Unavoidable

After Zhou Sining and Mu Nujiao told Ling Ling everything they could, they left the Azure Sky Hunter Agency.

Ling Ling was the expert when it came to hunting demon beasts. The two of them were amateurs who could do nothing but stand around worrying.

Mu Nujiao suddenly asked, "Are we leaving the rest to the City Demon Hunting Squad?"

"Ling Ling should be able to handle it. If it really is contagious, it's not something a few Intermediate Mages like us can deal with."

As Zhou Sining spoke, he turned and met Mu Nujiao's sparkling eyes. She was staring straight at him.

"What?" Zhou Sining was baffled.

Why was she staring at him? Not that he found it offensive. In fact, he rather enjoyed it.

"Nothing. I just realized there's more to you than your impressive cultivation." Mu Nujiao turned away with a soft laugh.

Even a Hunter Master like Ling Ling hadn't immediately considered whether this skin-shedding demon beast might be contagious, but Zhou Sining had.

He had also noticed some of the demon beast's traits, narrowing down the search area.

That wasn't the kind of experience an ordinary mage would have.

"Just luck." Zhou Sining smiled without using the opportunity to show off.

It really was luck. He had been lucky enough to read the original novel, lucky enough to transmigrate into this world, and lucky enough to get a system.

To his former self, all of that would have been like manna from heaven. Zhou Sining wasn't so arrogant that he thought he deserved it all.

In truth, he could have stayed out of this entirely and let Ling Ling and Mo Fan investigate. All he needed to do was jump in when things went wrong, finish the snake demon with one move, and effortlessly show