Coincidentally, these few Mount Youfu disciples belonged to the group that didn't have the qualifications to go to the Guiyi Immortal Sect as envoys, so they couldn't recognize Bai Ling.

The leading man among them was named Dong Yuan - he was one of the male leads in the original story who was obsessed with the female lead. Later, because his love was unrequited, he turned evil, adding many obstacles to the relationship between the female and male leads, and nearly caused the female lead's death due to his obsession.

Seeing Bai Ling and her companion, Dong Yuan assumed they were mortal cultivators. He stepped forward and said reservedly, "Greetings, fellow immortal friends. I am Dong Yuan, a disciple of Mount Youfu. We are here to rescue mortals and need assistance. May I ask if you two can help?"

Bai Ling replied with a straight face, "Help with what?"

Seeing her cute and obedient appearance, with spirited eyes, Dong Yuan took a liking to her and spoke in a very gentle tone, "The situation is like this. Recently, the East Sea has fallen into chaos, with a huge abyss appearing, spewing out raging evil energy, and some demons have emerged.

"These are residents near the East Sea. We plan to temporarily relocate them to cities inland. Because too many people are gathered, to prevent demons from being attracted by human auras and causing trouble, we need manpower to help escort them... I'm sorry for the abrupt disturbance, but in such extraordinary times, as fellow immortals, we should unite against the demons. May I ask what you two think?"

Bai Ling frowned slightly, looking at the groups of people, their faces filled with fear, worry, and blankness. She discussed softly with her Fifth Senior Brother and still agreed. "Alright, where do you need to escort them to?"

Seeing her agree, Dong Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "My companions need to go to other places to relocate the people. This side will be escorted by me together with you two."

...

Deep in the East Sea, the imprisoned Dragon God Sword cracked open with countless fissures. As the divine sword shattered, the huge abyss at the edge of the East Sea expanded deeper and wider.

This abyss was the largest entrance connecting the Demon Abyss to the human realm. At this time, at the entrance, the figures of demons continuously appeared. These demons, coming out from the darkness, were extremely excited upon seeing the bright and prosperous human realm, and scattered in all directions.

Some powerful demons in the depths of the Demon Abyss still watched the exit without moving. They had to wait for this opening to become a bit larger.

"That fellow has already gone out?"

"Yes, who knows where he got such strong obsession from. From the first day he entered, he wanted to leave. Now that an opening has finally appeared, of course he rushed out early."

"Heh, with that fellow out there, with his insatiable greed to devour anything, the outside is bound to fall into chaos. I don't even want to go out anymore. Staying here without his threat is quite good."

"You're afraid of that monster? And you call yourself a thousand-year great demon!"

"You're not afraid? Then why did you avoid him last time when he devoured the two great demon generals under you?"

"...I, I just found him filthy, that's all. Don't think I'm really scared!"

The whispering voices from the dark depths continued intermittently for a while, then fell silent again.

The demons that emerged from the Demon Abyss mostly had strange shapes. Perhaps accustomed to living in darkness, their appearances were all quite random. Any one of them could be praised as having a fierce and hideous form if taken out. Generally speaking, demons with sharp scales or especially large bodies tended to be more powerful.

However, there were exceptions.

For example, that monster about human-size, with black feathered wings on its back, no sharp claws or teeth on its body. Strands of black threads hung from its body, wrapping its entire form. It had no head, naturally no eyes or mouth either, just a hunched humanoid shape. Its 'legs' used for walking were exceptionally long, and its dangling 'arms' were also very long, with no fingers at all.

Its aura was very strange, without the typical evil energy of demons, but rather harmless. However, when it appeared among the demons emerging from the Demon Abyss, those hideous and terrifying demons scattered in all directions as if seeing a plague, not daring to approach it at all.

It also didn't care about the reactions of the surrounding demons, walking alone like this, heading in a certain direction. Slowly separating from the large demon horde, it arrived near an empty city and was attacked by two lesser demons.

These two lesser demons didn't come from the Demon Abyss, but were demons of the human realm, attracted by the evil energy. Seeing the 'harmless' Demon Abyss demon, they prepared to take advantage of it. However, as soon as they approached, that humanoid figure draped in black threads suddenly dispersed.

In the blink of an eye, the black threads enveloped the two lesser demons, completely devouring them without leaving a trace.

It walked into the empty city and discovered a fresh human corpse at the city gate. The corpse was emaciated, wearing tattered clothes, looking like a beggar. The strands of black threads wrapped around the corpse and devoured it.

A moment later, the hunched humanoid demon disappeared, replaced by that beggar who was just devoured.

It looked at its hands and suddenly laughed, walking in a certain direction, "Where... Where is it?"

Walking all the way to another city, it saw several immortals flying on swords in the sky, commanding the people in the city to move elsewhere. A beggar, arousing no suspicion, blended into the crowd.

...

"May I ask which sect you immortal friends are from?" Dong Yuan tried to strike up a conversation with Bai Ling several times along the way. Bai Ling, still mindful that he was from Mount Youfu, didn't want him to know her identity, so she didn't bother responding much.

Annoyed by his questions, she directly pushed her Fifth Senior Brother over to deal with him, while she ran off to the side.

Because they had to escort so many people, they had to stop and rest from time to time. As noon approached, everyone found a place to rest and eat.

Bai Ling sat alone to the side. Ordinary people didn't dare approach her, this 'immortal'. She took out a peach from her spirit pouch and started munching on it. After just a couple of bites, she noticed someone slowly walking towards her.

It was a beggar. He walked up to her without saying a word, suddenly kneeling down and reaching out his hand. Due to his stiff face, his smile appeared somewhat eerie, making him look a bit crazy and abnormal.

Bai Ling remained silent for a moment, then took out a peach from her spiritual pouch and placed it in his hand. Seeing this big brother reduced to such a ghostly state, starving with eyes glowing, even kneeling before her, she couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

"Eat it, this is no ordinary peach. Eating one will pretty much do the trick for you."

The beggar held the peach, staring at it for a while, then raised his head to look at her, revealing a stiff smile. He opened his mouth and said, "I... lost... the pearl... you gave me... but, but, I will... find it back..."

His voice was slurred, and Bai Ling didn't quite catch what he said, only hearing something about losing and finding back. She felt this big brother was too pitiful, probably a fool.

"I... am called Lu... Linsheng..."

This sentence Bai Ling understood. She nodded casually and said, "Lu Linsheng? Oh, I'm Bai Ling."

She didn't know that the ugly freak she had randomly helped back then was also called Lu Linsheng, nor did she know how many changes and upheavals had passed before this name was finally told to her.

Author's note:

The monster brother's misery is just right, because Little Dragon girl simply can't resist such a pitiful big brother. Seeing him like this makes her want to lend a helping hand.

Male Lead: So you want me to compete with him in being miserable?