Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 181 You're really handsome
The little girl in front of Lin Jiang gradually raised her innocent face, her gaze climbing up along the hem of his blue robe, finally settling on Lin Jiang's features.

Suddenly she gasped for breath, her mouth opening wide.

After most of the day had passed, the little girl finally sighed from the bottom of her heart:
"You are very handsome."

Upon hearing the little girl's words, Lin Jiang couldn't help but blink slightly.
"Yes, I know I'm handsome."

The little girl hopped to Lin Jiang's side, her eyes sparkling like stars as she looked up at him.
"Are you from Daxing?"

"I am." Lin Jiang's gaze fell on the two horns on the little girl's head: "It looks like you must be from the East Sea."

“We don’t call our country Donghai.” The little girl shook her head, but she was very serious: “Our country’s name is Yin, just like you call your country Daxing. We should be called the Great Yin Kingdom.”

"That's it."

Lin Jiang nodded knowingly.

Just as I was about to ask this little girl where she came from and what her name was, I suddenly noticed that the little girl's eyes flickered.

Her eyes were fixed on Lin Jiang's cuff.

Lin Jiang seemed to understand something, and slightly raised his sleeve.

The ginseng from the cuff peeked out and met the girl's eyes.

The little girl examined the ginseng for a long time before finally letting out a joyful shout of delight:

Wow! So cute! Is it your pet?

Upon hearing this, Xiaoshan Shen's face immediately contorted with anger. She waved her arms and shouted:
"I'm not a pet, I'm a hero!"

"What is a hero?" The little girl clearly didn't understand, so she tilted her head and asked.

"A hero is someone who acts chivalrously and righteously." Xiaoshan Shen explained earnestly to the little girl in front of him, "If someone is in trouble, a hero will go out and help that person."

"Like Father's guard? Then you must be Father's guard," the little girl said again.

“I am not your father’s guard.” Little Ginseng pressed her two thin roots to her head. After thinking for a long time, she finally seemed to understand something, her eyes filled with seriousness:

"Great hero, you are not just protecting one person, you are protecting everyone."

The little girl was stunned upon hearing this, thought for a long time, and then nodded:

"Although I didn't quite understand, I think you're amazing, really amazing!"

"Yes! I'm just that amazing!"

Xiao Shanshen tucked his hands into Lin Jiang's sleeves and put them on his hips.

"Can I let her play with me for a while?" the little girl asked Lin Jiang.

Lin Jiang did not respond directly, but instead looked down at the small ginseng in his sleeve.

The ginseng seedling nodded, then jumped out of Lin Jiang's sleeve and landed in the little girl's palm:
"Okay."

The little girl cheered and then went to stay with the ginseng.

The two little ones ran to the side and began to squat on the ground, fiddling around. Lin Jiangtou became curious and simply used his hearing technique to listen in their direction.

All that could be heard was the little girl talking to Xiaoshan:
"Do you know how to write the character 胤? It's really difficult. I practiced it for a whole ten days."

"How do I write it?"

"Look, write it like this."

The little girl used her hands to draw on the ground to teach Xiaoshanshen to write, and Xiaoshanshen listened very attentively, occasionally trying to write on his own.

Seeing the two children happy, Lin Jiang also smiled.

The expressions of the others, however, were somewhat subtle.

"Governor Lü said that the visitors came from the East Sea. This young lady must be one of them. Why is she here alone?"

"Aren't there any guards?"

Gong Xuan and Jiang Jinyue both frowned and stopped performing the ritual at the altar.

The former picked up the talisman, while the latter placed one hand on his ear and focused intently on probing it.

I wanted to see if there was anyone else around.

This child is clearly not an ordinary person; there's probably an adult with him nearby.

Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, they could only hear the night wind blowing around them, but they couldn't see anyone else.

Lin Jiang suddenly felt a slight movement in his sleeve.

He looked down and saw that Liang Huashan's head was peeking out from his sleeve.

Liang Huashan didn't speak, but pointed directly into the distance.

Lin Jiang looked in that direction, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes. He discovered a pit in the ground, and a person was standing inside it.

She was a woman around thirty years old, dressed in a light blue, fitted robe. Her face, framed by her hair in a bun, was as cold and aloof as frost. Two horns on her forehead gleamed with a cold light, and fine scales spread from her neck to her cheekbones, appearing and disappearing with her breath.

When she saw Lin Jiang looking at her, the woman's face showed deep surprise.

After a moment's thought, the woman emerged from the shadows and came directly in front of the group.

The little girl, who was lying on the ground drawing characters in the mud, suddenly looked up, her mouth agape.
"Wow! Auntie! What are you doing here?! Weren't you at a banquet? Are you going to drag me back to get a beating again?"

The middle-aged woman looked at the little girl on the ground, and her expression softened slightly.

She flicked a piece of grass from the other person's hair with her finger:
"You're always running around causing trouble for others. This time, if we catch you and bring you back, your father will definitely spank you."

Upon hearing this, tears immediately welled up in the little girl's eyes.

She hadn't expected to get a beating after all. After disciplining the young girl, the middle-aged woman finally raised her head and looked at the crowd before her:
“My nephew is unruly; I would be grateful if you could take care of him.”

"It's alright. I just happened to run into this girl."

Lin Jiang noticed that the woman was always following behind the girl and would step in to protect her if she was in any danger.

Moreover, it seems that her skills are quite advanced.

Lin Jiang had already sensed the young girl's noble status from her luxurious clothes, and sure enough, she had such a powerful expert behind her.

"This young girl is rude; she hasn't even introduced herself, so I've come in her place." The middle-aged woman cleared her throat and began to introduce the two women's identities, word by word:

“We are the Ao clan of the Great Yin of the East Sea. My name is Ao Ning, and this little girl is called Ao Xichun. We have come to Daxing with the delegation to establish diplomatic relations.”

“We are from the Six Doors of the capital,” Jiang Jinyue, the highest-ranking official present, said, “It is inconvenient to hold the ceremony inside the city, so we are taking advantage of the tranquility outside the city.”

Ao Ning glanced at the objects that Gong Xuan was displaying and nodded: "I've heard a little about the art of finding objects."

Now that they were out, Ao Ning saw no need to keep the girl outside any longer, so he simply reached out and grabbed her by the back of the collar.
"It's getting late, we should head back. If any of you have time to visit Da Yin, we will certainly welcome you with open arms."

Ao Xichun refused to listen and started waving her arms and legs wildly.

"I haven't had enough fun yet, I want to stay here a little longer."

“You’ve already gone too far by sneaking out. If you continue to stay outside, it will only make your father angrier.”

Upon hearing this, Ao Xichun instantly felt dejected.

However, she quickly regained her spirits:
"Could we take them back with us?"

As Ao Xichun spoke, she pointed to the small ginseng and then to Lin Jiang standing to the side.

Lin Jiang was a little confused.

Xiao Shanshen is one thing, but the two of them seem to be about the same age, so they're like playmates. What's wrong with me?

Ao Xichun seemed to have figured out what Lin Jiang was thinking, and she spoke up righteously and very directly:
I think you're good-looking!

Lin Jiang was speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment. After a pause, he finally touched his nose and gave a slightly embarrassed smile.

"Thank you for the compliment."

"Don't cause trouble for others." Ao Ning simply hoisted Ao Xichun onto his shoulder and wouldn't put her down no matter how much Ao Xichun fussed.

Little Shanshen stood still and waved his little hand:
"Goodbye."

Overwhelmed by a sudden pang of sorrow, Ao Xichun burst into tears.

Ao Ning made a hand seal, and Ao Xichun's crying instantly disappeared. She was still there with her mouth open and tears streaming down her face, as if she were acting in a silent play.

Before leaving, she lingered her gaze on Lin Jiang for a few more moments before disappearing into the night with her entourage.

Little Ginseng watched Ao Ning walk away, then returned to Lin Jiang's sleeve.

Will I ever see her again?

"In the future, I may go to sea and travel to the Great Yin."

Lin Jiang remembered that, as shown on the map, there were six more locations on the islands surrounding the twelve coffins on the main mainland, with the Dayin dynasty occupying three of the yellow-marked coffins.

To collect all eighteen coffins, one would have to go out to sea.

"Master, how skilled do you think that girl is?" Han Wangzhi asked, watching Ao Ning's departing figure.

When he first met cultivators from outside Daxing, he secretly compared the strength of the two sides.

Li Fang had clearly heard about the Great Yin Dynasty, and casually said to his disciple, "The Great Yin Dynasty has a profound foundation and is especially skilled in naval warfare. That person should be a guardian accompanying the emperor, and his status is not low. In my opinion, he is at least at the sixth level of the Heavenly Realm."

Han Wangzhi clicked his tongue in amazement.

The square-faced woman gave a soft snort and commented:
"Fortunately, the Great Yin Dynasty is far from our dynasty. If it were as close as the northern grasslands, there would probably be more trouble."

No one around him commented on this.

After this minor incident, Gongxuan resumed his ritual.

He unfolded the detailed map, dripped the previously preserved internal blood essence onto the talisman paper, rolled the talisman and lit a fire on the map, instantly creating smoky marks.

He then grabbed a handful of rice grains and tossed them into the air. The grains swirled in the air, with only a few falling to the ground, while the rest scattered all around.

Jiang Jinyue glanced at the method:

"Grandma asks about the art of rice?"

"This Taoist priest is clearly more skilled," Li Fang remarked.
“When a proper rice-groom asks a question, she expects the rice to respond. This Taoist priest is simply forcing the rice-groom to do it.”

Gong Xuan paid no attention to the conversation of those around him, his brows furrowed as he stared intently at the map.

Lin Jiang also leaned closer to take a closer look.

The map scroll shows that one needs to go north along Qingniwa, and exiting the north gate leads directly to Beizhen.

"We need to cross the North Pass."

Li Fang calculated the distance.

When Lin Jiang looked over there, his expression turned somewhat strange.

here……

It seems to be the ruins that Tin Man mentioned.

(End of this chapter)