92 A Nice Picnic In The Desert & A Surprise Party?! (1/2)

”I guess you were right leaving it to the spirit beasts. They really did a good job protecting the food.” Bing munched down on a cooked fish.

”Yep. They're really reliable. It might take additional resources to raise them properly along with giving them the love and care they need as living creatures but it is rewarding.” Lei Zhi said as he bit into his own fish.

”I couldn't handle a spirit beast of my own. I already need so many resources as a cultivator that trying to share some of that with a pet would actually hurt my own cultivation speed.” Bing responded back.

”That's a normal issue for those thinking about becoming beast masters. You aren't alone in thinking that kind of way Bing. Taking care of a pet that will become your lifelong partner isn't an easy task.” Lei Zhi rubbed Xiurong's shell as he said this.

”Blirp?” Quon asked for attention as well. Lei Zhi rubbed his squishy large head too, causing him to make a strange sound that reminded Bing of a vibrating squid.

How? He wouldn't be able to explain either. It's just one of those sounds that seems like it would make sense if described in this exact way. Could you explain that weird sound he just heard from a creature that's not even supposed to be able to breathe on land?

”What made you pick up Ni Xong, Qing?” Bing asked curiously.

”His future potential.” She answered bluntly.

”What do you mean?” Lei Zhi wanted to know more.

”His mother was a strong spirit beast that needed several talented cultivators to kill. His specific race as a Golden Panda seems to be inherently blessed with powerful vitality. It takes a lot to seriously wound them.” She explained while looking at her specific golden panda. He was peacefully eating a fish with his paws and sitting next to Bing.

”A normal cultivator would raise him just to use his body as material to aid their cultivation. I'm surprised you would decide to raise him as a pet. I heard Golden Pandas are very valuable on the market.” Lei Zhi shared.

”I'm surprised as well.” She muttered.

Wan Qing initially did plan to use the cub's body to further her own growth at first. He was very valuable to Alchemists and they would pay money out of their savings to get a hold on any single one of his body parts. It would be enough to pay for a spirit ring and give her enough resources to safely cultivate for a while. So, when did she start to actually care for the little annoyance?

”Ror!” Ni Xong suddenly realized something as he was almost finished eating his fish. He looked at everyone else eating but noticed something about his owner.

He got up from the ground and ran over to Wan Qing. He said something to her in bear language before handing her his half-eaten fish. She was the only person not eating! He didn't mind sharing his fish with her as there were a lot more fishes to eat.

”Disgusting...” She muttered under her breath looking at the slobbery, ripped, and teared fish. ”Get that thing out of my face.” Wan told him.

Seeing her refuse his fish must mean that she wasn't hungry. He smiled and went back over to where he was sitting to delightfully finish his food.

”Do you want any food Wan Qing? You're free to take some not already eaten.” Bing asked her.

”They are quite delicious. Much better than anything at the sect, I can tell you that for sure.” He expressed happily.

This aroused Wan Qing's appetite and curiosity just a bit. The aroma coming from the delicacies were indeed tempting along with watching everyone eating them with such relish made her wonder if it was really as good as they were making it out to be. But she refused to ask for any. She really wasn't that hungry in the first place.

”I'm fine.” She coldly replied.

”Heh... you kids can never just be honest with yourselves sometimes.” Lei Zhi muttered to himself. Qing reminded him of Ying in a way. Sometimes she just couldn't be honest either because of her pride or whatever. Pride was such a useless thing in Lei Zhi's opinion when you couldn't be who you wanted to be because of it.