Chapter 97: We Don't Play with Lunatics

And behind them, Lin Yang and Li Yilan, who were chatting and laughing while boasting, saw Xiaohei suddenly descend and involuntarily stopped talking and laughing.

Li Yilan spoke up: "Master, Senior Xiaohei seems to have been shot down?"

"It seems, there is danger."

Lin Yang glanced at it lightly and then said: "It's fine; with his ability, there are few rivals in this area."

"Right, where were we just talking about?"

Lin Yang asked.

Li Yilan nodded; Master, what you said is indeed true—Senior Xiaohei possesses Quasi-Emperor strength, and in the Mysterious Yellow Continent he's stronger than anyone else's ancestors; what could he not solve? I'm just over-worrying.

However, where were we in the story? She really couldn't remember for a moment.

After all, that attack just now was too sudden, and it also hit Senior Xiaohei, causing her to panic a bit and her mind to go blank.

Just as she was desperately trying to recall where they had left off,

"We were just talking about Xun Wukong's three battles against the White Bone Spirit, being misunderstood by Tang Sanzang's flesh, and then Xun Wukong was driven away."

The senior inside the Qingjie suddenly answered Li Yilan's words.

Li Yilan started: "Senior, it turns out you've been listening all along."

"Hehe."

The senior inside the Qingjie slowly said: "Your master is really good at boasting, and he does it especially well; I especially like listening to him."

"However, I won't say more, I won't linger—this time, I side with Xun Wukong; he was misunderstood by Tang Sanzang's flesh, truly a great injustice."

The woman inside the Qingjie said through gritted teeth.

Li Yilan responded: "I also especially like listening."

Immediately.

She said to Lin Yang: "Master, we were just talking about Xun Wukong's three battles against the White Bone Spirit, being misunderstood by Tang Sanzang's flesh and being driven away."

"Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly where we were."

Lin Yang also recalled: "Speaking of which, that White Bone Spirit was mischievous, actually transforming into three mortals to mislead Tang Sanzang's flesh, causing him to misunderstand Xun Wukong, thus leading to the breakdown of the master-disciple relationship."

"What then? Master, Xun Wukong is so wronged, and what about Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing—why didn't they help Xun Wukong explain?"

"That will have to be told later." Lin Yang, while telling the story, led Li Yilan forward.

After walking for a long time.

"Cough cough."

Lin Yang coughed once, and then immediately stopped his steps.

Li Yilan, who was listening with great interest, involuntarily looked at Lin Yang in confusion.

"Master, what comes next? Why did you suddenly stop speaking?"

It's obvious that Li Yilan is still wanting more.

Lin Yang slowly said: "If you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next installment."

Afterward.

He narrowed his eyes and said: "Xiaohei seems not to have kept up."

Upon hearing that.

Li Yilan also became solemn; they had indeed walked for a long time, originally thinking that after Senior Xiaohei settled the matter, he would soon catch up.

Who would have thought, he actually didn't catch up.

"Master, but something happened?"

Lin Yang furrowed his brows, calculated with his fingers twice.

Immediately.

His brows and eyes relaxed.

"Go!"

Having figured something out, he grabbed Li Yilan, turned into a stream of light, and hurriedly rushed backward.

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Meanwhile, in a mysterious and secluded dense forest.

In an area overgrown with weeds, a girl sat dazedly.

The girl's long dress was covered in mud, her hair disheveled, and the hem of her skirt torn.

But her eyes were bright and shining, her lips firm and unyielding, her posture like bamboo, extremely beautiful.

Although disheveled, it did not hide her natural beauty; the noble elegance in her bones shone through her stubbornness.

However.

At this moment, she felt somewhat wronged; scalding hot tears kept turning in her eyes, struggling, nearly bursting forth.

Especially after seeing the corpse lying stiffly before her, she felt even more wronged.

Before her lay a corpse with legs straight, hands clasped at the waist, lying stiffly—it was Lin Yang's puppet Xiaohei.

"Wah!"

The girl ultimately couldn't help but burst into tears.

She rushed over, grabbed Xiaohei's collar, and shouted and scolded wildly.

"Why?"

"Why did it become like this?"

"Do you know, that was my only hope!"

Her voice rose, her sharp crying broke the silence; each syllable became hoarse from extreme trembling.

Despair, like a surging tsunami, completely engulfed her; she clenched her teeth tightly against her lower lip, biting with all her might.

But Xiaohei just lay there flat as usual, not seeing the girl's tears at all.

Otherwise, he would have teased her a little.

After all, puppets feel no sympathy; you cry your tears, I only laugh at my own.

Still unsatisfied, the girl seized Xiaohei's ears and shouted loudly into them.

How did you just pop up? Don't you know that by appearing out of nowhere you blocked my distress signal and ruined my only chance to escape?

Ah! Ah! Ah!

The girl clutched her head and screamed, 'Do you know how long I've been stuck in this damned place?'

You know?!

I've been struggling all along, hoping this distress signal would draw the sect elders' notice and pull me out of this misery, but now my signal just went up and you intercepted it—what a coincidence!

You're doing this on purpose to hurt me, aren't you? You deliberately want me to die trapped here, don't you?

As she spoke, the girl's tears burst forth again, streaming wildly down her cheeks.

It turned out the girl had been trapped here, sending up a distress signal to alert her family and firing the beam into the sky, but by a twist of fate it struck Xiaohei as he passed by, causing the signal to disappear and shattering her hope of rescue; she finally broke down, howling wildly.

Answer me: are you deliberately targeting me, and will I never be able to get out?

Am I going to be trapped to death here?

She cried while glaring at Xiaohei, waving her hands helplessly in the air, yet she restrained herself from hitting him, as the morality deep in her bones forbade her from striking.

She looked like a kitten trapped in despair, full of sorrow and hopelessness.

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In a corner of the dense forest, Lin Yang and Li Yilan had already arrived, but seeing the girl acting crazy, they just stared blankly at her performance for a while.

However.

Both of them kept frowning the whole time.

This girl is really crazy.

Though she didn't strike Xiaohei, she still howled wildly.

Hey, girl, this girl is about your age—are people your age all this crazy?

Lin Yang asked curiously.

Li Yilan shook her head: 'Master, some people are just especially crazy, while others like me are not.'

She might have suffered a setback and can't accept it right now.

Lin Yang, however, shook his head.

This made Li Yilan beside him wonder: 'Could it be... Master, you have a different opinion?'

No!

Lin Yang no longer dwelled on it, saying: 'She might just be a lunatic.'

Come on, let's take Xiaohei away and then stay far from her.

We don't play with lunatics.