Emergency Mission
From the very beginning, she only sensed Nan Yi's indifference, and when she accepted him as a disciple, she also heard some stories about his past from the fox clan.
Having had such an experience, Nan Yi would only be more wary of the people around him. How could Chu Li possibly think he was obedient?
Could it be that Master was deceived by his appearance?
Or was Nan Yi deliberately putting on this act to deceive his master?
However, given her master's current condition, she was unable to tell him all the facts.
We can only take it one step at a time...
Wait a minute, perhaps she could tell Master about Nan Yi's past experiences first? I'm sure Master will understand on his own.
When Chu Li returned to her room, she was still thinking about what the sect leader had just said. Just as she was about to leave, the sect leader suddenly told her about Nan Yi's past.
It turns out that Nan Yi did not live in the fox clan from childhood, but was only discovered by the fox clan after he came of age.
It is said that he lived in the wild when he was young, which explains why he seemed to be somewhat cautious of everyone and had a great lack of self-confidence.
Chu Li pondered his past behavior and expressions and finally found a reasonable explanation for it.
I used to think he was just not used to life here, but I never imagined it was because of his childhood.
Since that's the case, as the senior sister, she should cultivate his confidence during cultivation. His talent has never been lacking; otherwise, he would never have been able to construct such a vast domain back in the Blazing Sand Valley.
Time flew by day after day, and Chu Li would check on Nan Yi's cultivation every now and then.
Every time he saw Nan Yi, there was always a surprise—a surprise related to his cultivation.
"You've already mastered the most basic elemental domains?"
Although this elemental domain is called the most basic domain by the disciples of the Myriad Manifestations Sect, it is the first domain that every new disciple is required to learn.
However, the Myriad Manifestations Sect never requires every disciple to learn everything. Therefore, most disciples, in order to learn more other fields, often learn one or two of their strongest areas and then abandon the basic elemental fields.
They then turned to learning higher-level fields, and even later devoted all their energy to other fields.
However, Chu Li never believed that this approach was more beneficial to cultivation. Various elements interact with each other, and higher-level domains are derived from these basic elements.
Only by better understanding the characteristics of various elements can we achieve twice the result with half the effort when building higher-level domains in the future.
Nan Yi pursed his lips slightly, but the fox tail that had been placed behind him couldn't help but sway upwards.
Perhaps it was after spending a lot of time with Chu Li that Nan Yi gradually began to realize that his senior sister was a true and pure cultivator.
She probably didn't know his purpose in coming here, nor the underlying meaning of him becoming the sect leader's disciple; she treated him as a true junior brother.
Perhaps, in front of her, he could occasionally let down his guard and act as her true junior brother.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that the whole fox seemed to relax a lot.
Since being taken back by the fox clan, he has rarely felt this relaxed.
To be honest, he was probably happiest when he was in the wild. Although life was tough then, at least he didn't have to worry about the foxes around him.
After he actually entered the fox clan, he was tricked several times and realized that not all of his fellow clansmen would readily accept his arrival.
Perhaps it was from that time that he began to harbor a strong sense of wariness towards every fox in the fox clan.
Chu Li had a feeling that her junior brother had changed in some way recently, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.
I just feel that he's become much bolder lately.
She didn't know why he had changed, but she knew it was a good thing, and couldn't help but feel happy for him.
A furry sensation appeared in Chu Li's palm. Chu Li came to her senses and saw Nan Yi stuffing his fox tail into her hand.
Chu Li's eyes lit up almost instantly.
She had no idea how long it had been since she had touched the fox's fur. Ever since she learned that the fox was her junior brother, she had been very careful and generally avoided touching its fur.
If it's a wild, unintelligent fox, that's fine, but if the fox is your junior brother, it always feels strange to touch its fur.
Especially since her junior brother was still quite timid, she was even more worried that her direct approach might have some psychological impact on him.
But since Nan Yi's attitude was already very clear this time, she didn't say anything more and happily followed the fox's tail all the way up.
Chu Li squinted her eyes with a hint of happiness, so she didn't see Nan Yi's suddenly absent-minded face.
Nan Yi suppressed the tingling, itchy feeling that surged up from the bottom of his heart—he had clearly just asked his senior sister to touch the very tip of the fox tail!
Having figured everything out, he wanted to use the fox's way to tell his senior sister his current thoughts—so he extended his fox tail.
In the fox clan, the fox's tail represents its weapon, but in some cases, it also represents the fox's friendliness—a willingness to transform its "weapon" into a soft tail tip.
But who would have thought that the senior sister would just go along with it and touch his fox tail all over!
Doesn't she know that the fox tail is most sensitive the closer it is to the body?
The faint itch seemed to be getting out of control, and after Chu Li touched it all over, Nan Yi immediately pulled his fox tail back.
He swore that he would never let his senior sister touch a single hair on his fox again!
Chu Li was in the middle of an exciting moment when she didn't expect her junior brother to retract the fox tail so quickly. A hint of regret appeared on her face, but she quickly composed herself before Nan Yi looked over.
Then, she exclaimed in surprise, "Junior brother, why is your face so red? Have you suffered a backlash?"
Nan Yi also felt his face getting hot. He forced himself to calm down and shook his head as if nothing had happened: "Maybe I've been cultivating for too long lately, so I'm a little hot."
Chu Li glanced at the fox opposite her with some confusion. Isn't cultivation about calming the mind? How come it's hot?
But she wisely refrained from asking, and instead said considerately, "Junior brother, you don't have to push yourself too hard. You need to rest sometimes."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yi tilted her head and glanced at Chu Li, thinking to herself, "Does she have the right to say such things? She herself is clearly the one who cultivates the most ruthlessly."
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Chu Li immediately looked up in the direction from which the sound came from; it was the sound of bells coming from the direction of the Myriad Elephants Pavilion.
The bell rang eight times in total.
She frowned slightly. Was there an urgent mission?
At times like these...
Nan Yi stood to the side, having already retracted the huge tail behind him, and now looked toward the direction from which the sound came.
"Has something happened?"
Chu Li came to her senses. In any case, Nan Yi had already learned how to construct a domain. If there was a mission that required her to go out, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take him along.
When the man and the fox arrived at the entrance of the Myriad Elephants Pavilion, many disciples were already waiting there.
These disciples were all drawn by the sound of the bell, wanting to see if they could take on this urgent mission, since there was always a large reward behind each urgent mission.
Therefore, most of the disciples came immediately upon hearing the bell.
However, these tasks have requirements, and not just any disciple can accept them.
A quarter of an hour later, the person who rang the bell finally emerged from behind it. He was a middle-aged man who was now staring intently at his disciples below.
"The reason I summoned you with the bronze bell is because there are signs of a monster horde in Xixin City, and I have sent my disciples to provide support."
Warcraft beast tide?
Based on past patterns, shouldn't it take another six months before it breaks out?
The disciples below all had the same thought flash through their minds.
Any disciple who has stayed in the Myriad Manifestations Sect for a long time knows that every year cities would ask them for help because of the beast tide, and most disciples are used to it.
Some disciples had even made plans earlier this year to go to the city together at a specific time to resist the beast tide.
But why is it happening earlier this year?
The middle-aged man beside the bronze bell was still saying, "Because this is a monster tide, which includes monsters of all stages, there are no restrictions on this mission. Any disciple can go, and all disciples who go can receive rewards based on their merits using the monster cores."
"According to the letter from Xixin City, the monster tide will arrive in about three days. Please be prepared, disciples."
"Shall we leave now?"
Chu Li paused as she was about to leap onto the green lotus, turned around, and asked with some confusion, "Is there anything else you need to pack?"
Nan Yi was taken aback by the direct question. "No, not at all."
Seeing that all the disciples around him had gone back to their lodgings, he assumed that she also needed to prepare some extra things.
"If not, then let's set off immediately."
Chu Li could understand that most of the disciples had gone back to rest after hearing that there were still three days to prepare.
But for her, she still prefers to get to the mission location first and then think about other things.
The distance between Xixin City and Wanxiang Sect is not far. Using her Azure Lotus to maintain a steady speed, it will only take half a day.
It is precisely because the distance is not far that Xixin City always seeks help from the Wanxiang Sect whenever there is a beast tide.
Most of the time, these are small beast tides, which can be dealt with by sending some disciples from the Myriad Manifestations Sect, along with cultivators from the surrounding areas of Xixin City.
"This city has a very special feature: it is backed by a forest, and every time a monster tide comes out of it."
Knowing that Nan Yi was not very familiar with human cities, Chu Li gave him a brief introduction.
Soon, the outline of a city appeared before them—it was not a large city, but its walls were made entirely of the finest materials, impervious to water and fire.
Upon closer inspection, one can discover some tiny, crack-like traces remaining on the city wall.
"Those are all attack and defense formations. If the beast tide comes, we can activate the formations directly and hold them off for a while."
Chu Li explained casually.
Nan Yi nodded when he saw the design. He had seen many similar buildings in the fox clan, most of which were for the purpose of defending against outsiders.
Chu Li glanced at the darkening sky and said, "Let's rest today and take a proper look around tomorrow."
Since Xixin City has already said that a beast tide is coming, they must have discovered some clues to say such a thing.
The man and the fox found an inn and rested there.
late at night.
In the forest adjacent to Xixin City, whispers could be heard continuously. If you listened carefully, it sounded like the roars of beasts mixed in, but if you listened again, you couldn't make out what kind of sound it was at all...
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