After leaving the town where the hotel was located.
The Shrek group sped up.
Xuan Jian followed behind with the Counterfeit Six Sword Slaves, accompanied by Yu Luomian.
Lin Yuan, meanwhile, maintained a safe distance of around ten li from Xuan Jian and the Shrek group. While completely concealing his presence, he used the mental network constructed through the Golden Lightning Domain to monitor them from afar.
He also remained on guard against possible surprise attacks by Soul Beasts.
Along the way, the Shrek group traveled without obstruction.
However, around an hour after the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Yuan suddenly let out a soft exclamation. Within his senses, the Serpent Matriarch was pursuing a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with a girl who looked remarkably like Meng Yiran and appeared to be around twelve or thirteen years old.
Judging by the girl's aura, she was around level twenty and held a Snake-Headed Cane identical to Meng Yiran's.
She clearly intended to use the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as her second Soul Ring.
I never expected that after Meng Yiran and Meng Baichuan died, the Dragon Snake Family would train up another replacement. Is this the plot correcting itself, or just a coincidence?
Lin Yuan sighed inwardly and continued following them.
Before long, the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent ran into the Shrek group, just as it had in the original story.
This delighted Chang Gong Miao, because he had also come to steal Tang San's Eight Spider Spear External Soul Bone.
Now that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent had appeared, could the Man Faced Demon Spider be far behind?
Yu Tianlong was filled with doubts, but he soon confirmed that the girl before him was not a Transmigrator. He then began setting his sights on the Eight Spider Spear External