As Feng Baobao lunged toward him, Lu You casually tucked the Precious Beads behind his back. Once it was out of her sight, her stray tuft of hair instantly stood upright, and she eyed him suspiciously.
"Little lady, we meet again."
Although Feng Baobao was far older than his actual age, he was clearly more mature than she was, so in terms of mental age, there was nothing wrong with calling her that.
"You ain't tricking me, are you?"
Seeing Feng Baobao grow wary, Lu You smiled and handed her the Precious Beads, then said:
"Feng Baobao, have you ever learned any of the Eight Extraordinary Skills?"
The girl's eyes shone brilliantly as she kept turning the Precious Beads over to examine them.
"Nope."
Her denial was decisive. Lu You nodded. He thought she probably would not lie, but he still wanted to try, so he raised a fingertip.
"Binding talisman."
The azure lines formed by the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art turned into countless chains, practically wrapping Feng Baobao up like a rice dumpling. The girl stared at him, bewildered.
Just now, she had actually failed to react.
It wasn't a matter of speed. This idiot's attack had no hostility behind it...
Sure enough, he was the same type as that foreigner beside him.
"Don't be nervous. I won't do anything to you. Besides, you wouldn't want me to take your Precious Beads straight back, would you?"
"Don't sell me again... Gouwa said nobody would ever sell me again."
Feng Baobao struggled, but finding the chains far tougher than she had imagined, she could only give up helplessly. Her ink-black, obsidian eyes were filled with clear-eyed stupidity.
No, that should have been cleverness.
"As the great Daoist Tianji, how could I do something so vile? Rest assured."
Lu You gave