Ruan Qingyu, which could be considered as redeeming himself.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu pressed down on his back with one hand and used the leverage to sit on his back again: "Come on, this time I won't say anything, you're not allowed to make a move."
Yun Yin twitched his ears but didn't say anything. There's a natural hostility between demonic beasts; if that sandfish behaved itself, fine, but if it became unruly, he wouldn't be so blaming.
Meanwhile, Ruan Qingyu, focused on probing ahead with her divine sense, had no idea what the unruly Lei Bao beneath her was up to. He was actually thinking of getting a mindless, slippery fish to behave, or else he'd eat it—it was truly laughable.
The man and the beast quickly moved forward, and after arriving near the aura of the sandfish, Yun Yin immediately put Ruan Qingyu down.
"You stay here and guard this area. I'm going to surround this whole area with fire, and then force that slippery sandfish to come out on its own." After saying that, Ruan Qingyu made a hand seal with one hand and threw the other hand towards the location where the energy had been locked.
The bright flames, upon touching the shifting desert, spread rapidly, slowly forming a circle on the ground, following Ruan Qingyu's wishes.
Yunyin slowly released its oppressive aura, causing the sand-slippery fish beneath the vast expanse of yellow sand to reveal themselves. Soon, pits began to appear beneath the thick yellow sand.
The creature that caused this scene could not escape, because it was surrounded by inextinguishable flames that blocked all its few escape routes.
It tried to continue its downward escape, but was locked onto by the dangerous aura emanating from the yellow sand. If it didn't get out, it would still die in the next moment; the instinct for survival spurred the sand-slippery fish to swim rapidly upwards.
After a moment, Ruan Qingyu regained her senses. She made a grasping motion with her right hand towards a certain spot, and saw a yellow fish, shaped like a carp, struggling in mid-air where the yellow sand was falling.
If Ruan Qingyu hadn't controlled the flames, the sand-slippery fish, under duress, would have immediately hidden itself. Once it hid in the yellow sand, this vast expanse of sand would have become its place of refuge.
The tag at his waist flew into the air and caught the struggling sandfish. Instantly, the flames that were still burning were all extinguished.
“There should be more around.” Ruan Qingyu’s divine sense spread outwards, trying to find the presence of other sandfish.
Although these kinds of demonic beasts are usually solitary, there are some that come close by. However, before Ruan Qingyu could detect any other sandfish, her divine sense drifted further and further away.
As she was about to move forward, she saw a familiar sign. In her previous life, that location was a place she often visited, where small oases would occasionally appear amidst the vast desert sands.
Over time, cultivators who came here would take a short rest in these small oases and conduct resupply and trade along the way.
Most importantly, the remaining forty sand-slippery fish were found, and the approximate location of the oasis was told to Yunyin.
The man and the beast quickly headed towards the oasis. About two hours later, they arrived at the oasis on a road where they could gradually see more and more cultivators.
Many cultivators were initially puzzled to see a demonic beast running through the yellow sand. Some cultivators who were hunting demonic beasts for spirit stones even wanted to catch it to take a look, but then they saw the woman on the back of the black leopard.
He immediately abandoned his thoughts, one reason being the brightly displayed Xuan Tian Sect badge hanging from the woman's waist. For someone to attack a disciple of such a major sect, even if the opponent wasn't a powerful figure, could be fatal if someone else caught them in the act.
In addition, this vast desert is a relatively low-danger area, mostly frequented by rogue cultivators in the Qi Refining stage who come here to find low-level spiritual herbs and demonic beasts.
The cultivator immediately realized that Ruan Qingyu was not someone to be trifled with, and he took a step back, thinking of keeping his distance from her.
At this moment, Yun Yin concealed ninety percent of his aura, and to anyone else, he appeared to be just an ordinary demon beast with a bit of spiritual energy.
"Could there be sandfish in this place?" Yunyin wondered in his mind, but before Ruan Qingyu could reply, he suddenly saw a rope emitting golden light flying over.
Ruan Qingyu, who had been observing her surroundings and searching for a familiar spot, immediately spotted the rope. It was clearly heading towards Yunyin, and her eyes instantly turned cold.
This little oasis was just as chaotic as in her previous life; she had barely arrived when someone attacked this ordinary black panther. She raised her hand and struck out with a palm, sending the rope flying three zhang away.
"Who are you? Do you know who I am?" A domineering voice rang out, carrying an undeniable contempt.
As soon as the conflict broke out, the surrounding cultivators retreated in all directions, but not too far away, just to watch this good show.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu looked at the other person. Dressed in snow-white, her face, which should have been extremely beautiful, was instead marred by a somewhat harsh expression due to anger.
Her composure instantly plummeted from nine points to five, but the fact that the other party could act this way in an unmanaged wilderness clearly indicated that she had something to rely on. Soon, three men surrounded the woman in white.
Ruan Qingyu glanced across the other side and saw that the other party's cultivation level was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, which made her feel a little more relaxed.
“Young lady, although I don’t know you, isn’t it a bit too much for you to use ropes to bind my pet?” Ruan Qingyu’s voice was not low, and all the cultivators watching could hear it.
Liang Qingqing became even angrier, her eyes widening as she held a yellow-grade magic weapon in her hand. Its spiritual energy fluctuated and flickered in response to its owner's emotions, suggesting an imminent attack.
The three cultivators guarding Liang Qingqing exchanged glances, their eyes filled with headache and impatience. This young lady was causing them trouble every single day.
This time, they even attracted the attention of a cultivator whose cultivation was clearly superior to theirs. The cultivator at the very front had sharp eyes and immediately recognized the token on Ruan Qingyu's waist, clearly indicating that she was a disciple of the Xuan Tian Sect, the closest sect to them.
“Fellow Daoist, our junior sister is the granddaughter of the sect leader of the Beast Taming Sect. She usually stays within the sect. Her actions were indeed somewhat offensive, but it is because she rarely goes out. Please forgive her.” After saying this, the cultivator bowed slightly, and a hint of apology appeared on his face.
These words seemed reasonable, but in reality, they were still trying to exonerate the woman in white. Ruan Qingyu frowned, about to speak again, when Liang Qingqing spoke up once more.
"Didn't you hear me? I think your black leopard has excellent fur; it would make a great cushion. How about I trade it for three hundred spirit stones?" In Liang Qingqing's eyes, this black leopard looked like just an ordinary demon beast. If it weren't for its beautiful fur, she wouldn't have given it a single spirit stone.
Originally, out of respect for the cultivator, Ruan Qingyu intended to refuse and let it go. However, she didn't expect this young lady to persist, and her face immediately darkened.
“This pet has grown up with me since it was a cub; you could even call it family. I would never sell it,” Ruan Qingyu said, and then walked in the direction she had confirmed.
The action was extremely swift and decisive, much to the regret of the onlookers, who had thought a fight was about to break out. Liang Qingqing had caused too much trouble in the area recently, and many of the cultivators who ran stalls had long harbored a secret hatred for her.
They were only hoping to encounter a tough opponent so that this young lady would suffer. Who knew that this female cultivator in yellow would just say a few words and leave? But those two words were much more satisfying than them swallowing their anger.
Seeing her leave so abruptly, Liang Qingqing was furious. She lashed out with her long whip at Ruan Qingyu's back; if the other woman wasn't on guard, this lash would surely tear her clothes apart.
Instead of the whip, a sudden burst of flames erupted, extremely bright and intense. The flames quickly raised the surrounding temperature, startling the others who gasped in surprise.
The whip also turned to ashes quickly upon contact with the flames.
Seeing that the flames were about to burn her, Liang Qingqing threw the broken magic weapon in her hand to the ground, stomped her foot in anger, and was about to chase after it when she was immediately stopped by the cultivators beside her.
“Young Miss, that female cultivator should be a Foundation Establishment stage senior. If we really fight her, the three of us brothers probably won’t be able to protect you.” It was the cultivator who spoke again. He was the eldest of the three. Although he was helpless, he still had to speak up to stop her.
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