When Shang Lin returned, the little boy was still curled up, and if he could disappear immediately, he probably would have vanished on the spot.

As soon as Xiaobai saw the little boy, it immediately bared its teeth and showed its fierce nature. Shang Lin quickly hugged its tail with one hand and patted its head soothingly with the other, "Good boy, good boy, you are a cub, and he is a cub too. We can't bully others."

After saying that, he asked Ah Chou, "So what exactly happened?"

Ah Chou then floated in front of Shang Lin and said, "This little boy went crazy as soon as he came in. He probably wanted to run away. He probably had never seen a monster like Xiao Bai before. When he saw it, he went even crazier. Xiao Bai had just been coaxed by She Jinxing, but he was startled again. I was so angry that I drew a circle around him and kept watching him."

Shang Lin, "..."

Why do I suddenly feel like I don't know whether to laugh or cry?

However, Shang Lin stood in front of the little boy and asked, "I said before that I could grant you one wish, now you can tell me."

The little boy looked up at Shang Lin, just like Xiao Bai before. Shang Lin was in no hurry and waited patiently for him to speak.

After a long while, the little boy said, "I want to see my mother."

Shang Lin was taken aback. "Then do you know where your mother is?"

The little boy shook his head. "I don't know. She left, but before she left she told me that she would definitely come back to pick me up, so I kept waiting and waiting."

Shang Lin's patting of Xiaobai gradually slowed down. Finding people like this is not easy for them now. The easiest way is to find Situ Pojun and go through their underworld channels.

But now that Situ Pojun has disappeared without a trace, who can I turn to? Should I look for Lan Xuan? Wouldn't that inevitably lead to contact with the new director of the office?

Sigh, they still want to hide their tracks. Shang Lin suddenly felt a headache coming on. You really can't talk big! But Mo Ce and Han Ze were there at the time. He couldn't just force the little boy to pass on, could he?

Besides, what heinous things could such a young child have done in life? It's better to resolve this in a gentler way.

Shang Lin wanted to take out her phone to send a message to Lan Xuan, but when she touched her pocket, she remembered that her phone was still charging. So she said to the little boy, "You wait here quietly, I'll go find your mother for you."

The little boy looked at Shang Lin with timid, big eyes and asked, "Would you lie to me?"

"Won't."

Shang Lin handed Xiao Bai over to the Divine Lord and then left the Dragon Spirit Tower. At this moment, She Jinxing had already prepared dinner and said as soon as she saw him, "Let's eat."

Shang Lin went straight to his phone, which was already at 80% battery thanks to its fast charging. He immediately took his phone to wash his hands and eat.

She Jinxing asked after Shang Lin sat down, "What happened to that little boy?"

Shang Lin recounted the events of the day to She Jinxing before asking, "Should we ask Lan Xuan for help? After all, for him, this is just a matter of checking the Book of Life and Death, but for us, it would be a nightmare."

She Jinxing couldn't help but remind him, "But didn't Situ Pojun say that we shouldn't have any more contact with the office?"

"Yes!" Shang Lin sighed deeply, "That's why I only want to find Lan Xuan."

“Actually…” She Jinxing hesitated for a moment before continuing, “Sect Master, you don’t need to make things so difficult. That little boy should be under the jurisdiction of the Underworld. We just need to hand him over to the office.”

"That's true, but a child's desire to see his mother must be taken into consideration, especially since I promised to fulfill one of his wishes."

He knew the sect leader would be reluctant, so he said, "Then let's find Lan Xuan. We should avoid contact with the new director if we can, but if we can't avoid it, we'll have to face it."

"……All right."

Shang Lin quickly ate his rice, but afterwards he only sent a message to Lan Xuan. Then he went to look at the picture that Master Yuanyin had posted in the group. But when he looked at it now, his reaction was the same as when he first saw it.

Shang Lin decisively exited the page and then called Master Yuanyin, "Master, I have carefully looked at the picture you posted, but I really don't understand it. You should find someone else."

Master Yuanyin said with great regret, "I was still hoping that you could give me one last hope, but I didn't expect... Oh well, it's all fate."

So, no one else could take the order? However, Shang Lin still said very modestly, "Actually, the master overestimates me. I can only draw talismans and refine pills. I'm really not good at anything else."

Master Yuanyin, "..."

I suspect you're showing off, but I have no proof.

After hanging up with Master Yuanyin, Shang Lin still hadn't received a reply from Lan Xuan. He then sent messages to Situ Pojun and Shang Jing, asking if they had reached their destination.

Unfortunately, neither of them replied, which shows that there really is no signal on the island! But how small must that island be? Considering the area that mobile phones can cover these days…

Well, Situ Pojun and Shang Jing both said that it was a small island that didn't even exist on the map, so it would be strange if there was a signal.

However, when Situ Pojun and Shang Jing actually saw the island, their mood was even more devastated than Shang Lin's. Although they had prepared themselves mentally before coming, this tiny place could actually be called an island?!

Is it about 100 square meters? Even if it's small, the island is all rocks, not a single flat spot. This must be the summit of an underwater mountain range, or even a volcanic crater. As for whether the volcano is alive or dead…

Haha, it's really hard to say.

Shang Jing looked at Situ Pojun in a daze, "Director, we really are here to pioneer the land. So, what's the plan?"

Situ Pojun, "..."

After what seemed like an eternity, he finally grumbled, "Reclamation, reclamation? There's still land to reclaim. We only have this little area in front of us, what can we possibly reclaim? We can barely find a place to settle down."

Upon hearing the words "landing place," Shang Jing looked at Situ Pojun with some horror. "Is it high tide now? If not, will this island still exist when the tide is high? Will we have to work underwater then? We're not water ghosts."

The words "water ghost" immediately brightened Situ Pojun's eyes, who was in despair. He even patted Shang Jing on the shoulder and said with great admiration, "You are indeed amazing. I'm glad I brought you along."

Shang Jing looked at Situ Pojun with a puzzled expression. What did he say?

Situ Pojun immediately placed his feet on the sea surface, formed hand seals, and chanted incantations. A moment later, Shang Jing saw the sea in front of them begin to boil, and then one head after another popped out of the water…