"You little girl don’t understand, I, your emperor, am playing a game, a very large one!"

Bai Xiaofan patted Yuan’er’s little head and smiled gently!

"Master doesn’t tell Yuan’er, Yuan’er is very worried!"

Yuan’er pouted, thought for a moment, then directly hugged Bai Xiaofan’s arm with both hands, coquettishly acting spoiled!

"You little girl, you’re really learning bad habits!"

Bai Xiaofan shook his head, then said, "I just had a battle with Mo, we both suffered injuries to a different extent, but none were too severe!"

"But this is just my own perception, Mo doesn’t know the severity of my injury, so I have to pretend to be gravely wounded. As for not letting Silver-clad and Ye Mei know about the mildness of my injuries, it’s not that I don’t trust them, but I need them to spread the word that I’m seriously injured, to reach Mo’s subordinates’ ears!"

"In this way, in Mo’s perception, I would be seriously injured, and not as strong as Mo!"

"And the reason for all this is because I’ve suddenly become suspicious of something, which I can’t disclose for now. When we go to the Lifeless Forest today, it will become clear!"

Bai Xiaofan spoke gently, and while speaking, a large hand, whether intentionally or unintentionally, gently pinched Yuan’er’s butt, making her face blush!

"Master, why are you speaking and groping at the same time?"

Yuan’er tried to break free from Bai Xiaofan’s hand, but couldn’t overpower his strength!

"This is your punishment, let’s see if you’ll dare act spoiled towards your emperor again?"

Bai Xiaofan slapped Yuan’er’s butt with a smirk!

"No, no, Yuan’er will still act spoiled with Master in the future, but you take a rest first!"

Yuan’er giggled, said something quickly, and hurriedly pushed the door open to leave!

Outside the inn, Silver-clad and Ye Mei were frowning with worry. Seeing Yuan’er come out, they hurriedly greeted her, concerned about Bai Xiaofan’s injuries!

After hearing Bai Xiaofan’s words, Yuan’er quietly glanced around, noticing a few people secretly watching their situation!

"Master’s injuries are quite severe, it is estimated that it will be impossible to recover without ten or eight years. Master has decided to leave tomorrow morning, at that time the three of us must protect Master well!"

Yuan’er spoke half-truthfully, as the news of leaving tomorrow morning was true. Even if Yuan’er kept it a secret, when they leave tomorrow, it surely would be noticed by Mo’s spies!

The false part, of course, was that it would be impossible to recover in ten or eight years because when Bai Xiaofan returned to Carefree Town, he was already healed!

Listening to Yuan’er’s words, Silver-clad and Ye Mei were momentarily at a loss!

But Yuan’er noticed that after her words, two of the people who had been watching them quietly slipped away toward the tower in the center of Carefree Town!

"You two should rest early as well, I need to go back and take care of Master!"

Yuan’er decided to fully commit to the act, giving Silver-clad and Ye Mei a quick heads-up before heading back with a worried expression!

"Master, I’m back again, don’t hit me, okay?"

Quietly pushing open the door to Bai Xiaofan’s room, Yuan’er whispered softly, only to find Bai Xiaofan missing!

Thinking it over briefly, Yuan’er guessed that Bai Xiaofan must be in the Boundary Monument space, so she sat down alone by Bai Xiaofan’s bed to cultivate!

At the center of Carefree Town, Mo was nursing his injuries and relaxed a little upon receiving the report from his subordinates!

In the recent battle with Bai Xiaofan, he was also injured, but as Bai Xiaofan and Yuan’er had said, the injuries weren’t severe. However, what unsettled him was his inability to discern the severity of Bai Xiaofan’s injuries, which was why he had people secretly monitoring them!

"Continue to send people to monitor, and report to me immediately if anything happens!"

Mo nodded, instructing his subordinates! 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The night passed without incident!

The next morning, Bai Xiaofan led Yuan’er and the other two women out of the inn, immediately catching the attention of a few people on the corner!

"Master, are we really going to the Lifeless Forest? I heard it’s very dangerous, and all the cultivators who enter perish inside!"

Yuan’er carefully supported Bai Xiaofan, asking softly!

"There’s no choice, I am gravely injured, and only in the Lifeless Forest is it safe. As long as we don’t venture too deep, we should be fine!"

Bai Xiaofan spoke with a heavy expression, deliberately raising his voice when passing by those few people on the corner, as if fearing they wouldn’t hear!

"Master, master, how is my acting? If we were in Nánjiāng City, could I win an award for Best Actress?"

Having left Carefree Town and finding no one following, Yuan’er immediately tried to please Bai Xiaofan, saying so!

"Too poor, in terms of acting, Feifei is more skilled, even better than a Best Actress!"

Bai Xiaofan gave a truthful evaluation, drawing dissatisfaction from Yuan’er!

"Uncle Bai, there are two people following us; should I go deal with them?"

After traveling nearly a hundred miles, Ye Mei came to Bai Xiaofan’s side, quietly asking!

"No rush, we’re not far from the Lifeless Forest now. Wait until we reach the forest’s edge, then find a chance to deal with those tracking us!"

Bai Xiaofan smiled faintly, his speech regained the previous confidence, which made Ye Mei slightly stunned, feeling something was off!

"Ten kilometers ahead, there are thirty-nine aberrations, the strongest being at the early Fragmented God stage. Prepare to annihilate them all!"

After flying for a while longer, Bai Xiaofan said to Yuan’er and the other two women beside him!

After hearing Bai Xiaofan’s words, except for Yuan’er, Silver-clad and Ye Mei were slightly stunned!

Wasn’t Bai Xiaofan severely injured?

How does he still have such a powerful Divine Sense?

However, the two women didn’t ask!

"Attack!"

A moment later, in the group’s sight appeared the silhouette of the aberrations. With a coquettish shout from Ye Mei, the three women lunged towards the aberrations ahead!

The number of aberrations was considerable, but under the leadership of Silver-clad and Ye Mei, they didn’t pose any threat!

When the three women returned after slaying all the aberrations, they found upon tallying that there were precisely thirty-nine aberrations, no more, no less!

"Let’s move quickly; those tracking us are about to catch up!"

Seeing the three women return, Bai Xiaofan said softly and flew ahead first!

In no time, the trio finally appeared on the edge of the Lifeless Forest. Staring at the lush forest before them, the three women’s hearts felt quite puzzled; it just looked like an ordinary forest, so how could there be toxic gas?