"Oh, you are so shy, come with me, I will take you to a good place." Seeing Ling'er was still not moving, the little tiger urged her again. The little tiger was inexperienced and attributed all of Ling'er's hesitation to shyness.
"Thank you, little tiger."
"My name is not Little Tiger, my name is Bai Meng. My father said that he hopes I can be as brave as our king in the future, so he gave me this name." Bai Meng explained as he walked.
"Your father? Who is your king?"
"Yes, my father is a contracted beast of you humans, a very powerful white tiger. I have never seen our king, but I often hear my father talk about him. It is said that he made a contract with humans under the king's order."
"Who is your father's contractor?"
"He is a stubborn old man named Linglong."
"Linglong." He seemed to have heard Yu'er tell him about Linglong, but she was busy researching new elixirs at the time, so she didn't listen at all...
The scenery of Qishan City is very magical. Every ten steps, there will be something new in the scenery. The process is like painting, and all things appear step by step.
First there was the road, then the river, then the houses and furnishings, and finally people appeared.
"Xiao Meng, I can't play with you anymore. I have something important to do here. I need to go and deal with it." Although she didn't want to spoil his fun, she was really anxious. Yu'er was not an ordinary child. She was worried that if time went on for too long, Yu'er would do something on his own.
"My name is Bai Meng, which means brave and fierce, not cute!" What's going on? Why is he always mispronouncing his own name just like the stubborn old man's daughter? This "cute" is very different from "dream", and the temperament is completely different.
"Tell me what you are going to do, maybe I can help you. I tell you, my father is very powerful, he is the most powerful monster in Qishan City. Tell me, I will help you deal with it." Even if he can't deal with it, there is still his father, and behind his father, there is the stubborn old man. The combination of the three of them is invincible.
"My son has been kidnapped, and I am here to save him." Although Ling'er had only been in contact with the little tiger cub for a short time, she could feel his sincerity, so she was willing to tell him.
Hearing Ling'er's words, the tiger cub stopped moving forward.
"What did you say? Your son was kidnapped!" How abominable! Who is so bad to kidnap someone else's kid
"Who is it? Tell me, I'll take my dad to bite him to death!" How evil is that to attack a kid? Maybe because he is also a kid, he can empathize with him. He immediately thought of the scene where his dad would be very anxious if he was caught.
"I don't know who it was. The person just told me to go to the top of the strange mountain, the gate of the spirits, alone."
"I know Qishan, and I know the spirits, but where is the gate of the spirits at the top of Qishan? I don't think I've ever heard of such a long place name." This is too long, one, two, three, four... eight characters long. That bad guy is not fooling this human, right
"It's the Ling family in Qishan. I need to find the exact location myself."
"Ling family? Then I know, I'll take you there. Let me tell you, if it's the Ling family, come to me." The little tiger cub said proudly as he led the way.
Could it be that the owner of this tiger cub’s father happens to be someone from the Ling family
That's right, that person's last name is also Ling. But as far as she knows, the Ling family is divided into nine levels, and only the first three are the inner gates of the Ling family, and the lower six are the outer gates and side branches.
The Ling family has a strong sense of hierarchy, and the one who is one level higher can decide the life and death of the one below. If that Linglong is a person of status in the inner sect, then her problem this time can be solved smoothly.
Then Ling Er laughed at herself, thinking that she was naive. How could such a good thing happen so coincidentally in the world? Sure enough, after seeing the real person that the little tiger cub said, all her fantasies were shattered...
The little tiger took her into a shabby thatched house. It was really shabby, and the holes on the roof were so dense that they could be described as dense. Ling'er didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear that if she exerted too much force, the shabby thatched house would collapse.
"Old man! Stubborn old man?" The little tiger cub pushed the door open and shouted around, but there was only an empty house and no one responded.
"I don't know where this old man fell asleep. It's really worrying."
"... ... " Ling'er no longer had any illusions about this person. As expected, she had to rely on herself in the end.
"Xiao Meng, let's forget it, I'll just do it myself..." Before he could finish his words, he heard a splash outside.
"Old man." Upon hearing the voice, the tiger cub ran out. Ling'er had no choice but to follow him.
"Old man, wake up, I brought a friend here."
Under a jujube tree, there was a dirty old man lying. The little tiger cub ran to him and talked happily, as if he was used to his strange behavior.
"It's so annoying!" After a moment, the old man with his eyes closed said impatiently, then opened his eyes.
He stared at the sky ahead, and straightened up. He ignored Ling'er and the little tiger cub, and walked straight to a pond not far away, scooped some water with his hands and drank it.
The little tiger cub followed the old man happily, not looking unhappy or embarrassed at all. It was very natural. I guess this is how they usually get along with each other.
"Old man, I met a new friend outside Qishan today. The barbecue she made is really delicious. Oh, by the way, her kid was..."
"Did you know him outside Qishan?" He interrupted the little tiger cub and asked directly.
"Yeah, no no no no... I didn't sneak out... I... I was wrong..." The little tiger seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem and immediately changed his words, but because he felt guilty, he stuttered and his face was flushed.
Damn, how could he have let slip that he had sneaked out? The old man repeatedly emphasized that he was not allowed to go out casually.
But this time, unexpectedly, he did not scold him, but asked another question.
"You brought her back?"
The little tiger cub was surprised for a moment before replying, "Yeah, you don't know, she was so shy that she didn't even want to come. I was the one who pushed her into the teleportation array."
Push into the formation
Could it be that this girl knew the clues of the formation, so she didn't enter on her own? In other words, she is not a member of the Ling family.
The old man froze for a moment, then turned back to look at Ling'er. She was...
Ling'er was stared at by the old man for a long time, and she felt a little uncomfortable. Then she coughed lightly, bowed and said: "My name is Xia Ling'er, nice to meet you, senior. I'm sorry for disturbing you. Ling'er has important things to do, so I will leave now." She really didn't want to wait any longer.
"Why do you want to leave? Didn't we agree that I would help you? Don't go. The old man will definitely help you, don't go." The little tiger cub was anxious to keep Ling'er, while nervously winking at the old man, thinking: Old man, please say something, it's not easy for me to find a friend, really, I haven't had enough barbecue yet.
Well, actually the last sentence is the key point.
"You are from the Ling family, right?" Finally, the old man spoke. Just one sentence successfully made Ling'er stop.
"That should be it." It should be correct. Lingxin, Qishan, Lingzhe, all the information indicated that the other party was from the Ling family. Even if not, he had a close relationship with the Ling family.
"I can help you." He was not a nosy person, but for some reason, he always felt a sense of familiarity with this doll that made him want to get closer.
"But you have to agree to three conditions."
"What are the conditions? Just tell me." In order to save Yu'er, she would agree to thirty conditions, let alone three.
This question seemed to stump the old man. He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't come up with a solution.
Seeing this scene, Ling'er wanted to leave again.
Is this old man really reliable
"Cook." After the old man thought for a long time, two words finally popped out.
Didn’t the kid say that the barbecue made by the doll was delicious, so she must be good at cooking, so he thought of this, which is really smart.
"Ah?" Ling'er was a little confused when she heard such a sentence. Cooking? What does this mean? Did he want her to cook for them
But logically speaking, it shouldn't be that easy to ask for something, so that shouldn't be what it means.
"Cook for me, that's the first thing." In fact, he just said the three things he promised him, because it didn't seem so deliberate. After all, they just met by chance, and he suddenly offered to help her. Normal people would think it was abnormal, unless he had some ulterior motive. So he...
But he didn't expect that this kid would ask those three questions right away, and he was not prepared for that.
"Hahaha, old man, you are so smart. You actually thought of asking him to cook. Hahaha, now we have delicious food again. You usually seem to be a very honest person, but I didn't expect you to be so cunning. Tsk tsk tsk, the old man didn't see it, hahaha..." After hearing this, the little tiger cub was so happy that he rolled on the ground.
Ling'er: ...
Why is it that the more I look at it, the more I feel that this man and this tiger are unreliable!
After the old man finished speaking, he quickly disappeared.
"Sister Xia, the old man has gone to find someone to help you, so you should start quickly." The little tiger cub drooled at the thought of the smell of the barbecue.
There was no other way. Since she had already promised others, she had to fulfill her promise regardless of success or failure.
"Xiao Meng, help me get some firewood. I'll make you grilled fish today." It's not that she doesn't want to cook, but this old thatched house is really hard to cook. She's worried that the house will collapse before she finishes cooking. So, it's better to grill outside, which is safer.
"Okay." When the little tiger cub heard that there was food, he became very motivated and went there happily.
... ...
"Master, what should we do with that child?" On the top of the mountain, a young man in blue was kneeling on the ground. In front of him was a middle-aged man with his back to him.
"Just let him fall asleep first and be quiet."
He had never thought that a little kid could be so difficult to deal with. There was something strange about him, and he lost ten of his elite soldiers, and even the chief was injured. Fortunately, he brought the sect's soldiers with him, otherwise, he didn't know how many soldiers he would have lost.
Thinking of this, the young man in blue narrowed his eyes.
What will this young genius look like when he grows up? I really don’t know what kind of person his mother is to raise such a child.
"Where is that woman?"
"Master, I don't know. We have lost contact with all the people we sent out."
"What did you say!" The middle-aged man's tone became stern when he heard such an answer.
"It's bad enough that you lost a lot of men to capture a child, but you followed a woman and lost her?"
"Master, please forgive me. I have already sent the second manager there. I believe he will find it. Please give me some more time." The young man in blue was very worried at this moment. He was afraid that his master's anger would fall on him the next moment.
"Ying'er, I personally raised you, so I know your abilities. But you must not be too kind to your subordinates, otherwise you will be the one who suffers in the future."
"Master, Ying understands. Thank you for not punishing me."