Leng Ruo Li approached the monster and touched its hide. She mused inwardly, "Its hide is a great treasure. If I could strip it off and make it into a piece of clothing, it would surely be very sturdy."
With that thought, she reached into her "sleeve" and pulled out a scalpel. With deft movements, she skinned the monster. After tidying the hide, she had a guard carry it, intending to leave immediately.
After a few steps, Leng Ruo Li turned back to look at the skinned monster. To her surprise, from the creature's head, a green, glowing bead, about the size of a thumb, flew out.
This is too fantastical!
Could this be the legendary heavenly treasure talked about in fantasy novels?
Jun Mo Han and the others also followed Leng Ruo Li's gaze and turned back, looking at the green bead with astonishment.
Leng Ruo Li guessed that this green bead must be a treasure. She immediately went back and picked it up. She examined it carefully. The bead felt cool to the touch, but as she looked closely, it seemed to emit a warm vapor from within.
"Ah, I'll worry about it later. I'll pick it up and put it in my 'sleeve' to study it properly later."
At this moment, Jun Mo Han looked at Leng Ruo Li with a hint of amusement and said, "You've finally found a treasure. If this King's guess is correct, this green bead should be the Ice-Fire Bead that has been missing from the martial world for over a hundred years. I never expected to find it on this monster. Once this bead appears, it will surely cause bloodshed in the martial world. You must keep it safe and never let anyone see you have this green bead, or even with nine lives, you won't be able to withstand the assassinations from people in the martial world."
Hearing this, Leng Ruo Li was filled with questions. "Jun Mo Han, how do you know it's the Ice-Fire Bead that's been missing for a hundred years?"
Jun Mo Han opened his pair of narrow, purple eyes, his gaze towards Leng Ruo Li deepening.
"This King happened to read an ancient book, where someone explained this green bead."
"Alright. You are knowledgeable."
Leng Ruo Li rolled her eyes at him and stuck out her little pink tongue, looking exceptionally cute.
Jun Mo Han was momentarily stunned by the sight.
"Let's go. We should explore other areas nearby to see if there are any other precious medicinal herbs. Otherwise, this place wouldn't have produced such a large monster," Leng Ruo Li pondered for a few seconds before saying.
Subsequently, the group conducted a carpet search within a one-kilometer radius.
Indeed, at a large cave entrance, they discovered a medicinal herb with slender green leaves and a captivating fragrance. Even Leng Ruo Li had never seen such an herb.
Leng Ruo Li guessed that this place must have been the monster's lair, and its mission was to guard this herb.
Then, Leng Ruo Li took out a small hoe from her "sleeve" and carefully dug up the herb.
Afterward, the group continued deeper into the mountains to find Leng Jin Yu and the others.
They searched for a long time but still hadn't found Leng Jin Yu. By this time, the sky was slowly beginning to brighten.
Leng Ruo Li, Jun Mo Han, and the others were getting tired and thirsty. They caught some wild rabbits and pheasants, cleaned them by a crystal-clear stream, and started roasting them.
Ye Yi and Ye Er went to pick some wild fruits elsewhere.
For some unknown reason, after only a few minutes, the two suddenly ran back in a hurry.
"Your Highness, Miss Leng, Ye Er and I saw a tiger's den ahead. There seem to be two people inside the tiger's den. But because it was too far, we couldn't see clearly if those two people were General Leng and the others."
As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Ruo Li's face turned pale. Her body staggered, and she almost fell, but thankfully, Jun Mo Han quickly caught her.
"Let's go and see first. Perhaps it's not Father-in-law," Jun Mo Han comforted her.
Leng Ruo Li took three seconds to calm her emotions.
"Let's go. You two hurry and lead the way. I need to check that tiger's den to see if the people inside are my father and the others."
"Yes!"
Ye Yi and Ye Er quickened their pace, leading the group. Soon, they arrived at the place where the two had discovered the tiger's den.
Leng Ruo Li took out a military telescope from her "sleeve" and peered towards the tiger's den. She saw her father's figure. He was lying flat on the ground, and it was unclear if he was alive or dead. Two small tigers were guarding him, while another person was being dragged into the tiger's den by a tigress, severely injured.
Seeing this scene, a taste of blood surged into Leng Ruo Li's throat. She almost fainted.
"Daddy, please don't be alright. Li'er will come to save you right away," Leng Ruo Li said, choking back tears.
She immediately threw the telescope into her "sleeve," pulled out the submachine gun she had used last night, and quickly traversed a stretch of jungle to the entrance of the tiger's den. Leng Ruo Li didn't hide. The tigress soon spotted her. It seemed to sense the danger and roared at her loudly, "Miss, please don't kill us! This man in blue once saved our family of three. He is injured now, and I just want to save him."
Upon hearing this, Leng Ruo Li was astonished. She could understand animal language, and this tiger seemed to be talking to her.
"..."
This... this is too fantastical!
"So, you mean these two people are not dead."
Then, the tigress roared at her again, "Yes, they are not dead. My children and I went out to look for food and discovered them being chased. I recognized the man in blue as my savior, so I scared off those black-clothed men, and then I dragged them all back to my den and found herbs to treat their injuries."
Hearing this, Leng Ruo Li's eyes welled up with tears. She immediately put away her submachine gun, thanked the mother tiger, and prepared to enter its den.
Jun Mo Han, who was behind her, grabbed her arm.
"Don't go in. This is a tiger's den, it's dangerous inside."
Jun Mo Han had been listening to Leng Ruo Li talking to herself and thought she had become mentally unstable from not being able to accept her father's death.
Now that she wanted to charge into a tiger's den, he would never let her go to her death.
"Jun Mo Han, don't stop me. I have to go in and save my father," Leng Ruo Li said with a frown, a hint of anger in her voice.
"Leng Ruo Li, going in like this is seeking death!" Jun Mo Han said, also getting a little angry.
"My father and the others are still alive. If I delay saving them, they might die," Leng Ruo Li explained helplessly.
"How do you know they are still alive?" Jun Mo Han asked with great curiosity.
"Mother Tiger told me! She said my father and the others are not dead and urgently need treatment."
Leng Ruo Li briefly recounted what the mother tiger had told her to Jun Mo Han and the others.
Jun Mo Han and his guards: "..."
This was the first time they had heard of humans and beasts being able to communicate. This eldest daughter of the Leng family was truly a "divine person"!
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