Li Yirou glanced at the young man for a second longer. The girl thought she was scared, so she smiled gently at her and explained, "This is my brother. He looks a bit fierce, but he's a very good person. Don't be afraid."
The girl's skin was very white, and you could even see the blue veins on her neck and forehead. She was thin and pale, with a somewhat morbid beauty; but her brother had a body of steel and looked so strong that he could kill three cows with one punch.
Li Yirou finally relaxed a bit after hearing the girl's words. The girl handed her the bamboo basket and asked, "Is this your first time here?"
"Yes." Li Yirou seemed very grateful for her proactive help, but also a little wary. After a moment of hesitation, she finally took it and said, "Thank you. I'll return it to you after I'm done with it."
"Come on, I'll introduce you to someone." The girl was about to take her arm, but Li Yiru took a half step back to avoid her touch. The girl only touched her sleeve.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I rarely see girls your age, and I want to be friends with you." The girl looked a little hurt and bit her lip. Seeing that there was no apology in Li Yirou's eyes, she said, "Then pick it yourself."
After saying that, she pulled her brother away with a gloomy look.
Li Yirou looked at her pretending, secretly raised her eyebrows, and snorted in her heart, pretending with her is just a trick she has left over.
She picked up the half-person-high backpack the girl gave her, looked around, put it on her back, and slowly walked into the woods.
Li Yirou walked and looked around like someone enjoying the scenery, but she didn't hear any useful news.
Suddenly, she dropped the backpack and ran away, leaving the two brothers and sisters following her unable to react in time and disappeared in a flash.
This ginkgo garden, or the secret garden as they called it, was very large, and it seemed that there was a limit on the number of people allowed in, so everyone was scrambling to get in.
She ran as fast as she could, shaking off the girl and her brother who had been secretly following her all the way. She didn't want to make any noise and attract attention, so she slipped away, wanting to see if she could get the storage bag back first.
But before she could find the person, the two figures appeared again within the range of her spiritual detection. Li Yiru frowned. How did they find her?
"Master, it seems like something is drilling into your body." The strange fire was more sensitive, allowing Li Yiru to turn out a small insect from the inside of her sleeve.
The moment Li Yiru pinched the insect in her hand, the tiny flying insect suddenly turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.
She recalled the girl's touch just now, and she didn't even notice the presence of a bug. This shouldn't be the case. Could it be that this little bug also had the ability to hide its anger?
While she was searching for the bugs, the brother and sister had already caught up with her.
What kind of magical power was this that she didn't understand? Li Yirou wanted to try it out.
"Fellow Daoist, do us a favor." The burly brother spoke with a stern face. His voice sounded familiar, as if asking everyone to stop crowding. The sickly girl hid behind him and said nothing.
"What's the matter?" Li Yiru was very surprised. She felt that she had been acting like an ignorant poor person all the way, even her clothes were so ordinary. Why would these two people target her?
"Pick ginkgo nuts." Her brother's eyes were gloomy and looked a little scary. If she was really an uncultivated girl, she would probably be scared by him.
It sounds nice, and she even helps them pick the fruits, but they just want her to be their free laborer because they care about her.
Perhaps the two women had just packed up and moved away, and she'd thought they were afraid she'd strike up a conversation. It turned out it was because of the brother and sister behind her. But how could they have tracked her down so accurately? What was that bug?
"Then..." Li Yiru's face was filled with panic. The two men thought she was scared, but she had just said half a word when she turned around and ran. Her movements were so fast that the two men had no time to react before they saw a thin figure disappear into the woods.
The two looked at each other and did not run to chase.
Li Yirou seemed to be running eastward, but in fact she turned back to the west. This secret realm also had a regular pattern. The closer to the exit, the greener the leaves were, and the closer to the giant tree in the distance, the yellower the leaves were.
She had already walked nearby and felt that she could breathe more easily and comfortably, although the smell was not pleasant.
Although ginkgo nuts are poisonous, eating them after processing can clear the lung qi, meridians and blood vessels, and they are also a medicinal ingredient for refining detoxifying pills.
Most of the ginkgo trees here are at level 2 of the mortal level, but this giant tree is said by the strange fire to be at level 10 of the spiritual level. No wonder it looks so beautiful, tall, and even a bit dreamy.
This time, let’s see if they can still catch up.
Sure enough, as she was admiring and exploring the surroundings, the two familiar auras followed her again. She frowned and walked to a place with fewer people.
When the brother and sister saw Li Yiru's back, the brother ran two steps quickly to block the way ahead, while the sister moved slowly but firmly to block her retreat.
"If you run again, I'll beat you!" My brother glared at me with his eyebrows raised, looking ferocious.
Of the two, the man was at the first level of Qi Refining, while the girl looked like an ordinary person. She looked at Li Yiru with an extremely calm gaze. The girl sensed something was wrong and her heart tightened.
Before she could say anything, the girl took a half step back. The man didn't notice anything unusual and thought she was trying to escape again. He stretched out his arms and blocked her way like an eagle catching a chick.
She exerted force on her hind legs and jumped in front of the man in the blink of an eye. She raised her foot and kicked him directly in the chest.
"Ugh!" My brother groaned after being hit, and flew backwards in a bow shape. Li Yiru grabbed his arm and pulled him back forcefully.
With a "bang", her brother was dragged half a circle by her and fell to the ground, half-knelt facing his sister, with his arms bent behind his back.
In less than three seconds, Li Yiru subdued the young man. He felt pain and nervousness, and broke out in cold sweat. He had no idea that he had provoked such a tough guy. He didn't even have time to draw his weapon or use any magic spells before he was knocked down.
The girl quickly apologized to her, "Fellow Daoist, I'm sorry, we didn't recognize you!"
"He's the manager here. You don't know him. Let's..."
Li Yirou didn't care about who was in charge and asked the most curious question first, "How did you find me?"
The brother got anxious when he heard this and yelled at his sister, "Run!"
"Where are you running to? If you run again, I'll beat you up!" Li Yiru gently lifted his arm again, and her brother gritted his teeth in pain.
The younger sister then realized that they had been trapped in her formation without her knowledge. It was just a thin layer of membrane that had blocked out all the spiritual energy from the outside.
The girl's pale face suddenly flushed with color, and it was unclear whether it was because of anger or nervousness.
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