Chapter 132: Don’t Worry, You’re Still Very Valuable

Lin Xun set Zhu Ling down from his waist. Zhu Ling quickly took a few steps back, smoothing her skirt, her cheeks flushed bright red… It was the first time she had been touched by a man on her waist. The firm, broad sensation of his palm still lingered on the young girl’s waist, feeling slightly hot.

“But…” The girl blinked as she looked at Lin Xun, feeling very surprised in her heart. “This person is so powerful…”

Zhu Ling knew that this Big Bad Guy might be powerful, but she didn’t expect him to be this powerful!

“Time to go, the circle is shrinking.” Lin Xun sensed the toxic mist starting to move.

“Shrinking circle?” Zhu Ling, who had been acting like a Bush Camper all this time, asked curiously.

“It’s just a Poisonous Miasma.” Lin Xun didn’t bother explaining it to her.

Originally, Lin Xun’s goal this time was only to save Jiang Qingshang, but he hadn’t expected Wang Chen and the others to be targeted as well.

In that case, he would eliminate all unsettling factors first.

As long as he killed all the enemies, wouldn’t Wang Chen and the others be safe?

It was the same principle as assassination: if you kill everyone, no one will discover your infiltration.

“Wait. I-I’ll bandage you up.”

Hearing they were leaving, Zhu Ling quickly grabbed Lin Xun’s large hand and carefully applied medicine to it, then wrapped it with a clean cloth and even tied a bow.

Feeling Zhu Ling’s soft palms, Lin Xun wanted to pull his hand back, but seeing her serious expression, he shook his head. In a healer’s eyes, there was no distinction between genders; he was the one being overly sensitive.

However, just as Lin Xun walked under the tree to pick up Sikong Wangxing, the little rabbit Zhu Ling actually hugged Sikong Wangxing tightly and looked at Lin Xun warily, her small body trembling slightly.

“What are you doing?” Lin Xun asked, somewhat baffled by Zhu Ling’s actions.

“That… I… I’ll carry Miss Sikong on my back…” Zhu Ling said timidly.

“You’ll carry her?”

“Yes… a g-girl… can’t be… can’t be touched just like that…”

Thinking of her own waist that had just been held, Zhu Ling hugged Sikong Wangxing even tighter… “…” Lin Xun couldn’t quite understand her train of thought.

I’ve already held her and carried her before… and now you’re telling me this? Besides, weren’t you just holding my hand to apply medicine?

But Lin Xun didn’t object either.

“Then carry her. Keep up.” Lin Xun turned and walked away.

“Eh?” Zhu Ling didn’t expect Lin Xun to agree so easily and quickly hoisted Sikong Wangxing onto her back.

So light… but her back is so soft… she looks quite thin… why does it feel even more than mine… Zhu Ling subconsciously looked at her own small chest.

Feeling a bit of an inferiority complex… “What’s wrong?” Sensing the silence behind him, Lin Xun asked.

“No… it’s nothing…” Zhu Ling’s face turned even redder.

“If it’s nothing, then hurry up and keep up.” Lin Xun said sternly, scaring Zhu Ling until her eyes welled up again.

“You only know how to be mean to me…”

Zhu Ling grumbled softly, adjusted Sikong Wangxing higher on her delicate back, and followed closely behind Lin Xun.

Zhu Ling, who had originally wanted to sneak away, felt that being kidnapped by this Big Bad Guy was safer after experiencing the sneak attack by those monks from Great Joy Temple.

This bad guy only wanted money, but if she were to run into other villains like those from Great Joy Temple, her body might even be lost… However, looking at the poison circle closing in on her from behind, Zhu Ling felt more and more exhausted.

It wasn’t because of the weight, but because Zhu Ling’s flight speed wasn’t as fast as the poison circle. Even if she were weaving through the forest alone, she would still be caught by it.

Seeing how the poison circle left nothing alive in its wake, she knew this poison was not something she could cure.

Looking at Lin Xun not far away… every time this Big Bad Guy moved forward a certain distance, he would sit on a tree and wait for her. Then, once she arrived, he would continue forward, repeating the cycle… “B-Big… Big Bad Guy…”

On a tree, Zhu Ling, carrying Sikong Wangxing, called out softly. She was already gasping for breath, her fragrant sweat drenching her back.

“Exercise more often; don’t just stay at home all day messing with your plants and flowers.” Saying that, Lin Xun just took Sikong Wangxing onto his own back and then vanished without a trace in an instant.

“Eh?”

Seeing Lin Xun suddenly leave, Zhu Ling was stunned at first, and then her eyes quickly welled up… Looking back at the poison circle getting closer and closer, the exhausted girl closed her eyes tightly and crouched on the tree, holding her head… “Grandpa… Zhu Ling is going to die here… Big Bad Guy, I definitely won’t let you go in this life. In the next life, I’ll… I’ll continue to draw circles to curse you…”

Just as the poison circle was about to reach Zhu Ling and she felt she was finished, she suddenly felt her body being lifted into the air. That familiar and blush-inducing sensation on her waist returned.

“Stop crying…” Lin Xun said with a smile. “Don’t worry, you’re still very valuable.”

“Bad guy…”

Zhu Ling sniffled, her eyes red, but her heart felt at ease.

Over the next three days, Lin Xun carried Sikong Wangxing on his back and tucked Zhu Ling under one arm, constantly running from the poison.

Every day, Zhu Ling would use needles to regulate Sikong Wangxing’s body.

Of course, Lin Xun had to step away every time.

Although Sikong Wangxing was still unconscious, seeing her complexion gradually improve, Lin Xun felt relieved.

However, Lin Xun noticed that every time they rested, Zhu Ling would touch her own slender waist with a dazed expression, as if she were lost in thought.

As for Yaya, Lin Xun had originally wanted to let her out for some fresh air, but he found that she had actually fallen asleep.

This was a natural reaction to a Breakthrough into the Qi Refining stage. Yaya would sleep for a while, and when she woke up, her Qi Refining stage would be stabilized.

On the fourth day, Lin Xun found a cave for their daily rest… And just as Zhu Ling was feeding Sikong Wangxing medicine, in Zhu Ling’s arms, Sikong Wangxing’s willow-leaf brows furrowed slightly and then slowly relaxed.

The girl’s long eyelashes trembled slightly. Then, a pair of eyes as bright as the stars seemed about to open… “B-B-Big… Big Bad Guy…”

Seeing the girl of her age in her arms waking up, Zhu Ling excitedly called out Lin Xun’s “name”…

“Did you run into something again? Is it a spider or a lizard this time?”

Lin Xun walked over helplessly. These past few days, every time Zhu Ling encountered an arthropod or a reptile, she would scream in panic.

It seemed that whether one was a Cultivator or not, arthropods and reptiles had a special effect on girls.

Just as Lin Xun walked to her side, in Zhu Ling’s arms, Sikong Wangxing’s brilliant eyes had already fully opened.

Looking at Sikong Wangxing, Lin Xun’s tone was cold, but he turned his head away guiltily, not daring to look directly into her eyes.Lin Xun set Zhu Ling down from his waist. Zhu Ling quickly took a few steps back, smoothing her skirt, her cheeks flushed bright red… It was the first time she had been touched by a man on her waist. The firm, broad sensation of his palm still lingered on the young girl’s waist, feeling slightly hot.

“But…” The girl blinked as she looked at Lin Xun, feeling very surprised in her heart. “This person is so powerful…”

Zhu Ling knew that this Big Bad Guy might be powerful, but she didn’t expect him to be this powerful!

“Time to go, the circle is shrinking.” Lin Xun sensed the toxic mist starting to move.

“Shrinking circle?” Zhu Ling, who had been acting like a Bush Camper all this time, asked curiously.

“It’s just a Poisonous Miasma.” Lin Xun didn’t bother explaining it to her.

Originally, Lin Xun’s goal this time was only to save Jiang Qingshang, but he hadn’t expected Wang Chen and the others to be targeted as well.

In that case, he would eliminate all unsettling factors first.

As long as he killed all the enemies, wouldn’t Wang Chen and the others be safe?

It was the same principle as assassination: if you kill everyone, no one will discover your infiltration.

“Wait. I-I’ll bandage you up.”

Hearing they were leaving, Zhu Ling quickly grabbed Lin Xun’s large hand and carefully applied medicine to it, then wrapped it with a clean cloth and even tied a bow.

Feeling Zhu Ling’s soft palms, Lin Xun wanted to pull his hand back, but seeing her serious expression, he shook his head. In a healer’s eyes, there was no distinction between genders; he was the one being overly sensitive.

However, just as Lin Xun walked under the tree to pick up Sikong Wangxing, the little rabbit Zhu Ling actually hugged Sikong Wangxing tightly and looked at Lin Xun warily, her small body trembling slightly.

“What are you doing?” Lin Xun asked, somewhat baffled by Zhu Ling’s actions.

“That… I… I’ll carry Miss Sikong on my back…” Zhu Ling said timidly.

“You’ll carry her?”

“Yes… a g-girl… can’t be… can’t be touched just like that…”

Thinking of her own waist that had just been held, Zhu Ling hugged Sikong Wangxing even tighter… “…” Lin Xun couldn’t quite understand her train of thought.

I’ve already held her and carried her before… and now you’re telling me this? Besides, weren’t you just holding my hand to apply medicine?

But Lin Xun didn’t object either.

“Then carry her. Keep up.” Lin Xun turned and walked away.

“Eh?” Zhu Ling didn’t expect Lin Xun to agree so easily and quickly hoisted Sikong Wangxing onto her back.

So light… but her back is so soft… she looks quite thin… why does it feel even more than mine… Zhu Ling subconsciously looked at her own small chest.

Feeling a bit of an inferiority complex… “What’s wrong?” Sensing the silence behind him, Lin Xun asked.

“No… it’s nothing…” Zhu Ling’s face turned even redder.

“If it’s nothing, then hurry up and keep up.” Lin Xun said sternly, scaring Zhu Ling until her eyes welled up again.

“You only know how to be mean to me…”

Zhu Ling grumbled softly, adjusted Sikong Wangxing higher on her delicate back, and followed closely behind Lin Xun.

Zhu Ling, who had originally wanted to sneak away, felt that being kidnapped by this Big Bad Guy was safer after experiencing the sneak attack by those monks from Great Joy Temple.

This bad guy only wanted money, but if she were to run into other villains like those from Great Joy Temple, her body might even be lost… However, looking at the poison circle closing in on her from behind, Zhu Ling felt more and more exhausted.

It wasn’t because of the weight, but because Zhu Ling’s flight speed wasn’t as fast as the poison circle. Even if she were weaving through the forest alone, she would still be caught by it.

Seeing how the poison circle left nothing alive in its wake, she knew this poison was not something she could cure.

Looking at Lin Xun not far away… every time this Big Bad Guy moved forward a certain distance, he would sit on a tree and wait for her. Then, once she arrived, he would continue forward, repeating the cycle… “B-Big… Big Bad Guy…”

On a tree, Zhu Ling, carrying Sikong Wangxing, called out softly. She was already gasping for breath, her fragrant sweat drenching her back.

“Exercise more often; don’t just stay at home all day messing with your plants and flowers.” Saying that, Lin Xun just took Sikong Wangxing onto his own back and then vanished without a trace in an instant.

“Eh?”

Seeing Lin Xun suddenly leave, Zhu Ling was stunned at first, and then her eyes quickly welled up… Looking back at the poison circle getting closer and closer, the exhausted girl closed her eyes tightly and crouched on the tree, holding her head… “Grandpa… Zhu Ling is going to die here… Big Bad Guy, I definitely won’t let you go in this life. In the next life, I’ll… I’ll continue to draw circles to curse you…”

Just as the poison circle was about to reach Zhu Ling and she felt she was finished, she suddenly felt her body being lifted into the air. That familiar and blush-inducing sensation on her waist returned.

“Stop crying…” Lin Xun said with a smile. “Don’t worry, you’re still very valuable.”

“Bad guy…”

Zhu Ling sniffled, her eyes red, but her heart felt at ease.

Over the next three days, Lin Xun carried Sikong Wangxing on his back and tucked Zhu Ling under one arm, constantly running from the poison.

Every day, Zhu Ling would use needles to regulate Sikong Wangxing’s body.

Of course, Lin Xun had to step away every time.

Although Sikong Wangxing was still unconscious, seeing her complexion gradually improve, Lin Xun felt relieved.

However, Lin Xun noticed that every time they rested, Zhu Ling would touch her own slender waist with a dazed expression, as if she were lost in thought.

As for Yaya, Lin Xun had originally wanted to let her out for some fresh air, but he found that she had actually fallen asleep.

This was a natural reaction to a Breakthrough into the Qi Refining stage. Yaya would sleep for a while, and when she woke up, her Qi Refining stage would be stabilized.

On the fourth day, Lin Xun found a cave for their daily rest… And just as Zhu Ling was feeding Sikong Wangxing medicine, in Zhu Ling’s arms, Sikong Wangxing’s willow-leaf brows furrowed slightly and then slowly relaxed.

The girl’s long eyelashes trembled slightly. Then, a pair of eyes as bright as the stars seemed about to open… “B-B-Big… Big Bad Guy…”

Seeing the girl of her age in her arms waking up, Zhu Ling excitedly called out Lin Xun’s “name”…

“Did you run into something again? Is it a spider or a lizard this time?”

Lin Xun walked over helplessly. These past few days, every time Zhu Ling encountered an arthropod or a reptile, she would scream in panic.

It seemed that whether one was a Cultivator or not, arthropods and reptiles had a special effect on girls.

Just as Lin Xun walked to her side, in Zhu Ling’s arms, Sikong Wangxing’s brilliant eyes had already fully opened.

Looking at Sikong Wangxing, Lin Xun’s tone was cold, but he turned his head away guiltily, not daring to look directly into her eyes.