Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

"Oh my god..."

Wang Pangzi, lying on the other side of Wu Xie, had been quite curious when he heard Su Li enter the room. Now that he could see what was in the cage, he made a sudden movement... well, he didn't sit up...

Zhang Qiling and Xie Yuchen both got up immediately and sat to the side watching the child tease Wuxie.

Behind the cage, still dripping with tiny water droplets, was a fair-skinned, smiling face. A pair of sunglasses perched on the bridge of her nose, and she grinned at Wuxie, showing off her little white teeth.

"Ah Li... if I have a nightmare tonight, I will absolutely, positively climb into your bed, you believe me?" Wu Xie looked at Su Li with pitiful puppy eyes.

My child has such a good constitution; he's practically a sleep aid. Lying next to him, I don't have to think about anything, and I fall asleep instantly without even dreaming.

Su Yunqing: Of course! This sleep aid effect on the little brat is so strong that even he can't resist it. He could sleep through ten months of a year in seclusion.

Hei Xiazi strolled in with his arms crossed, and couldn't help but laugh when he heard Wu Xie's words.

"My dear disciple, if you're going to climb into someone's bed, you'd better be careful. You can't deliberately climb into the wrong bed. Be careful not to get whipped out by Master Hua with a stick. After all, you always had ulterior motives towards our Master Hua back then~~"

The last "yo" was so exaggerated it was almost unbearable to look at.

Xie Yuchen usually ignores Hei Xiazi's jokes, but if something really disgusts him...

He gently twirled the dragon-patterned short stick in his hand, and the dragon pattern on the stick traced a light blue line, which then flashed with silver light and extended to Black Bear's front.

Black Bear's smug grin froze. "Master Flower...no, it can't be that bad!!!"

Holy crap! They actually used a magical artifact!!!

"Awooo!!! Flower Master, the blind man was wrong, the blind man was wrong!!!"

Black Bear turned and ran, begging for mercy as he ran, his military boots leaving afterimages as he ran.

Xie Yuchen sneered, got up and chased after him. After so many days of leisure, it wouldn't hurt to go out and stretch his muscles.

While we're at it, let's beat up the blind man.

To be honest, watching the two figures leave one after the other, Brother Zhang felt a bit itchy to do something.

Black Bear howled as Xie Yuchen chased him all over the swamp. Wu Xie's attention was drawn back to Su Li's hands, because the pheasant neck in the small cage was being pranked again...

"The blind man was wrong~~ Flower Lord, have mercy~~"

Goodness, he even copied that flirtatious tone perfectly!

They've been bored here for the past few days, so they've been fishing for pheasant necks every night to pass the time.

They'd seen countless pheasant necks calling out their names in unison, but they'd never seen one that could utter a complete sentence like this one.

He remembered that the longest they could imitate was 'Chen Pi A Si', and if it was longer than Jude Kao's real name, 'Kao Ke Si Hendry', they would be completely stumped.

That's right, they were so bored that they lined up to teach this bunch of pheasants to call out names, including but not limited to all the names of those who had appeared and those who hadn't.

Every night, that dimwitted guy Hei Xiazi would randomly pick a book from that stack of books, turn the page, and call out the names, making it sound like the King of Hell was calling roll call.

That's pretty outrageous...

Su Li proudly shook the cage in her hand.

"Isn't it smart! I spent a long time picking it out from this group of snakes."

As he spoke, he shoved the small cage into Wuxie's hand.

"You've almost reached the first level of your Beast Taming Technique, and you're close to the second level as well. You should also start practicing the Contract Technique now, so you don't end up clueless when you reach the third level."

Su Li had a serious little face, looking like an elder encouraging her child. It would be even better if she didn't say such 'tiger parenting' things.

(Chicken parenting: The behavior of constantly arranging learning and activities for children in order to enable them to study well and get good grades, and constantly making them strive.)

The above explanation is from Baidu~ hehehe...)

Wu Xie held the cage containing the pheasant's neck, his face blank...

How...did Ali manage to pull me from the first level, which wasn't even fully completed, to the third level?

Why does this feel like my family told me before I even graduated from elementary school, "We've already bought you a house near Zhejiang University so it'll be easier for you to go to college"?

Su, who loves to slack off but is also a "tiger mom" (a term used to describe someone who is overly enthusiastic about parenting): Come on, little naive girl, you can definitely do it!!!

Wu Xie: No, I can't...

(=tェt=)

After Su Li carefully put away the exceptionally clever pheasant by pulling on Wu Xie's spirit beast bracelet, Pan Zi finally received the notification that his young master was packing his things and preparing to leave.

Panzi packed his backpack as quickly as possible, and then spent the rest of the time following Wuxie in and out without urging him on, just looking at Wuxie with his 'weathered' eyes.

Wuxie: ...

To be honest, Panzi has a biased and positive image towards him...

Ugh……

Hei Xiazi was eventually dragged back by Xie Yuchen, who used his dragon-patterned staff as a weapon.

Pan Zi had already marked the scales with his compass the moment he saw the signal smoke, and the small wooden boat set sail again.

Ah Ning looked back at the small open space behind her, and she couldn't believe that she had actually lived peacefully in such a place for several days.

Since being adopted by Jude Kao as a child, she probably has never had such a leisurely and peaceful time before...

"We are approaching a tunnel. Passengers, please lie down."

They were all very familiar with this swamp. Now, the path forward was entangled by tree roots, making it look like a tunnel. Although the small wooden boat was large enough to pass through, only the small boat could pass through; the people on it couldn't get through at all.

So when Su Li gave the order, everyone on the small boat lay down, and when Fatty Wang lay down, he also gave A Ning a push.

The young woman was lost in thought and didn't react at all. A little while later, when they got up and looked, her body was over, but her head was still sticking out.

Ah Ning: ...A hellish joke...

After passing through this tunnel-like passage of tree roots, you can see the shore a little further ahead.

It can't really be called the shore; compared to this swamp, that area is just slightly higher.

The ground was almost entirely covered by tree roots, with only soil or water visible above, making it look like an island growing out of a swamp.

The small wooden boat was put away, and it was time to start the climbing and descending mode.

The trees in this rainforest are sparse but each one is thick, and even the exposed roots are bulging like something, densely covering the entire ground. In some places, people have to crawl over them.

The tree roots covered in moss were slippery, and Aning felt that she had to be very careful with every step she took, otherwise she would slip and fall flat on her face.

Compared to that, it's much more comfortable in the swamp. It's effortless, and sitting in the little wooden boat is like being in a cradle.