Chapter 32

This made Xiao Long feel as though happiness had come far too suddenly! He had not been prepared in the slightest!

Could it be that his relationship with Xiao Xun'er had become this close?

Of course, his relationship with Xiao Xun'er was not that close.

Today was the sixth time Xiao Xun'er had been turned away by Xiao Yan, and her heart was filled with sorrow!

And for a heartbroken young girl who had just begun to understand love, how high could her guard possibly be?

Moreover, because Xiao Xun'er had rated Xiao Long quite highly after his previous conversation with Xiao Yan, she held no ill will toward him. On the contrary, she even had a faint liking for him.

It was because of that tiny bit of goodwill that Xiao Xun'er accepted Xiao Long's invitation.

Xiao Long was now very glad that he had not called Ya Fei in advance to invite her.

Otherwise, he would not have known whom to accompany today.

Since he had not invited Ya Fei, he could only risk his life to accompany a beauty!

"That's wonderful. I've just broken through to Dou Zhe, and I'm planning to take a look around the Monster Forest. Would Cousin Xun'er be willing to come with me?"

With a sincere smile on his face, Xiao Long extended the invitation.

"The Monster Forest?" Xiao Xun'er could not help admiring Xiao Long's boldness.

He had only just broken through to Dou Zhe, yet he already dared to go to the Monster Forest.

Even as a Da Dou Shi, she did not dare venture casually into the Monster Forest.

There were simply too many powerful magical beasts inside. At the very least, third- and fourth-tier magical beasts traveled in packs. There were even fifth- and sixth-tier magical beasts.

If she encountered a fourth-tier magical beast, she would have no choice but to surrender helplessly.

However, with Ling Ying around, she had nothing to fear.

Wait? Ling Ying?

Xiao Xun'er suddenly remembered that she had sent Ling Ying away, and he was not by her side.

Without Ling Ying, Xiao Xun'er began to hesitate.

"Uh, since Cousin Xun'er doesn't dare go to the Monster Forest, then let's go somewhere else for fun!"

Seeing that Xiao Xun'er was unwilling to go to the Monster Forest, Xiao Long assumed that she had some unspeakable reason.

But he had made up his mind to show off his driving skills in the Monster Forest today, so he could only start using a provocation tactic.

Sure enough, foolish little Xun'er fell for it at once...

"Don't look down on me. I'll go! Who says I don't dare?"

As though deliberately trying to show her resolve, Xiao Xun'er walked ahead of Xiao Long and began leading the way.

That left Xiao Long both amused and helpless.

The two chatted and laughed as they left Wuketan City together and entered the outskirts of the Monster Forest.

Quite a few mercenaries were hunting magical beasts here. When they saw someone like Xiao Xun'er, who only had eight stages of Dou Qi, entering the Monster Forest, all of them revealed lecherous smiles.

Here, there were no imperial laws to restrain them. If someone died here, no one would care. The only outcome would be being eaten by magical beasts and returning to nature.

Thus, they were utterly unscrupulous! Their gazes began sweeping over Xiao Xun'er's delicate body.

Some of those lustful pigs had even started drooling.

They had truly never encountered a beauty like Xiao Xun'er in all their lives.

Now that they had met her, how could they let her go so easily?

"Little sister, you haven't even reached Dou Zhe yet. It's far too dangerous in the Monster Forest! Come join our mercenary group. Big brother will protect you. Look, big brother here is an eight-star Dou Zhe!"

A fat pig of a man stared at Xiao Xun'er with lustful eyes and gave a lewd smile.

"That's right, join our mercenary group. We'll protect you!"

The people around them began inviting her one after another.

Rather than invitations, it was more like coercion.

Each of them waved the weapons in their hands, making the threat all too clear.

Although Xiao Xun'er was of a higher level than all of them, she had never seen such a disgusting scene before.

She could not help hooking her arm through Xiao Long's and pressing her body tightly against his. It gave Xiao Xun'er a measure of comfort.

Seeing Xiao Xun'er take the initiative to lean against him, Xiao Long was overjoyed.

Because that meant her favorability toward him was growing higher and higher!

He patted Xiao Xun'er on the shoulder, signaling for her not to worry.

"Kid, let go of that girl if you know what's good for you! Otherwise..."

As he spoke, the pig-like man from earlier flashed his heavily chipped broadsword before Xiao Long, threatening him.

"Otherwise what?" Xiao Long did not take these people seriously at all and knowingly asked.

They were just a bunch of trash.