All of a sudden, Shen Tianyu stopped running and started to look around . Luo Shue, who had been behind the pair the entire time, and Rong Jian stopped also and walked up to her .

"Miss, is there something wrong?" Luo Shue questioned .

"Did you hear it?" Shen Tianyu responded with a question .

Luo Shue furrowed her brows and frowned . "Hear what?"

Rong Jian sharpened his senses to try to catch what Shen Tianyu was talking about . He had been paying attention to the road and her so he hadn't noticed any small changes or disruptions .

Shen Tianyu held her hand out . "Shh . . . I'm hearing it again," She whispered .

Rong Jian and Luo Shue tensed up, concentrating on their ears, trying to pick up a sound .

Bzzz . .

There was a faint sound form their right . It was a cross between a bee's buzz and a ballon deflating .

Frowning, Luo Shue warned . "We should leave it alone . It's none of our business . "

"It sounds pretty weak so it might be injured . I think we should help it . Who knows, we might get a favor out of it . " Shen Tianyu started walking towards the faint buzz .

Luo Shue sighed and Rong Jian shrugged as they followed her . Shen Tianyu found a something the size of a chihuahua in the underbrush . It looked like a miniature sheep with all the fleece on it's body . It's exposed snout had charcoal-black skin . On it's back were eight string-looking things, four pointing towards the left and right . She a.s.sumed, those are it's wings . However, the side it was laying on was bleeding heavily, the blood soaking into the soil and it's soft-looking fleece .

"Hey, are you okay?" Shen Tianyu asked as she slowly walked up to it .

"It's a demonic beast . It won't be able to answer you . " Luo Shue said as she followed .

"How do you know that? High-level demon beasts can speak the human language, right?"

"Well, but the looks of it, it's probably not a high-level demon beats . " Luo Shue bent down as Shen Tianyu tried to turn it over . Luo Shue examined the demon beast and frowned .

"It looks like it was heavily injure during in a fight, but it's blood smells . . . weird . " Luo Shue reached into the magic bag at her waist .

"Could it just be because it's a demon beast?" Shen Tianyu sniffed it .

"That's not it . I think it may have been poisoned . Either during the fight or when it was running away . " Luo Shue took out a porcelain bottle containing some kind of hardened, yellow liquid .

"Hm . . . really?" Shen Tianyu scooped up some of the blood oozing out of it with he rforefinger and licked the blood off of it .

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Rong Jian panicked .

Shen Tianyu concentrated on tasting the blood for a little before spitting it out .

"Pei! Pbt!" She wiped her tongue with her sleeve . "I think it's hemotoxin, Viper poison . Why would a demon beast lose to a viper snake?"

"That's not of importance right now . If you're so curious, just ask it later when it comes to . " Luo Shue replied as she applied the salve onto the bleeding demon beast .

"Hm . . . That's true . Do you really think I'd say that?! I don't speak . . . " Shen Tianyu gestured at the demon beast . " . . . whatever that speaks . Anyways, are you doing okay? Can you even see it's would with it's fleece in the way?"

"Yes, I'm doing fine . " Luo Shue said simply .

"It's a Wool Bug . " Rong Jian who had kept silent all this time finally spoke .

"A Wool Bug?" Shen Tianyu tilted her head to the side . She then put one of her fist in her other hand . "Ahh . . . A Wool Bug . The ones that absorb the cold right? They don't have a lot of combat power but are useful for keeping warm . . . eh?"

Rong Jian looked at her . "Hm?"

"If they have no combat ability and their special ability is only just absorbing the cold . . . how could they become demon beasts? Wouldn't they have been wiped out by now?"

Rong Jian stroked his chin thoughtfully . "Now that you mention it . . . "

"I'm done treating it . " Luo Shue suddenly got up . "What should we do now? Keep it? Or find it's family?"

"Eh . . . Let's just bring it with us and see if we meet it's family along the way . " Shen Tianyu replied as she carefully picked up the Wool Bug . Just as she was taking a step forward, she heard another noise . This time, it was a ma.s.s of loud buzzing . "Ah? Looks like it's family came to us instead . " She turned to face the direction the loud buzzing was coming from .

A few seconds later, one zhang (1) in front of the three people was a dense ma.s.s of black snouts and fluffy, white fleece .

"Ah . . . There's a lot of them, huh? Is that why they haven't become extinct yet? Their high procreation rate?" Shen Tianyu mused calmly .

"Perhaps . " Rong Jian put his hands on her hips . "How about we try and see?"

Shen Tianyu elbowed him in the stomach and he doubled over, holding where he was. .h.i.t and groaning .

"Shue'er, what do you think?"

"I'm human doctor, not a demonic beast expert . " Luo Shue retorted .

The trio chatted leisurely until the ma.s.s of Wool Bugs stopped one chi (2) away from them .

"Whoa . Close . " Shen Tianyu commented as she held the Wool Bug in her hand out towards them . "Is this one of yours? We found him on the ground . We treated him . " She wasn't sure if they would understand but she tried anyways .

"You mean I treated him . " Luo Shue interjected .

"I found it . " Shen Tianyu retorted .

The ma.s.s of Wool Bugs wordlessly gathered around the Wool Bug in Shen Tianyu's hands and lifted it up . Then, they left as if the trio was never there .

"Che, not even a nod of grat.i.tude . " Shen Tianyu complained as she turned around .

…

Just like that, half a month pa.s.sed . The trio managed to encounter some demonic beasts, but not many . The ones they did met, luckily enough, were quite tough so Shen Tianyu managed to get some training in as she initially intended when she entered .

"By the way, I've been wondering, what's your status in Lavender Palace?" Rong Jian suddenly asked Shen Tianyu as they were scavenging for food .