After infiltrating the main characters' group, I became the most beautiful woman in the world.

"Master, Master, are you alright?" The gentle voice stood out in the quiet environment.

Su Ning groped around in the darkness. After the two of them rolled down the hillside, they fell into a cave covered by withered grass.

She didn't know who was so unscrupulous as to dig a hole. Su Ning felt that a long time had passed, and she never wanted to experience that feeling of weightlessness again.

Lin Ci acted as her human cushion, falling from such a height without any injury. In a daze, she seemed to hear a man's muffled groan, and then there was no more sound.

Su Ning was worried that he had fainted, and at this moment she couldn't care less about being afraid. She first touched a small part of his clothes, and when she saw that he didn't respond, she gradually became bolder.

Her slender fingers moved upwards, first touching a small bump, then gradually moving up to the other person's warm skin, tightly closed thin lips, and finally the high, straight nose.

Just as she was about to touch the other person's eyebrows and eyes, her hand was grabbed and she couldn't move.

What are you doing?

Oh no, I got caught...

The man's voice was slightly hoarse, with a magnetic quality that made one's ears go weak; one could imagine how pleasant it must sound when he breathed.

Su Ning thought of this matter at an inopportune time.

"Master, you're finally awake."

The girl's voice was tinged with joy. Although she couldn't see in the darkness, Lin Ci could even hear her breathing.

He instinctively tried to get up, but the restless hand he had just grabbed pulled his hand back. The girl's palm was cool, like porcelain.

Meanwhile, his other hand took the opportunity to grope him, asking with concern, "Master, do you have any other injuries? Is anything aching?"

Lin Ci felt a strange sensation flowing through his body, which was completely different from the feeling he had when he practiced martial arts and meditated.

Clearly, this strange feeling came from the girl on his body.

"I'm fine, young lady, you should go downstairs first."

Lin Ci felt a little embarrassed; they were too close. She was too close to him.

Her knees were pressed against his waist and abdomen, the warm touch soothing his skin through the thin fabric. With each breath, her dark hair fell onto his shoulders, and even her concern turned into a somewhat indescribable awkwardness.

Her breath, her touch, and her fragrance were all unusually close to him, and the unease made him want to run away.

The girl seemed unusually naive, focused solely on his injuries, and failed to notice the unusual distance between them.

Lin Ci knew that the other party meant well, but the strange sensation coming from below made his ears turn bright red. At this moment, he wished he could stay far away from Su Ning.

He had never had that kind of experience, nor was he a person driven by desires.

Therefore, he didn't understand why he was in this situation, and he felt it shouldn't have happened.

Lin Ci felt that his cultivation was still inadequate, and once this matter was settled, he was determined to return to Hanqing Pool to cultivate again.

Fortunately, the girl on top of him did not suspect anything. After confirming that he was alright, she groped her way to get up.

Lin Ci immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully she shouldn't be able to detect his change in the darkness.

After calming himself down, he took out a tinderbox from his waist, blew on it, and the light filled the room, illuminating the girl's face.

Lin Ci suppressed all the chaotic emotions in her mind and then looked around the place.

Su Ning also looked up. It was pitch black above. She wondered who had dug such a deep hole. There wasn't even a vine around. It was impossible to get up there.

Her voice softened at this moment, and she said with some guilt, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so useless, how could I have implicated the Daoist Master?"

Lin Ci looked around and shook his head upon hearing this: "It's none of your business. If I'm not mistaken, we entered their trap the moment we first saw the medicine puppet."

"This also explains why the medicine puppet appeared so quickly."

"If you hadn't fallen today, they would have led us into their trap too."

Seeing the girl's disappointed expression, Lin Ci said a few more words.

Su Ning: "So, are we just going to be stuck here?"

After surveying the surroundings, Lin Ci found a spot and casually said to Su Ning beside him, "You should move aside for now."

Su Ning obeyed and did as instructed. The young Taoist priest first closed his eyes, then gathered his energy in his palm and slapped the earthen wall in front of him. After a loud bang, the broken stones and clods of earth fell down with a crash.

Su Ning brushed the dust off her face and moved closer to Lin Ci. She saw a long, dark tunnel ahead.

"Stay close to me."

Su Ning hurriedly followed, heading towards the dark road.

……

Meanwhile, Yue Zijin went to fetch reinforcements.

He walked in the same direction, his feet barely touching the ground, eager to find Tangxi immediately.

But then someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere and bumped into him in a panic, causing them both to fall face-first into the mud.

He was already seething with anger. Pei Yunlian was nowhere to be found, and a monster had appeared on the mountain. Now, even when he was trying to get help, some people weren't paying attention.

"What's wrong with you? Why didn't you use the main road and instead bump into me?"

He rubbed his backside and looked at the unlucky guy in front of him.

The unlucky guy was a thin, pale-faced man, covered in sweat, looking as if his life force had been drained. He fell to the ground with a thud, seemingly stunned, staring blankly at Yue Zijin.

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything?"

As soon as Yue Zijin stepped forward, the man crawled to her feet, trembling, and cried out, "There's a... there's a ghost!"

He was startled when the man suddenly grabbed his leg.

He quickly grabbed the other person's collar, his eyes sharp: "Is it one of those monsters with bloodshot eyes and grayish-blue skin?"

As if finding a kindred spirit, the other person hurriedly cried out, "Yes, yes, those monsters are in droves, they're over there on the other side of the mountain! You'd better run!"

After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something terrifying, so he quickly grabbed the tree stump next to him, stood up, and staggered away.

Yue Zi looked thoughtfully in the direction he was pointing, then steeled her heart and ran in that direction anyway.

If such a monster were to appear in Tangxi, we would certainly have to search for its source.

"Smack—"

The fierce wind whipped the girl's red clothes, and Tang Xi flipped over, her black hair tied in a ponytail, which lashed out in a cold arc, whipping the three-headed monster away.

"Phew." She exhaled, cursing inwardly, "What kind of monster is this? It's impossible to kill!"

She was searching for the killer's trail in the forest when these monsters appeared out of nowhere. They had red eyes, were completely unconscious, and attacked anyone they saw.

After repelling one wave, they discovered that the monsters were impervious to weapons; even if they were defeated, they would regenerate after a while.

It's so annoying.

"who?"

My gaze suddenly shifted, and I saw something rustling about to emerge from the bushes.

Gripping the whip tightly, she wouldn't mind giving the monster a good whipping if it reappeared.

next second.

A person emerged from the woods, speaking timidly, "Miss Tang."

"Miss Shen? What are you doing here all alone?"

Tangxi was surprised to find that the person who came was Shen Lian.