"Hey! You little brat, don't treat me like your bed!" Qi Ling said helplessly. With such a cute girl lying on her back, it was hard not to have all sorts of wild thoughts.
"Don't be so stingy! It's just a short rest. I was exhausted from searching for the Golden Cup Spirit Fruit. If I don't rest, I won't have the strength to catch it later!" Xiao Ye said matter-of-factly.
Helpless, Qi Ling could only remain in that position, observing the movement at the bait. He seemed to sense that Xiao Ye was indeed asleep on his back, and that some kind of liquid had flowed onto his back.
"This girl, did she drool on me?" Qi Ling said helplessly. "I'll have to ask her for a cleaning fee later!"
Persistence pays off. After maintaining this posture for another hour, a special creature emerged from among the Money Rat.
This Money Rat is much larger than the others, and its fur is not pure gold, but a mix of gold and red. Its claws and mouth are also much longer than those of ordinary Money Rat.
Of course, most importantly, it has two identical tails trailing behind it, gently swaying back and forth in the air.
"It actually appeared. Could it be that, as this girl said, we are destined to be together?" Qi Ling thought to herself as she looked at the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
But regardless, the most important thing now is to catch the Twin-Tailed Money Rat, so Qi Ling gently shook Xiao Ye on her back and whispered to her, "Hey, wake up, it's here! It's appeared."
"Hmm~ What happened? Is it time for breakfast?" Xiao Ye asked, rubbing her sleepy eyes and yawning.
"You little rascal, you can really sleep!" Qi Ling said helplessly. " The Twin-Tailed Money Rat has appeared. If we don't act now, it'll get away!"
Xiao Ye playfully stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm sleepy! Where's the Twin-Tailed Money Rat? Let me see!"
After dismounting from Qi Ling's back, Xiao Ye looked in the direction of the bait and exclaimed excitedly, "Wow! It really is it! Quick, quick, don't let it get away!"
"Don't worry, I was prepared. It can't escape!" Qi Ling laughed, then pressed a switch, and a net immediately rose from the ground, catching all the Money Rat in one fell swoop.
One of the main characteristics of the Money Rat is its speed and its excellent ability to hide. So if you try to catch it on the first try, you will not have a second chance to lure it in.
Therefore, Qi Ling set up a trap at the bait from the very beginning, so that as soon as it appeared, she could catch it immediately and avoid alerting the enemy.
"Done!" Qi Ling thought to himself, then immediately stepped forward to retrieve the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
Just then, a warning bell rang in Qi Ling's heart. Immediately afterward, a whooshing sound came as a sharp arrow shot straight toward his face. Its speed and force were unprecedented in his life.
If hit by this arrow, even Qi Ling would surely be either killed or seriously injured, but he was completely unprepared for it, and now it was too late to dodge.
In the critical moment, a delicate shout of "Watch out!" rang out, and then Xiao Ye suddenly appeared beside Qi Ling, pushing him aside and dodging the fatal arrow.
Having narrowly escaped death, Qi Ling felt not only relief but also astonishment at Xiao Ye's speed. She hadn't expected her to be so fast; she hadn't even had time to react.
The person who had secretly shot the arrow, seeing that his attack had missed, let out a soft "Eh," but did not reveal himself. Instead, he spoke to the two of them using a special method of telepathy.
"Put down that Twin-Tailed Money Rat and leave! Otherwise, my next arrow will surely take your lives!"
[Ding! The host is being challenged by the vice leader of the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group. Please choose from the following options.]
Option 1: Avoid the challenge. Immediately drop the Twin-Tailed Money Rat and run away, and do not return to the Star Dou Great Forest for a short period of time. Reward: "Coward" title. Soul Power will stagnate for one year and you will lose the opportunity to continue to receive rewards.
Option Two: Accept the challenge, refuse the other party's conditions, and officially start a war with the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group. If you achieve certain results, you will receive the following rewards: Soul Power Level +1, Faction Points +1, Xiao Ye's Favorability +10%, and the God Skill: Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils will reach the Perfect Realm!
What's the point of choosing? With these conditions, there's simply no choice! I can't accept any of the rewards in the first option, and I can't give up any of the rewards in the second option. There's absolutely no need to choose.
Besides, he had just been threatened with an arrow and almost lost his life. If he were to leave here like this, he might as well give up and just kill himself.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have selected option two: to officially wage war against the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group and have achieved the following results: eliminating at least half of the members and eliminating one of the two vice-leaders.]
[Rewards: Soul Power Level +1, Faction Points +1, Xiao Ye's Favorability +10%, God Skill: Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils of Truth cultivation reached perfection!]
Although he received many rewards, without a doubt, the one that improved Qi Ling the most was the God Skill skill: Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils! This was the first God Skill Qi Ling cultivated to perfection.
The improvement in Qi Ling's Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils realm has brought about tremendous changes, but he will need to gradually develop these changes in the future!
But now, he can use a new ability of his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, an incredibly powerful one: "X-ray vision"!
As long as Qi Ling channeled his Soul Power into his eyes and activated his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, he could make everything in front of him transparent, thus observing other things behind one object.
For example, right now, Qi Ling immediately spotted a person carrying a bow and arrow standing on a branch of a large tree about 400 meters away, hiding behind the tree and secretly watching the situation here.
Undoubtedly, this person was the one who ambushed Qi Ling earlier, one of the vice leaders of the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group, and the bow in his hand was his Martial Soul, the Piercing Willow Bow!
For Soul Master whose Martial Soul is the bow and arrow, distance is their lifeline! If the distance is sufficient, they can even fight opponents far stronger than themselves.
However, once the enemy gets close, their weak melee ability will make them the weakest among Soul Master of the same level. After all, no one will be afraid of an archer who never gets a chance to draw his bow and shoot.
This is why he never showed himself and instead used a method of telepathy that wouldn't reveal his location to communicate with Qi Ling and the others.
Unfortunately, all his schemes came to naught under the discerning eyes of the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.