Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 176 Zhao Pinlin

The next place the two were going to was Pingyi Town, which was also dominated by animal husbandry, and the large pastures here attracted many people to travel.

The two of them saw large pastures before they even saw Pingyi Town. The grass on the pastures looked very flat, as if it had been carefully trimmed. It looked like a green carpet, and Lin Ran quite liked it.

There were many students on the bus who were traveling. They couldn't help but exclaim when they saw such a large grassland. They were all extremely excited.

A pure female college student wearing glasses looked at Lin Ran and said, "Are you and your sister here for a trip?"

Lingling looked at the coquettish college student wearing glasses. She guessed that this woman wanted to seduce Lin Ran. Humph, they have a mission now, and she doesn't want a woman to have too much contact with them. She wanted to say some lewd words.

Unfortunately, Lin Ran had predicted Lingling's behavior, so the next second Lingling's mouth was pinched by Lin Ran, and then he said: "Well, we brothers and sisters are here to play."

Afterwards, the female college student wearing glasses started chatting with him and they both had a very happy chat, but Lingling looked very unhappy.

At this time, a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking very bookish said, "I just said this place is beautiful, right?"

"Look, there seems to be a very beautiful building. I really want to live in it." A girl with bangs said.

Soon the bus stopped.

"Can we really go live in a big villa?"

"Of course." Zhao Pinlin said and his eyes fell on Lin Ran, Lingling and the pure female college student beside them.

Lingling looked at the college students with envy and said, "I want to live there too~."

Lin Ran looked at Lingling. Could this guy be trying to get something for free? No one should be that stupid, right?

Just when he thought this.

Zhao Pinlin said cheerfully, “It’s more fun when there are more people. I’ll talk to the villa manager later.”

Damn! Is there really someone who is stupid and rich? Lin Ran immediately said embarrassedly: "Isn't this bad?"

"It's okay, it's okay, come together." Zhao Pinlin said.

After everyone arrived at the hotel, a manager named Ji ran out. It seemed that Zhao Pinlin had an unusual identity.

However, Lin Ran soon discovered that Zhao Pinlin seemed a little unhappy. After listening carefully to the conversation, he found out that someone had occupied the room he had reserved, which made him very unhappy.

Lin Ran is a wizard with very good hearing. He discovered the name of a Master Min Tian. Manager Ji said that this person seemed to be a supplier of magic tools for the military, and that this person was also some great scholar.

A few minutes later, Lin Ran, Lingling and these college students had lunch together. The lunch was very sumptuous.

Lingling and Lin Ran returned to their room after eating.

Lin Ran told Lingling what he heard. Lingling stroked her chin and thought about something. After a while, she said, "The route of these college students basically overlaps with ours, so we can follow them and stay with them to cover our whereabouts."

"Yeah." Lin Ran nodded. Just as he was about to say something, Lingling rubbed her eyes and lay on the bed and said, "Good afternoon, I'm going to sleep."

Lin Ran swallowed his words and began to meditate.

……

night.

A large group of people were having fun one kilometer away from the villa.

A large group of them were sitting together, and at this time someone said something.

"Come on, everyone, tell horror stories. If it's not scary enough, then take the small path." Rongsheng pointed to a small path in the distance that looked pitch black.

Lin Ran touched his chin and recounted the events that had taken place in the island temple with some exaggeration.

A little girl hugged the person next to her and said, "Let's go back."

Lin Ran didn't think it was scary, but these people seemed to be very scared.

"How childish." This was Lingling's comment.

The next story was told by Rongsheng. He said, "My brother is a wizard. He is the city monster hunter in Wuzhen. About two months ago, ghost fog suddenly appeared in Wuzhen. Many people disappeared inexplicably, and then my brother went to investigate..."

Rongsheng swallowed and said, "My brother found E-nu."

"E-nü?"

“Yes, my brother told me that several locals there have even seen it with their own eyes. The ghost fog that has been lingering over Wuzhen is actually not fog at all, but swarms of moths, as dense as clouds, and these are carnivorous moths. Just think about it, if there are so many moths like clouds, an elephant can be eaten to the bone in a few seconds, let alone a living person…” Rongsheng said.

"Damn, don't scare me, I want to take my girlfriend with me." A boy said.

Everyone wanted to tell a story, so soon a girl came over. Her name was Guo Wenyi.

Guo Wenyi looked quite timid. He hesitated for a long time before finally speaking: "I've also encountered strange things here. It may be that I am seeing things. One night I went to play with a classmate in the next town. My brother said he would pick me up on his motorcycle, but he was drunk and didn't answer the phone. I couldn't stay at my classmate's house, so I had to walk back to my town at night. It was only about two kilometers away... I was walking well, but suddenly I smelled a foul odor, which felt like it was coming from a biogas tank."

Hearing this, Lin Ran's expression became a little more serious.

He was waiting for Guo Wenyi's next words.

"Because there was a pasture nearby, people would let cows and horses graze nearby. I thought it must be the smell of cow and horse feces, so I didn't pay much attention to it and continued walking under the starlight. But not long after I walked, I saw something seemed to be squirming in the grass on both sides. Then I vaguely saw a very thin person lying on the belly of a horse... At first I thought someone was treating an injured horse because I smelled blood, but when I got closer, I found that the person was eating the horse... raw!"

Everyone was horrified.

“The horse’s stomach was dug open, and the contents were spilling everywhere, but the weirdo just kept eating, like a starving ghost. I was so scared… I stood there for a long time. I could hear the sound of it chewing. I didn’t know if it noticed me or not. I just backed away step by step. I felt that was the most difficult and longest road in my life. I always felt that it would look at me at any time, letting me see its bloody face and the raw intestines hanging from its mouth. I thought I would be eaten by it,” said Guo Wenyi.

Her body trembled slightly and it was obvious that she was very scared.

"It should be a demon. After all, my brother said there are some hidden demons in the city." Rongsheng said. "I don't know, but it looks like it has hands and feet, very much like a human." Guo Wenyi said.

"Where is it?" Lin Ran asked.

"It's at Zuodao Ranch in Zhenming Town." said the girl.

Everyone continued telling stories until late at night when they returned to the hotel.

……

The next morning, several young people gathered together, packed up their things and headed towards Zhenming Town. Lin Ran and Lingling completely integrated into this group.

Two-thirds of Zhen Ming Zhen is pasture, which looks particularly beautiful.

Zhao Pinlin brought everyone to a luxurious club, which had a winery, golf course, dance hall and other things.

Lin Ran rarely comes into contact with these things, so he couldn't help but say, "That's amazing."

Lingling looked at him calmly and then said, "You are ignorant."

He smiled and spread his hands and said, "I'm just a pauper."

At this time, Zhao Pinlin said, "My father has shares in the three ranches near me..."

Listening to Zhao Pinlin's words, everyone became envious.

Lin Ran was just an obedient listener, when suddenly Lingling lowered her voice and said, "These three ranches and the private club are the most suspicious."

Lin Ran looked at Lingling and said, "I will investigate carefully next."

"Originally I was still thinking about how to enter the private club, but now Zhao Pinlin will help us solve this problem perfectly." Lingling said with a smile.

Lin Ran nodded in agreement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me. The rooms have been prepared for you. Our Mr. Hamut is very hospitable. He hopes that we can treat every guest who steps here as his own person, so please don't feel restrained. If you have any ideas, just tell the people in suits and red ties here. They will do as you are told. Anything you need can be done, hehe." A butler in a tuxedo said to everyone with a smile.

But the old butler emphasized at the end, "any need", and I don't know if there is any other meaning hidden in it, but it always feels meaningful. The young male student next to him looked at the girls in maid costumes behind him with shining eyes, and his mind was full of imagination.

After arriving in the room and putting down their belongings, everyone went to the window hall on the second floor to rest and drink tea. A woman in a bright red maid suit explained to everyone the facilities and services of the entire ranch estate, and gave everyone a map card with the location of each place marked on it.

"Since each facility is some distance away, please contact us first when you want to go somewhere. We will send a Ferris wheel to take you there immediately. I'm outside the door. Please call me if you need anything. My name is Carly." The woman said.

Lingling was playing with her phone at the side. Actually, she was investigating the identities of these people, but Lin Ran felt that as long as it could be made public, there should be no problem.

After a while, Lingling put down her phone, and then put on an innocent and sweet look and said, "Sister, beautiful sister, is there a big ship here? It's a cruise ship that can sail across the ocean. In addition to riding a horse, I also want to ride a ship..."

When Carly heard Lingling's angelic voice, she smiled brightly.

She smiled and replied, "We do have ships here, but the large cruise ships that sail across the ocean usually only come once a season, and the trip is very long. It will probably be more than a month before the next cruise."

"Ah? Does that mean I have no chance to sit on it?"

"That's right, and even if you catch up, you still need to have an international identity to get on the ship, and we also have to inform the relevant departments." Carly said.

"Oh, oh, what a pity." Lingling sighed.

Carly left with a smile, then closed the hall door gently.

Lingling took Lin Ran to eat and chat in the hall.

Lingling said that it was actually very difficult for Saran to escape from China, but she still escaped. She investigated many things and found out something shocking, that is, there was someone from the Black Church in the Trial Council, and his status was not low. It was this person who made Saran escape.

Lin Ran was very surprised and couldn't help but ask, "Is this true? This is a trial meeting."

Lingling spread her hands and said, "I'm surprised too. I didn't expect that there would be people from the Black Church in the Inquisition."

“But all members of the Inquisition must take the oath of the soul. People from the Black Church cannot pass this test.” Lin Ran couldn’t help but say. He knew this thing himself.

"Maybe this person who infiltrated the upper echelons has special abilities that can make the Heart Oath ineffective. You know that some people have special abilities." Lingling said.

Lin Ran was skeptical. Lingling's words were so subversive that he found it hard to believe for a moment.

Lingling then spoke up, "There is another possibility. The system of the Tribunal is extremely complex, so Saran is likely to take advantage of some of its restrictions and use the people in the Tribunal to make the Tribunal help Saran achieve his goals without him noticing. Saran is very good at taking advantage of people's ambitions. With just a little manipulation from her, she can cause considerable damage. This is her terrifying side. I think you should understand the danger of Saran."

Lin Ran nodded.

Lingling took a bite of the dessert and continued, "This is a very scary person. It's a pity that she escaped this time. It will be very difficult to catch her next time. We may not be able to catch her in our lifetime, provided that she hides herself. But according to my investigation, she seems to have a goal that she must accomplish no matter what. So as long as she shows up, we may still be able to catch her. The battle continues."

Lin Ran nodded. The battle continued.

At this time, Zhao Pinlin walked up to the two of them and said, "What are you talking about?"

Lingling smiled and said, "Brother Zhao is really handsome."

Zhao Pinlin was very happy. The little girl in front of him was very pretty and could talk. She was really likable. He said a few words happily and left.

Lin Ran touched his head and said helplessly: "By the way, it would be better if you stay like this forever."

Lingling turned around and looked at Lin Ran and said, "Are you dreaming?"

Lin Ran spread his hands. To be honest, he felt that Lingling should be more lively and cheerful. Her old-fashioned look seemed a bit strange, just like an old man pretending to be young. Hiss, it was creepy.

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