He asked Huo Ling'er to help send Big Red Bird into that Ancestral Land, saying this was an agreement with the Fire Nation's sacrificial spirit, and that he was going to give it a disciple.
"Why don't I know about this?" Huo Ling'er was puzzled.
Shi Hao said, "Here's the thing. Little Red has been thinking about a certain Mountain Treasure, but it really can't be found right now. I'm afraid it'll get impatient and jump out to make trouble for me, so I'm having Big Red go explain first."
Thinking of the Mountain Treasure, Shi Hao couldn't help thinking of that Little Fellow Zhu Yan again, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Huo Ling'er was doubtful, then came to a sudden realization. Half smiling, she looked at him and secretly transmitted, "Big Red definitely doesn't know about this. You're just tossing it over there on a whim. Is this using it as a hostage?"
"What are you saying? What are you saying? Am I, Shi Hao, the kind of person who'd screw over my own brother? Big Red really wants to take him as his master, and I'm sincerely doing this for Big Red's own good!" Shi Hao swore solemnly, looking as if she had no right to slander his innocence out of nowhere.
However, Huo Ling'er did not believe this at all. Instead, she giggled and said,
"I'd be damned if I believed you! Ah, poor Big Red. Once it gets there, it'll definitely be used as a punching bag!"
Though she said that, given their relationship, Huo Ling'er decided she would still do him this favor.
Huo Ling'er understood the sacrificial spirit's temper. It had been preparing to avoid disaster recently and flee the great calamity, but it had never stopped thinking about that Mountain