In the midst of the withered vegetation, accompanied by increasingly larger rainwater, the wind gradually picked up.

  The little monkey's grey fur was all wet and stuck to its body, it curled up into a ball and remained motionless in Xiao Huan's arms, only its bright eyes still moving around, looking at the distance and then back at Xiao Huan.

  Raindrops fell from the sky, and the originally dark swamp looked even darker at this moment, with a grayish mist surrounding it.

  On Monday, Xian Fan took out his cloak to cover his head and sat under a small tree. Xiao Huan was neither standing nor sitting, but after a moment, he let out a bitter laugh, gently squatted down, and held Xiao Hui tightly to prevent the wind and rain from hitting it. As for himself, at this time, he was also drenched and couldn't think of anything else.

  A stray dog swaggered over, holding an umbrella and said: "Hey, little girl, want an umbrella? Getting rained on is really uncomfortable, huh?"

  Xiao Huan lifted her head in the wind and rain, glanced at the wild dog, smiled lightly, and the rain hit her white and beautiful face, splashing like scattered pearls.

  The stray dog was taken aback for a moment, originally he came over to let Xiaohuan ask him for an umbrella to shelter from the rain, then this stray dog would greatly mock the girl again, and finally leave with satisfaction, being a bad person to such an extent is really very pleasant!

  Unexpectedly, Xiao Huan far exceeded his expectations. Without saying a word, let alone asking him to open his mouth, the proud plan in his heart suddenly fell through. The wild dog Taoist was very annoyed and stared at Xiao Huan fiercely.

  This glance, however, somehow made him a bit distracted.

  In front of that young and beautiful girl, quietly crouching, silently enduring the wind and rain. In the sky, the wind and rain howled, suddenly in the eyes of a stray dog, it seemed as if all the raindrops fell on her slightly thin body.

  Her clothes were wet and clinging to her body, her black hair was disheveled with a few strands falling on her cheeks, setting off the pale face that had been washed by the rain and wind, creating a breathtakingly desolate beauty.

  Her shoulders, originally somewhat thin and slender, each raindrop falling down, bouncing off, and dispersing like sparkling fragments, as if lightly trembling, faintly visible pale skin, clinging to her clothes.

  The stray dog suddenly turned around, no longer looking at her, his hand involuntarily tightened its grip on the umbrella, as if to remind someone, repeating in a low voice: "I'm a bad person, I'm a bad person, I'm a bad person..."

  Xiao Huan was originally not going to bother with him, but this time he became somewhat curious, looking at the wild dog's strange behavior, and his mouth was still inexplicably saying something. He asked strangely: "Dao Zhang, what did you say?"

  The stray dog was startled, and for some reason, he felt a little hollow in his heart. He glanced at Xiaohuan and saw that her eyes had an unusual expression, staring straight at him, with rainwater sliding down her snow-white face.

  It was her figure, in the wind and rain, also with a few points of pitifulness.

  "Mind your own business!" The stray dog suddenly became furious and barked loudly.

  Xiao Huan was taken aback for a moment, shrugged her shoulders, lowered her head, but saw that the little monkey Xiao Hui was staring at her, couldn't help but smile slightly, and stuck out her tongue at it.

  Xiao Hui smiled and chuckled twice.

  The wind blew and the rain drifted, this storm seemed to have no end. Xiaohuan gradually felt a chill in her body, just as she was worried, suddenly "hmm" sounded, only to feel that the wind and rain above her head had suddenly decreased a lot. She raised her head to look, but was stunned.

  The stray dog walked back to her side at some point, stretched out his hand to hold the umbrella over her head, and in just a moment, the rain soaked through his body.

  "Here, take your umbrella!" The wild dog said with a malicious tone, as if he had a grudge against someone.

  Xiao Huan stood up and exclaimed: "Dao Zhang, you..."

  The stray dog's gaze swept across her face, and he saw that Xiaohuan's slightly shocked face had tears of crystal water quietly falling, some of which fell on her slender eyelashes, reflecting the beautiful light in her bright eyes, moving people's hearts.

  The street urchin, as if burned by fire, thrust the umbrella into her hands and immediately walked away, not caring about the wind and rain in the sky, shouting loudly: "You little girls, you love to pretend to be pitiful every day, hateful, hateful!"

  Xiao Huan held an umbrella, gazing at the back of Dao Ren's figure, and suddenly burst out laughing. Her voice was as clear and pleasant as a wind chime in the rain, loudly saying: "Daozhang, you're a good person!"

  The stray dog Daoist didn't dare turn his head, and with a "hiss" he angrily said: "Nonsense! Your family's Daoist master was born to be a bad person, and for his whole life he will be against all of you good people of the righteous path!"

  Little Ring held an umbrella and stood there, smiling as she gazed at the figure of Wild Dog Tao.

  The stray dog, with its umbrella blown inside out, was already soaked from head to toe. Looking around in all directions, it couldn't find anywhere to take shelter from the rain. In the end, it walked over to where Zhou Yi Xian was sitting under a small tree, let out a grunt, and like Zhou Yi Xian, pulled its collar up over its head, covering its brain, and silently endured the wind and rain.

  On Monday, Xian glanced at the ugly face of the wild dog beside him, saw his complex and strange expression, both regretful and embarrassed, suddenly burst out laughing, and under one laugh, he couldn't bear it anymore, almost forgetting to put down his hands holding his clothes, "Hahaha" laughed nonstop.

  The stray dog owner's face turned red with anger and he shouted: "What are you laughing at?"

  On Monday, Xian pointed at him and laughed loudly, not even caring that the wind and rain were hitting his face. He laughed and said: "I'm a bad guy, I'm a bad guy..."

  The wild dog's face turned red with ears perked up, it turned out that Zhou Yi Xian's ears were quite sharp, Xiao Huan didn't hear clearly what he said, but he actually heard from a distance.

  At this moment, Zhou Yixian saw that the wild dog Taoist had done a good deed but seemed to have violated some principle, and was very angry. He couldn't help it and burst out laughing loudly, almost falling over.

  The wild dog was furious and suddenly stood up, scaring Zhou Yixian who jumped in fright. With a "haha" still on his lips, he retreated backwards but didn't notice the slippery road on rainy days. His feet slipped and with a "bang", he fell backwards into a muddy pit, covering himself from head to toe in mud.

  The wild dog was taken aback, seeing Zhou Yixian dancing with joy, and couldn't help but burst out laughing at the absurdity of it all, his anger dissipating instantly.

  The two of them teased and scolded each other, immediately arguing incessantly. Xiaohuan stood in the distance, smiling slightly, not coming forward either.

  At this time, the wind and rain were pouring down, as if the rain was getting heavier, the sky and earth were in a state of solemnity, but within this perilous and deadly atmosphere, there was still a place with a faint warmth.

  At dusk, the rain suddenly stopped like this. The moment before was dark and gloomy as if it was going to be the end of the world, but the next moment it was already sunny with scattered clouds. I don't know if this is a special weather phenomenon in Deadwood?

  Xiao Huan let out a sigh, closed her umbrella and looked up at the sky. Although it was already dusk, after the heavy rain, the fog had slightly dissipated, and the sky seemed to be even brighter than during the day.

  Even the foul smell in the air has temporarily disappeared at this moment.

  Xiao Huan turned her head and looked towards the small tree, Zhou Yi Xian and Ye Gou Dao Ren were still sitting there. Earlier when the wind was strong and the rain was heavy, the two of them were loudly quarreling, but now after experiencing the storm, they obviously didn't have any energy left. They weakly took off their hooded clothes, and with a rustling sound, water poured down from their clothes like a waterfall.

  Xiao Huan smiled slightly, turned around, put down Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui fell to the ground, jumped twice, and immediately shook his whole body, shaking off water droplets in all directions, even Xiao Huan couldn't dodge.

  Xiao Huan laughed and scolded, looking around to see a patch of water grass not far away, which seemed to be a small pond. She walked over and found a place with less water grass, then looked down.

  The pond was filled with lush aquatic plants, and the water surface seemed to be reflected in a faint, clear, and green color, making it impossible to see how deep the pond was. Xiaohuan gazed at her reflection on the water's surface, slowly tidying up her hair that had been disheveled by the wind and rain, but her clothes were still damp and clinging to her body, causing discomfort.

  In the distance behind, Zhou Yi Xian and the wild dog seemed to have started arguing again, but their voices were not loud, and it was hard to make out what they were saying. The surroundings suddenly fell silent, from the endless wind and rain to now, it felt especially quiet.

  Even the crystal clear water droplets on the lush green grass beside, quietly slid down along the green veins and dripped into the pond's surface with a sound that seemed especially loud.

  Xiao Huan couldn't help but take a deep breath of this rain-washed air with a hint of sweetness.

  Suddenly, Xiao Hui, who had been quiet behind him, let out a sharp and tense "squeak".

  Xiao Huan was startled, opened her eyes to ask, but suddenly lost her voice. In front of the pond, in the dense aquatic plants ahead, there were a pair of eyes, more than twice as large as normal people's, staring at her.

  Xiao Huan's voice was cut off by a sudden shout, and both Zhou Yixian and Ye Gou Dao Ren were greatly shocked from afar. Before they could react, the surface of the pond in front of Xiao Huan suddenly erupted, and a thick column of water shot up with a loud crash, heading straight for Xiao Huan.

  The little grey one let out a sharp whistle!

  Xiao Huan's face turned pale, but her mind remained calm. In the midst of urgency, she subconsciously took a step back and withdrew her left hand into her bosom. Just as the water column was about to hit Xiao Huan's body, a sudden orange light ring burst forth from her left hand, forming a light screen that blocked it in front of her.

  The thick water pillar was blocked by the orange light screen, and it stopped in mid-air, unable to move forward. At the same time, a hoarse and muffled cry came from within the water pillar. The water pillar shook violently in mid-air, and amidst the white foam, a black shadow appeared, as if about to fall back into the pool.

  Xiao Huan's soul was still unsettled, and she was about to retreat when suddenly a sharp whistle pierced the air. A yellow goose-like figure flashed by like lightning, rushing towards her, and in an instant appeared right in front of her - it was Jin Ping'er.

  Only to see Jin Ping'er's pretty face with a hint of killing intent, her right hand waved, and the purple energy suddenly surged, directly into the ripples of the pool. In an instant, there was a loud roar, and a turbulent wall of water burst out from the pool, shooting straight up into the sky, several feet high.

  That black shadow was actually forced out by her, and it still had the strength to spare. Although it didn't dare to confront Jinpinger head-on, it followed the water's momentum and flipped backwards, splashing into the aquatic plants. Its body wriggled about, just like a fish, and swiftly swam forward with incredible speed.

  Everyone was stunned, and the monster seemed to be human-like, but its movements in the water were beyond what ordinary people could do. Jin Pinger's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but she didn't chase after it. Just as the monster's shadow was about to disappear into the distant mist of the pond.

  Just then, the monster let out a hoarse roar again. In the thin fog, a dark blue light with a hint of blood red flashed faintly, and the monster immediately flipped over and flew back, as if it was extremely afraid of that dark blue light.

  It was just floating in mid-air, but suddenly it saw the originally lush aquatic plants in the pond below its feet, extending from under its feet to both sides, suddenly withering rapidly and turning yellow, even the water surface also faintly revealed blackness, only towards Jinpinger's direction, the aquatic plants remained unchanged.

  The monster seemed to let out a dying roar, but ultimately did not dare to fall into the pond, and instead flew towards Jin Ping'er, apparently wanting to make one last desperate attack.

  "Big sister, be careful!"

  Jin Bier's face was as usual, with a cold smile floating on her pretty face. The black monster got closer and closer, Jin Bier's eyes flashed, her right hand rose, and the purple awn burst forth. The people around couldn't see what treasure or method was in the dazzling purple awn, but they saw the purple awn cut down towards the monster like a knife. The monster let out a muffled roar, its body was shaken up to ten feet high in mid-air, then it fell heavily and convulsed, looking like it was dead.

  The surroundings gradually quieted down, and the pond that was just turbulent also calmed down. Everyone's gaze fell on the strange object on the ground, and then everyone, including Jinping'er, was stunned for a moment.

  This is indeed a monster, but it's an ordinary person's monster.

  It also has limbs like humans, with hands and feet, and even on its body, it has tight-fitting clothing, but it seems to be for convenience in the water, so there is very little clothing. On the exposed skin, piece by piece, it's like fish scales.

  But what was most shocking was its head, which was actually a fish's head, with lips, gills, and even eyes that were just like those of a fish, without eyelids.

  At this moment, the fish-headed monster fell to the ground, with blood constantly flowing from its mouth. Its body didn't move at all, apparently it had been struck to death by Jin Bao'er's heavy blow.

  Xiao Huan gazed at the monster on the ground, feeling a chill run down her spine. She subconsciously retreated behind Jin Ping'er and was comforted by the latter's gentle pat on her shoulder.

  Suddenly, two figures emerged slowly from the thin fog in front of them. Although they came out at the same time, the two people were quite far apart from each other, as if they still had their guard up against each other. They were Gui Li and Qin Wu Yan of the Wan Du Men.

  The fierce gaze swept around and stopped for a moment on the small ring face behind Jin Ping'er before moving away.

  Xiao Huan glanced at Gui Li and then at Qin Wu Yan, her heart involuntarily racing with a thrill. The three most outstanding young masters of the demonic sects had suddenly gathered in secret, and the reason behind it was both bewildering and stimulating once she thought about it.

  Qin Wu Yan walked up to the monster and kicked its body with his foot. The monster flipped over, motionless.

  Qin Wu Yan said faintly: "He's dead."

  The little gray hiding aside let out two "squeaks", and jumped onto Gui Li's shoulder.

  The demon king glanced at the wild dog Taoist, then looked at Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan, seemingly furrowing his brow, before slowly saying: "What needs to be said has been said, let's leave it at that!"

  As he spoke, he turned around and was about to walk away, when Qin Wu Yan suddenly said: "Gui Li brother, this inhuman and beastly monster suddenly appeared here, it's quite suspicious, don't you have any ideas?"

  The ghost stopped in his tracks and didn't say a word, but Jinping looked at Qin Wuyan and said, "What's this, you know what this thing is?"

  Qin Wu Yan was taken aback for a moment, then slightly shook his head and looked at Jin Ping'er and Gui Li's faces, the two seemed to be unaware of the origin of this half-human, half-fish monster. At this time, suddenly someone walked out from beside them and said loudly: "I know the origin of this monster."

  Gui Li and the other two were shocked at the same time, turned their eyes to look, but it was Zhou Yi Xian. Even Xiao Huan was also shocked, saying: "Grandfather, do you know?"

  On Monday, there was still a bit of mud stuck to his forehead, but at this moment, his demeanor was extraordinary. With his hands behind his back, he stood proudly and said, "Your grandfather has spent his whole life wandering the world, and I've crossed more bridges than you've walked roads. Do you think I've lived in vain? This strange creature is called a 'Fish Man', but it's not actually a monster, rather one of the 63 tribes from the southern wilderness of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, specifically the Fish People Tribe."

  Gui Li and others were all stunned. The ten million great mountains of Nanjiang was naturally something that everyone knew, but the desolate land of Nanjiang actually had sixty-three alien tribes, which was unheard of. However, looking at Zhou Yi's expression, it was not just a casual fabrication.

  Jin Ping'er frowned and said: "That's strange, the South Border is thousands of miles away from here, why did this fisherman come all the way here?"

  This question however left Zhou Yixian, who was just proudly smiling a moment ago, speechless. He scratched his head and could only say: "Then I don't know."

  The people present fell silent for a moment, seeing that thinking again would not yield any results. Gui Li turned around and walked away, with the little monkey Xiao Hui perched on his shoulder. Suddenly, he turned his head back, waved at Xiao Huan, and smiled mischievously.

  Xiao Huan also smiled back at him.

  The wild dog looked at Xiaohuan and followed him, but before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly heard Xiaohuan call out from behind: "Daozhang, there is great danger ahead, be careful!"

  Jin Bao'er was taken aback, and looked towards Xiao Huan, only to see Xiao Huan smiling slightly, but her expression didn't change much. On the other hand, the wild dog Taoist from earlier quickly walked away, it's unknown whether he heard or pretended not to hear, without even looking back, he quickly followed Gui Li.

  Qin Wu Yan glanced in the direction that Gui Lie was walking, then walked to Jin Ping Er's side and smiled: "Jin Xian Zi's 'Purple Mang Blade' is famous throughout the land. Today I've seen it for myself, and indeed its reputation is not exaggerated."

  Jin Bier smiled faintly and said, "Qin Gongzi is joking with me. How can I compare to you? With just a slight application of poison, this pond would become a poisonous pool, and not even a blade of grass would grow in it for fifty years."

  Qin Wu Yan's eyes narrowed, his face seemingly colder as he gazed at Jin Ping'er for a moment before speaking slowly: "This 'Floating Petal' poison of mine was only researched for half a year and is merely a trivial skill, not worthy of a great master's attention. I've never used it before, yet Golden Immortal somehow knows about it - truly making me admire, admire!"

  Jin Bier met his gaze without a hint of concession and said, "Qin Gongzi is overpraising."

  Qin Wu Yan looked at her again, a flash of cold light in his eyes, and then a smile floated back onto his face. He nodded and said: "In that case, I'll take my leave first. As for the matter we agreed upon..."

  Jin Bier interrupted him and said: "Don't worry, I know how to handle that matter!"

  Qin Wu Yan smiled slightly and said: He nodded at Xiao Huan, which was considered a greeting, turned around and left, soon disappearing into the distant mist.

  Until Qin Wu Yan's figure disappeared, Jin Bao Er remained silent for a moment, then suddenly let out a long sigh.

  Xiao Huan stood behind her and almost simultaneously felt that Jin Ping'er's body had been tense all along, until now it finally relaxed.

  "Sister, are you okay?" Xiaohuan asked with some concern.

  Jin Bier slightly shook her head, glanced at Xiaohuan and softly said: "Just now I didn't rush over in time, you weren't hurt, were you?"

  Xiao Huan smiled and shook her head: "I'm fine, but earlier when it was raining, I got a bit wet. Luckily I had... Ah!"

  Jin Bier was taken aback and said: "What?"

  Xiao Huan stamped her foot and said: "I forgot to return the umbrella to that Taoist priest."

  Jin Ping'er shrugged and said, "Then let's leave it for now! We'll return it when we have the chance to meet again."

  Xiao Huan nodded silently. Jin Ping'er gazed into the distance, suddenly seeming to have a feeling, and said in a low voice to Xiao Huan: "Xiao Huan, be careful of those two people from now on."

  "What?"

  Jin Bier's eyes flashed, as if with a hint of coldness, and she said lightly: "Those two men just now are both ruthless characters. If you see them again in the future, it's best to leave immediately and never approach them!"

  Xiao Huan nodded silently, but in his heart, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness and vaguely remembered the young man who was deceived by Zhou Yixian to give away silver many years ago.