Chapter 241
Chapter 241
With warriors under the God of Slaughter escorting them, none of the wandering ghosts they encountered along the way dared attack. They did not even dare flee.
Instead, they dropped trembling to their knees on both sides of the road and only scrambled for their lives after Hua Jiunan’s party had passed far into the distance.
The sight filled Chen Daji with envy.
“Big Brother, when will I ever get to be that badass?”
“Li Yun would fall madly in love with me…”
The Hundred-Battle Warrior Spirit leading them smiled when he heard that.
“There is no need to belittle yourself, Young General.”
“Before your reincarnation, you befriended heroes from every corner of the realm on Celestial Wolf Mountain. You were an imposing figure yourself.”
Speaking of Li Yun, at that very moment she was facing the greatest danger of her life.
The two little rats leaped high at the Red-Dressed Female Ghost, only to be seized by the throat in each of the ghost’s hands.
They squealed shrilly in pain.
The sound jolted Li Yun awake. She hurriedly relit the candle, wanting to see what had happened.
In her panic, however, she accidentally set fire to the blood-written letter in her hand.
Then something miraculous happened.
The green smoke rising from the burning letter did not disperse. Instead, it formed three miniature Chen Dajis in midair.
Each stood five centimeters tall, and all three were blue-green from head to toe.
One was barehanded, one held a blood-red longbow, and the last carried an oversized slingshot.
The barehanded one shouted, “You stinking bitch! You dare scare my wife? I’ll fight you to the death!”
With that, he leaped high and battered the female ghost’s face with a wild flurry of punches.
The versions armed with the slingshot and longbow were no slower.
One pounded her nose while the other pierced her thigh, unleashing a rain of “long-range attacks” in an instant.
Caught off guard, the female ghost howled under the beating.
She dropped the two little rats and fled through the door.
The three miniature Chen Dajis immediately chased after her.
“Where do you think you’re going, you stinking bitch? Get back here and apologize to my wife!”
The scene left not only Student Li Yun dumbstruck, but the two little rats as well.
Once they recovered, the pair held a squeaking conference.
Then one stayed behind to keep protecting Li Yun, while the other stormed home to complain to Old Sixth Hui.
Li Yun had always been exceptionally clever.
Seeing how intelligent the little creatures were, she guessed that they had to be connected to Hua Jiunan and Chen Daji.
She bent down, lifted one of the little rats onto the table, then brought out peanuts and pastries for it.
“Eat all you like. Thank you for saving me just now.”
“It’s cold out. From now on, you can… you can live here in this room. Then you won’t freeze.”
The little rat did not stand on ceremony. Imitating a human, it rose onto its hind legs, cupped its front paws, and bowed to Li Yun.
Then it happily began eating.
After a while, the little rat seemed to grow embarrassed. Squeaking, it dragged a packet of spicy strips in through the door and placed it in front of Li Yun.
Li Yun found it marvelous. She did not think the little creature dirty at all, but took out a strip and ate it with relish.
And so girl and rat snacked and chatted together.
“My name is Li Yun. What’s yours?”
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”
“Little Squeaker, huh? I’m fifteen. How old are you?”
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”
…
There was no telling whether either one understood the other, but that did nothing to hamper their conversation.
They chatted this way for more than an hour, until Old Sixth Hui appeared outside the door.
Seeing Li Yun getting along so warmly with one of his descendants, Old Sixth Hui smiled from the bottom of his heart.
He coughed twice to announce himself.
“My apologies for disturbing the mistress of this room. May this old man come in?”
At the sight of Old Sixth Hui, the little rat immediately darted onto his shoulder.
It even offered him a shelled peanut.
Li Yun considered the scene for a moment and roughly guessed Old Sixth Hui’s identity.
Far from being frightened, she immediately rose and bowed.
“Please come in and sit down, Old Immortal. I’m sorry you had to come all this way so late at night.”
Her words and manners made Old Sixth Hui admire the young woman all the more.
“Beautiful inside and out. What a good child!”
“That brat Daji may usually be careless and loud, but he truly has a fine eye for people!”