Xu Chunniang successfully escaped by diverting the blame, but everyone in the City Lord's Mansion who had been tricked by her was furious.
The two-headed crocodile that attacked them was obviously lured here on purpose, but they didn't notice any movement and fell into the trap.
The dozen or so cultivators in the City Lord's Mansion were all elite cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage. They were evenly matched against the two-headed crocodile that was in the early Golden Core stage and had been injured.
Just as he was gaining the upper hand and was about to kill the two-headed crocodile, he saw it shrink its body and flee without even looking back.
With his Jindan stage cultivation level, his escape speed was naturally not slow. They chased him for a while, but finally gave up helplessly.
"Damn it! If I find out who brought this monster here, I'll skin him alive!"
Xie Changyuan's eyes were almost filled with anger. He had fought with a Jindan stage monster for no apparent reason and gained nothing, which made him extremely upset.
A cold light flashed in Mrs. Gong's eyes. "Since that person was able to avoid so many of us, his cultivation must be very high. At least his spiritual awareness is not weaker than any of us."
The female cultivator in red glanced at Shangguan Xue and smiled brightly.
"Sister Xue'er's spiritual awareness is not weak. Although it is not as good as that of a golden elixir cultivator, it is much stronger than that of an ordinary foundation-building cultivator. Could it be that she didn't notice anything unusual?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all eyes fell on Shangguan Xue, with unclear meanings.
Shangguan Xue was invited to travel with the City Lord's Mansion, but she was not from the City Lord's Mansion after all.
It would be interesting if she discovered something but pretended not to know.
Facing everyone's gaze, Shangguan Xue's expression remained unchanged, "I didn't notice anything unusual."
"Oh. Even Sister Xue'er didn't notice it. Perhaps the person being chased by the two-headed crocodile has a powerful spiritual consciousness comparable to that of a Jindan-stage cultivator."
The female cultivator in red nodded with a smile on her face, showing agreement, but her words had a deeper meaning.
If the person who secretly lured in the two-headed crocodile really had such a strong spiritual awareness, then his cultivation would definitely not be weak.
Although spiritual consciousness can be improved through practicing secret methods, the degree of improvement is limited and it is impossible to cross a major realm.
But his cultivation is not weak, so how could he be chased around by the two-headed crocodile
The others also thought of this, and looked at Shangguan Xue with suspicion.
Xie Changyuan frowned slightly, "Sister Xue'er said no, then no, this matter ends here, no need to mention it again."
Glancing at the obvious dissatisfaction on the face of the red-robed female cultivator, he whispered to comfort her, "She won't."
"How do you know she won't? Do you trust her so much?"
The jealousy of the red-clothed female cultivator pleased Xie Changyuan very much. He relaxed his brows and continued to transmit the message.
"I know her character. And..."
"And what?"
"It's nothing. Anyway, believe me, I like you. As for her... it's just that the master's order is hard to disobey."
"I heard people say she has a good master. Is that why?"
"Not all of it... Give me some time, and you'll understand."
Seeing a smile on the red-clothed female cultivator's taut lips, Xie Changyuan was certain.
When he saw this woman for the first time, at most his eyes lit up.
But as time went by, the other person's every frown and smile seemed to be reflected in his mind, touching his heart.
As for Shangguan Xue, he had no interest in her at all, and proposing to her was just part of his plan.
He would have to be blind to like this cold, boring and self-righteous female cultivator.
A hint of displeasure flashed across Xie Changyuan's face. In order to ensure that the plan was foolproof, he had to pretend to be deeply in love with Shangguan Xue before he could deal with her.
Xie Changyuan didn't know that everything he and his group did was under the eyes of others.
After attracting the two-headed crocodile, Xu Chunniang did not leave, but instead released her spiritual sense to watch the battle from a distance.
Except for the two-headed crocodile in the Jindan stage, no one else could sense her spiritual awareness at all, so she did not miss the scene where Shangguan Xue was being bullied.
Although Xie Changyuan chose to believe her, the relationship between him and the female cultivator in red seemed to be unusual.
Xu Chunniang discovered that they had been communicating secretly for a long time, but in order to avoid alerting the enemy, she did not intercept the specific content of the communication.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, somewhat confused.
It was clear that not long ago, Xie Changyuan beat her unlucky senior brother half to a cripple just for Shangguan Xue. How could he fall in love with another female cultivator so soon
Just looking at Xie Changyuan's expression, he actually values Shangguan Xue more.
The red-clothed female cultivator wanted to fight for the pansy before, but in the end he decided to give it to Shangguan Xue.
It was only because of the encounter with the two-headed crocodile that the pansy could not be delivered.
Xu Chunniang followed the people in the City Lord's Mansion from a distance. With them clearing out the monsters in front, she had a lot of free time and observed them along the way.
The female cultivator in red was very restless and would cause trouble for Shangguan Xue from time to time.
Xie Changyuan would always openly stand on Shangguan Xue's side, and then communicate with the red-clothed female cultivator in private.
Shangguan Xue always looked cold and indifferent. She didn't care about the red-clothed female cultivator's picking on her, nor did she care about Xie Changyuan's attitude.
Xu Chunniang originally thought that she would be able to follow them out of the Tianyuan Secret Realm, but she never expected that something unexpected would happen.
Not far from the exit of the secret realm, a group from the City Lord's Mansion accidentally stepped into the territory of a pair of Jindan-stage red phosphorus rattlesnakes.
The snake blocking the road was a female one. Rattlesnakes often appear in pairs. When a female snake appeared, the male snake would definitely be nearby.
Xie Changyuan chose to retreat without hesitation, but the female snake refused to let the invader go. It stood up and spread a red mist.
"Be careful, this mist is highly poisonous. Remember not to inhale it, and don't touch it with your spiritual sense!"
However, the red mist spread too quickly, and two people did not have time to retract their spiritual consciousness, and were contaminated by the poisonous mist, and let out shrill screams on the spot.
"Retreat quickly before alerting the male snake. Once the male snake arrives, it will be difficult to escape."
Just as he finished speaking, a breath even more terrifying than that of the female snake arrived first.
The male snake is coming!
"Damn it, this male snake's cultivation level is probably already in the middle stage of the Golden Core!"
Xie Changyuan's eyelids jumped heavily, "This place is not far from the exit, let's scatter and run, let's get out first!"
As he said that, he slapped two talismans on his body and chose a direction to escape.
The remaining people fled in all directions. The red-clothed female cultivator raised a sarcastic smile at Xie Changyuan's back.
He was usually very attentive to Shangguan Xue, and spoke sweet words to her, and acted very pretentiously.
But when faced with a real life-and-death crisis, he only cared about escaping for his own life and forgot about both of them.
However, his action was exactly what she wanted. She was worried that she would not be able to escape, so now was a great opportunity.
Although I didn't get what I wanted on this trip, I did get a lot of information, so it was barely worth it.