Chapter 648 - 647: Here to See Tianlong
"Alright, I’ll take you. I’m afraid you’ll get lost and end up being bitten by the village dogs." Sanniang said. In Lotus Village, almost every household raises dogs. This way, when they go to the fields, these dogs can guard their homes. If there’s a thief, the village dogs will all bark loudly, alerting the people in the fields.
But Old Chen’s house doesn’t keep dogs. Instead, he raises several spirit beasts, including the Lightning Pig and Spiritual Rabbit, which are in the courtyard. However, they just act like regular pets now, lazily lounging around.
Every day, Chen Tian feeds them, and after eating they’ll walk around a bit then sleep. Occasionally, they accompany Old Chen up the mountain to gather herbs, living a rather comfortable life.
"Alright, that yard ahead is Chen Tianlong and Old Chen’s house. As for whether he’s home or not, I wouldn’t know. You go on yourselves; I have to return to the fields." Sanniang still had an acre of rice paddies that needed weeding, so without further delay, she left after guiding them.
"Thank you, ma’am. You go ahead; we’ll head in ourselves." Lin Dong respectfully said, to avoid arousing suspicion. What if they used this opportunity to tip off Chen Tianlong and he ran away?
After all, they’re strangers here. If he really fled, they wouldn’t know where to find him.
With that, the two began walking forward, and Sanniang went back to the fields. After walking for a short while, Lin Dong and Jin Biao arrived at a courtyard. The gate was made of bamboo, and from outside, one could almost see the scenes inside.
Lin Dong stood in front of the door, not pushing it open immediately, but quietly observing. He had heard that Chen Tianlong was a practitioner. Although his strength was considered weak, it was always better to be cautious. He didn’t want Chen Tianlong to escape due to his negligence.
"Jin Biao, be vigilant later. Don’t let that guy escape. I’ll handle it." Lin Dong instructed in advance.
"Alright." Even though Jin Biao disliked being ordered around, he had no choice, as Lin Dong was the primary person responsible for this mission, as per the Gang Leader’s orders. They had to temporarily put up with it to complete the task.
After discussing their plan, Lin Dong directly pushed open the door. At that moment, the Lightning Pig and Spiritual Rabbit woke up, sensing the powerful Qi wave.
Jin Biao and Lin Dong assumed only Chen Tianlong was a practitioner, and since his strength was weak, he wouldn’t sense their presence.
To their surprise, even the spirit beasts in the courtyard weren’t low-level. The super spiritual rabbit was a Yellow Dao six-star spirit beast, capable of instantly defeating them.
"There’s danger, Lin Dong. I think I sense a powerful Qi wave in this vicinity." Jin Biao quickly warned.
"Hmm, I felt it too. What’s going on?" Lin Dong was puzzled. Wasn’t it said that only Chen Tianlong was a practitioner here? And wasn’t he just a Yellow Dao three-star? Could he have suddenly surged in strength?
"Not sure. I told you it wouldn’t be that simple. Be careful." Jin Biao frowned, sensing something was amiss.
What they sensed earlier wasn’t from Old Chen but the powerful Qi wave of the super spiritual rabbit. Although the rabbit was strong, being an animal, it couldn’t hide its strength.
"Creak..."
The sound of a door opening, as Chen Tian came out from inside. She had already sensed people outside but didn’t expect them to be strangers, thus her expression turned less welcoming.
"Who are you two? What do you want at my house?" Old Chen calmly approached. At this point, Jin Biao and Lin Dong were wary, but upon getting closer, they realized this old woman had no Qi wave at all. Then whose Qi wave did they sense earlier?
Before they could figure it out, Chen Tian was already in front of them, saying, "I asked you a question, don’t pretend you didn’t hear me."
"Ah? Oh, sorry, Auntie, we... we’re here to find Chen Tianlong. We’re his friends from South Sea No.1 Middle School." Lin Dong smiled, trying to appear friendly.
"Oh? You’re looking for Chen Tianlong?"
"Yes, Chen Tianlong. We’re overseas students from Celestial Sea First Middle School and we met Chen Tianlong at South Sea No.1 Middle School. We’re visiting him for the holidays."
To convince the old woman, Lin Dong suppressed his emotions and explained again, hoping to glean information about Chen Tianlong. If it were other times, if someone didn’t answer after being asked once, he’d use force right away, but here things felt strange, so he had to stay cautious.
"Oh, I see. But Chen Tianlong isn’t home right now."
"Ah? Not home? Then where has he gone?"
"Well... he went to the city center of South Sea on the second day of the new year, and hasn’t contacted me since, haha." Old Chen said with a bit of regret, "That kid likes to fool around and probably won’t return for a few days. You might want to find him elsewhere."
"Can you help us contact him?" Lin Dong asked with a smile.
"Oh? You’re sure you’re his friends?" Old Chen was skeptical—no phone contact and these so-called friends showed up without notifying. How did they know Chen Tianlong’s address but not his phone number?
"Haha, of course, we only recently met, and last time we forgot to ask for his number." Lin Dong began to fabricate.
"Alright then." Old Chen thought for a moment, then said, "I’ll give you his number, you can try contacting him yourselves. I’m busy and need to go up the mountain to gather herbs, so you both should head back. He won’t be home for a while."
"Um... Elder, could you contact Chen Tianlong for us? Oh right, we didn’t bring our phones. Jin Biao, did you bring yours?" Lin Dong, thinking quickly, shouted to Jin Biao, also signaling him with his eyes.
"Ah? Oh, no, I didn’t bring it. Haha, left it in haste when leaving." Jin Biao replied with a wry smile, feeling a bit speechless, thinking he had just checked his signal without the aunt noticing.
But their actions couldn’t escape Chen Tian’s keen observation. Now, Old Chen realized these two weren’t here to play with Chen Tianlong but to cause trouble.
"Oh, by the way, I just remembered, Chen Tianlong didn’t bring his phone. He called with a public phone from South Sea before." Old Chen said, secretly amused, thinking, "Hmph, these two youngsters think they can pull one over on me? Not quite yet."
"Hiss..."
Jin Biao gasped at the side. This old man was obviously lying but they couldn’t expose him directly.
Exchanging glances, Lin Dong, gritting his teeth, decided to resort to force.
"However..."
Old Chen saw them preparing to make a move, decided to toy with them a bit more, feeling it had been long since anyone came to entertain him.
"Ah? However, what?" Lin Dong asked eagerly, thinking the old man was about to reveal Chen Tianlong’s whereabouts.