Can a three-hundred-year-old monster talk? Of course not.
However, they can communicate through thought.
Ye Ling stared at the rat: "What happened in your illusion just now, did it really happen?"
The mouse nodded quickly.
Wen Mengxia and the others immediately felt heavy-hearted.
Ye Ling: "...Did the last few girls survive?"
The mouse shook its head and then made a series of squeaking sounds, as if it were telling Ye Ling what had happened.
Moody asked Nightingale, "What is it saying?"
A dark aura flashed in Ye Ling's eyes again: "It said that all the people we just saw died because of this."
Moody exclaimed in a low voice, "What? No way, there are so many people."
Ye Ling stared at the rat: "If it had been a human, it wouldn't have survived either. It witnessed the whole thing and then escaped through the sewer."
You Ziming said in a deep voice, "What happened in L City? I haven't heard of this case in L City."
Ye Boxuan also spoke up: "I haven't heard about this happening in L City either, but I've heard quite a bit about it in other provinces."
Ye Ling shook her head: "No, it was seen from other cities, and then it traveled south and came to L City."
Ye Jingyan pondered for a moment, then asked Ye Ling, "Ask it why it used illusions on us, and what it wants to get from us?"
Ye Ling remained silent, then turned to look at him: "Because of me."
Ye Jingyan stared at her for a long time, while Ye Yanling pressed, "Because of you? Why?"
Ye Jingyan explained, "They probably discovered Lingling's abundant life force and wanted to attract her through this. Life force should be fatally attractive to demonic beasts, Lingling, am I right?"
Ye Ling hummed in agreement. Her gaze returned to the mouse, noticing the lingering fear in its eyes. It even made a gesture of waving goodbye to her with its front paws, begging for mercy.
It made a chirping sound again, and Ye Ling hesitated after hearing it.
Moody asked curiously, "What did it say next?"
Ye Ling pursed her lips. "It said that the reason it used this illusion was because it knew we would stop to stand up for the girls. It wanted to keep me here so that I would take it in."
It said it was willing to work for me, and that it was quite capable. It also said it had never killed anyone, and that it had always stayed in the mountains, diligently repairing chains. It had come to the main city because the place where it repaired chains was destroyed in an earthquake.
Wen Mengxia clicked her tongue: "It sounds so fantastical. Are you sure we haven't entered a world of cultivation?"
Moody gently patted her: "Don't interrupt, listen to Lingling."
Ye Ling withdrew her oppressive aura and her ice element, reached out and grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, lifting it up. She stood up and looked at it: "How do I know that what you said is true? How can I believe that you will be loyal to me after you follow me?"
"Chirp chirp..."
The little pink mouse quickly spoke, then stretched out its little paws to grasp Ye Ling's fingers, nodding frantically at her.
Suddenly a faint light appeared between her brows and its brows, then disappeared.
Ye Boxuan and the others were shocked, but Ye Ling chuckled and said, "A contract, huh? You're quite good at that. Alright, you'll follow me from now on."
The mouse immediately became happy, rubbing its little head against her fingers.
Ye Ling tilted her head to look at it: "Your color and round shape are quite like a macaron, so I'll call you Macaron."
Moody chuckled from the side, "Macaron? You know what, that name suits it quite well."
After saying that, he reached out and gently touched it, then asked Ye Ling, "You just mentioned a contract, does that mean it will be your exclusive pet from now on?"
"right."
She put the macarons into her coat pocket and looked at them: "I need to go to a few places to bestow divine power upon a few great trees, so you don't all need to come with me. Go back to your spaces and rest for a while. We'll set off for the Central Plains tomorrow; we can't delay any longer."
Wen Mengxia nodded: "Okay, then let's go back to the space to rest for a bit. Who will you have with you?"
"Me."
"I'll stay with you."
"I."
"......"
Before Ye Ling could speak, her five older brothers, Wen Yanchen, and You Ziming all spoke at the same time.
Wen Yanchen glanced at You Ziming, his eyes seeming to say, "What's it to you?"
Even Moody and Wen Mengxia couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.
You Ziming himself remained calm: "I've been here several times and I'm quite familiar with this place. Besides, I'm a dark-themed person, so having me with you when you go out at night can help you avoid a lot of dangers."
Ye Boxuan spoke up before anyone else, saying, "No one is more suitable than me. I have mental abilities and have carried out missions here before. I know the terrain better than any of you."
"It's settled then. You can all go home now. You've all had a long day. Go back, change your clothes, eat something, and rest."
Wen Yanchen said, "I also think it's more appropriate for him to stay, and then I can join him, and the three of us will be enough."
"I have medical skills, I'm resourceful, I'm observant, and I also know a little martial arts. That should be enough to protect Lingling."
As Wen Mengxia watched her older brother earnestly recommending her, she quickly lowered her head to hide the smile on her lips, afraid that she would burst out laughing.
It must have been tough for him, competing with so many outstanding men for her.
She coughed and said to Ye Ling, "I also think that taking the two of them is enough. The rest of you should go back to your space to rest."
Ye Tianfei and Ye Yanling rolled their eyes at Wen Yanchen, as if to say, "What's it to you?"
Ye Ling asked Ye Boxuan and Wen Yanchen, "Don't you need to rest?"
"unnecessary."
"Alright, you two can come along then."
Without much thought, Ye Ling nodded in agreement to their suggestion and then sent everyone else, including the car behind, into the space.
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