Why did you provoke me?

Hua Shulang was in a bad mood and didn't pay attention to the long-haired man's expression.

The long-haired man observed the changes in Hua Shulang's aura and a smile appeared on his lips.

I wonder if this bone-drawing master's follower will get any ideas because of his words! That would be a huge disappointment for him.

The long-haired man stood quietly, his gaze fixed on the depths of the dense forest.

Hua Shulang lowered his head slightly, and he breathed very softly.

Light footsteps came from deep within the dense forest. Hua Shulang turned her body slightly and turned her head towards the depths of the forest.

Jing San followed Niannian out. Yu Meng was not there!

Niannian walked up to the long-haired man and stopped.

"My sister is in seclusion at a crucial time and it's inconvenient for her to come. I'm here on her behalf to check on the patient's condition."

The long-haired man sized up Nian Nian, a girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old. She was wearing clothes commonly seen on the battlefield, but her face was covered by a crying mask.

He looked at Jing San behind him.

"She can't."

Jing San stepped forward. "This bone painter is very skilled."

"Even if you force me, it won't work." The long-haired man refused decisively.

Niannian couldn't hold back any longer. "You're picky about who you're with?"

The long-haired man nodded without hesitation. "Yes. I'll choose."

Niannian pointed to herself, then looked at Jing San beside her. She was being disliked.

"The reason." Niannian's eyes narrowed. She wasn't someone who could be easily disliked.

The long-haired man didn't hide anything, pointing to the mask on Nian Nian's face and saying, "This mask is unlucky."

Niannian, who had been planning to stir up some trouble, was stunned by these words. "Just because of this?"

Niannian's eyes darted around. "That's easy, I'll just get a different one. What kind do you like? A smiling face or something more festive?"

"Changing it won't work either," the long-haired man insisted.

She realized there was no room for negotiation with him. Without another word, Nian Nian turned and walked towards the dense forest. She continued, "My sister is in seclusion, so you'll just have to wait another day. If anything happens on that day, we won't be responsible."

Jing San naturally followed Niannian back, and Hua Shulang hurriedly followed as well. Of course, he didn't want to stay here any longer; who knew if that long-haired man would get angry and make an example of him?

The long-haired man stood still. But his casual words reached the ears of the three men: "I've brought the person. If anything happens, you'll be fully responsible."

Niannian snorted and walked straight into the depths of the dense forest without stopping. However, she stopped after going in for a while.

"What's wrong, Niannian?" Jing San asked softly.

Nian Nian's eyes darted around, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. "He doesn't like this mask I'm wearing. If I change it and go see him again, do you think he'll agree to let me into his tent?"

Hua Shulang thought to himself, "This is someone who can do things."

Jing San reached out and stopped her. "No, you know our lines can detect other people's presence. If he can too, you'll be in great danger."

Niannian ignored Jing San's words, and the mask on her face began to change into a big smile.

"Niannian, this is no joke," Hua Shulang stepped forward to advise.

"What are you afraid of? They can't kill me, can they?" After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the edge of the dense forest.

Jing San and Hua Shulang exchanged a glance, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow behind Niannian.

The long-haired man showed no expression as he watched the three people return.

Niannian did not hide her identity and stepped forward directly.

"Is this okay?"

The long-haired man looked at Nian Nian, then suddenly turned to the side and nodded to her, "Okay."

Niannian walked directly towards the tent, past the long-haired man, and after taking about three steps, she suddenly turned back to look at him.

"I need a reason too."

The long-haired man looked at Nian Nian intently. "With each step in and out, your identity has changed." It wasn't that the person had changed, but rather that their identity had changed.

For some reason, Niannian suddenly felt happy. A slight smile played on her lips as she gave her assessment, "You're alright."

Before the long-haired man could say anything, she simply lifted the tent flap and went inside.

First impressions upon entering the tent. Niannian couldn't help but think to herself, "High-end stuff is high-end stuff, so much better than the cramped tent they were staying in."

And surprisingly, there was a small reception room inside.

Niannian didn't rashly walk towards the inner door. She turned back to look at the long-haired man following behind her. "Are there any taboos?"

The long-haired man was somewhat surprised. He had thought she was just an innocent young girl, but he hadn't expected her to be so perceptive.

"No. It's just that you have to forget everything you saw after you get out."

"Okay, I understand the confidentiality agreement." Niannian indicated that she knew the rules very well.

Jing San and Hua Shulang were left in the reception room.

Niannian and the long-haired man went inside.

At first glance, Niannian's heart tightened. The person sitting on the bed was neither emaciated nor deathly pale.

It was a fair-skinned, round, chubby man who was still trying to eat.

Nian Nian couldn't help but glance back at the long-haired man. The meaning was clear: This is the patient you were talking about?

The long-haired man nodded.

The two people's approach went completely unnoticed by the man on the bed. He was holding something in both hands and stuffing it into his mouth.

The food smelled rather pungent. After looking at it for a while, Niannian still couldn't figure out what it was, so she had to turn back and ask the long-haired man again.

"What did he eat?"

"This is something we specially developed. It tastes like food, but it doesn't have the volume of food."

"How long has he been like this?"

"Ten days."

Niannian couldn't help but mutter softly, "This stuff is so good, it can make people grow up to be fair and plump."

The long-haired man frowned almost imperceptibly. "Excuse me, teacher, let me remind you, he's like this because he's sick."

"I understand. You don't mind if I use lines to examine his brain, do you?" Niannian had her little gray straw wrapped around her fingers.

"Please make yourself at home." The long-haired man extended his right hand forward, gesturing for the others to proceed.

When the small gray straw entered the man's brain on the bed, Nian Nian's expression changed. Was this still a human brain? Was it sprouting beans inside?

Niannian tentatively absorbed some of the energy from the buds, and to her surprise, Xiao Hui liked it very much.

Niannian tentatively pulled out a slender sprout with her fingers, held it in her hand, clasped her hands together, and after a moment, a layer of dough was peeled off, and a milky white bead fell into her palm.

The long-haired man had been standing by, watching Nian Nian's actions. When the milky-white bead landed in his palm, he was still startled. He couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

Niannian held the milky-white bead in her hand and examined it closely. "An alien. You don't know?"

The long-haired man certainly knew it was an alien. Their bone-drawing artist wasn't so incompetent as to not even recognize it as an alien.

"I know this is an alien. But what have you created?"

"Beads made of oddly shaped dough."

The long-haired man paused for a moment; he really didn't know that.

But that didn't stop him from continuing. "You're not thinking of just taking the alien out like that, are you? It's no use, we tried, it'll just grow back."

Niannian looked up at him in surprise. "Huh? What did you say? I didn't mean to just take it like that."

The long-haired man felt there was a problem communicating with Nian Nian. He had to repeat himself again. "These aliens are inexhaustible." He then added, "Our bone artists have tried it. Take one out, and another will grow back in the same spot."

Niannian nodded listlessly. "I just pulled it out to see what it looked like."

The long-haired man looked at Niannian's nonchalant attitude and felt somewhat annoyed.

"Can you cure this person?"

Niannian waved her hand, "I can cure aliens, but other things are not my responsibility."

She then pulled up a chair and sat down beside him. "Don't bother me, my image is still in his mind, I can't be distracted."

A full 15 minutes passed before the image of the little gray straw, which had been lingering in the man's mind, finally surfaced again.

Nian Nian happily took Little Gray into her hands. She was secretly delighted; her energy had actually increased.

Seeing the outline of Nian Nian emerge, the long-haired man couldn't help but glance at the man on the bed again. "He's... done already?"

"Didn't you say that the alien could still grow? Let's see if it grows again tomorrow. If it doesn't, then it's fine." After saying that, Nian Nian stood up and walked outside.

She said jokingly, "If you have similar cases in the future, you can still come to me, and I'll give you a discount."

The long-haired man remained expressionless. He pointed to the milky-white bead in Nian Nian's hand and said, "This should be kept."

Niannian looked at the beads in her hand and pouted. "That's too stingy. I wanted to keep it as a souvenir. Since you want it, here you go." With that, she casually tossed the beads to the long-haired man.

Jing San and Hua Shulang, who were waiting in the reception room, saw Nian Nian come out and hurriedly asked with their eyes, "How is it?"

Niannian blinked her eyes. She smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back."

Jing San and Hua Shulang exchanged another glance. It was that simple? It only took about 15 minutes to get it done.

They wondered to themselves, "When did Nian Nian become so capable?"