Brother, how come you're a witch?

Su Yan turned around in surprise and saw the little demon girl turn her head and, in the dim light caused by the rising steam, curl the corners of her lips at him.

He never expected Liu Baishuang to make such a request.

It would be great to be in the same training group as the little demon girl, but...

"Don't worry, I won't join the group as my original self, but as someone in disguise."

Seeing Su Yan's troubled expression, Liu Baishuang shook her head behind him and said:

"Although a fake identity can't be used to fill out a formal application, it's unnecessary. Just tell me to give me this identity so I can have the same benefits as a formal team member as Ye Jingqiu. As the team leader, you have that authority, right?"

"That's no problem."

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

The presence of Ye Jingqiu in this group hasn't caused much discussion yet, but if Liu Baishuang were to forcefully join, who knows what kind of uproar it would cause.

"Then let's agree on that."

Liu Baishuang turned her head, her long hair, tied behind her back, swaying gently:

"As for what my name should be, you can decide for me, team leader."

After saying this, she didn't linger and didn't give Su Yan a chance to respond. Her skirt and long hair swayed as she walked into the gradually dispersing and sparse crowd.

It was as if she was really in a hurry to get back before her master's meeting ended.

Su Yan watched the little demoness's figure disappear into the crowd, scratched his head, and still felt that she was just trying to fool him by saying she was in a hurry to go back.

How long has it been? Even if she wasn't caught in the warehouse and managed to get into the market, this amount of time would have been enough for her to wander around.

Did you come here specifically to eat wontons?

Su Yan sighed and shook his head; the little girl's thoughts were hard to fathom.

Tonight brought an unexpected surprise: Liu Baishuang joined his group, albeit under a false identity. It seems she did this simply to compete with Ye Jingqiu and to make it easier to navigate the back path of Liuliu's shop.

But in terms of saving the world, this is ultimately a good thing, although the good is limited. Judging from Liu Baishuang's increasingly strict upbringing, she probably won't have many opportunities to sneak out.

I should still try my best to join Shuiyue Peak.

Su Yan stood in front of the wonton stall, lost in thought.

He made a rough estimate of the revenue for the next month, and then pondered where to find Foundation Establishment Pills even if he made enough money, since there were almost no such things on the market.

Thinking about it for a long time after that.

He didn't come to his senses until the wonton stalls started packing up. Looking around, he saw that there were hardly any people left in the market.

He waved apologetically to the stall owner and turned to walk towards Liu Liu's shop.

Walking under the cool moonlight, I recalled the moonlight on Little Bamboo Peak a few nights ago, and on a whim, I took out my communication jade token:

"Senior Brother Li, I've made something of myself."

This time, he made contact with Liu Baishuang through his own abilities, not through Li Changsheng's intelligence.

What? Luck? Isn't luck part of ability?

Su Yan was in a great mood. After sending this seemingly random message, he put away the jade token, pushed open the door of Liu Liu's shop, and went straight to the inner room.

Ye Jingqiu was still sitting upright at the table, seemingly unchanged, but his demeanor had become much more listless, like a piece of withered wood.

She slowly raised her head, her dry eyes staring straight at Su Yan:

"What about a late-night snack?"

"Well."

Su Yan was taken aback and looked down at his empty hands... No wonder he felt like he had forgotten something earlier.

"...How about I make you some noodles?"

......

Liu Baishuang walked out of the market with a stern face, not daring to look back the whole way.

She walked until she reached a secluded spot and turned into a small hill by the roadside, at which point her shoulders trembled and she covered her face with her hands.

What did I say?!

Wasn't that a bit too impulsive? Asking to join the group for that reason seems rather abrupt, doesn't it?

Could it be that he's already seen through me? Is it possible that he's already discovered I'm having an issue?

Or does he think I'm the kind of woman who's easy to get along with?

Liu Baishuang's mind was a complete mess. In fact, she had been in this state ever since she received Su Yan's message today.

She acted impulsively, thinking that she wanted everything Ye Jingqiu had.

The reason they were in such a hurry to leave was simply because they couldn't continue the act.

Liu Baishuang slightly opened her hands that were covering her face, revealing her sparkling eyes and reddened eyelids through her fingers.

I think my performance just now was alright, right? That's how well-bred female cultivators from good families in storybooks always talk.

Could the tone actually be wrong? Su Yan has lived so long and seen so much, he might be able to tell the difference. Hmm... there are so many spells, when will storybooks have a function to play sound? Otherwise, how can we learn them?

Liu Baishuang covered her face and made some strange noises. She wandered around the woods for a while, then took a few more steps, and struggled internally for quite some time.

Until the jade token for transmitting messages lit up.

She swallowed hard, and somewhat nervously took out the jade pendant, her gaze slowly moving upwards to examine it.

The above is a nonsensical passage.

But after reading it, Liu Baishuang breathed a huge sigh of relief.

It seems... there really is no problem.

She felt relieved, put the jade pendant into her chest, patted it, and smiled.

Although they failed to achieve their original goal by sneaking out, the result seems to be not bad.

Liu Baishuang looked up at the moon in the sky, estimated the time, and then looked at the road in the distance, which was almost deserted.

Xu Qinglan really did go to a meeting tonight, and she probably won't be back for a while. There's no one on the road right now, so perhaps...

Go check out my monster.

Since their last parting at Xiaozhu Peak, Liu Baishuang has not seen them again, as they are too far apart to be connected by blood.

She felt it best to show herself as soon as possible, reward them, and calm their hearts.

Although the demons were almost impossible to rebel under the control of the Heavenly Demon Blood, the little demon girl felt it would be unreasonable not to reward them for their unwavering adherence to Liu Baishuang's bizarre commands.

With this in mind, Liu Baishuang walked along the mountains toward the hiding place she had agreed upon with the demons.

The monsters' hideout is in Guanyu Valley, not far from Xiaozhu Peak.

This valley is crisscrossed by waterways, with steep cliffs and countless caves. If the matter of Xiaozhu Peak were reported, the sect elders would definitely suspect that the demons were hiding here. However, Liu Baishuang did not report it at all.

Liu Baishuang traveled into the valley and took a boat on a secluded waterway. Pushing aside the hanging vines, she soon arrived at a hidden cave concealed by dense trees.

She stood at the cave entrance without needing to greet anyone; with just a thought, a huge, jet-black beast head emerged from within.

It was that demonic creature at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"My little black one."

Liu Baishuang looked at the monster's severed left claw with heartache and touched it tenderly.

The monster also made a wronged sound, saying, "Boss, you should give me some compensation for my work injury."

Just then...

"Hoo-hoo!"

A clear, startled cry suddenly rang out from the woods a short distance away.

"Who?"

Liu Baishuang's eyes sharpened, and she and the Foundation Establishment Peak Demon attacked at the same time, almost instantly seizing the place where the sound came from.

It was a small clearing in the woods, barely big enough for two or three people to stand in. The bushes around it were swaying, and the air still carried a soft, warm scent, but the person who had made the sound was nowhere to be seen.

"broken."

Liu Baishuang felt a chill in her heart.