The grass, trees, and moss gave off a faint blue or pale green glow.
Wood and charcoal burned in the campfire, the iron pot sizzling. The five sat around the fire with cold sweat beading on their foreheads. A Mysterious Girl had appeared beside them, squatting by the pot and watching the female cultivator surnamed Wu busily work the wooden spatula in her hand.
The atmosphere was quiet and strange.
The grass rustled, and a four-eyed Green Wolf crawled out. It looked over the six figures and sniffed the air.
As if weighing whether it could hunt them.
The five cast sidelong glances at the uninvited four-eyed Green Wolf. Judging from its aura, it was a demonic beast equivalent to the Late Qi Refining Stage, a fairly formidable mutant. They hoped it would not come closer, yet also hoped it would fight the Strange Girl. Better still if it could scare the little girl away.
Bai Yujun turned and glanced at it. The four-eyed Green Wolf let out a whimpering howl, lowered its head, flattened its ears, then turned and fled with its tail tucked between its legs.
"..."
Well then. Even a mutant demonic beast of the Late Qi Refining Stage was afraid.
Several faces, young and old, male and female, were lit by the firelight, their shadows cast onto the rock wall and the surrounding ground. The ground was uneven while the rock wall was smooth, and the shadows swayed unsteadily with the flames. Bai Yujun crouched beside the rock wall. Whether it was a trick of the young female cultivator's eyes or something else, she caught sight of the little girl's shadow on the wall from the corner of her eye. It did not look human. Its wavering outline seemed to bear two forked horns atop its