blood contract

"Yeah..." someone echoed.

"You can't beat it, right?" A young man standing in the front row sneered.

Hearing this, Hu Yanlin pointed at the man unhappily, "Wen Liangqing, what are you talking about? Are you looking for trouble..."

"Lin'er." Huyan Duanfeng stopped him sternly.

Hu Yanlin stopped talking, struck one hand on the other's bent arm with a clenched fist, stared at the young man named Wen Liangqing and said silently: "If you want to fight, I will stay with you until the end."

Amidst the uproar of the crowd, a deep and majestic old voice came out: "Okay! Stop talking too much."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet. I looked at three old people sitting under a huge locust tree. The person sitting there was an old woman. She was obviously the elder of the village.

She glanced at Lingling, ready to listen to her sophistry.

Lingling chuckled and said softly: "Why don't you ask me an answer?"

The old woman squinted her eyes and nodded. This man was actually smart. She asked slowly and quietly: "Yeah, that's fine. Do you know these people around you?"

"We are traveling together with these five people." Lingling pointed at Yu Xiaoshuai and others, "I don't know those five people."

Old woman: "Why are you here?"

"Passing by."

"Where do you come from? Where are you going?"

"Leave Gongzhou and go to Wucheng."

The old woman said 'hmm' and asked again: "It's faster to take the official road to Wucheng. Why take this primitive dense forest? It's dangerous and detoured."

Lingling took his time and replied: "I avoid my enemies. It's a pity that these little ones and I have suffered because of this."

"Enemies," the old woman laughed, "Yes, you competed all the way from Zhongzhou of Yue Kingdom to Gongzhou of Evernight Kingdom, and won the treasures of many monks along the way. It's not surprising that you have many enemies."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar around him, and people in the village started talking about it.

"Are you the top one on the elite list - Lingling?" Hu Yanlin looked at Lingling with surprise on his face.

Lingling smiled bitterly and said nothing. At this time, she really had to admire the influence of the Ming and Qing Pavilion. In this remote mountain and old forest isolated from the world, she also knew about the list, and even knew her whereabouts.

If I have the chance, I will definitely meet the master of the Ming and Qing Pavilion and give him a few big-eared melon seeds to make him cause such a big trouble for me.

"Quiet!" The old woman put her cane on the ground and made a 'dong-dong' sound.

The buzz around him suddenly died down.

The old woman continued to ask: "Then what did you see in the forest?"

Lingling shook her head, "Didn't you see anything? The five of us were resting in the camp at that time. We heard unusual noises in the distance, and the movement was relatively loud. Miss Tang and I immediately took the four children and hid. , you all know what happens next.”

The old woman nodded. She had asked a few Dongfang Rouyin people before and their stories were similar, which meant that the possibility of them lying was very small. But until the matter is cleared up, Lingling and others can only stay in a cell.

Seeing the eleven people being taken away, the surrounding villagers dispersed one after another, some going home, others going to work in the fields...

Three young people in the crowd approached the Huyan brothers.

"Ah Chong, you are so awesome. You even caught the top of the elite list." A tall and muscular man couldn't help but praise.

A bald man next to him joked: "I noticed that this girl is very good-looking. She is tall and has long legs, and she has good kung fu. Let's take her as my wife..."

Next to the bald head, a slightly thin, peach-eyed, somewhat effeminate young man ran over, hugged Huyan Chong's arm, and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, Brother Chong is mine, and I won't let anyone else."

Several people seemed to be accustomed to his behavior and didn't pay much attention to it.

The three are the Paoze brothers of the Huyan brothers. The tall and muscular man is named Yue Meng; the bald man is named Shen Tu Liangzheng; and the effeminate boy is named Chu Hongjiao. Because he was weak since childhood, his parents gave him a girl's name in order to make a living. , even though he is a man, he never hides that he likes Hu Yanchong.

"Azheng, you are blind. He is a man." Hu Yanlin corrected him with a few laughs.

"Wha, what?... No way, it's clearly a woman on the list..." Shen Tu Liang was confused.

"Wrong writing. Although this boy is not strong, he is surprisingly strong. You should be more careful in the future!" Hu Yanlin kindly reminded them.

"A Chong, is he really as powerful as the rumors say?" Yue Meng looked at the blood marks on Hu Yanchong's body and couldn't help but ask.

"Well, he is quite powerful. But I may not lose to him." Hu Yanchong tightened the sheep head hood in his hand.

Hu Yanlin patted his elder brother on the shoulder and said, "Yes, brother, your wish to compete with him has come true. Although you couldn't beat him..."

"That doesn't count. It's not that you kid is making a fool out of it. I will continue to fight with him to determine the outcome." Hu Yanchong glared at his younger brother fiercely.

Hu Yanlin giggled a few times and touched his head in embarrassment, "Don't be angry, at worst, I'll help you make a fight again!"

... ...

Inside the dungeon.

"Master!" Yu Xiaoshuai rushed towards Lingling and hugged her legs without letting go. "I never want to be separated from you again."

"Master!" Niuniu, Yazai, and Nuonuo imitated Yu Xiaoshuai's example, shouting and hugging. Each of them looked pitiful, which made people feel distressed.

Dongfang Rouyin would also want to imitate Yu Xiaoshuai if she didn't care about her face. A pair of melancholy eyes made Lingling's left cheek tingle.

"..." Lingling stood stiffly.

If they hadn't gone to Lingjiu, they wouldn't have been so frightened. They could say that it was their own negligence and relaxation of vigilance that led to this happening. They couldn't tell others about the mistakes they made.

I had never coaxed a child since I was a child, so I was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Just yell, but for fear of making things worse for their already fragile little hearts, just coax her, just think about it, the goosebumps could fall to the ground and bury her.

Just when I didn't know how to respond, someone in the cell next door yelled, "What are you howling? It's annoying."

As expected, the howls of Yu Xiaoshuai and the others stopped suddenly.

Yu Xiaoshuai raised his eyes to look at Lingling and said weakly: "Master, they are fierce, I..."

"...scratch it back!" Lingling smiled half-heartedly, looking down at Yu Xiaoshuai with her arms folded.

Yu Xiaoshuai's eyes evaded, "...But, I'm so scared."

Lingling: "Then what?"

"...Disciple understands." Yu Xiaoshuai 'Ji Liu' stood up quickly, pointed at the people in the next cell and started shouting, "I can howl when I want to, unlike you, a lost dog, who dare not howl even if you want to. Broken teeth can only be swallowed in the stomach, a bunch of useless guys." After saying that, he pushed his waist forward.

"What?" A young man with raised eyebrows and a hot temper stood up and began to curse Yu Xiaoshuai across the fence.

"You brat who doesn't have all your hair, believe it or not, I will go out and chop you to death with one palm."