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"You need not trouble yourself with this. I hope you will take care of yourself."
The man shrugged: "But it doesn't matter, it's just a pet. Since she's here now... I'll visit her another day."
Almost instantly after he finished speaking, the man vanished from the spot.
Chu Li's gaze had long since left that person. As soon as Lu Qianling and Lu Qianfeng appeared, she consciously handed over the task of dealing with him to the two of them.
After all, these two are in the true tribulation stage, and it is better to negotiate when the two sides are of equal strength.
After Nan Yi jumped up, she had even less energy to pay attention to that side.
"Junior brother, are you fully recovered now?"
Nan Yi curled his fox paws, pretending not to hear Chu Li's question. As for recovery—of course he hadn't fully recovered, but he was worried about her, so as soon as he regained some strength, he came over to her.
Chu Li thought of something else and rubbed the fox's head: "Your fear of magical beasts needs to be cured, otherwise it will be very troublesome in the future."
Whether it's encountering Warcraft in the future or improving one's strength, having this psychological barrier will easily lead to problems later on.
Nan Yi remained silent. He knew this was a potential problem, but it was a psychological one. If it were easy to solve, he wouldn't have let it drag on for so long without addressing it.
Lu Qianling relaxed her furrowed brows only after the man disappeared.
It has to be said that the man was very strong. If he insisted on making a move, she and her brother might not be able to defeat him.
It's best if he leaves now, but I don't know if he's aware of his master's current special situation.
She turned to look at Chu Li and said in a deep voice, "The three heads of the Three-Headed Wolf have all been cut off, but the Netherworld Owl escaped."
"Night Owl?" Nan Yi propped himself up halfway in Chu Li's arms and looked over.
"Yes, it was too fast, I couldn't catch up."
That's true; even among birds, the speed of the Night Owl is considered extremely fast.
"By the way, the beast tide here has lost its leader, it should be over soon, shall we go back together then?"
Lu Qianling looked at Chu Li. As far as she knew, Chu Li had only come out to exterminate the demonic beasts, so they could go back together.
Chu Li shook her head, "Let's stay in the dense forest for a while longer."
She had her own plans. Since she had already discovered that her junior brother was somewhat afraid of magical beasts, she might as well resolve this matter here and now to avoid any unexpected problems later.
"you?"
Lu Qianling glanced at Chu Li, then her gaze quickly fell on the fox she was holding in her arms.
Then she chuckled softly and said, "With Wanqiu's newly accepted disciple?"
Nan Yi quickly sensed two strange gazes moving back and forth on him. Without even looking up, he knew they were Lu Qianling and Lu Qianfeng.
The two could be considered to be his senior and junior brothers.
Chu Li was somewhat surprised by this description, but quickly remembered that they and the sect leader came from the same sect, so she simply nodded.
"We're really lucky," Lu Qianfeng muttered, then patted Lu Qianling on the shoulder. "Qianling, let's go back after the beast tide ends."
"But what about that Nether Night Owl...?" Nobody knows where it went.
"It's okay. Didn't you beat it to the point of near death? I doubt it would dare to show itself again."
The remaining few words were transmitted by Lu Qianfeng: "That's our master, not an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. What are you worried about? Even if we run into him, do you think our master can't defeat an injured night owl?"
Lu Qianling was quickly persuaded—in fact, the three of them had always believed that their master could do everything, but this incident was sudden, and she was confused because of her concern.
Even Chu Li barely had to lift a finger. The scattered demonic beasts were driven haphazardly by the numerous cultivators, who channeled their previous fear into rage and unleashed even greater power than usual.
Furthermore, there were also some cultivators invited by the city lord. A large group of cultivators joined forces, and the magical beasts only came once—after being wiped out by the cultivators, they made no further moves.
The city lord stood in front of Chu Li: "Thank you for reminding me earlier, fellow Daoist. That's why I raised the alert level in advance."
This warning was meant to remind everyone in the city that if he still acted according to the previously predicted arrival time of the beast tide, the entire city would likely be destroyed.
"It's nothing, Lord City Lord, you don't need to worry about it too much."
Nan Yi spotted Chu Li's location from afar, walked straight up to her, and stood beside her.
The city lord was about to say something, but when he suddenly saw the person who appeared next to Chu Li, he suddenly stopped talking.
The city lord had no idea what he had done to make the rather handsome man beside Chu Li stare at him with those beautiful eyes.
When he opened his mouth again, he couldn't help but pause for a moment: "In the future... you're welcome to come and play more often in the future."
Nan Yi quickly replied, "We will."
The city lord glanced at him for no apparent reason, but he did not react in any other way.
Chu Li didn't feel anything was wrong. Since Nan Yi wanted to answer, then he could answer. She didn't care about these things.
As the beast tide receded, many disciples of the Myriad Manifestations Sect returned laden with beast cores, eager to go back to their sect to redeem their rewards.
Chu Li and Nan Yi went in opposite directions.
The city gates leading to the Eclipse Forest were wide open, and they walked out of them without any problems.
"Junior brother, tell me, why are you afraid of magical beasts?"
As soon as Chu Li left Xixin City, she posed a "death" question to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi's eyes involuntarily drifted to the side. How could he possibly bring up such an embarrassing matter?
After waiting for a while without getting an answer, Chu Li had a slight idea of what to do. "It's okay if you don't answer this question. The next question is, when you see a magical beast, are you afraid of its aura, its appearance, or just any part of its body that is shown?"
During the beast tide, Chu Li remembered that as long as Nan Yi's eyes were covered, his fear would be greatly relieved.
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said with certainty, "It's their appearance. Their appearance makes me feel uncomfortable."
Chu Li glanced at Nan Yi. The so-called discomfort was a euphemism; he was clearly so frightened that he felt weak all over.
Nan Yi closed his eyes. Ever since he was injured, those people, or rather, those monsters, kept appearing in his dreams. They would approach him, grinning maliciously as they raised their broadswords and slashed down at him.
He woke up from the excruciating pain time and time again, only to find himself still lying in bed, his bedding soaked with cold sweat.
After that, he found it difficult to attack magical beasts. In fact, whenever he saw a magical beast, he would reflexively feel a chill creep up his spine, as if all his strength had disappeared, and he could only watch helplessly as the beast attacked him.
Later, he became more careful and tried to avoid going to places with monsters.
Like this time when he came to face the beast tide—because his previous dreams had begun to blur, he thought he could manage, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't do it at all.
"Appearance, is that it? Okay, I understand."
Before Nan Yi could even react to what she meant, Chu Li's hands had already begun forming hand seals in the air, continuously pushing out various hand gestures, and her domain was formed almost instantly.
This speed… Nan Yi’s expression turned serious. It was clearly faster than her single-handed speed that day!
Chu Li didn't even notice where Nan Yi's attention was focused; in the end, she simply clapped her hands in satisfaction and grabbed Nan Yi with one hand—
The two fell into the domain that Chu Li had just created almost simultaneously.
A colossal scene unfolded before Nan Yi—a monstrous beast, its body bent low, its four claws gripping the ground, poised to charge forward and fight its prey.
At that moment, he was absolutely certain.
Just like before, his entire body reacted almost instantly upon seeing the magical beast; a chill invaded his body, and his spiritual power seemed to be frozen by the inexplicable cold...
He subconsciously looked to the side, but the place where Chu Li had been was now empty, and he was the only one left in the entire space.
He took a deep breath and unconsciously took a step back.
And at the very moment he moved, the scene before him also moved in an instant.
The confinement of the magical beast suddenly shattered, and the beast truly appeared in the domain, its thick nose twitching and its reddened eyes staring straight at Nan Yi.
In the blink of an eye, the monster pounced on him, and Nan Yi rolled away to avoid its gaping maw.
The monster, having missed its prey, impatiently stamped its hooves and charged at Nan Yi again.
This magical beast wasn't particularly strong, even weaker than him, but due to his previous... problem, he could only hastily dodge for a moment.
Chu Li stood in a space where Nan Yi could not see her, silently observing his actions.
She then slowly closed her eyes, sat down cross-legged, and let her junior brother face the magical beasts more often. After all, he was in her domain, so although he could feel pain, he wouldn't be truly injured.
For psychological problems like these, others can't help; only when he himself understands the underlying issues can he truly break free from these constraints...
Otherwise, it might come out and hinder him every time he improves his cultivation.
Nan Yi had lost count of how many times he had been bitten by the monsters. He was indeed trying his best to avoid them, but it was clear that simply avoiding them wasn't very effective, given how small the space was.
Each time he dodged an attack, the monster would immediately pursue him again. He constantly expended his spiritual energy, but the monster never stopped.
Every bite was a real tactile experience, which forced him to find a way to retaliate. Only by attacking could he truly defeat the monster.
Once again, the monster, its mouth agape, charged straight at him—
This time, however, Nan Yi did not try to evade the situation. Instead, he closed his eyes and then opened them again, a faint golden light flashing in his eyes.
The monster remained motionless with its mouth open, and Nan Yi moved its large mouth away from his face with some disgust.
"Senior sister, is this alright?"
He breathed a sigh of relief. His senior sister's way of overcoming her psychological barrier was truly abnormal; she actually made him face the monsters directly.
On the path of cultivation, many cultivators encounter similar problems, but when they try to solve these problems, they only dare to proceed step by step, for fear of accidentally overstimulating themselves and giving rise to inner demons.
Those people should really see Chu Li's training methods.
He waited there for a while, but heard no reply. As if suddenly remembering something, his face gradually stiffened...
Behind him, a force comparable to his was slowly rising again—
He slowly turned around and saw the swollen demonic beast. It broke free from its restraints and approached him step by step. The most outrageous thing was that its cultivation level was comparable to his!
Are you coming again?
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