Clearly Very Strong Yet Excessively Timid

The timid Ming Luo unexpectedly arrives at the Suoma Continent, where demons and monsters run rampant. As the only human, she embarks on an unconventional path of cultivation to preserve her life.<...

Chapter 40: A Trial

The arrival of the Golden Lion was both an accident and a surprise for Ming Luo.

The cute furry pet in the dream really came to real life, and it protected me like a bodyguard. It felt like a dream.

Look, Mingluo saw that the Golden Lion followed Ye Zhihan's instructions before he left the house, and stood upright at the gate of the broken courtyard like a stone statue. His silly look made him look like a big stupid dog.

"Golden Lion?" Ming Luo waved his hand.

When the golden lion saw that it was Mingluo calling it, it ran over with its tail wagging and its mouth wide open in laughter.

"Do you have a name?" Ming Luo asked.

The golden lion howled, but Mingluo couldn't understand what it was saying, so he suggested, "If it's a yes answer, just nod your head, and if it's a no answer, just shake your head, okay?"

The golden lion nodded happily several times.

"Let me ask you again, do you have a name?"

The golden lion tilted its head and thought for a while. Although everyone called it the golden lion, this didn't seem to be a name. It shook its big furry head.

"Then can I give you a name?" Ming Luo suggested.

The golden lion nodded obediently. It liked Mingluo the most, and it must like the name Mingluo gave it!

"I see that you look chubby and silly, so why not call me Little Tiger?" Ming Luo said seriously, and it didn't seem like he was joking.

The golden lion was silent for a moment, wondering how it could have turned into a stupid tiger when it was clearly a handsome lion. But after seeing Ming Luo's expectant eyes, the golden lion nodded slightly, reluctantly accepting the name "little tiger".

After receiving the name, the little tiger went to the door to think about his life as a lion. How could he become a silly tiger with his majestic and strong figure? He couldn't understand.

The Golden Lion, who was still worrying about the name, saw Ye Zhihan coming back with a cold face. His frosty blue eyes were full of displeasure.

"What happened?" Ming Luo asked softly.

Ye Zhihan pulled Mingluo straight into the house, packed up their supplies in no time, woke up the sleeping Pang Tao, and finally erased all traces of their life. The whole process took no more than a minute.

"Our location has been exposed. We need to leave this place." Ye Zhihan pulled Mingluo out of the cabin in the forest without stopping. Fat Tao rubbed her eyes and fell on Ye Zhihan's shoulder to continue sleeping, while Golden Lion attached himself to Mingluo's skirt and disappeared.

The golden lion is a superior spiritual beast, and its appearance is bound to cause a sensation. At present, all major forces have sent people into the forest, and there are also spies who have been investigating Ye Zhihan's whereabouts early on, so Mingluo and others must leave immediately.

While running, Mingluo reviewed his learned shadow technique skills to match Ye Zhihan's speed, so as not to become a burden again. When he thought of Ye Zhihan being secretly hunted by various families and forces, Mingluo felt very depressed.

Just when Mingluo was feeling secretly uncomfortable, the familiar light of the golden lion appeared in her mind again. It turned into the plush appearance of a big dog and deliberately ran over to rub Mingluo's hand. It looked up at Mingluo with grievance, its eyes full of worry. Mingluo touched its head and felt its warm body temperature.

Unexpectedly, one day, Mingluo actually needed a dog for comfort.

"Don't worry, I'm fine," Mingluo said softly, "Be good, my little tiger!"

After regaining consciousness, Ming Luo and Ye Zhihan had already run to the edge of the forest at a high speed. Surprisingly, there seemed to be people patrolling outside the forest. Many men dressed in green clothes and dressed as servants were guarding outside, and there was a small group of such people at every distance.

"Ye Zhihan, encirclement?" Ming Luo said worriedly.

"No problem." Ye Zhihan didn't seem to take these people seriously. After taking a quick look at their abilities, he suggested that Ming Luo test the shadow space skills he had just learned. This was a great opportunity for actual combat.

Ming Luo glanced at the men who appeared at intervals not far away, then looked at the various cold weapons in their hands, and swallowed nervously, "Can't we find a place where there is no one to try it?"

Ye Zhihan looked down at Mingluo. Her bright eyes flickered with fear. He gently touched Mingluo's head and softened his voice, "They are just minions. I will follow you and protect you. Don't be afraid."

Ming Luo had no choice but to go ahead. She clumsily summoned her own shadow space and slowly sneaked into it. Then she slowly controlled the shadow space to hide in the shadows of various objects.

While hiding his shadow, Mingluo called out to Ye Zhihan softly, "Are you following me?"

Ye Zhihan just responded to her with a soft "hmm", which made Mingluo feel a lot more at ease.

However, more than ten minutes had passed, and Mingluo had only walked a few meters from the edge of the forest. She was still a long way from the patrolmen. She moved extremely cautiously following the shadow's trajectory, fearing that she would be discovered by the patrolling servants.

After more than ten minutes, Ming Luo finally moved at a snail's pace to the feet of the patrolling servants. Ming Luo felt his heart pounding, just like he had run a thousand meters in physical education class.

She meticulously controlled her shadow, moving along with the patrolling servant's shadow. When the servant's shadow touched other objects, she quickly moved her own shadow space into the object's shadow.

"Huh... I'm finally here." Ming Luo breathed a sigh of relief. After escaping the encirclement of patrolling servants, she let go of her hands and feet and ran quickly outside in the shadows. Only after making sure it was safe did Ming Luo dare to emerge from the shadow space.

"Ye Zhihan? How about me? I'm not bad, right?" Ming Luo raised her eyebrows and looked behind her as she came out, but there was no shadow of Ye Zhihan behind her, only a large bush.

"Ye Zhihan?" Mingluo's slightly proud little happiness immediately disappeared without a trace. She quickly looked back. Could it be that she had escaped, but Ye Zhihan was trapped inside? But logically speaking, a group of servants should not be able to stop the powerful Ye Zhihan.

Mingluo hid behind the bushes, quietly turned to the left and looked back, but there was no one; she then cautiously turned to the right and looked towards the forest, but there was still no one.

Mingluo squatted in the shadow of the bushes feeling aggrieved, not knowing what to do for a moment. It seemed like she had lost her thigh?

However, just when she was sad, someone suddenly patted her shoulder. Mingluo looked back and met Ye Zhihan's cold eyes. But Mingluo did not feel indifferent at all. She only felt that with Ye Zhihan around, she felt extremely warm and at ease.

"You're okay!" Ming Luo said in surprise, his eyes curved into crescent shapes again, and a sweet dimple appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Of course I'm fine." After feeling the girl's care, Ye Zhihan's mouth corners slightly raised.

"Why didn't you follow me just now?" Ming Luo asked.