Chapter 1742: Chapter 1742: Digging Pits Becomes a Profession
The old man saw Little Taotie acting like she was facing a mortal enemy and chuckled. "It’s fine, it’s only gotten a tiny bit lighter."
Little Taotie clutched her chest like her heart was breaking. "If you can tell it’s lighter, how much Merit did it eat from me! No way, no way, I have to get way farther away!"
Thump thump thump thump...
Little Taotie had already run a good hundred meters away.
Hua Jinyan: "..."
Old man: "..."
The two of them watched the little girl who had already run far and was still running, utterly speechless.
Little Taotie felt it was basically safe now and finally stopped, looking at them from afar. "I’ll stand right here, you guys don’t come over."
The old man couldn’t help laughing and crying. "Alright, just stand there and don’t move."
Just please don’t run any farther.
If she kept running, they probably wouldn’t even be able to see her anymore.
Little Taotie waved her hand. "Got it!"
Hua Jinyan: "Once they absorb the Merit, will they turn back into Spiritual Bodies and then enter Reincarnation?"
The old man thought for a moment. "In theory, yes. As for the specifics, we’ll need to keep observing."
"Are you going to study them?" Hua Jinyan put a handful of light spots back into the box.
"No need for now. The most important thing at the moment is finding Shen Cang."
Hua Jinyan nodded to show he understood.
The old man picked up the shovel and went back to digging. The place where the Ancient Pagoda had originally stood had already been dug into a large pit earlier because they’d been able to dig out boxes there. Now no more boxes were turning up, but the old man felt the passageway might be down below, so he had already climbed down into the pit and was still digging away.
From far away, Little Taotie squinted and made circles with her hands, holding them up in front of her eyes like she’d just added a pair of binoculars.
That trick did indeed let you see a bit farther by sheer will.
She saw Hua Jinyan put the lid back on, trapping all the light spots in the box, and only then did she jog back over.
"Back already?" Hua Jinyan smiled at her.
Little Taotie giggled. "It’s really windy over there, but here there’s no wind at all."
The old man, who was digging hard, paused. "What did you say?"
Seeing how nervous he looked, Little Taotie repeated, "I said there’s no wind here. Where I was just now, the wind was really strong."
The old man grew thoughtful and put down the shovel in his hands.
The pit was already very deep, but the old man was still in good shape; he climbed up like he was rock climbing.
"Take me over to have a look."
Little Taotie nodded and took the lead.
All along the way, there was no wind.
Only when they reached the spot where Little Taotie had just been standing did the wind start to blow.
It was like a barrier point: no wind inside the barrier, and nothing but natural wind outside it.
"I get it now," the old man murmured under his breath.
Little Taotie looked at Hua Jinyan in puzzlement. "What does he get?"
Hua Jinyan frowned slightly and shook his head.
The old man started looking around for a small shovel. "I’ll go back and get my shovel."
Little Taotie hurriedly took out a brand-new one from her bag.
"I’ve got another!"
She held the shovel up high for the old man to see.
It was another pink one, this shade even brighter, with a hint of peach-red in it.
The old man: "...Your bag sure can hold a lot."
Little Taotie patted her bag and said with a smile, "It’s the best!"
The old man went back to digging.
Little Taotie and Hua Jinyan stood to the side watching the show.
Little Taotie: "I kind of want to film this."
Hua Jinyan: "Forget it, better not. You’ll make him mad."
Little Taotie remembered how his face had gone dark before, and it had been a little scary.
People who always act like smiling tigers are pretty intimidating once they drop the smile.
Little Taotie quietly hid the little hand that had wanted to grab her phone for filming behind her back. "He’s so professional."
Hua Jinyan: "That pit just now counts as his source of experience."
Little Taotie covered her mouth and snickered. "And this pit will become new experience."
