My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

"Huff...huff...are you alright..." The Ice Demon leaned against the tree trunk, panting slightly, and asked Lin Yin, his body covered in wounds.

Although the Ice Demon knew that Lin Yin's injuries were definitely more serious than his own, not only physically but also spiritually.

"Cough cough... No... It's nothing... Let's just recuperate here... With so many high-level magical beasts dead, no magical beast will dare to come here..." Lin Yin coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, wiped it away, and said.

"Um……"

"..."

The two suddenly fell silent.

"Hey..."

"Just call me Lin Yin."

"Lin Yin... tell me, am I very weak...?"

"Hmm, very weak."

"If it were the real thing here... we wouldn't be this badly injured, would we..."

"..." Lin Yin did not reply.

"...Lin Yin, you don't need to worry about me..."

“I’ve said it so many times, there are no real or fake products. Ice Demon is Ice Demon, and Cold Blue is Cold Blue. You two have never been the same person, nor are you fakes,” Lin Yin said. “Cheer up, you idiot.”

"...Yes, I will."

"If only I could..." Lin Yin slowly closed her eyes, a wave of dizziness washing over her, and the next moment, her vision went black...

283 Meeting Again

"Well, Yihan, are you ready?"

“I can leave anytime,” Leng Yihan replied.

Yi Tianzhai just came out of the tent in the center of the camp, presumably to talk to the leader here.

“Okay. By the way, we just discovered something else.” Yi Tianzhai suddenly said, “Just now, our reconnaissance team discovered traces of a battle about a kilometer northeast of the camp.”

“Traces…?” Leng Yihan paused, waiting for Yi Tianzhai to continue.

“Yes, traces,” Yi Tianzhai said. “It is estimated that there was only a battle between two sides, and it was a large-scale attack. One side was a group of magical beasts, which, based on the corpses left at the scene, were all wiped out, meaning the larger group was the one with more corpses. The smaller group is missing, and it is speculated that they were two humans, most likely the Ice Demon and Lin Yin.”

"Were we... besieged?" Leng Yihan bit her lip worriedly. "Let's hurry up and set off. Take me to see which place it is."

“Okay, follow me.” Yi Tianzhai nodded and turned to lead the way.

A distance of one kilometer is neither far nor near. Perhaps considering Leng Yihan's anxiety, Yi Tianzhai did not slow down but ran.

The speed was not particularly fast, and Xiao Yulin was not among the people who came with them. This was mainly because her identity was rather special and she didn't have much ability to protect herself, so she stayed in the camp instead.

So how could Kang Meng, Leng Binglan, and Qing not keep up? Leng Yihan is no longer the weakling she used to be; she's more than capable of keeping up with Yi Tianzhai's intentionally slowed pace.

The five of them quickly arrived at the place Yi Tianzhai had mentioned. Even before Leng Yihan got close, she could smell a strong stench of blood, which made her feel distinctly uncomfortable.

"The number... is about twenty-five..." As soon as Leng Yihan arrived at the scene, she looked around and roughly counted the corpses on the ground before arriving at this number.

"Most of the wounds were caused by longswords and arrows, but no arrows were found, and the longswords were mostly covered with a layer of frost," Yi Tianzhai said. "The reconnaissance team did not search carefully, but immediately spread out to search the surrounding area after the discovery to see if they could find any survivors."

"And then what?"

"If there's no hostility, lend a helping hand; if there is, kill them," Yi Tianzhai said. "Of course, you can rest assured. I've instructed them not to act immediately upon discovery, but to notify me first."

"That's good..." Leng Yihan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yi Tianzhai's words. He had just been worried that the members of the reconnaissance team might have hurt Lin Yin... After all, most of the clues at the scene indicated that the two of them were the ones who were attacked, and that their injuries might be serious.

“Let’s search the area carefully first and see if we can find any clues as to where they went. Normally, they should have left some traces,” Leng Binglan said.

"Okay, let's look for it." Kang Meng nodded.

Although Qing didn't say anything, she didn't seem very willing to look for clues, so she stood aside silently and watched them quietly.

Leng Yihan searched the scene carefully, but mainly focused on the grass to see if there were any footprints.

"Ah... Yi Tianzhai—"

"Don't worry, the reconnaissance team's shoes are quite special; they definitely won't leave footprints on this kind of grass!" Yi Tianzhai guessed what Leng Yihan wanted to ask and immediately replied.

"Okay!" Leng Yihan lowered her head again and carefully looked around.

"...Is it over there..." Qing glanced at the surrounding forest a few times, then quietly turned and walked into the forest.

"Huh? Where's Qing?" By the time Leng Yihan noticed, she had no idea how long Qing had been gone.

"She seems to have discovered something and headed in that direction. She shouldn't have gone too far and should be back soon," Lu Youmei said, manipulating Leng Yihan's body to point him in a direction.

“Hmm.” Leng Yihan thought about it and agreed, but she couldn’t concentrate on looking for clues on the ground anymore. If Leng Yihan wasn’t mistaken, Qing had probably already discovered something.

Fortunately, Leng Yihan stopped wasting her energy and sat down on the spot, waiting for Qing to return.

"Yihan... what's wrong?" A few minutes later, Leng Binglan finally noticed Leng Yihan, who had stopped moving to rest.

"I'm waiting for someone." Leng Yihan said expressionlessly.

"Waiting for whom?" Leng Binglan.

"Didn't you notice Qing is missing..." Leng Yihan said, "By the time she comes back, I reckon she'll have discovered something."

"Oh...I see...Did you see where she went? Aren't you going to follow her and see?" Leng Binglan asked.

"I saw her... but since she didn't call us, she probably wants to explore on her own first. I'm planning to wait here and see... Look, she's back." Leng Yihan was speaking when she saw Qing returning from the direction Lu Youmei had pointed out.

"Ah...you're back?" Leng Yihan looked at Qing and asked loudly.

"Come with me." Leng Yihan's voice had just attracted everyone's attention, and after hearing Qing's words, everyone's eyes also turned to Qing.

"Did you find anything?" Leng Yihan stood up and asked as she walked towards Qing.

"We found two people, one unconscious and the other seriously injured," Qing said. "Considering they might be important to you, I decided to come back and inform you first."

"Let's go!" Leng Yihan said urgently, sounding very anxious.

"I didn't expect it to be this easy..." Leng Binglan muttered.

"Oh wow... Binglan, you've set a flag here." Kang Meng retorted.

"Cough cough... How could that be? How could that be? Flags aren't as mysterious as you guys make them out to be." Leng Binglan said nonchalantly.

Qing seemed to have received some kind of buff in this forest, as it was very energetic.

"Am I about to see... Lin Yin...?"

I couldn't take you home last time, but I definitely can this time...

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"You dodged it..." The Ice Demon collapsed, his wounds throbbing, and he looked at the unconscious Lin Yin with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"You've really caused me a lot of trouble... It seems I need to heal my injuries as much as possible first..." The Ice Demon muttered, taking out a pill from his spatial ring, swallowing it himself, and feeding one to Lin Yin as well.

"Okay... try to regulate your breathing as quickly as possible..."

!

The Ice Demon's body trembled violently, and her face turned deathly pale.

Just now, a powerful sense swept over them, and what's even more deadly is that now, that sense has locked onto them...

"Damn it... I'm too badly injured now... Forget about running away with Lin Yin, I might not even be able to escape on my own..." The Ice Demon's face was pale, and although it wasn't clear, she could sense that the opponent's strength was far greater than hers.

Realizing he had no chance of escape, the Ice Demon decided to stop running. He crossed his legs and began circulating his power in place, trying to heal his injuries as much as possible.

The senses locked onto them for several tens of seconds before finally shifting away. It seemed the other party...didn't harbor any ill will towards them...

Did we escape unscathed...?

Ice Demon swallowed hard. She could only hope that the other party wasn't one of that reconnaissance team... No, it couldn't be. She had seen people stronger than her in that alliance, and that feeling she just felt definitely didn't belong to any of them... Was it some powerful expert hiding in anonymity who happened to encounter her...? It's so good that they didn't attack her...

The Ice Demon breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the other party probably wouldn't bother fighting someone as badly injured as her, who clearly had nothing to lose; they also had their own pride...

The Ice Demon took a deep breath to calm himself down, and began to reactivate the energy within his body to speed up the healing of his injuries.

"Shasha..." Not long after, the sound of leaves being stepped on entered the Ice Demon's ears.

There is movement!

The Ice Demon opened his eyes. Although his injuries hadn't fully healed with the help of the pills, they were already halfway recovered...

Dealing with those reconnaissance teams... is still manageable...

The Ice Demon quickly pinpointed the location from which the sound came and cautiously observed the area. Before long, five people emerged from the woods behind it.

“Found it…” the black-haired boy at the front said softly…

284 Genuine vs. Counterfeit Goods

"Who are you..." The Ice Demon stood up and looked at the person walking in front. The person was quite cute and looked exactly like a girl... She must be a girl.

"Ah...you...are the Ice Demon?" Leng Yihan looked at the masked girl in front of her and asked with some confusion.

The Ice Demon glanced at the other four. She recognized Yi Tianzhai… and that blonde little girl… she remembered her name was Kang Meng…

The other two...

The Ice Demon's gaze lingered on Qing for a moment; the aura emanating from her seemed somewhat familiar…

Was that the owner of the senses we just encountered?! And it was actually a little girl...?

The Ice Demon was a little surprised, but when her gaze fell on the last person, she felt a sudden chill run down her spine.

That familiar, ice-blue twin tail that looked almost exactly like her…

“Binglan…doesn’t this person look a bit like you?” Leng Yihan turned around and said to Leng Binglan.

"Ice Blue... Is it genuine...?" The Ice Demon stared at the cold Ice Blue, unable to look away for a long time.

"That's the Ice Demon, one of the artificial weapons of the Demon Sun Moon, ranked third in strength within the entire organization," Yi Tianzhai said. "It's quite strong. I heard it's a replica of the Cold Ice Blue..."

"Hey! Leader of that alliance over there!" Ice Demon shouted at Yi Tianzhai, "Who was created by copying that guy?!"

What...?

I'm not a counterfeit... I'm not a fake...