Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 353: Lightning Mink Makes a Move

Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Lightning Mink Makes a Move

Unexpectedly, these two men were not directly involved in the kidnapping case; instead, they were hired at a high salary by a stranger wearing sunglasses to monitor Fang Bai, Su Linglong, and the coerced innkeeper Liu Qing, watching their every move.

Moreover, when contacting the two men, the other party used public phones to call them, leaving no way to track their whereabouts.

After confirming that the two men were telling the truth, Tang Wenrou handed them over to the four police officers who had come with her, instructing them to escort the men back to the police station for detention.

The two men were willing accomplices in evil and not good people; Tang Wenrou planned to have them spend some time in jail to repent for their past misdeeds.

"It seems the trail has broken again..."

Unable to elicit anything useful towards solving the case from the two men, Tang Wenrou felt somewhat helpless.

"Take me back to the courtyard house, and I’ll bring Little Mink over!"

Fang Bai suddenly said.

Tang Wenrou was startled, then a vision of a cute little mink covered in snow-white fur appeared in her mind.

What Fang Bai referred to as "Little Mink" was the Lightning Mink he had brought from the bottom of a Mysterious Pit in the Yanjing mountain area.

Previously, when Ye Wumei disappeared and was abducted to the vast sea thousands of miles away, Fang Bai surprisingly found her by following her scent with the help of Lightning Mink, whose nose was even more sensitive than a dog’s by hundreds, if not thousands, of times. He then rescued her.

These events were shared by Fang Bai with Tang Wenrou after the fact in private. Tang Wenrou also saw the Lightning Mink once, and from the creature’s very human-like little eyes, she knew it was an exceedingly spiritual little animal.

Hearing Fang Bai’s plan to bring "Little Mink" over, Tang Wenrou’s spirits lifted. She instructed several officers to stay at the hotel, and then, together with the driver and Su Linglong, she rushed through the curtain of rain to get into one of the police cars with Fang Bai.

The police car broke through layers of rain and arrived at the crossroad outside the courtyard house where Fang Bai lived twenty minutes later.

Fang Bai did not even get out of the car, simply rolling down the window and informing Ghost Hand, who was guarding the courtyard house, that he needed to take Lightning Mink out on a task using the Thread Condensation Sound Transmission method.

Lightning Mink was lying lazily in a pile of Essence Stones that Fang Bai had provided for it. Sensing Fang Bai’s presence, the mink let out an excited chirp and then dashed out like a white bolt of lightning.

Lightning Mink was an innately agile animal whose reaction and running speed were so fast that they were astonishing, even to Fang Bai.

Whoosh—

The sound of the wind was light; a white shadow darted through the open car window and into the vehicle, startling everyone except Fang Bai.

Upon closer inspection, Tang Wenrou, Su Linglong, and the driver realized that there was now an incredibly adorable fluffy white mink in Fang Bai’s arms.

"Little Mink, ’A soldier is kept for a thousand days, to be used for one moment.’ There’s something I need you to help with! If you do it well, I’ll give you some nice things!"

Fang Bai gently stroked Lightning Mink’s silky white fur and said with a smile.

Fang Bai communicated with Lightning Mink using a strange beast language, and additionally, he used the Thread Condensation Sound Transmission technique. The other three in the car saw Fang Bai’s lips move, but they had no idea what he was saying.

Squeak—

Contented with Fang Bai’s petting, Lightning Mink chirped excitedly in response to Fang Bai’s words, then nuzzled affectionately into his embrace, behaving lovingly and endearingly.

Lightning Mink knew that the "nice things" Fang Bai mentioned were its favorite Cultivation Resources.

Ever since Fang Bai and Dongfang Ruhua had encountered a mudslide and stumbled upon a Secret Realm left by a cultivator, Fang Bai had acquired many Cultivation Resources. The realm was filled with Spiritual Medicine plants that were hundreds of years old, each containing a strand of Essence Energy, and they were one of the mink’s favorite foods.

If Fang Bai could recover his ability to concoct elixirs in the future, he would be able to refine those spiritual medicines into elixirs. By then, Little Mink need only swallow the elixirs, which would greatly aid its cultivation.

Stroking the Lightning Mink in his embrace, Fang Bai felt somewhat envious of the little creature.

Although it was a beast, by a stroke of serendipity, it had gained spiritual awareness, and its sensitivity and absorption capacity for Heaven and Earth Origin Energy were stronger than those of most martial artists.

Even while eating and sleeping, Little Mink’s Essence Energy and strength continued to grow.

Fang Bai surmised that Little Mink’s bloodline must be extremely powerful, certainly far surpassing that of ordinary spirit beasts. Perhaps one day in the future, when its strength grew enough, its bloodline would be completely awakened.

Previously, Lightning Mink’s strength had been on par with Fang Bai, but recently, after encountering several adventures, Fang Bai’s strength had soared, equating to the Earth Level middle rank of this world’s Ancient Martial World, leaving the Lightning Mink far behind.

However, the Lightning Mink’s pace of gaining strength hadn’t stopped at all.

With the aid of the cultivation resources such as Essence Stones and spiritual medicines provided by Fang Bai, Lightning Mink’s current strength was already on par with a Profound Level Perfection martial artist of this world.

That is to say, in the Secular World, aside from Fang Bai, Lightning Mink’s strength was already considered top-notch.

When Lightning Mink was first brought back to Yanjing by Fang Bai, it even felt a sense of superiority in front of Fang Bai. However, as Fang Bai’s strength overtook its own, it gradually developed a sense of reverence for Fang Bai.

Especially after Fang Bai’s "Dragon-Tiger-Lion-Elephant Technique" advanced to the third layer, "Xingyuan Realm," Lightning Mink completely submitted to Fang Bai.

At this moment, Lightning Mink was curled up in Fang Bai’s arms, squinting its eyes and behaving as tame as a kitten.

Tang Wenrou and Su Linglong were both aware of Lightning Mink’s existence. Having seen it this time, they thought it even more docile and adorable than before and wanted to stroke it, yet they were afraid of angering it, so they turned their gazes to Fang Bai.

Fang Bai, meeting the eager eyes of the two girls, smiled and said, "Xiao Bai is smarter than many people. You are my friends, so it will consider you as friends as well. Hence, you can hold and pet it any way you like, it won’t get angry!"

"That’s great! I’ll just hold it and pet it for a bit!"

Su Linglong said as she reached out and snatched the Lightning Mink from Fang Bai’s arms.

As Su Linglong held the Lightning Mink in her arms, with its little head nestled against her soft, ample chest, it appeared utterly content and pleased, prompting Linglong’s giggles.

After Linglong played with the Lightning Mink for two minutes, she handed it over to Tang Wenrou, whose slender jade fingers gently combed through its soft white fur, wearing a rare expression of joy on her face.

"Fang Bai, could I borrow Xiao Bai for a few days?" Tang Wenrou suddenly asked.

"I want to as well!" Su Linglong promptly interjected.

Fang Bai nodded with a smile, "Okay, as long as Xiao Bai is willing to go with you, I have no objections! But don’t go claiming it as your own, I still need this little guy to watch the house and guard the yard!"

"How about this, there are four weeks in a month, I’ll take one week, Linglong takes one, and the remaining two weeks, Xiao Bai goes back to you! Any objections?" Tang Wenrou suggested after some thought.

"I wholeheartedly agree!" Su Linglong immediately raised both her hands in the air.