Small Talk

Xiao Xun Er stared blankly as Xiao Bai gradually walked away, then suddenly transmitted in an icy tone:

"Old Ling, protect him according to my instructions last night. If anything happens to him, you don't need to come back either."

Although judging by Xiao Bai's manner, he trusted that old man greatly, she still could not feel at ease.

Ling Ying, hidden in the distant shadows, felt bitter inside. This was the second time he had heard those words. The first time had been when the young lady came to the Xiao Clan, and the Clan Head had said them.

"Yes, Miss."

"Boy Xiao Bai, control your lightning properly. Don't let it shock this old man!"

Old Man Yao saw Xiao Bai put the ring on his hand and solemnly warned him from inside the ring.

Hearing this, Xiao Bai narrowed his eyes. From Old Man Yao's tone, he seemed extremely wary of his thunder, but Xiao Bai did not think he had ever attacked this old man with lightning before!

"Senior, my lightning still isn't very powerful. It shouldn't be able to hurt you, right?" Xiao Bai said, somewhat probing.

"Hmph! You brat, still pretending. If not for that bolt of lightning you struck this old man with back then, making me sleep for two months, how could that brat Xiao Yan possibly have broken through to Two Star Fighter!"

Old Man Yao grumbled somewhat unhappily from within the ring.

Xiao Bai became thoughtful. It seemed there had been a story back then!

This old man must have been spying on him the second time he beat up Xiao Yan. He had sensed something at the time too, but when Old Man Yao suddenly went quiet, he had not paid it any mind.

It seemed the Divine Edict had acted at that moment. Tsk, tsk. Old Man Yao really had been lucky. He had not been struck by the Divine Edict until his soul scattered and vanished. It had probably only seen that he had no ill intent and warned him off.

"Boy Xiao Bai, where are we going? You should be able to tell this old man now, right?" The more Old Man Yao thought about this, the more his teeth itched with resentment. This little fox had firmly refused to tell him the destination before he came out.

"The Demon Beast Mountain Range!"

"The Demon Beast Mountain Range? There are Heavenly Flames there?" Old Man Yao was somewhat surprised.

"No."

"Then what are you going there for? You brat, you aren't toying with this old man, are you?" Old Man Yao was somewhat suspicious, though he was not angry.

"We'll go get something first, then we'll go take the Heavenly Flame!" Xiao Bai said calmly.

He was going to that cave in the Demon Beast Mountain Range to get the Flying Dou Skills. Otherwise, searching for the Heavenly Flame in the desert on two legs would be far too inconvenient.

He just did not know whether Xiao Yi Xian had already obtained the map. If she had not, then he could only search cliff by cliff around the outskirts of the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

"What thing are you getting? This old man is rather curious. You brat haven't left Wutan City since you were little, so how do you know so much?"

This time Old Man Yao was truly a little surprised. This brat had grown up right under his nose since childhood, so why did it feel as though he understood the outside world so well? Compared to Xiao Bai, his disciple was the one who seemed like a normal youth raised in Wutan City.

Could this brat have some existence like him on him too?

But from his observations over this recent period, this brat seemed not to understand certain things that were common knowledge to strong people, so it did not quite seem like it.

"Nothing special. I read a lot from a young age, and I liked listening to people tell stories. When I was little, I met a strange person in Wutan City called Tian Canzi, who told me many stories about the Dou Qi Continent. That's why I understand this world a little more than ordinary people, that's all!"

Xiao Bai was going to spend quite a long time with Old Man Yao, so with some things, he was too lazy to find excuses to hide them. This explanation was the most perfect; anything could be pushed onto it.

Whether he believed it or not, Xiao Bai believed it anyway. In any case, this was more or less the truth.

"Oh? Wutan City had such a person?"

Old Man Yao did not particularly doubt Xiao Bai's words. There were many strong people in this world, and it was not strange for some of them to have all sorts of odd hobbies. Back when he had been at his peak, he had seen plenty.

"It did! I find Wutan City to be quite a special place. In the past there was Tian Canzi, now there is someone like you, Senior, and who knows what sort of people might appear in the future! Don't you think so, Senior?"

Xiao Bai smiled calmly, a little teasing yet also a little serious as he asked Old Man Yao in return.

When Old Man Yao heard Xiao Bai's words, he thought it over carefully and realized that it was indeed true. Setting aside himself and that so-called Tian Canzi, even in the tiny Xiao Clan alone, there was this young man before him and that little girl with an extraordinary background.

Tsk, tsk. He really had not expected this small city in a remote corner of the Northwest Continent to possess such fortune.

"Right, you brat still haven't answered what you're going to the Demon Beast Mountain Range to get?" At this moment, Old Man Yao suddenly remembered that Xiao Bai had not answered his earlier question.

Xiao Bai was somewhat helpless. Why did it feel like Old Man Yao was especially talkative today? Could menopause have arrived?

"I'm going to help a senior handle his funeral arrangements, and collect a bit of payment along the way!" Xiao Bai said somewhat vaguely.

"You brat aren't going Tomb Robbing, are you?" Old Man Yao pondered for a moment, then said with some suspicion.

"What are you talking about, Senior! I simply can't bear to let an old senior's corpse lie exposed in the wilderness, so I'm letting him rest in peace, all right! Besides, Senior, do you dare say you've never entered a strong person's tomb and fought over the fortune inside?" Xiao Bai immediately retorted.

The "Flame Mantra" and the poison pill control method for the Calamity Poison Body in this old man's hands seemed to have both come from such places.

"This old man is not looking down on your actions. I simply wanted to ask what this person's cultivation was while alive, so we don't end up getting trapped in there!" Seeing that he had misunderstood, Old Man Yao opened his mouth to explain.

On the Dou Qi Continent, other than strong people who came from races with astonishing foundations like the Ancient Eight Clans, what strong person had not entered a cave dwelling or tomb? In that regard, there were not really any moral shackles on the continent.

Even the owners of those cave dwellings and tombs were perfectly aware of this.

Before this, he might have looked down a little on this place, but after hearing Xiao Bai mention Tian Canzi just now, he had no choice but to be careful.

One had to know that right now, he was only a Soul Body. If Xiao Bai had received some wrong information and entered a Dou Zun-level tomb, then he could not be blamed for backing out.

Based on his past experience exploring strong people's cave dwellings and tombs, every strong person valued the peace they had after death greatly.

There would be many obstacles set inside. If it really was someone of that level, then with the two of them, one crippled and one young, they absolutely could not go there right now.

Hearing this, Xiao Bai also knew he had misunderstood just now. After all, from the perspective of his previous life, tomb robbing was not something honorable. It was illegal, which was why he had overreacted a little.

Besides, whenever tomb robbing was mentioned, he could not help but think of a certain utterly shameless fatty.

"Don't worry, Senior. This person was at most a Dou Emperor when he was alive. He can't threaten either of us!" Xiao Bai comforted him, a little speechless.

Damn it. He hadn't expected Yao Lao to be this cautious now. He had been the Pavilion Master of Starfall Pavilion in life, a Peak Dou Zun figure—shouldn't he look down on everything in this tiny Jia Ma Empire?

Xiao Bai chatted with the somewhat talkative Yao Lao as they traveled, and the journey didn't feel boring.

The two talked about everything under the sun the whole way. One had a wealth of experience, while the other had read the original work, so they had quite a lively chat—but there was no real substance to it at all. It was all just bragging.

After three days, the small town at the foot of the Demon Beast Mountain Range was already visible in the distance.

Green Mountain Town had arrived!