This Senior Is Actually Quite Nice

This person had to be the senior who had established the Immortal Medicine Garden in these mountains!

The reverse scale he spoke of was the Immortal Medicine Garden he had created!

Ghost Husband's miasma poison and Lu Jian's sword aura had both nearly destroyed the Immortal Medicine Garden, so the senior had suddenly appeared and, in a towering rage, killed them!

Luo Ruying guessed inwardly.

Ning Yechen had no idea what Luo Ruying was thinking. Seeing her take a step back, he thought he had frightened her just now and spoke gently.

"The Miasma Toxin in your body has already been removed. You only need to recuperate for a few days to recover from your injuries."

"Thank you, Senior..."

Luo Ruying bowed slightly in gratitude.

This senior had struck without mercy, yet unexpectedly, he was actually quite a gentle and kind person...

While this senior was still here, Luo Ruying hesitated for a moment before taking the initiative to confess.

"Senior, there is something I need to tell you truthfully..."

"Hm? What is it?"

Ning Yechen asked curiously.

Luo Ruying said with guilt written across her face,

"Senior, my husband and I happened upon your Immortal Medicine Garden and picked quite a few Immortal Herbs and Spiritual Medicine from it..."

"I also picked that Seven-Colored Glazed Flower..."

"If possible, I am willing to exchange some immortal treasures with you as an apology!"

"If Senior wishes to punish or blame someone, this junior will accept it all. I only ask that you do not blame my husband..."

"He is merely a mortal and had no intention of offending you."

After saying this, Luo Ruying felt exceedingly uneasy. She secretly watched the black-robed senior's every movement.

She was deeply worried that, upon learning the Immortal Medicine Garden had been casually harvested and that she had taken the Seven-Colored Glazed Flower, he might kill them in a fit of rage as well...!

After all, the Immortal Medicine Garden was this senior's reverse scale!

To be honest, even if she took out the few immortal treasures she had left, they would be utterly insufficient to make up for the value of that Seven-Colored Glazed Flower!

As Luo Ruying waited anxiously, Ning Yechen gave a soft chuckle and casually waved his hand.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. As long as you like them, you may pick all the Immortal Herbs and Spiritual Medicine you want."

"Those so-called immortal treasures of yours are of no use to this venerable one either. Keep them."

Luo Ruying seemed to have mistaken him for some senior who had planted the Immortal Medicine Garden...

But that was fine too. It saved him from having to make up some other excuse.

And even now, she was still worrying about him and taking his side, willing to bear the punishment alone. It moved him greatly.

Upon hearing that she could pick as she pleased without needing to exchange anything, Luo Ruying was so shocked that her jaw nearly dropped.

Many of those were incomparably valuable Immortal Herbs and Spiritual Medicine!

And he was simply allowing her to pick them freely?

Even though she had taken that Seven-Colored Glazed Flower, he did not mind in the slightest and showed no anger or blame whatsoever...

He was not even the least bit surprised, as though he had known all along that she had picked the Seven-Colored Glazed Flower.

This senior was actually quite nice...?

"May I ask for Senior's esteemed name and title?"

"If there is an opportunity in the future, this junior will certainly come to thank you in person!"

Luo Ruying bowed once more and spoke solemnly in gratitude.

However, when she raised her head, there was not a single figure before her. Just as he had come, that senior had vanished without a sound or trace.

Perhaps some reclusive expert simply did not wish others to know his name...

Luo Ruying did not dwell on it. Once she calmed down, she could not help feeling fortunate to have survived.

Though she had long been prepared to sacrifice herself, when Lu Jian's sword aura had nearly cut her down, she had still felt unwilling and reluctant...

The figures of that man and child surfaced in her mind of their own accord...

As expected, she still did not want to leave them like this...

Right! She had to hurry and find them!

Otherwise, it would be dangerous if they encountered other demonic beasts in the forest!

Remembering Ning Yechen and Luo Hongye, who had fled, Luo Ruying grew anxious again and hurriedly sped toward the forest.

Meanwhile,

After leaving Luo Ruying, Ning Yechen flashed to the entrance of a cave and coldly transmitted his voice inside.

"All of you, get out here!"

The next moment, a startled commotion erupted from within the cave. Three figures shot out at top speed, one of them sliding on his knees to stop before Ning Yechen.

"M-My lord! Y-You summoned us...?"

Cold sweat streamed down Sky Swallowing Python's forehead as she asked tremblingly.

How long had it even been? They had already been summoned by Ning Yechen twice in a row. It was enough to scare them to death!

They had been having a fine time playing cards, but the moment they heard that voice, their souls had nearly fled their bodies.

Faced with Ning Yechen's frost-cold expression, everyone stood mute as cicadas in winter.

Who knew which blind fool had offended this lord again...

Ning Yechen looked at them and spoke blandly.

"What were you doing just now?"

"Reporting to My Lord, we-we were playing cards..."

Chaos Demon Bull answered weakly.

They had only been playing cards. Surely he had not come all this way to hold them accountable for that...

"Playing cards?"

"People entered the Demon Realm Forest and disturbed my peace, yet you were here playing cards?"

"Do you truly not know why I keep you around?"

Ning Yechen frowned slightly, his tone unfriendly.

His words made everyone present shudder. They hurriedly kowtowed desperately as they explained,

"My Lord, you misunderstand!"

"W-We thought those people were yours, My Lord!"

Chaos Demon Bull and the others looked ready to weep, feeling so wronged that they truly wanted to cry.

Black Scale Giant Dragon had died because he had casually attacked people he was not allowed to attack...

The three of them had learned their lesson and obediently hidden inside the cave. Yet after letting people pass, they were still being held accountable...

Seeing how pitifully aggrieved they looked as they cried, Ning Yechen had no intention of pursuing the matter further. Instead, he pointed in the direction Su Sheng had fled and said in a cold voice,

"One person fled in this direction. You know what to do, right?"

"Got it!"

"We'll go kill him right away!"

"For the crime of disturbing you, My Lord, let him die ten thousand times!"

Chaos Demon Bull immediately pounded his chest and gave his solemn assurance.

The others nodded in agreement as well.

Ning Yechen rolled his eyes at them and said flatly,

"I want him alive."

"If he dies, you won't need to come back alive either. Understand?"

"Understood..."

The group nodded obediently.

"Then what are you still kneeling here for?"

"If you let him get away, you needn't come back either. Just wait for me to find you!"

Seeing the three still sitting obediently where they were, Ning Yechen could not help frowning as he snapped coldly.

If he had not been in such a hurry to return to his wife and daughter, he would not have entrusted the task of capturing someone to the three of them.

Chaos Demon Bull and the other two jolted awake and hastily scrambled up from the ground.

They were so terrified that their legs barely obeyed them. Their legs trembled as they rose, and one of them nearly fell over, making Ning Yechen frown even more.

Could he really trust these three demons with this...

Perhaps he should simply release his apostles instead...?

Under Ning Yechen's skeptical gaze, Chaos Demon Bull and the other two swiftly transformed into streaks of divine light and sped off into the distance.

This concerned the lives of all three of them, so they pursued with every ounce of their strength.

After watching them leave, Ning Yechen turned toward the other side of the forest.

He should hurry back to his precious daughter and wife too...

Otherwise, it would be terrible if they discovered him...