12dz Chapter 180 The plan cannot keep up with the changes
Chapter 180 The plan cannot keep up with the changes
Thanks to Gongzhan's numerous gesturing attempts to conceal his identity, Lu He didn't expose that he was Xiao Jiu.
Gongzhan also secretly gave the top-quality inner core to Lu He.
This is the inner core of a level 12 demon beast! Such a good thing, and it just fell into my lap like this? Lu He wondered to himself, probably thinking that this kid was also up to something.
"Hey, here's the reward. You need to find a way to let me take Tan You away... cover me up..." Gong Zhan whispered to Lu He, plotting.
Since there's no need for the male protagonist in the current missions, and we can't retrieve the inner core for the time being, we might as well do a favor by killing Tan You, get the level 12 Azure Ox inner core, and then focus on completing the second mission.
Lu He took the inner core, nodded, and gave an OK sign.
"So this guy is your friend from Wanqingshan?" Nagi tilted her head and looked at Lu He and Gongzhan with a questioning expression.
Just now, in order to cover for him, Lu He lied and said that he was one of his own people who had come to help him because of his connections in Wanqingshan.
"Where did Xiao Jiu go? And how did Brother Tan You get so badly injured?" Tan You was still unconscious. Gong Zhan had used extremely heavy force before, almost killing him.
Nagi examined his injuries: "This must have been done by a powerful demon of level ten or higher."
Nagi pondered carefully: "It's fortunate that you weren't here when you went to look for your friend, Qinwu, otherwise you might have suffered the same fate. But I don't understand, why did they kidnap Xiaojiu?"
"Is it possible that Xiao Jiu inadvertently revealed that her sister is a level fourteen demon beast, and the other party was afraid of her, so they kidnapped her as a hostage to avoid retaliation?" Qin Wu pretended to analyze, but in reality, she was helping to cover up the lie.
"That makes no sense. If they were afraid of retaliation, wouldn't it have been easier for them to just kill Xiao Jiu and Tan You?" Wouldn't silencing them have achieved their goal much faster?
Lu He scratched his head, unable to come up with a solution.
“If we can understand the other party’s behavior, then we won’t be clueless.” Gongzhan promptly spoke up to change the subject: “The most important thing right now is to take Brother Tanyou to get treatment for his injuries.”
"I have a friend who is a highly skilled healer among the demon beasts. Qin Wu knows him too, right?"
Like a student suddenly called on by the teacher to answer a question, Lu He hadn't thought of an answer yet and could only hurriedly agree: "Yes, yes, that guy with the really amazing medical skills, who was it again..."
"In short, you hand over Brother Tan You to me, and I'll take him to get treatment. You go find that little brother of mine. I'll also ask my friends in the mountains to help inquire about him. What do you think?" Gong Zhan obviously didn't make up a very clear story, so he simply got straight to the point.
"Okay, okay, that's great, I agree." Lu He just wanted to get through this quickly and then find a place to study the still-warm Green Ox Inner Core.
Nagi frowned, and after holding it in for a long time, she finally couldn't help but turn around and complain to Zhiyan, who hadn't said a word for a while: "Say something! What are you doing?"
Zhiyan didn't even look up, her expression worried as she looked at Jianjian in her arms: "Jianjian seems unwell, she seems to have a fever..."
Upon hearing this, the group quickly gathered around to check on her. They found that Jianjian was running a high fever and was on the verge of fainting. Her forehead and nose were covered in fine beads of sweat, her face was flushed, and she was breathing heavily, looking as if she was in great discomfort.
"I protected her very well along the way, and she wasn't injured. How could this happen?" Zhiyan hugged Jianjian with self-reproach, and Lu He seemed to see the double image of Wen Shiyu and Xia Lan in a daze.
I was momentarily lost in thought.
"It's because of the miasma that the Green Ox spread in the bamboo forest!" Gongzhan immediately noticed the problem, knowing more than these monsters who had little contact with humans: "Humans are different from us. Their bodies are very fragile. If they inhale too much miasma, they will be poisoned."
“Jianjian is now poisoned by miasma…” Gongzhan took out a pill from his pocket and handed it to Zhiyan: “Give this to her, it’s an antidote, enough for humans.”
"Thank you!" Zhiyan grabbed it and stuffed it into Jianjian's mouth. It seemed she was really afraid the little human girl would die.
Nagi didn't have time to stop him: "Aren't you afraid there's something wrong with the medicine? You trust a stranger so easily?"
"If there's a problem, I'll kill you." Zhiyan's icy gaze swept over Gongzhan.
After taking the medicine, Jianjian seemed to feel less uncomfortable. Her breathing gradually became even, and she held onto Zhiyan's fluffy, warm fox tail, her brows relaxing.
Zhiyan carefully touched her forehead; it wasn't as hot as before, so the fever should be subsiding.
The medicine works very quickly, almost instantly.
"So, I didn't harm you, did I?" Gong Zhan shrugged, taking the opportunity to show goodwill and take a stand.
Nagi also dispelled some of her doubts and stopped being so suspicious of him: "Thank you for saving Jianjian. I thank you on behalf of Yan Yan!"
Lu He was the perfect wingman at this moment. She pretended to be worried and anxious, and grabbed Gong Zhan's sleeve: "Don't delay, you have to save Tan You quickly, take him to your friend, I think he's about to die!"
"Qinwu, don't worry, I'll take him there right away..." Gongzhan was startled, but he still managed to keep up the act, while whispering a reminder to Lu He, "The act is over, the act is over..."
"Then, then I'll take Brother Tan You with me!" Gong Zhan quickly carried Tan You on his back, and before Zhi Yan could notice, he immediately flew away.
"Hey!" Nagi wanted to stop him, but as an eighth-level demon beast, he couldn't beat the tenth-level Gongzhan. Besides, Zhiyan was focused on Jianjian and didn't care about Tanyou at all.
Nagi was powerless to stop Gongzhan and Luhe from getting rid of Tanyou by working together.
Lu He walked up to Zhiyan with a pained expression and asked, "Sister Zhiyan, is Jianjian feeling better?"
“Yes, she’s sleeping quite soundly now,” Zhiyan said, relieved that she had finally calmed down from her earlier worry and tension. “The fever has gone down, she must have been detoxified. Your friend didn’t lie to us, thank you.”
"Do you really just treat this human as a pet?" Lu He's eyes were sharp enough to read people. Zhi Yan might not admit it, but it was definitely not as she said, that some kind of monster treated a human as a pet.
"Otherwise what?" Zhiyan either genuinely didn't understand or was just being stubborn.
"I think you care more about Jianjian than your younger brother," Lu He muttered to herself.
"What are you muttering about?" Zhiyan seemed to vaguely hear Lu He mention her younger brother, and then suddenly realized that she seemed to have forgotten something. Ah, Xiao Jiu!
“That’s right, Xiao Jiu!” What a responsible older sister she is. Lu He shook her head when she saw that she had finally remembered.
Thankfully, Gongzhan isn't the real Xiao Jiu. Otherwise, if Xiao Jiu had really gotten into trouble and had such an older sister, she might have been dead by the time they found her.
"Is your relationship with your brother just so-so?" Lu He couldn't help but scratch his head.
“They don’t have any feelings for each other…” Nagi whispered to Lu He, “Yan Yan and Xiao Jiu are not familiar with each other at all, but Xiao Jiu seems to like her as her older sister and always sticks to her.”
How could he not like her? As a time traveler, a man who had no blood relation to Zhiyan, Gongzhan was already a good person if he didn't take advantage of such a beautiful young lady with her looks and figure.
"Ahem," Lu He coughed twice tactically, intending to get out of their sight first: "How about this, I'll go back to Spirit Beast Mountain first, and I'll go find some friends to help me find Xiao Jiu."
“Then I’ll take Jianjian with you…” If Zhiyan loses Xiaojiu, she can’t go back to Baibuqiu, and she’ll inevitably be nagged by the Fox King.
“Uh,” this stumped Lu He. She had originally planned to digest the Green Ox’s inner core by herself, but if Zhiyan came along, it would be difficult to explain.
"Yan Yan, why don't you come with me to Youxi Forest first?" Nagi asked Zhi Yan tentatively, "After all, there are doctors in my clan who can treat this human girl."
A doctor? Upon hearing this title, Lu He's memories of the comics flashed by. It seemed that in the male protagonist's harem, there was a little doctor, who appeared to be a spirit bird or demon beast.
Zhiyan refused the suggestion to go to Youxi Forest, as they communicate with the fox clan there, and the news of Xiao Jiu's disappearance would probably not be kept secret.
“I’ll give you an address. Go find this expert doctor. Although Jianjian is fine now, I know you’re still worried about her health. Go find this doctor and have him take another look at Jianjian.” Lu He drew the route on the ground.
"Her name is Yunyi, and she is a fire-feathered spirit bird."