“I don’t believe you. With your personality, you definitely wouldn’t bear to let her go up then,” Bai Leng said, touching Leticia’s face. A hint of slyness, which annoyed Leticia, was in her smile. “I almost forgot, you’re still a tsundere who never changes.”
“You’re the tsundere, your whole family’s tsundere! Get lost! Crawl away! Crawl as far away as possible!”
Her soft, pale hands slapped randomly at her body. Bai Leng laughed merrily, making no attempt to dodge, but instead honestly endured Leticia’s playful, hammer-like blows.
They didn’t hurt at all. She could just take it as her little girlfriend being cute.
Thinking about it that way, Bai Leng felt that being hit like this wasn’t an unacceptable thing. At most, she’d get it back when they slept at night.
She’d used so much energy just now. Would she still have more energy at night?
Then wouldn’t she be pinned down, completely unable to resist?
Hit me, hit me as hard as you want! Bai Leng even wanted to shout that out loud.
“It’s not nighttime yet. You two, restrain yourselves. Also, Yu needs more support. Xiaobai, come out quickly!”
Unfortunately, good times don’t last. Yinfeinuo’s voice shattered the ambiguous atmosphere between the two.
Bai Leng sighed regretfully, released her hands on Leticia, and stood up to straighten her clothes. “Then I’ll go first.”
“Crawl, crawl, crawl, hurry up and crawl away!”
“Bye-bye.”
“No more bye-bye, hurry up and get lost!”
“So heartless, Leti,” Bai Leng giggled, lightly skipping to the bedroom door. She gave Leticia a somewhat punchable smile. “I’ll come find you again tonight. Remember to wash up!”
The response she received was a white pillow flying towards her at high speed.
…
“Eh, where’s Leti?”
Seeing the rarely seen white-haired girl appear in the room, Linglong was obviously stunned. She didn’t know why Bai Ling was the one coming out to hear the situation report today.
Yu, who was sitting upright on the cushion in the center of the room, also curiously looked up at Bai Ling. She didn’t know much about this white-haired elder sister. She only knew that the starry aura that made her dislike something came from this white-haired elder sister.
However, although she disliked the starry aura, Yu didn’t dislike Bai Ling herself.
This was because she could feel the care and affection this elder sister had for her in her heart.
“She’s stuck in a rut right now. Don’t worry about her. I’ll go talk to her tonight,” Bai Ling’s style was very distinct. Her main approach was decisiveness and efficiency. She didn’t waste words and went straight to the point. “How is the situation? Is the plan progressing smoothly?”
“It’s progressing relatively smoothly. Although there are some intelligent people in this tribe who are still suspicious of Yu’s identity, the tribe leader has already believed us. Tomorrow, he will send a small team to accompany us to other tribes further north,” Linglong briefly explained the results to Bai Ling.
These tribes worshipped Fenghuang. However, they were clearly not core followers. They couldn’t even recognize the Dragon Clan, Fenghuang’s sworn enemy. They thought Linglong and the others were some kind of special bird beastmen.
Perhaps in their perception, beastmen with wings that could fly were bird beastmen.
With such a group of ‘turncoats’ as guides, Linglong’s group’s journey would likely be a lot smoother. The further north they went, the closer they would be to their goal. Perhaps in some tribe, they would be able to get information about Fenghuang’s current location.
“It’s strange, though. This tribe indeed worships Fenghuang, but they know very little about Fenghuang. Basically, they only know that it is a great bird deity and that this deity is about to awaken soon. As for other information, they have none here.”
“Sacred lands? Sacred sites? They have none of these. It’s as if this sect doesn’t even have a base camp.”
Unlike the Lion Great God that the beastmen now worship. They already have a building similar to the Pope’s City near the royal tent there, which is the gathering place for the Great God’s faith and also the sacred land of this belief.
There is the most magnificent temple of the Great God in the entire Beastman tribe, used to enshrine the statue of the greatest Lion Great God. Linglong, who is at the border of the Great Plains, knows this.
However, Fenghuang’s faith has none of this. Her faith seems to lack a central point, and not even a famous temple can be found.
The abandoned temples in the jungle show no signs of recent worship. And through communication with the Pigeon Chief, Linglong learned that the members of these tribes also did not know Fenghuang’s base camp location.
“Perhaps the Sky Eagle Tribe further north knows more. They are the most powerful tribe in the Northern Region. It was their people who, along with those black-robed merchants, came to spread the faith of the Fenghuang Bird Great God to us,” after thinking for a long time, the Pigeon Chief finally provided a useful clue.
The Sky Eagle Tribe is one of the most powerful tribes in the Northern Region. Their territory is in the northernmost part of the Northern Region, close to the Great Desert covered by sandstorms. Fenghuang’s faith seems to have been spread by their people in the Northern Region.
“So, the Sky Eagle Tribe should be our recent target?” Bai Ling mused, tapping her chin. “Do you know where this tribe is located?”
Linglong spread her hands helplessly. It seemed the answer was obvious.
“This Pigeon Tribe is not strong. It is a vassal of another slightly stronger tribe in the vicinity, and that tribe is also a vassal of another powerful tribe, and then finally the Sky Eagle Tribe.”
“In other words, if we’re unlucky, we might have to run two more times and trick these beastmen twice more before we can get the location of the Sky Eagle Tribe.”
“That’s a minor issue. As long as we have a clue, it’s a great improvement not to be scrambling around like headless flies. As for asking for directions, leave that to me and Leti,” Bai Ling wasn’t too disappointed. With a clear target, things became much simpler.
Deceiving those tribes to obtain the location information of the Sky Eagle Tribe was only a relatively peaceful method. If they couldn’t deceive them, it would be a true disaster for those tribes.
In front of Leticia, the goddess of dreams, would these ordinary beastmen be able to keep their secrets?
Is that possible?
Leticia could easily pry any information from their mouths without them even realizing what was happening. This was the power of a god.
There was no need for coercion or enticement, nor for slaughter. She only needed to enter their dreams, and Leticia could steal the secrets in their hearts.
It could be said that as long as Yu set foot in the territory of those tribes and Leticia could use her abilities to cover them, within one night, Leticia could figure everything out.
“Speaking of which, this room is quite large. These beastmen are quite good to you, letting you all stay together.” After finishing the important matters, Bai Ling looked around, expressing surprise at Yu’s current living situation.
It was a spacious room with exquisite and luxurious furnishings. It could be considered a mansion among the beastmen.
Being able to let Yu live in such a house, even for just one day, showed the Pigeon Chief’s attitude.
“This house actually belongs to that hawk-headed beastman who was scared silly by Yu earlier. According to the Pigeon Chief, that hawk-headed beastman is the special envoy of the sect. He is usually very arrogant, and this house was built by his subordinates,” Linglong explained in a low voice. That beastman was currently under house arrest by the Pigeon Chief for offending Yu, so his house naturally became vacant.
“As for us, we found another excuse to live with Yu.”
The other excuse refers to having Yu personally ask to keep them as attendants.
Wanting someone to serve her? Of course, that’s possible. The Pigeon Chief agreed to Yu’s request without a second thought. He wasn’t using his own people, so why would he oppose it?
He couldn’t possibly arrange separate rooms for these three strange beastmen for the night. It was killing two birds with one stone.
Thus, Linglong successfully mingled with Yu again, continuing their grand conspiracy.
“The sect’s special envoy? Then why didn’t you directly ask him to clarify things?” Bai Ling looked up, a confused expression on her face.
Since he was a special envoy, he would definitely know things related to the sect. Therefore, wouldn’t going to ask this special envoy for information now be the best choice?
Linglong also wanted to do that, but that hawk-headed beastman was locked up by the Pigeon beastman, and his whereabouts were unknown.
Furthermore, compared to the Pigeon Chief, who already believed in Yu, that hawk-headed beastman seemed more cautious. Linglong was also a bit worried that this guy might say something outrageous and ruin their plan.
After hearing Linglong’s reasons, Bai Ling nodded slightly. This was indeed a problem. “You are only staying here for one night, right?”
“Yes, we will depart for the next tribe tomorrow morning.”
“Then I will resolve the matter with that beastman tonight.” Bai Ling rubbed her wrist, a look of eagerness on her face.
She really wanted to take action now!
“By the way, does Yu want to come with me and take a look?”
“Hmm?” The blonde girl, who had been sitting on the ground pretending to be a ghost, raised her head in confusion, her big eyes filled with question marks. “Look?”
“To see interesting things,” Bai Ling said with a smile.
Yu’s eyes lit up. She loved interesting things the most. “Yes!”
She raised both hands, almost jumping up to express her eagerness.
“Alright then, Yu, go back with me to change your clothes. These clothes are not suitable for strenuous activity. Go change into more comfortable sportswear.”
Saying that, Bai Ling took Yu’s hand and returned to the Divine Artifact space.
Linglong, who remained in the room, also wanted to go along and take a look, but she had a more important task.
The Pigeon Chief’s attitude was outwardly submissive, but who knew if he had set up any hidden sentries to monitor them? Fortunately, there were a few windowless rooms in this house, so there was no need to worry about peeping.
Knock, knock, knock. About ten minutes after Yu and Bai Ling left, two of Linglong’s kin knocked on the door.
After a series of rhythmic knocks, Linglong opened the door and let the two young dragon clan members into the room.
“We took a walk around outside and also set up warning formations in the nearby places where peeping could occur. That Pigeon Chief really seems to have no defenses at all; he hasn’t sent anyone to watch us.”
“That’s a good thing. Stay vigilant, don’t be careless.”
“Understood!”
…
In another part of the tribe, inside the Pigeon Chief’s large house, the Pigeon Chief, who outwardly appeared extremely obedient to Yu, was discussing these unwelcome guests with his trusted deputy under the candlelight.
The deputy had a worried expression on his face. He didn’t trust these people. It couldn’t be helped. Whether it was Linglong and the other two, whom he had never seen before, or the blonde girl with a terrifying aura, they were simply too challenging to his worldview.
As a little beastman who had basically only stayed in the vicinity, how could he have seen such a scene? His intuition told him that if something was unusual, there must be a demon, and that group of four was definitely problematic.
The Pigeon Chief took a sip of wine. “Why worry so much? They’re leaving tomorrow. Even if they have ill intentions, it has nothing to do with us anymore.”
Did he really believe in Yu’s identity? Was he not suspicious of Yu’s identity at all?
How could that be?
How could someone who became a tribal chief be so easily fooled? Of course, he didn’t trust these four people, but he also knew that his small tribe alone couldn’t deal with these four people.
Not to mention the blonde girl whose strength was unfathomable, just the white-haired maiden, who looked very beautiful, exuded a condensed aura that silently told the Pigeon Chief that she was also an expert not to be underestimated.
If it came to a real fight, he had no confidence that he could defeat that white-haired maiden, let alone the blonde girl who looked even more terrifying.
“They are not ordinary people, and their targets are definitely not us. It’s better to turn a blind eye and let them pass. Even if there are problems later, I can explain it on my end.” The Pigeon Chief sighed. Being weak also had its advantages. He insisted that he simply didn’t see the problem and was deceived by these people. What else could those people say?
It was common knowledge that beastmen were not very intelligent and were easily deceived. Moreover, those people were acting so convincingly. It was normal for him to be deceived.
“If that little blonde girl is really a divine being descended to earth, then with our good attitude, won’t she remember us firmly? Think about the benefits we’ll get in the future!” A trace of greed flashed in his eyes. The Pigeon Chief also had some wishful thinking. If this blonde girl was really a god, then his current attitude of serving her hand and foot, wouldn’t he get some benefits?
The chief didn’t ask for anything too valuable. Gold, silver, and treasures would be fine.
“Should we strengthen the defenses on the hawk-headed side to prevent him from running out?”
“No need. I’ll only keep him for tonight. Tomorrow, as soon as these four people leave, I’ll let him out. If he really suspects these people and sends people to chase them or tip them off, that’s his business, and it has nothing to do with us.”
