Chapter 353: market

Lan Ling found it difficult to understand Liang Yu’s meaning at first.

She simply gave up, deciding to leave these matters to Liang Yu.

Liang Yu glanced at the temple on the map and the location of the Indigenous people’s encampment they had just left. There was some distance between them, and most importantly, he didn’t know the map’s scale, so he couldn’t calculate the distance.

Liang Yu stared intently at the map in his hand, his gaze wandering among the intricate lines and labels. After all, it was an Indigenous people’s map, so he couldn’t expect too much.

Finally, his gaze settled on a marked location that appeared relatively close to their current position.

Its location was just in front of the Indigenous people’s encampment, with two characters written next to it. Liang Yu couldn’t understand what they meant, presumably they were Indigenous people’s script.

He frowned slightly, looking at the two characters, wanting to read them out to show off, but for a long time, the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t utter a single sound.

He could only settle for calling this place their target destination and marking it on the aerial map for Lan Ling to see.

“Let’s go here. We can measure the distance between them and see how accurate this map really is.”

However, Lan Ling seemed to have seen through his thoughts and deliberately asked,

“Da Zhu Ti Zi, where is this place?”

“I think there should be a place name next to it. I don’t understand it. Can you tell me how to pronounce these two characters?”

Liang Yu took a deep breath, listening to Lan Ling’s playful words. The image of her expression, gestures, and actions when she said that came to his mind, and he felt an urge to pull her over and start a battle in the wild.

Suppressing his desire, Liang Yu didn’t bring up the two characters. After waving his hand to put away the map, he looked around, seemingly trying to find his bearings.

One must know, this place was practically a primeval forest! The dense vegetation, intricate paths, and the canopy that blocked out the sun all made one feel lost and helpless.

And in such a daunting environment, our poor Liang Yu, as a city boy, had an abysmal sense of direction!

No matter how hard he tried to distinguish directions, those seemingly familiar trees, rocks, and streams would instantly transform into elusive mysteries, trapping him tightly and leaving him completely bewildered.

Along the way, the surrounding environment was eerily silent, with only his footsteps echoing through the empty forest.

Occasionally, a few birds were startled by his movements, flapping their wings as they soared across the sky.

After wandering for over half an hour, and listening to Lan Ling’s teasing behind him for the same amount of time, he had to admit one fact: he was truly directionally challenged.

Helpless, Liang Yu could only look at Lan Ling with a pleading gaze. Although he still had a few more tricks up his sleeve, using this to adjust their relationship was a good choice.

Lan Ling felt Liang Yu’s pleading gaze and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“You big idiot, I knew you were directionally challenged.”

Saying that, she controlled the one-man army to transform into flight mode and landed at Liang Yu’s feet.

“Come on, get in!”

“No, it should be, board!”

“I’ll take you flying through the air.”

Liang Yu looked at Lan Ling with a face full of black lines. Board? He almost misheard it as ‘ascend the throne’.

However, he still obediently stepped on it. Who made him truly not know the way? Otherwise, he could have also used his armor to fly out on a thin plate.

But he overlooked one thing: he didn’t have an electronic map now. Even if he flew, he would still be a directionally challenged person who couldn’t tell directions. To get out, he could only rely on luck.

The one-man army shot into the blue sky like an arrow released from a bowstring, its body cutting through the airflow with a low roar.

Liang Yu stood on the machine, protected inside his armor. Lan Ling was also very thoughtful, fearing that Liang Yu would fall, so she activated the energy shield.

As the one-man army’s altitude continuously climbed, the surrounding scenery gradually became magnificent.

Clouds as white as cotton shuttled by, and the sunlight sprinkled on them, reflecting a dreamlike glow.

In an instant, he truly felt as if he were treading on a special ‘flying sword’ and soaring through the air.

Just as he was in high spirits, he heard Lan Ling’s words.

“Your trial card has expired.”

Before he could figure out what was happening, the one-man army rapidly dove downwards.

Liang Yu’s face finally showed some change, his body uncontrollably following the one-man army as it plunged down.

This was definitely blatant revenge, simply because Liang Yu hadn’t allowed her to come to the Underground World herself. He had already decided at this moment that he would enforce family rules when they returned tonight!

At the same time, he also said to Lan Ling,

“Alright, stop messing around.”

Lan Ling, however, was giggling in the cockpit.

Just as they were about to reach the ground, the one-man army suddenly pulled up, hovering steadily in mid-air.

To logically enforce family rules tonight, Liang Yu used his exaggerated acting skills to feign fear and lingering apprehension, now even gasping for air.

Lan Ling said with a smile,

“I was just teasing you, look how scared you are.”

“Alright, we’ve reached our destination.”

“I just calculated it, the straight-line distance between the two is about three hundred kilometers.”

Liang Yu arrived at his destination. The sight before him greatly shocked him; it was actually a large market of the Indigenous people.

From a distance, the market was bustling and crowded, and no one seemed to notice their movements.

Liang Yu was about to approach the market when he noticed that the one-man army controlled by Lan Ling had also followed him. He pointed at the one-man army and asked,

“No, are you just going to go in with me like that?”

“Don’t you think you’ll attract a lot of attention?”

He then saw the one-man army point a finger at itself.

“Stinky man, how dare you say that about me?”

“Look at yourself, with that outfit, can you blend in with them?”

He had known Lan Ling would say that, so he immediately pulled out a cloak, just like Xiao Huohuo’s, and draped it over himself. After putting on the hood, he deliberately turned around to show Lan Ling.

“See, it’s much better now, isn’t it? You just wait for me here obediently.”

At this moment, the one-man army actually hugged Liang Yu’s thigh directly. This action gave him a bad premonition.

The next second, the one-man army completely mimicked Lan Ling’s actions, coupled with her feigned pitiful voice and the gesture of using the cloak to wipe her nose, everything felt so familiar.

Seeing that Liang Yu was unmoved, Lan Ling could only try another method. Liang Yu suddenly heard Lan Ling calling him ‘Daddy’.

???

He thought he had misheard and turned his head to look.

Lan Ling’s voice came from inside the one-man army again.

“Daddy, if you let me come along, I’ll fulfill this small request of yours next time.”

Liang Yu was speechless at this point. He held his cheek with his left hand and couldn’t help but sigh.

He asked helplessly,

“Where on earth did you hear all this nonsense from?”

Who would have thought that Lan Ling would tell him with perfect justification?