The person who grabbed my ankle in front of me was exactly the cat servant who had whipped me yesterday. She was tightly holding Huai Ji's memorial tablet in her hand. She had just climbed out of the ruins and was about to whip me with the iron chain in her hand.
But when she raised her hand, she stopped.
"The Ghost Lord said not to hurt you," she said, with reluctance in her heart and a resentful look in her eyes when she looked at me.
She got up from the ruins, holding Huai Ji's memorial tablet and was about to leave.
"Do you still want to leave?" Ji Xiang was about to stop her, but I called him back.
"Let her go. A person this loyal can't be that bad," I said.
The cat servant glared at me sideways and said, "I won't be grateful to you."
After saying that, she transformed into a black cloud and flew out of the cave.
"Little Di Ma, you're just too soft-hearted. A person like her can never be tamed," Ji Xiang said.
"Aren't you afraid of her? She's a cat," I didn't want to answer his question, so I changed the topic and teased him.
When he heard the word "cat", he shivered: "Don't mention the word 'cat'. I'm allergic to it."
We searched in the ruins for a while. I specifically paid attention to the place where the light had disappeared before, but found nothing.
"Little Di Ma, do you think Third Master missed and didn't knock anything off?" Ji Xiang asked.
I definitely didn't agree with Ji Xiang's statement. In my mind, Gu Yuan was the most powerful.
"How is that possible? Gu Yuan's magic power has always been reliable," I said.
"Little Di Ma, look at what this is?" Big Rat was really extraordinary. His eyes were much sharper than mine. Under a pile of stone ruins, Ji Xiang found a blue crystal that looked like a marble.
It should be something on a piece of clothing, and I always felt like I had seen it somewhere before.
Ji Xiang put it into a small bag and put it in his pocket.
Just as we were about to turn around and leave, Bai Qi walked in from outside. As soon as he saw me, he smiled and called me Lan Lan in a sweet voice.
His voice was like the ringing of silver bells, melting all the gloom in the cave.
He still looked as cute and innocent as ever. He didn't look like a god of war who had been through battles at all.
I was relieved to see that he was safe.
"Is this the little lover Third Master was talking about?" Ji Xiang walked around Bai Qi and couldn't believe his eyes.
"He looks only about sixteen. I feel like you could be his mother..."
I covered his mouth and said angrily, "If you don't say anything, no one will think you're mute."
Bai Qi was still as innocent as ever. He said seriously in a clear voice, "I'm hundreds of years older than Lan Lan. She can't be my mother."
I smiled awkwardly. This explanation was worse than no explanation at all.
Ji Xiang broke free from my hand and said, "Since we've found what we were looking for, I won't be a third wheel here anymore."
I rolled my eyes at him helplessly.
Before leaving, Ji Xiang shook his head and sighed, "Women really judge people by their appearance."
Before I could refute, Ji Xiang disappeared in a flash.
Now there were only Bai Qi and me left in the ruins. The atmosphere felt a bit awkward.
I broke the silence first and said, "Don't listen to Ji Xiang. He always talks nonsense without thinking."
"He's a nice guy. He's straightforward. I like him," Bai Qi said gently.
"Let's not stay here. Let's find a sunny place to sit and talk," I said.
I nodded shyly.
"Do you mind?" Bai Qi asked politely. He wanted to hold my arm and take me away.
I nodded. He put his arm around my shoulder and transformed into a blue light, leaving the cave.
In an instant, he took me to a bench in a park.
"I find that you really like places with water and benches," I said.
Bai Qi smiled warmly and said, "Isn't it good to be close to nature?"
"Of course it is," I said.
"I've been thinking about the request I made before. Have you made a decision? Can you give me an answer?" I sat on the bench and asked.
"Actually, I've already made up my mind. You brought me out, which means you're a kind girl," Bai Qi said.
I was overjoyed when I heard that he had agreed. I clenched my fists and made a powerful gesture.
"However, I have a condition," Bai Qi said calmly.
"Tell me. As long as I can do it, I will," I said.
"I'll only be your bodyguard and only take orders from you," Bai Qi said.
As Gu Yuan had said, if I took him into the cult, I would have a little tail following me.
"I'll have to talk to the head of our cult when I get back," I said. I didn't dare to make a decision on the spot. If Gu Yuan was unhappy, things would get complicated.
Bai Qi was a laid-back white fox. He wasn't in a hurry.
"By the way, have you settled your feud with Huai Ji?" I asked.
"Yes, I've repaid all my debts to him. If I see him again, I'll kill him without hesitation," Bai Qi said with a cute and fierce look on his face. I really wanted to touch his furry ears.
"Is it true that you accidentally killed him when you were drunk?" I asked.
Bai Qi widened his eyes in disbelief and said, "It seems that your family's immortals know a lot."
"Hehe, I'm just a bit of a gossip. I asked him myself," I said.
"Huai Ji was a lecherous man. I warned him many times to behave himself, but he not only didn't listen, but also raped the wife of one of his subordinates. To cover up his crime, he even killed her. So I punished him according to military law," Bai Qi said.
"You did the right thing. A person like him deserves to die," I said.
"He saved me twice, but I've already repaid him. So if we meet again in the future, we'll be enemies," Bai Qi said.
At this moment, I was becoming more and more impressed with this man who still looked like a big boy.
While we were talking, Gu Yuan's crescent blade, Man Yue, never left my sight. It was slowly spinning around me, protecting me.
The blade made a humming sound, which caught Bai Qi's attention.
"Is this the Moon Golden Wheel your weapon?" Bai Qi asked.
"Ah? I'm so ignorant. I didn't know its real name was the Moon Golden Wheel. I always thought it was called Man Yue," I said.
After the Moon Golden Wheel hovered in front of me, I touched the characters on it with my finger and showed it to Bai Qi.
"It really is called Man Yue. It's a crescent moon, but it has a name like Man Yue. It's really interesting," Bai Qi said.
"This weapon isn't mine. It belongs to the head of our cult. You should have met him before. He helped us suppress the Blood Spring last time," I said.
"So it's not a bad deal for you to join our cult. He's a very powerful snake immortal," I said proudly.
"Snake immortal? Are you sure the head of your cult is a snake immortal?" Bai Qi looked at me in disbelief, as if he thought I was lying.
"Yes, he's a very powerful flying snake," I said proudly.
Bai Qi smiled faintly and didn't continue the topic.
"Speaking of Man Yue, I really do know a girl named Man Yue. She looks a lot like you," Bai Qi said.
"You... you know Man Yue?" I was shocked and immediately stood up from the bench.