Two treasure maps

Chapter 176 Aperture Girl

The morning sun shines on every inch of the orchard, and the breeze blows gently with the fragrance of fruit, as if it is the gentle call of nature. Guo Lingli maintains her character and walks in the direction where the dog barks.

She noticed a group of gardeners gathered together, looking nervous, and there were several hounds barking at a man in blue.

Guo Lingli quickly stepped forward, scanned the crowd, and asked majestically: "What exactly happened here?"

A gardener named Chen Hao hurried forward and bowed respectfully: "Director, this is the Fire Protector. He came here today to look for someone, but for some reason, he claimed that this hound is the person he is looking for."

Other gardeners also stepped forward and explained: "Yes, Director, we saw it with our own eyes. It was clearly a dog, but he insisted that it was a human and asked us to hand over the dog."

"Of course we refused, but he used magic to trap the dog."

"What's even stranger is that under his spell, the dog's silhouette appeared and disappeared from time to time, as if it was really turning into a little girl."

"Look! There's the dog."

Guo Lingli turned his gaze to the hound that was being watched by everyone. He saw it lying on the ground with a faint halo surrounding its body, which formed a sharp contrast with the barking of other hounds.

Even stranger was the fact that the dog’s silhouette flickered in and out of the aperture, as if it were undergoing a strange transformation.

After a while, it took the form of a dog, with shiny fur and alert eyes;

After a while, she turned into a little girl. Although it was blurry, her petiteness and innocence could be vaguely seen.

"Chen Hao, what is its origin?" Guo Lingli asked, pointing at the hound that was still in a trance and transforming.

Everyone stopped talking, only Chen Hao stepped forward to report: "Three days ago, the Green Lion Buddha threw it here, and it has been lying on the ground without moving, and has not eaten or drunk for three days.

I thought she had some disease and wanted to check her out, but I found a faint halo around her body and other hunting dogs couldn't get close to her. I don't know what's going on?

I don’t dare to ask the Blue Lion Buddha, so I’ll ask the director to make the decision.”

She turned to look at the man in green and asked, "Fire Guardian, what do you say?"

The man in green was the Fire Guardian Le Xiaoyao, and he said in a gentle manner: "Director, this little girl has some connection with me. How about letting me take her away?"

Guo Lingli frowned slightly and looked at Le Xiaoyao: "She has offended the Green Lion Buddha. Do you think I can make this decision? I'm afraid that if the matter is reported to the leader, neither you nor I can afford to offend him."

The Green Lion Buddha as mentioned by the public is the Green Lion mythical beast that is the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva. It has long since transformed into a human being and is here to assist the Dharma leader Li Shuntian in accordance with Manjushri Bodhisattva's will.

Since he is the leader's guest of honor, who would dare to let go of the person he wants to punish?

Le Xiaoyao also understood this truth. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his head, "This little girl is actually the young lady of Guojiazhuang by the Red Dragon Pond in Panshan Fairyland in the lower world. She was punished for mistakenly entering the Taoist temple of the Green Lion Buddha. Now that the punishment has passed, I hope you can do me a favor."

Guo Lingli was shocked when she heard this. The young lady of Guojiazhuang? Could that be her younger sister Meili? However, the figure of this child was very different from Meili's.

She was full of doubts and couldn't help asking, "How old is this child?"

Le Xiaoyao tried to recall it, counted on his fingers, and said, "She should be in her teens, right?"

"Why does she look less than ten years old to me?"

Le Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You are right. Her age is indeed different from that of the young lady from Guojiazhuang. But please wait a moment. I will send a message to her sister Guo Lingli. Maybe she will know more details."

Guo Lingli nodded, but her heart was in turmoil.

She couldn't help but start to speculate about the true identity of this mysterious little girl. If Le Xiaoyao was the Fire Dragon Chang Xiaoyao of Flame Mountain, based on his understanding of Guojiazhuang, he should not have recognized the wrong person.

What was going on? Recalling what he heard a few days ago, the monk told Le Xiaoyao that Guo Lingli was a fake.

Could it be that Le Xiaoyao wanted to set up a trap for the fake Guo Lingli beside him? She waited and saw.

In the quiet early morning, the mist in the orchard had not yet dissipated, making it look like a fairyland.

A pair of senior and junior brothers and sisters, Guo Lingli and Guo Jingchuan, stepped into the Hundred Fruit Garden together.

The pretending Guo Lingli behaved like a lady from a noble family. She bowed slightly and saluted to her master Le Xiaoyao who was standing in the Hundred Fruit Garden.

She smiled and said in a gentle voice, "Master summoned me here, and I happened to meet Senior Brother, so he came with me. I wonder what Master wants to see you about?"

Le Xiaoyao's gaze fell to the side, and he pointed to a circle of light on the ground, where a figure was constantly changing, sometimes turning into the form of a dog, and sometimes into the outline of a girl.

Yanshen asked, "Someone said this is the young lady from Guojiazhuang. Take a look and see if she is your sister."

The fake Guo Lingli originally maintained a calm expression and was about to deny it, but suddenly noticed that the person in the light circle made a specific gesture.

This gesture was very familiar to her.

She was shocked and her face suddenly became excited: "Sister! Sister! How did you become like this?"

Other people around might not have noticed this subtle detail, but Guo Lingli and Le Xiaoyao saw it clearly.

When Guo Jingchuan heard that this person was his junior sister's sister, he became anxious and raised his voice a few degrees: "Everyone in the Hundred Fruit Garden, what's wrong with you? How can you turn a person into a dog?"

At this time, Chen Hao stood up and looked at Guo Jingchuan coldly: "You just came up from the lower realm, you haven't experienced the ascension calamity, right?

She is just a cultivator of the first heaven. It is a compliment to her to be able to step into our Hundred Fruit Garden of the third heaven. Turning her into a dog is already a compliment to her.

Do you know how rich the spiritual energy of this Hundred Fruit Garden is? You really don’t know how lucky you are.”

Guo Jingchuan was choked by Chen Hao's words. He was speechless for a moment and could only mutter in a low voice: "Then you shouldn't have not informed her family."

Chen Hao smiled contemptuously: "Notify? Aren't we notifying? Do you know who she offended? How dare you stand up for her?"

Le Xiaoyao had been observing silently at the side. He noticed the anxious look of the fake Guo Lingli outside the aperture. His eyes were as deep as the sea, and his emotions were unpredictable.

He asked, "Don't worry, I heard that your sister should be in her teens now, why does this child look only seven or eight years old?"

Upon hearing this, the fake Guo Lingli immediately knelt on the ground, her voice trembling: "Master, please listen to my disciple's detailed explanation. My sister has been a wandering soul since she was a child, so her soul grows slower than others. Although she is already in her teens, her actual soul age is only seven or eight years old."

The real Guo Lingli stood aside, listening to the fake Guo Lingli's explanation, her eyes flickering. She had never heard that her sister Meili was a wandering soul, nor did she know that her soul was growing slowly. She also didn't know whether what she said was true or false?

She asked, "You mean, your sister is a fool, so she offended the Green Lion Buddha?"

The fake Guo Lingli was stunned by the question. She didn't expect that her words would be interpreted in this way.

She quickly explained, "That's not the case. I just said that my sister's behavior might be different from that of ordinary people because her soul is wandering. As for why she bumped into the Green Lion Buddha, I really don't know."

Guo Lingli looked at Le Xiaoyao and said calmly: "In that case, please ask Fire Protector to take it away. But please ask Fire Protector to explain it to Blue Lion Buddha in person, and I will not interfere in this matter anymore."

Le Xiaoyao smiled and bowed, "Thank you for your understanding, Director."

After saying that, he turned around and told Guo Jingchuan to take the girl in the circle of light away.