Black Duck

Lin Xiaolu crouched silently for a while. Finding that Tang Xin had not come chasing after her, she couldn't help but feel a little strange.

How could this senior apprentice sister run so slowly? Could her legs actually be prosthetics? Tsk tsk, these prosthetics sure look realistic, they probably weren't cheap. The Exquisite Eyebrow Sect really has a lot of money.

Boys are naturally energetic at this age. After crouching for a while, he was starting to feel restless and wanted to crawl out of the cave to take a look, but suddenly felt something tapping his feet.

Still crouching, he shook his little feet, and curiously tried to crawl out again. But then his feet were tapped again.

"Xiao Yuer, don't move. Brother will go out and take a look."

"But brother, I didn't move!" Xiao Yuer blinked confusedly.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaolu was slightly surprised. He could feel that his feet were still being tapped by someone.

A sudden chill went down his spine when he realized this, and little Xiao Yuer also sensed something amiss, her palm-sized face turning ghastly pale.

The siblings held their breath, and slowly turned to look down at their feet.

Then, in the pitch black little mountain cave, they saw a face completely covered in blood!

After a brief moment of silence...

"Ahhhhh, there's a ghost!"

Lin Xiaolu let out a shriek, and pulled Xiao Yuer out of the mountain cave in terror. They ran into the garden, still frightened and clutching their chests.

Immediately after the siblings came out, "squeak squeak" sounds could be heard coming from the surrounding rocks and exotic stones, scaring the hairs on the siblings straight up.

The ghost came out too?

Just when they were about to turn and run away in fright, golden-furred, red-faced monkeys with long tails and four hands suddenly popped out from behind the rocks and exotic stones. Some were standing atop them making threatening gestures, while others were hanging from the banana trees, pointing at the siblings below and squeaking "squeak squeak" in laughter.

"Brother, little monkeys!" Xiao Yuer pointed at the monkeys in delight.

"Damn, they actually were just a bunch of monkeys!" Lin Xiaolu's face was ugly. The frustration was apparent on his small face. "To think that I, the boss of Winter Melon Village, a great hero of my generation, was actually frightened by a bunch of monkeys. How infuriating."

The surrounding monkeys were looking down at the siblings from above, pointing and laughing loudly. One monkey even ran out from the cave where the siblings had been hiding just now. It held up its four furry limbs and frolicked around arrogantly.

Seeing this scene made Lin Xiaolu's nose crooked from anger. It was obvious that the bloody face he and his sister saw in the cave belonged to this monkey. Not willing to swallow this grievance, he rolled up his sleeves, wanting to go up and duel with the monkey. But upon seeing this, the other monkeys suddenly grabbed pebbles, ready to pelt Lin Xiaolu.

"Hey, you dare pick up rocks? Do you know who I am?" Lin Xiaolu stood out defiantly, puffing out his chest angrily, "I'm your granddaddy, the boss of Winter Melon Village, the notorious bloodthirsty killer Lin Xiaolu. Go on, throw a rock and see what happens!"

Right after he finished yelling, a small monkey immediately flung a pebble at him. Lin Xiaolu was given a fright, and quickly dodged backward to avoid the stone.

"I'll be damned, you actually dared to throw it."

Before he could finish scolding, the other monkeys let out a shriek and started hurling rocks at Lin Xiaolu.

Seeing this, Lin Xiaolu didn't bother talking. He grabbed Xiao Yuer and ran, shouting as he fled, "Just you wait, I'll come back to deal with you sooner or later!"

The siblings ran out of the garden full of exotic rocks, and entered another garden filled with the sounds of birds and the fragrances of flowers.

Of course, they didn't know that high above them, Tang Xin had been silently gliding through the air the whole time, looking down at them from above.

"This little brat actually dared to call himself the Rakshasa Demon Grandmother. If I don't teach him a lesson, how could I still call myself the senior martial sister of the Demon Peak?"

She glared viciously at the fast fleeing Lin Xiaolu down below, having made up her mind to toy with him for a bit.

It's safe to say that after this, the running of Lin Xiaolu and his sister didn't stop.

At the edge of a stretch of lush green grass, the siblings came across a rabbit as large as a house.

The rabbit had been eating grass, but upon seeing the two, it turned around and shat in their direction.

The black, pill-like pellets of poop rained down from above, forcing the frightened siblings to keep running. As he ran, Lin Xiaolu cursed the rabbit for defecating wherever it wanted.

After that, by a riverbank, the siblings encountered a shiny brown hippopotamus with smooth skin. Seeing Lin Xiaolu, the hippo made an obscene middle finger gesture at him, seemingly demonstrating human-like intelligence.

Not willing to swallow this insult, Lin Xiaolu cursed at the hippo, calling it a slut. This resulted in the hippo chasing the siblings for more than two miles.

All along the way, the siblings encountered all kinds of bizarre animals. There were ants working together in groups on the grass, wrapping zongzi and preparing meals. There was a three-headed dog, with the three heads barking and quarreling with each other. Upon seeing Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer, the dog's three heads barked in unison as they chased the fleeing siblings.

They also saw a large bear, its thick butt sticking up as it used a basin-sized paw to hold a bouquet of fresh flowers. It knelt on one knee, presenting the flowers to a panda wearing a flower crown on its head. But not only did the panda not accept the bear's affections, it even kicked the bear's butt angrily before running off in a huff. The dejected bear then started chasing the siblings...

By now, Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer had been running for who knows how long. They had witnessed countless fantastical creatures along the way, and were now both exhausted and hungry. Their brand new robes were also dirty and messy, looking as if they had been rolling around in mud puddles.

"Brother, I can't run anymore." Xiao Yuer squatted on a block of ice, looking wronged. Her legs were sore from all that running, and she didn't want to take another step.

Somehow, without knowing it, they had arrived at a courtyard completely covered in white. There were small snowy hills all around them.

Lin Xiaolu couldn't run anymore either. He plopped down on the icy ground, gasping heavily for air. At the same time, he looked around the snowy environment, confused.

How the heck did they end up going from summer straight into winter?

He also felt a bit cold, and could feel his snot nearly freezing.

"Brother, look over there," Xiao Yuer suddenly pointed ahead excitedly, "So many little black ducks!"

Lin Xiaolu looked over curiously. He saw groups of strange black duck-like creatures slowly waddling towards them on two feet.

These bizarre animals looked silly and dim-witted. The way they swayed left and right as they walked was quite amusing. Their bodies were completely black, except for oval white patches on their chests. They were chubby, flapping their little wings as they waddled, giving off a feeling of wanting to fly but being unable to.

Even Lin Xiaolu was dumbfounded. What the heck were these things?

What other kinds of freaky creatures were hidden in this Demon Peak?

However, these black ducks didn't seem as scary as the previous animals. At least they weren't very big, and probably wouldn't throw rocks like the monkeys. Realizing this, Lin Xiaolu immediately got excited, rolling up his sleeves confidently:

"Well now, after running so far, I've finally encountered something that I, the boss of Winter Melon Village, can beat! Xiao Yuer!"

"Yes, brother!" The girl responded spiritedly.

"In a bit, brother will go beat up this bunch of black ducks. Watch and learn. When brother gets back, I'll roast duck for you to eat."

Hearing this, Xiao Yuer immediately cheered, pumping her little fists as she shouted loudly, "Go for it, brother!"

Hearing her cheers made Lin Xiaolu's arrogance swell. The corners of his mouth curled up wickedly and evilly. "Will I, the boss of Winter Melon Village, finally get to slaughter in all directions again? Hahaha, starting with you bunch of black ducks!"