127 The Girl With The Red Pendan (2/2)
”Wait why are you going there?”
”I killed a number of them before I escaped. It won't be enough to make my pendant shine red, but it will certainly help.”
”But isn't it still dangerous?”
”I don't know about you, but I'll be able to handle myself now that I'm not carrying you on my shoulder.”
”Hehe, how about we make it a little interesting?”
”You better not pull anything, or I'm never teaming up with you again,” Bai Fan warned Li Xiang.
”Hmph, you're no fun, Bai Fan.”
...
Eventually, Bai Fan slowed down.
Bai Fan finally stopped moving and hid herself when she was close enough to see one of the flying beasts on the ground.
With caution, they both proceeded closer and closer to the open field, but what they saw was something they never expected to see. There were several dozens of insect-type beast corpses littered everywhere on the ground. Most were in the 2nd tier, while the others were in the 3rd.
”You... I thought you said you only killed a few.”
”I thought so too,” Bai Fan repied.
Bai Fan was in as much shock as Li Xiang, because whoever did this didn't even bother to take the beast cores out.
...
Bai Fan and Li Xiang quickly absorbed all of the beast cores, but they were still unable to make their pendants shine red. It seemed that they still had some ways to go.
”I don't get it, why would anyone just leave all of their beast cores here?” Li Xiang wondered.
Li Xiang wasn't expecting a response, but after a few seconds Bai Fan finally spoke.
”When I saved you, there was someone else there with me.”
”Someone else? is it someone we know?”
”No... I don't think so. I couldn't see her face.”
”Do you think she killed all of them alone?”
”It's likely. Were there any Spirit Core realm cultivators participating in the exam this year?,” Bai Fan asked.
”Mn, I remember seeing a few, but it still doesn't explain why she would leave so many beast cores here.”
”Maybe she didn't need it.”
”What do you mean? Of course she would need it. She wouldn't be able to pass the exam without it.”
”Unless... her pendant was already red.”
There was a brief moment of silence before Li Xiang started laughing.
”Pfft, hahahah. Something like that would be impossible. It hasn't even been an hour since the exam started. How could someone already finish the first test?”
”I saw it. Her pendant was really red,” Bai Fan spoke in a tone that made it clear to Li Xiang that she didn't care what she thought, she was confident in what she saw.
”You really-”
Li Xiang looked at Bai Fan with a serious gaze, but Bai Fan didn't bother looking back at her. Li Xiang could tell that Bai Fan was convinced by what she saw, but Li Xiang wasn't the kind of person to believe nonsense so easily.
”Believe nothing you hear, and only half the things you see. That is what they teach here in this sect, right?” Li Xiang said.
At first, Bai Fan didn't reply, but eventually she closed her eyes and shook her head.
”You're right. I was probably just imagining it.”
Li Xiang laughed it off, then eventually forgot about it. Bai Fan on the other hand couldn't forget, nor could she stop thinking about it. Whoever the mystery girl was, she was clearly hiding her strength from the public. If there was a genius hiding within the sect, Bai Fan wanted to know who she was. Bai Fan didn't know her name, nor the way she looked, but that didn't discourage her from wanting to find her.
The mystery girl was still in the exam. If she didn't run into her during the exam, she would definitely see her at the end of it.