"Hm?" Xiao Chen's expression shifted slightly, and his guard went up at once. He had not noticed when this girl had appeared at all.
The girl had long hair draped over her shoulders and a sweet face. She was short, barely a meter and a half tall, but beautifully proportioned, with a full bosom and a slender waist. She wore a black linen dress, its slit revealing a stretch of calf as lustrous and white as jade, with a soft, creamy sheen.
The girl carried a battered bamboo basket containing some crimson wild herbs wreathed in black and white wisps. Her eyes were clear and pure.
She seemed like a mountain spring, cut off from the ten thousand fathoms of the mortal world.
She inspired an instinctive sense of closeness.
One glance at her.
And it was impossible to harbor any suspicion.
"Young Master, don't be afraid. My name is Bai Ruoyou, and I'm from Worry-Free City. I was gathering herbs nearby when I saw some blood, so I followed the trail here!" Bai Ruoyou looked at Xiao Chen and spoke timidly, her voice as faint as a mosquito's hum, her pretty cheeks slightly flushed.
"Worry-Free City?" Xiao Chen did not lower his guard. He rose and stepped back without betraying anything, maintaining a distance of three paces from Bai Ruoyou.
Although Bai Ruoyou looked harmless.
And her eyes were utterly pure.
The impression she gave him at first sight.
Was rather like the one Moli had given him when they met in Bear Martial City years ago.
Only.
Bai Ruoyou's eyes looked even purer than Moli's had back then.
"Young Master, you've never heard of Worry-Free City?" Bai Ruoyou asked in surprise.
"I'm from the outside world. I only entered the Azure Spirit Domain today to take part in