Lu Ye could offer this shortcut method to Ziying as a reference, but he would never tell You Die.
You Die still tried to wheedle and pester him, but after Lu Ye shot her a glare, she finally behaved. She stomped her foot indignantly and cast him a resentful sidelong glance. "Brother Ye is playing favorites!"
Yayi and Kuzhi lowered their heads even further.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Ziying arrived.
What surprised Lu Ye was that she had not come alone. She was even carrying someone in one hand.
After entering the Insect Nest, Ziying tossed that person onto the ground.
"Sister Ying, this is..." Lu Ye examined her and found that she seemed to be a Demon Race member, though she had not fully transformed. Her two ears were clearly furry cat ears, and a long cat tail trailed behind her.
A cat demon?
This cat demon was petite, looking as though she had not yet fully grown. She was clearly unconscious at the moment, curled into a tiny ball on the ground.
Lu Ye found it rather astonishing.
Though he could not determine this cat demon's exact cultivation, anyone capable of surviving in such an environment had to at least be in the Dao Entry Realm.
But if she was in the Dao Entry Realm, why had she not fully transformed?
Lu Ye did not know where Ziying had encountered this cat demon, nor why she had captured her and brought her back.
"There's a force nearby," Ziying said. "I'm guessing that Ghost Cultivator you encountered before belonged to this force."
She glanced at the cat demon on the ground. "She's one of them too. This one isn't very strong, but her temperament is stubborn. I couldn't get much information out