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"Hmph, exactly as expected, a penniless ghost. And you're an Elder too; if you have nothing at all, how are you going to take care of me?"
Seeing that Xiao Lin was still choosing to "let it rot," Zi Yan issued a soul-piercing interrogation that was half-acting and half-genuine emotion.
That being said, Zi Yan's question actually made some sense.
Normally, the growth period for an Ancient Void Dragon is very long. Xiao Lin had promised Grand Elder Su Qian that during the period he was looking after Zi Yan, he would help her strength advance by a full realm.
If Xiao Lin truly had nothing, who knew how long this would be dragged out!
"Who said I can't take care of you just because I have nothing?"
Looking at Zi Yan's cheeks bulging out once again, Xiao Lin couldn't help but tease her. However, as Xiao Lin's voice fell, Zi Yan revealed an expression of total shock.
"You, you, you aren't planning to just keep me hungry all the time, are you? I'm telling you, I can eat a lot. If you starve me, I'll go and complain to old man Su!"
As if she had thought of something terrifying, Zi Yan was so angry she started pointing her finger at Xiao Lin. Seeing the little girl Zi Yan making a face as if he were going to abuse her, Xiao Lin felt caught between laughter and tears.
Was he that kind of person?
"Since I promised the Grand Elder to take good care of you, I naturally won't let you go hungry. However, it's true that I don't have any medicinal pills or medicinal herbs on me that I can give you to eat, but..."
Speaking to this point, Xiao Lin intentionally paused.
Sure enough, Zi Yan immediately got anxious.
"But what?"
Don't look at the fact that Zi Yan had lived for an unknown number of years; her appearance actually represented her mental age.
For an Ancient Void Dragon, a period of time as long as a normal person's entire life might only result in growing to an appearance equivalent to a human child in their early teens.
Zi Yan was a perfect example of this.
The time her father Zhu Kun had been trapped in the Ancient God's Cave Mansion was definitely over a thousand years!
Even if Zi Yan was still an egg when Zhu Kun was carrying her back then, it was impossible for her to have hatched recently.
Considering Zi Yan's current cultivation, Xiao Lin guessed that her hatching time was at least several decades ago. But even so, relative to her long life, she was only equivalent to a human child of eight or nine years old.
Her current appearance represented everything. Therefore, since she only possessed a mental age equivalent to an eight or nine-year-old human, Zi Yan's disposition was naturally not very mature. Compared to Xiao Lin, she was still quite green!
Thus, within just a few sentences, Xiao Lin had already gotten a handle on the little girl Zi Yan. This wave of playing hard to get by Xiao Lin was aimed at luring Zi Yan into the trap!
"But while I don't have those medicinal pills or precious medicinal herbs you mentioned, other people do!"
The corner of Xiao Lin's mouth curled into an arc as he spoke in a meaningful tone. However, with Zi Yan's little head, she clearly didn't realize what Xiao Lin meant by those words at the first moment.
"I know other people have them! Like that old man Huo, he has quite a lot of good stuff hidden away!"
"But that guy is stingy as can be; every time he sees me, it's like he's guarding against a thief! It results in me only being able to secretly snatch some ordinary medicinal herbs and pills from him every time!"
The way Zi Yan said this was truly a case of being unreasonable yet bold!
It made Xiao Lin, who was standing to the side, feel incredibly embarrassed for her.
"With a big eater like you, if you were allowed to eat freely, even an alchemist would probably be eaten into poverty by you!"
Xiao Lin didn't say this sentence out loud, but secretly complained in his heart. If he said this directly, Zi Yan would likely explode with anger on the spot!
"But, other people having them, what does that have to do with you?"
After complaining about Huo Dian, Zi Yan looked at Xiao Lin with a face full of confusion and asked back.
"Ahem, it's like this, Zi Yan. Let me ask you, those Elders who hide medicinal pills and ingredients and won't give them to you to eat, aren't they especially excessive?"
Xiao Lin guided her step by step.
"That's for sure!"
Zi Yan answered quite definitely.
In Zi Yan's eyes, those Elders were indeed good people, but there was only one point she couldn't accept. It was that when there were delicious medicinal pills and herbs, they always hid them and wouldn't let her eat them.
This made her very angry!
Therefore, whenever an Elder took care of her, she would go and steal that person's medicinal herbs and pills to eat. Firstly, it was because her growth indeed required the energy provided by various pills and ingredients, and secondly, it was purely to get a bit of revenge on these Elders.
Trying to hide things from her? That was impossible!
Zi Yan was quite confident in her innate talent!
"Since that's the case, Zi Yan, let me help you. How about we join forces and steal all the various medicinal herbs and pills stored by those Elders? What do you think?"
Seeing that Zi Yan had fallen for the trap, Xiao Lin made a suggestion with a serious face.
"Huh?"
As Xiao Lin's voice fell, Zi Yan had a face full of confusion!
She had truly never thought that one day she would actually meet such a unique Elder!
The other party not only didn't give her various medicinal pills and ingredients to eat, but even wanted to join forces with her to go to other Elders' places to steal them?
Thinking about this carefully, it was simply too... much to her taste!
Why did she only meet Elder Lin today?
If she had met the other party earlier, could they have become kindred spirits?
Of course, knowing him now didn't seem too late!
At this moment, Zi Yan's eyes, which had looked at Xiao Lin with nothing but disdain before, suddenly started to sparkle as she looked at him.
This Elder Lin is someone she can get along with!
"Is, is, is this really okay? Won't this be a bit bad? If old man Su finds out, he won't punish the two of us, will he?"
Although Zi Yan sounded scared when she said this, looking at her expression, she was clearly itching to try!
She had truly never encountered this kind of job before!
Originally, she thought every Elder in Jia Nan Academy was an old fogey like Su Qian, stiff and rigid. She didn't expect the Elder Lin in front of her to be such a "reasonable" person. She liked it too much!
"You don't need to worry about that at all! As long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, and we carry out the operation quietly, then no one will know, right? Besides, I have nothing here; don't you miss the taste of medicinal pills and ingredients?"
At this moment, Xiao Lin seemed to have transformed into a demon tricking a child, inducing Zi Yan, this already rebellious brat, to "fall" further.
"Fine, then it's a happy deal! Old man Lin, when do we set out?"
Zi Yan, who was already feeling an itch in her heart that was hard to endure, now had the word 'urgent' written all over her face.
"Then, how about now?"
Xiao Lin asked back tentatively.
Although Xiao Lin didn't particularly care for the title "Old man Lin," now was not the time to be picky about it.
"Okay!"
It was from this very moment that Jia Nan Academy's Pair of Chaos-Bringing Demons was born!
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