The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

"She...she's a siren?" Liu Mengli looked at the girl in front of her, who was no different from a human, and was a little incredulous.

In her memory, sirens were creatures covered in fish scales, or had two fins on their backs, or looked like shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

"When Mo Ran was captured by Ao Chong, it was because he discovered the unusual movements of the sea monster army. In the Northern Underworld, the sea monsters and the Lord of the Northern Underworld have been at war."

Liu Mengli nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any more questions.

But her eyes never left the girl.

The two men took the girl back to the inn. As soon as they entered the room, the girl knelt down on the ground with a thud, tears streaming down her face.

"Thank you so much for saving my life, young master! Your kindness is beyond measure..."

Shen Yifei quickly helped her up. "No, no, no, please get up and talk. What's your name? How did you end up in those people's hands?"

The girl stood up, wiped away her tears, and said, "My name is Xue Yuan, and I'm a villager from a fishing village on the border of the Northern Sea. A few days ago, a sea monster attacked our village, and my parents died. I was kidnapped by the sea monster and later sold to human traffickers..."

As she said this, she couldn't stop her tears from flowing again.

After hearing Xue Yuan's story, Shen Yifei had a general idea of ​​what had happened.

The sea monsters attacked the border of the Northern Sea and kidnapped villagers to sell, which shows that the Northern Sea is not very stable.

He poured Xueyuan a cup of tea. "Don't cry anymore. Now that I've saved you, I won't let you be bullied again. What are your plans for the future?"

Xue Yuan held her teacup, head bowed, and remained silent for a long while. "Young Master, I... may I follow you?"

"Follow me? Miss Xueyuan, although I saved you, do you know who I am? Aren't you afraid I might be a bad person too?"

"Don't be afraid. I think you're a very kind person, and for some reason, the aura emanating from you makes me feel very safe. I've never seen a cultivator other than the Sea Demon Clan before. My parents are dead, my village has been destroyed, and I'm homeless. Please take me in, young master. I can do anything—washing clothes, cooking, cleaning—I can do it all!"

Looking into the girl's big, watery eyes, Shen Yifei's heart softened. He had originally intended to send the girl to Mo Ran, since Mo Ran was the daughter of the Lord of Beiming, and it would be more appropriate for Mo Ran to arrange her future life.

But Xueyuan's words sounded so pitiful that he couldn't directly refuse.

"Alright, you come with me for now. Once we get to Beiming City, I'll find you a place to stay."

Upon hearing this, Xue Yuan nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, young master! Thank you, young master!" Then she looked at Liu Mengli and asked timidly, "Is this lady your wife, young master?"

Liu Mengli felt incredibly comfortable being addressed as "Madam," and her fondness for the girl instantly soared. "Haha... Of course, you can just call me Sister Mengli from now on."

Shen Yifei found Liu Mengli's smug expression amusing but didn't say anything.

"Alright, Miss Xueyuan, go wash up, change into clean clothes, and get a good night's rest. We need to continue our journey early tomorrow morning."

Xueyuan responded and obediently followed Liu Mengli out of the room to wash up next door.

Xue Yuan followed Liu Mengli to the next room, while Shen Yifei sat alone in the room, recalling the scene of saving the girl.

Shen Yifei reflected on whether he was being too compassionate and felt compelled to help those in need.

But the girl's appearance was so coincidental, could she be plotting something...?

As he was thinking, Liu Mengli entered his room while munching on a spiritual fruit.

"Master, that girl looks quite pretty after washing up, and she has a good figure too. She's got all the right curves. Would you be interested in taking her in?"

"Can't you say something succinct?" Shen Yifei rolled his eyes at her. "Why would I take her in? Our house is practically a matriarchal society."

"Then why did you save her? I thought you were up to something again. There are plenty of cases of buying and selling women; you can't just save every single one you see, can you?"

"Hmm, that's a good idea. I'll take any job like this..."

"Master, please... If you do that, I'll have no chance at all... Master, I have nowhere to go tonight. Could you please take me in for the night?"

"You? You're staying here? Don't you have a room?"

"I gave my bed to that little vixen," Liu Mengli blinked her big eyes. "Besides, how long has it been since we last talked alone? Master, you're not starting to dislike me, are you?"

"I look down on you? How could I dare to look down on you?"

"That settles it then..."

With lightning speed, Liu Mengli jumped onto Shen Yifei's bed, throwing clothes at his face one after another...

Looking at her shapely figure, Shen Yifei could no longer resist.

This little vixen has a whole repertoire of seductive tricks.

Busy until midnight, Liu Mengli told him to get a taste of the little vixen's flavor ahead of time...

The next morning, when Shen Yifei woke up, he found that Liu Mengli was no longer in bed, and he didn't know when she had gotten up.

After he finished washing up and came out of his room, he saw Liu Mengli and Xinghe leading Xueyuan waiting for him in the lobby downstairs.

Xueyuan changed into a clean dress, her hair was tied into two braids, and she looked beautiful and delicate, completely different from yesterday.

Seeing Shen Yifei come down, she quickly stood up. "Young Master, you've arrived?"

Shen Yifei nodded, gesturing for her to sit down.

Soon after, Hongxiu and Mo Ran also came downstairs. Liu Mengli spoke quickly and concisely, explaining the whole story to the two of them in just a few words.

The two men were quite fond of the clean and pretty young girl.

Of the group, only Xinghe showed little interest in Xueyuan, appearing indifferent to her.

Shen Yifei didn't mind, paid the room fee, and continued on his way with the five people.

The further north you go, the colder it gets.

The once lush green grassland gradually turned into barren frozen ground. The wind grew stronger and stronger, feeling like knives cutting into your face.

Xinghe Hongxiu had already retreated into the Cauldron of All Things and wouldn't come out. To speed things up, Shen Yifei also sent Mo Ran and Xue Yuan into the cauldron.

Liu Mengli insisted on staying with Shen Yifei, but after another day of travel, she couldn't stand the cold anymore and was taken inside by Shen Yifei.

In this way, Shen Yifei could travel at full speed and fly towards Beiming City under Mo Ran's guidance.

The Northern Sea is extremely vast, and apart from ice and snow, no living creatures can be seen along the way.

Even with Shen Yifei flying at full speed, it took him three days to vaguely see a huge white city in front of him.

"Young Master, Beiming City is just ahead!" Mo Ran exclaimed excitedly, pointing to the snow-covered city in front of him.

She had been away from home for some time, and Beiming City was her home. Her excitement at returning home was indescribable.

Beiming City was built with huge blocks of ice. As soon as Shen Yifei approached, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers guarding the city.

"Halt! Who goes there?"

Shen Yifei cupped his hands in greeting, "I am Shen Yifei, the sect master of Tianyan Sect, and I have come to pay my respects to Mo Yu, the young master of Beiming."

The guard sized him up. "Young Master Beiming, you're not someone you can just see whenever you want. Do you have a visiting card?"

Shen Yifei took out the Beiming Token given to him by Mo Yu from his storage ring and handed it over.

The guard took the token and his expression immediately changed. "The Northern Underworld Token!"

"I am a friend of Mo Yu. I came to Beiming at Mo Yu's invitation."

At this moment, Mo Ran emerged from the cauldron.

A group of soldiers saw Mo Ran as if they had seen a ghost.

"Princess...you...you weren't already dead?"