Zhu Yan Hua!
Her mind was still running through all sorts of wild speculations.
"Why would such a powerful genius be hiding here?"
"Could it be that, knowing how capable he is, he chose to live quietly in this village?"
"Right, that must be it. He just wants a quiet life."
"Holy Dragon Village, Holy Dragon Dojo!"
"He must want to carry on the wishes of the dojo's forebears!"
"To make this village and this dojo famous once more!"
Very soon!
Zhu Yan Hua wore an expression of sudden understanding.
She felt she had completely figured out Chen Xuan's thoughts.
"He's my benefactor. He's saved me twice!"
"I absolutely can't expose his identity!"
Zhu Yan Hua nodded secretly and made up her mind.
"Chen Xuan—no, Big Brother Chen Xuan!"
"Thank you so much!"
Zhu Yan Hua clasped her hands and bowed with a face full of admiration.
From Uncle Zheng, she had learned that Chen Xuan was twenty-two years old.
She herself was twenty, so Zhu Yan Hua naturally addressed Chen Xuan as her older brother.
"No need to be so polite. It was just a small matter!"
Seeing Zhu Yan Hua's attitude,
Chen Xuan nodded.
Sensing the aura of a Gold Rank Beast Master radiating from Zhu Yan Hua,
Chen Xuan guessed that she was probably also a powerful genius in the city.
The fact that she could show such respect and possess such a good temperament was already quite impressive.
Besides, she had helped the village earlier.
That was the main reason Chen Xuan had helped her.
Not long afterward!
Zhu Yan Hua left.
Before departing,
when she was alone with Chen Xuan,
Zhu Yan Hua kept saying that she would keep his secret.
This surprised Chen Xuan somewhat.
It seemed that she had recognized him as the person who had saved her in Violet Volcano Valley.
But Chen Xuan did not really care about that.
He was not trying to hide himself completely.
He simply did not want to be so high-profile.
After all, if he released a whole heap of Phantom Beasts in the village,
with things like Holy Dragons and Storm Dragons appearing,
the consequences could be quite bad.
Before she left, Chen Xuan gave Zhu Yan Hua more than a dozen Spirit Fruits.
Chen Xuan felt that Zhu Yan Hua had a pretty good temperament.
And he had plenty of those level-five Spirit Fruits himself.
Giving her a dozen or so was merely a drop in the bucket.
Recently!
Chen Xuan had added quite a few more Phantom Beasts to the village!
For example, Broom Imps, Phantom Beasts that helped the villagers clean the entire village.
They walked along the streets of the mountain village,
helping sweep every path clean.
There were also Guardian Scarecrows stationed in the fields.
Besides driving away the Phantom Beasts that tried to steal the crops,
Broom Imps, Guardian Scarecrows, and the others
were all Phantom Beasts Chen Xuan used to protect Holy Dragon Village.
If something like what had happened before occurred again, with a powerful Phantom Beast such as an Ironclad Lizard attacking the village,
the villagers, who lacked any great abilities, would have no way to deal with it.
Late at night!
Rustle, rustle!
Tiny sounds rang out.
Pair after pair of deep-red eyes appeared under the moonlight.
Suddenly!
A rat dashed out of the forest.
It furtively looked around.
Seeing the faint lights of Holy Dragon Village,
it then headed toward the village.
Just then!
A gigantic tongue lashed out and coiled around it.
"Squeak, squeak!"
It had only just managed to let out a shriek
before the rat was swallowed whole.
Gulp!
Under the moonlight,
a tiny Field King Frog stared out with a pair of vacant eyes.
It stood there silently.
It looked just like a stone.
However,
the moment it detected the slightest disturbance,
it would shoot out its nimble tongue and kill the enemy.
Under the moonlight!
Elsewhere, other rats were also heading toward other parts of Holy Dragon Village.
However!
They were all stopped.
Every one of them was killed by the Phantom Beasts roaming around Holy Dragon Village.
Meanwhile, the villagers, who were still snoring away in deep sleep,
had no idea what was happening outside.
"Lately, it seems some kind of infectious disease has broken out in Lotus Well Village next door!"
"I heard that everyone in the entire village was infected within a week!"
That morning, Chen Xuan was explaining information about Phantom Beasts to the children in the village.
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