Chapter 443
Rewards
Chapter 443 Rewards
And so, having completed her mission, "Snow Seal" disappeared after she summoned the Book of Falling Feathers, while the shattered mosquito fragments transformed into streams of light that condensed in the air.
Within seconds, a faintly glowing talisman appeared in the air.
After the capture was complete, Bai Lingshan came to Yu Gui's side: "Thank you for helping me."
Rain Ghost nodded its big dog head, its large, watery eyes blinking. It still looked the same as it had on the spirit-taming platform, only now it had a touch more adorable blankness. "Want... a reward..."
It looked at her, nodding with each word it uttered, but the sound seemed muffled in its vocal tract and couldn't come out.
Bai Lingshan shifted slightly, her ears perked up intently.
"reward……"
This time, she heard clearly, and quickly took out her purse from her pocket, pulled out a handful of shiny little leaves, hesitated for a second, and handed them to it: "I only have spirit coins here, how many do you want?"
Rain Ghost shook his head.
"...Then what do you want?" Bai Lingshan looked bewildered.
"Reward...reward me..."
It suddenly panicked, knelt down on the ground with a thud, and threw its precious fan aside.
Bai Lingshan never expected it to be like this, and quickly moved to the right to avoid the kneeling that she could not bear.
"Why are you kneeling down... Get up right now."
She quickly went to help it, but it refused.
"Ear... ear... light..."
It opened its mouth again and raised its hand to place it on its dog's face.
In an instant, Bai Lingshan suddenly understood.
"Please...give me...a...slap..."
The complete words appeared exactly as she had imagined, and Bai Lingshan's mouth twitched, stunned for a long time.
"How about you choose another one?"
But the dog was filled with anticipation, its paws rubbing together rapidly, as if... it desperately wanted it.
……
Bai Lingshan was speechless: "You helped me just now."
And how can a slap be considered a reward?
"Please! Give me! A... slap!"
What should I do...?
Looking over, one could see a reflection in the mirror watching the commotion.
Mirror shrugged, seemingly unconcerned. Perhaps seeing Bai Lingshan's sincerity, he casually pointed at the kneeling Rain Ghost and said, "Satisfy it!"
"..." Bai Lingshan was even more speechless.
"Slap me!" Rain Ghost was almost crying, his eyes were red.
"alright."
Bai Lingshan gave in, lowered her head to prepare herself for the worst, and aimed a slap at its dog face.
*Snap!* A crisp sound echoed through the sky.
She didn't deliberately control the force of the slap, nor did she use any extra force, but the pain was felt on her hand as it hit the dog's face.
"Are you alright?" she asked weakly.
But after a moment of surprise, the rain ghost happily swayed its body. The blush on its face, whether from being hit by her or growing on its own, was quite beautiful.
"laugh……"
"..."
"That's more like it, shall we go?"
Hearing the mirror image call her that, she bowed to the rain ghost to say goodbye, hoping that when she saw it next time, it would be in a normal mental state.
Hmm... Bai Lingshan looked at the sky filled with falling green snow. Perhaps this was the last time they would ever meet.
After walking for several tens of minutes, they returned to the Headless Inn, but as soon as they approached the door, they heard the sound of bowls and chopsticks being smashed inside.
She remembered that when she checked in, the pale-faced Ah Tao was wary of thieves. There were no surveillance cameras like those that were everywhere in their hometown, so encountering such things was quite common.
She wasn't exactly a busybody, but by staying here and protecting this place, she was protecting a stable and secure home for herself in this desolate Willow Flower Plain.
Bai Lingshan entered the room quickly, without any hesitation.
Broken bowls littered the floor, and tables and chairs lay scattered haphazardly throughout the room. But upon closer inspection, one could see that the only other thing in the entire inn was the two owners, each with one head on one side, choking each other around the neck.
"..."
The owner was short but surprisingly sturdy. When he pushed to the left, he bumped into a table, and the bowl next to it fell to the ground. When he pushed to the right, he bumped into a pillar, and the whole inn shook a few times.
They all wanted to control this body, but because of that, none of them could.
"I already told you the cabbages were a gift from Sister Fairy! You're not allowed to lay a finger on them!"
"What good are you anyway! Who's going to eat you! Are you going to eat you or am I going to eat you?!"
"I have my limits! Touch me again and I'll strangle you!"
"Then pinch me as hard as you can! If I die, you can be reincarnated!"
"Say that again! I'll really strangle you!"
Jingying was speechless: "It's those two arguing again, it's really a headache."
They've been here for over a week, and you can hear them arguing almost every day—a small argument every day, a big one every three days—as if their two heads are born to argue.
"You can grow cabbages! But you can't secretly ask others if they want some! And you absolutely can't let me hear you!"
Perhaps they noticed their return, because the pale-faced Ah Tao immediately raised his voice, mimicking the dark-faced man's usual憨笑 (simple-minded smile) and ingratiating manner, "I'm just asking! Miss Aruo, I'll cook a few dishes with this cabbage for you for free, would you like some?"
His tone was not only foreign and strange, but also had a vulgar edge.
How could Ah Ci, with her dark face, tolerate this? "Are you seriously ill?!"
Bai Lingshan smiled awkwardly, thinking she could simply not reply: "No need, thank you..."
"Miss Aruo! Don't take it to heart!"
"Um……"
Yes, the girl Aruo they were talking about was her. Because the name Bai Lingshan was synonymous with the holder of the Book of Featherfall, she had to change her name to hide her identity.
She couldn't think of a new name, so she used one character from her original name, Ruo.
"What's wrong! You're not copying me? You're just like this! Hey~~, this is our signature dish~~, want to try it~~" The provocation from the pale-faced Ah Tao continued to escalate.
"..." Ah Ci's face was dark, and the veins on her temples were bulging. She then shouted angrily, "Get out of here! I'm annoyed just looking at you!"
If they hadn't been staring intently at each other, Bai Lingshan would have thought she was the one who was about to leave.
"Then get out! Get out of my body!"
"If anyone's going to leave, it's you who should leave!"
"Stop arguing, harmony brings wealth."
She wasn't exactly a peacemaker, but she felt that continuing to argue like this was pointless. Otherwise, if they argued for hours on end, it would be easy for her to get distracted while practicing darts in the room.
Before she could even get close, their heads collided violently, and the place where their necks connected to their bodies suddenly cracked open.
The next second, the two heads, each with its own virtual body, separated.
"!" What? Bai Lingshan was startled. These two can really separate and become two people?
The next second, the pale-faced Ah Tao's foot slipped as he was backing away, and he crashed straight into her.
She instinctively tried to dodge, but didn't see that her foot had stepped on a piece of bowl. Just like that, her foot slipped, and she instantly lost her balance.
Suddenly, an object like a wall pressed against her and pushed her in the opposite direction, allowing her to regain her balance.
what happened?
Bai Lingshan immediately turned around to look, but found no one behind her and nothing to lean on.