The three of them came to the creek, observed the surrounding environment, and after confirming there were no traps or dangers, they could no longer hold back and squatted down to gulp the creek water.

The creek water was sweet as it entered their mouths, akin to nectar for Ye Tianfan and the others who had been thirsty all night.

As the three drank the creek water without any guard, Qin Hu suddenly stiffened, and with a thud, he fell headfirst into the creek.

"Qin Hu?" Ren Ningyue quickly grabbed Qin Hu by his clothes and pulled him out of the creek. At this moment, she found Qin Hu frothing at the mouth and his body starting to convulse uncontrollably.

"Is he... poisoned?" Ren Ningyue's expression suddenly turned tense as she turned her head to look at Ye Tianfan.

"Yes, he's indeed poisoned." Ye Tianfan also had a slightly serious expression, placing his hand on Qin Hu's pulse. Fortunately, the poison in the creek water wasn't very potent, just a common neurotoxin. With Qin Hu's physical condition, it would be metabolized out of his system in an hour or two.

But Ye Tianfan did not understand, this creek water was flowing, who had such a skill to poison flowing water?

Unless there's a problem at the source of the water!

Ye Tianfan turned to look at Ren Ningyue. All three of them had drunk the creek water, yet only Qin Hu was poisoned. It could be said that this guy was particularly unlucky.

Ye Tianfan was the young master of the Ancient Vein Family, having been tested in Medicine King Valley since childhood, he was long immune to all poisons. Meanwhile, Ren Ningyue had a zombie-like figure, and her unique constitution also made her immune to poison.

"Let's first find a safe place to settle Qin Hu." Ye Tianfan waved his hand and intended to carry Qin Hu, but suddenly found the guy surprisingly heavy, almost making Ye Tianfan stagger and fall.

Qin Hu, standing at 1.9 meters, with a robust build and muscles all over, naturally wasn't light, not to mention he was carrying Ren Ningyue's demon blade.

It should be noted that the demon blade was equivalent to the weight of Ren Ningyue herself. Carrying Qin Hu at this moment meant carrying two people at once. After a night of floating at sea, Ye Tianfan was already mentally and physically exhausted, making carrying Qin Hu even more strenuous.

"Hey, Miss Ren, can you carry your demon blade yourself? Don't always let Qin Hu carry it, it's pretty heavy." Ye Tianfan said with irritation, then removed the demon blade from Qin Hu's back and threw it directly to Ren Ningyue.

"Clang!"

Ren Ningyue raised her hand to catch the demon blade, and in an instant, a fierce wind arose, an unmistakable murderous aura erupted from Ren Ningyue, and her previously weary eyes were now filled with frost and emanating killing intent.

Ye Tianfan couldn't help but swallow a gulp of saliva. At that moment, he finally understood why Ren Ningyue always let Qin Hu carry the demon blade!

It turned out that once Ren Ningyue touched the demon blade, she completely transformed! The murderous aura, inner strength, even uncontrollably surged out, how could this be good?

Hurriedly, Ye Tianfan snatched the demon blade back from Ren Ningyue's hands and shook his head with resignation. It wasn't the intimidating, murderous aura from Ren Ningyue that shocked him, but the fear of exposing their location!

The dense forest was originally a good place to hide, but Ren Ningyue's commotion made her a walking signal light! The sharp murderous aura could be felt seventy to eighty meters away, and if they encountered top-notch ancient martial arts experts, they could accurately lock onto her position from a hundred meters away.

"My dear, you win."

With a wave of helplessness flashing across his heart, Ye Tianfan carried Qin Hu on his right shoulder and the demon blade on his left and staggered forward step by step.

At this moment, Ye Tianfan fully understood Qin Hu's misery. Fortunately, this guy was robust enough, otherwise, carrying the nearly ninety-jin demon blade around every day would be unbearable.

"Listen!"

Ren Ningyue suddenly stopped, her eyebrows knitted tightly as she heard the rapid footsteps in the dense forest, at least a dozen people were swiftly moving through the woods, aiming right at Ye Tianfan's location.

"Not good, we need to go quickly."

Ye Tianfan's face darkened, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace. Judging by the footsteps, these were experts proficient in ancient martial arts, and the fact that they could move so swiftly through the trap-laden woods proved they were very familiar with the terrain. If they encountered them here, it would certainly be a fierce battle, dealing with a dozen ancient martial arts experts while also being wary of the traps in the woods—such a fight would obviously be disadvantageous for Ye Tianfan.

Moreover, it was still unknown how many people were on this mysterious island and which forces were occupying it. If they couldn't resolve the battle quickly after encountering these ancient martial arts experts, it might attract more people, which would be troublesome.

"Quick."

Ren Ningyue pulled Qin Hu off Ye Tianfan's shoulder then carried him and dashed forward.

Watching Ren Ningyue's petite figure carrying the robust Qin Hu without losing speed, Ye Tianfan couldn't help feeling a sense of incongruity. But there was no time to think about it now. Ye Tianfan quickly used the "Wind Walker" technique to follow behind Ren Ningyue, rushing into the depths of the jungle.

They ran for about half an hour with the footsteps gradually left behind.

"Look, there's a cave ahead, let's hide inside for now." As soon as Ren Ningyue finished speaking, her pace accelerated sharply, running towards the cave.

In such a dense forest, finding a hidden cave made Ye Tianfan instinctively sense danger, but it was already too late to stop Ren Ningyue as she had already carried Qin Hu into the cave.

"Who's there!"

The moment Ren Ningyue entered the cave, a sharp shout was heard, making Ye Tianfan's heart skip a beat. Trouble indeed!

However, when Ye Tianfan himself rushed into the cave, he found it empty except for Ren Ningyue and Qin Hu, there wasn't a soul around.

"What's the matter?"

"I saw a shadow just now, heading deeper into the cave." After putting Qin Hu down, Ren Ningyue focused her gaze toward the cave's depths.

The cave mouth was small, but inside it was a whole different world. Only after entering did Ye Tianfan realize that the interior space of the cave was quite large. The cave's ceiling was twenty to thirty meters high, and the wind howled within, occasionally echoing with strange animal cries from deeper inside.

"Are you sure you saw a human shape? Not some other animal?" Ye Tianfan asked in a low voice.

"I'm sure it was a person, and it was the young man who shot you with a crossbow arrow earlier." Ren Ningyue's voice was filled with certainty.

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