Chapter 23 - Protection Stemming From Sheer Stupidity (1/2)
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A feeling of utter powerlessness overwhelmed Qi Chengyu. She looked up and down at the person in front of her. “How did you manage to survive till now?” She could not believe such a clueless person was actually accepted by the Blackheaven Sect. Was the sect blind?
“Huh?” She probed the Spirit Qi around Shen Ying’s body again. “You are actually a mortal!”
Assuming that it was her injuries that had prevented her from detecting Shen Ying’s cultivation level, it had never occurred to Qi Chengyu that Shen Ying was a mortal without the slightest Spirit Qi. Even a maid in the Blackheaven Sect practiced cultivation, yet she did not have a hint of Spirit Qi. It seemed that she was born without any spirit roots. To be in the elite Blackheaven Sect, yet be unable to practice. She was also a pitiful person…
At this thought, much of Qi Chengyu’s anger dissipated, but all this went unnoticed by the other party who had instead started pulling out the feathers of the pheasant. Immediately after, the colorful feathers began to reflect the light of the rising moon, forming a rainbow-like pattern on the ground.
Something was not right—the feathers were actually emitting light.
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“Wait!” Qi Chengyu quickly grabbed the other party’s hand that was plucking the feathers, and then looked at the two birds closely. Her eyes widened in astonishment. “This… these are fifth-level spirit beasts—the Bright Luan! Where did you find them?”
“By the riverside!” Shen Ying pointed her finger to the left, but after thinking for a moment she switched to the right.
The incredulous look on Qi Chengyu face deepened. Looking at Shen Ying, she didn’t seem capable of killing a fifth-level spirit beast. Did some hunter capture the beasts, then abandon them by the river? She really had good luck!
“What’s a spirit beast? Isn’t this a chicken demon?” asked Shen Ying, waving around the bird in her hand.
“How come you don’t even know this?” Qi Chengyu looked at her in surprise and then explained, “Demons are demons, beasts are beasts. Demons are originally animals that turned into demons upon gaining sentience. If they cultivate in divine powers, they can attain manifestation. Beasts are extraordinary creatures at birth but they do not have sentience. They can only attain manifestation and gain sentience if they reach a high level of cultivation.”
“Oh…” She nodded. No wonder this little animal didn’t speak the human language just now. “Can it be eaten?”
Qi Chengyu’s mouth twitched. Was this the key point? But upon closer thought, she remembered that Shen Ying was just a mortal and really needed to eat. Therefore, Qi Chengyu formed a seal on the ground and ignited a ball of fire. “The flesh of a spirit beast is putrid, so it can only be eaten after cleansing it with spirit fire.” So saying, she took over the featherless spirit beast that Shen Ying was holding and placed it in the fire to cook.
Shen Ying: Waiting obediently for food!
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Qi Chengyu first cleansed the head of the beast, directly opening it with a spirit cleansing blade. Sure enough, a bright blue bead was found inside it; it was a fifth-level beast pill, and it was of the water attribute. She could not help but marvel again at this mortal’s luck—just by wandering about she had managed to pick up the bodies of fifth-level spirit beasts left behind by a hunter.
She took out the beast pill directly. Such a complete internal pill was very rare. Tossing it to Shen Ying, she instructed, “Take it. Keep it carefully.”
Shen Ying glanced at it and then threw it back. “No, you can have it!”
“You… you want to give it to me?!” Qi Chengyu stared at her in disbelief, the words ‘Are you stupid?’ all but written on her face. “Rest assured. Since I promised to let you go, I will not go back on my word. This is a fifth-level water attribute spirit beast pill, a medicine with magical healing powers. Since this beast was found by you, it is destined to be yours. I won’t deprive others of their good fortune.”
“No need.” She had plenty of such beads.
Thinking that she didn’t understand the benefits of this pill, Qi Chengyu couldn’t help explaining again, “Although you are a mortal, this fifth-level beast pill is a rarity. You can benefit in many ways from it.”
“Oh, then you can have it.” Just take it as payment for roasting the chicken. “Is the chicken cooked?”
“You…” Gripping her palms tightly, Qi Chengyu looked at Shen Ying with a complicated expression.
Is she giving me the beast spirit pill to heal my injuries? Why? I was the one who took her hostage, yet she wants to help her enemy?
“I… am a Fiendish Cultivator!” she couldn’t help but remind Shen Ying.
“Ah?!” Shen Ying turned her head to look at her, frowning in uncertainty. Qi Chengyu’s heart sank a little, but then she heard Shen Ying asking seriously, “Fiendish Cultivators… can’t roast chicken?”
What?