None of your business

What should she do if they really were Spirit-Devouring Beasts?

She was lucky to kill one last time.

Even now, Yun Ruo hadn’t figured out where the sharp weapon in her hand had come from at that time, but it was definitely not her illusion, otherwise the wound on the Spirit-Devouring Beast’s head couldn’t be explained.

While running at full speed, she thought about countermeasures in her heart.

If she was still the ordinary person she used to be, she wouldn’t have to be afraid, but now that she knew her spiritual meridians had awakened, the Spirit-Devouring Beasts had become a very terrifying existence.

They were fast, could devour spiritual power, and also ate people with spiritual power.

“What are we going to do later?” Lin Wang caught up with Bai Liye.

“Did the Spirit-Devouring Beasts really go up the mountain?”

Bai Liye nodded with a dark face.

“The formation in the courtyard should be able to withstand them for a while, but I’m not sure how many there are…”

Last time, one Spirit-Devouring Beast caused a storm in the entire North State City.

If there were several, that would be a disaster.

Not to mention a small Idle Cloud Sect, even the great immortals would probably be thrown into chaos if they were targeted.

“Yueci should be able to handle it, don’t worry too much,” Lin Wang comforted Bai Liye, also comforting himself.

“I left her several high-quality barrier jade, and it won’t be a problem for her to take Jiang Beishan that kid to escape or hide.”

That’s what he said, but his face wasn’t very good either.

Bai Liye turned around to observe whether any Spirit-Devouring Beasts were chasing out of the forest, and when he turned his head and saw Yun Ruo following, he was stunned: “What are you doing here?”

Yun Ruo was just focused on running forward: “Huh?”

Bai Liye slowed down slightly: “I’m asking you what are you doing following us? What does it have to do with you?”

“I’m… helping,” Yun Ruo said.

Bai Liye looked at her matter-of-course expression, and thought of her running into the miasma alone in North State City to save Hu Yong.

For some reason, he suddenly felt annoyed, stopped, and stood in front of Yun Ruo, forcing Yun Ruo to stop.

“We don’t need your help,” Bai Liye said expressionlessly.

“This is our sect’s business, we will solve it ourselves.”

“Ah Ye…” Lin Wang glanced at him, and immediately aligned himself with Bai Liye.

“That’s right, Dirty Face, it’s none of your business. You hurry back to the city, remember to help me collect the barrier jade, don’t let people pick them up for free. Oh yeah, do you still have a few pieces in your hand?”

Yun Ruo nodded, and spread out her palm.

Bai Liye took the barrier jade and left with Lin Wang without looking back.

Yun Ruo stood there, watching their quickly departing figures, feeling a little lost.

She could actually feel that the people of Idle Cloud Sect treated her like a guest they didn’t need to be too familiar with, always maintaining a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Jiang Beishan’s attitude was obvious, written all over his face, wishing she would stay until next year and leave quickly.

Except for the first day, she had hardly seen Ji Yueci.

Although Lin Wang seemed carefree, he was always smiling at her, talking to her, and arguing with her, but his words and actions never revealed anything about the sect or himself to Yun Ruo.

As for Bai Liye, Yun Ruo thought he was a good employer, and nothing more.

Although their relationship was indeed only like that… But aren’t you changing your attitude a little too quickly, you bastards!

Seeing the sect’s courtyard in the distance, Bai Liye’s heart sank.

The formation above the courtyard was emitting streams of light, but the silver light of the barrier wasn’t lit up.

There were only two possibilities in this situation.

One was that no demon beasts had invaded, and the Spirit-Devouring Beasts that went up the mountain hadn’t come to the Idle Cloud Sect, and hadn’t touched the barrier.

The other possibility was that the spiritual power of the barrier had already been devoured by the Spirit-Devouring Beasts.

Without waiting for Lin Wang, Bai Liye jumped to the outside of the sect.

The door of the small courtyard was tightly closed.

He leapt onto the courtyard wall, and before he could see the scene inside, something flashed past him and crashed into him.

The barrier jade emitted silver light to block the attack, and also allowed Bai Liye to see what was crashing into him.

It was indeed a Spirit-Devouring Beast.

And there wasn’t just one.

Just from this one glance, there were at least five or six in the courtyard.

One of them was trapped under the grape trellis.

The magical artifact trapping it should have been found by Ji Yueci from his room, but it didn’t seem to be able to trap it for long.

Bai Liye quickly took out all the barrier jade on his body and activated them, silently jumping down the courtyard wall to find someone.

The formation in the courtyard was still emitting a weak light, but its effect was better than nothing.

Spirit-Devouring Beasts constantly flashed past quickly, crashing into him and devouring a lot of spiritual power.

Fortunately, this beast was fast, small, and not very smart.

It would only follow and devour him after smelling the spiritual power.

If it knew how to cooperate, it would probably have devoured him long ago.

“Ah Ye, Little Wang?” A weak voice sounded.

“Is that you?”

Bai Liye ran in the direction of the voice, and found Ji Yueci on the ground behind the house.

Before he could go up to help her, Ji Yueci saw him and struggled to stand up, staggering towards him.

“Beishan, Beishan, he saved me… Ah Ye, I’m sorry,” Ji Yueci almost fell, and the hand holding Bai Liye’s clothes was stained with blood.

Her left foot was also bitten, and her face was full of anxiety and cold sweat from the pain.

“Ah Ye! Yueci!” Lin Wang also came over.

“How are you? Where’s Beishan? Damn, so many Spirit-Devouring Beasts, how are there so many…!”

Tears streamed from Ji Yueci’s eyes: “There are too many Spirit-Devouring Beasts. I only trapped one. I couldn’t stop Beishan…”

The sound of wind suddenly rang in his ears.

Bai Liye pushed Lin Wang away and dodged sideways.

A Spirit-Devouring Beast missed and fell to the ground, elegantly flicked its tail, its eyes emitted a red light, and it opened its sharp-toothed mouth at the three of them, its figure flashing as it pounced.

A zhēng sound rang out.

Bai Liye held his sword horizontally in front of Lin Wang and Ji Yueci.

The Spirit-Devouring Beast’s claws slid across the blade, sparking a fire.

Before the Spirit-Devouring Beast could make its next move, Bai Liye was faster than it.

He switched hands, pinched the hilt, and twisted it in the opposite direction.

Seeing that he was about to cut off the Spirit-Devouring Beast’s head, the beast ignored it and turned its head, biting the blade directly, biting off the sword in Bai Liye’s hand.

“Take Yueci and leave,” Bai Liye stuffed the barrier jade on his body to Ji Yueci and Lin Wang.

“Run down the mountain, the town is safe.”

“What about you?” Lin Wang picked up Ji Yueci, who was almost fainting.

“The city lord should find someone from the immortal sect to help. I can hold on until then,” he raised his eyes and looked around the courtyard.

“After I find Beishan, I’ll take him to meet you.”

Lin Wang bit his lip, took out the candy box that Jiang Beishan had given him before leaving, and handed it to Bai Liye: “Okay, you said it, don’t break your promise.”

“Mm,” Bai Liye took the box.

“Leave it to me.”

Lin Wang left, carrying Ji Yueci.

Bai Liye followed behind, blocking several attacks from the Spirit-Devouring Beasts that entangled them.

After watching them go down the mountain, he sneaked back to the courtyard.

The sword in his hand was only a hilt after being chewed on, bare and empty.

He leaned against the wall, took a candy from the box, chewed it and swallowed it, and with a backhand flick, the sword in his hand returned to its original state.

“Jiang Beishan!” This time, he didn’t hide his figure, and walked directly into the courtyard.

The Spirit-Devouring Beast trapped under the grape trellis finished eating the spiritual power in the magical artifact, licked its teeth, and walked towards him with cat-like steps.

The Spirit-Devouring Beasts around them smelled the aura of spiritual power and gathered around at the same time.

Bai Liye silently counted, eleven.

Just now, he had resisted the Spirit-Devouring Beasts several times, and his palms were numb from the shock.

He moved his fingers, and the sword body formed by spiritual power flashed a silver reflection.

It flashed in front of a demon beast that was crouching down to approach.

In the next moment, all the Spirit-Devouring Beasts disappeared from the spot, and a strong wind rushed towards him.

The sword in Bai Liye’s hand swung out in an arc, blocking a wave of attacks.

However, the Spirit-Devouring Beasts’ speed was too fast, and he didn’t even have time to retract his sword.

He only heard a few kā kā sounds, and the sword body was bitten off, the breath spewed from the Spirit-Devouring Beasts’ mouths came to his face.

At that critical moment, another shadow flashed over and knocked the Spirit-Devouring Beast away.

“…Jiang Beishan!” Bai Liye’s pupils shrank, and he reached out to grab that figure, his fingertips aching, and when he pulled back, they were covered in blood.

“Senior Brother…” Jiang Beishan’s small cry came from the wind.

“Don’t… worry about… me… Go… The Spirit-Devouring Beasts… leave it to me…”

The words were intermittent, one moment in the north, and the next moment in the south.

The Spirit-Devouring Beasts in the courtyard were knocked over by the speeding wind.

They no longer besieged Bai Liye, and all chased after that fast-moving figure.

They were fast, but that figure was faster, so fast that it seemed out of control, and he could even hear the muffled sound of a body crashing into the wall several times.

Bai Liye’s eyes couldn’t capture that figure at all.

The grape trellis by the courtyard wall was knocked down with a crash, and Jiang Beishan appeared, falling to the ground in a mess.

Bai Liye was about to go over, but before he could move, the figure on the ground disappeared, and in the next moment, Jiang Beishan’s figure appeared by the courtyard door.

He staggered and barely stood steady, looked at Bai Liye with despair, disappeared again, and then flashed on the wall, and then fell headfirst, but before he hit the ground, the figure disappeared again.

Yun Ruo ran to the door of the Idle Cloud Sect, and what she saw was this glitch-like, ghostly scene.

In the wind, there was also a wū wū crying sound, making it even more ghostly.

“Bai Liye,” Yun Ruo didn’t go in rashly, and cautiously squatted by the door.

“How are you? What’s going on?”

If she wasn’t mistaken, the person who was disappearing and reappearing like a ghost just now was Jiang Beishan.

What happened to him?

Bai Liye saw Yun Ruo following him, and felt anger welling up.

Didn’t she understand why he told her to stay in the town?

These people had nothing to do with her, and she didn’t need to risk her life for strangers.

Wasn’t the thrilling experience in North State City enough for her to remember?

Yun Ruo looked at Bai Liye’s instantly gloomy face, and squatted by the door without moving.

She felt that as soon as she stepped over the threshold, she would be grabbed by the collar and thrown out.

Bai Liye did indeed intend to do so, suppressing his aura and walking towards Yun Ruo.

Just as he walked in front of her, a strong wind was faster than him, sweeping across half the courtyard and pouncing over, and the target was obviously Yun Ruo, who had completely no aura and no protection from barrier jade.

Bai Liye swung his sword horizontally to block, pushing the Spirit-Devouring Beast back with one blow.

Before he could say anything, another one came towards Yun Ruo, and he could only thrust out his sword following the sound.

Because the gap between retracting and swinging the sword was too short, the power of the thrust was not strong, and he could only barely block the Spirit-Devouring Beast’s attack.

However, the teeth-grinding sound of claws hitting the blade didn’t ring out.

The tip of the sword touched something soft, and pierced in like a hot knife through butter.

Bai Liye stopped the sword’s momentum.

A Spirit-Devouring Beast was pierced through the sword, stabbed through the stomach, screaming and slowly stopped breathing.

Another sword was stuck in the dead demon beast’s body, right in the center of the heart.

Bai Liye turned his head to look at Yun Ruo.

Yun Ruo slowly pulled out the sword in her hand from the Spirit-Devouring Beast’s body.

A few drops of warm blood were thrown onto the side of her neck, setting off her fair skin, giving people a shocking feeling.

Only then did he see clearly that one side of her clothes was covered in blood.