Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

“Big brother, this should be the cave.” Outside a cave, Long Lingling held the map and said to Lu Yunshi in a very serious tone.

"Can you read a map? Then just say so." Lu Yunshi glanced at the little fool. The guy confidently took the map back from his body and said he would lead Lu Yunshi. In the end, he led Lu Yunshi to three caves in two days, none of which were the target. He also let Lu Yunshi encounter several wild beasts that were about to undergo body tempering.

In the end, two talismans were wasted.

In other words, Long Lingling couldn't read a map at all; she could only look for caves.

After realizing this, Lu Yunshi wanted to get the map back, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the little girl prepared to put on a show of bursting into tears.

Of course, Long Lingling did not refuse to return it, but Lu Yunshi couldn't stand her teary-eyed appearance, so he could only go along with her and let her lead the way.

'But this time, it seems like they've really found it.'

Lu Yunshi secretly glanced at the map in Long Lingling's hand and thought to himself.

"Big brother, let's go in now." Long Lingling smiled at Lu Yunshi and prepared to walk towards the cave, but Lu Yunshi, who had expected this, grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

"Have you forgotten what I said before?"

Looking at Lu Yunshi's unpredictable expression, Long Lingling trembled. "I remember now, let's observe first."

"That's right, observe first. If you rush in recklessly like before, don't blame me...hehehe!"

After some coercion, Lu Yunshi led Long Lingling to quietly circle around the cave.

Lu Yunshi didn't have X-ray vision, so it was impossible for him to observe the inside from the outside. But what he wanted to observe at the moment was not the situation inside the cave.

As for Long Lingling, she didn't understand anything at all. She just did whatever her older brother said. She had caused him a lot of trouble before because of her impulsiveness. This time, she had to be obedient.

"Ok?"

Seemingly having discovered something, Lu Yunshi and Long Lingling stopped in the grass and took out their 9.9 yuan mirror to examine it.

Just as Lu Yunshi had expected, he indeed saw four women sitting under a tree a few hundred meters away. The four women were all dressed in academy attire, but not the attire of students from the mountain; rather, it was the attire of elementary students.

'A primary school student, huh? No wonder they sent Long Lingling alone.'

Lu Yunshi's eyes flickered, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"Take a look, aren't they your friends?" Lu Yunshi said, handing the mirror to Long Lingling.

"Huh?" Long Lingling was a little surprised, but she still took the mirror and examined herself. After a while, Long Lingling frowned.

"Where...where is it? Big brother, this mirror is making me dizzy."

"Uh... that's because you don't know how to use it, it has nothing to do with the quality. Wait, why am I telling you this?" Realizing what was happening, Lu Yunshi glanced at Long Lingling and began to manually adjust her position. Only then did Long Lingling notice what was going on, and her expression became much more surprised.

"Hey! It really is them! Why are they here? Big brother, do you know?"

"I..." Long Lingling's question really stumped Lu Yunshi, but his strong mental fortitude allowed him to endure it.

"I don't know, maybe it's because I was waiting for you."

"Wait for me?" Long Lingling blinked, her face full of doubt.

Lu Yunshi coughed lightly and began to fabricate... no, to analyze for Long Lingling based on the existing conditions.

"In my opinion, it's very likely that they know there are powerful monsters in that cave, but they also want to get the elixir inside. And just then, you came to befriend them, and they thought you were naive and easy to bully, so they tricked you into coming here to fight the monsters in the cave."

"And their purpose here might be to observe the outcome. Either you win and obediently give them the elixir, then they'll befriend you and continue to use you, or you lose and both you and the monster in the cave are severely injured, allowing them to reap the benefits in the end."

Although it was made up, Lu Yunshi's speculation wasn't entirely baseless; it's quite possible that he made this guess. The only question is whether Long Lingling believes it or not.

Hearing Lu Yunshi's terrifying story, Long Lingling turned pale and shook her head in denial.

"No... that can't be right. When I contacted them, they agreed very quickly and even smiled at me."

“Yes, I also think we shouldn’t make wild guesses like that.” Lu Yunshi naturally picked up the mirror again and continued to look at the four women. After two seconds, he suddenly let out a ‘huh’.

"What's wrong, big brother?" Long Lingling asked quickly upon hearing the voice.

"They seem to be talking about something, maybe it's about you," Lu Yunshi said.

"What did you say?" Long Lingling pressed.

“I know a little bit of lip reading, so I can translate it for you, but I can’t guarantee it will be accurate.” After saying that, Lu Yun hesitated for a moment, and then spoke the translated words one by one.

"Oh dear! Why hasn't that little fool come yet?"

"We've been waiting here in the middle of nowhere for so long, has this idiot died somewhere?"

"No, no, she's at least at the late stage of Body Tempering. There's no one in this mountain who can kill her. She's probably just lost. After all, she looks pretty stupid. Maybe she can't even find her way with a map. Let's wait a bit longer. If she doesn't come back, we'll go look for her."

"Alright, but speaking of which, is this idiot really out of her mind? We asked her to help us find something, and she actually came! Hahaha!"

"There's definitely a problem, but it's also fortunate that there is a problem, otherwise we wouldn't have had this opportunity."

"Yes! Yes! Once we get the elixir, let's befriend her. After all, it's rare to find a friend who's so easy to use. Then we can get her to give us all the resources she has as an average student, and we'll have more resources."

"Hmm, once she's no longer useful, I'll kick her aside. I really want to see the look of despair on her face, hehehe~"

"..."

Lu Yunshi put down the mirror, turned around and looked at Long Lingling with a worried expression. As if he couldn't bear it, he patted her shoulder.

"I...I thought they genuinely wanted to be friends with me, as long as I gave them the things. But did they just want to use me? They even called me stupid. How am I stupid?"

"Don't cry. Big brother just learned lip reading, so it might not be accurate. Besides, you're very smart. Big brother really recognizes your intelligence, so don't doubt your own intelligence."

"Really?" Long Lingling pouted, her eyes already on the verge of bursting with tears.

"This..." Lu Yunshi hesitated again. "It might not be accurate, but it could also be accurate. However, if Lingling wants to know the truth, big brother isn't without a way."