Chapter 30

"Are you okay? Sorry, I was too anxious about Su'er just now......"

It was only at this moment that Caiyi realized how dangerous it had been to leave Ye Zhen alone with the Phantom Snake King that wasn’t killed. When she got closer, she raised the empty skin of the Phantom Snake King, and her brows furrowed again.

"Huh, how could this be?" Fairy Caiyi looked at Ye Zhen with the empty snake skin, somewhat puzzled.

"This......"

Ye Zhen's eyes darted around, and a fresh lie came out, "I'm not sure either. After you left, the Phantom Snake King struggled more and more fiercely, so I hid behind a big tree far away. From a distance, I only saw a black mist pass by, and then the Phantom Snake King fell silent. Then you came."

As for the truth, would Ye Zhen dare to say it?

After witnessing the magic of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Ye Zhen had already made up his mind to keep the secret of the Mirage Dragon Pearl buried deep in his heart, not to mention it to anyone.

If even a bit of the news leaked out, it would be a fatal disaster.

"Black mist?" Caiyi's brows furrowed, and her expression suddenly became alert, "That means a demon appeared and sucked out the Phantom Snake King's essence. I didn't expect that there would really be demons near the sect's forbidden area; it's indeed very dangerous."

"Demons, the sect's forbidden area?" Ye Zhen's expression froze. He didn't expect that the lie he made up on the spot would lead to such legendary matters.

It was said that the Qi Yun Sect had a forbidden area, but none of the outer disciples knew where it was.

Seeing Ye Zhen's surprised look, Fairy Caiyi thought he was afraid and felt somewhat apologetic, "Sorry, I almost put you in danger."

After a pause, Fairy Caiyi folded the Phantom Snake King's skin in her hand and handed it to Ye Zhen, "Keep this Phantom Snake King's skin. It's to calm you down. When you have time, find someone to make it into a close-fitting leather armor. It's very useful, not only fireproof and waterproof, but also hard to be injured by ordinary swords and knives."

Fairy Caiyi's words made Ye Zhen feel very good.

A true disciple could say sorry to an outer disciple, which was already quite rare. Her gentle nature, combined with her striking beauty and ethereal charm, truly made her seem like a fairy.

As a teenager, Ye Zhen, who was already sixteen or seventeen, had unknowingly developed such thoughts. His heart suddenly beat faster, and he just wanted to smell the faint fragrance of the young girl.

That fragrance was particularly alluring.

"Demons are rarer than demonic beasts, but they are even harder to deal with. If I had encountered a demon, I would probably only be able to run away. You were lucky today. Let's go, let's quickly go see Su'er." Fairy Caiyi said.

Mentioning Su'er, Fairy Caiyi's face inexplicably turned red, and she didn't say more, just leading Ye Zhen through the forest at a rapid pace.

After a quarter of an hour, a ravine over a hundred meters deep appeared before Ye Zhen. At the end of the ravine was a huge pit that couldn't be seen clearly at a glance.

"Don't go any further. Beyond this point is the sect's forbidden area. Su'er is in there......" Caiyi lightly bit her lip and pointed in the direction for Ye Zhen, then turned to look at the direction of the so-called forbidden area, "Watch out, and when Su'er comes out, call me......"

When she finished speaking, Fairy Caiyi's face was already extremely red, and even her ears had become crystal clear and tender.

Following the direction Caiyi pointed, Ye Zhen saw two flower weasels rolling together in a grass nest in the distance, one with its butt high up, the other making vigorous movements. The scene looked incredibly joyful.

Ye Zhen had actually thought of such a scene before, but when he saw the flower weasels indulging in their activities, especially with a beautiful girl by his side, it was a different kind of experience.

"Fairy Caiyi, what's the deal with this sect's forbidden area? It doesn't seem particularly unusual to me."

Su'er's flower weasel was taking a long time, and Ye Zhen was getting a bit bored. He casually pointed to a stone stele not far away, which had the words 'Forbidden Area' written in blood-red characters and asked.

"I'm not sure either. This sect's forbidden area doesn't seem particularly unusual, but the sect's prohibitions are very strict. If someone is found entering without permission, they are immediately expelled from the sect." Fairy Caiyi said.

"Such strict prohibitions?" Ye Zhen's brows lightly furrowed.

"Yes, very strict. Over the years, more than a dozen inner disciples have been expelled from the sect for violating the prohibitions. We also find it strange and curious. After much inquiry, we only learned one thing."

"What is it?"

"You should have heard that a few years ago, the sect had a true disciple named Tu Fangye, who was said to have a cultivation level close to the Pulse Casting Realm. He fell. And the place of his fall is the sect's forbidden area right in front of us." Fairy Caiyi said.

"A true disciple with a cultivation level close to the Pulse Casting Realm?"

Ye Zhen took a deep breath. A cultivation level close to the Pulse Casting Realm, it was said that the current sect leader of the Qi Yun Sect also had only a Pulse Casting Realm cultivation level.

"Yes, then for some unknown reason, the place where Tu Fangye fell became the sect's forbidden area. We all feel there's something strange here, but no one has the courage to violate the sect's prohibitions. It's said that sect elders often patrol this area." Fairy Caiyi said.

After a casual chat about the sect's forbidden area, Ye Zhen and Fairy Caiyi had nothing more to say. The huge gap in their status and the lack of familiarity made them fall silent.

Smelling the faint fragrance from Fairy Caiyi, listening to the wind and the rustling of the trees, and looking at the huge ravine of the sect's forbidden area, Ye Zhen's mind became unusually calm.

This mental calmness brought more sounds to Ye Zhen's ears, especially after his cultivation had greatly improved and he had condensed several drops of true essence, making his hearing even stronger.

The sounds of various small animals, ants, and birds from all directions immediately reached Ye Zhen's ears. It was even more interesting because Ye Zhen could understand the meaning of these mysterious animal sounds.

Suddenly, a few sounds from the forbidden area, that is, from the huge ravine, caught Ye Zhen's attention.

"That......can......thing......too scary......" Due to the distance, even with his extraordinary hearing, Ye Zhen could only hear it vaguely.

Just as Ye Zhen was about to focus his hearing to listen carefully, the flower weasel, which had finished its business, suddenly pounced into Fairy Caiyi's arms.

However, what greeted Su'er was an invisible pair of hands. Caiyi's hands slightly pinched, and Su'er was firmly restrained, unable to move, just like Ye Zhen had been earlier.

"You, Su'er, just for this, you actually, you actually......" Caiyi was somewhat embarrassed and angry because of the flower weasel's true 'illness.' She wanted to scold it, but before she could, her face had already turned red.

"Actually, this is an animal's instinct, it can't be blamed on them."

"Do you know a lot about animals?" Caiyi asked.

"I guess so."

Looking at the now docile flower weasel, Caiyi said, "Su'er is fine now. I'll take you back."

Before being lifted back into the sky by Caiyi, Ye Zhen glanced back at the hundred-meter-deep ravine of the sect's forbidden area, deep in thought.

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