Right now.
I finally understand why Su Mingyang said he sometimes wanted to beat me to death when he talked to me.
Now I want to do that too.
Luckily, I'm not afraid, otherwise I would have really brokendance after hearing that.
Was that grandpa riding on my shoulders?
I subconsciously touched my neck, and apart from it being icy cold, I didn't feel anything else.
I asked her, "Is that old man blind? Can you help me get rid of him?"
The little girl kept her head down and didn't say anything, curiously fiddling with the grass slingshot in her hand.
No matter how I asked her, she remained silent. Eventually, she got annoyed by my questions and simply walked away.
I quickly followed.
If you don't have someone familiar with the area to guide you, you might not find your way out even after wandering around for hours.
Moreover, I have my own plans.
Although this little girl keeps calling me "bad uncle" and seems to dislike me, she's actually very easy to fool.
If I can trick her into helping me find the [Earth Soul] and then tell me how to save Luo Tianhe, I won't need to go to Lingmei.
After walking for about an hour, I became even more certain that she wasn't human.
How could a little girl of a few years old not get tired after walking for hours in the mountains?
Normally, they would ask for a hug after walking only a few hundred meters.
As I was walking, a series of soft, babbling sounds drifted into my ears from ahead.
At first listen, it sounds just like someone sobbing softly, with the last note lingering and echoing in the silent mountains, conveying endless desolation.
Listening more closely, it seemed to come from a distant, deep valley, hollow and empty, as if it had no support, drifting aimlessly, making one's heart tremble.
The sound fluctuated wildly, sometimes high and sometimes low, with no discernible pattern.
It sounds like someone is performing a play.
"It's Grandpa Qin's family putting on a traditional opera!"
The little girl's eyes lit up, and she took off running.
Who exactly is Grandpa Qin?
Seeing the little girl run far away, I hurriedly chased after her.
The girl was quick; she disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving me no choice but to chase after her in the direction from which the opera sounds came.
After chasing for about a hundred meters, I finally caught a faint glimpse of a fire at the edge of my vision.
The little girl was standing in front of me, turning around to look at me.
They looked like they were waiting for me.
I quickly walked to her side and, standing on higher ground, finally saw clearly what the firelight was.
In the distance, a dilapidated temple was vaguely hidden in the gloom.
Seeing the little girl's eager expression, as if she was about to rush out at any moment, I asked, "What's up ahead?"
The little girl exclaimed excitedly, "Grandpa Qin's house! I love coming to Grandpa Qin's house to listen to operas; they're so interesting!"
As soon as she finished speaking, her expression instantly turned from sunny to cloudy. She pouted and complained with a resentful look on her face.
"It's all your fault, you bad uncle! You ruined my chance to enjoy the opera!"
As she spoke, she drooped her head and turned to walk back with dragging steps.
She walked very slowly, and every now and then she would look back at the direction where the faint light was shining, her little face full of reluctance.
I was completely bewildered by her sudden change and had some doubts in my mind.
When did I say she couldn't go?
I rushed up to her, grabbed her arm, and said with a smile, "Go if you want to, I'm not stopping you."
"real?"
The little girl's previously dim eyes instantly lit up.
But the next second, she lowered her head again, her long eyelashes fluttering like two small fans, biting her lower lip, looking pitiful.
“I can’t go, I have to go with you.”
Do you have to follow me?
These words are like a fog, leaving me completely confused.
I couldn't help but ask, "Why are you following me?"
The little girl turned her head away, stubbornly refusing to look at me, and said in a clear voice, "Grandma won't let me tell you!"
grandmother?
A thought suddenly crossed my mind.
Who is the grandma this little girl is talking about?
Why not let her tell me?
However, seeing her resolute expression, I knew that asking any further questions would be pointless, so I wisely refrained from asking any more.
I stole a few glances at her and saw that she kept glancing in the direction of the temple with its faint lights, her eyes full of longing.
This little girl says she won't go, but she's really thinking about it.
Seeing this, I deliberately walked towards the direction of the temple.
Sure enough, the little girl quickly followed, swinging a grass slingshot around in her hand.
"Bad uncle, where are you going?"
I said, "To listen to opera."
Although I had already sensed that there was something wrong with the temple, the thought that the girl beside me might be a white fox in disguise immediately put my mind at ease.
What's there to be afraid of?
With the white fox by her side, she certainly wouldn't stand idly by even if there were real danger, right?
If I could get along well with such a powerful white fox, I could walk sideways with impunity from now on.
At that time, let alone Bai Su, even if we add that water ghost and that blind old man who may or may not still be riding on my neck, I'm confident I can crush them.
Upon hearing that I was going to see a play, the little girl's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, and the corners of her mouth turned up high, revealing two adorable little tiger teeth.
When she saw me looking at her, she pretended to be nonchalant and gave a light snort.
"Tch, I didn't want to go to the opera. Grandma told me to go with you, that's why I went."
Even though that's what she said, the joy in her voice was impossible to hide.
As I got closer, I realized that it was actually a dilapidated City God Temple.
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