Chapter 139: The Demonic Cultivators of West Ridge

So cheesy! Far too cheesy!

Ji Yao had never imagined that one day she, a person completely devoid of any romantic sentiments, would actually utter such clichéd lines that she previously would never have been able to bring herself to say.

Unlike her usual playacting with Dongfang Shun—where perhaps the other was simply a seasoned hypocrite, leaving her entirely unbothered when trading sarcastic remarks with him—things were entirely different now with Mu Baiyun. Perhaps because he was an earnest person with a relatively pure nature, seeing a blush spread across his face simply because of a single remark of hers made Ji Yao's teeth ache with sweetness. It felt almost as if she had verbally teased him, stirring a strange sense of guilt deep within her heart.

While Ji Yao was regretting her words, Mu Baiyun's thoughts were running in a completely different direction.

All he saw was Ji Yao covering her face after speaking, which naturally brought the phrase "quite coy and bashful" to his mind. As it turned out, Junior Sister was indeed a female cultivator after all; she was capable of feeling shy too!

Each lost in their own thoughts, the two of them paid no mind whatsoever to the fact that just a short distance ahead of them lay several thoroughly deceased corpses of demonic cultivators.

Indeed, neither of these two possessed a single drop of romance in their bones. If anyone were to witness this scene, they would likely shudder involuntarily.

"Someone is coming!" As soon as Mu Baiyun finished speaking, he grabbed Ji Yao by the arm, stepped onto his flying sword, and skimmed low across the ground to distance themselves from the spot. The moment they stopped, Ji Yao instinctively slapped breath-concealing talismans onto both of them.

The newcomers consisted of a demonic cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, followed by several disciples in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Master, there are several corpses ahead. Judging by the state of the blood, they haven't been dead for long. If the person who killed them hasn't gone far, we should still be able to catch up."