THE LING TIAN LEGEND
episode 25

Chapter 25: The Little Beggar

No sound came out from inside!

Furrowing his brows, Ling Tian repeated himself in a deeper tone.

Still no response.

Ling Tian started to become a little impatient. Since I've already found you, it doesn't matter to you whether I'm one of your captives, but rather the fact that you can't escape for now! If that's the case, then you should come out happy. Do you think that by hiding inside like a turtle inside its shell, you will be safe?

Taking a step forward, Ling Tian kicked.

With the sound of “huala”, grass and piles of snow flew into the distance. Below them was a small figure curled up. This was the same beggar Ling Tian had seen who had fled for his life!

Ling Tian furrowed his brows; such a huge movement, yet the little beggar still continued to swarm there without any movement! Approaching closer to take a better look, Ling Tian suddenly gave a mocking smile; it turned out that person had already fainted! No wonder he only heard weak breaths; as it turned out, the little beggar was already in a coma and could have died in his sleep at any moment….

Stretching out his right hand, he felt the forehead of the little beggar. Hm, it was so hot to the point of being scary. It seems like he even had a high fever! This situation is troublesome now. Ling Tian thought of the home remedies used in the previous world to treat a fever, but after examining it at once, he realized that there was nothing that could be used under these circumstances.

Tapping his head, Ling Tian came to the conclusion that he first had to take drastic measures to wake the little beggar up. Grabbing a handful of snow from his side, he gripped it tightly to form it into a block of snow, before wiping it against the beggar's face. Under the stimulation from the cold, the little beggar involuntarily groaned.

Holding onto the snow beam, Ling Tian's movements grew even faster as he used the snow to scrub the little beggar's skin. Even his palms could feel the snow warm up!

This is an amazing method, however, it is clear that this kind of method is very effective. For patients suffering from ice bites, such a method is actually the optimal way to treat it. While the little beggar didn't really suffer from the ice bite, he got a fever from the biting cold. So, Ling Tian was confident that such a method would definitely bring some help.

Incidentally, after a barely noticeable groan came from the little beggar's throat, he finally slowly opened his eyes. Upon seeing Ling Tian, he clearly gasped in shock. In such a scenario and place, she would never dream of meeting a boy roughly her age, with white skin that looked like it was touched with cosmetics! It was as if he had been dreaming all along!

Seeing that he was awake, Ling Tian let out a sigh of relief, before asking, “How do you feel now that you wake up?”

The little beggar stared in puzzlement for a while before replying, “Did you save me?” After he finished, he then discovered that the bundle of grass he was squeezing himself into had been thrown to the side. His gaze became sharp as he asked carefully, “Who are you? Why are you here?”

Ling Tian smiled faintly, “I followed you from within the city. You can really run!” While his tone was light, it was filled with innate arrogance as if he was the one who had once lived in heaven!

Ling Tian snorted, the tip of his foot pushed the dead grass on the ground, “If I don't follow you, then with that sickness and cold, I'm afraid you'll just die.”

The little beggar was speechless. With his intelligence, it was not difficult for him to understand. If not for the fact that this child who was his age had found him, it was likely that he had lost his life. He had originally thought of resting for a while before continuing his journey, but who knew that due to exhaustion and the fact that he was suffering from hunger, he had actually fainted.

Ling Tian cut into the chase, directly asking, “Why are those pursuers chasing you? What have you done?”

Hearing Ling Tian's words, hatred shot out from within the little beggar's eyes, and his dizzy head also cleared up a little, “Dead feud!” This sentence is pronounced with clenched teeth. He originally did not want to reply, but in his heart, he vaguely had the suspicion that this little brat standing in front of him could provide some help. He now had nothing on his behalf and was still being hunted; if he had no one to rely on, even if he could escape for a day or two, he will be hunted in the end! He didn't even need to think of avenging the blood. However, this little brat in front of him might be able to give him this chance! His body could not hold out much longer.

Ling Tian snorted in response, then took out three pure white breads from his robe, saying, “You might be hungry. Eat this first, then tell me your story.”

The little beggar's eyes sparkled as he greedily stared at the bread in Ling Tian's hands. With the sound of “gulu”, his mouth was flooded with saliva. He actually grabbed the food and started eating it voraciously …

Through his disjointed narrative, Ling Tian learns that the little beggar in front of him is named Du Fei and is the son of Du Yuan, a merchant in the city. Their family runs two pawnshops and life is thought to be manageable. Last month, someone pawned a precious gem. Since the Ten Thousand Pearl Orchid was entirely made of white jade and furthermore encrusted all kinds of precious gems on the surface, its price was unrivalled.

Of course, the Du family did not have the ability to accept such a luxury item. However, the original owner was a descendant of a declining noble family, and anything valuable to him had long been pawned, leaving only this family heirloom. Moreover, the family knew that the Du family could not afford such a treasure and thus only listed the price of 10,000 taels of silver! They set a deadline of half a year, during which the original owner would then use 10,000 taels of silver to repurchase the item.

Since the Du family had dealt with all the items this family pawned before, due to the sentimentality, Du Yuan decided to continue the deal. Who knew that the moment they exchanged items, they were discovered by the section chief of the Blood Flower Hall. When the section leader made his report, the hall master of this Blood Flower Hall immediately stored the thoughts of greed in his heart and sent people to the Du Family, the, want to buy Ten Thousand Pearl Orchids for just 5,000 taels! Du Yuan would naturally not agree, as the descendant of the rejected noble family said that with just a loan of 10,000 taels he would return to reclaim the treasure. After all, how could the true price of this Ten Thousand Pearl Orchid cost only 5,000 taels? Even if it costs ten times as much,

Du Yuan immediately rejected it! However, how could he know that such a refusal would lead to the extermination of his family clan? The entire Du family of over a hundred people was silenced in just one night! It was unknown to whom the Ten Thousand Pearl Orchid fell. Lucky for Du Fei, he managed to escape because he looked thin and weak, and thus became a small target. However, the Blood Flower Hall definitely did not let him go to eliminate the problem in the future and thus chased after him in pursuit. Du Fei had not eaten in three days!

In this half a month, Du Fei had been hiding left and right, suffering so much that he had barely escaped the clutches of death.

After explaining his suffering, Du Fei looked at Ling Tian with a hopeful expression on his face. From the way Ling Tian was dressed, he was definitely not a small figure, and as long as he returned home and talked about this treasure to his family members, then he, Du Fei, was, can use the Ten Thousand Pearl Orchid as bait to ask others to do the dirty work for him!

Ling Tian smiled, “What do you want to do?”

Du Fei felt his heart flutter as he stood up straight and said, “As long as Young Master is willing to help this little one to get revenge, he said, this small one will give Ten Thousand Pearl Orchid to Young Master!”

Hearing this, Ling Tian only laughed coldly, “After I destroy the Blood Flower Hall, the Ten Thousand Pearl Orchid will be mine, why do I still need you to give it to me? As a man facing the assassins who exterminated your family, you only have this much determination? ”