Xiao Yu

The vast, dense forest was filled with lush trees that obscured nearly half the sky. Being close to the Chu Yun Empire, this dense forest was rich in medicinal herbs.

But alongside its abundant resources, this forest was also home to many high-level magical beasts.

After recruiting students in the Jia Ma Empire, Ruo Lin began her return journey to Jia Nan Academy.

However, due to her physical condition, she temporarily left the academy's main group and traveled only with Xiao Yu, whom she had recruited from Wu Tan City.

When they passed through this place, exhausted by hunger and thirst, they stopped to rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, they happened to stray into the territory of the Desert Flame Wolves.

Desert Flame Wolves were extremely territorial and lived in packs. Any humans or magical beasts that entered their territory would be driven away, and if they seemed easy to bully, they would even be surrounded and killed.

Ruo Lin and Xiao Yu were deemed the easy-to-bully sort, so the wolves launched a siege against them.

During her resistance, Ruo Lin accidentally killed a Desert Flame Wolf.

That action drew out the leader of the Desert Flame Wolves.

It was a peak third-tier magical beast. By human standards, it was at the peak of Da Dou Shi.

Even a human who had just advanced to Dou Ling might not have been a match for this peak third-tier Desert Flame Wolf.

Ruo Lin, merely a three-star Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yu, a one-star Dou Zhe, were naturally even less capable of fighting this third-tier Desert Flame Wolf.

Thus, the two of them were hunted down.

But how could their speed compare to that of the Desert Flame Wolves? They were easily caught up to.

As their mentor, Ruo Lin stepped forward, intending to hold off the magical beasts for the moment and let Xiao Yu escape first.

Xiao Yu did not flee. Instead, she said that if they were going to die, they would die together.

Then she began calling loudly for help.

But this place was miles from anywhere. Who could possibly come?

"Yu'er, it's this teacher who dragged you into this." Ruo Lin knew that if Xiao Yu had not volunteered to stay behind and care for her while she was having Tian Kui, they would not have encountered this disaster.

"T-Teacher, I don't blame you."

Though she said that, Xiao Yu's voice trembled. As a fourteen-year-old girl in the bloom of youth, how could she not be afraid in such a situation?

"Close your eyes. Then you won't be afraid."

Ruo Lin gently stroked Xiao Yu's head, forcing a few comforting smiles onto her face.

Once Xiao Yu closed her eyes, Ruo Lin's gaze suddenly sharpened. She slowly exhaled, and the full, proud curves beneath her chest rose and fell in a startling arc.

"Beasts, I'll fight you to the death!" Ruo Lin shouted as she charged forward with a blue whip in hand.

However, ideals were beautiful while reality was cruel. She could not even withstand a single move before the third-tier Desert Flame Wolf swatted her to the ground with one paw, tearing apart the robe over her chest.

The third-tier Desert Flame Wolf raised its paw again, intending to finish off the human.

Blood filled Ruo Lin's mouth as she closed her eyes in despair, waiting for death to come.

Just then.

A fierce sword beam shot in from afar and, like a blade cleaving through rotten wood, cut the third-tier Desert Flame Wolf in half.

Warm blood splattered across Ruo Lin's face.

Ruo Lin jumped in fright. The moment she opened her eyes, a voice that seemed to her the warmest she had ever heard entered her ears.

"Are you all right?"

Then she saw a young man in a white robe, holding a three-foot-long dark-blue sword. From her angle, his profile was extraordinarily handsome. His starry eyes looked calmly at her as he offered her a handkerchief.

At that moment, Ruo Lin stared blankly into his eyes.

She felt her heart begin to race for no reason.

Chen Mo's Sword Brows knitted slightly. She was quite pretty, and her figure was rather impressive too. Had she been scared stupid?

"Teacher." Hearing the commotion, Xiao Yu opened her eyes and ran over, hurriedly checking whether Ruo Lin was all right.

When she saw the broad expanse of snow-white skin exposed before Ruo Lin's chest and the savage wound there, she immediately covered her red lips with her Jade Hand and cried out, "Teacher, your injury..."

Seeing Xiao Yu, Ruo Lin finally came back to her senses.

Looking down, she felt less pain than embarrassment. Her face instantly flushed crimson.

She hurriedly covered the exposed skin, then accepted the handkerchief and said thanks.

At this moment, Xiao Yu also began sizing Chen Mo up. Chen Mo, whose charm was utterly maxed out, was precisely Xiao Yu's ideal type. Moreover, despite his young age, his strength was so formidable that he could kill a third-tier Desert Flame Wolf.

A faint blush inexplicably rose on Xiao Yu's cheeks as well.

"My name is Xiao Yu. I am a student of Jia Nan Academy, and she is my mentor, Ruo Lin. Thank you, sir, for saving our lives. May we know your name?"

While Xiao Yu was observing Chen Mo, Chen Mo also glanced at her.

She looked only thirteen or fourteen, yet she was already exceptionally tall. What drew the eye the most were her round, slender, alluring legs.

Hearing her words, Chen Mo raised a brow. Xiao Yu? The Xiao Yu from the Xiao Family?

In the original story, Xiao Yu was known for her long legs.

Chen Mo's heart stirred slightly, and just as he was about to answer—

"Cough, cough."

Above them, Queen Medusa, clad in black robes and wearing a white mask, coughed twice.

Then Chen Mo heard the system notification.

Ding. Favorability -1.

Chen Mo: Damn, ruthless.

Without saying anything, Chen Mo tossed down a jade bottle and left with Queen Medusa.

Xiao Yu caught the jade bottle and stared blankly at the black-robed figure in the sky. "Dou Qi wings... a Dou Wang?"

"And a snake person!" Ruo Lin snatched the jade bottle from Xiao Yu's hand, opened it, and saw that it contained second-grade healing pills.

"A snake person?" Xiao Yu froze slightly. Looking carefully, she discovered that beneath the black robes was indeed a purple Snake Tail.

After swallowing the pill, Ruo Lin looked at the distant white figure. Her fingers tightened slightly around the handkerchief Chen Mo had given her as she murmured, "I hope we can meet again."

"Was she pretty?" After leaving that area and heading deeper into the forest, Queen Medusa suddenly spoke in a chilly voice.

Chen Mo had still been somewhat uncertain before, but now he was certain. She was jealous. A smile immediately appeared on his face.

Just as he was about to answer—

Boom!

A streak of red light struck beside Chen Mo, blasting a small crater into the earth. Queen Medusa asked coldly again, "Was she pretty?"

For some reason, Queen Medusa felt angry.

He was smiling. He was actually smiling.

"N-Not pretty."

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Chen Mo's forehead. He gave a dry cough and said, "Compared to Your Majesty, they are not even one ten-thousandth as beautiful."

Ding. Favorability +2. Critical hit obtained.

"Hmph, smooth talker."

Queen Medusa snorted and said nothing further. She descended from the air and remarked casually,

"There is a sixth-tier Dark Gold Magic Tiger in this Magical Beast Forest. This Queen will kill it for you later."

Chen Mo said, "Your Majesty is mighty!"

Thanks to Chilai de Jiushu for the reward.

An explanation regarding the timeline.

Some readers said that after Xiao Yan turned ten, Xun Er had long since been fully groped.

But if I moved it to before Xun Er was touched, she would have been only two or three years old. Would that be raising a little girl? How would that make me any different from Xiao Yan?

Also, Xun Er is a female lead, but not the main female lead. That means she will be included, but she will not have much screen time.

If this were my previous book, I would have deleted comments like these. But I will not do that with this book. I want to write it well, so after listening to every suggestion, I will consider whether it is feasible and adopt it if it is. For example, I revised Queen Medusa's cultivation level twice.

All right, having said this much, if anyone still wants to drop the book, there is nothing I can do.

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