When it came to the wonderland, Lin Xiao remembered Diling. He deemed it the right time to have it led him to the nine dragon vein wonderlands. "Well, did you Diling just now?"
His question bewildered the three chief seniors across the board.
The secondary chief senior soon remembered his denial of Diling's presence. Hence, he responded in a haste with a guilty conscience, "The spiritual monster? Has it been here? We didn't see it at all."
"Okay, I see." Lin Xiao nodded. He didn't go to the bottom of it.
However, the secondary chief dwelled on his denial and felt increasingly daunted, "What if the voice we heard just now was indeed that of Diling? What if he caught what I said…" Perspirations cascaded down his face.
Lin Xiao soon spotted his unusual reaction and inquired in spite of himself, "Esteemed chief senior, what is that?"
The secondary chief senior feinted a smile, "No…nothing…"
Nevertheless, the tertiary chief senior snubbed his nose in it. Being a blunt guy, he couldn't keep the truth any longer. Then he briefed Lin Xiao about everything.
Instead, Lin Xiao felt sorry about the secondary chief senior — he told Diling off simply for the sake of his junior martial uncle. Lin Xiao hastened to soothe him, "It's alright. Nothing will happen if it caught what you said about it. It wouldn't incur any harm to you. Don't worry, I'll take care of that."
Lin Xiao's consolation reminded the secondary chief senior of Lin Xiao's first appearance — he scared Diling into spitting out blood. That scene brought quite a bit of relief to the secondary chief senior. In his eyes, Lin Xiao was just as omnipotent as God. In that case, Diling was just a piece of cake.
Lin Xiao raised a long-contained question. He had been plagued by it for long. "Well, how come you seem to be afraid of Diling a lot?'
Being saved by the bell, the secondary rushed to explain it at length to extend his gratitude, "As a matter of fact, we don't dread it. Instead, we hold it in high regard. It didn't make a sudden appearance to the Taixuan Sect until one year ago. As a matter of fact, we didn't take it seriously upon its arrival. We took it as a regular pet only. However, it soon verbalized a secret that some Taixuan people had unusual physique types."
Lin Xiao went struck-dumb, "Was it the exact reason why you deify Diling?"
The secondary chief senior went on in ecstasy, "Of course not. His information was no more than surprising. We didn't begin to worship it until the opening of wonderland last year. It navigated the patriarch around the wonderland. It was literally the most fruitful field trip ever."
Lin Xiao picked up on what he meant. Diling must have accurately located treasures stored in the wonderland for Li Taixuan. And they must have not seen any treasures of that kind.
They did quite a few field trips like this. No wonder Li Taixuan deify Diling.
As a matter of fact, Lin Xiao considered Diling nothing but a subpar spiritual monster. Hence, he felt pretty apologetic for duping it with the Kunpeng fabrication. Now it seemed that Diling was way more capable than he thought.
Lin Xiao arrived at a conclusion — Diling must have been the most favored beneficiary during the field trips to the wonderlands.