This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Li Daoxuan immediately chose to stop and stood still.

A fist descended from the sky and struck the giant snake directly in the neck, sending it flying and smashing countless plants and trees.

Then a gust of wind swept through, blowing sand and stones everywhere.

The master and apprentice could only use their sleeves to shield themselves from the fierce wind.

The giant snake hissed and turned to leap back into the pool.

As the gale subsided, Lingxi lowered her hand and looked up, her expression suddenly freezing, her mouth agape as she exclaimed:

"Wow...what a huge bird..."

The master and apprentice both raised their heads and looked up at the giant bird that was perched in front of them.

This is a white crane, but it is somewhat different from the white crane in Li Daoxuan's memory.

Besides its enormous size, the white crane's long legs were covered with scales that resembled dragon scales.

Its claws, sharp as knives, pierced the rocks on the ground with ease.

Li Daoxuan scanned the area with his divine sense and was somewhat surprised.

The white crane before them possessed a blood and qi that was no weaker than that of a martial arts master at the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm. Moreover, it had a powerful force within it, unlike the true qi of human martial arts practitioners, which contained a more violent and ferocious aura.

"Are you alright?"

Li Daoxuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure lightly jump down from the back of the white crane.

Upon closer inspection, she was a stunningly beautiful woman in her twenties wearing a white dress with green patterns.

Li Daoxuan's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a sense of amazement.

This woman was absolutely the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in both his lives.

Even with Li Daoxuan's composure, he was momentarily lost in thought.

However, he quickly realized what was happening and cupped his hands in greeting:

"Thank you for your help, young lady. We are unharmed..."

Hearing the sound, Lingxi peeked out from behind Li Daoxuan, gripping his robes tightly with both hands, and looked at the woman with curiosity.

The woman then noticed Lingxi, and her eyes lit up, revealing a shallow dimple at the corner of her mouth.

"What an obedient child..."

The woman subconsciously praised it.

Lingxi was startled and hurriedly hid behind Li Daoxuan.

After all, in his mind, most humans, except for his master, were not easy to get along with, and his identity was special. If this woman saw through his secrets, he might get into trouble.

Seeing this woman, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, thinking to himself:

"I don't think I look that scary, do I?"

Li Daoxuan turned around, gently rubbed Lingxi's head, and smiled:

"Don't be afraid, Master is here, what is there to be afraid of?"

Lingxi then realized, "That's right, Master is invincible, what is there to be afraid of?"

With that thought in mind, Lingxi straightened her chest, stepped out from behind the strength athlete, and bowed to the woman in the manner of her master.

"Thank you for your help, young lady..."

Seeing his deliberate attempt to imitate an adult, the woman couldn't suppress her smile and said with a smirk:

"You're welcome..."

After Lingxi finished speaking, she stood to the side with a serious expression, imitating Li Daoxuan by putting her hands behind her back.

Seeing this, Li Daoxuan couldn't help but smile, his eyes full of doting affection.

"How did you get here? It's dangerous here..."

The woman looked at Li Daoxuan and asked.

"Oh, my master and I have been traveling around without a specific destination, and we ended up here without realizing it."

The woman glanced at the two of them a few times and asked:

"This is the area where my Beast Taming Sect keeps exotic beasts. It's full of powerful exotic beasts. Luckily, you're only on the outer perimeter."

"However, to get in from the outside, you need to pass through a maze-like mountain forest. How did you manage to get through that maze?"

The woman looked at Li Daoxuan with some curiosity. With her eighth-level cultivation, Li Daoxuan seemed to be just an ordinary person, at most knowing some basic martial arts and having a physique at the first or second level of cultivation.

The child beside him was the same; he looked like an ordinary human cub no matter how you looked at him.

How could someone with such strength pass through that mentally disturbing barrier?

Li Daoxuan was taken aback when he heard this. He had indeed felt that the surrounding environment had some effect on his mind when he came over, but this interference was insignificant to him, so he did not pay much attention to it.

I originally thought it was just a natural magnetic field disorder, but I never expected that it was deliberately arranged by someone.

It seems I've trespassed into someone else's backyard.

Li Daoxuan quickly apologized:

"I am truly sorry, I entered here without realizing it. I did not know this was your sect's territory. If your sect minds, then we will turn back the way we came."

After saying that, Li Daoxuan took Lingxi's hand and was about to leave.

The woman looked at the two people, one big and one small, and a glint of inspiration flashed in her eyes again.

But after a moment, the woman frowned, because in her eyes Li Daoxuan and Lingxi were still ordinary people, like mortals.

"Could it really be a mortal who has stumbled in by mistake?"

The woman thought to herself.

After all, with her cultivation level and the sect's secret eye techniques, even someone at the Ninth Heaven would never be able to conceal their aura from her.

Unless the other party is an Earth Immortal who has already condensed a Martial Embryo.

But how easy is it to encounter a celestial immortal?

Even a sacred sect like her Beast Taming Sect only knew of an Earth Immortal Ancestor, and couldn't confirm whether he was truly her sect leader's personal disciple.

Thinking of this, the woman glanced at Lingxi, who was stumbling beside Li Daoxuan, and felt a pang of pity.

"etc..."

The woman called out to the two of them.

Li Daoxuan turned around and asked in confusion:

"Is there anything I can help you with, young lady?"

The woman stepped forward and said in a gentle tone:

Where are you going?

Li Daoxuan pointed behind the woman and laughed:

"We originally planned to head north, but since this is your clan's territory, we'll have to take a detour."

Upon hearing this, the woman said in a deep voice:

"This area, spanning nearly a thousand miles, is completely surrounded. If you want to take a detour to get there, it will take at least another six months."

Li Daoxuan smiled without saying a word, not finding it troublesome at all. They weren't in a hurry and didn't have a specific destination, so going anywhere was fine.

"Here's what we'll do. Once we cross this Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, we'll reach the Ten Thousand Beasts City, which is outside the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land of my Beast Taming Sect. Once we arrive in the Ten Thousand Beasts City, as long as you can afford the price, you can ride the Peng Bird Flying Boat and go wherever you want."

"I'm going back anyway, you can come with me."

Li Daoxuan was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, as the sincerity in the woman's eyes did not suggest any ulterior motives.

Having been in the Xuanhuang Great World for so long, he had never encountered a high-level martial arts cultivator like this before.

Li Daoxuan was certain that with her primordial spirit cultivation, she absolutely could not see through the disguises he had placed on himself and Lingxi. It wasn't that Li Daoxuan was deliberately playing dumb to deceive others; it was mainly because Lingxi's spiritual aura was too dazzling, and if she didn't conceal it, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble.

In other words, in the eyes of this woman, the master and disciple were just ordinary people.

How could a cultivator at the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm treat two mortals like this?

Are these still the self-important, superior practitioners he knew?

Compared to the disciples of the Qingyun Sword Sect, this female disciple of the Beast Taming Sect was practically a living bodhisattva, and a bodhisattva so naive as to be almost brainless.

Li Daoxuan suddenly became interested. He wanted to see if it was because the Beast Taming Sect had effective teachings that its disciples were so kind and righteous, or if this female disciple was simply kind-hearted and treated mortals this way.

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan smiled and bowed, saying:

"Then I'll have to trouble you, young lady."

The woman smiled gently and patted the leg of the white crane beside her.

The white crane reluctantly stretched out its wings and lowered its body to allow Li Daoxuan and his disciples to climb on it.