First Friend on the Luofu

Bai Sheng looked at the green-haired Little Fox Person, thinking hard but couldn't recall where he'd seen her before.

"Huh?"

The fox person looked up at Bai Sheng, then seemed to recall something, her eyes lighting up.

After a moment, the fox person chirped:

"Benefactor, what are you doing here?"

This threw Bai Sheng off. He fiddled with his hair, wondering whether to respond, as he truly couldn't remember where he'd met this Little Fox Person.

"I... But, little girl, why are you calling me benefactor?"

Bai Sheng decided to ask directly. He knew that the fox person called him benefactor because he had saved her life, and it was a tradition among the fox people to repay kindness with kindness and vengeance with vengeance.

"Ah? Benefactor, you forgot? In Kasantiya, I was kidnapped by a group of human traffickers, and you saved me. You even covered all my expenses in Kasantiya. Look, you gave me this Yin-Yang Fish, and I've kept it safe."

As she spoke, the Little Fox Person, perhaps afraid Bai Sheng wouldn't believe her, took off the Yin-Yang Fish hair ornament she rarely took off. She held it up with both hands like a treasure and offered it to Bai Sheng.

Bai Sheng looked at it. The Yin-Yang Fish hair ornament was indeed his. He had carved it himself from jade when he had nothing better to do a long, long time ago.

He remembered now. He had saved this little girl from a group of human traffickers ages ago. It had been so long that it was no wonder Bai Sheng hadn't recalled it immediately.

However, Bai Sheng was quite surprised that the Little Fox Person recognized him at first glance and couldn't help but praise her excellent memory.

"Benefactor, are you going to take this back?"

Seeing the reluctance in her eyes, Bai Sheng still held out his hand for the ornament. He couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"It's all ancient history. Just keep wearing the hair ornament; it looks good on you. Oh, right, I don't even know your name yet?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry. I... my name is Huohuo. I'm one hundred years old, currently living on the Luofu, single, and working as a Trainee Judge at the Ten Lords Bureau. My Xianzhou ID is..."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Bai Sheng quickly interrupted her. If he didn't stop her, this little girl would reveal all her personal information.

"You don't need to be so detailed. Would you like to come to my shop and chat? If it doesn't inconvenience you."

"Okay, okay, of course, no problem. Benefactor won't do anything to me, will you? Tail, behave yourself!"

Huohuo agreed and then lightly patted her big green tail with her hand, whispering the last part.

Bai Sheng had noticed her unusual tail long ago. Unlike a normal fleshy tail, Huohuo's tail seemed more like a ball of energy. If he had to compare it to something, it resembled the Lord of Annihilation, Phantylia, he had encountered before.

If he hadn't fully activated his Spirit Puppet to investigate, Bai Sheng might have pulled out Pandora and attacked Huohuo the moment he first saw her.

He would deal with Phantylia sooner or later! Beleria shouldn't have died for nothing.

Pushing open the door to the barbecue shop, Bai Sheng found a table for Huohuo and casually took a bottle of Sushang from the refrigerator, handing it to her.

"Ah, thank you."

Although Bai Sheng didn't quite understand why a bottle of drink could make this Little Fox Person so happy, he felt that with Huohuo around, his heart felt a bit more at peace. Moreover, Bai Sheng always suspected he could probably trick this little one into leaving with just a piece of candy.

"You mentioned the Ten Lords Bureau earlier, right?"

Bai Sheng asked casually. He wanted to know more, as the information online was too vague. He only knew that the Ten Lords Bureau managed prisoners, and he didn't want to bother Jing Yuan with everything.

After all, Jing Yuan had given him plenty of time, and he hadn't even finished exploring the Luofu yet. As everyone knows, the most interesting things in a region are never the famous attractions.

"The Ten Lords Bureau? Does Benefactor want to work there?"

Huohuo asked, simultaneously pressing down her restless tail with her slender hand.

She also tightened the talismans on her tail.

"Not exactly. I just wanted to ask what kind of place the Ten Lords Bureau is. I'm just curious. I've been on the Luofu for so long, and I haven't visited the Ten Lords Bureau yet."

"The Ten Lords Bureau governs all matters concerning the life and death of Eternals, their transgressions, and the Mara-struck, and is not subject to the Six Imperial Edicts. It is the institution responsible for monitoring the lifespan and laws of the Eternals within the Xianzhou Alliance. It is responsible for receiving Xianzhou citizens who are about to become Mara-struck and for detaining criminals who have committed unforgivable sins. I'm sorry, Benefactor, I cannot say anything more."

"I understand, I understand. And stop calling me Benefactor. Just call me by my name, Bai Sheng is fine."

"Is that okay?"

"It's fine. It's a bit awkward always being called that. We're friends now, and I prefer to have a conversation as equals."

Bai Sheng said, handing Huohuo some snacks.

"Friends? Okay, hehe, can I call you Ah Sheng?"

Looking at Huohuo's sparkling big eyes, Bai Sheng was momentarily dazed. He vaguely remembered that the last person who called him that was his mother. For some reason, Bai Sheng inexplicably agreed.

"Hehe, Ah Sheng."

Huohuo was overjoyed. She had made a friend, a friend who had saved her life. Unintentionally, her hand covering her tail loosened, and a voice that sounded remarkably like another world's Lyney emerged from Huohuo's tail:

"No way, you little brat, you believe anyone! You do whatever they say, and you even put on that stupid charm to shut me up. If it weren't for me, could you have become a judge in decades when others can't even in centuries? If they were a bad person, wouldn't my savings be gone!"

A ball of cyan, wolf-like fox fire emerged from Huohuo's tail. As soon as it appeared, it started scolding Huohuo fiercely.

"Tail! Go back, go back! Please!"

Huohuo was clearly flustered. She didn't want to lose this meaningful friend today because of her tail's strangeness.

Her anxious look was almost tearful.

"Hey! You little crybaby, are you done yet? Yo, kid, I'm warning you, this is my food reserve. If you have any wicked intentions, don't blame me for being impolite!"

The tail said that he actually felt the goodwill Bai Sheng was releasing, but that wasn't a reason for Huohuo to trust anyone so easily.

"Food reserve? What do you want to do to my friend?"

Bai Sheng became serious. Ever since the incident with Beleria, he had cherished his friends even more, even though this was the first friend he had made on the Luofu.

The Spirit Puppets were fully unleashed, and a terrifying cold glint emanated from Pandora.

"Alright, take that murderous look away. Suiyang won't die. Besides, if I really get killed by you, the Ten Lords Bureau will be hounding you every day. I'm heading back now since there's nothing else."

Spirit Puppets could restrain all souls, and energy-based beings like him counted.

The tail also retreated into Huohuo's tail quite readily. After all, he, the great tail, could see through that kid's inner emotions at any time and wasn't afraid of him doing anything to Huohuo.