"Who are you?" The Immortal Fairy asked warily, looking at the four newcomers. Their cultivation levels were all higher than hers, all at the Golden Elixir stage.

 

Lv Chang's smile widened.

 

The four of them often roamed the dense forest. On the surface, they were like everyone else, fighting with monsters, collecting heavenly treasures, but in reality, they were monsters themselves. They secretly killed people and stole their goods, took away their storage rings, cleaned them out, and traded with the human race who accepted dirty money, earning high profits.

 

Originally, they came to discuss the next step with the lake owner, but they didn't expect to encounter a young girl here.

 

She was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, with a cute and innocent appearance, disheveled clothes, and bare feet. She was probably a young lady from a noble family who had come here for training and had gotten separated from her guards.

 

This was a common occurrence. After all, in such a vast forest, the highest cultivation level couldn't possibly be only at the Golden Elixir stage.

 

As far as they knew, there was a powerful elephant tribe monster nearby, at the Elemental Infant stage, with terrifying strength.

 

Lv Chang was inexperienced and couldn't recognize what the Immortal Fairy was wearing, but he was certain that the material was definitely valuable.

 

A young lady from a noble family out for training would definitely have a lot of good things on her. Even if the family pursued them later, they wouldn't be afraid. This was a dense forest, life and death were determined by fate, who could guarantee that there wouldn't be accidents during training?

 

Worst case scenario, they could just shift the blame onto the human race itself. After all, the human race had done plenty of such things.

 

Moreover, this little girl was cooking here, clearly a carefree and naive person, easy to deceive.

 

Lv Chang thought about all the possible situations they might encounter, ensuring there was no danger, before he came out to kindly inquire about the Immortal Fairy's background.

 

"We are cultivators who came to the lakeside to collect medicinal herbs. We didn't expect to encounter you, young lady. This place is very dangerous, with Golden Elixir stage monsters lurking around. Even we dare not stay here for long."

 

The Immortal Fairy recalled the lake owner who she had casually punched to death just now. He was weak and posed no threat. She shook her head: "Dangerous? Not at all."

 

"Then you just haven't encountered it yet. Where are your parents? This place is very dangerous!"

 

"He went to challenge a Golden Elixir stage monster. I felt bored, so I ran out… Ah no, he's not my parent!" The Immortal Fairy instinctively followed Lv Chang's words, but realizing something was off, she quickly corrected the logical contradiction.

 

Lu Yang was just a junior, she was the elder.

 

Lv Chang and the others exchanged glances, certain that this little girl had snuck out.

 

"Fish King, are you here?" Lv Chang secretly communicated with the lake owner using his divine sense, wanting to ask about this little girl's situation, and whether they should cooperate and make a big score together.

 

"Not here?"

 

Lv Chang called out several times with his divine sense, but there was no response from the Fish King.

 

Could it be that he had transformed and gone ashore, looking for prey elsewhere?

 

If that was the case, then it was just the lake owner's bad luck, allowing the four of them to enjoy this unexpected fortune alone.

 

"Are you looking for a fish?" The Immortal Fairy's words startled Lv Chang. He was communicating with the lake owner using his divine sense, how could an outsider detect it?

 

"Then let's eat. It's just been cooked."

 

The Immortal True Fire burned the branches into ashes, then used the residual heat of the ashes to heat the ''beggar's chicken''（Beggar's Chicken: beggar's Chicken in this context refers to cooking fish in the same way you would make beggar's Chicken. Beggar's Chicken usually involves choosing a good chicken, stuffing it with favorite ingredients, wrapping it tightly in a lotus leaf, and then smearing the leaf with moister soil to form a protective layer, and finally placing it on the fire to roast.）.

 

The Immortal Fairy dug out a large chunk of mud from the ashes, knocked off the outer layer of mud, tore open the middle layer of lotus leaves, and a refreshing fragrance filled the air, causing Lv Chang and the others to take a deep breath.

 

Having survived in the wilderness for so long, this was the first time they had smelled such delicious food.

 

Was this the foundation of a large family? Even the food they ate in the wild was different from theirs.

 

"Eat up, this is the fish you were looking for." The Immortal Fairy's words were nonsensical.

 

Despite being a fairy chef, a fairy chef was still a chef. And what chefs loved most was having their guests eat the food they cooked.

 

Therefore, the Immortal Fairy generously shared the freshly cooked beggar's chicken with the four of them.

 

The four of them saw that the little girl was carefree and naive, and didn't think she would poison the food. Moreover, the beggar's chicken smelled really good.

 

They decided to eat this meal before sending the little girl on her way, and they would be a bit gentler when they made their move.

 

The four of them each found a large rock to sit on, gathered together, and enjoyed the food.

 

Lv Chang took out chopsticks from his storage ring, gently picked up a piece, but the fish was so tender that it fell apart with a slight squeeze. He had no choice but to adjust his strength and carefully pick up another piece.

 

The fish melted in his mouth, and it felt like a ball of water when he ate it. He couldn't even taste what it was before it slid down his throat.

 

The Immortal Fairy picked up two small branches, rinsed them in the lake, and used them as chopsticks.

 

She carefully picked up a piece, put it in her mouth, and savored it.

 

"Mmm, delicious."

 

"By the way, why do you monsters transform into human form?" The Immortal Fairy suddenly asked, "Isn't it said that it's more convenient for monsters to move around in the forest in their monster form?"

 

The four of them jumped up, looking down at the Immortal Fairy with a stern gaze.

 

"You knew we were monsters?!"

 

"I figured it out a long time ago."

 

"Then why didn't you react at all?"

 

"Why should I react?"

 

Just as Lv Chang was about to praise her for her courage, he felt the fish in his stomach turn from water to fire, burning in his belly, severing his meridians, leaving him weak, with beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

 

Thud—

 

Lv Chang fell to the ground, clutching his stomach and writhing. The other three were the same, falling to the ground, looking at the harmless Immortal Fairy with disbelief.

 

The four of them revealed their true forms. Lv Chang was a fox, and the other three were a hedgehog, a snake, and a lynx.

 

The Immortal Fairy found that the fish was highly toxic, even capable of corroding Lu Yang's wooden avatar. If this continued, she would soon have to return to Lu Yang's side.

 

She secretly activated her Immortal Dao Fruit to dispel the toxicity of the fish.

 

"What kind of fish is this?! How did you poison it?!" Lv Chang widened his eyes, trying to divert the Immortal Fairy's attention, quietly circulating his energy to resist the poison.

 

After seeing through their disguise, she acted as if nothing had happened, even inviting them to eat, and poisoning the food.

 

This person is so cunning!"It's the Fish King you're looking for. It tried to eat me, but I ate it instead," the Immortal Fairy said innocently. "You were looking for it, right? It's a bad monster, stop looking for it."

 

The Immortal Fairy wrinkled her nose, dissatisfied with the Fish King's unreasonable behavior.

 

If this were the ancient times, no monster would dare to treat her like this. It was a grave offense, punishable by self-destruction.

 

"Isn't the Fish King a pufferfish?!" Lv Chang was shocked. The Fish King was the master of this lake, a pufferfish at the peak of the Golden Elixir stage, its entire body was extremely poisonous!

 

Most importantly, this little girl was only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, how could she possibly defeat the Fish King?

 

"Attack, kill her! She ate the fish and is fine, she must have the antidote!" Lv Chang and his three companions used their cultivation to temporarily suppress the pufferfish poison and launched a fierce attack.

 

"And take her storage ring, snatch it away!"

 

Four Golden Elixir cultivators ganging up on a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he didn't believe this little girl could win?

 

"So, you're just like the big fish, all bad monsters!" The Immortal Fairy was very dissatisfied with the four men's attitude.

 

She was just about to detoxify the four men, but they wanted to kill her.

 

(End of the chapter)