The little girl's big, blinking eyes made Zhang Ergou's heart pound.
Apart from Ye Wushuang, who had originally taught him the Dinhuo, no outsider knew he possessed Dinhuo.
This was his biggest secret!
Yet, this girl with the ponytail, looking like a curious child, could immediately sense he had Dinhuo just by sniffing.
This was too terrifying!
Zhang Ergou's expression instantly turned serious, his heart filled with shock.
"Do you have Dinhuo?" The little girl, her big eyes blinking, reached out her two small, tender hands and grabbed Zhang Ergou's arm.
She suddenly became very mysterious, her voice lowering considerably.
"Dinhuo is such a precious thing. How could a mere Qi Condensation disciple like me have it?" Zhang Ergou smiled slightly, concealing his shock.
"Don't try to fool me, I can smell it, I can't be wrong!" the little girl said confidently.
"You must be mistaken?"
"If you don't have it, then I'm not playing with you anymore." With that, the little girl turned and shouted towards Daoist Shugu at the door.
"Old man Shu, this kid has Dan..." Muffled!
Seeing this, Zhang Ergou quickly stepped forward and covered the little girl's mouth.
If Daoist Shugu found out he possessed Dinhuo, it would definitely lead to big trouble.
He clearly remembered Ye Wushuang's warning: never let anyone know about his Dinhuo.
"Little girl, you're not being fair!" Zhang Ergou hadn't expected the little girl to pull such a trick.
It had indeed caught him off guard.
"Hehe, see? I told you, and you said I was mistaken!" The little girl's eyes sparkled, looking at Zhang Ergou as if he were prey.
"You win, you're ruthless!"
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Ergou finally restrained himself.
"Little girl, what were you shouting about? Don't you know that loud noises are forbidden in my library?"
Elder Shugu walked over to the little girl, his face stern.
"Old man Shu, if you keep blabbering, do you believe I'll pull out your beard?" The little girl waved her fist in a threatening manner.
"Alas, I really can't do anything about you," Daoist Shugu shook his head helplessly.
"What did you say he had, Dan what?" He glanced nervously at the little girl, seeming very afraid of her threat.
"None of your business, I said he has a Dantian! So what?" The little girl pulled her ponytail and blurted it out.
Zhang Ergou almost burst out laughing. This little girl was too bad at lying.
"Everyone who cultivates has a Dantian. Are you trying to amuse me? Little missy!"
Elder Shugu sighed and walked away with a somber expression.
If he could defeat this girl, he wouldn't let her trifle with him like this.
"Hehe, I'm just amusing myself, what about it? Don't you like it? Let's fight!"
Saying that, the little girl rolled up her sleeves, looking ready to fight.
Daoist Shugu stumbled forward.
Zhang Ergou noticed Daoist Shugu fleeing the area as if escaping.
Witnessing all this, Zhang Ergou was greatly shaken. What was this little girl's background?
Daoist Shugu, an elder in the Golden Core stage, clearly appeared wary of her.
However, this was not his concern.
Thinking this, Zhang Ergou turned to leave.
"You can't go," the little girl grabbed Zhang Ergou, who was about to leave.
"Is there something?"
"Of course, since you have Dinhuo, can you refine pills?" the little girl asked, her big eyes wide.
"A little bit!" Zhang Ergou nodded helplessly.
"Then help me refine a treasure!" the little girl pleaded, looking at Zhang Ergou.
"I don't have time!"
"Do you believe I'll call for Old Man Shu?" the little girl threatened, waving her fist.
"Alright, alright, I have time, I have time!" Zhang Ergou agreed with a resigned expression.
The two of them left the library one after another, heading straight for the nearest back mountain.
"It seems Elder Shugu is very afraid of you?" Zhang Ergou asked curiously on the way.
"Of course. In the entire outer sect of the Misty Sect, everyone except the peak lords of the four main peaks is no match for me."
"They'd be foolish not to fear me!" the little girl said proudly, acting like a master.
"What? Pfft! Hahaha..." Zhang Ergou burst into laughter.
"Little girl, if you're going to brag, at least make it believable. How old are you, and yet you claim to be stronger than a Golden Core elder? Who would believe that?"
"You don't believe me? Try me then!" The little girl stared at Zhang Ergou and then grinned mischievously.
"Try it then, who's afraid of whom!"
Zhang Ergou was certain that her cultivation was at most late Qi Condensation, although he couldn't see through her.
He got into a fighting stance and threw a punch at the little girl.
Bang!
Ah!
The sound of fist meeting flesh echoed, and Zhang Ergou was sent flying by the little girl's casual punch.
"Too weak!" the little girl pouted.
"Also, I have a name. It's Zilin. Stop calling me 'little girl'!"
Zilin flashed to Zhang Ergou, who was a hundred meters away, and pulled him out of the dirt pile with a wave of her hand.
"Okay, Senior Zilin." Although unharmed, Zhang Ergou was internally astonished.
"Aiya, just call me Zilin, no need for 'senior' or 'junior,' it sounds so awkward."
"O-okay!"
Zhang Ergou rubbed his forehead, even more curious about this girl with her eccentric temper.
Arriving at a secluded cave, Zilin took out a storage ring and handed it to Zhang Ergou.
"Refine these herbs into pills for me. Eating them raw is too unpleasant."
Zilin wore a peculiar expression.
"That stiff old man from the Bao Dan Pavilion wouldn't refine them for me. I've had enough of these bitter herbs these days."
"But I only know how to refine Qi Condensing Pills!" Zhang Ergou spread his hands.
"Oh, that old man from Bao Dan Pavilion refined them for me before. He just uses Dinhuo to extract them into liquid, then condenses them into pills, and adds some seasonings."
"It's not as complicated as you think."
She looked expectantly at Zhang Ergou as he casually picked a herb from the storage ring.
"Holy crap, a thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum!"
Zhang Ergou blurted out a curse.
"You usually eat them raw?"
"Yes, but they really don't taste good. That's why I asked you to refine them into something tastier."
Zilin smiled sheepishly.
"You're not human, how can you withstand such powerful medicinal properties?"
"I'm not human in the first place!"
"Uh!"
Zhang Ergou fell silent, not daring to probe further, though his heart was filled with curiosity.
He took out a cauldron and summoned his Dinhuo.
Zhang Ergou threw the Polygonum multiflorum into the cauldron.
Purifying a single ingredient was much simpler than refining a pill.
About fifteen minutes later, a few pills appeared in Zhang Ergou's hands.
"Here, try them, how do they taste?"
Zilin had been waiting impatiently, her mouth watering.
She grabbed them and swallowed several pills in one gulp.
"Hehe, not bad, not bad, I like it very much."
Zilin suddenly blinked her big eyes and said, "Ergou, can I come find you later if I run out of food?"
"Uh!" Zhang Ergou initially wanted to refuse, but then he remembered Zilin's terrifying combat power.
Suddenly, an idea struck him...