In the endless forest, a small, light purple figure slowly appeared.
"These big fools still want to catch me? That's hilarious!"
This was a white-clothed little girl with purple hair, delicate features, and an appearance that looked twelve or thirteen years old. Her bare little feet peeked out as she looked around behind a group of magical beasts, sniffing lightly and then heading in another direction.
"This little thing is quite clever!"
In the endless forest, Yan Qingshan led a group of magical beasts, chasing after the scent. In this area, natural treasures had also been stolen.
The thief's method was nothing more than to provoke a fight between two magical beasts and then steal their homes, or reverse the order. Anyway, this little clever ghost was quite skilled at these things, and almost no one caught her trail.
...
"What treasure is here? It looks very nutritious."
Deep in the forest, the white-clothed little girl arrived at the location where she sensed the natural treasure at an extremely fast speed. In front of her was a small stream with scattered rocks. In a stone pool, a pool of silver liquid rippled.
"This thing, it seems..."
The little girl followed the fragrance and looked at the small pool of liquid with a look of desire, unconsciously quickening her pace. After sneaking around, she cautiously checked her surroundings and found no problems.
Just as she was about to approach, a circle of white light suddenly spread around her, and extremely cold freezing air instantly froze the area. Even though the little girl reacted quickly, her movements were affected.
From the surrounding dense forest, more than one flying magical beast took off. These flying magical beasts carried magical beasts with fierce auras on their backs. They had a clear division of labor and quickly surrounded the small valley.
"Damn it, this..."
The white-clothed little girl looked at the blocked paths in all directions. More than one fifth-rank magical beast showed anxious expressions. Even though her strength was astonishing and far surpassed ordinary fifth-rank magical beasts, there were too many fifth-rank magical beasts here. How could she block them all by herself?
"Finally caught you, little thing who stole my Source of Life Fruit."
A slightly teasing voice rang out above the little girl's head. She looked up and saw a red two-headed flame serpent, more than ten meters long, flying with a pair of fire wings. On its back was a figure looking down at her.
"You're a human. How can you command so many magical beasts?"
The little girl was shocked. She realized that she had been tricked this time, but she never expected that the mastermind behind it was a human. Humans and magical beasts working together, and so many magical beasts at his command, it was hard to believe.
Probably because Yan Qingshan had undergone the Lionheart Baptism several times, his aura was similar to that of a lion-type magical beast, so he had high affinity among magical beasts. Coupled with the generous medicinal pills in his pocket, he quickly developed a good relationship with these magical beasts.
"Snow Ape!"
Yan Qingshan shouted. Snow Demon Sky Ape's red eyes emitted endless frost, enveloping the little girl's surroundings. Gale Demon Wolf King also took action, controlling a storm. The blizzard formed by their combined efforts almost submerged the little girl.
"Damn you..."
The little girl's small body crashed around in the wind and snow. She felt her movements were affected. At this moment, the Thunder Dragon Leopard suddenly shot out a large amount of lightning, and a numbing sensation swept through her body. More fifth-rank magical beasts came to her side, roaring and preparing to attack her fiercely.
"Stop!"
Yan Qingshan shouted. The two-headed flame spirit serpent quickly landed, and its tail whipped, stopping the Striped Tiger Bear from continuing to attack the little girl. "According to our previous agreement, she's mine.
These medicinal pills can't fully compensate for your losses, but they'll be of some help."
Yan Qingshan threw out several jade bottles like he was throwing money. Only then did these red-eyed magical beasts let go of the little girl in his arms. After calling out to Snow Demon Sky Ape, Yan Qingshan rode the two-headed flame spirit serpent and left the place with the little girl.
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In Snow Demon Sky Ape's small valley, the unconscious little girl was placed on a jade stone platform. Yan Qingshan looked at the sleeping little beauty and slowly reached out his hand.
"You, what are you doing!"
The dizzy little girl gradually woke up and saw a young man standing beside her. The white clothes she was wearing seemed very torn and disheveled.
"You don't have to worry now. If I wanted to do anything, it would have been over when you were unconscious. Is there any use in you yelling now?"
Yan Qingshan smiled and leaned closer, pinching the little girl's chin. "Now that you're awake, we should discuss your debt. First, you stole the Source of Life Fruit that Snow Demon Sky Ape was preparing to give me.
And then, just now, to save your little life, I gave those magical beasts a lot of medicinal pills. All of these have to be charged to you."
"Who asked you to save me? Besides, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been caught."
The white-clothed little girl showed no fear, glaring at Yan Qingshan with her small face. If she weren't weak now, she would have attacked directly.
"You're so disobedient. That's not good!"
Yan Qingshan smiled and took out a furry grass root. After holding down the little girl, he used the grass root to tickle the soles of her feet.
"Ahahaha, ah, hahahaha..."
Laughter echoed continuously. The little girl was finally subdued by Yan Qingshan and signed an extremely harsh agreement.
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"Zi Yan!"
In the endless forest, Yan Qingshan called out softly. The purple figure in the distant forest quickly returned to his side.
"What?"
The little girl Zi Yan looked at Yan Qingshan with a sullen face. Since she was caught by Yan Qingshan that day, she had lost her freedom and become a "tool person," searching for precious natural treasures for Yan Qingshan all over the mountains and fields. Seeing so many good things being put into Yan Qingshan's storage ring, her heart was bleeding.
"Open your mouth!"
Yan Qingshan still had a smile on his face, casually handing over a light golden pill that looked like a medicinal pill but had no medicinal fragrance.
Zi Yan looked at Yan Qingshan suspiciously. She didn't feel any danger from this thing and even felt that it should be good for her. It shouldn't be poison. So, she put her little head over and swallowed it.
"This is... Vajra Bodhi... delicious..."
Zi Yan's eyes lit up after putting the pill in her mouth. Then, she chewed the pill into pieces and swallowed it. After eating, she licked her lips, looking at the jade bottle in Yan Qingshan's right hand with some lingering desire. She had just noticed that Yan Qingshan took out the pill from here.