Chapter 7: 7.第7章 拔毛拔毛

Yun Ling had been chased for dozens of laps and was already exhausted to the point of death. Seeing that the old man was finally giving her a rare moment to catch her breath, she immediately stopped to gasp for air. Looking again at the old man's mustache, which had truly been plucked bald by her, she pointed at him and burst into loud laughter. To top it off, she offered a very sincere conclusion, shouting to him from a distance, "Old man, you look much more pleasing to the eye now than when you were acting all tough!"

Old Man Miao was also panting. There were truly very few people in this world who could tire him out like this, and this tomboy before him, who was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, was among the rarest he had encountered in his life. The last person who had forced him to be this exhausted had long since gone into seclusion fifty years ago and hadn't shown his face since.

"You, come here." The old man sat on a large rock and beckoned to her. "I ask you, where did you learn those footwork techniques?"

Yun Ling stood with her hands on her hips, walking forward two steps without a hint of fear. "There is a type of person called a genius! Old man, a genius currently permits you to call her Great-Auntie!"

Old Man Miao had a peculiar temperament. Previously, he could have been frantic and fought to the death with her over a single mustache, but now, having been taken advantage of by a young girl like this, he was actually smiling. "Great-Auntie Genius, come here. This old man thinks you have extraordinary bone structure; you are a once-in-a-century martial arts talent!"

Yun Ling suppressed her laughter. These lines were so familiar; didn't such scenes appear all the time in martial arts dramas on TV? A genius youth walking down the road, and then a strange old man suddenly pops out from the roadside, eyes full of excitement, saying: *Young brother, I see your skeletal structure is extraordinary and you are a fine candidate for martial arts. This old man has an ancestral martial arts manual here; as long as you take me as your master, I will teach you invincible martial arts!*

Unaware that she was mentally reconstructing this classic trope, Old Man Miao saw her smiling and assumed she believed him. He inconspicuously shuffled forward a few steps. "That, I have an ancestral—"

"Pfft, hahahahaha..." Yun Ling laughed loudly. "You old geezer, trying to trick me?! No way! I'm telling you, I got bored of that trick when I was five!"

Old Man Miao was utterly bewildered. "Bored of what? Little girl, come here, come here! As long as you call me Master and perform your footwork for me one more time, I will teach you peerless divine kung fu!"

Yun Ling hurled a large rock at him. "You old liar!" She immediately ran off after throwing it, shouting as she ran, "Eight Little Sister, if you don't come out right now, I'll make you sleep naked!"

In response, a patch of colorful fabric fluttered into view from the horizon. That colorful fabric actually opened its mouth to speak: "I'm coming, I'm coming! Yun Xiaoling, watch closely as I perform a hero saving a beauty, ahhh..."

As the colorful fabric drew closer, Old Man Miao saw clearly that it wasn't fabric at all—it was clearly a flock of birds! All sorts of different birds! A flock of birds with their beaks pointed and wings flapping, attacking him!

"Ahhh! Girl, I had no ill intent!" In a most unheroic manner, Old Man Miao let out a *pfft* and jumped into the water. The bird troop led by Eight Little Sister swarmed in a dark mass, circling above his head, with every single bird waiting for Eight Little Sister's command.

"Eight Little Sister!" Yun Ling shouted grandly from the shore. "Pluck all his hair out! Once it's done, I'll give you a whole plate of Vermillion Fruits!"

Eight Little Sister was instantly filled with heroic passion. With a sharp cry from her mouth, the entire flock of birds dove down. Their target: the old man's hair!

The old man, who had been arrogant throughout his life, never expected that after having his mustache plucked by a young girl, he would now be besieged by a flock of birds. He was truly both anxious and furious, charging left and right in the water while cursing incessantly. Yun Ling stood on the shore in high spirits, laughing so hard she could barely stand up straight.

Oh my, this was truly satisfying!