CH 80.1

Bai Lixin’s eyes fell on Dijia after the beastman had left.

“……” Dijia froze, “So, you want to compete in the arena for the Beast race’s secret treasure?”

“But Master, I am so delicate, how can I last?” Bai Lixin said, pointing to his small body, then stretching out his hands to measure Dijia’s large one.

Dijia: “???”

Delicate?

You have nothing to do with that word?

Dijia wished he could cock an eyebrow, but he couldn’t. “So?” he could only clear his throat.

Bai Lixin: “How about you go?”

Dijia: “No, I’m the master. How can you let your master do such rude things?” Besides, since you are unwilling, I am also unwilling. ” Dijia then suggested confidently, “Why don’t we steal it?”

“We are not thieves.” Bai Lixin glanced in the direction the beastman had departed. “stealing is bad, but we can borrow.”

Dijia: “……”

High EQ: “borrow”.

Low EQ: “steal”.

Dijia, “So what are you going to do now, go back?”

“Let’s wait and see if someone takes the initiative to find us,” Bai Lixin said as he walked toward the beastmen.

Dijia: “Who will come to you?”

He’d just finished speaking when two cloaked beastmen charged at them. They came to a halt in front of them, panting. “Did you manage to heal that beastman?”

Bai Lixin: “Yes.”

The beastmen were tall, each standing at over two meters tall and only a little shorter than Dijia.

Bai Lixin was surrounded by three tall figures, and he appeared to be very short and miniature as a whole.

The beastmen wore hoods so Bai Lixin could only see long mouths under the hood.

One of the beastmen lifted his hood, revealing the hidden head inside.

It was a feline beastman with the appearance of a leopard.

His golden fur was speckled with black spots, and the leopard beastman only gave Dijia a sidelong glance before speaking to Bai Lixin. “Count Aer, our Lord, has extended an invitation.”

Dijia: “……”

What did he say earlier?

Who would come to see Bai Lixin? Wasn’t this someone?

Bai Lixin tugged at Dijia’s sleeve and smiled at the two beastmen. “Alright, lead the way.”

Dijia wrapped his arms around Bai Lixin. The latter had a waist so small that his palm could fit around it.

How can it be so small?

Dijia pinched the small waist gently. His hands were so big that they could easily cover the young man’s hips.

The flames in his eyes raged like boiling water.

“How did you know someone would come looking for you?” Dijia whispered.

Bai Lixin wrapped his arms around Dijia’s neck.

The Dijia in this copy always wore a hood, as if it were an extension of his body.

He hoisted his body up using the strength of Dijia’s neck. He buried his face in the hood and pressed his lips against Dijia’s ear. “Because I noticed Count Aer couldn’t stand up straight. He appeared to be injured.”

“That beastman was about to die when he was thrown out, but he returned in one piece, even his severed tail had grown back. If the Count wanted to be healed, he would almost certainly seek me out.”

Bai Lixin’s voice was very low. He didn’t even make a sound, and his words seemed to be wrapped in hot air as they fell softly on Dijia’s ears.

The hood twitched, mischievously caressing Bai Lixin’s cheeks.

The beastmen did not take them into the arena, but chose a different path.

Bai Lixin and Dijia saw the beastman they had saved as they passed the arena.

He had shackles on his wrists and an apologetic expression on his face..

Dijia held Bai Lixin and continued to follow the beastmen until they came to a carriage.

It was a carriage but it wasn’t being pulled by a horse.

Horses are born with a strong sense of danger, so they would refuse to pull a carriage with a beastman.

The carriage was pulled by two wild wolves.They were pure beasts, not beastmen.

The carriage was huge, and a man in a cloak peered through an open window. Although the face couldn’t be seen through the cloak, Bai Lixin could feel a pair of eyes examining and observing them.

A few moments later, a voice came from under the cloak, “Undead mage, was it you who cured the beastman?”

Bai Lixin and Dijia: “?”

You’ve got the wrong person.

“I am Count Aer,” the man said without waiting for Dijia to respond. “If you can heal his tail, you should be able to heal other injuries, right?”

The beastman who revealed his face expressed his displeasure, but Count Aer had already spoken and he couldn’t stop him.

Count Aer lifted his cloak to reveal his face only after Dijia had carried Bai Lixin into the carriage.

He was a lion-beast man, and his beast traits were quite obvious. A large circle of mane surrounded the top of his head to the neck.

“It appears that the undead mage and I have a common hobby. I like to keep beastmen pets; you like to keep human pets.” Count Aer said, looking at Bai Lixin in Dijia’s arms.

Bai Lixin and Dijia looked at each other, and Bai Lixin finally couldn’t help but point at himself and say, “I’m the one who cured that beastman. I’m a human magician.”

Count Aer’s smiling expression froze. He blinked and changed his tone. “Oh, so that’s the case. Then it appears that human magicians and I share a hobby. I like to keep beastmen as pets, while you prefer undead.”

Bai Lixin: “He is my master.”

Count Aer: “……”

Bai Lixin also felt embarrassed for him and said, “Or we should go straight to the point?”

This kind of thing where you try to get close to someone also needs talent.

Count Aer awkwardly put away his smile. He lifted his trouser legs and revealed his legs.

One of his calves was gone, and it was replaced by a prosthetic leg made of steel.

“Is there anything you can do for it?”

Bai Lixin noticed a faint trace of black mist at the point where his leg and the prosthetic leg were connected by the faint moonlight overhead.

“Dark magic?”

Count Aer: “Yes, I was fighting a human magician practicing dark magic. He nicked my leg with a sword with dark magic. It still hurts even after all these years.”

“Dark magic…” Bai Lixin touched his chin looking troubled, “It’s a little troublesome, ah.”

He looked up and saw killing intent in Count Aer’s eyes.

“But with a little effort, you can be healed.”

Count Aer’s face immediately changed into a gentle smile, “That’s great.”

“I can give you a generous payment as long as it can be healed.”

Bai Lixin shrank in Dijia’s arms and changed to a more comfortable position. “There is only one thing I want; that is the secret treasure of the Beast race, Count Aer.”

Count Aer suddenly bared his teeth, and he looked at Bai Lixin with vigilance.

But he quickly replaced the vicious expression with a gentle smile: “It is not impossible, everything is negotiable. The two guests can accompany me back to the castle first.””

Count Aer snapped his fingers towards the outside without waiting for Bai Lixin and Dijia to say anything else.

The wolves threw their heads back and howled to the sky before running wildly with the carriage.

Count Aer’s clawed hands were hidden in his sleeves, and the sharp claws protruding from them had revealed his mood.

You want the secret treasure?

I’ll first trick you to the castle and you’ll be in my territory.

Then I’ll trick you into healing my leg.

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In the live broadcast room

[This old lion looks like he wants God Xin dead?]

[Warrior lion, I hope you will live to see the future.]

[Why do I suddenly feel distressed? I can only burn incense to this lion without eyes. 】

[I envy the lion’s innocent and simple smile. This smile will probably be gone within the next two days, he should cherish it]

[I’m going to laugh to death. When other players are targeted, we pray for them. When God Xin is targeted, we can only blame the monster and wish him to rest in peace.]

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The wolf carriage sped through the moonlight, arriving at the base of a castle a few moments later.

The castle’s dilapidated metal gate was open, and the wolf carriage drove straight in.

Bai Lixin heard the gate slam shut and wondered if they were afraid of something leaving or breaking in.

There was a faint odor of blood in the air, and a bloody corpse lay on the grass not far from the castle. Several vultures were circling the corpse, devouring it.

There was also a lot of space in the castle,and the wolf carriage darted through it. The scenery changed quickly until the carriage came to a halt in front of a shed.

Count Aer limped down from the carriage, his walking stick propped up.

He motioned to Bai Lixin and Dijia, “Follow me.”

Bai Lixin had already left Dijia’s arms, and when he took a step back, he noticed that Count Aer was also quite tall, almost on par with Dijia.

He and Dijia walked alongside Count Aer, silently observing their surroundings.

Suddenly, Bai Lixin felt his hand being wrapped in a cold, broad palm.

Bai Lixin was slightly stunned. He turned around to see Dijia nod gently at him.

Dijia’s bone fingers began to write something on Bai Lixin’s palm as the wide robe covered their hands.

— “Giant beast.”

Giant beast?

Count Aer was right in front of them, and Bai Lixin and Dijia followed him silently.

The only signs of a giant were the claw marks on the walls he had noticed when they had just arrived in the small village.

Was that the giant beast Dijia was mentioning?

Bai Lixin cast an inquiring glance toward Dijia.

Dijia continued to write about the village.

[The village, the giant beast.]

Could he have picked up on the scent of that giant beast here?

He cast Dijia a questioning glance. He saw Dijia nod at him.

So the giant beast that attacked the village was in Count Aer’s castle?

What does that mean?

Dijia grabbed Bai Lixin’s hand and pinched a small finger, carefully stroking the other party’s fingers.

Dijia’s index finger then rested on his palm, as if he were about to write something else.

Just then, Count Aer glanced back at them, “Here we are. Please come in.”

Bai Lixin discovered that they had arrived at a room down a long corridor.

Count Aer pushed the door open, turned on the light, and walked in first.

It was a parlor and there was a bookshelf filled with books. It was unknown as to whether they were usually read or were just a decoration.There was a fireplace in the corner, and the firewood was burning inside.

Next to the bookshelf was a shelf with a wide range of trinkets and accessories.

Count Aer was intense in public, but once he got into his castle, he became very spirited.

He casually sat on one of the sofas with his legs folded. He lifted his trouser leg and asked Bai Lixin: “Can you treat me now?”

Only then did Bai Lixin withdraw his eyes from the trinkets and turn to Count Aer’s leg.

“Your injury is a little more serious than that beastman’s,” said Bai Lixin to the Count. “I can only use my healing spell once a day, and I’ve already helped the other orc; your leg will have to be treated tomorrow.”

They were finally in his territory, and Count Aer did not bother pretending.

He put away the gentlemanly appearance in the carriage, and the golden beast pupils showed the previously hidden killing intent, “You better promise to heal me.”

“See the vultures outside? If you can’t heal me, your fate will be the same as that corpse they are devouring.”

“The undead are immortal, but they will perish if kept in a blazing fire.”

“I considered your punishment on our way here, but I still wish I didn’t have to do it.”

Count Aer casually threw his cloak into the fireplace .The fire tongues licked up the black fabric and curled around it, burning it up.

“This cloak is what will happen to this Undead.”

Bai Lixin and Dijia just looked at each other, and both saw the disdain in each other’s eyes.

But there was still something to be gained here, and Bai Lixin spoke up quietly. “Okay, I understand. Could I examine your leg?”

“It’s good that you are wise,” Count Aer said, flashing his teeth.

Bai Lixin approached Count Aer and looked down to observe his leg.

The moment he bent down, he skillfully blocked the pearl necklace on his neck with his body and activated the Mermaid’s Heart.

[Ding! The healing target is detected to have toxins that cannot be cleared. Healing can only be performed after detoxification.]

S419M’s voice rang out in his mind. [Lord host, it is the same toxin as the Night Elves, but the poisoning is not very serious. The toxin in this beastman’s body didn’t come from dark magic.]

Bai Lixin:[ I see.]

Bai Lixin bowed his head and continued to observe Count Aer’s leg.

Toxin is toxin, dark magic is dark magic, and crippling is crippling.

To fully cure Count Aer, he needed to solve all three problems at once.

The dark magic that lingered on the wound appeared faint, but a closer inspection revealed that it was deep within Count Aer’s leg, preventing his wound from healing completely.

There were also many thin threads like earthworms wrapped around the top of the wound, as if they had been eating along the wound on Count Aer’s leg.

A tall shadow suddenly covered the top of Bai Lixin’s leg, blocking the light above him.

Bai Lixin looked up and saw that it was Dijia.

He naturally waved his hand at Dijia, motioning for him to crouch. “Take a look at this. This dark magic appears to be alive; it’s quite intriguing.”

Dijia leaned over and the two of them started pointing at the wound as if no one else was around, ignoring Count Aer, whose face was getting increasingly ugly.

“This kind of dark magic is a forbidden art,” Dijia said after a few seconds of examination. “ I have seen it in an ancient book.”

“Do you have a private library of ancient books?” Bai Lixin cocked his brow and said, “I am your own disciple, but you don’t even acknowledge it? What, you intend to leave them for the rest of your disciples to read?”

Dijia: “……”

This was simply unreasonable.

Bai Lixin: “Why do I feel as if this dark magic is alive?”

Dijia: “This magic is like this because it is too vicious; once inside, it will be like maggots attached to the bone or a parasite. In a nutshell, this dark magic is also known as a curse. Once bitten by this dark magic, the victim will be bitten by 10,000 worms every day until the body is completely devoured by them.

Bai Lixin: “How pitiful, the person who gets bitten is too miserable.”

The two were so unscrupulous that they completely ignored Count Aer, whose eyes were already red.