Chapter 104: Xuewan Arrives

Zhenquan was awakened the moment she was enveloped by the sunlight, and the first thing she did was to look panickily at the place where Ling was yesterday. Only when she found that he was still sitting in the same place with even breathing did she breathe a sigh of relief. She folded her coat back to its original shape as best as possible and placed it next to the fire which had only a few sparks left. Then she stepped aside, took out the remaining dry food from yesterday and started to eat it hard.

After Zhenquan finished struggling with the cold and hard dry food, Ling finally took action. He packed up his things, completely extinguished the fire, and left in silence.

It took this odd pair four days to reach a small coastal town in the Land of Thunder. During the journey, Zhenquan stumbled and fell behind more than once, but he always saw Ling's crow when he wanted to cry, groped his way back, and always woke up earlier than Ling.

Zhenquan is not stupid. On the contrary, compared with her peers, she is very smart. So even though Ling has not spoken a word to her in the past few days, she knows that Ling is tacitly allowing her to follow him. So when she saw the small town on the coast, she couldn't help but run to Ling and grab the corner of his clothes.

Ling stopped and lowered his head with a smile, "Oh, Miss, have you been following me? This really scared me."

"Thank you, I really appreciate it!" Zhenquan took back his hand and bowed to Ling, "May I know your name? I will definitely repay you!"

"Oh my... Isn't that even more troublesome?" Ling shook his head slightly and took another step. "Forget about repaying me. After all, I have never helped you in any way. But please don't follow me anymore."

"Yes, thank you again."

Zhenquan bowed again, but this time when she looked up, Ling was no longer in her sight.

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Yata looked at the figure walking towards the town, and tilted his head to look at Ling, "You are kind in every sense."

"Really?" Ling tilted his head slightly, "If this kind of hypocrisy of an executioner can be considered kindness, then I am indeed a kind person... Well, we have already wasted quite a bit of time, let's speed up a bit.

I'll leave the task of gathering information to you, Yata."

"This is what we should do." Yatagarasu flapped its wings and flew up. "But this time when we go back, I hope you can teach Sanzu how to read. Otherwise, it would be too much trouble for me to rely on myself if this happens again."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. I will supervise Sanzu when we go back this time." Ling nodded slightly, and heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the sound of flapping wings fade away. "The consumption of supplies is more serious than expected. Speaking of which, if it's a coastal city... seafood products will be more affordable, right?

Sigh... If I don't have enough money, I can only go to the black market to take on missions. By the way, what is the code for the black market meeting this month? I haven't been here since I got injured, and now I've almost forgotten..."

While Ling was looking for a suitable store to buy supplies, the Uchiha clan's team that stayed in the Land of Lightning also began to move towards the Land of Iron. Uchiha Masaki also received a "consolation" from Uchiha Hiro's summoned beast.

This incident made Uchiha Masaaki deeply feel the wisdom of his continued vigilance. Along with the [condolences], there was also a text message from Uchiha Akihiko to Ling.

"You came at an unfortunate time. Ling left a few days ago." Uchiha Masaki took out a dried fish and handed it to the snow-white kitten in front of him. "I only know the general direction he left, not his exact location."

"It's really exhausting, meow." Xuewan held the dried fish in his paws and gritted his teeth, "God knows how much effort I put in to come to the Land of Lightning, meow."

"Compared to that..." Uchiha Masaki stroked his chin, "Doesn't Ling have a summoning beast? Didn't Hong tell you?"

"I said that, meow, but the crow that stayed behind is too stupid. It hasn't learned the reverse summoning technique yet, so it can't contact its owner," Xuewan bit the dried fish angrily, "and the one that can reverse summons has been in a summoned state for the past few days, so it can't contact me at all, meow."

"Eh... is it something urgent? If so, I can go find someone." Uchiha Masaki lowered his head and looked at Yukimaru, "Did Hong and the others say how to deal with it?"

"I told you, meow," Xuewan pushed aside the half-eaten dried fish and began to lick his paw, "Hong told me to take the message back if I can't see anyone, meow - but it's really too much trouble for me, meow.

Do you have anything to say, meow? I can take it back on the way, meow—but remember to give me the dried shrimps afterwards, meow."

"I'm fine... ah, by the way," Uchiha Masaki turned his head and raised his voice towards the window, "Banara, is there anything you want to inform your family about in advance? There happens to be a ninja cat here delivering a letter, and they can help you take it back."

Hearing the voice, Madara, who was practicing attaching chakra to throwing ninja tools, stopped and ran over quickly, "I have some specialties from the Land of Lightning that I bought before, and I have a little too much. Can you send them over?"

"Of course you can, meow." Xuewan patted the seal scroll beside him, "Give the dried shrimp as reward to Hong later and have him give it to me, meow."

"Okay, I'll get it right away."

Watching Madara trotting away, Uchiha Masaki's gaze fell on Yukimaru again, "I'll also add a commission. When you see Hong on your way back, help me scold him and give him a pound of dried shrimp."

"Deal, meow." Xuewan picked up the dried fish again and said, "Since you are sensible, I will help you scold him twice, meow."

Uchiha Masaki smiled and said, "Thank you very much. I will bring the dried shrimp to visit the Cat Village later. By the way, do you recommend any ninja cats who know medical ninjutsu? I also want to find a summoned beast to help me recently..."

"I do know quite a few ninja cats who know medical ninjutsu," Xuewan finally finished chewing the dried fish, "but they are all my closest friends, and I feel bad about introducing such a dangerous job to them... Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand," Uchiha Masaki reached out and petted the kitten, then laughed, "It costs extra money."