Chapter 244: Tian Yan: I Didn’t Mean to Eat… I Was Just Slightly Hungry.
“Calm down! Calm down! This is the proud Nine-Tailed Fox, not just your average spirit fox, and it seems to be somehow related to Senior Brother Bai, so there’s absolutely no touching!”
Li Zhi Yi took a few deep breaths, suppressing her desperate longing, but her eyes kept sneaking over to the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Then, she saw Bai Feng stroll over to the fox, vigorously rubbing its little face and head: “That really helped a lot, thanks.”
‘Ah… Senior Brother Bai actually dared to do that to the Nine-Tailed Fox!?’
And she noted that the fox didn’t resist—actually, its eyes seemed a little scared.
Aha! I was right—Senior Brother Bai is terrifying! Even the Nine-Tailed Fox is afraid of him!
At that moment, as the Nine-Tailed Fox saw Bai Feng’s hands, it remembered the flames that had entered its body, causing it to shiver uncontrollably.
Forget resisting—it was already doing its best just to stand upright.
“Alright, let’s keep going.”
Bai Feng released the fox, stood up, and faced Li Zhi Yi.
She hurriedly nodded: “Yes, yes! Please wait a moment while I make some medicine!”
While she was brewing her potion, a golden twin ponytail crept quietly through the door.
“……”
Bai Feng fixated on that golden twin tail, inwardly wanting to complain—does Tian Yan have some weird f*tish? Why is her entrance always so…
He couldn’t even describe it, honestly. If he had to compare, it was like some vengeful ghost fixated on you—always showing up when you least expect it.
“Hmm, I didn’t miscalculate this time.” Tian Yan pushed open the door after seeing Bai Feng inside, her tone different from usual—more fluctuating, almost grudging, like she was harboring some grudge. “Looking for you was really not easy.”
Bai Feng snuck a glance at Yun Yue Yao, who remained expressionless. Though he had no proof, he guessed Yun Yue Yao might have used some special means to block Tian Yan’s divination, or perhaps that secret chamber could block her calculations.
He cleared his throat and asked Tian Yan, who was as elusive as ever, “Is there something you need from me?”
“Traveling with you helps my cultivation,” Tian Yan said straightforwardly. “I’ll help out along the way, and you can ask me questions—assuming I know the answers.”
Bai Feng wasn’t surprised by her reply; she had mentioned something similar before.
After a moment of pondering, he didn’t refuse. There was indeed a matter he needed to ask Tian Yan about: “By the way, do you know much about the demon energy that’s been appearing in the Secret Realm lately?”
“That’s actually one of the reasons I sought you out. I feel I can find the answer by following you,” Tian Yan said seriously.
“…I think you might be overestimating me a little.”
Bai Feng mumbled, realizing Tian Yan probably didn’t know much either.
Shaking his head, he turned and looked back at Li Zhi Yi, who was busy working. Relying on just another Child of Destiny felt a bit risky.
Better to call Zuo Qiu over too.
Zuo Qiu carried a low-grade Immortal Fire, which theoretically should be enough to clear demon energy from her body. Plus, she was sensitive to the fluctuations of demon energy—no worries about having an ‘asymptomatic carrier’ on the team.
In fact, she had her Sub Fire, making it easy to locate her; and if necessary, Tian Yan’s help was also available.
Soon, Bai Feng sensed her via her Sub Fire—and she was nearby.
But strangely, Zuo Qiu hadn’t just stopped moving—she seemed to be deliberately distancing herself.
Seeing that, Bai Feng looked up and asked everyone, “I’m going to find a helper. Want to come along?”
Yun Yue Yao and Bai Yu Mo nodded in unison.
“Do you want my help?” Tian Yan asked, stretching out her hand.
Bai Feng shook his head. “No need. I can sense her position, and she’s not far.”
“Oh…”
For some reason, Tian Yan suddenly looked a little disappointed—an unusual reaction Bai Feng caught.
“If you have anything to say, just speak up. No need to be shy,” he said casually.
“…Actually, not much,” Tian Yan replied softly, shifting her gaze aside. “Just a little hungry.”
Bai Feng: “……”
You’re Yuan Ying stage and you still get hungry? Just say you want some cake!
He sighed, completely not expecting the dignified Tian Yan Sacred Maiden to be so easily swayed by a tiny cake.
“Let’s go find her first. When we come back, I’ll bake a cake. I can’t exactly carry that kind of sweet around with me,” he added.
Tian Yan lowered her head, her cheeks surprisingly red—rare for her. She whispered in protest, “I… I didn’t mean to eat… I was just a little hungry.”
“Yeah, yeah, you’re hungry, not looking to eat cake,” Bai Feng said with a resigned tone. If he hadn’t seen Zuo Qiu start moving, he’d tease this stubborn girl a little more.
……
“d*mn it, am I being targeted?”
Zuo Qiu swept her gaze over the approaching monsters, even noticing several humanoid figures amid them.
Looks like she couldn’t go find Bai Feng for now—at least not without causing trouble.
‘Better to run first!’ she thought.
She immediately activated her Divine Body, surging flames bursting from within her, causing the nearby monsters to retreat instinctively.
“Get lost!”
Zuo Qiu unsheathed her long blade, engulfed in flames, and slashed at the nearest monster.
Clang!
A sword suddenly appeared behind the monster, blocking her attack.
In the next moment, the monster opened its mouth but didn’t bite— instead, it spat out dense demon energy.
Zuo Qiu quickly retreated, flames igniting on her body dispelling the demon energy.
But the monsters kept rushing in, strangely, they abandoned sharp teeth and claws, instead ramming into her with their bodies enhanced by demon energy— even those maniacs under demonic control only defended passively.
Zuo Qiu clearly noticed this and her heart sank with a bad feeling.
First, her enemies weren’t driven by mere mercy. Even if they wanted her as a subordinate, they shouldn’t be afraid of harming her.
Could it be… they were targeting her Divine Body?
A chilling suspicion formed in her mind—she felt it was the truth. Otherwise, why would enemies go so far to specifically target her?
‘No, I must escape immediately!’
From their unwillingness to harm her, she inferred that after capturing her, they wouldn’t just turn her into a killing puppet like the current monsters. Maybe… they had even darker plans.
She didn’t think too much before the monsters lunged at her. Raising her long blade, she swiftly decapitated one and charged through the gap, determined to escape before her strength was exhausted!
