He Can Like Ten in a Day, He's Not Worthy

Hearing this, Qu Shengwen couldn't help but anxiously say:

"Fairy, don't listen to my sister's random questions. Age and such are not important."

Most cultivators don't care about such superficial things. There are many cultivation partners who are a hundred or even a thousand years apart in age.

Qu Shengwen was a man who greatly appreciated beauty. It was impossible for him not to be moved when he encountered an exceptional beauty.

Although he knew he was unworthy, he still wanted to try and get closer.

Therefore, he was particularly afraid that Xia Wantang would keep her distance from them because of the age difference.

Xia Wantang: ??? What do you mean age isn't important? Age is important!

She had previously worried that Yan Wen might treat her like an elder, but she found it difficult to naturally bring up the topic of age.

Now that Qu Zhuowen had asked, she could only say: "Sister, that's a great question!"

"Don't overthink it. I'm only twenty years old, the same age as you all. You can just call me Fellow Daoist."

Strictly speaking, the real age of this body was just born.

Of course, that was too shocking, so Xia Wantang could only answer based on Yan Wen's situation.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other four showed varying degrees of surprise.

Ling Xuan, whose pursuit of the Dao was the strongest, couldn't help but ask:

"Fellow Daoist Tang, at such a young age, how did you achieve such high cultivation?"

After speaking, he realized that his question might be prying into someone's privacy, so he added:

"I apologize for my abruptness. If it's inconvenient, you don't have to answer."

Xia Wantang, who didn't know how to explain anyway, could only fabricate:

"It's nothing. I was just lucky."

"I was fortunate enough to receive the inheritance of a great cultivator. He passed on all his lifelong knowledge to me, along with many spirit herbs and spirit pills. After refining them, my cultivation advanced so quickly."

At this moment, this seemed to be the only plausible reason.

Yan Wen and the other three understood. While they felt envious, their respect for Xia Wantang did not diminish in the slightest.

Don't think that just because one received an inheritance, it was simply good luck. One had to be recognized by the great cultivator first!

Otherwise, the great cultivator would rather let the inheritance rot in the ground.

Furthermore, even with abundant spirit pills and elixirs, it was impossible to help mediocre talents improve their cultivation. This indicated that Fellow Daoist Tang's own talent was exceptionally outstanding.

To avoid the four of them continuing to pry into her personal matters, Xia Wantang changed the subject to business:

"Fellow Daoist Yan, since you arrived in Luoshui Town before me, have there been any developments in your investigation?"

If the Heavenly Demon Cult could be destroyed in the early stages, it would definitely be a good thing, preventing many innocent cultivators from suffering calamities.

Of course, she wasn't neglecting the matter of gaining favor.

Every time she cast her gaze towards Yan Wen, Xia Wantang would secretly send alluring glances.

Moreover, she had taken the initiative to strike up conversations with Yan Wen several times, making her intentions quite obvious.

It had to be said that this move was somewhat effective. Her peach blossom eyes were already bright and captivating, shining with every glance.

Coupled with her boldness, proactiveness, and excellence, Yan Wen, being a normal man, couldn't possibly feel nothing.

[Tang Wan gained 5 favor points with Yan Wen. Current favor points: 15. Faith points exchanged: 50.]

Upon hearing the favorability announcement, she still felt unsatisfied.

As expected of the orthodox Holy Son with the least desires, even in the early stages, the effect of the honey trap wasn't particularly significant.

Unlike Xiao Rui and Ye Xing, where at least the first 30 favor points were very easy to gain without much effort.

Noticing Xia Wantang's gaze, Qu Shengwen was the most disheartened.

Despite his several attempts to proactively show his favor, she had remained oblivious, her eyes only on Holy Son Yan Wen.

He also understood that although he was excellent, he couldn't compare to Yan Wen in all aspects.

It seemed he could only hide his feelings deep in his heart and give up on pursuing her.

Qu Zhuowen, on the other hand, was happy to see this outcome.

For an outstanding and peerless beauty like Fairy Sister, besides Holy Son Yan Wen, she couldn't think of any other male cultivator who would be worthy.

As for her own "cheap" brother, forget it.

When he saw a beautiful woman, he could fall for ten in a day. He wasn't worthy.

Xia Wantang's gaze was too direct and bold. Yan Wen met her eyes for a second or two, but ultimately couldn't hold back. He averted his gaze, concealing the momentary panic in his heart, and replied:

"After arriving in Luoshui Town, we inquired with the villagers. Some villagers said they had indeed seen cultivators wearing the same attire as us come here. Besides them, there were also some rogue cultivators."

"Because there is a Demonic Beast Forest near the town, and it's not of high level, cultivators around the Mystic Martial Realm occasionally come here for training."

"However, recently, those cultivators haven't appeared again. The villagers thought they had left this place."

Hearing this, Xia Wantang fell into thought:

It seemed that the Heavenly Demon Cult had only recently been established at this stage, not yet engaging in large-scale abductions of cultivators, and only daring to operate stealthily in the vicinity.

Because later on, when Xiao Rui went to suppress the Heavenly Demon Cult, all the original villagers of Luoshui Town had already been victimized, and the new villagers were all impersonators from the Heavenly Demon Cult.

When they impersonated villagers, if they encountered cultivators with low cultivation, they would directly capture them for the Heavenly Demon Cult.

If they encountered those with high cultivation, they wouldn't reveal themselves. Instead, they would secretly report to the Cult Master to see how to deal with them.

Now that these villagers could still provide information about the missing disciples to Yan Wen and the other three, they should indeed be ordinary villagers.

Furthermore, the tea in this tea house was fine, it was just regular green tea.

Bringing her thoughts back, Xia Wantang suggested:

"Why don't we go take a look at that Demonic Beast Forest? Perhaps we can find something."

She remembered that the Heavenly Demon Cult's stronghold was hidden in the core area of the Demonic Beast Forest.

Hearing this, Qu Shengwen closed his fan and enthusiastically invited:

"Great minds think alike! To be honest, the four of us were just about to head to the Demonic Beast Forest. If Fellow Daoist Tang doesn't mind, why don't we travel together?"

Xia Wantang: Sister was just waiting for you to say that!

"Okay, there's no time to delay. Let's set off now."

Thus, the five of them hit it off immediately and set off for the Demonic Beast Forest. Xia Wantang also successfully infiltrated the Asking Dao Valley team, gaining an opportunity to develop feelings with Yan Wen.

The Demonic Beast Forest was not far from Luoshui Town. The five of them rode at full speed and arrived within the time it takes for one incense stick to burn.

As soon as they landed, Xia Wantang sensed something was wrong:

Her current body was the Supreme Yin Demonic Physique, which allowed her to sense the presence of other demonic beasts over a large area.

However, even though this was supposed to be the Demonic Beast Forest, she couldn't sense many demonic beasts. She only detected a few demonic beasts above the Profound Heaven Realm deep within the forest.

This Demonic Beast Forest was not of a high level, so demonic beasts above the Profound Heaven Realm were already dominant existences.

But it was absolutely impossible for the Demonic Beast Forest to only contain demonic beasts above the Profound Heaven Realm.

The demonic beasts here should mostly be around the Mystic Martial Realm. Otherwise, those cultivators from before wouldn't have come here for training.

This meant there was only one possibility: the demonic beasts in the Demonic Beast Forest had also been wiped out by the Heavenly Demon Cult.

Thinking of this, a surge of anger inexplicably rose in Xia Wantang's heart. She subconsciously punched a nearby tree, breaking it, which startled the other four.