Brother, how come you're a witch?

Mortals and cultivators alike love to boast about their prowess in subduing and suppressing ferocious beasts.

Later, Su Yan could boast to others that he had once subdued a fully grown ancestor of swordsmanship.

This nineteen-year-old Ye Jingqiu possessed brute strength, and her years of sword-wielding had given her astonishing arm strength. Su Yan and Liu Baishuang each held one of her arms to barely restrain her, and it took considerable effort to gradually calm her down.

"hiss."

Ye Jingqiu collapsed to the ground, her cheeks still flushed, her eyes gazing into the darkness of the deep forest, her mouth uttering hissing sounds filled with dark resentment.

Su Yan, holding the sword he had confiscated from Ye Jingqiu, sat to her right, panting. He clutched his lower back with heartache, thinking that Ye Jingqiu's arrival would allow him to conserve his energy, but he never expected that all the energy he had saved would be used on this foolish sword fanatic.

"I remember you being a very calm person," he couldn't help but complain.

"Heh, fellow Daoist, are we that familiar? How long have you known me?"

Ye Jingqiu glanced at Su Yan, her tone icy.

"Well."

Su Yan scratched his head awkwardly. Ye Jingqiu was obviously angry. Just now he had taken the initiative to get close to him and talk about friendship, but now he was not familiar with him at all. "We have only known each other for two months. Do you know what kind of personality I have?"

However, when Su Yan said "calm down," he wasn't really thinking about Ye Jingqiu now. For a moment, he confused her with the future Sword Ancestor. The latter truly only had the sword in her heart and no emotions. She was unmoved by honor or disgrace. Even if you slapped her, she wouldn't get angry. She would just find a good opportunity to calmly chop you into mincemeat.

The current Little Sword Ancestor is still too young.

"Phew~"

Liu Baishuang sat cross-legged to Ye Jingqiu's left, pretending to meditate with a serious expression, a barely perceptible smile playing on her lips.

She was completely overwhelmed by her winning streak just now.

His clear understanding of the situation, composure, and reasoned arguments drew repeated praise and agreement from Su Yan, marking a victory.

The fan leaf startled Qiu's face, striking her self-esteem and leaving her with a bad image of impulsiveness, which was the second victory.

The monster horde retreated unscathed, and with her cooperation, no one was lost. The mission was successfully completed, marking a triple victory.

Hmm... Come to think of it, the task of gathering all the monsters together tonight isn't really about this, is it?

Forget it, with these three wins, she has already surpassed Ye Jingqiu by a great deal.

The young genius of Sword Ruins is still too young.

"snort."

The young Ye Jingqiu let out a soft snort, withdrew his gaze from the forest, suddenly stood up, and coldly extended his hand to Su Yan:

"Give me back my sword, I'm going back."

"Leaving already? Who knows where the monsters have gone? What if they're lying in ambush on the road? Should we go back together?"

Su Yan held onto the sword and refused to give it up.

He was truly exhausted. If the monster horde launched a counterattack, he would need the two women to protect him. Ye Jingqiu was safer with him.

"No need. You and she can continue practicing your swordsmanship. Anyway, you don't want to see me, and you even lied to me to get away. If I hadn't gone to check your residence, I wouldn't have found out."

Ye Jingqiu spoke in the coldest, most emotionless tone, uttering the most sarcastic remarks.

Su Yan paused, as if he had thought of something, and his expression became strange:

"You didn't just bump into me here by chance? Or did you go to my place and find I wasn't there before coming out to look for me? Then if I'm not lying to you, wouldn't that mean... ugh!"

Before she could finish speaking, Ye Jingqiu's complexion, which had just improved, turned rosy again. She kicked Su Yan's wrist, then quickly snatched the sword from his arms and ran away.

She ran to the edge of the cliff, stepped on her flying sword, and her figure quickly disappeared into the night.

"What's wrong with her?"

Liu Baishuang asked in confusion.

"I don't know, it's so strange."

Su Yan shrugged. Of course, he couldn't say what he had said to Ye Jingqiu that afternoon. He still had to maintain a positive image in front of the little vixen.

Everything was for the sake of saving the world.

"Oh~"

Liu Baishuang nodded thoughtfully, and wisely refrained from asking further questions.

Su Yan rubbed his wrist, which had been kicked and sore, and then spoke:

"Senior Sister Liu, the appearance of demonic creatures on Little Bamboo Peak is highly unusual. Do you have any clues?"

Liu Baishuang blinked. "I don't know. I'm here to cultivate. What about you?"

"I'm here to cultivate too..."

Su Yan dared not say that he had come here by chance:

"Since neither of us knows the reason for this, why don't we report it to the sect and let the elders have a headache about it?"

Using the sect's resources to investigate is much more convenient than him investigating on his own.

"it is good."

Liu Baishuang nodded, then thought for a moment:

"I will go directly to tell Master; there's no need to go to the Elders' Hall. I also hope you won't tell anyone about what happened tonight."

"Is it for the sect's reputation?"

"Um...is that okay?"

"Of course, I am also a disciple of the Xuanqing Sect."

Su Yan smiled.

The appearance of a horde of demons in the heart of the sect, although it did not cause any casualties, is still a serious incident. It doesn't sound good if word gets out, and if rival sects use it to exaggerate and embellish the story, it could affect the recruitment of the next batch of disciples.

As the senior disciple of this generation, Liu Baishuang naturally had to consider the sect's interests. However, she did not force Su Yan to shut up. Instead, she spoke in a pleading tone. Although it was unclear how sincere she was, her attitude was at least very good.

Su Yan was growing to appreciate the young demon girl more and more. How could such a good girl end up siding with the Heavenly Demon?

"That's good. The sect will not treat you unfairly; there will definitely be compensation."

Liu Baishuang smiled slightly.

In this way, if Su Yan doesn't say anything, and Ye Jingqiu has no friends, teachers, or anyone to talk to here, then whether she wants to say it, and how she wants to say it, is entirely up to her.

Liu Baishuang didn't want the matter of the demon appearing on Xiaozhu Peak to become too big of a deal and eventually lead to her being found out.

"Please don't reveal my affairs when you report this to your senior sister," Su Yan said, cupping his hands in greeting.

"You mean your cultivation level, and that sword strike you delivered?"

Liu Baishuang narrowed her eyes:

"You can rest assured, every cultivator has their own opportunities and secrets. I will not tell anyone, nor will I ask any questions."

"Senior sister is so understanding."

Su Yan, half-heartedly and half-flattering, stood up and dusted off his robes.

Liu Baishuang also stood up, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Both sides are satisfied with tonight's result.

After two months, Su Yan finally became acquainted with Liu Baishuang. The little demon woman was gentle and a bit naive, kind-hearted, easy to talk to, and polite. She was a very well-mannered type. Although there were many unexpected events tonight, they actually helped the two of them smoothly form an initial friendship. The mission can be said to have been successfully completed, and it seems that saving the cultivation world is within reach.

On Liu Baishuang's side, although she failed to kill Su Yan as planned, she was inexplicably glad that she hadn't killed him, and a strange sweetness filled her heart... Moreover, not only did she make a good impression on Su Yan tonight, but she also slapped Ye Jingqiu, whom she had disliked for more than two months, a few times, so she was in a great mood and had nothing to complain about.

"Shall I take you home?"

Liu Baishuang summoned her flying sword, patted the back half of the sword, and glanced at Su Yan.

Su Yan gladly accepted.

As the evening breeze swept across the moon, Liu Baishuang, riding her flying sword, carried Su Yan and followed the direction Ye Jingqiu had just left in.

Su Yan stood behind Liu Baishuang, looking at the back of the little demoness who was half a head shorter than him. A faint fragrance wafted past his nose, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

In his past life, he had envied young couples riding bicycles through the campus, with the girl wrapping her arms around the boy's waist from behind—it was so youthful and sweet, but unfortunately, he had never experienced it.

After transmigrating, he was busy cultivating to survive and never had much luck with women.

Today, it was finally his turn to ride a flying sword with the beautiful girl, even though he was the one in the back seat.

Thinking of this, Su Yan couldn't help but take out his communication jade token, intending to express his gratitude to his good brother, when he suddenly remembered that he had just sent a message to Senior Brother Li asking for help...

This guy hasn't replied yet.