Not far outside the cave, a group of three people were walking cautiously. They were the three inner disciples of the Beast Taming Peak.
The leader was the third senior sister Dai Yuzhu.
"Third Senior Sister, is there a three-eyed red fox this time? Before I left, I boasted to my father that I would definitely be able to bring a rare spiritual beast back to the sect."
Fifth Junior Sister Lin Yuxuan looked uninterested because she hadn't found any monster cubs that satisfied her taste in the past few days.
Before the third sister could say anything, the fourth disciple Xiao Fen said, "There are only a few rare monsters in the entire Beast Control Peak. It's not that easy to get one."
As Xiao Fen spoke, he looked to the side and noticed that a great battle had taken place here not long ago.
"Third Senior Sister, there seem to be signs of a fight here, someone has been here!"
As he spoke, he took out a ball of bloody red hair from the ground and said with certainty, "It's a three-eyed red fox! And the blood on the hair hasn't dried yet, so the battle must have lasted no more than a quarter of an hour."
Lin Yuxuan looked excited. "After searching for so long, we finally found the den of the three-eyed red fox. Let's go in and see if there are any red fox cubs!"
Xiao Fen rolled his eyes at his junior sister, "Junior sister Yuxuan, we are almost in the cave and we haven't encountered the illusion yet. This three-eyed red fox is obviously dead. Even if there are cubs, they have been taken away by others. How can it be our turn?"
Lin Yuxuan glared back, and said without admitting defeat, "Maybe that person didn't know what was good, and just killed the three-eyed red fox and walked away?"
Xiao Fen shook his head speechlessly. Every cultivator knows that the three-eyed red fox is often accompanied by many hallucinogenic spiritual herbs. Whoever kills the three-eyed red fox will go to the cave where it lives to investigate.
The two of them were walking and arguing at the back, but they saw that their senior sister had stopped at some point, with a serious look on her face.
"Xan Er has been feeling uneasy. Something is going on inside. Maybe... the three-eyed red fox is not dead!"
Xiao Fen and Lin Yuxuan looked at each other and their expressions became serious.
Xanthium is the spiritual animal raised by the third sister. It is timid by nature, but its intuition is amazing and it can predict some dangers in advance. The last time I was able to successfully escape from the claws of the thunderbird, Xanthium played an indispensable role.
If the three-eyed red fox was not dead, there might be another fight.
Fortunately, they brought the Illusion-Breaking Pearl with them this time, so they were not afraid of the red fox's abilities.
The three of them took out their spiritual weapons and the Illusion-Breaking Pearl, released the spiritual beasts they had raised, and walked into the cave carefully.
When they walked into the cave, they found neither red fox nor spiritual herbs in the cave. There was only a female cultivator at the fifth level of Qi training lying on the ground, wearing the green Taoist robe of an outer disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect.
The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lin Yuxuan scanned the cave and beat her chest in anger, "What happened? The red fox and the spiritual herbs are gone?"
Xiao Fen's eyes showed a trace of caution, "This female cultivator is wearing the green robe of our sect's outer disciples and is alone here. It is very suspicious."
"But he is only at the fifth level of Qi training. One can tell at a glance that he is unconscious because of an illusion. What's suspicious about that?"
Lin Yuxuan snorted coldly, glanced at the female cultivator on the ground, and said in a bad mood.
Xiao Fen asked back, "Why did the red fox want to spare her life?"
"Are you stupid? Didn't you see signs of a fight outside? Those cultivators who came with that female cultivator must have killed the red fox, so he escaped."
Perhaps because she felt that her words were not convincing enough, Lin Yuxuan lowered her voice.
Xiao Fen insisted on asking, "Then why, her companions were able to kill the red fox and even had time to take away the spiritual herbs in the cave, but were unwilling to wake her up and take her away?"
"this… "
Lin Yuxuan's eyes wandered around, and she made up an excuse, "Who knows, maybe her companions have bad intentions and are hoping for her death. Look, she has an ugly birthmark on her face, maybe it bothers someone."
Seeing that the two were still arguing meaninglessly, Dai Yuzhu finally couldn't help but speak up, "Alright, alright, shut up."
The third senior sister spoke, and the two finally shut up.
Dai Yuzhu took out the cocklebur rabbit and stroked it gently twice, "Go check if there is any fraud."
The Xanthium rabbit is naturally alert and has an amazing intuition about danger. It can tell whether there is anything wrong with this female cultivator by just letting Xanthium find out.
The cocklebur rabbit cautiously approached the female cultivator on the ground, and soon came back hopping, indicating that it did not find any danger.
Dai Yuzhu took out a spiritual herb from the storage bag and fed it to the Xanthium rabbit. She said to her junior sister, "There is no danger. Go and wake up the female cultivator."
Lin Yuxuan glared at Xiao Fen complacently, stepped forward and patted the female cultivator, "Hey, wake up!"
Xu Chunniang woke up faintly. When she saw the strange woman in front of her, a trace of wariness appeared on her face. "Who are you? Why am I here?"
Lin Yuxuan studied her expression. "The three of us are from the Beast Taming Peak of the Xiaoyao Sect. You must have entered the illusion of the three-eyed red fox and fell asleep. But why are you here alone?"
Xu Chunniang's eyes showed a look of realization, "It turns out that I was in an illusion before. Our companions should..."
As she spoke, Xu Chunniang looked around, only to see that apart from the three disciples from the Beast Taming Peak, there was no one else around.
Shock and sadness appeared on her face. "Did all my senior brothers and sisters fall victim to the three-eyed red fox?"
Lin Yuxuan looked at the sadness on the face of this outer sect sister and felt reluctant to expose the truth, so she responded vaguely.
"Perhaps. Since you are alone here, just come with us. My third sister is at the eighth level of Qi training and can give you some protection.
But I have to say this first. If you encounter a monster that is difficult for all three of us, you will have to rely on your own luck. "
Xu Chunniang nodded gratefully, "I understand. Thank you for taking me on the road. Otherwise, I don't know what to do if I'm alone."
Following the three people, Xu Chunniang secretly thanked her lucky stars that she had made the right bet.
When she heard voices outside and realized it was from an inner sect disciple, she quickly thought of a countermeasure in her mind.
These people were inner disciples and had no grudges against her, so Xu Chunniang was unwilling to attack them directly.
She also couldn't let people know that it was she who killed the three-eyed red fox and took away the three-leaf phantom flower.
Wei Dawu and Huangfu Yao, the two inner disciples who entered the sect together with Xu Chunniang, were only at the sixth level of Qi training.
How could she stay at the outer gate and surpass two people to reach the eighth level of Qi training
If the elders of the sect questioned her, she would lose her secret.
It doesn't matter if the magical effects of the spiritual dew and spiritual soil are exposed, but if a tree stands out in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If one's behavior is superior to others, the crowd will criticize him.
Xu Chunniang just wanted to practice without distraction and didn't want her secret to be made public. Her every move in the future attracted countless attention.