Chapter 271: Beauty Like a Flower (8)
The Daoist did not act like a stranger and walked straight in.
The Daoist had an inverted triangular face.
His eyes slanted upwards, long and sharp, with a cold glint, like two deep, malevolent slits on his face; below his eyes, his nose was flat, reduced to two thin slits, and his mouth was stretched wide in an upward curve, occasionally flicking out a scarlet tongue, looking very bizarre.
Liu Sheng and Jiang Caibin exchanged glances.
Something was off about this person.
“Hold on, big brother, who are you?”
“This setting isn’t right, is it?”
“Isn’t this a world of mundane martial arts? How can such a character appear?”
“I don’t know. This person’s power doesn’t seem to be that of a Cultivator.”
“It’s more like…”
“A weird object.”
Liu Sheng reached a conclusion in her heart, and fear grew within her. The Little Tentacle inside her and Jiang Caibin were secretly preparing, ready to act at a moment’s notice.
“You, do you know her?” Liu Sheng asked first.
The Daoist’s head turned in Liu Sheng’s direction, his expression complex and unreadable.
After a moment of silence, he smiled.
“You, little girl, are interesting.”
“Aren’t you afraid of me?”
His tone was drawn out, sticky and cloying, utterly repulsive.
Liu Sheng’s expression remained unchanged as she calmly said, “If you wanted to attack us immediately, you wouldn’t be saying such ambiguous things, waiting for us to question you.”
“So, for now, we are safe.”
The Daoist nodded: “Indeed, you are very clever.”
“Thank you.” Liu Sheng was neither modest nor polite, stating it frankly.
After all, once bitten, twice shy.
“Moreover, there’s a familiar scent on your body.”
The Daoist took several exaggerated deep breaths, his thin nostrils slightly flared, his long tongue flicking out and swaying in the air, as if he had sniffed something. His eyes narrowed like a venomous snake.
“And that terrified little boy next to you,” the Daoist raised his chin and pointed at Jiang Caibin, who was trembling beside Liu Sheng, “he also has that scent, but it’s very faint.”
Liu Sheng knew he was likely referring to the Little Tentacle.
She hadn't expected this person to be able to sense the scent of weird objects.
“But strangely, you are not our kind.”
The Daoist’s voice held a hint of confusion, and a trace of scrutiny flashed in his eyes.
Then he raised a slender finger and pointed at Xiao Xiao: “She might have some potential.”
At this moment, Xiao Xiao sat beside Liu Sheng, watching everything expressionlessly, without showing any fear or curiosity. She simply leaned closer to Liu Sheng in silence.
“Senior, what do you mean by ‘our kind’?”
“And what are you?”
Liu Sheng looked into the Daoist’s eyes and slowly asked the questions in her heart.
The Daoist laughed heartily upon hearing this.
Along with his laughter, his mouth split wider and wider, revealing scarlet gums and a row of slender, sharp, cold-gleaming teeth, while his long tongue flicked out like a snake’s.
The black in his eyes spread, turning his entire eyeballs pure black, as he stared mockingly at Liu Sheng.
“Like this, do you still want to know the answer?”
His long, snake-like tongue hissed, waiting for Liu Sheng’s reply.
Jiang Caibin, beside them, was so scared he was almost fainting.
He had never participated in hunting weird objects and had always lived in the ivory tower of the academy. The last time he saw Lu Siniang was the scariest weird object he had ever encountered.
But Lu Siniang, after all, had no ability to move, while the being before them looked like it could crush them at any moment.
Xiao Xiao, on the other hand, was calmer, just watching peacefully, as if she had lost her ability to perceive.
“I want to know,” Liu Sheng said without hesitation.
However, the Daoist did not answer.
“Unfortunately, you are not qualified.”
He retracted the many abnormalities on his body and turned to look at Xiao Xiao.
“Little girl, are you willing to come with me?”
He put on a benevolent expression, as if afraid of scaring her away.
Xiao Xiao blinked her eyes, quite puzzled by the current situation: “Why should I go with you?”
“If you come with me, you can grow, instead of wasting your life in the mundane world.”
Xiao Xiao tilted her head and asked, “Grow, does that mean getting stronger?”
“Yes, with your Aptitude, you will become a rare powerhouse in the world.”
The Daoist seemed to see the desire in Xiao Xiao’s heart, and his voice was filled with temptation.
“From now on, no one can look down on you, bully you…”
“On the contrary, you can bully anyone you want, kill anyone you want, and trample everyone underfoot…”
The Daoist’s tone was highly inflammatory, and he fully expected to sway this naive little girl.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao suddenly looked up and asked a question.
“Then can Liu Sheng Jie and En Zai get stronger together with me?”
The Daoist was stunned, then realized she was referring to the two children sitting beside them, who were looking at him with shining eyes.
“Of course… not. They don’t have that Aptitude.”
Xiao Xiao looked troubled by this statement. After thinking for a while, she asked again.
“Then can I bring A-niang?”
“Well, of course you can…” The Daoist smiled, his lips curving into a gentle and benevolent smile.
However, Liu Sheng felt a chill.
“No, he won’t allow Xiao Xiao to bring A-niang.”
“This is all fake, he’s lying to her.”
“Because they need her.”
Perhaps the Daoist thought they were all children, so he didn’t deliberately hide the cunning in his eyes.
“So, will you come with me?” The Daoist extended his hand to Xiao Xiao.
“Don’t go! Xiao Xiao!” Jiang Caibin said anxiously, afraid that Xiao Xiao would actually be tempted.
Although he didn’t understand all the intricacies, this person appeared inexplicably and was definitely not an ordinary human.
Liu Sheng gently held Xiao Xiao’s hand and realized that Xiao Xiao’s palm was already damp and sweaty.
It seemed Xiao Xiao was also very smart and had realized it.
These two questions were deliberate.
The Daoist waited for Xiao Xiao’s answer, but Xiao Xiao looked at Liu Sheng, seemingly asking for her opinion.
Liu Sheng pondered for a moment and said, “You are a weird object, aren’t you?”
The Daoist hadn’t expected Liu Sheng to suddenly ask such a question.
“I don’t know what you mean by weird object.”
The Daoist flicked his tongue.
“I… am a New Human.”
“New Human?” Liu Sheng’s eyes widened, as if she had caught some very important information.
“What is a New Human? How are they created? When did they start appearing?”
Liu Sheng’s barrage of questions made the Daoist narrow his eyes, seriously scrutinizing the very curious sprout in front of him.
“You really have a lot of questions.”
“Do you, perhaps, want to come with me?”
However, without waiting for Liu Sheng’s answer, he withdrew his gaze.
“I won’t take you.”
“You have no potential.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng’s gaze instantly turned cold.
“Is that so?”
The Daoist returned a chilling gaze, sneering slightly.
“What, judging by your eyes, do you want to hit me?”
“Yes.” Liu Sheng nodded seriously.
The Daoist scoffed at her words.
Immediately, however, his narrowed eyes widened.
Countless thick tentacles spread out from Xiao Xiao’s small body.
The dark, lustrous tentacles contained countless brilliant specks of light, like a deep starry sky.
The Daoist focused his gaze, but almost got lost in them, losing his sanity.
Not good!
The Daoist cursed inwardly, struggling to pull his consciousness out.
But it was too late.
The overwhelming tentacles swept towards him!
However, at this moment, a “click” sound came from an unknown place.
Then, everything became still.
The campfire even stopped flickering, frozen into a picture.
And Liu Sheng herself felt her consciousness being shielded, while also being unable to move or speak.
The Little Tentacle, no, now a Big Tentacle, was frozen in mid-air, maintaining the shape of strands gathering and reaching out towards the Daoist.
Not to mention Jiang Caibin and Xiao Xiao beside them.