"Knock knock", it was a man knocking on the door. He was at the second level of Qi Refining. Li Yiru sorted out the lies she had thought of on the way and stepped out.
"Who are you?" The two asked each other the moment she stepped out of the yard.
The man looked to be in his thirties and had a good appearance, but one of his eyes was golden in color. It was unknown whether it was a prosthetic eye or due to some chance or magic weapon. Judging from his aura, he did have some skills.
Seeing a young man coming out of the yard, the man looked surprised, his eyes showing vigilance, his muscles tensed instantly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where is Meng Yian?"
He showed no other abnormalities. Li Yirou asked the strange fire to detect it. "It's an ordinary magic weapon, but it's about level 3. The rest is invisible."
Li Yirou felt slightly relieved, worried that his special eyes could see through things, but an ordinary third-level magic weapon certainly didn't have that much power.
That woman's name was Meng Yian? Li Yirou's expression was serious, not the slightest bit flustered. "I don't know her name, but I just met a female cultivator. She said she could give me this house for a discount, and all I had to do was do her a favor."
"When I heard it was so cheap, I bought it from her."
The man's face was full of distrust. His eyes had already passed Li Yiru's figure and saw the big bamboo basket in the yard. He even noticed a piece of clothing exposed.
"Could it be Meng Yian who is in there?" He didn't finish his words and rushed into the yard without waiting for Li Yirou to explain. She felt from the token that the simple protective shield of the house had been broken, and glared at him unhappily.
It seems that this protective shield is basically useless. It is like an alarm and will be broken by any attack.
When the man lifted the branches, he used too much force and accidentally grabbed the dead woman's hair, lifting her head up. The dead woman's eyes were staring in their direction. Li Yiru was startled by the scene and felt uncomfortable.
But the man didn't even pause. He looked at her for a moment and found that she was just a strange woman.
He was used to seeing scenes of death. Li Yirou was watching him silently from behind, and the man's spiritual consciousness was always on guard against Li Yirou.
"I hope you haven't heard about what happened in Baiguo Town." Li Yirou took the initiative to speak and gave him a brief account of what happened yesterday. The man frowned, and finally, after listening to Meng Yian's series of actions, he looked surprised, but quickly returned to normal.
He was indeed quite familiar with Meng Yian. It seemed that he had been misled by her into believing that Meng Yian had defrauded the money and ran away.
The man cleared his throat and explained, "I wanted to ask her to join us in monster hunting tomorrow, but I didn't expect she'd already left."
After saying that, he looked at Li Yirou, and without knowing what he was thinking, he said, "I think you have good cultivation. Why don't you go monster hunting with us tomorrow and earn some spirit stones?"
"Don't worry, we've organized group hunts before, so particularly powerful monsters won't appear around for the time being."
Li Yirou was a little skeptical as to why the red-eyed man would invite a stranger like her. She scrutinized him, but then he added, "Join the monster hunting team and sell monster materials, and you'll be exempt from taxes."
She had so many monster pills in her hands, and if they were tax-free, she could save a lot. Li Yiru was tempted.
"Meng Yian's sudden departure has left a vacancy in our team, and it's just right that fellow Daoist can fill it."
The man with the golden pupils wanted to go hunting tomorrow while the monsters were weak. More people would at least increase their strength. He didn't intend to harm Li Yirou. His only evil thought was that if danger arose, this new Taoist friend wouldn't be as well-coordinated as the others and could be left behind to attract the monsters' attention.
Seeing that Li Yirou was still hesitant, "Don't worry, when we form a team, we will all swear a vow to the devil that we will not harm each other."
"Fellow Daoist, may I know what direction of cultivation everyone in the team is pursuing?" At least one doesn't have to be wary of teammates. As for whether teammates will take the initiative to help if something happens, that is another matter.
Recalling that Wang Yuanling's team had a clear division of labor, and Meng Yian seemed to be a talisman cultivator, if she came to play a supporting role, her cultivation level would improve more slowly. If they wanted to find someone to help, Li Yirou was not very willing.
The man with golden eyes saw that she was familiar with the configuration of the monster hunting team, perhaps because she had participated in monster hunting before. He took her more seriously and introduced her. "Before, there were two talisman cultivators. When one of them set up the formation, the other would use the talismans. I am a sword cultivator, and there are two magic cultivators."
"I'm also a sword cultivator." Li Yiru had already thought about it all along. She wanted to make money as a sword cultivator. She originally planned to hunt monsters alone, but now someone wanted her to join the team, so she decided to follow and see. With a teammate, it wouldn't be so special.
She knew that Han Yuzhen would not let her go easily and would definitely investigate further. She might have been led by Shi Yue to Chixia Town.
The man looked at the young man in surprise. He was only about fifteen or sixteen, and he was already practicing swordsmanship?
The sword cultivator has to be in the front, and the young man doesn't seem to be very strong or courageous... There was distrust in the man's eyes, but Li Yirou didn't care. She followed him out to see what would happen first.
What she was worried about was that she had already shown yesterday that her wood and fire spiritual roots were stronger, so it would be better to change her weapons. The sword given by her senior sister was no longer useful after Han Yuzhen knew about it, and it would be revealed again.
"Fellow Daoist, I'd like to ask if there's anyone selling spirit swords in our town? The one I had before was damaged, like a piece of broken wood." Li Yiru thought that since he recruited her into the team, he wouldn't try to cheat her right away, so she asked him and decided to buy a spirit sword first, preferably one with both wood and fire attributes.
"Then we might as well go to Baiguo Town or Chixia Town. There's nothing to choose from in our town."
"If I had known, I would have come back after buying things. I wanted to see if this house is good. I was a little anxious." Li Yirou seemed to have just reacted. When the man heard this, he felt that there was nothing suspicious about her. He also felt that with the boy's cultivation level, he could not harm Meng Yian.
Since they were temporary teammates, he took the initiative to tell her, "Go to the mayor and find a clerk to register. Just say that Meng Yian sold the house to you. If anything happens, you'll have proof."
For those of them in the monster hunting team, life and death are common. If the whole team is wiped out one day, no one will even know their names.
In the Western Realm, if a cultivator dies while hunting monsters, their name will be inscribed on a monument of merit, saying that this will help them accumulate merit and blessings for their next life. Li Yirou didn't quite believe the talk of accumulating merit and blessings. Seeing how Han Yuzhen had committed such evil deeds, yet lived a carefree life in the Western Realm.
Li Yirou nodded, "Oh, I'll go then."
After saying that, she was about to close the door and leave, signaling the male cultivator with golden pupils to come out as well. After a brief contact, the man understood a little bit. With such a straightforward personality, perhaps he was really suitable to be a vanguard.
"Fellow Daoist, let's at least exchange names. My name is Ren Fei, and our team is called Feihong Team. I'll come early tomorrow to pick you up~"
"Fellow Daoist Ren." Li Yiru said that she remembered it and said, "See you tomorrow!" After that, she ran away.
Ren Fei saw that the boy was too impatient and shook his head, feeling a little worried about whether he could get along well with his new teammates.
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