"Heh heh..."
Zi Yan smiled sheepishly. Thinking about it that way, she really had gone a little overboard just now, hadn't she?
As if trying to make amends, Zi Yan hurriedly patted her chest. "If anyone dares bully you from now on, just tell me. I'll beat them up for you!"
"Thanks, though aside from you, there aren't many people who would dare bully me."
Wu Bai unleashed his sharp tongue without the slightest restraint.
Zi Yan wrinkled her nose. This was the first time anyone had mocked her like this, yet she could hardly say anything, since she had just done exactly that.
Still, compared to the nickname those people called her, this did not make her particularly angry. She was merely a little embarrassed and annoyed.
"Well, what I meant was... they're all wary of my status as an Alchemist."
Seeing Zi Yan's little face, Wu Bai suddenly felt he might have been too harsh and hurried to smooth things over.
At his words, Zi Yan waved a hand dismissively. "It's fine. I didn't take it to heart, and I did go a little... just don't call me Brute Force King like they do."
"Brute Force King? What kind of nickname is that? Isn't your name Zi Yan?"
"It's because I'm a magical beast, and I'm just a tiny bit stronger than most people~~"
On the morning two days later, the date they had agreed upon, the two flew toward the Magical Beast Forest together.
After flying roughly a hundred li, Wu Bai found a spacious, sturdy cave.
With a single slap, he sent the Third-Rank Bear Fiend, who had refused to retreat even in a fight to the death, flying and settled on his pill-refining location.
"I'll be counting on you now, Zi Yan."
"No problem.