Moreover, if she could really help the little girl find her mom, then asking Mu Feiyang to step in afterward would have a very high chance of succeeding.
Besides, she truly liked the little girl. She was simply far too adorable.
"Big sister, you're so silly! I'm looking because I don't know where mom is!"
Mu Qingling looked at Zhao Shanshan as though she were an idiot, unable to stop herself from thinking, Big Sister is so pretty, so why does she seem not very smart?
Didn't Dad say that the prettier a woman was, the smarter and more cunning she would be?
Under Mu Qingling's gaze, Zhao Shanshan's expression turned awkward, and even her face reddened considerably.
"Ling'er, do you know what your mom's name is?"
"I know, I know! My dad said my mom's name is Mu Qianxue. Big sister, have you heard of my mom?"
Although Mu Qingling did not know where her mom was or what she looked like, she remembered her mom's name very clearly.
"Mu Qianxue?"
Hearing Ling'er's words, Zhao Shanshan searched through her memories. She seemed never to have heard of the surname Mu, nor was there any major Lineage with that surname in the Empire.
"Little girl, our Little Master came out to search for her mother. If you agree to take the Little Master to find her mother, I don't mind helping you settle those little troubles of yours."
Just as Zhao Shanshan was wondering where there might be a major Mu Lineage, a voice suddenly sounded in her mind, startling her badly.
Zhao Shanshan turned to look at Little Black, confusion appearing on her face. Could it have been the black dog before her that had spoken?
"No need to look. This lord was the one talking to you."
Little Black did not actually want Zhao Shanshan to take Mu Qingling to find her mom, but it had no choice. It was truly inconvenient for it, and it was no good at taking care of children.
It would be fine if it were asked to fight or bite people, but Mu Qingling was a little girl, and there were many things that were inconvenient at times.
Little Black thought rather highly of the Zhao sisters' character. Moreover, since they had fled in this direction while being pursued, it could guess Zhao Shanshan's intentions.
She merely wanted to seek help from its master, but its master had already gone into seclusion and could not possibly bother with such matters.
But if Zhao Shanshan was willing to take Mu Qingling to find her mom, then solving Zhao Shanshan's problem would be easy for Little Black.
When the voice sounded in her mind once again, Zhao Shanshan finally confirmed that Little Black had indeed spoken to her earlier. Without a moment's hesitation, she nodded at it.
This was something she could only dream of asking for. How could Zhao Shanshan possibly refuse?
Furthermore, she liked Mu Qingling very much. Mu Qingling was simply too adorable, and she had never seen her mom since childhood. The two of them could be called birds of a feather, sharing the same misery.
Now that she could resolve her own troubles while helping Mu Qingling, Zhao Shanshan naturally would not refuse.
"Ling'er, I haven't heard your mom's name before, but don't be sad. How about big sister accompanies you to find your mom?"
"Really? That's wonderful!"
"Big sister, I cooked meat soup, and there's also really tasty barbecue. I'll treat you to meat soup and barbecue, but you have to take me to find mom!"
"Alright, Big Sister promises Ling'er."
"Big Sis, we..."
"Yingying, I know what you want to say, but it won't affect anything. Just listen to your sister."
Before Zhao Yingying could finish, Zhao Shanshan interrupted her. She naturally knew what Zhao Yingying was worried about, but with Little Black's assurance, Zhao Shanshan had nothing left to worry about.
Little Black was Mu Feiyang's pet. Since it could stay by Mu Qingling's side and protect her, its strength was naturally formidable.
That could be seen from how it had killed those Medicine Attendants earlier. They had all been ninth-level True Spirit Realm experts, and one had even been in the Sky Soaring Realm.
Yet hadn't Little Black kicked them to death with two kicks? Even an Imperial Realm expert might not be able to do that!
Therefore, Zhao Shanshan guessed that Little Black was at least a level-nine demon beast, equivalent to a human Grand Unity Realm cultivator. And at the same realm, demon beasts were a notch stronger than ordinary human experts.
Zhao Shanshan did not doubt in the slightest that Little Black could help her resolve the matter, but now was not the time to explain it clearly to Zhao Yingying. She could only wait for a suitable opportunity.
"Big Sisters, do you still have something to do? If you're busy, you can go handle your own affairs first. Ling'er isn't in a hurry to find mom."
Though the little girl was only five years old, she was very clever. Coupled with the fact that the two had been chased earlier, she knew the two Big Sisters must have something urgent to deal with.
"Ling'er, it's fine. You must be hungry too, right? Let's fill our stomachs first."
Zhao Shanshan did not want to tell Mu Qingling much about such fighting and killing. After all, she was still a child. Knowing too much about such things would not be good for her.
Zhao Shanshan picked Mu Qingling up and walked toward the Grill Rack. Though Zhao Yingying did not understand what was going on, she chose to trust her imperial sister.
"Ling'er, what kind of soup did you cook? It smells so good!"
"It's meat soup! I cooked it myself, so of course it smells good!"
"Big Sisters, serve yourselves!"
Mu Qingling puckered her little lips and spoke proudly. After all, she was a child, so naturally she wanted to show off before adults.
"Then Big Sister will have to thank Ling'er."
Zhao Shanshan smiled at that. Taking the bowls and chopsticks the little girl handed over, she served Zhao Yingying a bowl of meat soup before serving one for herself.
Aside from the soup smelling so delicious that she could not resist its temptation, the two sisters had not eaten for more than a day and were already starving.
Mu Qingling did not care what the sisters were thinking. She had already started eating in huge mouthfuls, while Little Black went off to deal with the corpses.
Little Black kicked every last one of them away to who knew where. After finishing, it hurried back to the Grill Rack and barked twice at Mu Qingling.
"Does Little Black want meat too?"
Hearing Little Black bark, Mu Qingling remembered that there were outsiders present. Little Black had said that Dad would not allow it to transform in front of outsiders.
Mu Qingling put down her bowls and chopsticks, walked to the Grill Rack, and used a dagger to cut off a large chunk of roasted meat for Little Black. She then cut herself a deer leg and began eating it.
Just as the little girl was thinking of serving herself another bowl of meat soup, she turned around and saw Zhao Shanshan and Zhao Yingying sitting on the ground, no longer even drinking their soup.
"What's wrong with you? Is the meat soup I cooked not tasty?"
"Little Master, don't disturb them. Their cultivation is too low; they simply cannot digest such immense energy."
Just as the little girl was puzzled, Little Black's voice appeared in her mind. With the sisters' cultivation, they could not withstand the energy in that meat soup at all.
By Little Black's standards, the demon beasts it hunted were naturally no ordinary creatures. Even the weakest were level-eight demon beasts or above, and the spiritual energy contained in their flesh was naturally extremely powerful.
It was already their good fortune that Zhao Shanshan and Zhao Yingying could digest a single mouthful of soup, not to mention that they had each eaten two pieces of meat.
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