“Oh my, what a cute little girl.”

Upon seeing Luo Yao, Di Nvfeng approached her with a warm smile, naturally reaching out to touch Luo Yao’s grey-white hair.

Watching this scene, Chu Liang felt a sense of déjà vu.

Clearly, Luo Yao was not used to this kind of enthusiasm. She subconsciously stepped back, her gaze towards Di Nvfeng complex.

This person had come to rescue them, but she had just fought against their own sect elders. No matter how she thought about it, it felt strange…

Di Nvfeng continued to ask nonchalantly, “Is your white hair natural or dyed? Which immortal sect do you belong to? What’s your master’s name?”

Chu Liang quickly pulled his master aside, saying, “This secret realm is very sinister, Master, we should leave as soon as possible.”

“Eh?” Di Nvfeng asked, “Aren’t we going to explore here…”

“Let’s leave first, there’s nothing good here. I’ll explain everything to you when we get back.”

With a mix of coaxing and deception, Chu Liang finally convinced Di Nvfeng to leave.

After all, according to the scholar, after half an hour, everyone would fall into a deep sleep. Even if his master could resist it, if she was allowed to wreak havoc in this secret realm, it would inevitably disturb the scholar… He had asked them not to spread the news about this place, probably because he didn’t want to be disturbed.

So it was better to leave with his master.

When they arrived, they had two demon guides leading the way and a group of experts accompanying them. The journey was still fraught with difficulties and they had to walk slowly. But when they left, they only had Di Nvfeng as their protector.

Di Nvfeng had arrived quickly, and the ghosts outside the secret realm hadn’t had time to show up. Only when they left the secret realm did they see the thick fog rolling in.

The old man ghost holding the ancient book stepped forward again, seemingly hostile, and was about to recite the lament of the fallen country, “Nine Provinces…”

“Where did this old ghost come from?” Di Nvfeng glanced over.

A murderous intent was hidden.

The old man ghost, who had once made the two guides extremely wary, suddenly stopped. Before he could get close, he turned around and walked away, his recitation changing to, “…Isn’t it a joy to have friends coming from afar?”

Only then did Di Nvfeng withdraw her murderous gaze and no longer bothered with him.

The fog below was rolling, and the six ghost dragons had already revealed themselves, their dragon chants echoing. Their intelligence was obviously not as complete as the old man’s, and they hadn’t sensed the change in the atmosphere.

Di Nvfeng sank her body, a flash of fire directly stepping on the head of the leading ghost dragon.

Boom——

The ghost dragon, which had been wandering here for an unknown amount of time, ended its sinful life in an instant. Its head exploded, and the huge body that followed was burned by the intense fire.

The entire Dream Abyss seemed to boil, and a huge heat wave surged up.

The remaining five ghost dragons seemed to have been thrown into a hot pot, but none of them dared to fly up. Instead, they all sank to the bottom to hide.

None of them dared to show their heads again.

With one down and one up, Di Nvfeng had killed a ghost dragon with a light leap. When she returned to the three of them, she didn’t even pant.

“Let’s go.” She said to the three of them in a light and breezy manner.

The three of them, including Chu Liang, were all startled, then obediently followed her into the fog… Their demeanor was as docile as three ducklings following their mother duck.

Chu Liang vaguely heard Pǔ Shàn behind him muttering, “So terrifying, so terrifying…”

The journey was swift, and they soon flew out of the foggy valley and left Zhen Nan Domain Mountain.

Luo Yao and Pǔ Shàn both thanked them briefly, then agreed to keep in touch with Chu Liang before going their separate ways. Especially Luo Yao, after witnessing Di Nvfeng stomping on the dragon’s head, she began to worry about the safety of her own elders.

Chu Liang and his master flew back to Shu Mountain without saying much.

But as soon as they landed on Silver Sword Peak, they saw Liu Xiaoyu running over anxiously, shouting, “Little Jin has been captured!”

“What?”

…

As for the matter of the Golden Mammoth, it was just bad luck.

Previously, the people of Dan Ding Hall noticed that the appetite of the Hakutaku cub had increased dramatically, so they increased the amount of food. At the same time, they reported the matter.

The elder of Dan Ding Hall was refining a big pill in seclusion and had no time to care about it. But yesterday, he just came out of seclusion. Overjoyed by the success of the pill and hearing that the Hakutaku cub was about to break through, the elder of Dan Ding Hall was overjoyed.

He rushed to the Guardian Peak to check, only to find that there was no sign of the Hakutaku cub breaking through, there was no change at all!

This was serious.

It didn’t matter if the divine beast didn’t break through, the main thing was that it couldn’t eat that much food. Where did all the extra spirit medicine go? You know, the spirit feeding pills that Shu Mountain fed to the Hakutaku cub were the best, and this amount was quite valuable.

The first reaction of the elder of Dan Ding Hall was that a disciple had embezzled the extra spirit feeding pills. So he quietly returned to Dan Ding Hall.

But he secretly used the immortal method of Heaven’s Eye and Earth’s Ear to monitor the Guardian Peak from a distance, hoping to catch the thief red-handed.

But he didn’t catch the disciple who had embezzled the spirit feeding pills, he only caught a big head jumping into the pill pool.

Caught red-handed.

The elder of Dan Ding Hall immediately arrested the Golden Mammoth and took it to Dan Ding Hall. It was said that when the big head realized that he was going to be arrested, he didn’t resist at all, he just stuffed spirit feeding pills into his mouth like crazy, his cheeks bulging.

After hearing Xiaoyu’s story, Chu Liang fell into deep thought.

Bad, he was caught.

He had been worried when he left Shu Mountain. With Big Head’s reckless eating style, without him watching, it was very likely that he would be exposed, and now his worries had come true.

This was caught by the elder of Dan Ding Hall, it was not a small matter.

Bang!

Just as he was pondering what to do, Di Nvfeng slapped the table angrily, saying, “That old man actually dared to arrest our Silver Sword Peak’s spirit pet, doesn’t he know that you have to consider the owner before hitting a pet? I’m going to give him trouble!””Master…” Chu Liang hurriedly stopped her, saying, “We are not in the right here.”

“Well, then let’s not talk about right or wrong, just fight.” Di Nvfeng said calmly, “Play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses.”

Alright then.

So her understanding of playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses was to reason when in the right, and to avoid reasoning and resort to force when in the wrong.

“We haven’t reached that point yet…” Chu Liang had to persuade, “Let’s go and see first, maybe we can negotiate.”

“Alright, let’s talk to them first.” Di Nvfeng agreed.

“Exactly, courtesy before force.” Chu Liang said.

Immediately, the master and disciple rushed off to the Dan Ding Hall to rescue… ahem, rescue the beast.

In the vast open space behind the Dan Ding Hall, several large iron cages stood, similar to those seen in the Wan Beast Hall before. Several large beasts were locked inside, with signs posted outside each cage.

There was a strange beast that looked like a horse or a sheep, with horns spiraling like a dragon, dozing inside. The sign outside its cage read “Urinating and defiling Shu Mountain.”

A huge green-scaled snake was coiled inside another cage, with a sign outside reading “Stealing precious spirit bird eggs.”

Next to it was the golden-haired beast, who seemed completely oblivious to its captivity, gnawing at the iron cage with excitement. It seemed to have found a long-lost chew toy, and might even feel at home. The sign outside its cage read “Stealing spirit beast food.”

This was a common practice in Shu Mountain. If a pet beast from any peak broke the rules of the mountain gate when unattended, it would be detained here, waiting for its owner to come and retrieve it.

Generally, for minor offenses, some sword coins would be paid as a fine, a small punishment would be given, and then the beast would be taken away.

A disciple from the Dan Ding Hall was standing by. As soon as Chu Liang landed, he went over and asked, “Brother, how much fine do we need to pay to redeem this golden-haired beast?”

“Let me see…” The disciple looked down at his book, then looked up and said, “Eight thousand.”

“What?” Chu Liang was shocked.

“What did you say?!” Di Nvfeng also stepped forward upon hearing this. Her fierce aura scared the disciple, who almost fell to the ground.

He stammered, “That’s… that’s the case. It was personally sent here by Elder Dan Ding, who set the fine.”

“You charge so many sword coins for a few broken elixir pills? Why don’t you just rob us!” Di Nvfeng shouted.

“Elder Dan Ding said, this golden-haired beast is… shearing the wool of the mountain god beast, which is extremely bad…” The disciple stuttered in explanation, looking as if he was about to cry.

“Go call Elder Dan Ding!” Di Nvfeng didn’t bully the small, she simply waved her hand and told him to go call someone.

“Yes…” The disciple, as if pardoned, immediately turned and ran.

At this moment, a soft laugh was heard.

“No need, I’m already here.” A spotless white figure floated over.

The man was dressed in white, with hair as white as a crane’s and a youthful face. His face was clear and his body was like an old pine, truly embodying the spirit of an immortal.

It was Elder Dan Ding, one of the four mountain-protecting elders of Shu Mountain, a peer of the head of Shu Mountain, and one of the most powerful figures in Shu Mountain. In the entire cultivation world, his status was extremely high.

Looking at the elder, Chu Liang couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. After all, as a mere disciple, he didn’t often get the chance to see an elder of this level, let alone this time when his own beast had been caught shearing the wool of Shu Mountain.

He felt a bit guilty.

Then he saw Di Nvfeng facing Elder Dan Ding, and she shouted directly at him, “Old man, you’ve got a lot of nerve!”

Chu Liang’s heart skipped a beat.

She was so righteous and confident!