Want to Run? Too Late, You Can Only Be a Guard Dog

Zhao Gongming gazed at Yazi, whose presence had grown terribly weak.

His heart was filled with shock.

From beginning to end,

Senior Lin Tian had remained inside the house, never even showing himself.

Yet he had confidently thrown Yazi into the spirit water, which was filled to the brim with spiritual Qi.

It was as though he had no fear whatsoever that Yazi would escape.

Clearly, he had tremendous confidence in the formation in the courtyard!

And the facts had proven

that the power of this formation

was indeed formidable enough!

Even moving as fast as lightning, Yazi had been swiftly detected, triggering the formation and being sent flying.

It had even sapped Yazi's strength!

The entire sequence of measures had flowed together seamlessly,

without the slightest delay!

It looked simple,

but doing it well was incredibly difficult!

Especially when it came to stopping Yazi of the Dragon Clan.

To stop him through the formation's power alone, the power of the formation

had to surpass a Quasi-Saint at the very least!

And creating such a formation also placed extremely high demands on its creator's strength.

The creator had to be a being who surpassed a Quasi-Saint at the very least!

As Zhao Gongming reeled in shock,

the Three Xiaos standing beside him also had looks of astonishment in their eyes!

Clearly,

they too had been stunned!

Just as they were reeling in shock,

a faint rustling sound suddenly came from the wooden house ahead.

Lin Tian walked out of the house.

When he saw that the courtyard was covered in water,

and that an animal covered in scales but resembling a wolf was lying on the ground,

Lin Tian frowned and walked over to it.

His brows immediately rose.

Huh? Erha?

Looks like it's asleep? Or is it unconscious?

Looking at Yazi's face, Lin Tian was immediately struck with surprise.

The animal lying on the ground,

apart from the dark-gold scales covering its body,

looked very much like a dog in every other respect.

And its most distinctive feature, its head,

aside from the two deerlike antlers on top,

looked remarkably like the Erha Lin Tian had raised in his previous life.

"It's probably a mutated breed from the Primordial World."

"But how did this animal turn up here?"

At Lin Tian's strange words,

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos froze and looked at one another.

Erha?

What was that?

They had truly never heard of one.

Was he talking about Yazi?

What did Yazi have to do with Erha?

Zhao Gongming was bewildered for quite a while, but still couldn't make sense of what Lin Tian meant.

He didn't know what to say.

The Three Xiaos looked just as clueless and said nothing.

Just as these thoughts were going through their minds,

Lin Tian sighed inwardly.

This little fellow probably wandered in here by accident.

It just so happens I'm bored here in the courtyard. Why not make him a guard dog?

He looks familiar, too, doesn't he?

With that thought,

Lin Tian said no more.

Under the gazes of Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos,

he paid no mind to whether Yazi was unconscious and grabbed him by the neck.

Then he went to the courtyard entrance.

He found a length of hemp rope off to the side

and, with exceptionally practiced movements, tied it around Yazi's neck.

The other end of the rope

was tied to the edge of the fence.

When Zhao Gongming and the other three saw this,

they were dumbstruck!

"Senior, what are you doing?"

Zhao Gongming's voice sounded a little strained, as though he were utterly shocked by Lin Tian's actions.

As soon as his voice fell,

Lin Tian's casual reply made Zhao Gongming's eyes widen.

A look of astonishment flashed through his eyes.

"Oh, this little fellow looks like someone I used to know."

"I might as well tie him up and keep him as a guard dog."

Zhao Gongming: "..."

The Three Xiaos: "..."

Tie Yazi up?

Having seen him transform, Lin Tian no longer intended to eat him and planned to keep him penned up instead?

And as a guard dog, no less?!

The dignified crown prince of the Dragon Clan was being used to guard a gate!?

This...

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos exchanged glances, each seeing a trace of astonishment in the others' eyes.

Only Senior Lin Tian would dare treat a descendant of the Dragon Clan with such humiliation.

At first, Zhao Gongming had wanted to tell Lin Tian what had just happened.

But now, after seeing Lin Tian's astonishing actions,

the words he wanted to say caught in his throat.

Ah, Senior must have known everything that just happened long ago. He doesn't think much of Yazi at all, so he decided to make use of this piece of trash, right?

Just as he was feeling astonished,

Lin Tian finished tying Yazi up and strolled over to the cauldron.

When he saw the ground in front of him covered in standing water

and the cauldron tipped over, he frowned.

He instinctively looked inside.

When he saw that it was empty,

Lin Tian froze.

His scrutinizing gaze instantly fell on Yazi to one side.

In the end, he let out a long sigh.

He felt utterly helpless.

Well, there it is.

Erhas the world over are one family!

If they're not wrecking the house, they're on their way to wreck it.

That Erha probably made this whole mess.

That Erha most likely ate the fish that was in here!

Otherwise, how could it be such a mess!?

So that's why Fellow Daoist Gongming looked upset just now. He probably thought it would be awkward to explain.

After those thoughts flashed through his mind,

Lin Tian believed his guess was close enough to the truth.

So he said to Zhao Gongming,

"Fellow Daoist Gongming, I'm terribly sorry. This happened so suddenly, and now there's no fish to eat."

"But don't mind it. It's only a fish! It's nothing important."

Hearing Lin Tian's words,

Zhao Gongming was startled. He quickly shook his head and said,

"No matter, no matter!"

"Senior, there's no need to be so courteous!"

Even if they were offered the fish, they wouldn't dare eat it.

After eating it, they'd reek of the Dragon Clan from head to toe.

The Ancestral Dragon of the Dragon Clan would surely come after them to settle the score!

But

just as Zhao Gongming finished speaking,

Lin Tian's words made Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos freeze on the spot.

"I'd feel terrible about that. I already said I'd have you all join me for a meal."

Lin Tian thought they were just embarrassed,

so he waved a hand and started toward the exit, saying as he went,

"Wait here. I'll go catch a few more for you."

"I guarantee they'll be even better than the last one."

Zhao Gongming: "..."

The Three Xiaos: "..."

??

Catch what?

Catch Dragon Clan crown princes?

And a few of them at that?

Were members of the Dragon Clan so easy to kill?

After hearing Lin Tian's words,

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos all froze on the spot!