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"Thank you so much for saving my sister and me, senior. Ruolan is deeply grateful," Xu Ruolan said, clasping her hands in gratitude.

Xu Ruolan already regarded Gu Yan as a senior expert from somewhere. Generally, to cultivate to the Heavenly Spirit Realm, one must be at least several hundred years old, right?

"You're welcome," Gu Yan said.

"Was the poison in my body also cured by you, senior?" Xu Ruolan asked.

Gu Yan nodded.

"Senior is also an alchemist. May I ask what rank you are?" Xu Ruolan asked curiously.

Gu Yan smiled behind her mask: "I don't know."

"How could you not know? If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it," Liu Feiyan exclaimed from the side.

Xu Ruolan glanced at her and said softly, "Feiyan must not be rude."

Liu Feiyan shut her mouth, lowered her head, and pouted.

"Please don't take offense, senior. My junior sister Feiyan is young and mischievous; she meant no harm. Last time on the Azure Phoenix, I didn't have a chance to ask your esteemed name?" Xu Ruolan's voice was as gentle as her appearance and temperament, and Gu Yan had a good impression of her.

"Li Bai".

Gu Yan still didn't use her real name.

Li Bai? Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan had never heard of this name, but the person before them was clearly no ordinary person. There were several prominent families with the surname Li in the Ruohe Empire, but they didn't know which family he belonged to. Although they were curious, they dared not pry.

"So it was Senior Li. Thank you so much for saving my sister and me and for helping me detoxify. We will repay your kindness in the future. Ruolan will also tell Master about today's events so that Master can properly thank you, Senior." Xu Ruolan bowed solemnly to Gu Yan.

"Miss Ruolan, you're too polite. By the way, what brings you here?" Gu Yan asked.

"My junior sister, my senior brother, and I originally came here to look for medicine, but we didn't expect to encounter a level 5 Ghost-faced Spider."

Level 1 magical beasts are equivalent to the Spirit Realm, Level 2 to the Lesser Spirit Realm, Level 3 to the Greater Spirit Realm, Level 4 to the Earth Spirit Realm, and Level 5 Ghost-Faced Spiders are equivalent to experts in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

"We fled in terror, barely managing to escape, only to encounter a pack of wolves and apes. All our guards were killed, and when Senior Brother Mo realized something was wrong, he abandoned us sisters and fled."

"If it weren't for Senior Li's rescue, my sister and I would surely have perished in the belly of the monster," Xu Ruolan said.

Gu Yan nodded after listening: "I see."

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What kind of medicine are you looking for here? Is it the Moon Crystal Flower?"

"Snow Lotus," Liu Feiyan answered quickly from the side.

Xu Ruolan glanced at her junior sister and said to Gu Yan, "We already obtained the Moon Crystal Flower from someone a few days ago. Now we're still missing the Snow Silver Lotus."

"Did you find it?" Gu Yan asked.

Xu Ruolan shook her head: "We encountered that ghost-faced spider as soon as we entered the depths of the mountains."

"I'm also looking for some medicinal herbs. Follow me and see if we can find Snow Silver Lotus," Gu Yan said.

Hearing this, Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan were overjoyed. A Heavenly Spirit Realm expert was willing to take them along, ensuring their safety. Moreover…

Both Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan fell in love with Gu Yan and wished they could be with him.

"Thank you, senior." Xu Ruolan said with a smile. Although she was not as beautiful as her junior sister, she had a gentle temperament, and her smile was pleasing to the eye.

Gu Yan nodded slightly and walked outside, with Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan following behind him.

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Amidst the vast sea of ​​clouds, a colossal white tiger carried three people as it flew overhead. The three atop the tiger were a masked man in white robes and two beautiful young women. Their gazes were fixed on the nearby mountain peaks, as if searching for something.

"Fly lower, there are some ores here that can block divine sense," Gu Yan said to Xue Yinghu.

The Snow Shadow Tiger stopped and flew towards the lower altitude.

Gu Yan and Xu Ruolan were both looking at the plants growing on the ground. Liu Feiyan seemed to be searching for snow lotus, but her eyes kept drifting towards Gu Yan.

Suddenly, the fog ahead took an eerie turn, its originally white tinged with a faint bluish-gray. Gu Yan used her divine sense to look ahead and spotted something hidden within the fog. Xu Ruolan, who was looking in the same direction as Gu Yan, suddenly turned deathly pale:

"Oh no, it's that ghost-faced spider."

Thinking of how she had narrowly escaped from the clutches of the ghost-faced spider, Xu Ruolan felt a deep sense of fear. Liu Feiyan, who was beside her, was weak and had a limited range of spiritual sense. Although she hadn't seen it, she was also terrified and turned as pale as paper when she heard Xu Ruolan's words.

"Hurry! We need to get out of here!" Liu Feiyan said anxiously to Gu Yan.

Although they all knew that Gu Yan was a master of the Heavenly Spirit Realm, the Ghost-Faced Spider was also a level 5 expert. A level 5 magical beast was comparable in strength to a master of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. However, the Ghost-Faced Spider was a highly venomous magical beast, so even a master in the late stage of the Heavenly Spirit Realm would find it quite troublesome.

The fact that Xu Ruolan and her group weren't completely wiped out when they encountered the Ghost-Faced Spider is a testament to their survival.

Just as the ghost-faced spider was about to kill them all, a magical beast of equal level approached its territory. So it didn't have time to kill Xu Ruolan and the other little insects, turned around and left, which allowed Xu Ruolan and the others to escape.

Even so, Xu Ruolan was poisoned, and several guards who escaped soon succumbed to the poison. Then, they were unlucky enough to encounter a pack of wolves and apes.

Gu Yan smiled easily and said, "Don't be afraid, I can handle this guy. I just happen to be missing a highly poisonous ingredient."

Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan looked at Gu Yan in fear; he actually wanted to hunt down this ghost-faced spider.

With a wave of her hand, Gu Yan summoned a red light that transformed into a large red gourd. The gourd's lid, with its glossy surface, automatically popped off, and a suction force emanated from it, drawing away all the poisonous mist.

After the area was cleared away, the hideous and terrifying ghost-faced spider was revealed on the pile of rocks ahead. This creature was ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) in size, and its eight long legs, covered in dark purple patterns, could extend to thirty zhang (approximately 33 meters) when fully extended.

Its belly was covered with intertwined white and red stripes that resembled a pained human face. Its six pairs of compound eyes were arranged in an inverted triangle and glowed with a ghostly green light. The pupils reflected Gu Yan, Xu Ruolan, and Liu Feiyan on the Snow Shadow Tiger's back.

Although the Snow Shadow Tiger cub possessed the bloodline of the divine beast White Tiger, it was still young and afraid of the large creature in front of it. Although it understood its master's intentions, it hesitated and dared not go forward.

Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan were already trembling; the killing intent of the level-five magical beast chilled them to the bone.

Seeing this, Gu Yan patted Xueyinghu on the head: "You protect them, stay far away."

As she spoke, Gu Yan flew off the Snow Shadow Tiger's back. Upon hearing Gu Yan's command, the Snow Shadow Tiger cub instantly retreated a hundred feet, showing none of the arrogance of the king of beasts.

Gu Yan's movement caused the ghost-faced spider to unleash an even stronger killing intent. Its blood-red mouthparts emitted a sharp cry, a terrifying and eerie sound that created visible sound waves as the surrounding rocks crumbled one after another.