"I... Damn it! Dude, we've been friends since childhood. You're such a brute!"
"Uncle Li, I'm still young. You're an adult. Next time you're sick, I'll peel apples for you." Yong Shanling rolled her eyes, looked at Li Zhuo, and said with a smile.
"If Uncle doesn't want to do it, I can do it for him. It's the same as Uncle peeling it in a way."
Girl, don't you think there's something wrong with your logic? You're his bodyguard, not his wife. Li Zhuo stared at her in disbelief. Somehow, he felt like they were showing off their affection, but he had no evidence.
"I feel a bit stuffed," Li Zhuo said desperately.
"Recently, there's a rumor in the cultivation world that a Pre - Spiritual Grass has appeared in the Northern Mountains," Monkey Flower suddenly said, dropping a piece of news that excited Yong Shanling.
The Pre - Spiritual Grass can help those who haven't started cultivating to wash away one spiritual root. In the era of the decline of spiritual energy, the fewer spiritual roots, the better. Although they mainly cultivate through merit, it doesn't mean they can't use spiritual energy for cultivation. When the spiritual energy decreased, some great masters created a new cultivation system. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a cultivation world today. So most cultivators now use both methods and convert between them.
"Really? Is the news reliable?" Yong Shanling looked at Monkey Flower with shining eyes. This was really a timely help.
What Yong Shanling didn't tell Mu Yijie was that the older one was, the harder it was to start the cultivation path, and the fewer spiritual roots one had, the easier it would be.
So she was determined to get this spiritual grass that could help Mu Yijie cultivate.
"It should be true. After all, most of the cultivation world has rushed there," Monkey Flower's eyes sparkled. Such a lively situation was rare.
After coming out of the Taihang Mountains, the advantages of Monkey Flower's straightforward and magnanimous personality showed. After going on a few adventures with Li Zhuo, Monkey Flower had made friends with several other spiritual beasts, which was much better than Yong Shanling, who was a social novice.
"Then it should be true," Yong Shanling thought for a while and then asked, "Do you know how long it will take for the Pre - Spiritual Grass to mature?"
"It should be another three months. It will absorb the moonlight in mid - October to reach maturity," Monkey Flower told her the information she had obtained. After all, it was useless for Monkey Flower. They spiritual beasts didn't rely on spiritual roots to cultivate.
"Three months..." Yong Shanling murmured to herself, calculating when to set off.
"No. Your leg may not be fully recovered in three months," Mu Yijie directly interrupted Yong Shanling's contemplation.
It was hard for him not to notice this little girl's determined look of "I'm going, I must go."
"Uncle, I'm doing this for your... for finding someone," Yong Shanling quickly changed her words. If she told him it was for washing his spiritual roots, he would definitely not let her take the risk.
"Uncle, think about it. Most of the cultivation world has gone there. Maybe that Yun Shan has also gone. Besides, even if we can't find Yun Shan, there must be someone who knows him," Yong Shanling rambled on about her views, with a proud look on her cute little face.
She was really a smart girl.
"You don't need to go. I'll send someone later. You just stay in the hospital and recuperate obediently," Mu Yijie frowned tightly and reached out to hold her shoulders.
Yong Shanling showed a sly smile and looked at Mu Yijie a bit disappointed. "Besides, maybe my master has also gone. I haven't seen my master for almost a year."
As she said this, there were tears in her eyes, and she looked at Mu Yijie pitifully.
Looking into Yong Shanling's clear eyes, which were as clean and transparent as if washed by water, he remembered that he hadn't told her that it was her master who had saved them.
He coughed awkwardly. Since he had already said it was people from the state who had saved them, it was not good to change his words. Moreover, her master had indeed said not to tell Yong Shanling that he had come.
So the guilt in his heart disappeared.
Seeing that Mu Yijie's expression wavered a bit, Yong Shanling continued to act coquettishly.
Finally, under Yong Shanling's coquettish attack, Mu Yijie surrendered. He agreed to let her go, but she must set off on the fifth - last day, and before that, she must stay in the hospital obediently to recover from her injury.
"Yeah! Uncle, you're so nice. I like Uncle the most," although Yong Shanling couldn't move, her whole face was beaming with joy.
Hearing Yong Shanling's words, Mu Yijie's heart skipped a beat.
"Thump thump thump!" It beat faster and faster. Even though he knew what she meant was not that kind of feeling, hearing it from her mouth still made him feel like a traveler in the desert who had finally drunk the sweet rain.
"Uncle~ Uncle~ What's wrong with you?" Yong Shanling looked at Mu Yijie sideways worriedly when he didn't say a word for a long time.
"Yo yo, Brother Mu, wake up. It's still daytime," Li Zhuo saw his brother's ears turn red with excitement because of a single sentence and couldn't help but poke him.
Mu Yijie came back to his senses, looked at Li Zhuo expressionlessly, and said, "Let's go to the nearby gym to work out later."
As soon as Li Zhuo heard this, the smirk on his face froze. He still vividly remembered the time when he was unilaterally beaten by Mu Yijie.
He forced a dry laugh and said, "Monkey Flower and I have something to do. We'll leave first. Bye, Little Ling'er. Be careful of the big bad wolf."
After saying that, he pulled Monkey Flower and ran away quickly.
Yong Shanling opened her eyes wide and asked Mu Yijie in confusion, "Uncle, where is the big bad wolf? Is it a wolf demon?"
Mu Yijie let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's not a wolf demon. It's a metaphor for bad people."
Yong Shanling nodded. Thinking that Huai City was so far from the Northern Mountains, she secretly glanced at Mu Yijie and tentatively asked, "Uncle, how about we go one week earlier? Five days might be too short. After all, it will take us one day on the road."
A cold light flashed in Mu Yijie's eyes. He looked at her half - smiling and said, "Either five days or don't go."
Yong Shanling immediately shut her mouth and slandered in her heart. Five days it is. Tyrant, dictator, bad uncle.
"Is Ling'er scolding me in her heart?" Mu Yijie suddenly said.
"Yes... uh... No way. How could I scold such a nice uncle?" Yong Shanling felt like crying inside.
For the following period of time, Yong Shanling lived a life like a little landowner being served by Mu Yijie. However, in the middle, she still didn't give up trying to persuade Uncle to go two days earlier. After all, they still had to find someone, and more time would be more abundant.
However, the poor little girl was mercilessly suppressed by the tyrant every time. At most, he would bring her some delicious ice cream to eat, but of course, she could only take a lick.
After all, she was a patient.
This really made her feel extremely frustrated.
When her hand finally recovered, she couldn't wait to pick up her phone and send a message to Monkey Flower, complaining about how heartless, dictatorial, and overbearing Uncle was.
Fairy Girl: This is how I've been living recently. It's so miserable. Wuwuwu...
Monkey King: Hehe, he takes care of you hand in hand. What else do you want? He doesn't let you eat because you can't. In my opinion, he likes you so much. Why don't you just accept him?
"Clatter." Yong Shanling's phone fell to the ground.