The Grand Elder squinted, finding it strange. He was at the peak of Spirit Saint eighth tier, yet he couldn't discern the cultivation of the young girl before him.
Could this young girl's cultivation have surpassed his? Would anyone believe that if he said it?
Suddenly, a voice sounded in the Grand Elder's mind. It was his contracted beast, the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent.
Old man, you'd better run! This human is a monster; you can't defeat her!
The Grand Elder frowned and asked the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent, "Do you know her cultivation?"
Upon hearing this, the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent swallowed hard. Its three eyes stealthily glanced at the woman in red standing not far away, still holding her sword. It continued to communicate with the Grand Elder via contract power, saying, "Her... her cultivation is definitely higher than yours. Anyway, it's Spirit Venerable or above!"
Spirit Venerable?! The Grand Elder was shocked.
How is that possible? How could this girl be a Spirit Venerable at such a young age! She looks no older than seventeen or eighteen, but his senses wouldn't lie to him. So, what was this girl's background? Or perhaps, was this girl actually an old senior who had cultivated for hundreds of years?
The Grand Elder thought for a moment, appraising Ming Li. He didn't think Ming Li was a wicked person, so he spoke to her, "Girl, it's getting late. You can rest at our Medicine Valley for a night and participate in our sect's recruitment assembly tomorrow."
He glanced at the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent again and continued, "Girl, that is merely my contracted beast. I don't know how it offended you, but I apologize on its behalf."
Ming Li uttered words that were not astonishing until she stopped, "It tried to eat us just now, so I had to eat it back."
Grand Elder: ...
The Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent looked at the Grand Elder and quickly said, "I didn't! I'm not! You listen to my defense! Hah! You listen to my explanation!"
Grand Elder: ...
Suddenly, the Grand Elder frowned and looked at Ming Li, asking, "Girl, you just said 'us'? Have your companions also arrived?"
Ming Li nodded and scanned her surroundings, but she didn't see the small red figure as expected.
Ming Li: ... Holy cow! Where's the system? She remembered that she clearly just... Uh... Hah! Forgot to mention the system.
Ming Li closed her eyes and released a small portion of her soul power to search for the system. Ming Li's soul power covered the entire Poison Mist Forest, and she quickly found the system's aura. Discovering that the system was still safe, Ming Li felt relieved.
Withdrawing her soul power, Ming Li looked in the direction of the Grand Elder and found that the Grand Elder was no longer there.
Turning her head, she saw that the Grand Elder was being protected by the Three-Eyed Two-Tailed Serpent, both of them trembling.
Seeing Ming Li's gaze, cold sweat broke out on the Grand Elder's forehead.
This... this this this isn't some old monster who has cultivated for thousands of years, is it? This soul power is too terrifying, comparable to their Valley Master.
On the other side of the forest.
A group of people dressed in Medicine Valley disciple robes held torches and surrounded a small red pig that had fainted.
A female disciple looked at the red pig and immediately asked a series of three questions: "Is this a pig? It's so strange! Why is it red? Have any of you seen such a spirit beast?"
Another male disciple said, "I haven't seen one before, and I can't tell its level. However, the people from the Beast Taming Sect should know; they've seen the most spirit beasts."
The leading male disciple said, "Never mind, junior sister and junior brother, take it back first. It seems to be injured. This little fellow looks like it has no combat power, so it should be fine to raise it back at the sect. I and the other junior sisters and brothers will continue to inspect the Poison Mist Forest. The recruitment of new disciples is tomorrow, so nothing can go wrong."
"Yes, Senior Brother!" everyone replied in unison.
As Ming Li and the Grand Elder arrived at Medicine Valley, they saw two disciples walking over from another direction of the Poison Mist Forest. One of the disciples was holding a red object in his hand.
Ming Li's eyes narrowed.
As the two disciples got closer, Ming Li and the Grand Elder could clearly see what the red object was.
It was a pig, a red pig.
The Grand Elder asked the two disciples, "What is this?"
The disciple holding the system replied, "Reporting to the Grand Elder, we disciples don't know what spirit beast this is. We just found it in the Poison Mist Forest. Senior Brother said to bring it back to the sect first."
Ming Li's mouth twitched, and she said, "This is my spirit beast."
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