Chapter 382: Strange Things
“Miss Luo, why do you say that?”
Lin Bai had thought of this possibility, but it was too coincidental, and it was also the situation that Lin Bai did not want to see the most.
Luo Ningyu stretched out a jade finger and lightly tapped on the mahogany table, making a crisp tapping sound. There was a smile at the corner of her mouth, but she did not say anything.
Lin Bai frowned slightly. He did not understand what Luo Ningyu meant. Just as he was about to speak, a woman walked in.
The woman was dressed in a capable black robe. Her jet-black hair was tied up into a ponytail at the back of her head. Her eyebrows were sharp and cold, and her chest was short. Her upper garment was taut, and her figure was slender.
The woman looked coldly at Lin Bai, then turned her gaze to Luo Ningyu. She knelt on one knee on the ground and lowered her head.
Lin Bai retracted his gaze and looked at Luo Ningyu.
Lin Bai was quite surprised. This woman in black had excellent looks and figure. It was more than enough for her to marry into some of the smaller n.o.ble families as a wife…
And now, such a beautiful woman was working for Luo Ningyu as a subordinate, and she even listened to her orders respectfully.
This made Lin Bai quite curious about Luo Ningyu’s ident.i.ty and background.
Luo Ningyu looked at the black clothed lady and faintly said, “Tell young master Lin about the situation in the Black Cloud Stronghold.”
The black clothed lady raised her head and glanced at Luo Ningyu. She then glanced at Lin Bai and immediately said,
“I have been hiding on the mountain of the Black Cloud Stockade for the past few days...”
......
Hiss!
Lin Bai could not help but think highly of this black clothed lady. At the same time, he also thought highly of Luo Ningyu.
He became increasingly curious about the ident.i.ty and power behind Luo Ningyu.
“In the Black Cloud Stockade, most of the bandits are not in the strnghold these days. Instead, they have all been ordered to go down the mountain and abduct people. In just two days of my undercover observation, a hundred men and women have been captured into the stockade!”
Lin Bai only felt that the carriage had suddenly quieted down. Only Luo Ningyu and the woman in black could be heard breathing softly.
Lin Bai felt a headache coming on.
Bandit villages like this would more or less abduct some people. The men would be used as slaves and laborers, while the women would be used as wives.
However, a second-rate village had already abducted more than a hundred people in two days. If this was added to the recent days, it would become strange.
These bandits also knew how to balance themselves. They would not s.n.a.t.c.h everything in one go. If they did that, it would definitely attract the officials and heroes from all sides to come and slaughter them. Perhaps no one would come near their territory again.
Therefore, the matter that the woman in black reported was very strange.
Lin Bai raised his head and looked at Luo Ningyu. However, Luo Ningyu was also looking at him with her clear eyes. Everything was said in silence.
Luo Ningyu raised a hand and waved it forward. The eyes of the woman in black lit up. She stood up and took her leave without saying a word.
Only when the footsteps of the woman in black were far away did Luo Ningyu continue to speak. However, there was a hint of confusion between her brows:
“It seems that it has something to do with our goal.”
The word ‘goal’ was very clear. It was the abnormal phenomenon that Luo Ningyu had detected previously. The matter that they were going to investigate this time was also the devil…
“We can’t be certain at this time,” Lin Bai added from the side.
Luo Ningyu nodded lightly. Her eyes flickered as she said, “But we have to investigate. We can’t let go of any suspicious points.”
Luo Ningyu had her eyes on Lin Bai’s strength and his shrewdness, so she did not hide these things. Instead, she told Lin Bai everything and discussed the plan with him.
The sky gradually darkened, and the gentle breeze made people feel a little cold. Lin Bai walked out of Luo Ningyu’s carriage somewhat dispiritedly.
“Yo! Looking at your appearance, you must have plowed a lot of land!”
A burst of soft laughter sounded not far away. Lin Bai did not even need to raise his head to know that it was Qi Long who had said those words.
The corners of Lin Bai’s mouth curled up. He looked at Qi Long and smiled. “Do you want to know?”
The smile on Qi Long’s face froze for an instant... F * ck, could it really be true?!
He was only teasing Lin Bai just now, but judging from Lin Bai’s expression, could it be that he and Luo Ningyu…
Lin Bai nodded. “It’s good that you want to know!”
Qi Long quickly walked to Lin Bai’s side and waited for Lin Bai to begin. He said, “What kind of battle was that? What kind of stance did the opponent’s general take? What kind of moves did he use?”.
However, Lin Bai did not say a word as he returned to his own carriage.
Qi Long was stunned for a moment before he came to a realization. Lin Bai was lying to him!
He returned to the back of the carriage.
Lin Bai placed the few small beasts in the carriage and even called Little Red to his side.
“System, I want to pa.s.s on my cultivation to Little Red,” Lin Bai muttered in his heart.
Little Red raised its chin and looked at the remaining small beasts as if it was showing off. “See, I deserve this. I’m the hero!”!
[ Ding — ]
[ The host has pa.s.sed on fifteen days of cultivation to Little Red. ]
[ Twenty times of cultivation has been successfully triggered. ]
[ The host has received three hundred days of cultivation. ]
The other little beasts looked at Lin Bai with longing eyes, staring at him pitifully.
“Hey!” Lin Bai couldn’t help but laugh. “Now, you guys have a chance too.”
When the Little Beasts heard this, their faces were filled with joy.
“Little Green, just like Little Red, you’ll be patrolling the dense forest outside the convoy. Little Black, you and Little Blue...”
Lin Bai began giving instructions to the little beasts.
This advantage of beastmasters was Lin Bai’s greatest advantage.
Beastmasters were able to use spirit beasts and make them act according to the arrangement of their plans. They were able to detect their enemies thousands of miles away from himthem and to command the spirit beasts as if they were laying out their troops on paper and taking the heads of their enemies in a chess game.
With Lin Bai’s promise, the little beasts seemed to have been injected with stimulants. When Little Red heard that someone was going to s.n.a.t.c.h the credit, it flapped its bright red wings and flew out of the small square window. In the dusky night sky, it was like a sun.
Xiao Qing followed closely behind and quietly left the carriage.
After giving these instructions, Lin Bai walked out of the carriage and found Rong Ziyi among the guards.
When Rong Ziyi saw Lin Bai come over, he walked up respectfully and asked,
“Young Master Lin, may I know what’s the matter?”
Although he was curious about what Lin Bai and Luo Ningyu were talking about, he knew that their ident.i.ties were very different. Moreover, the current situation was not good, so he could only hold it in his stomach.
“Is there anyone in this convoy who knows about the information within a hundred-mile radius?” Lin Bai asked.
Rong Ziyi could not answer the question. Although he knew everyone in the convoy, he had never cared about this question.
At this moment, a guard standing behind Rong Ziyi stood up and said forcefully,
“There’s a person in the convoy. His hometown is Hutou village, which is a hundred miles away. He knows everything around here like the back of his hand.”
Lin Bai looked at Rong Ziyi. Rong Ziyi suddenly understood. He took out a silver ingot from his waist and handed it to the guard. “Take us to see him.”
The guard took the silver ingot and weighed it in his hand. A bright smile appeared on his face. “Okay, my lords, follow me!”
The guard took Lin Bai and Rong Ziyi from the middle of the convoy to the rear of the convoy. Behind them were the goods transported by the caravan. On a carriage full of goods sat a middle-aged man with a scar on his right eyebrow and a stubble on his face.
“It’s him!”