Bai Ling'er: "?????"
Bai Ling'er wore an expression of confusion reminiscent of a meme?
Can you please act like a human being!
She thought to herself, I just told you to avoid trouble, yet you insist on provoking it.
Now, you expect me to step in?
Bai Ling'er rolled her eyes and said irritably: "I can't do it!"
As if worried that Lin Yuan wouldn't believe her, she explained: "Last night you caused me to be entangled by the Power of Rules. My three hundred years of cultivation have been completely depleted, all used for transformation."
Those words...
Lin Yuan believed her.
Because, as his servant, with the Power of Rules' restrictions, Bai Ling'er couldn't lie to him.
"Ah!" Lin Yuan sighed, pushing Bai Ling'er aside with his hand, and said: "You really are a little useless!"
"Looks like I'll have to handle this myself."
After saying this, Lin Yuan secretly communicated with the Tattoo Power, summoning the Ox Head and Horse Face Tattoo.
"Ahem ahem!" Lin Yuan coughed twice and said to the bun shop owner: "My maid has been dealing with that time for the past couple of days, she's not feeling well!"
"Come on, let's fight!"
Just as Lin Yuan's voice fell, he saw the bun shop owner's face twist into a grim smile.
"Jie."
"Jiejie." The bun shop owner laughed grimly: "Kid, you're doomed, I'm going to chop you into mince and make buns out of you, swallow them all with one bite."
Hearing that familiar laughter, Lin Yuan internally criticized: "That damned laugh, how many Soul Hall elders do you devour in one go!"
In the midst of this extremely arrogant laughter, the bun shop owner began shaking his head, his body twisting.
Next, his muscles rapidly swelled, just like the werewolves transforming in the United States movies under the night sky.
However, the bun shop owner wasn't transforming into a werewolf.
But rather, into a kobold.
And not just any kobold, but an extremely plump Shar Pei.
Covered in wrinkles, plump and meaty.
A dog?
Eats people?
With an almost fanatical obsession with buns.
Combining these elements, Lin Yuan had a rough idea of what this was.
This was an evil dog from the Mysterious World.
In Huaxia's folk stories, there are similar legends.
It's said that after people die, their souls must pass through thirteen gates to enter the Underworld.
And the fourth gate is called Evil Dog Ridge.
Evil Dog Ridge is filled with evil dogs, their mouths full of steel teeth capable of devouring souls.
Thus, after people die, their families would leave some buns at the gravesite.
These buns are meant to deal with the evil dogs of Evil Dog Ridge.
When the soul passes through Evil Dog Ridge, if any evil dogs come at them, they throw the buns.
The evil dogs at Evil Dog Ridge love buns, so upon seeing them they'll rush forward to fight over them.
Taking advantage of the evil dogs fighting over buns, the soul can quickly pass through Evil Dog Ridge.
That's probably the story behind the bun shop owner.
The bun shop owner, transformed into a kobold, opened his steel-toothed blood-red mouth, lunging at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan pointed behind him, saying: "Look behind you!"
The kobold instinctively turned his head to look back, only to see Horse Face, already transformed into a Spirit Body.
"Slap!"
Without a word, Horse Face slapped the kobold across the face.
The kobold, seemingly hit by a force of a thousand pounds, spun like a top on the spot.
"Ox Head, Armor Transformation!"
With a thought, Lin Yuan's Ox Head Tattoo transformed into Ox Head Armor, enveloping him.
In an instant, Lin Yuan mastered the Ox Head Tattoo's power.
Lin Yuan held the Five-Pronged Heaven-Supporting Fork, quietly watching the kobold spin on the spot.
After nearly ten seconds, the dizzy kobold finally crashed to the ground with a thud.
Horse Face's one slap had swollen the kobold's face up.
Originally a Shar Pei's face, it swelled into a lion's.
To be fair, this was a profitable change, turning a dog into a lion.
Now, it could be called a Lion Dog.
"I ask you, are your buns ready?" Lin Yuan sat on a bench, using the Five-Pronged Heaven-Supporting Fork to prod the kobold.
The kobold lay on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with terror.
A human!
How could a human be so strong?
"Gulp!" The kobold swallowed hard, his voice trembling as he answered: "Not ready, not ready."
"If you say they're not ready, they're not ready."
Upon hearing this reply, Lin Yuan abruptly stood up, swinging the Five-Pronged Heaven-Supporting Fork at him.
While whacking him, he cursed: "Useless, you're truly useless!"
"You can't even steam buns properly, what use do you have?"
"Go to hell! Go to hell!"
Lin Yuan bashed him dozens of times, with the Ox Head Armor's strength, he turned the kobold into mush.
Then, a stream of extremely pure Deceitful Qi surged towards the Deceitful Gate Tattoo on Lin Yuan's leg.
Not enough!
It still wasn't enough.
Dozens of Fire Gu, along with the Hellhound just now, yet all that Deceitful Qi still wasn't enough to support Lin Yuan in summoning the Deceitful Gate Tattoo.
However, Lin Yuan could feel it.
It seems like it's just one step away now.
It seems that if he hunts down just one more Deceitful Object or Evil Spirits, he could summon the Deceitful Gate Tattoo.
After dealing with the kobold, Lin Yuan recalled the Ox Head and Horse Face Tattoo, returning to his handsome young man appearance.
Thinking back to Lin Yuan's crazy demeanor just now, Bai Ling'er tentatively asked: "Your mental state seems, a bit unstable, doesn't it?"
Lin Yuan thought about it and answered: "Our world suddenly encountered mutations, even though I have extraordinary power."
"But, I find it a bit hard to adapt, a bit stifling, it's pretty normal."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ling'er chilled with a shiver.
She thought to herself, if he's a bit stifled, does that mean he'll resort to domestic violence!
No, will he use that big fork to hit me like he just did!
If Lin Yuan knew Bai Ling'er's thoughts, he'd definitely tell her that he'd never use the big fork on her.
Though, whether he'd use a big stick, that's another question.
"Stifling!"
"You should find a way to vent!"
"Once you vent, you'll feel better!" Bai Ling'er suggested to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan glanced Bai Ling'er up and down, as if hinting: "Vent?"
"That's actually a good idea!"
Lin Yuan was already considering whether to use a stick on her, then give her a couple of dates.
Leaving the bun shop, Lin Yuan took Bai Ling'er to a supermarket.
After smashing the lock with a punch, Lin Yuan started his zero-dollar shopping spree.
Mainly grabbing some vegetables, food, and household items.
Passing by a clothing store, Lin Yuan picked out a few sets of clothes for himself.
As for Bai Ling'er?
She didn't need anything.
Her maid's uniform came from her fox skin transformed during her transformation.
If Lin Yuan wanted to give her a makeover, he just needed to say a word, and the Power of Rules would take care of it.
Though, Lin Yuan did prepare some phones, tablets, and similar electronics for her.