Chapter Twelve Little Devil

  A red streak of lightning flashed into the midst of Ling and the small beast.

  A crisp sound rang out, and Ling Lin collided with this sudden uninvited guest. Ling Lin's expression was solemn, and the seemingly weak red silk was actually so hard that his seventh-level true energy couldn't do anything to it.

  "Huh." A soft voice sounded, and Ling Lin suddenly turned his head. A stunning figure appeared in front of him. It was a 16 or 17-year-old girl, with a corner of her white dress fluttering gently in the wind. The girl's peerless face had sparkling eyes, long eyelashes, a straight nose, and red lips that made her look as beautiful as an elf, pure like an angel.

  Looking down again, a dark shadow was gently rubbing against the girl's chest, with a pair of big eyes rolling around restlessly. This shadow was none other than that little beast. At this time, seeing Ling Lin looking over, the little beast hurriedly buried its head in the girl's chest, apparently afraid of Ling Lin.

  "This beast is so colorful." Ling Lin secretly curled his lip.

  "Why are you bullying Xiao Lan?" The girl looked up at Ling Lin, her bright eyes flashing with a hint of mischief. Xiao Lan was the name of that little beast.

  "He's secretly eating black iron wood." Ling Lin said softly.

  "Is this all just rotten wood?" The girl stretched out her hand and pointed at the surrounding ironwood trees.

  Although the black iron wood is not very precious, it's not ordinary either. But when this girl says it, it becomes a rotten wooden head, and Ling Lin has a dark face, but he can still argue with a little girl. Ling Lin thought to himself, without realizing that he was just a sixteen-year-old kid too.

  Looking at Ling Lin's speechless appearance, the girl's cunning expression became even more pronounced, and she said: "Isn't it just eating some rotten wood? How can you bully my little lazy one like this!" The girl's bright and clear big eyes were now somewhat misty.

  Ling Lin was at a loss, if he had the choice, he would rather fight to the death with others than face this girl who seemed like she was going to cry at any moment, and thought that he must have done something terribly wrong.

  Ling Lin didn't know that this move in front of him was the girl's usual tactic, and what followed would be when she revealed her devilish nature.

  "Look what you've scared it into." The girl appeared to be very sympathetic as she stroked the small beast, but in a subtle movement, her hand hidden in her sleeve quickly pinched the little creature in her arms.

  "Meow", the little beast felt pain, let out a soft cry, and lifted its head with a wronged expression, looking at its owner in confusion as to why it was being pinched.

  He involuntarily twitched the corner of his mouth, and Ling Lin's heart wailed in despair. What kind of devil had he encountered? With an angelic exterior, but inside was a stark naked devilish body.

  The girl held the little beast horizontally and turned it around, letting its pitiful eyes face Ling Lin. Looking at the little beast, Ling Lin felt a sense of sympathy.

  "What do you want to do?" Ling Lin was really afraid of the little devil in front of him. Although his cultivation was stronger than himself, he pretended to be a weak and bullied person. What could he do?

  "I've been waiting for you to say that." The girl was secretly pleased, her mischievous nature fully revealed. She stretched out a finger and said, "I want to go traveling, I'm short of a little follower by my side." After finishing speaking, she looked at Ling Lin with an expression that seemed to say "you're in luck".

  "Do you want me to be your follower?" Ling Lin already knew what the girl's purpose was. He thought to himself: After taking such a big detour, it turned out to be for this. This is simply a great opportunity that has been delivered to his doorstep. He had been struggling with how to leave Qingyuan Sect, but didn't expect such an easy opportunity to present itself right in front of him. Ling Lin almost couldn't help but burst out laughing with joy.

  "What's wrong, you don't want to?" The little devil exhaled a dangerous aura as he stared at Ling Lin who remained silent for half a day.

  "Heh heh." With a dry laugh, Ling Lin said: "Then what's in it for me?" Now was the time to turn the tables and blackmail him.

  "Hmmph. What's in it for you?" The little devil glanced at Ling Lin. In an instant, Ling Lin felt a chill run down his spine. "Being able to follow me is your greatest benefit. As soon as I give the word, how many people will come running to be my followers? It's not like you're even worthy of being considered, you little brat who isn't even fully grown." The little devil said proudly, strutting around like a peacock spreading its tail feathers.

  "Then why did you still come to deceive me into being your follower?" Ling Lin said in a low voice.

  Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, the little devil suddenly flew into a rage and shrieked: "What do you mean by 'swindling', you rotten woodhead, you're dead for sure..."

  Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he finally calmed down the little devil's emotions. After a series of probing questions from Ling Lin, he roughly figured out what had happened.

  This little beast called Xiao Lan is a strange and mysterious creature known as the Metal-Eater Beast. It feeds on some rare and unusual metals and minerals. As for why it ended up in Tie Mu Lin, it's actually because of Little Devil's negligence, who didn't notice that Xiao Lan's food had been eaten clean. The starving Xiao Lan followed the scent to Tie Mu Lin. And then what happened next is what you see now.

  Little devil called Shi Ning, is the only daughter of Qing Yuan Zong's master, at a young age she was already matchless in beauty, and had a large number of guardian angels, plus her demonic nature, in Qing Yuan Zong she was also a little overlord-like figure, often causing chaos in Qing Yuan Zong.

  This time, she who had been bored with the sect and had never contacted the outside world decided to sneak out and have some fun, under the pretext of training. When she was hastily preparing to leave the sect, she suddenly found that her pet was gone. So she followed her intuition and searched for it. Coincidentally, she discovered this scene, and the little devil suddenly thought that she still lacked a little follower and didn't have time to find someone else. So, she set her sights on Ling Lin.

  "Who would have thought such a thing could happen." Ling Lin couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, but he was still quite happy, after all, he could finally leave Qing Yuan Sect.

  ……

  At the foot of Qingyuan Mountain, in a clump of grass, two cunning heads popped out.

  "What about the large array of mountain guards in front?" Ling Lin pointed forward and asked.

  If viewed from high altitude, the entire Qingyuan Sect is under a huge cyan canopy. This cyan canopy is the protective array of Qingyuan Sect and also the last layer of obstruction for Ling Lin and others to leave Qingyuan Sect.

  "You wooden head, I've told you several times to call her 'Shi Jie'," Shi Ning said with an air of authority, "Is that not simple?" As she spoke, she pulled out a wooden token from her bosom and pressed it forward.

  In front of him, with the wooden sign as the center, a cyan-colored canopy rippled out like a wave. Then, an entrance about one person's size appeared.

  "Stop daydreaming and hurry up." Shi Ningning patted Ling Lin's head, saying. The two figures disappeared at the entrance of the cave.

  At this time, Ling Lin and the others did not know that their supposedly secret actions had already been discovered. In a cave in Qing Yuan Sect, there was a huge bronze mirror hanging on the wall, reflecting every move of Ling Lin and the others. Under the bronze mirror, a middle-aged man in purple robes smiled helplessly: "This girl."