The men in the caravan kept finding their eyes straying toward that exquisite carriage.
They were itching with curiosity, as though a cat were scratching at their hearts.
"Tsk, tsk, could Mr. Cui's senior sister be a fairy descended to earth? How could anyone be so beautiful?"
They only dared mutter such things to themselves. Nobody dared actually say them aloud.
Over the past two days, whenever they relaxed over a meal, some of the men could not hold back and wanted to say a few words about the fairy-like Senior Sister Li.
Someone beside them would immediately snap, "Eat your food! Can't you keep your mouth shut?"
The man who had been rebuked would not dare talk back. He would lower his head sulkily and shovel down his food, keeping his thoughts to himself.
The reason was simple: Immortal Aunt Li had brought Immortal Dew that could replenish their lifespans. She was their lifesaver, plain and simple!
How could ordinary mortals like them casually gossip about such an immortal figure?
Still, even if they said nothing, they could not stop their minds from wandering.
In private, they all wondered: Mr. Cui and Immortal Aunt Li shared the same carriage day and night... A man and woman alone together-did their school not require them to avoid suspicion?
Ah, perhaps immortals simply thought differently from ordinary mortals like them.
Li Mingyue put on no airs. Whenever they stopped to camp and prepare a meal, she would climb out of the carriage and sit with the men of the caravan, eating from the communal pot.
But perhaps because her true form was a rabbit, or perhaps because she had stayed true to herself after becoming a demon, doing no evil and eating no flesh, her diet was exceedingly plain.
Often, she would