Brother, how come you're a witch?

not good.

Su Yan's pupils contracted. As soon as Ye Jingqiu showed his face, he immediately took action.

He took a few steps forward, grabbed Liu Baishuang who was raising her hand to greet him, and forcefully shoved her into a nearby warehouse.

"Pre-employment medical examination!"

"Bang."

The warehouse door was slammed shut, leaving the team members completely bewildered.

Inside the warehouse, Liu Baishuang's face showed no less bewilderment than theirs. In the dim light, her eyes flickered intensely as she pressed herself against the wall, a mixture of fear and anticipation in her gaze.

"What...what are you going to do?"

"No, I'll help you hide your identity."

"?"

Su Yan walked quickly through the warehouse, his eyes sweeping over the various items he had collected. He picked up a spiritual plant, circulated his spiritual power, and crushed it.

Then, under Liu Baishuang's questioning gaze, he raised his hand above her head, letting the viscous juice of the spiritual plant flow from between his fingers and drip onto her face.

"Chirp chirp!"

A strong, fishy smell immediately spread, startling the little oriole, which flapped its wings and flew away in disgust.

"Su Yan, this..."

"Bear with it. Ye Jingqiu is very sensitive to smells. If you don't want to be exposed, just cover your whole body with the juice."

"Hmm."

Liu Baishuang frowned. The sticky liquid on her face made her very uncomfortable, and the strange smell in her nose made her feel nauseous.

But she forced herself to nod.

"Smack!"

Su Yan applied more pressure, causing more juice to flow out.

The juice from the spiritual plant trickled down Liu Baishuang's face, slid down her slender neck, and dripped into the neckline of her dress.

She could clearly feel the traces left by the liquid on her body, and she even took the initiative to use her fingers to dab the liquid from her face and smear it on her arms and thighs.

"Knock knock knock".

"Su Yan?"

Ye Jingqiu had already arrived outside and was knocking loudly on the warehouse door.

"What are you doing in there?"

"For pre-employment medical examination."

"What kind of medical examination needs to be done behind closed doors?"

"Don't knock on the door to check some private parts, or you'll break it."

Su Yan's voice came through the door in a muffled tone, slightly hurried, as if some part of his body was exerting force.

Ye Jingqiu's gaze darkened slightly as he drew his sword.

There was a simple protective array on the warehouse door. Although she could break it by knocking a few more times with her hands, it was still faster to use her sword.

"Deputy team leader, you mustn't do that!"

"Boss Ye, although I've always wanted to see you wield your sword, let's skip it today."

"Yeah, don't scare our new employees away."

The group members standing around tried to dissuade him.

Ye Jingqiu remained unmoved, his longsword flashing with spiritual energy as he suddenly thrust it forward.

"Crunch."

The warehouse door suddenly opened.

As soon as Su Yan peeked out, the tip of a longsword was pressed against his throat.

He instinctively took a step back, but bumped into Liu Baishuang who was following behind him.

The latter exclaimed "Oh dear!" and quickly raised his hands to block him, then peeked out from behind him with a bewildered look to see what was happening outside the door.

"You're Su Xue?"

Ye Jingqiu turned her gaze to Liu Baishuang, and her delicate nose twitched.

The little demon girl's scent had completely changed. The fishy, ​​foul-smelling liquid, after being spread evenly and blown by the wind, had transformed into a somewhat pungent medicinal smell.

But it wasn't so unbearable after all, and the little oriole landed back on Liu Baishuang's body, only perched on her head.

"Su Xue? Ah, yes, that's me."

Liu Baishuang blinked and nodded vigorously.

"You don't look like a physical cultivator," Ye Jingqiu said.

"Body cultivator? Me? I..."

"Ahem, Xiao Ye, that's not right of you. How did you learn to judge people by their appearance?"

Su Yan coughed twice and said rather tactfully:

"She just hasn't practiced enough yet."

"But she also had a sword at her waist and a spirit beast perched on her head."

"That's called being versatile and well-rounded."

Su Yan told a lie that even he himself didn't believe without changing his expression.

Who's going to develop a sword-wielding beast with a good person? They'll probably end up begging for food.

Ye Jingqiu's lips twitched, but she didn't speak. She was slightly doubting herself. She had been prejudiced by her name, and now she was judging people by their appearance. Had she lost the noble character of a sword cultivator?

We sword cultivators are not like that.

Ye Jingqiu touched the hilt of the sword with his fingers, and there was one last question:

"What private parts did you check?"

"Height and weight, what else?"

Su Yan shrugged:

"This is a very private matter, Comrade Ye Jingqiu. Would you be willing to publicly disclose your height and weight?"

"..."

Ye Jingqiu glanced at Su Xue, who was a head taller than her, then looked down at her own toes and chose to remain silent.

She silently sheathed her sword and let out a very soft hum:

"I don't like the smell on this person."

"Body cultivators have to take drugs every day, and the taste of the drugs is quite strong."

Su Yan pulled Liu Baishuang out from behind him, looked around at everyone, and said:

"Alright, let's welcome Fellow Daoist Su Xue to the team. She's a new employee now, and may be a new team member in the future. Let's give her a round of applause."

The team members applauded enthusiastically; each new member meant a greater chance of successfully requesting leave.

Ye Jingqiu, holding her sword, reappeared and said coldly:

"Not just anyone can join our group."

So that's not true after all...

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly as he pointed to the sword at Liu Baishuang's waist:

"She also practices swordsmanship."

"If your swordsmanship is bad, then you're bad."

Ye Jingqiu shook his head:

"Let me test her with my sword and see if she is worthy."

"That's for the future, don't scare the newcomers."

Su Yan immediately refused; he dared not let the two fight.

Swordsmanship is something with a strong personal style. Once swords clash, Ye Jingqiu, with his keen sense of swordsmanship, will immediately recognize that Su Xue is Liu Baishuang.

However, Su Yan always felt that she might have already recognized him and was subtly targeting Su Xue.

"Team leader, is the new female colleague starting work today? Will she be taking turns watching the warehouse with us tonight?"

One of the female team members said hopefully that she was on shift tonight and really hoped that a girl would chat with her.

"We're not short-staffed, so why put newbies to work on the very first day?"

Su Yan waved his hand:

"Let's take a look around first."

"Team leader, what's so interesting about this little place we have to see?"

"How can you say that? As the saying goes, a mountain is not famous because of its height but because of the immortals who dwell there. Our shop may be small, but we have a lot of skills. Let me show you."

Su Yan didn't miss any opportunity to win over Liu Baishuang and was about to make a big move.

Ye Jingqiu spoke softly:

"Should I modify my flying sword?"

"this......"

Su Yan hesitated for a moment. Logically, he should have told Ye Jingqiu to climb quickly and not interfere with his efforts to save the world.

But deep down, I always felt that since we had agreed to this, I owed her something, and I couldn't bring myself to say anything harsh.

"Modify flying swords? I'm very interested in this. Team leader, why don't you let me watch? I can also demonstrate my skills, right?" Liu Baishuang suddenly spoke up.

"That's not a good idea."

Su Yan shook his head; modifying flying swords was a rather private matter.

There is no perfect flying sword in the world. In the process of modification, amplifying the advantages will inevitably increase the defects. Although Ye Jingqiu will almost certainly not use this competition sword in battle, it is ultimately inappropriate to expose the sword's defects to outsiders.

Especially since this outsider was her nemesis, Liu Baishuang.

"It's alright, let her come and see."

Ye Jingqiu narrowed his eyes, his words unexpected.

She rarely had such an obvious expression, as if she were plotting something.

Su Yan's mind was filled with alarm bells, but before he could say a few words of advice, Ye Jingqiu had already turned around and left, heading straight back into the house, as if he couldn't wait any longer.

"Team leader, can we watch it too?"

"What are you looking at?"

Su Yan waved his hand, telling the group of guys who still wanted to join in the fun to hurry up and get out of there. Then he looked at Liu Baishuang with some concern.

The little vixen tilted her head and looked at him, then suddenly kicked his shoe:

"What did you tell them? Su Xue is a nice name, but—me? A body cultivator?"

"That way it will feel more natural for you to join. If you hadn't come today..."

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly:

"Why did this happen so suddenly? What happened to your strict upbringing?"

"I have to thank you for this. My master was captured by Elder Chen for research again, so I sneaked out and... came to see your shop."

Liu Baishuang spread her hands, her tone seemingly relaxed, but her eyebrows lowered slightly.

Xu Qinglan was indeed dragged to the Spirit Beast Peak again, but it was in the afternoon.

Therefore, Liu Baishuang was able to take her little yellow oriole and visit several other immortal peaks of the Beast Taming system on her own. Ostensibly, she wanted to learn the secrets of raising birds and buy some spirit beast supplies, but in reality, she wanted to inquire about the situation of her personal disciples.

But there has been no progress.

On the way back to the peak, I couldn't help but feel a little down.

Somehow, we ended up here with Su Yan.

Should we just tell him the truth?

As Liu Baishuang stood behind the shop, this thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

He knows I'm the future world-destroying demoness, yet he's still willing to believe I'll change for the better. So even if he knew I have demonic blood flowing through my veins, would he still be willing to forgive me? Would he still think I'd be a good girl?

A heavy secret weighed on her heart. Liu Baishuang wanted to confide in someone, but she didn't dare. Memories of being hunted in the past kept surfacing. Hadn't she also given her heart before? But what did she get in return?

In the end, she chose to remain silent.