Bai Xiang stood in front of the simple thatched hut, thinking to herself, "Can people really live in this broken house? Its probably going to collapse with just one gust of wind."

  The other houses in the village were not tile-roofed houses either, most of them were earth houses, but none of them were as dilapidated as this one. Bai Ling followed her big brother back home because she wanted to drink water, so her big brother nervously brought her back and washed the cleanest bowl in the house countless times, finally carefully serving her a bowl of clear water, which was sweet and refreshing well water.

  Actually, Bai Ling doesnt care about these things anymore. When she was a dragon, she was still learning how to swim in the Luo River and drank who-knows-how-much river water. Such a long river, with people living on both banks of the main stream and tributaries, who knows what kind of stuff they washed into it? There are big fish and small fish in the river, often swallowed by her in one mouthful, dont know if she ate something she shouldnt have eaten...

  Forget it, forget it, this kind of thing cant be thought about too much, thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable in the stomach.

  After drinking water, Bai Ling pressed her stomach again and felt a bit hungry. Of course, dragons also need to eat, according to the dragons age, she is still a young dragon cub. Since she changed species, now her favorite food is fish, but for half a month, being lost in the mountains, not even encountering a lake, all the fish stored in her spiritual bag before departure were eaten up.

  The grain is gone, she has to go get some food first.

  Lu Linsheng, who had been shrinking in the corner like a lump of mud, suddenly spoke up and said: "Ill go get you something to eat." Then, hunching his back, he quickly ran out, before Bai Xiang could even stop him.

  Although she explained that she was not a fairy, this big brother seemed to still treat her as an immortal, trembling with fear.

  Whats wrong with you, little brother? The little girl is so lovely and harmless, why are you such a scaredy-cat?

  However, after eating fish for so long, she really did miss human food. Bai Lian was sitting at home waiting when suddenly she heard a burst of laughter and scolding from outside the house, it was very noisy.

  She walked out and took a look, her heart suddenly burning with anger.

  It was a group of villagers, surrounding the little brother and beating him up, while loudly jeering at him. The poor little brother hugged his head and curled up on the ground, letting out mournful cries of pain, with several sweet potatoes and unknown stalks scattered around him.

  Several people kicked his belly and back, scolding in their mouths: "Who allowed you to go up the mountain to dig these sweet potatoes, beat this ugly thing to death."

  "How can he be beaten to death no matter how hard he is beaten? Otherwise, lets try throwing him into a dung pit?"

  "Hes so stinky, he wasnt lost before, he crawled out by himself and walked on the road in front of my house, the whole road was made smelly by him."

  Bai Ling: "......" You few sons of dogs, youve messed with the wrong person.

  She strode forward quickly, lifted her foot and kicked out several times, sending the villagers who were laughing loudly flying out, falling into the vegetable field on one side and eating mud.

  "How are you? Get up quickly." Bai Ling put her hand on the tattered clothes, and pulled up a human-shaped lump that was stuck to the ground.

  Lu Linsheng was dragged by her, stumbling and staggering, and he stared at the fairy in front of him with that silly gaze. The red potato tightly grasped in his hand rolled to the ground, falling beside Bai Xiangs feet.

  Bai Ling looked at him and saw that he seemed to be fine, so she squatted down and picked up the sweet potatoes and stalks. "Lets go."

  Lu Linshengs whole body ached, but he couldnt care about the pain on his body. He limped and followed the white silk in front of him with a kind of yearning and fear. Those who were kicked flying by the powerful force looked at the white silk clearly, and they all became stupid, not knowing what reaction to make. Why was there such a beautiful woman next to the ugly eight freaks they had bullied?

  Bai Ling savored the long-missed roasted sweet potato, and its flavor was surprisingly similar to that of the sweet potatoes sold by a vendor at the back gate of her university on a winter day. She lost herself in thought for a moment before shifting her gaze to the brother beside the small stove.

  He kept a safe distance from her, not daring to get close. He was originally looking at her, but when he saw her look over, he immediately lowered his head in panic, almost becoming one with the small black stove.

  Bai Ling: "......" Afraid of being dug up, how can you be so careless.

  She suddenly remembered the scene of her brother kneeling in front of her and crying bitterly when they were in the mountains. He even asked her why she wanted to live in this world. She was silent for a moment, feeling uncomfortable in her heart. Is it just because I dont look good that I have to be bullied and beaten at will?

  "Come here." She beckoned him over.

  Lu Linsheng walked past with fear and his own unnoticed longing. Bai Xiang said, "Close your eyes."

  Lu Linsheng did as he was told, and Bai Xiang raised one hand, hovering it above his face. A soft white glow suddenly appeared in her palm. The old shell at her waist jumped in fright, transmitting a voice that said, "Young master, you cant waste your spiritual energy like this!"

  Bai Ling didnt bother with him and continued to work hard for a while before putting down her hands. As a result, the big brothers ugly face was still as ugly as ever, without any change.

  Bai Ling: "......" Good chicken lost face, no effect at all! This spiritual power is useless!

  Old Shells painful transmission: "Young Master, youre wasting your spiritual power like this. It wont be useful, thats why I let you go to find a master and learn how to use various spells and spiritual powers!"

  Goodbye.

  Bai Ling rubbed her nose, saw that her brother still had his eyes closed, and secretly took out a golden pearl from the spirit bag. "Okay, open your eyes now."

  "This pearl is for you, consider it a thank you gift for guiding me." She pretended that she hadnt failed in her treatment, but had intended to give the pearl as a thank you gift from the start, which was why she asked him to close his eyes.

  Lu Linshengs eyes widened as he stared at the pearl in her hand. Even if he had no experience, he knew that this pearl was a treasure. He knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly, "I, I dont want this, immortal one, please take me away, I can do anything, I can be your servant."

  Bai Ling raised her hand and pressed it against his forehead, stopping him from continuing to kowtow. "I dont accept servants, if you dont want this pearl, what is your wish?"

  Lu Linsheng looked at her, and her eyes seemed to have a strange power that made him unable to move his gaze. Finally, he muttered in a low voice, "My wish... my only wish is to be full for the rest of my life, never to go hungry..."

  The two words "hunger" had almost accompanied him throughout his short life, and all his humility and pain came from these two words.

  Bai Ling suddenly put down her hand, "Alright, this wish, Ill grant you, follow me."

  She took Lu Linsheng to a nearby county town, found an inn, and directly asked the shopkeeper. She gave him a small bag of shiny white pearls and pointed at Lu Linsheng behind her, "Take good care of this person, from now on, your inn will be in charge of his three meals a day. This bag of pearls is for the meal expenses, how about it?"

  The shopkeeper stared at the bag of beautiful pearls in a daze, and after coming to his senses, he nodded repeatedly. He looked at Bai Lings eyes as if looking at the god of wealth, and even his attitude towards Lu Linsheng, who was ugly and frightening, became gentle.

  Bai Ling, "Remember your promise, write a contract for me and give it to him. Ill be back later to check, if you dont keep your word..."

  "The shopkeeper said: Dont worry, dont worry, our wine house is a hundred-year-old shop, the most credible one. You can rest assured!"

  Bai Ling didnt stay in this small town for long, after handling the matter she left. She didnt take this chance encounter to heart, she didnt even ask what Big Brothers name was.

  But for Lu Linsheng, he would never forget Bai Yun in this life. After Bai Yun left, he brought the food box prepared by the wine shop owner back to his own thatched hut, sat there blankly, and suddenly a golden pearl fell from his arms.

  It was that pearl from before, he didnt know when it had ended up on him. Lu Linshengs pupils constricted, and he knelt down to grab the pearl, clenching it tightly in his fist. He recalled her lightly waving goodbye, bright and clean. He really wanted to chase after her, to keep looking at her, to be her slave, to do anything for her, even if it meant being killed by her.

  But... she didnt want to. Yes, hes like that, everyone dislikes him, what qualifications does he have to follow someone like that?

  Bai Ling walked forward while asking for directions, and three months later, she got lost again as expected. Ordinary people didnt know where the You Fu Mountain was, so she could only head straight in the southeast direction, circling around whenever she encountered obstacles. As a result, she strayed ten million eight thousand miles away, ending up in a prosperous city in the northeast.

  "Shell old man, Im telling you, this time I really dont want to go to that whatever-you-call-it Youhuo Mountain!" Bai Ling said fiercely. Old Shell didnt utter a word, his heart was also very tired.

  Bai Ying exchanged her pearls for gold, then went to a restaurant to have fun. She ordered dozens of special dishes, all of which were fish. She also specifically instructed: "Make me spicy dishes, the spicier the better! Extra spicy!"

  One dish after another was brought out, and more and more people looked at her, this time not only looking at her but also at her dishes.

  "Are you sure its okay?" The waiter looked at the dish covered with a large amount of chili peppers and asked hesitantly.

  Bai Ling took a few bites and was very disgusted, "Whats the matter with your chili here? Not even a bit spicy, and you still have the nerve to call it chili?"

  She hasnt had spicy food for a long time since becoming the dragon, and its rare to see her beloved chili peppers even when she gets lost and walks around. She finally smelled the spicy aroma in this wine house, but unexpectedly, after one taste, she couldnt take it, just this level of spiciness, slightly spicy at most.

  The surrounding diners and waiters all showed a look of reverence.

  Although its said to be only slightly spicy, its really hard to find something spicy in this world, so Bai Ling cherished every bite. As she ate while reminiscing about the hot pot from her hometown, she heard a customer at the next table commenting on the Luoyang plague.

  "I heard many people have already died, fortunately its far from our place, otherwise I would be scared."

  "Gu Yang is a remote and impoverished place, the plague shouldnt have spread here. Besides, we have a Xian sect to the south, if many people really died, those immortals would definitely not ignore it."

  Bai Ling couldnt see the road clearly and didnt know that the mountain forest where she got lost initially belonged to Lvyangs territory. The ugly man Lu Linsheng, whom she had helped before, was dead at this moment.

  ……

  Not long after Bai Ling walked away, Lu Linsheng got into trouble. The fact that he killed Peng Youfu was discovered by someone who saw him dragging something like a corpse to the mountain that night, and also found a blood-stained stick and a copper button belonging to Peng Youfu in his home, so he was locked up in a large prison under Peng Sis curse and the strange gaze of the crowd, waiting for execution.

  "Its him, look at how he turned out, no wonder he became a murderer."

  "Yes, just looking at him, he doesnt seem like a good person, and its possible that he didnt just kill one person."

  Those people pointed at him with fingers, looking at him with disgusted, fearful and curious eyes.

  After staying in the cramped and simple prison of the county government office for a period, Lu Linsheng heard from the idle chatter of the prison guards that many people inside the city had suddenly contracted a strange illness, with the situation becoming more severe by the day, causing panic among the people. In the adjacent cell to his was a thief who had been locked up for a few days and had fallen ill and died in prison, with no one handling the body. The situation outside grew worse and worse, with everyone saying it was the plague, the guards ran away, and no one came to this damp, cold, and smelly large prison to deliver food anymore, and the prisoners could not leave, they could only wait for death inside.

  Some people were crying, some were yelling, and one after another, people kept dying.

  In just two days, Lu Linsheng also contracted the plague. He lay in a dark corner of his cell waiting for death. Before he died, he took out the golden pearl that had been hidden in his bosom and swallowed it into his belly.

  That was given by her, even if I die, it cannot be taken away by others.

  He died quietly that night, his body slowly growing cold.

  In the darkness, there was a faint rustling sound. A mouse, twice as large as an ordinary rat, slowly crawled into this prison cell and arrived at Lu Linshengs corpse. This mouse had a faint aura of evil, but it hadnt become a demon yet, lacking only a few factors to trigger its transformation. It sniffed out the pure spiritual energy within the corpse in front of it, as well as the aura belonging to the dragon clan, and followed the scent to find its way here.

  A red glow floated in the rats eyes, it crawled onto the corpse, bit through the belly of the corpse, and burrowed into the body to start gnawing.

  In the darkness, Lu Linshengs corpse was gnawed into a skeleton, and that old mouse grew another circle in size, its eyes glowing red with cruelty and greed.