Although I didn't know the background of this young woman, her coming out to catch monsters in the middle of the night suggested she was a good person.
So I said to Old Mo and the little fox again,
"Let's observe further!"
After all, we didn't know her, and it wasn't appropriate to reveal ourselves rashly now.
Old Mo nodded, and Xiao Mei didn't make any excessive movements.
As for the young woman, after seeing the two monsters immobilized, she paid them no mind.
The two monsters could only let out low growls of "huhu."
The young woman didn't even glance at them, heading straight for the two men wearing hoods, who were now on the verge of death, unable to cry out, their limbs struggling feebly.
With a flick of her peach wood sword,
With two "clack" sounds, the animal skin hoods on their heads were instantly cut open.
After the hoods were broken, the two men began to gasp and breathe heavily as if they had gone mad.
"Hoo, hoo..."
At the same time, they saw the scene before them.
A woman holding a peach wood sword, two monsters with human forms and beast bodies immobilized on the ground.
They let out a startled "Ah!"
"Monsters... monsters..."
"Th-they're really monsters!"
The two men said, panting, extremely frightened.
Cold sweat streamed from them continuously.
The two immobilized monsters, however, bared their teeth, green energy emanating from their bodies.
They let out low growls of "wuwuwu," looking extremely ferocious.
Seeing this, the two men felt their hearts go numb and began to retreat.
The young woman, seeing this, spoke indifferently:
"Don't be afraid, these two monsters have been subdued by me.
You should leave here quickly!"
Seeing the young woman speak like this, with the peach wood sword still in her hand,
The two men looked at her with surprise.
Finally, the older of the two men boldly asked,
"Sis, are you a Daoist?"
The young woman nodded slightly:
"Yes! You are safe now."
The two men drew in a cold breath and repeatedly nodded:
"Thank you, Daoist nun, thank you, Daoist nun..."
After speaking, the two men supported each other, scrambling away from the abandoned construction site.
Although they still had some questions,
In their eyes, leaving here and saving their lives was the priority.
Not long after, the two men had left.
The young woman didn't look at the two monsters.
At this moment, she suddenly raised her voice and said:
"Behind the pile of bricks.
You've been watching for so long, aren't you coming out?
If you delay any further, I'll chop these two monsters!"
Her voice echoed clearly in the abandoned construction site.
We, hidden behind the brick pile, were stunned for a moment.
We exchanged glances.
The little fox stammered,
"She found us!"
Old Mo's eyes widened as he looked at me:
"Old Qin, what do we do now? Should we go out?"
Seeing Xiao Mei and Old Mo staring at me, I smiled.
Although I was surprised that despite the distance, we had been so cautious and still hadn't been discovered.
But this meant nothing.
We hadn't done anything wrong, and besides, we were all fellow practitioners. What was the harm in coming out to meet her?
So I said directly:
"Since we've been discovered, there's no point in hiding. Let's go!"
With that, I walked forward generously.
Seeing me move, the little fox followed.
Old Mo did the same.
The young woman across from us, seeing the three of us emerge, clearly raised her eyebrows.
Especially upon seeing Xiao Mei, her expression visibly darkened:
"Heh! You monsters and demon Daoists, are you coming one by one, or all at once?"
After speaking, she waved her peach wood sword, its tip touching the ground.
I felt an invisible qi emanate from the woman, very powerful.
And her words clearly showed she had mistaken us.
She thought we were in league with these yellow weasel monsters.
So, I quickly explained:
"Fellow Daoist, you've misunderstood. We are like you, practitioners of the White Sect.
This is the Hu family immortal from Bashan.
We were also tracking those two yellow weasels and came here."
I spoke truthfully.
Old Mo nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, don't misunderstand, Fellow Daoist.
We are all disciples of the White Sect."
After speaking, he even gave a friendly "hehehe" chuckle.
The little fox remained silent, simply standing beside me.
However, the young woman opposite us clearly wouldn't believe our words.
She continued to speak coldly:
"Hmph! You've been hiding behind there for so long, don't think I don't know.
If you were righteous Daoist friends, would you need to hide your heads and tails?"
"Really, we are indeed disciples of the White Sect."
Old Mo continued to speak, trying to gain her trust.
But the young woman remained vigilant towards us.
She sized us up a few times, then spoke again:
"I am Xia Qiuxi, a disciple of the Qingcheng Sect from Qingcheng Mountain.
This is my identity token.
How do you prove your identities?"
As she spoke, she produced a green waist token.
After infusing it with Dao qi, the surface of the token actually shimmered with green talismanic light.
Faintly, the character "Qing" appeared.
This was the first time I had seen a Daoist identity token, and I was very curious.
But neither Old Mo nor I had any such tokens.
For a moment, we didn't know how to explain.
However, I could understand the woman's wariness.
After all, when I began my practice, my master had made it very clear that we needed to be cautious in this line of work.
Monsters and demons were cunning.
If one believed others based on a few words while walking the martial world, one wouldn't know how they died.
We had been hiding for a long time, and we had a fox demon with us.
And we claimed to be good people.
Without evidence, it was difficult for anyone to believe us immediately.
But we truly had no tokens to prove our identity.
So, I stated directly:
"Fellow Daoist, we do not have waist tokens."
The woman paused:
"No waist tokens, do you have official talismans?"
"Official talismans?"
Both Old Mo and I looked bewildered.
We exchanged glances, completely clueless.
We shook our heads.
Seeing our shakes, the woman's expression darkened further:
"In front of the hall, bathing in the spring breeze..." kuAiδugg
Hearing these words, it seemed to be a secret code.
A few days ago, I had heard my master mention it.
But I hadn't remembered it at all, and now I was in a difficult spot.
Old Mo looked even more bewildered, as if he knew nothing.
Seeing us frozen in place, the woman Xia Qiuxi suddenly smiled:
"No identity tokens, unable to produce official talismans, and not knowing the secret Daoist code.
Normally, it would be fine.
But now, you are in close proximity to these two evil demons.
And you are involved with a fox demon.
How can you expect me to believe you?"