I Became a Rare Species in the Immortal Cultivation World

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Chapter 5: Let’s Go Take a Look in the City

When Liu Qing detected the soft, steady breathing ahead, she turned and crept toward Lin Feng at the cave entrance. Her movements were painstakingly slow, as if rewinding a recording, terrified of waking the sleeper.

“Boss, she’s asleep,” Liu Qing whispered, barely containing her excitement.

After hunting monsters all day, the team would normally collapse from exhaustion, but tonight they buzzed with restless energy. For everyone, sleep was impossible.

Lin Feng hummed in acknowledgment, still monitoring the beast wave.

“Boss…” Liu Qing muttered, “How’d a girl even get into this monster-infested forest alone? Without us, she’d be trapped here forever!”

Lin Feng’s expression darkened. He glanced back into the cave’s inky darkness, though his mind conjured the woman’s ethereal beauty—a face too striking to forget.

“What else?” he sneered, eyes sharpening. “Alone, without guards? Some profit-hungry vermin must’ve trafficked her here.”

Liu Qing gasped. “Kidnapped?!” Her voice spiked before the others lunged to muffle her. Even Wang Xiao, nursing his injured arm, shot her a warning glare.

Liu Qing froze, eyes darting to the cave until she confirmed no movement. Under the team’s withering gazes, she mimed zipping her lips.

“She… she was really sold to the border city?” Liu Qing breathed, voice thick with pity. “What monsters would traffic a girl? Don’t they fear heavenly punishment? Where was her family?”

“Greed conquers conscience,” Lin Feng said bitterly.

The team fell silent, stealing sorrowful glances at the cave.

“If I catch those bastards, I’ll slice them to ribbons!” Liu Qing hissed, recalling how the girl had quietly surrendered her bed to the wounded. Such kindness made the crime feel fouler.

“Boss, do we still enter the city?” another whispered. “Her captors might still be there.”

“We must.” Liu Qing frowned. “The city’s protective barrier is safer if the beast wave returns. We’ll take her straight to the lord’s mansion—not the merchants.”

Nods circled the group. City lords were cultivators; they’d repatriate her.

Lin Feng absently touched his shoulder. The life-threatening wound from hours ago had vanished, not even a scar remaining. A girl with such potent Healing Potion should hail from a powerful family. Why no search parties?

Then he remembered her carrying him effortlessly—a feat beyond any ordinary female. Was she truly just a trafficking victim? Doubt gnawed at him.

He studied his team. They peered into the cave like moonstruck fools, grins plastered across sleepless faces.

No matter her secrets, she’d saved him. He’d see her home safely.

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Two days later, they emerged as the chaos outside faded. You You learned they were a seven-member monster-hunting team led by Lin Feng.

Their refuge was the Abyss of the Demons—a forest teeming with monsters, feared even by cultivators for its rumored link to the demon realm.

This world held immortals, demons, and cultivation sects, though mortals knew little beyond rumors.

“Miss You, drink this.” Liu Qing obsessively wiped the water pouch before offering it. “Don’t worry about your memories—we’ll get you out.”

“Thanks.” You You accepted, having blamed her origins on amnesia. Astonishingly, they swallowed every word.

“N-no problem!” Liu Qing’s face burned crimson. The brawny woman shriveled into a fidgeting shrimp, torn between staring and hiding.

You You initially thought Liu Qing had a crush, but the entire team acted identically—flustered, over-attentive, treating her like glass. They reserved the best supplies for her, smoothed every path, and wore perpetual guilt for “inconveniencing” her.

Feeling like a museum relic, You You grew uneasy.

The discomfort peaked when they reached a dilapidated city. Upon her arrival, chaos erupted. Citizens gaped as if witnessing divinity. People tripped, collided with walls, tumbled into ditches—yet all victims rose, starry-eyed and trailing after her.

You You: “……”

This wasn’t just weird. It was creepy.

Goosebumps prickled her skin as the mob’s adoring gazes clung like cobwebs.