Upon returning to the sect, just as they stepped into the courtyard, Deng Tianyu and Ning Wan spotted two figures, one large and one small.
One was sitting blankly with her hands cupping her pretty, oval, doll-like face, looking completely dazed.
The other was drooping its fluffy ears, its snow-white tail curled inward, shrinking on the stone chair like a ball of fur.
The two were none other than Li Shishi and the little white fox, Yingying.
The moment Li Shishi saw Deng Tianyu, tears welled up in her eyes: “Senior Brother, I’m hungry!”
“Ying ying!” The little white fox opposite her agreed weakly.
Ning Wan said, somewhat annoyed: “If you’re hungry, just take a Fasting Pill!”
“But Fasting Pills don’t taste good!”
“Senior Brother promised me we’d have a barbecue!”
Li Shishi grabbed Deng Tianyu’s sleeve, looking extremely pitiful.
“Ying ying!” The little white fox, already nestled in his arms, also tugged at his clothes with its fluffy little paws.
“But we don’t have any barbecue ingredients now!” Deng Tianyu spread his hands, looking a bit troubled.
In the past, to harvest filial piety points from his Shizun, he had done everything from massages and meals to accompanying her to sleep and cultivating together, truly taking great pains.
Naturally, Li Shishi and the little white fox had also become picky eaters when it came to food.
“Leave that to me. Senior Brother, you light the fire first.”
Upon hearing this, Li Shishi scooped up the little white fox without another word and dashed off towards the bamboo forest on the back mountain, trailing wind in her wake.
“If only that girl Shishi could put this energy into her cultivation, she’d probably have already reached the Divine Ability Stage!”
Watching that greedy figure disappear, Ning Wan felt rather weary.
Thankfully, she had two disciples, or else that Big Loli would truly be the death of her.
“Shishi isn’t the patient type. How could she ever be passionate about tedious cultivation?”
Deng Tianyu lit the fire, chuckling as he spoke.
In his previous life, girls of Li Shishi’s age were all lively and restless; they only took interest in things that were fun and interesting.
“Perhaps,” Ning Wan sighed.
“Shizun, the Night of the Full Moon will soon be upon us!”
“The Extreme Yang Creation Pill still lacks two spiritual ingredients. If we can’t find them soon, it will be troublesome!”
As if recalling something, Deng Tianyu’s movements paused, and he looked at Ning Wan with worry.
Ning Wan bore an extremely terrifying Curse Mark. Every Night of the Full Moon, a horrifying Yin-Cold Intent would erupt, eroding her internal organs.
Year after year, the Yin-Cold Intent had grown increasingly terrifying. Only by concocting and consuming an Extreme Yang Creation Pill could it be completely cured.
In Deng Tianyu’s memory, the last time the Curse Mark erupted, it directly froze an entire barren mountain into an iceberg, turning a radius of a hundred miles into a world of ice and snow.
“There is already a lead on the Blood Soul Crystal; only the Dragon Spirit Earth Fungus is left, though it will still take some more time.”
“We likely won’t make it in time for this Night of the Full Moon.”
“So when the Curse Mark erupts, I plan to use the Earth Core Magma of Crimson Flame Mountain to suppress it.”
Ning Wan pondered for a moment, her red lips slightly parting as she spoke.
“Shizun, I will go too at that time!”
Gazing at his Shizun’s peerlessly beautiful face, Deng Tianyu said softly.
“Mm,” Ning Wan smiled enchantingly. Her soft, supple hand gently stroked her precious disciple’s cheek. Her heart felt a warmth.
She understood that no matter how much she tried to persuade him, Deng Tianyu would stay by her side.
Just like when he was still a child, knowing full well that her body was constantly emitting Yin-Cold Intent, he still clung to her tightly, using his own body to help her ward off the cold, refusing to let go.
If it weren’t for his unique constitution, he probably would have long ago…
On the other side, in the bamboo forest on the back mountain.
The Big Loli Li Shishi and the little white fox Yingying were crouching low, using the cover of bushes, watching the plump Spirit-Tail Chicken ahead with utmost seriousness.
“Yingying, in a moment, we’ll first do this, then we’ll do that… and finally, it’ll be mission accomplished, and we’ll have chicken tonight!”
“Got it?”
Li Shishi kept her voice down, speaking in barely audible tones.
“Ying ying!” The little white fox shook its head, its black-and-white button-like eyes looking at her foolishly, full of blank innocence.
“Aiya, you stupid fox, I might as well let you stay stupid. What I mean is, we’ll create a diversion. I’ll draw the Spirit-Tail Chicken’s attention first, then you make your move.”
The Big Loli looked at Yingying with utter disdain.
If it weren’t for the urgent need for barbecue, and the fact that Spirit-Tail Chickens ran ridiculously fast, she would never cooperate with this stupid fox!
“Ying ying!” The little white fox rolled its eyes at her, as if saying, Why didn’t you just say it that simply from the start?
“Are you ready?” Li Shishi was ready for battle.
The little fox also entered a focused state, its fluffy body crouching, putting on a milky yet ferocious hunting stance.
At that moment, Li Shishi stomped both feet. A rosy light flickered, and she instantly appeared before the Spirit-Tail Chicken, grabbing directly for it.
In that instant, she had utilized the Purple Cloud Sect’s ‘Rosy Light Shadow Glimpse’ movement technique to its absolute limit. Even Deng Tianyu would have been amazed if he had seen it.
“Cluck…”
Upon discovering this, the Spirit-Tail Chicken cried out in alarm, flicked its tail, pushed off fiercely with its claws, and fled into the distance.
Its speed could only be described as lightning-fast, impossible for the naked eye to track.
“Hmph, naive!”
“You think you can run?”
The Big Loli Li Shishi snorted coldly.
Almost simultaneously, a snow-white figure appeared, flanking from behind. Its four fluffy paws pinned the Spirit-Tail Chicken down as they plunged into the bushes.
Immediately after, a series of grating sounds came from the thicket.
“Cluck… ying ying… cluck… ying ying!”
“Did you catch it? Did you catch it?”
Hearing this noise, Li Shishi excitedly rushed into the bushes.
When she saw the ground covered in chicken feathers and the little white fox clutching its forehead, rolling on the ground and yelping “ying ying” in pain, her face immediately darkened.
“You noob of a fox! You can’t even beat a chicken, and you even got pecked on the head. Even a pig is smarter than you.”
“We’ll do it one more time. Same diversion tactic, but you go first.”
Li Shishi felt a sense of frustration at someone failing to meet expectations.
It was clearly a Spirit Fox, yet it couldn’t even catch a Spirit-Tail Chicken. This was humiliating for her.
“Ying ying!”
To this, the little white fox defended itself with a yelp, indicating that the chicken was quite tough.
“Just a chicken! Watch me!”
The Big Loli sneered coldly, showing no regard for the Spirit-Tail Chicken whatsoever.
“Cluck… Thump!”
Moments later, the sound of a chicken’s cry and something colliding rang out.
The Spirit-Tail Chicken’s body shuddered, then fell stiffly to the ground. It twitched a few times before making no further sound.
At that moment, under the little white fox’s astonished gaze, the Spirit-Tail Chicken was tied with rope to a thick branch, peacefully hanging from a pole that Li Shishi carried over her shoulder.
“Learned your lesson?”
“This is the gap between man and fox.”
Li Shishi stealthily placed the golden brick in her hand into her Storage Ring and looked down at the little white fox condescendingly.
Was she supposed to tell the little white fox that she had asked Elder Chen for a magical artifact brick that could lock onto a target?
Initially, Li Shishi had taken this brick intending to smack the traitorous little white fox. She never imagined its first practical use would be on a Spirit-Tail Chicken.
But still, it was quite handy. One whack and the Spirit-Tail Chicken was down!
“Ying ying!”
The little white fox was somewhat suspicious, feeling Li Shishi was definitely hiding something, but it couldn’t find any evidence.
