Chapter 218: Very Much Like Xie Yan

"Thank you."

Yuan Yao said softly.

Golden Egg, hearing this, replied haughtily: No need to thank.

After Yuan Yao sat on it, Golden Egg carried her swiftly to the other end of the forest.

Not long after she left, monster tribe soldiers appeared here.

Golden Egg's flight speed was fast; in about half an hour, it had already taken Yuan Yao through this forest.

During that time, Yuan Yao took a fourth-grade healing spirit pill.

Yuan Yao looked up and saw a huge city standing in the distance.

The city gates were tightly shut.

Outside the city, two units of wolf tribe soldiers were stationed, appearing heavily guarded.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao told Golden Egg: Don't leave the forest yet.

Golden Egg: Why?

Yuan Yao explained: My injuries haven't healed, and my spiritual power hasn't recovered either, so I'll stay put for now.

Golden Egg instantly understood, then carried Yuan Yao to a large tree and escorted her onto a trunk surrounded by dense foliage.

Afterwards, it shrank its size and landed in Yuan Yao's arms.

Yuan Yao leaned her back against the trunk, sat cross-legged, and began to regulate her disrupted breath.

She probed her dantian with her spiritual sense and found that the golden core she had condensed had actually solidified to two-fifths.

This discovery made her feel delighted.

Even the pain coming from her body was alleviated.

She had Golden Egg stand guard for her.

As time trickled by, not knowing how long had passed, Golden Egg urgently transmitted: Someone's coming!

Yuan Yao opened her eyes, glanced at Golden Egg, then held her breath and completely restrained her aura.

She reached out, quietly moved aside a leaf, and looked down through the gap.

She saw three monster tribe soldiers searching the surroundings.

One of the dog tribe soldiers said: The smell of blood seems to have stopped here.

"Is there no one here either?" another monster tribe soldier looked around.

"Could it be..."

Before the dog tribe soldier could finish, suddenly a cry came from deep in the forest.

"It's humans! Catch them!"

The three monster tribe soldiers, upon hearing the sound, warily glanced at each other; just as they were about to go reinforce, they didn't expect two young human cultivators to come straight at them.

They immediately drew their weapons, intending to block.

"When the river breaks, myriad waters surge!" a youth's voice rang out, followed by a fierce blade!

The blade swept with water element, suddenly becoming a wave, instantly flinging those three monster tribe soldiers to the ground!

"Thunder talisman, explode!"

A pleasant female voice came.

With a booming explosion, the thunder talisman detonated, instantly blowing up those pursuers, their screams continuous.

In Yuan Yao's view, not far away were two people: the boy held a short dagger, wore green tight clothing, his youthful face slightly immature, his fox eyes hinting at some demonic aura; he had his hair tied high, his pink lips slightly curled.

The girl wore a red dress, held a stack of talismans, her features delicate, also having fox eyes; though she had a round face, she looked lovely and charming, at this moment her brows and eyes bore a hint of pride.

Their eyebrows and eyes looked quite similar.

Soon, the boy swiftly slaughtered the remaining monster tribe soldiers, leaving no survivors.

"Brother, let's go." the red-dressed girl said.

Meanwhile, the boy in green attire slowly raised his head, as if unintentionally glancing toward where Yuan Yao was.

Yuan Yao's heart jumped.

Just as she thought he hadn't noticed, she heard his voice:

"Do you need me to personally ask you to come down?"

The red-dressed girl, upon hearing, immediately followed her brother's gaze over.

Under the layers of dense foliage, no one could be seen.

"I have no intention of being your enemy." Yuan Yao said without coming down.

Her voice rang out, and the red-dressed girl raised an eyebrow.

As she was about to use talismans to blow up the tree where Yuan Yao was, her brother reached out and stopped her.

"If that's the case, then don't." the boy's voice was flat.

"Brother..." the girl was somewhat reluctant.

The boy gave her a sideways glance.

The girl said disappointedly: "Alright."

After watching the two figures gradually depart, Yuan Yao's heart stirred with waves.

Both of them are strong.

Especially the boy in green attire.

His strength should be no less than that of Fourth Senior Brother.

But she had never seen these two before, so they likely came from other continents or islands.

The two hundred slots of the Flowing Light Secret Realm were filled with young cultivators from the Three Islands Nine Provinces.

Yuan Yao reached out and touched the golden egg, feeling a slight worry for her senior brothers and sisters.

She also didn't know where they were.

Could they have been transported to the demon clan's territory? Or perhaps the human clan's territory?

She gathered her thoughts, steadied her mind, looked down at the corpses of the monster clan soldiers, and felt that staying here any longer was unwise.

Fortunately, she had regained some spiritual energy, and her wounds were healing.

After sending the golden egg back to the beast‑pet space, she leapt down toward the edge of the forest.

A moment later, just as she found a new hiding spot, she heard faint footsteps behind her.

She quickly sprang up and hid atop a tree trunk.

Layer upon layer of leaves concealed her body tightly.

Just as she tried to quietly part the leaves to see who was coming—

Crack!

A sound of a tree snapping rang out; Yuan Yao felt herself sway and seemed about to fall with the breaking branch.

She quickly steadied herself and sprang out.

When she steadied, a Phantom Spirit Sword materialized in her hand, and she stared at the attacker with a wary expression.

In the night, a white‑clad youth stood not far away; his brows and eyes were like ink paintings, his features exquisitely beautiful like a demon spirit, his thin lips slightly parting, exuding an indescribable allure, and his sickly pale skin made the blue veins on his graceful neck faintly visible.

He was extremely tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist; his right hand, with distinct knuckles, lightly grasped a long sword.

The moment the youth saw Yuan Yao, his gaze deepened like ink, and his fingertips involuntarily tightened slightly.

That glance made Yuan Yao lose her composure.

Two words flashed in her mind: demon spirit.

A demon spirit that can ensnare soul and spirit!

Yuan Yao looked at his brows and eyes, vaguely feeling that he seemed familiar.

Like… Xie Yan.

She lowered her gaze and saw that he wielded the sword with his right hand.

But Xie Yan uses his left hand for the sword!

It wasn't him.

"You—" Yuan Yao began to question why he had cut down her hiding place, but as the words reached her mouth, she felt it was inappropriate.

She instinctively sensed that this person was extremely dangerous.

So, she must flee!

Yuan Yao turned and ran!

Youth: "……"

He pressed his thin lips together, his figure shifting, and appeared behind Yuan Yao, reaching out to grasp her shoulder.

"Sss—" Yuan Yao winced in pain, her face turning pale.

The youth instantly realized she was injured there, so he immediately released his hand, but before he could act, Yuan Yao had already swung her sword toward him.

Without any hesitation!

The youth extended two fingers, pinching Yuan Yao's Phantom Spirit Sword, then emitted a slight tremor of spiritual energy.

Yuan Yao instantly felt numbness in her palm.

In the next instant, the hand holding the sword hilt was flipped behind her by the youth.

Yuan Yao countered swiftly, but each of her small moves was anticipated by the youth and suppressed one by one.

Yuan Yao's complexion darkened slightly, and untimely, she thought of Xie Yan.

But he was not Xie Yan.

Xie Yan was not this handsome, and besides, Xie Yan's face had already been disfigured.

She keenly sensed that he bore no murderous intent, just as she was about to question his purpose, she turned her head, and her lips brushed lightly against his cool cheek.