"A year ago, Xiao Tie and I were both contracted by a human beastmaster..."
Through Luo Ya's slow narration, Chu Feng gradually pieced together a rough outline from those few words. For Luo Ya to be companions with the Tree God and Flower God, it was obvious that her cultivation realm was close to the immortal level, or perhaps she was once an immortal herself.
After being separated from her two companions by accident, she wandered around the wild region. Then, she met Taotie, who had been beaten to a bloody pulp.
Due to the fact that everyone didn't know Taotie and that he hadn't displayed any extraordinary combat abilities, he had thus fallen into the hands of the lowest-level beast merchant in the entire wild region because he hadn't been able to transform into his human form back then.