But as time went on, a sense of unease grew stronger and stronger. After three days without any news, they simply couldn't imagine what had happened.
"De Gou (***), which direction is Lin Yao in now? How far away is he? Has their location changed?" A Kaika man who looked to be about twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old walked up to Dika and asked him.
Dika blinked her big eyes at the elder of the clan, but didn't speak; she still didn't want to open her mouth.
After these few days of experience, the naive young girl has grown up and matured. She no longer considers things based on wishful thinking and is no longer so innocent.
Having experienced the events of the past few days, the sudden shift in Lin Yao's location—from rapidly moving away for two hours to remaining completely still for an entire day—still convinced Dika that nothing had happened, even with a Heavenly-level expert in pursuit. The little girl was always full of imagination and willing to believe in miracles, so in Dika's mind, Lin Yao's image grew increasingly towering, practically becoming omnipotent.
What's so special about a Heavenly-level expert? They still couldn't catch up with Ah Lang even after two hours. If they had caught up, Ah Lang wouldn't have continued to get away so quickly.
Even now, as Qianshan Gu sensed Alang getting closer and closer, almost as if he were right beside her, she still didn't believe he had been kidnapped. The intermittent journey and fluctuating speed didn't seem like the kind of situation where someone would be caught and brought back by that despicable old man. Dika preferred to believe that the wicked old man had been eaten by a mandrill in the forest, even though she had seen the old man kill a mandrill with a wave of his hand.
Lost in thought, Dika ignored the tribesman in front of her. This elder had mocked her before, and she disliked him.
“De Gou, where are they?” Baka walked up to Dika and stared into the girl’s eyes as he asked. He still firmly believed that Jiang Chengen was with Lin Yao and could only have been delayed by something and hadn’t returned in time, so he used “they” instead of “he” when asking the question.
“Ah! This…” Dika was suddenly startled. Baka had always been very good to her, and his wife was also very good to her. She couldn’t not answer now.
After a moment of hesitant contemplation, Dika raised his head. "Brother, Mr. Lin, I suddenly can't sense anything anymore. It's very strange."
The little girl felt her face turn bright red, her whole body break out in a sweat, and a wave of tension and heat wash over her as she lied for the first time. She assumed that Baka, who had always been so kind to her, had seen through her lie, and immediately lowered her head in guilt, feeling like a bad woman.
Actually, Dika was completely overthinking it. After several days of travel, snot, tears, and filth had made her unrecognizable, and there was a thick layer of scabs on her face and neck. Even though she was stationed by the mountain stream, she didn't have the heart to wash her face. How could anyone see that she was blushing in such a state?
A gasp interrupted Dika's shyness, making her look up in surprise.
"Hey! That's Lin Yao!" Jiang Wei, with his sharp eyes, spotted a figure at the edge of the dense forest immediately. Although the guy seemed to be naked, it didn't affect his judgment. Because he was one of the most meticulous members of the Jiang family, he was assigned to the Daika tribe for liaison and negotiation.
"Where is the elder? Where is the elder?" another middle-aged member of the Jiang family asked in surprise, as if talking to himself, his tone full of astonishment.
Everyone saw the fleeting figure and most of them were certain of its identity. In this primeval forest, if it wasn't a mandrill, there were no other humanoid creatures. But that almost naked, smooth body didn't look like a mandrill at all. Besides, considering the size of a mandrill, that figure was far too small.
"Let's go take a look," said the highest-ranking member of the Jiang family, a mid-stage prefecture-level expert, among those who remained behind. "The three of you stay here and keep watch."
Jiang Wei knew that the other party was referring to three people at the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment level going to investigate, while he and other early-stage Earth-level disciples would guard Dika. He immediately nodded and replied, "Yes, please rest assured."
The three of them quickly ran towards the dense forest 600 meters away. In Dika's perception, Lin Yao's speed suddenly increased, far surpassing the three Jiang family members who were running past. She couldn't help but smile.
"Xiaocao, how are you? Three members of the Jiang family have arrived. Should we just hide?" Lin Yao asked worriedly. He was still concerned that Xiaocao had not yet recovered, and it would be unwise to fight the enemy at this time. He was willing to suppress his violent impulse and wait for an opportunity.
"Yaoyao, don't worry." Xiaocao chuckled, her tone light and cheerful, clearly indicating that she was recovering well. "With Mingjin's support, I'm getting better and better, and naturally it's getting worse and worse, making it easier to suppress."
“Didn’t you say the Jiang family doesn’t have many experts? They shouldn’t send many powerful figures. As long as they’re not at the peak of the Earth Rank or above, I can handle them easily. If they are at the peak of the Earth Rank or above, we’ll run away. Anyway, they can’t outrun us.” Xiao Cao’s voice softened. “These past few days you’ve been talking about revenge. I can sense that you’re very irritable, so let’s give it a try. The main thing is for you to experience real combat. I’ll only intervene when it’s dangerous, so that our Yao Yao doesn’t sleep talking about revenge.”
Lin Yao felt ashamed. Was he really talking about revenge in his sleep? It couldn't be that exaggerated, could it?
However, in the past few days, Lin Yao has felt that his violent emotions are getting worse and worse. All his negative emotions are directed at the Jiang family, the people who kidnapped him and even wanted to imprison him for life. Just thinking about them makes him furious, and it is a kind of anger that is hard to quell.
Perhaps Xiaocao is right; I should vent properly, and it's time for me to practice in real combat.
The forest grew denser and the trees became shorter. Lin Yao deliberately led the three Jiang family members to another mixed forest. The branches of the mixed trees in this forest were mostly crooked and irregular. In addition, the other bushes growing in the forest made it very difficult to move around and severely hindered their vision. They could easily lose track of each other after turning a corner.
Without the mental locking ability of a Heavenly-level expert, the three Jiang family members got lost and wandered aimlessly through the mixed forest. Lin Yao's figure was nowhere to be found. At this moment, they just wanted to find a way out and then wait for him to come to them at the edge of the forest.
The three Jiang family members, separated by a dozen meters, each searched for a way back.
Lin Yao held his breath and huddled behind a thicket of bushes, waiting for the Jiang family member to arrive five meters ahead. At this moment, he had a serious expression, half-squatting on the ground with his back arched, like a tiger ready to pounce on its prey at any moment.
Yes, Lin Yao is hunting right now. The attribute-based true qi and Yi family true qi he has prepared are like sharp arrows aimed at his prey. He wants to strike these enemies hard and improve his own abilities in the process.
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Lin Yao learned this fine tradition of destroying evidence and disposing of the body.
After collecting the poisons and antidotes from the three mid-stage Jiang family disciples, Lin Yao, suppressing his nausea, left the mixed woods.
As a former medical student, Lin Yao was not averse to corpses and autopsies. He hadn't felt anything special when he saw Jiang Chengen turn into pus and blood before, but this time he felt uncomfortable. His stomach was spasming from time to time. It was a spasm that was not easy to control, and Lin Yao had no way to control it. The experiences in the future would be even more excessive, so it was good to experience it now.
Watching three living people lose their lives through his own actions, and then having Xiaocao release poison gas to destroy the evidence, Lin Yao felt nauseous throughout the entire process, and his feelings were very complicated.
He felt terrible, his body was reacting, but there was also a faint sense of exhilaration, as if this was how it was supposed to be. This emotion that Lin Yao suddenly discovered made him very strange and surprised. When did he become so bloodthirsty and ruthless?
Lin Yao felt that killing people in a gentle way suited his aesthetic sense. He had no psychological barriers or overreactions when punishing traffickers who abducted children in the past, and the same was true when he punished Ma Yibiao.
During the fight in Beijing last time, he accidentally chopped off one of the thugs' arms, which made him feel nauseous and uncomfortable for a long time. Now, he's actually extinguishing the life force of three living people and then mutilating their corpses... This is simply...
"Yaoyao, you have to adapt. This is how the world is." Xiaocao comforted him gently. She felt that this guy was too soft-hearted. Back then, Shi Nian was so decisive and ruthless. If Lin Yao knew about Shi Nian, wouldn't he think that the other party was a murderous demon? But at that time, Shi Nian's methods were the most suitable for the society at that time. Xiaocao never felt that there was anything wrong with it.
"Oh, I know, it's just a bit uncomfortable, after all, it's the first time I've killed someone like this." Lin Yao bent over and gagged again, but nothing came out. "It will be fine in the future. When I first took anatomy class, I felt the same way. Many of my classmates vomited so much that they were dizzy, and some people didn't dare to eat meat for a month. They felt nauseous just from the smell of meat."
"I won't do that again, I promise." Lin Yao solemnly promised Xiao Cao, knowing that Xiao Cao was worried about him.