Yunxi saw the two men's movements and pretended to be frightened, taking a step back as she said:
"Fellow Daoists, why are you following this young woman?"
The other man spoke up.
"Does that even need asking? Hand over your Storage Pouch if you know what's good for you, and we might spare your life. Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite."
This was an outright threat.
Pretending to be frightened, Yunxi took another step back and entered the area covered by her formation disk. She continued, putting on a fierce front despite her inner weakness, "I'm a Haoran Sect disciple. Don't get too arrogant!"
"Hmph! We're robbing sect disciples like you!"
The other man shouted, forming a hand seal and firing a water spike at Yunxi.
Yunxi tilted her head aside to dodge it, then turned and ran. The two men pursued without hesitation, but the moment they stepped into the area covered by the formation disk, they lost sight of Yunxi. Realizing something was wrong, they immediately stopped.
"She actually dared to ambush us!"
"She really is a fat sheep. We have to take her down!"
"Of course. Brother Xia, hurry and release your Tracking Rat. See where she's hiding!"
"Alright!"
The cultivator called Brother Xia immediately pulled a white rat with a pair of black ears from his robes. It was the Tracking Rat the other man had mentioned, and this was also why Yunxi had been unable to shake them off.
Yunxi, who was controlling the formation disk, immediately reacted. Using the formation, she separated the two men, then drew her sword to face the cultivator who had chased after her first, leaving the cultivator surnamed Xia behind.
"You little brat, small in stature but full of tricks. You actually dared to ambush us!"
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