026 Meal Ticket, Snake Clan, Milk Tea
“Flowing Cloud Sect disciple, Yu Yourong. I have come on my master’s orders to find the whereabouts of the Pixiu.”
“…”
After a brief silence, Qin Ren took a deep breath and subconsciously reached into his pocket, only to remember that he had already quit smoking.
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Flowing Cloud Sect, Yu Yourong.
This JK, as expected, knew who he was.
She had to. After all, she said she was here for the Pixiu.
Qin Ren didn’t think there were any other Pixiu in this world besides the one in his home.
“You’re also from the Myriad Demon Continent?”
“The Myriad Demon Continent.”
“From the Flowing Cloud Sect?”
“The Flowing Cloud Sect.”
“Yu-You-rong, is that right? Surname Yu?”
Qin Ren made a fishing motion. He felt it was quite abstract, but the other party understood and nodded.
“Yu Yourong.”
If Qin Ren remembered correctly, according to a certain Pixiu’s intelligence, everyone in the Flowing Cloud Sect, from top to bottom, was a descendant of the Divine Jiao, which meant they were of the snake clan.
Snake clan, surname Yu…
Qin Ren didn’t know if there was any connection, but as far as his knowledge went, the only things that could link fish and snakes were probably eels and electric eels.
But then again, surnames are passed down from ancestors. Just because they were of the snake clan didn’t mean they had to be surnamed Snake, right?
Bai Suzhen’s surname was Bai.
The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas were surnamed Ao.
A certain Pixiu, for some unknown reason, was surnamed Luo.
So Qin Ren quickly realized that getting hung up on her surname due to stereotypes was probably pointless.
“How long have you been on Earth?” Qin Ren decided to ask something meaningful.
“7 days.”
Arrived for 7 days, hungry for 7 days. A demon from another world, a cultivator from a sect, had actually not resorted to illegal means to obtain food.
“Are you sure you’ve been hungry for 7 days?” Qin Ren couldn’t help but express his doubt.
Yu Yourong was seriously sucking up the sticky pile of black pearls at the bottom of the cup with her straw. After finally managing to suck one up, her brow relaxed slightly. Her bland expression finally showed a trace of something akin to pleasure.
“I could have gone hungry for ten years.”
“What do you mean?”
“Not enough spiritual energy.”
…
Yu Yourong didn’t seem to like talking much, or perhaps she wasn’t good at it. She always answered half a question at a time. It took Qin Ren several rounds of negotiation to figure it out.
The general gist was that with her cultivation level, eating was no longer a necessity. But after coming to Earth and discovering the depleted spiritual energy, her own spiritual power, much like the Pixiu’s electricity-discharging magic, was severely suppressed.
At first, Yu Yourong didn’t realize this would affect her “fasting body.”
It wasn’t until the 7th day, today, that she noticed something was wrong. She felt a craving for food.
Although she felt it was strange psychologically and consciously wanted to reject it, her body was very honest.
She would swallow her saliva when she smelled the aroma from restaurants and feel her stomach contract when she saw pictures of food on the street.
After a whole day, she couldn’t take it anymore. And then, before she had figured out a way to obtain food, she discovered Qin Ren in the Golden Arches.
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“So you just waltzed in, picked up the milk tea, and started drinking?”
“Mhm.”
“On what grounds?”
“Because.”
Yu Yourong paused, thought for a moment, and then looked seriously into Qin Ren’s eyes.
“Because I had a feeling you would pay for me.”
“…”
Qin Ren was numb.
What kind of reason was that?
Should a good person have a gun pointed at them?
“You have the scent of a Pixiu on you.”
“So?”
“The Pixiu is alive. You’re raising it. You can raise me too.”
“…”
Qin Ren understood what she meant.
Since you’re willing to spend money to feed a Pixiu until it’s full, you should be able to feed me until I’m full too.
So she’s treating me like a meal ticket, is she…
In this world, probably no one would be willing to be a meal ticket for a snake clan JK who fell from the sky. Qin Ren couldn’t help but feel a little depressed.
“Crispy chicken is ready!”
At that moment, the employee at the counter shouted. Qin Ren clearly saw Yu Yourong’s dark pupils narrow slightly towards the center.
“…”
“…”
The two of them looked at each other for three seconds. Qin Ren got up and brought the crispy chicken over.
The girl opened the box, her delicate nose twitched, and just as she was about to reach for it, she stopped and looked at Qin Ren.
Right, now that we’re acquainted, it’s harder to just dig in, is it?
She’s a cultivator, after all. In this respect, she’s a bit more courteous than that Pixiu who has no qualms about eating.
“Alright, you eat first.” Qin Ren waved his hand dismissively.
The girl opened her little mouth, then stopped again.
“Thank you,” she added. Her voice, as pleasant as a wind chime, was still faint and light.
While she was eating the fried chicken, Qin Ren took the opportunity to observe her. He found that Yu Yourong’s teeth were white, clean, and neat, like seashells, not at all the sharp fangs he had imagined.
Her two little canine teeth, in fact, didn’t even look as sharp as his sister-in-law’s.
Is she really from the snake clan…
Besides the slight change in her pupils just now, Qin Ren had not yet discovered any physiological traits related to “snake” on Yu Yourong.
Qin Ren remembered Luo Yao saying that the higher a demon’s cultivation, the more racial traits would appear.
For example, the Sect Master and the head disciple who had tried to undergo tribulation back then must have had very high realms, and would have had some snake-like features on their bodies.
But this one in front of him…
She was probably a young disciple with a relatively low cultivation level…
“Hey, eat slower. Don’t choke.”
The girl’s table manners were actually much better than the Pixiu’s. She ate quickly, but always in small bites. And her appetite wasn’t as big as the Pixiu’s either. After 7 days without food, a cup of milk tea and a piece of crispy chicken were actually enough to fill her up.
“Really full?”
“Mhm.”
“Alright.”
Doesn’t talk much, doesn’t eat much either.
Compared to the Pixiu, this one is quite easy to raise…
This thought inexplicably flashed through Qin Ren’s mind. Then he pointed at Yu Yourong’s nose.
“You’ve got a crumb stuck on your nose.”
As soon as he said it, Yu Yourong wrinkled her nose, and then with a swoosh, she stuck out her little pink tongue and licked it clean.
It sounded very ordinary, but Qin Ren’s eyes widened.
Her tongue… can reach her nose?
The movement just now was a bit fast. Qin Ren was in a bit of a daze. Just as he was thinking about whether to ask her directly, he saw Yu Yourong trying to suck up the few remaining pearls in the cup.
But anyone who has used the heaven-defying invention that is the paper straw knows that it’s not made for repeated piercing. After just a short while, it becomes too soft.
Like many people, Yu Yourong held the limp straw in her mouth, trying to find an angle to “revive” it with a few sucks. But alas, the paper straw still couldn’t suck up a single pearl.
The girl pulled out the straw, but instead of tearing open the seal to pour them out and eat them like a normal person, she brought her mouth to the hole the straw had made.
The next moment, through the transparent cup, Qin Ren saw a long, soft tongue, like a little pink snake, extend from the opening all the way to the bottom. Then, the tip of the tongue flexibly curled, and with a retraction, several pearls were swallowed into Yu Yourong’s mouth.
“?”
Faced with the dumbfounded Qin Ren, Yu Yourong tilted her head in confusion while chewing the pearls.
“What’s wrong?”
“No, it’s… it’s just…”
Qin Ren’s throat felt a little dry. He rubbed his eyes.
“…that thing just now, can you perform it again?”
Yu Yourong didn’t directly say whether she could or not. She just looked at the cup, pondered for a moment, and then looked up at Qin Ren.
“The milk tea is gone.”
“I’ll buy you another one!”
Qin Ren rushed to the ordering counter excitedly.
