“Little girl, you’d better surrender quietly, or I’ll shoot this boy!”
Guo Jingbo stared at the dark muzzle of the gun pointed at him, quickly running some calculations in his mind, and came to a rather unpleasant conclusion.
If his magical power hadn’t been sealed, this gun would pose no threat to him at all.
The problem was, his magical power was sealed. With his current physical strength and constitution, he simply couldn’t dodge the bullet.
After finishing his calculations, he put on a pitiful expression and looked at Bai Li with pleading eyes. “Li Li, save me!”
Bai Li couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Guo Jingbo, then glared at him fiercely.
What were the Taotie clan thinking? Sending Little Taotie to China—a country that had just been established, with foreign forces eyeing it covetously and internal instability still present—and even sealing his magical power? How was that any different from sending a lamb into a tiger’s den?
Were they trying to make her life difficult?
As for Little Taotie’s claim that sealing his magical power was a decision made by the clan elder and his Taotie parents, Little Pi Xiu automatically ignored it. The clan elder wasn’t a Taotie, so how could he know that sealing a Taotie’s magical power would render him so useless!
Seeing Guo Jingbo’s terrified expression and Bai Li standing there helplessly, the leader couldn’t help but laugh triumphantly. “Little girl, raise your hands now. I’ll count to three. If your hands aren’t up by then, I’ll shoot.”
After saying this, the leader released the safety on the pistol, placed his finger on the trigger, and prepared to fire at any moment.
Watching the leader’s sinister grin, Bai Li’s eyes darted around as she tried to figure out how to pull Guo Jingbo out of the leader’s line of fire.
This Taotie was really a nuisance. If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have let him follow her out.
“One.”
“Two.”
But the leader gave Bai Li no time to think. As soon as he finished speaking, he began counting.
When he reached two and saw that Bai Li still hadn’t raised her hands, his finger on the trigger twitched, ready to pull it at any moment.
Bai Li quickly calculated in her mind. If the leader fired now, and she was several meters away from Guo Jingbo, even if she lunged toward him, she couldn’t guarantee he would remain unharmed.
If the leader’s gun were pointed at her, she would have already blown his head off!
Thinking this, Bai Li decisively raised her slender, lotus-like arms and said crisply, “I’ve raised my hands. You can’t shoot!”
Seeing Bai Li raise her hands, the leader kept his gun aimed at Guo Jingbo and walked over to Chen Huasheng. He kicked him, trying to wake him up.
Unfortunately, Bai Li’s chop had been powerful enough that no matter how hard the leader kicked Chen Huasheng, he showed no reaction.
Finally, the leader angrily turned his head and glared at Chen Huasheng, giving him another hard kick. “Useless! Absolutely useless!”
At that very moment, the leader felt a gust of wind brush past his ear, followed by a sharp pain in his neck, and then he lost consciousness.
It turned out that Bai Li had taken advantage of the leader’s momentary distraction to knock him out.
After knocking out the leader as well, Bai Li immediately instructed Guo Jingbo to tie the three of them together, binding them tightly to ensure they couldn’t move at all.
Once the three were securely tied up, Bai Li told Guo Jingbo to hold the end of the rope. “Taotie, you pull them. We’re heading down the mountain now.”
Guo Jingbo was taken aback by the words, then put on a pitiful expression again. “Li Li, I suddenly feel so hungry, so hungry! I can’t muster any strength at all!”
“These three traffickers just said they want Grandpa Yu and the others to bring people to exchange for us. Grandpa Yu must know we’ve been captured by now and will bring people to rescue us. Wouldn’t it be better for us to wait here for Grandpa Yu or Uncle Bai to come save us?”
Bai Li felt a pang of frustration. It was confirmed—the Taotie clan must have taken a dislike to her, a mere Pixiu, and deliberately sent this Taotie to cause her trouble.
“Guo Jingbo, don’t forget why I came out?”
“I came out to find Dad and make sure he comes home today.”
“Catching these three traffickers was just incidental, not the purpose of my trip. They’ve already delayed me for over an hour. If I don’t hurry back, I won’t be able to find Dad today, and I won’t be able to make Dad go home and slap Wei Linlang in the face!”
Guo Jingbo suddenly understood, but his face remained crestfallen. “Li Li, I want to help you drag them along too, but I don’t know why—after tying up these three traffickers, I suddenly felt so hungry I’m panicking. Right now, all I can think about is eating.”
Just as Bai Li was about to say something, she suddenly felt four tiny points of Karmic Merit fall upon her, bringing a soothing comfort to her body. Her Companion Space also seemed to undergo a slight change.
Originally, all her collections were shrouded in a gray haze, but now, one item in the space was no longer obscured and appeared to be an Elixir Pill.
Bai Li felt a surge of excitement. Indeed, catching evildoers brings Karmic Merit and can also unlock items in the space. If what was unlocked this time was the Spring Return Pill, all of Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle’s problems could be solved.
Thinking this, Bai Li’s consciousness involuntarily probed toward the unlocked Elixir Pill.
The moment Bai Li saw the pill bottle, disappointment immediately spread across her face. “Ugh! It’s actually a Spirit Beast Pill! Completely useless.”
Spirit Beast Pills were the most common pills in the cultivation world, used to enlighten Spirit Beasts and enhance their strength and cultivation. Although Bai Li had unlocked a bottle of pills, this pill bottle was a Qiankun Bottle, and she had no idea how many Spirit Beast Pills were inside.
Seeing it was a Spirit Beast Pill, Bai Li instantly lost interest. Muttering to herself, she shifted her attention back to reality. But the moment her consciousness returned, she saw Guo Jingbo crouching down, grabbing Chen Huasheng’s arm, and opening his mouth as if to bite it.
Startled, Bai Li instinctively rushed to Guo Jingbo, grabbed his arm, and pulled him away.
Pulled by Bai Li, Guo Jingbo’s body involuntarily fell backward. He quickly stretched out his hands to brace against the ground, steadying himself.
“Guo Jingbo, what are you trying to do?”
Although Bai Li had fallen to the ground, she still glared fixedly at Guo Jingbo, who was eyeing Chen Huasheng’s arm, feeling somewhat angry.
“Little Pi Xiu, I’m hungry! I want to eat!” Guo Jingbo’s eyes were slightly red, and his gaze at Bai Li held a trace of anger. When a Taotie is hungry, it eats. What did this Little Pi Xiu mean by stopping him from eating?
Seeing that Guo Jingbo was so hungry he had lost his senses, Bai Li sighed helplessly. Suddenly, she extended her left hand and slapped Guo Jingbo’s face twice, left and right.
“Wake up! You’re human now—you can’t eat people!”
After being slapped twice by Bai Li, Guo Jingbo finally came to his senses, looking pitifully at Bai Li, “Li Li, I’m so hungry, it’s really unbearable!”
Guo Jingbo had a handsome appearance, his phoenix eyes gazing at her with a misty layer of moisture, enough to make anyone’s maternal instincts overflow and surrender.
But Bai Li was just a child, with no maternal feelings to speak of. As she looked at Guo Jingbo’s still handsome face, a possibility flashed through her mind.