Tricking Long Aotian

Bai Lan wasn't surprised. She dropped the handkerchief in her hand, picked up the two storage bags beside her, and chuckled, "It's normal. The old man was a Core Formation stage cultivator in life. Incantations like Qi Induction are useless to him now."

It was like an academician's home wouldn't likely have a first-grade textbook; it made perfect sense.

But she could ask directly.

That old fellow wouldn't die anytime soon. It would be a shame not to squeeze out his last bit of usefulness.

Bai Lan stood up and walked towards the outside of the bamboo house.

"Where are you going?" The system floated up to follow.

"Don't we have a senior right here who can be consulted?" Bai Lan walked to the front of the bamboo house, maintaining a safe distance, and looked with a smile at the skeleton sitting cross-legged on the futon.

The system was startled. "That old man just tried to body snatch you. Why would he teach you the Qi Induction incantation! Be careful!"

"Senior, how about we make another deal?" Bai Lan said with a smile.

The skeleton moved. "Come closer, and I'll make a deal with you."

It was like a wolf telling a rabbit, "Come into my den, and I'll give you carrots."

The rabbit would definitely turn and run.

Bai Lan, however, remained in place. "Senior, if you tell me the Qi Induction incantation, I can't offer myself, but I can give you a great gift."

"A great gift?"

"An incantation for Qi Induction in exchange for a Qi Refining level one body. It's a pretty good deal, isn't it? That person's name is Long Aotian. His talent is heaven-defying. I'll send him down, and you can body snatch him." Bai Lan said with a smile.

The old man's voice was filled with doubt. "How will you send him down?"

Bai Lan didn't need to send him. The enemies chasing Long Aotian would personally send him down.

In the original plot, the old man couldn't body snatch Long Aotian because his soul couldn't stray too far from his physical body, confined to the small area within the bamboo house.

When Long Aotian fell, he was severely injured and remained unconscious in the pool for three days.

The old skeleton in the bamboo house had stared greedily at a Qi Refining level one body for a long time but couldn't get out, losing his last chance.

Three days were enough for Long Aotian to recover his energy, and it happened to be the time when the old man's soul was completely depleted.

It was a pity that now, with Bai Lan present, there was no need for three days. She would directly throw the severely injured and unconscious Long Aotian into the bamboo house, letting the old man body snatch him.

Bai Lan would then watch from the sidelines, seeing whether the old man or Long Aotian would win.

She wanted to see if the legendary Child of Destiny was really as unkillable as they said.

In any case, neither of them was a good person, so she was happy to watch a good show of two tigers fighting.

As if on cue, just as Bai Lan finalized her plan, the water pool behind her suddenly erupted with a splash.

A figure fell straight into the water from the barrier above, creating a commotion. The person was Long Aotian.

"See? I, Bai Lan, never lie. Here he comes." Bai Lan snapped her fingers and stood up, looking at the old man. "What do you say, senior? Isn't this a fair trade? You teach me the Qi Induction incantation, and I'll deliver the person right to your doorstep for you to body snatch."

The old man was silent for a long time, then suddenly chuckled, "Little brat, are you perhaps a disciple of the Yi family? Despite being a mere mortal, you seem to know everything, acting with such ease."

If you had a save/load cheat, you'd be at ease too.

"Junior, listen carefully." The old man's tone was steady as he began to recite the incantation word by word.

Bai Lan's spirits lifted, and she decisively saved.

After the old man finished reciting it once, Bai Lan reloaded and listened again, repeating this dozens of times until she had memorized the Qi Induction incantation. Only then did she let out a long sigh of relief.

Bai Lan had reloaded dozens of times, but in the old man's eyes, he had only recited it once.

"How is it, do you understand?" the old man asked slowly.

Bai Lan nodded. "I've already memorized it."

"Hmm? You memorized it?" the old man was taken aback. "Do you have photographic memory? It seems you are a junior with good comprehension. Hmph."

Bai Lan remained silent. She simply stood up and walked towards Long Aotian in the pool.

Although Long Aotian was unconscious, his Pocket Grandpa was clearly not. But...

No matter how powerful the Pocket Grandpa was, he was now just a wisp of remnant soul, living by possessing Long Aotian's body.

If it wasn't a matter of life and death for Long Aotian, the Pocket Grandpa would absolutely not expend the energy to act.

So...

Bai Lan stared at Long Aotian for a long time, scanning him up and down, before finally smiling and taking the storage bag from Long Aotian's waist, tucking it into her embrace.

She didn't kill Long Aotian because the Heavenly Dao's rules prevented her from doing so, but Long Aotian's life could be spared; however, the storage bag was hers.

The Pocket Grandpa residing within Long Aotian's body widened his eyes. He stared at the woman who had suddenly appeared but did not make a move.

He thought this little girl was going to kill his young master. He hadn't misread the killing intent in her eyes.

But why, why didn't she act in the end? She only took the storage bag.

The Pocket Grandpa couldn't figure it out and ultimately held back.

Just as Bai Lan had guessed, the mere loss of property was not enough for the Pocket Grandpa to expend energy to act.

"System, move him." Bai Lan stood up, pointed at Long Aotian on the ground, and looked at the system.

The system took a step back, its expression displeased. "Why me!"

"I can't enter the bamboo house, you know that. What if that old man tries to body snatch me…" Bai Lan spread her hands, her expression seemingly helpless, but her eyes were full of cunning desire to slack off.

The system gritted its teeth, and finally rolled up its sleeves to drag Long Aotian on the ground.

"You don't do the mission, but you still make me work! Damn it, damn it! Evil farm owner! Capitalist!" The system grumbled indignantly as it dragged him.

Bai Lan spread her hands. "You came to me yourself back then, you can't blame me, Little Black Slave."

The system gritted its teeth.

Forget it, I found this host myself, I have to follow even if I cry.

"Besides, this can be considered completing the mission. Although it was a misunderstanding and not my intention, I just wanted the golden finger."

After Bai Lan finished speaking, she found a spot to sit cross-legged and began to attempt Qi Induction.

Witnessing all of this, the skeleton old man and the old man within Long Aotian fell into deep thought.

They couldn't see the system's existence, so from their perspectives, Bai Lan seemed to be talking to the air.

Moreover, they couldn't understand a single word she was saying!

But…

If that little girl was talking to the air, how could they explain Long Aotian on the ground, who was being moved inch by inch?

Was there really another person?

Could there be existences in this world that even they couldn't perceive! How terrifying!

The old man within Long Aotian thought so.

But before the old man could react, another powerful sense of pressure struck. A wisp of divine sense rushed out from the skeleton in the bamboo house, heading straight for Long Aotian.