Chapter 6: The First Encounter with Little Dragon Girl

  Along the winding path, Ling Muyun's mood was not calm. In Jin Dasheng's world, there were many beautiful women, some intelligent, some elegant, some lovely, and some gentle, each with their own charm... But as for Ling Muyun personally, the ones he liked the most were Xiaolongnv and Wang Yuyan. The reason was that both of them had a hint of an ethereal aura, as if they were goddesses who had fallen to the mortal world.

  Among them, the one that moved him most was the pure and noble Little Dragon Girl who had been tainted by the evil monk. After all, Wang Yuyan, although also weathered by worldly storms, fortunately remained untainted and ultimately found a happy ending. However, Little Dragon Girl, despite finally being with her loved one in seclusion in an ancient tomb as a pair of divine lovers, could never fully soothe the wounds and regrets in her heart. Perhaps it was this heartbreaking regret that made Little Dragon Girl even more deeply etched in people's hearts, becoming the ethereal image in countless men's dreams.

  As soon as he thought that he would be able to see the place where the beauty who had captivated countless people grew up, and even possibly catch a glimpse of her lovely face, Ling Yun's heart was filled with excitement. Although Ling Yun knew very well that in the ancient tomb there were the murals left behind by Lin Chongying, as well as many martial arts techniques learned from Wang Chongyang during his temporary stay in the ancient tomb, at this moment he had no desire for them in his heart, and all he could think about was being able to secretly take a peek at Little Dragon Maiden, the fairy of his dreams.

  This time, the corridor was not long, and in a moment, a row of stone steps covered with dust appeared before Ling Muyun's eyes. Ling Muyun stepped up, knowing that the exit at the end of the stone steps should be the stone coffin of the ancient tomb. As he walked up, he carefully checked the wall beside the stone steps, and indeed found a protruding block on the wall near the top of the stone steps. He patted it with his hand and turned it around, hearing a clicking sound, and a stone slab moved open.

  The stone slab was still pitch black, and Ling Mu Yun knew that this exit was a stone coffin, with the lid still covering it, so there wasn't a single ray of light. Ling Mu Yun didn't come all the way here just to look at the coffin lid, so he squeezed up a few more steps, using force on his hands to move the lid of the stone coffin.

  The coffin lid did not move as smoothly as Ling Muyun had expected, but it didn't budge. As part of the stone coffin, the lid was also carved out of solid rock, and the thick stone lid weighed several hundred pounds. With Ling Muyun's current body, which had not yet grown up and had no internal strength or foundation, it was somewhat difficult to move this heavy stone lid.

  Ling Muyun's face couldn't help but flush red. In the original work, this stone coffin lid was no different from a wooden one, and anyone could easily move it, which is why he had the idea of sneaking into the ancient tomb to take in its scenery. But when things came to fruition, he discovered that he couldn't even budge the stone coffin lid, let alone sneak into the tomb. It was truly embarrassing for all the cross-dressing crowd.

  Ling Muyun, not believing in evil, exerted his strength again and pushed a few more times. Although he slightly moved the stone coffin lid, causing it to rub against the coffin with a "screeching" sound, he ultimately failed to move the lid open. He only managed to move the lid slightly, creating a narrow slit that could barely allow one eye to peek through.

  Just then, a "creak" sound was heard, and Ling Mu Yun peeked through the gap in the stone coffin to see that the large stone door had opened, and a little girl wearing a white dress with a butterfly knot on her head, looking delicate and pretty, skipped into the room.

  "I clearly heard there was a sound here, but why is there nothing..."

  The little girl looked only two or three years old, with a pair of big eyes shining like water and stars, her skin white and delicate, her appearance exquisite, similar to a jade doll, extremely cute. After entering, a pair of bright eyes scanned around, her small face full of interest, as if searching for a beloved toy.

  "Whose child is this? It's really too cute... Wait a minute, could this adorable little girl be my dream goddess Little Dragon Maiden?"

  Seeing the cute appearance of the little girl, Ling Yun, who was hiding in the stone coffin, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. However, he soon came back to his senses and suddenly realized that this adorable little girl might be his dream lover, Little Dragon Girl. Suddenly, his mind was in chaos, with a sense of absurdity as if the world had collapsed.

  The more I think about it, the more correct it is. In the original work, when Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl came down from the mountain to experience the world, Little Dragon Girl was already over 20 years old, while at that time, Guo Jing and Huang Rong were a couple in their thirties, nearly forty, which made them more than ten years older than Little Dragon Girl. Now, Guo Jing is still in the northern desert of the Great Wall, being trained by the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, and he is only 16 or 17 years old. Calculating this way, isn't Little Dragon Girl just two or three years older?

  According to Ling Mu Yun, there should only be four people in the ancient tomb sect now. One is Lin Chong Ying's maid, who is also the master of Li Mochou and Xiaolongnu. Another one is Sun Bao Bao, who takes care of several people's lives in the sect. The other two are Li Mochou and Xiaolongnu themselves. Among these four people, the first three do not match the age of this little girl. After calculation, only Xiaolongnu's age matches that of this little girl.

  Just as Ling Muyun was indulging in wild thoughts inside the stone coffin, Xiaolongnv searched around the stone room and fixed her gaze on the stone coffin where Ling Muyun was hiding, or more precisely, on the thief's eye that reflected a glimmer of light from the crack of the stone coffin.

  The little dragon girl stepped lightly in front of the stone coffin, her small body pressed against it to look inside through the gap, and said in a soft voice: "Long'er has seen you, what are you? Why are you inside the stone coffin? Come out and play with Long'er?"

  "I am human, not something."

  Ling Muyun almost blurted out what he was thinking, looking at the cute little face of the little dragon girl in front of him. Ling Muyun really wished he could get out of this stone coffin right away and give the little dragon girl a good kiss on her tender and chubby little face, having an intimate contact with his dream goddess. The goddess is indeed a goddess, just a tiny bit and she's already so lovable, what will it be like when she grows up?

  "Dragon boy, who are you talking to?"

  Just then, a clear and pleasant voice came from outside the stone room, sounding like a young woman.

  Little Dragon Girl heard the sound and turned her head back, shouting in a milky voice: "Sister Master, come quickly! There's something strange here!"

  "It's not good, Li Mochou has arrived, I have to hurry up and leave, can't let her find out!" Ling Mu Yun was shocked in his heart, scared and hastily retreated from the stone coffin, back to the stone steps under the stone room, pressed the mechanism on the wall to put the stone slab at the bottom of the coffin back in its original place. Then he didn't dare to stay, hurriedly went down the steps, following the passage to where he came from.

  It's not that Ling Muyun is cowardly, but Li Moxiu in the original work is ruthless and cunning, a true femme fatale. At present, Ling Muyun's martial arts skills are not yet mature, so he doesn't dare to confront her directly. Although at this point in time, Li Moxiu is still just a young girl in bloom, she has not yet become the infamous Red Lotus Fairy who strikes fear into people's hearts due to her love turning to hatred. However, there have been many women throughout history who were wronged by men and abandoned, but few became as crazed as her. It's likely that Li Moxiu had a violent streak hidden within her personality all along, which was only fully unleashed after she was wronged and stimulated by the man she loved. Therefore, it's better to keep a safe distance from her.

  Before the words had fallen, a beautiful young girl in her teens walked in from outside the stone room, looking like she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Her eyebrows were like willow leaves, her teeth were white and shiny, and her bright eyes sparkled as if there were ripples of water flowing between them. It was Li Mochou, the junior sister of Little Dragon Girl.

  Li Mochou walked into the stone room, looking at the little dragon girl who was lying in front of the stone coffin. A hint of doubt flashed across her beautiful eyes, and she asked with slightly parted lips: "Long'er, who were you just talking to? What strange thing?"

  Little Dragon Girl pointed to the stone coffin with her delicate little hand and said in a soft voice, "Sister Master, Long'er found something shiny inside, Long'er wants it to come out and play with Long'er, but it doesn't pay attention to Long'er."

  "What's weird?"

  Li Mochou furrowed her elegant eyebrows and stepped lightly to the front of the stone coffin, using her internal energy to push open the lid. She found that it was empty, without even a single thing inside. Turning her head to look at Little Dragon Girl: "Dragon girl, what strange things are there in here?"

  "Huh? What about that shiny thing?" Little Dragon Girl's eyes were wide with wonder, her face full of surprise. "I clearly saw it! How come it disappeared as soon as I opened it?"

  Li Mochou stretched out her jade finger and lightly poked the little dragon girl's forehead, saying in a bad temper: "I don't know what's inside your little brain, making a racket here, be careful or I'll tell your master, see if she doesn't discipline you."

  "Sister Shifu, Long'er didn't lie to you, Long'er really saw a shiny strange thing inside." Little Dragon Girl said with a wronged expression.

  "Where is it?"

  "It was here just now, but when you opened it, it disappeared."

  "Tell another lie and next time I won't tell you a story!"

  The original tomb sect martial arts emphasized clarity and simplicity, the higher the martial arts, the colder and more indifferent to things. However, Xiaolongnv was still young and had not yet practiced the ancient tomb sect martial arts. Children's nature is hard to change, and she often played pranks. Her master found her too noisy, so she handed her over to Li Mochou to take care of. Li Mochou herself was just a teenage girl and had never taken care of children before, so she didn't have a good way to deal with Xiaolongnv either. Later, she discovered that Xiaolongnv loved listening to stories, so she used storytelling as her trump card to deal with Xiaolongnv. Whenever Xiaolongnv was disobedient, Li Mochou would threaten not to tell her any more stories, and Xiaolongnv would usually become obedient and listen.

  Li Mochou's trick was indeed effective, and after hearing this, the Little Dragon Girl twisted her nose and pouted her small mouth, with a look of grievance on her face. Her eyes also showed a hint of crystal clear tears, but in the end she still didn't say anything else, only turning her head to glance at the stone coffin once more, who knows what was going through that little brain of hers.

  "Alright, stop pouting here. Master wants me to bring you to see her. If she sees you looking like this, she'll think I've been bullying you." Li Mochou smiled slightly and bent down to pick up Little Dragon Girl in her arms, then turned around and left the stone room.