Xiao Man slapped Yue Ran on the back of the head, "Let's go, we still haven't figured out lunch today. Don't you want to eat lunch?"
Yue Ran rubbed the back of his head and followed Xiao Man, "Second Brother, what's for lunch? Is there meat? I want to eat meat. I heard that demon rabbit meat from the Eastern Yue Forest is especially delicious. Let's eat rabbit meat."
"Fine, you hunt, I'll stew," Xiao Man's voice was full of indulgence, as if Yue Ran were truly her younger brother.
"No problem, I'll definitely bring back the fattest and biggest demon rabbit."
Mu Qi watched the group disappear into the distance, his eyes filled with gloom.
"He actually has friends," Mu Qi murmured foolishly. "And they seem to get along well. But why would someone like him have friends?"
The guards remained silent. They were aware of Yue Ran's identity. This person had an extremely fiery temper and would resort to violence at the slightest disagreement. Even though he was a heaven-blessed prodigy, no one dared to be his friend, as no one wanted to be beaten up all the time.
"Do I have friends?" Mu Qi asked abruptly. Thinking carefully, although he was praised as a genius and had everything he wanted, he had not a single close friend.
"Young Master, are we still going to catch the flood dragon?" the guard asked cautiously. Their young master was capricious. When he liked you, he would give you anything. When he no longer liked you, he could send you from heaven to hell. No one could figure out his temper and preferences, so naturally, he had no friends.
"Do I have friends?" Mu Qi asked again.
"Of course, you have friends. You have many friends," the guard replied. There were always many people around the young master, but they all knew clearly that they just wanted to gain his favor for more benefits. If there was anyone who genuinely wanted to be his friend... there probably wasn't.
"Would my friends dare to hit my head?"
The guard's lips twitched. Who would dare to hit his head? They must be tired of living. Besides, how many people would dare to hit Young Master Yue's head? They would likely be chopped up by Young Master Yue before they even made a move!
"Why is she unwilling to be friends with me?" Mu Qi asked, bewildered. "Why doesn't she want the elixirs I give her? In the past, when I gave elixirs to others, they would happily accept them. Why doesn't she?"
The guard was somewhat embarrassed. After all, he was not Xiao Man and didn't know Xiao Man's thoughts or why she refused his elixirs. If it were him, he would be so happy to receive a Void Entering Elixir that he'd walk on air. But Xiao Man refused without even looking at it.
"Young Master, he is ungrateful," after a moment of thought, the guard offered this answer. He felt that Xiao Man didn't know Mu Qi's capabilities or the benefits of being friends with Mu Qi, which was why she was so cold to their young master.
"Ungrateful?" Mu Qi chuckled upon hearing this. Whether Xiao Man was ungrateful, he didn't know. However, Xiao Man showed no flattery towards him and treated him like a stranger. Usually, everyone indulged him, praised him, and flattered him. But now, someone ignored him because she had no need for him. Didn't cultivators treasure alchemists? Why didn't it work with her?
"Young Master, are we still going to catch the flood dragon?"
"Do you know where the flood dragon is hiding?" Mu Qi asked softly.
"The flood dragon should have returned to its lair."
"Flood dragons are highly territorial magical beasts and rarely leave their areas. But it came out. Why?" Mu Qi glanced at the person beside him.
The guard dared not answer, as he didn't know what had gotten into the flood dragon.
"Don't you people use your brains normally?" Mu Qi's voice, tinged with unknown anger, boomed. "If no one provoked the flood dragon, why would it leave its territory?"
"Your meaning is, someone provoked the flood dragon."
"It's probably not as simple as provocation. If it was just provocation, the flood dragon wouldn't have run out of the extreme marsh. Someone must have stolen something from it. To make the flood dragon chase like this, they must have taken something very important to it." Mu Qi frowned. "What could it be?"
"I heard that dragons like to hoard treasures. Could the flood dragon have this hobby too? And did Xiao Qin and his group steal the flood dragon's treasure?"
"What treasure is worth it chasing this far?" Mu Qi was somewhat confused. Dragons liked shiny gold things. Even if some were stolen, it wouldn't make them so angry to chase this far. "It must be something very important to the flood dragon."
"Could it be the flood dragon's child?" the maid Qiao Ling tentatively asked.
"Flood dragon egg!" Mu Qi's expression turned peculiar. If Xiao Man and his group stole the flood dragon's egg, it would explain why the flood dragon was chasing them.
"Flood dragon egg!" As soon as this was said, everyone gasped. If the cubs of the Earth Splitting Bear had already made people covetous, then the flood dragon egg would likely make everyone fight tooth and nail for it.
"Young Master, should we snatch it?"
"They may not have stolen the flood dragon egg..."
"It could be a flood dragon cub!" the guard interjected, his eyes gleaming. If it were a flood dragon cub, its value would be even greater, as a flood dragon egg might not successfully hatch.
"If it is a flood dragon cub, what will you do?" Mu Qi asked calmly.
"Naturally, we'll snatch it!" After saying that, the guard felt it was not quite right and added, "We'll snatch it and present it to you, Young Master."
Mu Qi's expression was composed. He felt something was amiss. The flood dragon had been lurking in the Eastern Yue Forest, and many people had been attacked. This indicated the flood dragon wanted to kill, not save. What had Yue Ran and the others done to incur the flood dragon's relentless pursuit, wanting to kill them quickly?
"Follow them. If it's as you say, the flood dragon will definitely not let them go and will find them again," Mu Qi stated confidently. By following Xiao Man and the others, he would find out what they had done.
However, their group was too large, making them an easy target and difficult to track. Mu Qi eventually took only one guard to follow Xiao Man's group, while the others retreated to the nameless town to wait. Soudan Novel Network.
For two consecutive days, Mu Qi followed them. Yue Ran impatiently poked at the campfire, sending sparks flying.
"If you keep poking it, the fire will go out," Xiao Man opened Yue Ran's hand and gathered the messed-up campfire back together. A gurgling sound came from the stewing pot, and the aroma of meat wafted from the steaming pot, making one's mouth water.
Yue Ran swallowed his saliva, "Second Brother, it smells so good. I've eaten fruit狸 meat before, and it was a bit sour, not this fragrant. If I hadn't caught it myself, I would suspect it wasn't fruit狸 meat."
Xiao Man smiled, "The meat of the fruit狸 is tender. Its only drawback is a special sourness that requires special treatment. Once handled properly, it's a delicacy."
"Can the one behind us be processed into a dish?" Yue Ran drew his sword and meticulously wiped it. He had endured it for a long time. Mu Qi had been following them. Today, he would chop him up and make a dish.