Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

The scoundrel standing to the side was terrified when the old man suddenly appeared.

He had just witnessed Gou Ge's miracle, but unexpectedly, an even more powerful figure appeared immediately.

Moreover, he had seen this old man before; he was the same old man he had met at Cun Cun Spirit Manor who insisted on taking him as a disciple.

I never expected to appear here.

The old man saw that Lai Pi was just staring blankly with his mouth wide open, so he ignored him and walked towards Gou An's location.

"Anyone who takes this blow from me will be severely crippled, if not dead!"

The old man seemed very confident in his palm strike.

But when he reached out to pick up Gou An, who had fallen into the ruins, to check on him, he grabbed nothing.

"It was just an illusion?"

The old man watched as Gou An's figure blurred and floated away, his eyes widening in surprise.

He immediately scanned his surroundings, trying to find Gou An.

But they found nothing.

"You monster, you actually have such abilities!"

The old man retreated to Lai Pi's side, his body surging with spiritual energy, and a ball of spiritual energy gathered in his palm, ready to be unleashed, fully on guard.

I'm afraid the monster might launch a sneak attack at any moment.

What the old man didn't know was that Gou An was spitting blood and fleeing for his life as fast as he could in the direction away from the courtyard.

If I hadn't reacted quickly and used all my strength to defend myself a second before I was hit, I would have been in serious trouble.

I am now a corpse.

What kind of "Divine Fire Immortal" is this? That name is too ominous. I almost died as soon as I took it out.

We still need to play it safe.

Gou An ran until he was completely exhausted before finding a ditch to lie down by.

He breathed a sigh of relief once he was sure no one was chasing him.

As for the scoundrel... well, he's on his own!

Anyway, Gou An didn't even see the face of the person who ambushed him, so he definitely wouldn't be able to get revenge.

After Gou An recovered, he spat out a few healing pills and swallowed them, which made him feel a little better.

But just as Gou An got up to continue his escape, he suddenly felt dizzy, his vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground.

She completely fainted.

It was almost dark in the courtyard.

The old man was still on guard in the yard, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

"You monster, you're quite patient!"

The old man shouted at those around him, "Don't think that just because you haven't come out, I'll assume you've run away."

"You're definitely planning to launch a sneak attack while I'm off guard!"

"I've seen too many of those tricks before; they won't work on me!"

"I advise you to come out honestly. Continuing to hide won't change the outcome."

Just as the old man was talking to himself, Lai Pi already knew that Gou Ge had definitely escaped.

He originally wanted to tell the old man, but he was worried that Brother Gou hadn't escaped far, so he kept it to himself.

Just as the sun was about to set, the old man suddenly said, "It's getting late, so I'll spare your life for now!"

With that, he grabbed the scoundrel by the collar and leaped into the sky.

At the same time, a flying sword appeared out of thin air beneath his feet and shot into the distance.

The next day, dawn broke.

After Gou An gradually regained consciousness, he discovered that he had transformed back into his original form.

When I opened my eyes, I was shocked to find myself lying in a doghouse in a farmhouse courtyard.

What's going on?

Gou An was somewhat dumbfounded.

Just as Gou An looked up to check his surroundings, he suddenly heard a child shout, "Dad, the dog's awake!"

Gou An looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little girl of about eight or nine years old standing at the gate of the courtyard.

Before Gou An could react, the girl excitedly ran up to him.

Then he reached out and patted Gou An's head, saying in a childish voice, "Doggy, don't be afraid, it was my daddy who saved you."

Her father?

Gou An tried hard to recall the details before he fainted.

It seems that I automatically transformed into my prototype the moment I fainted.

Then his father picked him up from the mountains?

Just as Gou An was pondering this, a dark-skinned adult man came out of the house next door.

He looked to be in his thirties, with bare arms. Although he appeared somewhat thin, his muscles were clearly defined.

He looks like someone who has been doing manual labor for a long time.

"She's really awake!" The man grinned as he walked over, squatted down beside the little girl, and patted her head. "Didn't you say you wanted a dog? How about this one?"

"Wow, this dog is huge!" The little girl spread her arms and gestured to show how big Gou An was.

Indeed, Gou An is now much larger than the average dog.

When standing upright, it is already comparable in height to an adult.

"Bigger is better!" the man said. "A bigger dog is better at guarding the house, isn't it?"

"Yes!" The girl nodded.

"That's right!" The man smiled at the girl with a loving father's expression. "Dogs are generally grateful; since we rescued it, it will definitely protect us well."

"Yes!" The girl nodded again, seemingly without doubting a word her father said.

After speaking to his daughter, the man turned to look at Gou An.

After patting Gou An's head, he said, "You don't have any objections, do you?"

Gou An did want to say yes.

Moreover, after learning how to transform, the dog can speak human language directly.

But Gou An was afraid that if he spoke directly, he would scare the father and daughter to death.

So they could only remain silent.

Seeing this, the man laughed and said, "No answer, I'll take that as your agreement."

"..." Gou An.

"From now on, you're part of our family!" The man swept his hand across the yard: "This yard is yours to look after from now on, and you'll be getting plenty of meat to eat!"

Gou An realized that this man seemed to be a hunter.

In the room behind the man, a bow was hanging on the wall.

There were also many bundles of dry firewood piled up in the yard, which seemed to belong to a woodcutter.

Although he was quite rough around the edges, he raised his daughter very well.

She had delicate features, dressed neatly and cleanly, and had fair skin; she looked like she had never suffered any hardship.

Gou An then thought back to the place where he had fainted.

Since it was a man who picked her up, it means that the village is not far from where she fainted.

In other words, this place is still a long way from the Monster Mountain Range.

Gou An clearly feels that his injuries have not yet healed.

This village looks rather remote; cultivators shouldn't come to a place like this.

I should just stay here and quietly recover from my injuries, and then go back into the mountains once I've healed.

Otherwise, if I drag my injured body back to the Monster Mountain Range, who knows if I'll encounter other hunters who specialize in capturing monsters along the way?

However, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation on his body.

"Daddy, let's name the dog!" the little girl said happily.

"You take it!" The man threw the decision back to the girl.

"This dog is so big, let's call him Big Yellow!" The girl blurted out without thinking.

"Okay, let's call him Big Yellow!" the man immediately agreed.

Gou An was left lying in the doghouse, speechless.

The name doesn't sound right, but it just doesn't feel right.