Chapter 1638 - 698: An Old Friend

Chapter 1638: Chapter 698: An Old Friend

After Long Baobao accepted the mission, he walked out of the Jiu Provinces Main Camp with Ye Lingyue.

"Baobao, is it really you? You’ve grown so much!"

Although Ye Lingyue knew Long Baobao was also at the Jiu Provinces Main Camp, she hadn’t expected they’d meet so soon.

Nor did she expect that after a few years, Long Baobao had grown so much.

It’s not just his height, but also his appearance.

When Long Baobao was young, he was pink and adorable, like a glutinous rice ball, and every time Ye Lingyue saw him, she couldn’t help but want to pinch his chubby cheeks.

But in these few years that they hadn’t met, the little guy seemed to have eaten something miraculous, growing as tall as her.

The chubby face was gone without a trace.

The current Long Baobao is very handsome, with eyes as graceful as mist, no longer has a baby face, and his features are sharp and defined. In a few more years, he will undoubtedly be exceptionally distinguished.

Ye Lingyue looked at Long Baobao with a hint of regret, wondering how he grew up so fast. She already began to miss the soft and adorable little bun of those days.

However, Long Baobao’s growth might not be a bad thing.

His personality and temperament have also changed quite a bit.

Just before, when confronting Nian Wu Venerable, Long Baobao seemed like a different person.

His aura was not inferior to Nian Wu Venerable, who is older than him by decades.

Real growth must come from certain special experiences; over these years, this child must have undergone many pains that ordinary people could not endure.

Thinking of this, Ye Lingyue gave a big smile.

"Baobao, it’s been so long since I’ve seen you, I feared you might have forgotten me."

Long Baobao gazed at Ye Lingyue for a long, long time, then his lips arched.

"If I forget anyone, it won’t be you."

Just then, the main tent’s flap was lifted, revealing people from the Jin Family’s representative team and the Tang Family’s representative team.

Xi Jiuye saw Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao standing close together and snorted, walking past Long Baobao and giving him a deliberate bump.

Long Baobao staggered from the hit, and beside him Ye Lingyue’s eyes glared wide, like a little mother tiger, she shouted at Xi Jiuye.

"Xi Jiuye, don’t you watch where you’re going, how can you just bump into people like that, apologize to Baobao!"

Xi Jiuye glared at Ye Lingyue, then glanced at Long Baobao, his gaze was as cold as a mountain of knives and icy sea, chilling all over.

He said nothing, turned around, and left.

Ye Lingyue was about to erupt but was stopped by Long Baobao.

That man isn’t someone to be provoked.

Behind them, Jin Mu and Tang Lei, and earlier the young masked woman who had stood with Jin Mu also approached.

"Ye, you actually have the leisure to reminisce, if I were you, I’d be selling off everything to gather Merit Points."

Tang Lei wore a face of schadenfreude.

Jin Mu nodded slightly to Long Baobao and glanced dismissively at Ye Lingyue.

Originally, the Jin Family’s eldest son didn’t consider someone like Ye Lingyue, a Fourth-tier representative team leader, worth noticing.

But her remarks in the tent earlier made Jin Mu view her somewhat differently.

What’s more surprising is that just now, this woman dared to scold Xi Jiuye, and stranger still, Xi Jiuye didn’t react after being scolded. Truly peculiar.

Ye Lingyue held no favorable impression of the Jin and Tang families, so she couldn’t be bothered to pay them attention.

At this moment, a waft of fragrance passed before her.

A young woman walked by, not quickly.

The woman was veiled, but her eyes were captivating, leaving even a woman slightly entranced upon extra glances.

Ye Lingyue remembered the young woman was standing with Tang Lei, so she must be part of the Tang family.

Being summoned by Alliance Leader Ning, this person must hold a significant role in the Tang family.

"Long Fang Venerate, thank you for healing Lord Song."

The woman spoke, her voice was melodious like a nightingale. Compared to Tang Tianqi, even without seeing her face clearly, Ye Lingyue felt a sense of affection for her.

"Miss Tang, you’re too courteous. This lady is Tang Lingbo, Miss Tang Qi of the Tang Family’s Representative Team, and she is also the deputy leader of the Tang Family’s Representative Team."

Upon Long Baobao’s words, Ye Lingyue realized that this beautiful woman was Tang Tiansong’s former love interest, Tang Lingbo.

Elder Song of the Tang family was injured by the Golden Horn Demon King, so the Tang family reached out to Long Baobao for help in healing, which is when they became acquainted.

Tang Lingbo nodded to Ye Lingyue and then left, but for some reason, Ye Lingyue felt that Tang Lingbo’s eyes looked sorrowful.

After everyone had gone, to avoid rumors, Long Baobao took Ye Lingyue to his tent.

Long Baobao is one of the few Venerables in the Jiu Provinces Alliance, and as the Sifang City Lord and guardian of the Demon Awakening Gate, he holds a high status in the Jiu Provinces Alliance.

Typically, a Third-tier representative team shares one tent, but Long Baobao occupies a tent all by himself.

From the outside, the tent looks small, but once Ye Lingyue walked in, she realized the Jiu Provinces Alliance had cleverly built them.

They expanded the inside using Sky Bright Stone, making the space larger.

Long Baobao’s tent is as big as a normal three-room, accommodating his daily cultivation, rest, and city lord affairs.

Just as Ye Lingyue entered, she felt something zoom past her, flying out from the tent.

"Little Corpse, mind your manners, it’s Ling Yue."

Long Baobao, seemingly prepared, caught the flying shadow with one hand.

Ye Lingyue took a closer look and saw a sleek, black-furred little black mink.

"Lightning Mink? No, it’s different from before."

Ye Lingyue immediately recognized the little creature, about the same size as Little Zhiyo, was the Lightning Mink Little Corpse that she and Long Baobao had rescued outside Sifang City.

Speaking of the Little Corpse Weasel, it has some connection with Ye Lingyue.

Originally, it had died, but due to Ye Lingyue’s Cauldron Breath transformation, it became the only Corpse Demon Weasel unique to the Qing Province Continent and even the Ancient Nine Provinces Continent.

It got along well with Long Baobao, so Ye Lingyue gave it to him.

Unexpectedly, after several years, Little Corpse continued to stay with Long Baobao.

Though Little Corpse’s size hadn’t changed much, Ye Lingyue could clearly feel its aura had grown significantly stronger.

Its black fur developed dark demon marks, and it exudes an aura as impressive as a Sky Demon.

Long Baobao’s ability to hold his ground in the Jiu Provinces Main Camp, a place full of hidden talents, and stand toe-to-toe with Nian Wu Venerable, is inseparable from Little Corpse’s presence.

Ye Lingyue didn’t inquire further but could roughly guess that Long Baobao and Little Corpse likely have had their shares of fortune.

Little Corpse sniffed out Ye Lingyue’s scent, its Evil Qi receded, and it playfully scratched Ye Lingyue with its paw, speaking.

"Long time no see, where are Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya?"

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