Cold Clouds

Lin Xiaoxiao lay on the bed, straightened the bedding, and fell asleep peacefully.

Jin Tao, who was lying on the bed next to her, secretly opened her eyes, then tiptoed to open the window and climbed out. Before leaving, she took a special look to see if Lin Xiaoxiao was awake.

Fortunately, he didn't wake up. Jin Tao heaved a sigh of relief and immediately fled in one direction after climbing out of the window.

Lin Xiaoxiao sat up, feeling a little helpless. She actually didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but now Jin Tao was right under her nose and she didn't know what she was doing. She still had to go and check. Even if Jin Tao didn't do anything against the law, she still had to make sure whether Jin Tao would be hurt by anyone.

Lin Xiaoxiao yawned, took two invisibility pills, hid her body, and flew out of the window in the direction Jin Tao left.

The pill that Lin Xiaoxiao took was the one she had refined before. In other words, it was a pill refined in the fusion stage. The person with the highest cultivation level in this city was Elder Wang, so as long as she moved quickly, she would not be discovered.

Lin Xiaoxiao followed Jin Tao all the way to a forest outside Fulu City, and gradually became confused.

What are you doing here? Are you meeting someone? Lin Xiaoxiao tilted her head in confusion, and then she saw Jin Tao pulling up a tree and starting to eat.

Huh? What is that? Lin Xiaoxiao was stunned, watching Jin Tao eat up the whole tree in no time. She was a little confused. Does the Taotie pattern have the side effect of increasing appetite?

"Hmm... Hmm... Hmm..." Jin Tao didn't seem to enjoy the food very much, but she still stuffed it into her mouthful. Then a pair of horns suddenly grew on her head, "Hmm!"

While chewing, Jin Tao covered the pair of horn-like things that suddenly grew out with her hands. A sheep tail also grew out behind her, and a strange aura of heaven and earth spread.

"Hmm! Hmm! Hmm!" Jin Tao was chewing while busying her hands, and kept looking around to make sure there was no one around.

Jin Tao's eyes swept over Lin Xiaoxiao eight or nine times, but couldn't find anyone. Then Jin Tao used... her demonic power (?) to retract her horns and tail, and continued eating.

Lin Xiaoxiao blinked, projected part of her spirit into Medicine King Valley, and asked everyone, "My dear ministers, what do you think is going on?"

"It's really a glutton." Chihuan said.

"It's genuine!" Yan Huan said, "I'm also a strange beast, so I know this breath of heaven and earth very well!"

"The demonic power just now was extremely pure." Xiao Hui nodded.

Others had similar ideas.

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded, stroking her chin and muttering to herself, "What kind of hiding technique is this? How could it be hidden from my eyes?"

Although she had not carefully examined Jin Tao, because the divine power in her body did not give any warning, she had checked it and did not find any problems...

The divine nature in Lin Xiaoxiao's body has grown a lot after refining the dragon shadow of Pinglan City and the divine shadow of Nidhogg. It can give an early warning when danger is imminent. If the divine nature does not give an early warning, it means that Jin Tao is fine.

But she didn't want to expose Jin Tao's little secret directly... Well... Lin Xiaoxiao watched Jin Tao eat a small piece of woods, and seeing that she was about to return to the city, she went back to the room first.

Jin Tao returned to her room and found Lin Xiaoxiao still sleeping, and she felt relieved.

Her power was sealed in her body by someone, and sometimes it would be difficult to suppress like today, and she needed to eat a lot to suppress it, otherwise she would not have been poisoned... But it was also good this way, she could blend in with human cultivators. After all, although there were few cultivators born with the Taotie pattern, they did exist.

As a pure-blooded Taotie, Jin Tao has had a hard life since she was born, especially six years ago when her parents were killed and she was the only one left in a family of three. There is still no clue about the murderer. She escaped because her parents sealed her power and sent her to this archipelago.

As Jin Tao thought about this, her head started to feel a little dizzy.

First... take a nap.

Lin Xiaoxiao sat up and looked at the sleeping Jin Tao. She came back early and sprinkled hypnotic powder in the room just to make Jin Tao fall asleep.

Although no one knows what happened to Jin Tao, it is obvious that there is some restriction on Jin Tao that suppresses her power, and there is also a strange technique to hide her breath.

But to be on the safe side, Lin Xiaoxiao had to check if there were any loopholes in the restrictions and spells for Jin Tao.

Lin Xiaoxiao covered the golden peach with her mental power, then probed in, checked it carefully, and actually found two loopholes.

This whole set of techniques and prohibitions is actually almost complete, but it must have been done in a hurry so there are some omissions. Now as long as it is in the late fusion stage, the problems can be found.

Fortunately, Elder Wang was only in the middle stage, otherwise Jin Tao would have been captured and raised as a guarding beast.

However, Lin Xiaoxiao has now perfected this set of techniques and restrictions, so there will be no problem as long as it is not detected by the middle stage of Mahayana.

……

The next day, Jin Tao drooled as she looked at the three tables filled with delicious food.

Lin Xiaoxiao actually ordered for five tables, but two tables were still being cooked. Lin Xiaoxiao picked up a piece of chicken and stuffed it into her mouth. Jin Tao next to her said excitedly, "Can I... can I eat it?"

"Why would I order so much if I'm not going to give it to you?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked in confusion.

Does this girl think that Lin Xiaoxiao can eat so much by herself?

"Wow—Sister Liu Xiao is the best—" Jin Tao pounced and hugged Lin Xiaoxiao and rubbed against her.

"Okay, okay, eat quickly, or it will get cold." Lin Xiaoxiao rubbed Jin Tao's head helplessly.

She ordered so much just because she saw Jin Tao could only eat the food secretly. She probably rarely had good food to eat and was full. She only tried a little to see if it tasted good. Basically, all the dishes were for Jin Tao.

It was obvious that Jin Tao was enjoying the meal very much. She grabbed a roast chicken and started to eat it with her eyes shining.

Well, just enjoy the meal. Lin Xiaoxiao drank a sip of tea and quietly watched Jin Tao quickly finish all the food on the five tables and patted her stomach in satisfaction.

All the dishes she ordered were made with ingredients rich in spiritual energy. They gave her a much greater sense of satiety and spiritual power than ordinary dishes. It was indeed in line with her gluttonous nature that Jin Tao ate so much.

A moment later, Lin Xiaoxiao, who had paid the bill, appeared in the audience seats with Jin Tao. Jin Tao sat in her seat contentedly, looking very happy.

That’s all after a full meal… This child is so easy to be kidnapped… Lin Xiaoxiao shrugged and waited for her own game.

However, when Lin Xiaoxiao stepped onto the playing field, no one in the audience started to move.

Ah, it moved. Lin Xiaoxiao saw a man wearing a bamboo hat stand up and bow to Elder Wang: "I give up, I will come again next year!"

Then he flew away into the air.

Lin Xiaoxiao blinked, looked at Elder Wang, and then looked at the others: "No one is coming?"

No one responded.

Tsk. Lin Xiaoxiao's expression remained unchanged, but she was very disdainful in her heart.

A bunch of cowards.