Chapter 48 Qingtian Hunting House
"Sister, Bai Le is here!"

At the door of the old shop, a little girl with long ponytails was sitting on a stool. She invited Bai Le in and read a picture book while shaking her cute little legs.

Entering the Qingtian Hunting House, a tall woman was mixing drinks. She had a black and white maid apron tied around her waist, which paired with her tall and slender figure gave her a unique charm.

"You're here, sit down." Leng Qing looked up at Bai Le, then lowered his head to continue mixing the drinks.

"What do you want to drink?"

"A glass of hot milk."

Leng Qing looked like he hadn't touched anything here for a long time, and his movements seemed a little unfamiliar. It took him a long time to mix his own cocktail. The little beautiful girl who was reading a picture book outside the door came bouncing in. Just as she was about to take the cocktail, Leng Qing glared at her fiercely and poured two glasses of hot milk for them.

Bai Le and Ling Ling stared at each other while holding the very cute cartoon cups.

Then Lingling tilted her head first, sat on the chair and started playing with the tablet, her delicate little hands flying on the tablet like butterflies.

"I've heard about your situation from Tang Yue. This isn't your fault. No one can decide their birth. The people in the trial are just eager to make a judgment. So don't take yesterday's incident to heart. They won't trouble you again."

Leng Qing took off her apron and sat face to face with Bai Le.

At this time, Lingling pushed the tablet in front of Bai Le and drank hot milk from a cartoon cup boredly.

"Bai Xuan, the Grand Deacon of the Black Church, the culprit who caused the Jinlin tragedy."

"Fifteen years ago, a demon disaster occurred in the Dongting Lake Plain. The demons over-proliferated and attacked the remote Jinlin City in large numbers. Fortunately, a wizard noticed the hidden danger while practicing in the wild and asked the government to evacuate the people of Jinlin City in advance. However, the next day after the evacuation, the entire Jinlin City was completely turned into a den of demons and was unrecognizable. Those who did not have time to evacuate were buried there forever."

Leng Qing spoke indifferently about the deserted city of Jinlin.

"According to the investigation of the Tribunal, the person who pushed the demons to attack the city was your father Bai Xuan. After that incident, Bai Xuan changed his name and married a teacher in Bo City. They gave birth to a child, that is you."

"After the incident was exposed, your mother Le Yin abandoned her child and followed Bai Xuan to join the Black Church to commit crimes."

Speaking of this, Leng Qing showed a strange expression on his face.

"In the end, Bai Xuan was chased by the Inquisition and died at the hands of the Chief Judge Tang Zhong."

"I've also heard about Jin Lin's affairs." A firm voice came from outside the door.

When Lingling heard the sound, she quickly put down the milk, stood up, and rushed towards the figure that came in.

"My name is Qin Zhan. If you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Qin."

Qin Zhan hugged Lingling, sat at the bar and asked Leng Qing to help him mix a glass of strong liquor.

"In fact, the mage who tipped off the matter was the current president of the Imperial Capital Academy—Song He. I met him once and happened to learn about Jin Lin from him."

Leng Qing thoughtfully mixed the liquor, lit it, and pushed it in front of Qin Zhan.

Some books that are not completely open to the public do record the demon disaster that occurred in the Dongting Lake Plain fifteen years ago, but few people of their generation know about the city that disappeared for fifteen years.

"So this is why the trial is targeting me?" "Few people know about your life experience. The chief judge Tang Zhong seems to be deliberately hiding you to prevent you from appearing in the public eye too early. All the surviving people in Jinlin can never forget the name Bai Xuan."

Qin Zhan put Lingling down and drank the liquor in one gulp.

"No one can decide their own life experience, but everyone has a destiny that they are born with. When you are the son of Bai Xuan, you will bear the guilt and insults."

Qin Zhan exhaled a breath of alcohol and pushed the glass to Leng Qing, signaling her to make another one.

"If someone with ulterior motives digs up this old story, it will be very disadvantageous to you. Noble families and magic organizations will no longer extend olive branches to you. After all, no one wants to bear a stain. The overwhelming negative news will cut off your resources. You will be hated by everyone and you will not even be qualified to fight for the national government."

Leng Qing expressed her opinion. She once wanted to win glory for the country through the National Government War. In recent decades, China's best result was to stop at the semi-finals. Bai Le could summon the general-level undead at the initial stage. If he was a member of the National Government, he might be able to lead China to a good result, but it was a pity.

"Why did Tang Zhong come to help me?"

"I don't know about that. You can go to the Lingyin Temple Trial Hall and ask the chief judge Tang Zhong, Tang Yue's uncle, for the specific details of that year."

Leng Qing shook his head and pushed a glass of orange bubbly wine to Bai Le.

"What's so good about magic organizations? Why don't you join the Qingtian Hunting House and become my apprentice? I'll take you to explore the hunting world. Look at Lingling. Even though she's only in elementary school, she's already a master hunter. You'll have no worries about food and clothing if you follow me!"

Qin Zhan swallowed his liquor and pulled Bai Le over, without any airs of a hunting king.

Bai Le drank without saying anything. He was wondering why Qin Zhan was still alive. He should have tracked down the Red Devil and killed him. Could it be that he had just started to track down the Red Devil?

"It's not impossible to join the Qingtian Hunting House, the question is who will partner with me."

Qin Zhan thought for a while and gave an answer.

"Lingling, she is a master hunter. Although she is young, she has traveled with me all over the country and has a lot of experience in dealing with monsters. She is the most suitable partner for you. It just so happens that I need someone to track down a monster recently, and it is inconvenient to bring Lingling with me."

Lingling put down the book in her hand, raised her creamy face, looked at Bai Le with a pair of big, blinking eyes that sparkled with wisdom, and finally revealed a look of disgust.

"I don't want to. He's so young and his strength is obviously not good enough. I don't want to partner with him."

"Okay, pack your things and go back to school. Your teacher has been urging me lately, saying that if you don't study hard at your age, what will you do in the future? I think he makes sense."

When it comes to school, Lingling's lively and cute face deflates, and she reluctantly agrees to become Bai Le's partner.

Compared to the terrible and boring school, dealing with various monsters and exploring is more suitable for her. She doesn't want to go back to school and play house with a bunch of little brats. The thought of that kind of life is hard for her to accept.

"Lingling, please don't hold me back."

"Damn it, it's obviously yours. Don't hold me back. You're just a little beginner mage. I don't think highly of you."

After being taken away by the Inquisition for questioning, Bai Le called the number Tang Yue gave him. Leng Qing, who answered the phone, asked him to go to Qingtian Hunting House, but Bai Le didn't expect to meet China's seventh generation hunting king - Qin Zhan.

　The new chapter has been reviewed and it seems that it cannot be released today, so it is a bit incoherent.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)