Chapter 74: Little Black Tail

Each grass shrimp was as long as Su Jin's palm.

Su Jin needed both small hands to grab one. But roasted grass shrimp are delicious.

Brushed with oil, smeared with spices, the scent was incredible.

Su Jin was small, but her teeth were truly strong. Crack, crack, crack, she gnawed one down.

Watching this, Su Hanlin and Su Yu nearly dropped their jaws in shock.

"Not bad, little Jin knows how to eat. In the future, I'll find you as my eating partner," Su Hanlin said cheerfully.

Su Jin felt a bit embarrassed, but that didn't stop her from crack, crack, crack gnawing the second one.

Everyone was a bit stuffed after this lunch.

After the meal, they tidied up their things and stood together to digest the food.

They did not know that in the forest just three or five li away, a young couple with pitch-black eyes was chasing a young woman.

"Don't run, merge with us."

"Xiao Qian, don't go. Didn't you say you had the best relationship with your sister-in-law? Stay, stay and you can be with your sister-in-law forever."

A young woman, covered in dirt and with her magical robes somewhat torn, ran ahead like a madwoman.

Chasing closest behind her were not that couple, but a group of Little Black Tails.

They moved by bouncing swiftly through the woods.

They followed the young woman almost tightly.

Behind those Little Black Tails were the young couple following from a distance.

At this moment, although they still maintained human forms, their mouths were split wide open.

Their face shapes had turned into grotesque triangles.

As soon as they opened their mouths and spat, five or six Little Black Tails flew out from their bellies, bouncing to catch up with their companions.

The young woman glanced at them from afar, and her legs ran even faster.

The three of them had come to this forest farm to extract Wood Essence.

She didn't know what happened, but not long after, her couple of good friends changed their appearance.

One by one, they turned into big monsters capable of spitting out small monsters.

Thinking of the shadow monsters recently spreading wildly in Xiancheng, how could she not know her couple of good friends had been poisoned by some hand at some point?

They had completely turned into monsters.

Now it was her turn.

No, under no circumstances would she degenerate into a monster.

She had to run!!

The young woman sprinted for her life through the mountains and forests.

Unknowingly, she ran into the area where Su Jin and the others were.

"Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian, don't run."

"Xiao Qian, merge completely with us."

An Qian did not want to hear the words shouted by her couple of good friends who had already turned into monsters.

But unexpectedly, she actually bumped into a group of people also extracting Wood Essence.

Moreover, they were bringing along a little girl.

They were on the mountain peak; An Qian was already almost running to their side.

Because the forest was dense and the trees tall, An Qian had failed to spot them in advance.

"Run, run, there are monsters." After seeing them, An Qian immediately changed direction, stopped climbing the mountain, and ran straight toward a nearby mountain gully.

Su Jin saw from afar the sight of certain monsters chasing the young woman down the mountain; not long after, he confirmed those two strange things were definitely the shadow monsters recently spreading wildly.

Because he saw those two big monsters spitting out small monsters.

Those small monsters even split in two; half continued chasing that woman.

The other half flew and bounced toward their side.

He quickly picked up Su Jin, without a word, and ran toward the forest farm entrance. "Run fast."

"Su Jin, we can go save her; the monsters chasing behind that girl seem to be only two," Su Yu said.

He saw that young girl; she was so beautiful, yet spirited and resolute, turning her head and running directly.

She really did not want to bring danger to them; what a kind person.

In an instant, his heart fluttered for her.

"Then you go." Su Jin had already run several meters; he was equally resolute, moving with lightning speed, throwing away all tools and backpacks. He only needed to keep Su Jin safe.

Su Hanlin also threw away his backpack, without a word, grabbed Su Yu, and was about to follow Su Jin.

"You are too excessive; how can you stand by and watch a weak woman in trouble without helping? Anyway, I am going to help her." Su Yu suddenly shook off Su Hanlin's pull, turned around directly, and went to save the person.

Su Hanlin was stunned.

He looked at Su Jin, who hesitated not and did not look back, then looked at Su Yu, who was excitedly running away; gritting his teeth, he still chased after Su Yu.

"Big Brother, they went to save someone; if you don't go with them this time, you will likely lose these two friends in the future."

"It's fine; I only need to keep you safe." Su Jin's expression did not change at all; his escape speed actually increased.

"Big Brother, why didn't you go save that girl?" Su Jin asked, confused. Anyway, she was being held by Big Brother, so asking casually wouldn't disrupt Big Brother's escape plan.

"Because you are more important than anything," Su Jin answered.

Su Jin was like a wild leopard, leaping and weaving swiftly through the mountains and forests.

Gradually, he found the feeling of escaping for his life in the mountains and forests from before.

He accelerated even more.

The little black tails that had been chasing after them also stopped their pursuit because Su Jin ran too fast.

But once they stopped, Su Jin was safe, while they became the ones in danger.

This was because Xue Chiluo had set its sights on those dozen or so little black tails.

Just moments ago, they had been moving too quickly to be caught.

Now that they had all stopped together.

Xue Chiluo instantly seized the opportunity. With a single suction, those dozen or so little black tails immediately turned into dried tadpoles.

Plop, plop—they fell from the trees!

Xue Chiluo had originally planned to eat their shells as well.

But Zuzhu was already at the gate; what if they boarded the flying carriage early? What would it do then?

Was it to be left alone in this forest farm?

"Xue Chiluo, come back. Xue Chiluo, come back." Su Jin was calling it with her divine sense.

Xue Chiluo's small body paused for a moment, then it swiftly burrowed into the earth and ran toward Zuzhu's direction.

Never mind, let there be some leftovers.

Su Jin ran back to the forest farm gate, where the two rangers were present. "My lords, there is a monster inside the forest farm chasing a young woman. My two companions have gone to rescue her. Because I was carrying a child, I had no choice but to flee and seek help," Su Jin said, panting heavily.

"Where exactly did you see the monster chasing people? Are you certain it was a monster?" The ranger who had previously registered Su Jin and the others immediately said with a serious expression.

Su Jin straightforwardly recounted where she had seen the monster chasing people, and how that young woman, upon seeing them, had turned and changed direction to run into the neighboring valley so as not to bring danger to them.

"Those two creatures looked human, but their mouths could split open as wide as a washbasin, and they could spit out small monsters from inside that looked like freshly hatched black tadpoles. They could spit out a dozen or so at a time; they are absolutely not human."

Su Jin recounted the matter calmly.