New and dark light years

Chapter 216 Paper Prince

As Li Lin walked through the woods, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He looked badly injured, but it was actually just some internal injuries. With the help of spiritual energy, he had already fully recovered.

The effects of spiritual energy are truly amazing; whether used for attack or healing, it is top-notch.

If he were still using yin energy as his foundation, he wouldn't be able to defeat those three monks at all, nor would he be able to escape unscathed.

Thinking of this, Li Lin couldn't help but laugh.

I need to cultivate more in the future, and practice dual cultivation more often.

I'm fine, and they're fine too.

Li Lin walked through the dark forest and soon found the paper figure of the Tree Fairy.

She was standing guard in front of a tree hole.

Although she didn't have the Imperial Powder, the 'aura' emanating from the Tree Fairy still kept the surrounding wild monsters from approaching.

When she saw Li Lin, her snake tail slithered over, circled around him, and only seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after confirming that he was not injured.

Then she reached out and pulled at Li Lin's face, looking resentful.

"Alright, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have embarrassed you in front of so many people," Li Lin apologized immediately.

The Tree Fairy Goddess paused for a moment, then exerted even more force.

That's not why she's angry.

After tugging at it a couple of times, seemingly having vented her anger, the Tree Fairy Goddess's spirit departed, and the paper figure returned to its wooden form. Then, it coiled its tail to the side and quietly guarded the place.

Li Lin poked his head into the tree hole and found that Zhou Qingqing was still wrapped in the cloak of mystery. She had truly listened to Li Lin's words and would never come out of there or lift the cloak.

"Alright, you can come out now," Li Lin said with a smile.

Zhou Qingqing didn't move, but judging from the slight trembling of the protective clothing, she should be alright.

"I am Li Lin."

He said something else.

After a long silence, Zhou Qingqing's trembling voice finally came out: "I heard that ghosts can imitate the voices of acquaintances, making people believe it's real, and then..."

Li Lin couldn't help but laugh and tore off the disguise.

Zhou Qingqing exclaimed in surprise.

Li Lin took two steps back and said, "Come out."

As he spoke, he dug a hole in the ground and then relit a fire with a tinderbox.

The firelight illuminated the surroundings, and Zhou Qingqing saw Li Lin. Finally, she breathed a sigh of relief and then walked out of the room with her son in her arms.

At this moment, many paper figures returned from outside; they were mostly maids, as well as paper figures of cavalry who had not participated in the battle.

They surrounded and protected Li Lin and Zhou Qingqing again.

At the same time, a sedan chair was also brought in.

It's quite remarkable that they were able to carry the sedan chair into the woods, a place with limited space, and it doesn't seem to have suffered much damage.

Li Lin walked nearby and sprinkled the Imperial Realm Powder on the powder again.

"You and the child should go to sleep first; it's safe here for now."

Hearing this, Zhou Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, found a blanket, held the child and lay down on it, and quickly fell asleep.

Li Lin then used the paper carried by the paper doll maids to recreate the paper dolls.

However, because they didn't have many spare sheets of paper, they only made thirty swordsmen and shieldmen, and forty-seven paper archers.

He discovered that against those martial arts practitioners, the combination of swordsmen and archers was far superior to the combination of swordsmen and spearmen.

By the time all this was done, it was already dawn.

Zhou Qingqing woke up, looked around, and then saw Li Lin stretching.

"Did the master not sleep all night?"

"Yes, we always need to make some preparations."

"You've worked hard, sir. You should get some rest. I'll prepare breakfast."

After saying that, Zhou Qingqing went to the cardboard cart next to her, got some dry food and a small pot. She set up a simple stand, put the pot on it, and scooped some water from a nearby mountain stream. She put the dry food in the pot to cook into a porridge, and then added some cured meat.

Finally, she woke Li Lin up. After resting for half an hour, Li Lin felt much better.

Although the porridge didn't look very appealing, it actually tasted quite good.

After finishing his meal, Li Lin looked up and, judging from the dappled sunlight filtering through the gaps in the tree canopy, knew it was getting late. He sat up and said, "Let's go."

Xiao Hua licked the bowl clean and followed her mother obediently.

The three of them got back into the sedan chair.

Then all the little paper figures nearby ran back and stuck to the other paper figures.

The paper figure 'Lu Bu' sets off again.

A group of nearly a hundred people reappeared on the official road.

The paper figure cannot move too fast; it can only move at a slightly faster speed than an ordinary person.

Actually, riding a horse would be much faster.

But... neither Zhou Qingqing nor Xiao Hua, the little boy, could really withstand the jolting of a horse.

This is why when a woman of high status travels, she usually uses a sedan chair or carriage, rather than riding a horse.

Riding a horse for a long distance is actually a physically demanding activity.

Inside the sedan chair, Li Lin closed his eyes to rest.

Actually, with his abilities, he could go without sleep for several nights.

The problem is that making paper figures requires spiritual power, so he is very tired now.

He could only rest, while holding the Southern Barbarian God Bone in his hand to restore his spiritual power.

The caravan traveled smoothly, encountering many merchant caravans and travelers along the way. The eerie style of the paper figures terrified these people, who hid in the woods on both sides of the road and only dared to come out after the paper figures had gone far away.

As evening approached, the group was to pass through a county town.

Li Lin woke up, and at the same time, the spiritual energy in his body had almost recovered.

"We won't stay in the county town tonight. The paper dolls and ceremonial robes are too expensive to rent out, and we're afraid they'll attract martial arts practitioners to ambush us there," Li Lin said with a smile. "You and the paper dolls stay in the woods nearby and don't wander off. I'll go to town to buy some spare paper."

The paper figures will wear out as they walk, and we've run out of spare paper, so we need to stock up on some.

Zhou Qingqing nodded obediently.

Li Lin emerged from the woods and then saw An Xin standing on the official road.

Next to Anxin stood a girl in a tight-fitting outfit.

He saw Li Lin, smiled, and cupped his hands in greeting.

Li Lin walked over and said, "You waited here for me all this way?"

“Yes.” An Xin smiled. “I guessed you would be stationed here.”

Li Lin nodded: "Thank you for what happened last night."

"I didn't help you, so there's no need to thank me."

"The fact that you didn't join them in attacking me is already helping me."

An Xin laughed heartily: "Our Tianyi Sect never does such things as taking advantage of others in distress."

"In other words, you'll come looking for trouble when I'm not in danger."

“When you’re not in danger, I’d be even less likely to cause you trouble,” An Xin said, suppressing a laugh. “You’re quite famous in the martial arts world now, either as Young Master Zixiao or Young Master Zhi!”

"My nickname?"

"Correct."

"The news spread so fast?"

"In the martial world, news travels faster, that's normal. But one of your two titles will eventually disappear, leaving only the one that best represents you." An Xin continued, "Also, I'm curious, the Exquisite Jade Box should be in your hands now, right? What exactly is that thing for?"

“It is indeed related to cultivation!” Li Lin thought for a moment and said, “Its true name is the Southern Barbarian Divine Bone!”

An Xin nodded slightly, then pointed to the girl next to him: "This is my junior sister. She is the one who knows your thunder magic. She is also learning paper-making techniques now."

The girl looked at Li Lin with adoration, clasped her hands in a fist and said in a clear voice, "This humble girl, Lu Ying, greets Senior Brother Li!"

(End of this chapter)