Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord-Chapter 2028: Wild Rabbits

Xuexue looked at it with a half-smile and asked, "What’s wrong?"

The Little Tiger looked up at her with big, round eyes, but said nothing.

"Let’s go, let’s go. We know someone is looking for us here, and we still stay here? Isn’t that asking for trouble? The Capital is huge! There’s plenty of fun places to go. Staying here is just asking for trouble, right?" Xuexue pulled it with one hand, talking as she walked.

The Little Tiger pouted as it followed beside her.

When they reached the main road, just as a Master was driving a carriage by, Xuexue negotiated a good price with him and climbed aboard with the Little Tiger.

In the mountains, Celestial Master Zhang was walking drenched in sweat. There was no way around it; the past few years had been too comfortable, and with his age, his body was a bit weak, making the mountain path very difficult to traverse.

Lin Kong seemed at ease, without a drop of sweat on his face, and occasionally looked back with a frown at Celestial Master Zhang.

"Oh dear! Can’t go on, can’t go on, Master, let’s rest for a bit!" Celestial Master Zhang panted heavily, raising his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead as he sat down on a big rock.

"Disciple, isn’t your constitution a bit poor? You’ve walked just a few steps and are already this tired. How are we supposed to find the Thousand Year Striped Tiger?"

"This mountain path is rugged and uneven, it’s really hard to walk. These stones are so sharp, they’ve torn my shoe sole." Celestial Master Zhang looked at his shoes, noticing a big tear; luckily, the sole was thick enough not to hurt his skin.

"Are we still searching or not? If not, let’s head back. Don’t dawdle here; when it gets dark, all the wolves and tigers will come out, and it could be dangerous."

"We’ve come all this way, of course we’re searching."

Celestial Master Zhang’s tone was very determined. The Emperor was increasingly dissatisfied with him, coupled with Zhao Yin stirring things up, even making the Emperor start to doubt whether the Thousand Year Striped Tiger was just a legend. As Zhao Yin said, Celestial Master Zhang was deceiving him to gain his trust, and such a creature might not even exist.

If he couldn’t find the Thousand Year Striped Tiger soon, his position as Heavenly Master would be in great peril.

"But your body is so weak. We haven’t even entered the mountain, and you’re already like this. Even if you do encounter the Thousand Year Striped Tiger, what good would it do?" Lin Kong couldn’t help but mock. His disciple’s official rank grew higher and higher, but his body became weaker and weaker.

Indeed, to display his official status, Celestial Master Zhang would leave and return in a sedan chair, barely walking throughout the year, leading to his declining health.

"It’s fine; I’m okay."

To prove his physical endurance, Celestial Master Zhang immediately stood up, ran a few laps in place, stretched his arms, bent his legs, and smiled at Lin Kong: "Master, look, your disciple is still in good shape."

Lin Kong helplessly shook his head: "Then let’s keep going."

"Hey hey hey!"

The two continued walking into the mountain. After searching around, they found nothing except a few wild rabbits on Lin Kong’s back.

"Oh no, can’t do it, so tired!" Reaching a mountain hollow, Celestial Master Zhang collapsed on the ground.

Lin Kong sat down beside him and said, "Strange, the Thousand Year Striped Tiger was reportedly seen around here, but we’ve searched for several Shichen and haven’t seen a single tiger hair."

Celestial Master Zhang lay on the ground for a while, then took out his tools from his back, performed a divination, and his expression turned peculiar.

Seeing this, Lin Kong asked, "Disciple, what’s wrong?"

"Master, the divination shows there isn’t a Thousand Year Striped Tiger nearby." Celestial Master Zhang’s face flushed red, and after a long pause, he finally squeezed out a sentence.