"Keep an eye on the girl in green for me."
Xu Taiping was somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"The girl in green is currently standing with a young girl in white, while the others have dispersed into the red maple forest ahead, presumably preparing to hunt a demon beast."
As if to show off his extraordinary eyesight to Xu Taiping, Bai Yu deliberately described the situation below in great detail, which was exactly what Xu Taiping wanted to know.
"Sister Zijin actually came to Green Peak Canyon. If nothing goes wrong, the demon beast they are hunting should be that tiger demon."
Xu Taiping silently speculated in his heart.
"Hey, how did you know there was a girl in green in the mountain forest below?"
Bai Yu suddenly realized.
"That, that's a sister I met outside the mountains before. She told me she would come to Green Peak Canyon to hunt recently."
Xu Taiping, realizing the loophole in his words, did not panic too much and calmly came up with a reason.
"Oh? So you came out with me to look for the yellow sheep as a pretense, but the real reason was to see the girl in green?"
However, to Xu Taiping's surprise, Bai Yu did not get angry at being deceived but instead asked with great interest.
"Brother Bai Yu, to be honest, looking for the yellow sheep is true, and seeing this sister is also true."
Xu Taiping decided not to hide it anymore.
"Xu Taiping, are you perhaps fond of that girl in green?"
Bai Yu suddenly chuckled and asked.
Bai Yu's sudden change of topic caught Xu Taiping off guard.
"Where are you two now? Have you held hands? Have you kissed? Or have you already... hehehe..."
Before Xu Taiping could think of how to
respond, Bai Yu threw out a series of questions that made Xu Taiping blush.
"Bai... Brother Bai Yu, I and Sister Zijin are just friends..."
Xu Taiping stammered in response.
"Friends? Don't men like women just to hold hands and kiss?"
Bai Yu was quite surprised.
Xu Taiping was embarrassed.
"Who taught him all this? Uncle Bai? Impossible!"
Just as Xu Taiping was at a loss for words, a tiger's roar suddenly echoed from the forest below.
Even from such a distance, the roar still made Xu Taiping shudder.
"Oh? They are hunting that tiger that likes to raise ghostly spirits."
Bai Yu, far from being startled by the roar, instead mocked the tiger king.
"Brother Bai Yu, do you know this demon tiger?"
Xu Taiping looked at Bai Yu with great curiosity.
"I heard about it from my father before. At that time, the Northern Wind Tiger was not yet powerful, so the West Wind Pavilion did not intervene. Now, even if they wanted to, they don't have the ability to do so. They can only ask the disciples on the mountain to hunt it. However, this fellow is particularly cunning and has raised five or six ghostly spirits, so it has been roaming free in the mountains until now."
Bai Yu replied nonchalantly, then asked Xu Taiping with a wary look:
"Are you asking me to help your little sweetheart?"
"Who, who said she is my little sweetheart?"
Xu Taiping was startled by Bai Yu's sudden "little sweetheart" and almost fell off his back.
"Let me tell you, the spirit birds in Yunlu Mountain have all signed soul contracts with the Qingxuan Sect. Unless their own safety is threatened or they have the sect's permission, they cannot interfere in the mountain's conflicts, even to help Qingxuan Sect disciples."
Bai Yu continued on his own.
"Brother Bai Yu, I'm not asking you to help, I'm just a bit worried about Sister Zijin and want you to help me check the situation below."
Xu Taiping answered honestly.
"That can be done, but I can't do it for free."
Bai Yu pondered for a moment and then nodded.
"I can give you ten merit coins."
Xu Taiping said generously.
"I don't want merit coins."
Bai Yu shook his head, then a cunning look appeared in his eyes:
"But after you kiss that girl in green, you must tell me what it feels like, whether it's sweet or fragrant."
Accompanied by a tiger's roar, a strong wind swept through the entire red maple forest, causing the maple leaves to fly everywhere.
"Silent Sister, let's hide first."
Liu Zijin pulled Lin Buyu's arm, stepped on a maple leaf, and leaped up, landing lightly on the branch of a large maple tree.
It was hard to spot them if you didn't look closely.
From their vantage point, Liu Zijin and Lin Buyu finally saw the demon tiger and two ghostly spirits fighting Lu Chen deep in the red maple forest.
Since the main task was to lure the enemy, Lu Chen mostly retreated while fighting, rarely engaging the demon tiger and ghostly spirits head-on, instead using his agile movements to dodge and harass them.
When Lu Chen lured the ghostly spirits and the demon tiger to the predetermined position, he suddenly drew his long sword, spinning his body and slashing at the two ghostly spirits.
As the sword slashed, streams of true essence condensed into sword qi, emitting metallic ringing sounds, and struck the two ghostly spirits like spinning rings.
In an instant, the two ghostly spirits were covered in deep, bone-deep wounds, and their bodies were thrown back by the immense force of the sword qi.
More importantly, unlike ordinary sword wounds, these pure sword qi wounds not only damaged the internal organs along the meridians but also harmed the ghostly spirits' souls.
The two ghostly spirits rolled on the ground in pain.
"No wonder Senior Sister said that sword cultivators can cut through anything."
Lin Buyu, who had been silent, suddenly muttered expressionlessly.
"Junior Sister is right. Sword cultivators have the strongest killing power, but the cultivation requirements are extremely strict. They must open the Qi Mansion and condense several times the amount of true essence into a single thread of sword qi. Talents like Senior Brother Lu are few and far between."
Lin Buyu did not respond, but continued to watch the situation with a calm, unflinching gaze.
Liu Zijin definitely did not know that at that moment, a thread of sword qi was swirling around Lin Buyu's wrist like a snake.
At that moment, the demon tiger leaped out, flattening a large area of maple trees, and with a claw carrying three sharp claw shadows, it struck down at Lu Chen.