"Durian... Let me out... I'm going to suffocate!"
The weak cry for help from Xian Shiyu came from behind. Only then did the others remember that there was still a person in the snake's belly.
Chu Lanqiu put on a cold face, folded her arms across her chest, and walked up to the snake's belly.
When the spiritual snake saw Chu Lanqiu approaching, it obediently lowered its head and flicked its forked tongue.
"Senior Sister, I was wrong!"
"Let Durian let me out!"
Xian Shiyu pleaded pitifully. Her body was covered in slime, which made her extremely uncomfortable. Moreover, there was no air in the snake's belly. Although she could hold her breath, she couldn't last long.
Chu Lanqiu stretched out her fair and slender finger and poked the place on the snake's belly where Xian Shiyu's face was.
"Will you still run around?"
Xian Shiyu shook her head repeatedly. "I was wrong. I was wrong. I won't run away anymore."
"How are you going to prove it?"
Chu Lanqiu looked distrustful, as if Xian Shiyu had done this more than once.
Xian Shiyu made a bitter face and looked at Shen Qing behind Chu Lanqiu, her eyes full of pleading.
But Shen Qing didn't dare to get involved in the affairs of their sect, so she could only give Xian Shiyu a helpless look.
Xian Shiyu then turned her gaze to Li Xian. As expected, Li Xian also shrugged, indicating that she couldn't do anything.
Xian Shiyu's mouth drooped, looking aggrieved and pitiful.
"After we go back, I'll listen to you and go into seclusion in the cave to practice."
Chu Lanqiu was still not satisfied. "And then?"
Xian Shiyu's mouth drooped even lower. "Then I'll try to reach the Nascent Soul stage in three years..."
"And then?"
Seeing that Chu Lanqiu still wouldn't let her off, Xian Shiyu's face wrinkled like a bitter melon. "And... I... I can't think of anything else!"
The corner of Chu Lanqiu's mouth curled up. She bent down and got closer to Xian Shiyu.
The beauty's smile was breathtaking, which made Xian Shiyu dazed for a moment. But the words she said next almost made Xian Shiyu cry.
"If you dare to leave a letter and run away again, I'll break your legs."
Xian Shiyu's eyes widened in horror. She let out a wail and burst into tears.
"I won't dare anymore! Senior Sister, you're so scary!!"
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Chu Lanqiu straightened up and snapped her fingers at the spiritual snake.
The spiritual snake immediately opened its mouth wide. Then its belly wriggled a few times and slowly returned to normal from being transparent, spitting out Xian Shiyu bit by bit.
The whole process made Shen Qing feel uncomfortable all over.
After Xian Shiyu was spat out, her whole body was sticky. Shen Qing wanted to help her up, but didn't know where to start.
Chu Lanqiu kindly reminded Shen Qing. "Don't touch her. Liunian's slime is very sticky. It's hard to clean if you get it on you."
Shen Qing immediately withdrew her hand and let the girl struggle on the ground by herself.
It was only then that Shen Qing knew that the spiritual snake's name was Liunian, not Durian.
However, it seemed that Xian Shiyu had been swallowed by Liunian more than once. She skillfully took out a small bottle from her storage bag and poured some stuff from it onto her body.
After a while, the slime miraculously fell off Xian Shiyu's body. She slowly crawled out of the pile of slime.
But her body and hair were still wet and stuck tightly to her forehead and body.
"Senior Sister, can you not let Durian swallow me every time? The slime makes me so uncomfortable."
Chu Lanqiu glanced at her askance. The cold look in her eyes made Xian Shiyu shrink her neck in fear.
"I was wrong..."
After Chu Lanqiu's explanation, Shen Qing finally understood why she was so angry.
It turned out that love - struck Xian Shiyu had lied to True Lord Hu Xiao, saying that she was going down the mountain to gain experience. Instead, she left a letter in her small wooden house, saying that she was going to chase love and would never come back.
True Lord Hu Xiao was furious when he saw the letter. He immediately sent people out to look for Xian Shiyu.
But her scent disappeared here at the Demon Cave, which worried the people from the sect a great deal.
Xian Shiyu later explained that it was because she had gone to the Spiritual Spring Secret Realm, so the spiritual beasts in the sect couldn't sense her. After she came out of the Spiritual Spring Secret Realm, she went into the Sword Tomb soon after, so the spiritual beasts still couldn't sense her.
By some strange coincidence, this made Chu Lanqiu and the others search in several places. They almost thought that Xian Shiyu had been abducted by someone to some small sect to be a daughter - in - law.
Shen Qing gave Xian Shiyu a reproachful look and tapped her forehead. "How could you do such a stupid thing?"
Xian Shiyu felt a bit remorseful at the moment, with a hint of shame on her face. She really shouldn't have done this and made her senior brothers, senior sisters, and master worry for nothing.
Seeing that Xian Shiyu had been found, Chu Lanqiu took out something like a firework and sent out a signal.
The signal bloomed in the sky, showing a tiger - shaped pattern.
Before long, a large group of disciples from the Beast Taming Sect rushed over. They surrounded Xian Shiyu, asking about her well - being, their eyes full of worry and eagerness.
Xian Shiyu was surrounded by them. Although she kept apologizing, she looked very happy.
Seeing this scene, a hint of envy unconsciously flashed in Shen Qing's eyes.
She had never experienced such a warm atmosphere in a sect.
Even though she had Hong Chaoyang and Qi Nian, it was still different.
Xian Shiyu was truly the little princess of the sect. She had been spoiled by her senior brothers and sisters into a romantic and innocent personality.
After scolding Xian Shiyu for a while, the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect finally let her go. Xian Shiyu then quickly introduced Shen Qing and Li Xian to them.
After learning that Shen Qing and Li Xian had been protecting their junior sister during this period, the disciples were very enthusiastic and desperately invited Shen Qing and Li Xian to visit the Beast Taming Sect.
The two explained that they were here to investigate the Demon Cave. The disciples of the Beast Taming Sect were very kind - hearted and offered to lead the way for them.
Shen Qing picked up the ghost wolf. Only then did the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect notice that there were two wolf - shaped spiritual beasts in Li Xian's arms.
These two spiritual beasts were snow - white all over. They didn't seem ordinary. The disciples surrounded them curiously and started discussing noisily.
"These are just ordinary white wolves..."
"No... They look a bit like Nether White Wolves. But aren't the spiritual beasts of this species already extinct? It's a bit strange that two more suddenly appear."
"So that's why I said they are ordinary white wolves. We're not that lucky to see Nether White Wolves."
Hearing this, they all fell into an awkward silence.
Perhaps those who did a certain thing would have slightly worse luck in that aspect. Although the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect were famous for taming beasts, they rarely got to see high - level spiritual beasts with their own eyes.
On the contrary, the disciples of other sects bumped into rare spiritual beasts every now and then. Even if the disciples of the Beast Taming Sect stayed in the Beast Forest all day long, they might not see one.
Instead, they always managed to find some high - level herbs. They were almost the biggest business partners of the Green Wood Hall.
Thinking of this, they felt a bit disheartened and all came to a conclusion.
"These must be two ordinary white wolves!!"