The reason why a small animal trap appeared there at such an inopportune time was because there were easily captured monsters lurking in the vicinity.
Adult monsters are either highly intelligent or large in size, making it virtually impossible for them to be trapped by such a small animal trap.
But the young monsters are a different story.
As adults, the Chi-scaled Lizard possesses a body of scales that are almost impervious to blades and spears, but this is not so sturdy when it is young. Therefore, the mother beast places the nest in a safer outer area of the secret realm, so that the cubs are not nipped in the bud by too powerful natural enemies.
As a result, the well-hidden nest was spotted by cunning humans while the mother beast was out hunting.
"Your companion is here?" Although Ji Mofan was still young, he had already learned common sense and knew that such places were usually inhabited by monsters.
Moreover, the scent it emitted was so strong that, although he wasn't sure what kind of monster it was at the time, it was either a warning to other monsters not to approach or an announcement to other members of the opposite sex that he was currently in heat.
Ji Mofan felt it should be the former, because the smell was very pungent, not like an attraction, but rather like a repulsion.
But Meng Xianjiang pointed in with great certainty, "There should be something left by my companion in that haystack."
At that moment, Ji Mo Fan really wanted to say, "Was your companion eaten as animal feed?"
But at the time he didn't say anything, and very honestly and dutifully followed Meng Xianjiang's orders to find things for him in the nests where the dragon-scaled lizards raised their young.
Then, unexpectedly, I found myself staring at a baby, a completely white, dragon-scaled lizard.
When a lizard is first born, its body color is very light. It is only after it molts several times that its color gradually appears and its scales become harder.
As a child, Ji Mofan had not yet grasped this knowledge. He was instantly terrified by those beastly eyes and froze in place.
He couldn't tell whether the monster in front of him posed a significant or minor threat.
The lingering aura of the mother beast in the nest was too strong, causing the cub, Ji Mo Fan, whose strength was already not very good, to fall into a state of cognitive confusion.
He dared not make any rash moves, and could not even utter a sound, and even his breathing became soft.
Just then, he was suddenly pushed on the back.
Without hesitation, Meng Xianjiang pushed the tiny Jimo Fan over as bait.
Even as a cub, the Chi-scaled Lizard was ridiculously large compared to the cub Ji Mo Fan. With its mouth still wide open and its teeth not yet fully grown, it swallowed Ji Mo Fan whole.
The tactic that Ji Mo Fan later used in the Mirage Realm—storing himself inside the opponent's stomach and then breaking through from the inside—was actually discovered by chance during this time.
Although the cause wasn't exactly pleasant.
As his thoughts returned to the present, he noticed that Meng Xianjiang's expression had become quite ominous.
"How dare you bring that up? You forced me into seclusion for so long, and today I'm here to collect my debt!" Meng Xianjiang was provoked by his gaze and jumped up, swinging his sword and charging forward once again.
The two fought fiercely, exchanging several blows in the blink of an eye, leaving no room for anyone else to intervene.
If we're talking about grudges, the one between Ji Mo Fan and Meng Xian Jiang is truly an irreconcilable deep-seated hatred.
Upon first meeting Meng Xianjiang, Ji Mofan nearly turned him into food for a baby dragon-scaled lizard. So, in return, when they met for the second time in the secret realm, Ji Mofan threw Meng Xianjiang into a cave full of poisonous snakes.
While Meng Xianjiang was yelling and screaming, he took away the rare and precious materials guarded by the snakes.
The third time, Meng Xianjiang struck first, slashing Ji Mofan with a sword and poisoning it, causing Ji Mofan to bleed profusely, with a large swarm of bloodthirsty bats chasing after him all the way.
The fourth time, it was Meng Xianjiang's turn to suffer a loss...
They've been back and forth so many times that Ji Mofan can't even remember who lost and who gained. Fighting is the norm whenever they meet. Last time, he gave Meng Xianjiang a complete set of severed hands and feet, and he even had to be carried back to his sect.
So in the six months since his rebirth, he hadn't seen this person around in front of him and had almost forgotten about him.
"You used to bully me because you were a few years older than me when we were kids, and now you're still asking for trouble?" Ji Mofan's eyes were cold and sharp, and the blade in his hand gleamed even more coldly. "You still think you're the young master of the Meng family, the apple of everyone's eye!"
The Meng family is also a well-known cultivation family in the cultivation world.
However, their population was far less than that of the Li clan. For example, in Meng Xianjiang's generation, he had a long line of brothers, sisters, and children from all kinds of waters, but he was the only one among them who had good talent for cultivation.
So from a young age, he was taught to be lawless and disregard everything except himself.
However, his idea of robbing someone for money had barely taken root when he died at Jimo Fan's place.
The first time he tried to harm someone, he encountered such a difficult opponent, which ignited the young master's competitive spirit. From now on, he would ignore everyone else and focus solely on Ji Mo Fan.
This annoyed Ji Mofan greatly, but he never managed to kill the other party outright.
After all, although he was after money, he didn't actually kill anyone.
Although Ji Mofan now feels that his thoughts back then were naive and absurd, he was able to forgive the other party even after being killed by them more than ten times. How weak-willed he was back then!
As his emotions ran high, his swordplay became somewhat out of control, tinged with a barely perceptible killing intent.
Meng Xianjiang was so engrossed in fighting that he didn't notice that the Snow Embracing Sword had a buzzing sound during a moment when Ji Mofan was swinging it, pulling Ji Mofan out of his emotional state.
That's not good.
Even if he really wanted to do something to Meng Xianjiang, he couldn't do it on the stage in front of everyone.
That would disqualify you from advancing.
Even if you take action the moment you step off the stage, the moment the referee announces the end of the match, you cannot remove Ji Mofan from the list of famous figures.
Aside from that initial sneak attack, Meng Xianjiang gained absolutely no advantage against Ji Mofan.
This is only natural, as Meng Xianjiang's spiritual power level is only at the late Nascent Soul stage, which is a whole realm lower than his.
If it were anyone else, Ji Mofan might not have such an overwhelming chance of winning, after all, his spiritual power was just built up with rare and precious materials a few hours ago.
Coincidentally, Meng Xianjiang's strength also seems to have been built up using pills and spiritual herbs.
Ji Mofan felt something was off when they first faced off. Although Meng Xianjiang was talented, he was already inferior to Ji Mofan at the Dao Asking Conference four years ago.
They didn't face off directly that time; it was Fang Xian who knocked Meng Xianjiang off the stage.
However, Fang Xian was later defeated by Ji Mo Fan, and Meng Xianjiang was simply outmatched in skill.
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