Gu Yangyang stood under the eaves biting a candied haws, watching a few people talking in low voices, feeling angry.

What? You’re talking bad about her behind her back again!

Forget it, she doesn’t care. She can earn negative emotion points just by standing there!

She is such a little genius at tasks!

Gu Yangyang smacked her lips, still unsatisfied as she licked the bamboo stick clean.

"Have you discussed it? Where is this monster hiding?" she asked in a soft voice.

After hearing her question, several people calmed down. Ji Xiao was the first to speak: "Senior sister, there are only two places in the town that are covered with thick black air."

"One is the Qu Mansion, and the other is a small town on a mountain."

"Oh?" Gu Yangyang couldn't help but look back in the direction of Qu Mansion. No wonder she always felt that Qu Mansion was a bit depressing. It turned out that there was a strong demonic energy lingering in the sky. It seemed that the demon had set it up for Qu Yinan.

Really...beautiful and enchanting...

"We have been to Qu Mansion. The strong demonic energy must be the mark left by the demon. Next we just need to go up the mountain. I believe the demon must be hiding somewhere in the mountain!" Gu Yangyang said confidently.

The four people listened and had no objection.

That's what they think.

So, with the guidance of the townspeople, the five people walked into the mountains.

At first, they walked into a fairly sparse forest. Occasionally, they heard a few crisp bird calls around them, and occasionally a hare ran through the grass beside them...

The dry leaves under my feet made a crisp sound, and the air was filled with the unique scent of soil and flowers in the forest...

I never thought that the demon would hide in such a vibrant forest...

The further they walked in, the fainter the fragrance in the air became.

Gradually, I could no longer hear the birds singing or the sounds of rabbits foraging for food.

Gu Yangyang's heart started beating fast for no reason.

She didn't know if it was her illusion. She didn't know when it started, but she felt the air around her become very stuffy. The sticky air stuck to her body, making her feel uncomfortable...

This feeling was exactly the same as when she accidentally entered the inner area of ​​the back mountain of Chongming Immortal Sect.

There was complete silence, not a sound at all, and the air seemed to have stopped flowing as if the pause button had been pressed.

It seems that there is some powerful and dangerous creature here...

Gu Yangyang suddenly stopped and said, "Wait, did you notice something wrong? There are so many leaves under our feet, but we stepped on them without making any sound..."

After she finished speaking, the surroundings remained silent.

A silence spread behind her...

Cold sweat instantly invaded Gu Yangyang's back. Fear flashed in her eyes. She didn't dare to look back and shouted uncertainly: "Ji Xiao? Jiang Zhisi?"

"Jiang Ziqing, Wen Xia...? Are you... still there?"

......

No one answered.

Without knowing when, there was no one behind her!

Gu Yangyang turned around suddenly. Behind her was a dense forest. The lush trees were so crowded together that it was almost impossible to see where the end of the forest led to...

Gu Yangyang silently called the system in her heart, but as she expected, 007 did not respond.

She forced herself to remain calm, pulled out the Fire Cloud Whip from her waist, and held it tightly in her hand.

She really couldn't figure out when she entered the demon's territory, or whether they had stepped into the trap set by the demon from the very beginning... ?

Without having time to think about it, Gu Yangyang looked around vigilantly, fearing that demons would jump out from somewhere.

She had been standing there for a while when suddenly a woman’s cry for help came from the woods ahead.

"Help! Help! Someone please save me..."

Gu Yangyang checked again and again before confirming that she had not heard wrongly.

The surrounding area was filled with dense trees that blocked out the sun. No matter which direction you looked from, there was no way out. Gu Yangyang had no other choice but to grit his teeth and slowly walk towards the direction of the cry for help.

The closer he got to the cry for help, the more the trees in front of him seemed to have life and moved out of the way. But when Gu Yangyang turned around, the surrounding scenery and the trees around him seemed to have never changed...

Pushing aside the dense jungle, a woman was seen sitting in the bushes.

The woman had an ordinary, fairly pretty appearance. She was wearing an ordinary light pink skirt and had her hair tied up in a girlish butterfly bun.

Gu Yangyang did not step forward immediately, but stood outside the bushes very vigilantly and asked: "Miss, are you okay...?"

When the girl heard the voice, she was startled at first, then she was stunned for a moment when she saw Gu Yangyang's face, and finally came to her senses when Gu Yangyang called her softly.

Seeing that the person in front of her was also a woman, the girl obviously relaxed a lot.

She stared at Gu Yangyang blankly, "You are so beautiful."

Gu Yangyang didn't know how to answer, so she stammered, "Thank you."

Then, the girl seemed to remember something and put on a nervous expression, "Did you also escape from the demon? Run quickly, the demon will catch up with you soon!"

Hearing this, Gu Yangyang's heart suddenly trembled.

She asked, "Did you escape?"

The girl nodded, her face turning pale as if she remembered something terrible.

"That demon was very scary. He captured many people and sucked their energy one by one. I escaped when the demon wasn't paying attention, but no matter how I ran, I couldn't get out of this forest..."

"Oh, by the way, I'm the youngest daughter of Liu Laoqi, who runs the dessert shop in the west of town. I've been held captive by this demon for so long, I wonder if my father and mother are doing okay... They must be very worried... My mother's health is not good to begin with, and I haven't been back for so long, she's afraid..."

The girl didn't continue speaking, but covered her face and cried sadly.

Gu Yangyang was still wary of her, but when she heard her background explained so clearly, and now she was crying so sadly because she was worried about her mother's health, the doubts in her heart gradually dissipated...

The first night they arrived in the town, they wandered around the market for a long time.

She remembered that there was indeed a shop selling Liu Laoqi Sweet Soup there.

"Don't cry, your mother will be fine, she is still waiting for you to come back." Gu Yangyang comforted her, and then said: "I am a cultivator who is here to eliminate demons, don't be afraid, just follow me first, I will protect you."

"Really?" The girl raised her head and looked at her in surprise and joy.

Gu Yangyang nodded, "You get up first, I'll find a way to get you out of here first."

The girl hurriedly wiped her tears and tried to stand up, but fell down with a scream of pain.

"What's wrong?" Gu Yangyang was frightened and subconsciously went forward to help her.

The girl sat on the ground, holding her ankle with a look of pain on her face, and looked at her pitifully and said, "Immortal, my foot is twisted and I can't walk anymore."

"Senmin, can you carry me...?"