A temporary team

Instructor Ruo Ling quickly determined the direction, then pointed to the path to the left and said, "Everyone, gather here in a moment. You must be back before dark, understand?"

"Okay. 😝🍬 6❾ѕнⓊⓍ.ⓒỖм ✎♩," everyone responded.

Once inside the forest, the trainees could not only kill magical beasts and obtain Monster Core, but also gather mountain herbs, which was a rewarding experience, so everyone was naturally eager to participate.

Qian Ye didn't say much and headed down a side path.

Bai Shan immediately stepped forward, intending to walk with Xiao Xun'er, but before he could speak, she walked ahead to Qian Ye: "Brother Qian Ye, shall we go together?"

"Sure." I'm just here to have fun, so having a girl with me isn't a problem.

"Brother Ye, I'll go with you guys too."

Suddenly, Xiao Mei walked up to him and said in a sweet voice.

What could Qian Ye say? One more or one less wouldn't make a difference, so they just teamed up to fight the monster.

"Add me to the list."

Before the three of them could step forward, Xiao Mei's best friend also came over, intending to team up with Qian Ye and the others to play Warcraft.

Xiao Mei glanced at Wu Wei, then looked at Qian Ye. After all, she already considered Qian Ye to be the captain of this temporary team, so she naturally had to ask him first, "Brother Ye, her name is Wu Wei. She's my deskmate and also my best friend. How about we put her on our team?"

Qian Ye glanced at Wu Wei, whose figure was even better than Xiao Mei's, though her appearance was rather ordinary—not beautiful, but not ugly either. "Shall we go together then?"

"Thank you." Wu Wei smiled happily, then leaned close to Xiao Mei's ear and said, "Mei Mei, why do you always call him Brother Ye? Are you that close? Isn't he a new transfer student? Did you two know each other before?"

"I..." Xiao Mei blushed, glanced at Qian Ye, and seeing that his gaze wasn't on her, quickly pulled her aside and whispered a few words to her.

"Ah... I see. So that's why you two are so close. He's a distant cousin!" Wu Wei exclaimed.

Xiao Mei blushed even more, somewhat regretting telling her that she had shouted so loudly, as if she wanted the whole world to know.

"Me too, I'll join you too." Suddenly, Xiao Ning ran over and looked towards Qian Ye: "Brother Ye, is it okay?"

"If you're willing, that's fine." Qian Ye didn't refuse him; the more people in the group, the better.

"Thank you, Cousin Qian Ye!" Xiao Ning flattered.

"Pfft~!" Hearing Xiao Ning also call him cousin, Xiao Xun'er, knowing the truth, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh out loud.

"..." Qian Ye glanced at Xiao Xun'er, saw her smirking, gave her a light tap on the head, and then put his arm around her and walked forward.

Ta-da-da~

Just as the group ventured deeper into the forest, they heard footsteps behind them.

Qian Ye turned around and saw that it was none other than Instructor Ruo Ling who had come up.

When Xiao Mei, Xiao Xun'er, and the others saw that it was Instructor Ruo Ling, they immediately stopped and waited for her to come forward.

"Instructor Ruo Ling, what's wrong?" Xiao Xun'er quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Okay, let's go together." Instructor Ruo Ling looked towards Qian Ye and said, "Xun'er, I heard that Qian Ye is your cousin, is that right?"

"Yes!" Xiao Xun'er responded decisively, then looked at Qian Ye and smiled mischievously.

Qian Ye rolled her eyes at her, thinking to herself, "That brat Xiao Xun'er is really naughty!"

So they continued walking forward.

"That makes sense. I was wondering why you guys seemed so familiar with him all of a sudden; turns out there's this connection," Instructor Ruo Ling said with a smile.

He gave Qian Ye's retreating figure a meaningful look.

He then looked at Xiao Xun'er and whispered in her ear, "Xun'er, when is your Brother Xiao Yan coming? He's already had his three-year leave, and he still hasn't come?"

Xiao Xun'er shook her head, not knowing why, but her feelings for Xiao Yan had gradually faded. "Yes, I think he'll be here soon."

After checking in, Xiao Xun'er's heart was no longer with Xiao Yan, but focused entirely on Qian Ye, and naturally began to feel indifferent towards Xiao Yan.

It's estimated that before long, Xiao Xun'er will not only have no feelings for Xiao Yan, but they won't even be friends anymore.

What's wrong? Instructor Ruo Ling noticed that Xiao Yan Xiao Xun'er seemed listless today when Xiao Yan was mentioned, it was completely unlike before, when she would be full of energy and talkative whenever her Brother Xiao Yan Brother Xiao Yan was mentioned, almost praising him to the heavens. Why was she so listless now?

"Xun'er..." Instructor Ruo Ling was about to continue talking to her when she realized that Xiao Xun'er was no longer beside her. This sight almost made her laugh until she cried.

It turned out that Xiao Xun'er had already run to Qian Ye's side.

"This girl!" Instructor Ruo Ling shook her head, unsure of what to say, and could only follow the group.

Hiss hiss~

The group walked forward and came to a flat-topped hill with few trees, but the hillside was covered with white bones, which looked incredibly terrifying.

Qian Ye felt a sense of foreboding upon seeing it.

Needless to say, there must be some powerful and terrifying creature here, otherwise this scene wouldn't exist.

Instructor Ruo Ling immediately stepped forward, surveyed the hillside, and her expression turned grave. "Everyone, be careful! There must be some dangerous magical beast living on this hillside. Just look at these mountains of bones; you can tell how many magical beasts this beast has devoured to accumulate so many corpses here."

"Furthermore, normally magical beasts don't bring the remains back to their dwellings after eating, but look at this one! Not only does it bring them back, it's piled up like a mountain. It seems that this kind of magical beast not only eats the flesh and blood of other magical beasts after killing them, but also brings the corpses back to its dwelling to collect them, as if they were its battle spoils!"

Qian Ye didn't speak, because she could see what she already saw, and she could also see what the other woman couldn't.

"What kind of magical beast is Instructor Ruo Ling?" Xiao Ning asked curiously, cold sweat breaking out on his back.

I thought to myself, a Warcraft player with this kind of hobby is a pervert in itself.

Instructor Ruo Ling shook her head. "We don't know yet, but we don't know what level it is. It probably won't be too powerful. After all, this isn't the core of the forest. At most, there are only some third or fourth-level magical beasts here. With our strength, we don't need to be too afraid."

"Oh well."

"Then Instructor Ruo Ling, shall we go to the top of the mountain to take a look at it?" Xiao Mei asked tentatively.

"What's there to be afraid of? It's just a level three or four magical beast. How strong can it be?" Xiao Ning said nonchalantly before Instructor Ruo Ling could answer.

Xiao Mei rolled her eyes at him, clearly disapproving of his attitude.

"Alright, but everyone must follow my instructions, understand?" Instructor Ruo Ling said after considering for a moment.

"Hmm." The others responded, not feeling that there was any danger in having so many people.

There was only one path up the hill; the rest of the area was littered with mountains of corpses, some from magical beasts, and others from humans.