QT Cannon Fodder's Record: Dekachapter 235

Chp 2341: A Jinx That’s Killed Your Entire Family

Yi Liang had been insulted by his fellow clan members many times before. Although they were all surnamed Yi, most of the people in this town were surnamed Yi. They weren’t very close.

Yi Liang had no idea why they were so insistent on bullying him. It wasn’t as if he had done anything to them. They bullied him without any hesitation just because he was weak.

Now they even wanted to snatch his house.

Yi Liang breathed heavily as he stared at Yi Xue with red eyes.

“What are you looking at? Keep looking and I’ll dig out your eyeballs. You’re just a jinx that’s killed your entire family. You think you can look at me like that!?”

Yi Xue was actually a little frightened by Yi Liang’s eyes. He stretched out his hand and pushed Yi Liang harshly. Yi Liang, caught off guard by the push, fell to the ground.

Yi Xue rolled up his sleeves. He wanted to beat Yi Liang up. After all, even if he killed someone in this world, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Suddenly, a black figure rushed towards Yi Xue. It stretched out its sharp claws and swiped, leaving several deep claw prints on Yi Xue’s arm. Blood splashed out from them.

Ning Shu crouched down and prepared to attack again. She bared her teeth and growled fiercely.

Yi Xue was stunned for a moment but then cried out in pain.

The others quickly came over to support Yi Xue. The blood on his arm wouldn’t stop flowing.

Yi Xue held his injured arm with his other one and looked at the beast that had scratched him.

The beast’s body was pitch black, covered with ashes and some dirt.

Looking at the shape… He really couldn’t tell what that was.

“Ah!” Yi Liang looked at Ning Shu in surprise.

Yi Xue hissed in pain. “Catch that evil beast!”

Yi Liang stood in front of Ning Shu. “The injury on your hand will definitely rot if you don’t take care of it.”

Of course, Yi Xue knew that Yi Liang was trying to scare him. However, the wound felt really hot and painful. Moreover, the beast was so dirty. What if something really went wrong?

One of them stared at Ning Shu for a while. “What the hell is that?”

Ning Shu squeezed out two rather unique dog words from her throat. “Waf, waaf waf…”

Yi Liang quickly backed her up. “If you don’t leave, my dog will rip your necks out.”

The necks of those people shrank. Yi Xue stared at Yi Liang and Ning Shu grimly. “I won’t let you off!”

Those people then hurried away.

Yi Liang let out a long breath, then closed the courtyard door. He turned to see Ning Shu, squatted down, then said, “Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would’ve been beaten again.”

Again?

It seemed that this wasn’t the first time those people had come.

Yi Liang saw that Ning Shu’s body was covered with ashes and mud from the stove hole and said, “Let me clean you.”

Ning Shu took a step back and didn’t let Yi Liang wash her.

If she was washed, and her white fur was revealed, she’d be skinned for a scarf.

Yi Liang thought about it and eventually didn’t insist on giving Ning Shu a bath.

However, he still looked full of distress, and he was obviously worried.

Yi Liang got some vegetables from the yard, then made a vegetable soup that didn’t have a drop of oil. He then gave Ning Shu a bowl and drank a bowl of that soup as well.

Ning Shu stretched out her tongue, then licked the vegetable soup in the bowl. Damn, these instincts!

At that point, it was already dark. An entire day had passed, just like that.

It was cold in winter, and it was even colder at night. Meanwhile, they didn’t even have lights in the house.

They didn’t even have oil lamps.

Yi Liang was used to saving as much as he could. He was usually alone anyway, and since he could barely even afford to eat, why would he care about the darkness?

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2342: When My Parents Come Back?

Yi Liang felt too sleepy, so he laid down on his bed and under the blanket with his clothes on.

Ning Shu curled up at the foot of the bed and began to cultivate.

In this cruel world, she must be powerful enough to protect Yi Liang and herself.

The room was completely silent, except for the whistling of the cold wind outside the window. It was blowing into the room through the gap in the window.

“Little fox,” Yi Liang suddenly said.

Ning Shu whimpered. Yi Liang’s voice suddenly choked. He turned, still laying on the bed, and looked at Ning Shu.

“What should I do when my parents come back? When they hear that my sister is gone, how sad would they be?” Yi Liang’s voice sounded very sad in the darkness.

“I shouldn’t have gone to the mountain that day and left my sister at home alone.”

Ning Shu wanted to ask about how long Yi Liang's parents had been gone. She also wanted to ask about what his parents did and how long his sister had been missing.

However, all that came out of her mouth were whimpering sounds.

If Yi Liang’s wish was to find his family, Ning Shu might not be able to fulfill it. In this big world, it’d be hard enough to find one person, let alone several people.

The world was so vast that she couldn’t even imagine it.

Yi Liang talked on. Ning Shu whimpered occasionally in reply, indicating to him that she was listening.

Ning Shu wanted to extract some useful information from Yi Liang's words.

She listened to Yi Liang while breathing in spiritual energy.

From his words, she learned that Yi Liang’s father was a doctor and that his mother was actually a cultivator.

Apparently, Father Yi had encountered a demonic cultivator on the way to see a patient and that cultivator had captured Father Yi and his apprentice. When Yi Liang's mother heard about this, she told Yi Liang, who was only seven years old at the time, to take good care of his sister, and that they’d be back soon.

It had been five years since then.

Yi Liang took care of his five-year-old sister, waiting for the time their family would reunite, but he lost his sister when she was eight.

Usually, since he’d always been alone, Yi Liang behaved like a mini adult, but now that he had someone to vent to, he started crying as he told his story.

It was terribly sad.

Even now, Yi Liang was still holding on to the hope that his parents would one day come back. In his heart, he also still felt guilty about his sister.

Ning Shu sighed inwardly. Yi Liang’s parents were most likely dead. How could Yi Liang not realize this himself? He was just deceiving himself.

As for Yi Liang’s younger sister, she was probably either kidnapped or ran out to play. She probably didn’t have a much better end.

An optimistic guess would be that perhaps, some experts took a fancy to Yi Liang’s sister’s spiritual roots and took her into the cultivation path. Otherwise, then she was probably reduced to a bad place.

Ning Shu actually had an even worse guess. Since Yi Liang’s mother was a cultivator, her daughter likely inherited her mother’s roots, and… was the best candidate for being a cultivation furnace.

In the process of collecting yin to replenish yang, it was of course better to use another cultivator. Ordinary women’s bodies would not be able to endure the ravaging of male cultivators. The effect would also not be necessarily good.

Ning Shu saw that Yi Liang didn’t have any cultivation skills, nor did he cultivate. Since his mother was a cultivator, why wasn’t he taught how to cultivate by her?

Did he not have any spiritual roots?

Ning Shu had many questions in her mind.

Yi Liang fell asleep crying, even sobbing as he dreamt.

Ning Shu stayed up and cultivated all night. She also used some spiritual energy to heal the wounds on her body.

She waited until it was dawn.

Then, she lightly jumped onto the bed and looked at Yi Liang. His face was stained with tears, but he was very sound asleep.

Ning Shu then jumped out of the bed and got through the dog hole in the fence of the yard. She ran for a while to the back mountain.

Ning Shu’s gray body looked even darker and dirtier against the backdrop of the white snow.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

#Ran’s comments: heads up, this arc contains some truly disturbing content. you've been warned

Chp 2343: To Hunt Down Some Game

Ning Shu stepped on the snow. The meat pads on the bottom of her feet met the snow without making a sound, leaving a string of tiny footprints behind her as she walked.

Ning Shu wanted to hunt down some game. Yi Liang’s food was simply unsightly.

Judging from Yi Liang’s appearance, too, it was obvious that he was malnourished.

It must have been difficult for such a little child to take care of himself.

Ning Shu trotted on the snow and looked around.

However, since it was winter, few animals roamed the woods.

Ning Shu wandered around, but didn't see any game.

She saw a porcupine, though. It had rough skin and thick flesh. She wouldn’t be able to hurt the porcupine with one swipe. It would only bleed a little, at most.

The porcupine snorted and dug into the snow. The tusks on its mouth were two fingers long.

Ning Shu measured her combat effectiveness and found that she couldn't kill the porcupine with one move, and she also couldn't snap the porcupine's neck in one bite.

There wasn't a lot of spiritual energy in her body, and it hadn't yet reached the point where the energy could be released.

Ning Shu angrily gave up the fat porcupine. Instead, she buried herself in the snow and caught a colorful pheasant.

Ning Shu broke the neck of the pheasant, bit the pheasant and ran back, got through the dog hole, and headed straight to the kitchen.

Yi Liang was sitting blankly in front of the stove hole, with a sad expression on his face, sighing.

Ning Shu took the pheasant and placed it by Yi Liang's side. When Yi Liang saw Ning Shu coming back, he immediately smiled, "I thought you left."

Yi Liang had opened up to Ning Shu in the middle of the night. He already had the intention of becoming friends with the fox, and he wasn't ashamed because the fox knew about his secrets.

After all, she was a fox. It wasn’t like the fox could tell other people about it.

Ning Shu: You sure?

Ning Shu pushed the pheasant in front of Yi Liang. He lifted it, then reached out and touched Ning Shu’s head. “Thank you, little fox.”

Yi Liang added some water to the pot to prepare to scald and pluck the pheasant.

“Oh, right. I can’t call you little fox in the future. People would know that you’re a fox,” Yi Liang said while he added firewood.

No matter where, foxes were animals that humans both craved and hated.

Her fur was worth a lot of money, after all.

Ning Shu whimpered. She used to name others, but now it was her turn to be at someone else’s mercy. Oh, how the tables turn!

Ning Shu wanted to object, but she could only speak out by making whimpering sounds.

“Xiao Bai—Little White.”

Ning Shu: Sure enough…

“No, you can’t be called that. Others would know that you have white hair.”

“Xiao Hei—Little Black?”

Ning Shu: I don’t wanna talk…

She could use the name Ning Shu… or even Bai Sanniang…

At last, just like that, the decision was that her name would be Xiao Hei.

Ning Shu felt like this was the worst, darkest history that she had gotten in all of her time transmigrating.

Little Black…

Yi Liang cleaned the pheasant, chopped it, and threw it in the pot to stew.

After simmering for more than an hour, the smell of the chicken soup began to come out.

Yi Liang wasn’t in a hurry, though, and continued to stew.

Ning Shu turned to look at Yi Liang. His face looked solemn under the light of the fire.

When the heavens bestowed upon a mortal a great responsibility, they must first be made to work hard on their mind and heart.

All this suffering was to be repaid by a future meteoric rise to success.

It was like spending ten years sharpening a sword.

Ning Shu wanted to pass the Unsurpassable Martial Arts to Yi Liang, but she couldn’t speak, so she didn’t know how she could pass it on to him.

Moreover, Ning Shu was worried that she’d expose too much of herself, which would lead to unnecessary suspicion.

The human heart was, after all, the most elusive thing to ever exist.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2344: A Child Who Bore a Lot of Burden and Loneliness

"Quick, Xiao Hei." Yi Liang put the meat and soup in a bowl in front of Ning Shu.

Yi Liang took a bowl for himself, and the two ate fragrant pheasant meat on the kitchen pyre.

Ning Shu ate the meat. Sure enough, foxes needed to eat meat, too. It also tasted great.

What she ate slowly turned into a warm current that flowed to every corner of her body. It felt very comfortable.

Yi Liang’s face was stained with oil, and his face didn’t look so sallow anymore.

The two finished eating a pheasant and even drank all the soup.

Yi Liang tidied up the kitchen. He then went to the yard to pull out some herbs, smashed them, and put them on Ning Shu's leg.

"Thank you." Yi Liang's eyes were red as he bandaged Ning Shu's wound.

Ning Shu didn't realize that this child liked to cry so much. He hadn’t even shed a tear in the face of those who bullied him.

Yet he cried in the middle of the night last night, and now his eyes were red again.

He was a child who bore a lot of burden and loneliness. However, he had suddenly found himself a companion.

He must feel some kind of dependence.

A whimper was stuck in Ning Shu’s throat. She really was becoming his wet nurse…

Ning Shu actually wanted Yi Liang to leave this town. Guarding the house was useless anyway.

Moreover, since she had injured Yi Xue yesterday, they would definitely not give up.

It’d be better for Yi Liang to become strong rather than to stay here and wait for someone to come back.

Yi Liang's parents must be dead, although it still might be possible to find his younger sister.

Why didn’t Yi Liang just take part in a sect examination? Even if it was a cultivation sect, it still had to find and accept talented disciples.

All Ning Shu thought about was how to get Yi Liang out of his current predicament.

She couldn’t just keep catching pheasants for this guy for the rest of his life. It was better to teach someone how to fish rather than hand him one.

In such a cruel world, he’d only be able to survive by being strong.

Just look at Yi Xue, who bullied Yi Liang. Wasn’t the reason why he could be so unbridled precisely because there was a foundation stage cultivator in the family?

That was power.

Yi Liang also didn’t dare to resist because he was worried about that power.

Ning Shu didn’t know if Yi Liang had spiritual roots, though.

Yi Liang tied a knot and said to Ning Shu, "Don't run around for now. Just focus on recovering."

Ning Shu whimpered. She laid directly on the ground, closed her eyes, then started to cultivate.

Yi Liang saw the little fox lying directly on the ground. He knew that it must be so cold on the ground, so found some small old clothes in the dilapidated wardrobe.

These were clothes that Yi Liang couldn't wear anymore.

Yi Liang spread these clothes on the ground, making it look like a nest, and said, "Go sleep on the clothes. It’s too cold on the ground."

Ning Shu opened her eyes and moved to lie on his clothes.

Ning Shu cultivated while Yi Liang handled the herbs in the yard. Presumably, he learned his knowledge of herbs from his father.

Ning Shu inwardly sighed. She was cultivating really slowly right now.

“There’s a monster inside.”

“Really?”

“A monster that looks like a dog.”

There were voices of people talking outside the yard, mixed with chaotic footsteps.

There were obviously a lot of people outside.

Yi Liang abruptly stood up and rushed into the room, "Go away, someone’s coming to catch you."

"Go through that dog hole. Hurry up!" Yi Liang was so anxious that his forehead was sweating.

Ning Shu frowned. She had dyed her fur black and also tried to bark like a dog. How did they find out that she was not a dog?

There were banging sounds of people kicking the door. They didn’t ask for anyone to open it at all, they just slammed the door open.

A bunch of people poured into the yard, making it seem a little crowded.

The herbs Yi Liang planted were trampled by these people, and the leaves of the herbs were now wilted and stuck to the ground.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2345: She’s a Dog

Ning Shu never imagined that the other party would come again today. She didn’t know that they’d take revenge nearly immediately after suffering a loss.

These people crowded the yard while shouting arrogantly.

“You have to look for an opportunity to escape. I’ll stop them. You can’t be caught by them, do you understand?” Yi Liang anxiously told Ning Shu.

He then ran out and shouted at those people, “What are you doing in my house?”

Yi Liang saw that so many people were here. There were also several burly men, including one that was holding a cage in his hand.

Yi Liang’s heart shook. He knew all too well what that cage was.

It was a magic artifact used by traders to catch monsters, and it was very powerful. It could change its size, and as soon as something was captured by it, it’d have to give up all hope of escaping.

It also exerted a huge suppressive force on monsters. Once they were locked in, those monsters would become as weak as kittens and puppies.

“Yi Liang, hurry up and hand over that little beast! Don't think that we don’t know that it is a monster. Yi Liang, you were actually in the company of monsters.” Yi Xue’s arm was in a sling. His face was completely contorted from anger.

“Xiao Hei isn’t a monster. She’s a dog,” Yi Liang said loudly, praying silently inwardly that Xiao Hei would leave soon.

“Whether it was a dog or a monster, these monster traders will know with a glance. That little beast hurt me like this. I’ll stew her!” Yi Xue said ruthlessly.

There were a few deep scratches on his arm. If it were serious, his arm could have been made useless.

Yi Liang puffed out his chest and said, despite his trembling voice, “You attacked me first. Xiao Hei was just trying to protect me.”

"That beast's demonic nature hasn't been eliminated. It only hurt me today, but it could hurt other people in the town tomorrow."

“My great-grandfather is in charge of this town. Absolutely nothing like this can be allowed to happen. I’m thinking of the entire town, Yi Liang! Do you want to kill the townsfolk?” Yi Xue pinned a big crime on Yi Liang's head.

“You cursed yourself with misfortune, killed your own family, and now you want to kill the entire town too?”

Yi Liang was stunned by Yi Xue's roar but still said firmly, "Xiao Hei is a dog, not a monster. She isn't a monster."

"Whether or not it’s a monster, we will know once you call it out. Or are you too scared to hand over that ‘dog’?"

Yi Liang was trembling with anger. He knew that Yi Xue was doing this on purpose, but he couldn't do anything about it.

When he saw that the monster traders were full of malice, Yi Liang’s heart drowned in despair.

He didn’t know if the little fox had fled or not.

Several people pushed Yi Liang out of the way. Yi Liang fell to the ground but hurriedly stood up.

Yi Xue sneered. “You teamed up with a monster and even shared your house with it.”

Everyone rushed into the room all at once, only to see a black shadow in front of them. Immediately afterward they felt pain in their face like something sharp cut their flesh there.

“Aah…!’

“My face!”

“My eyes!”

The crowd suddenly wailed and covered their faces.

Ning Shu jumped up and scratched Yi Xue's bandaged wound again.

"Ow…!" Yi Xue exclaimed terribly.

"Quick! Catch this beast!" Yi Xue shouted through gritted teeth.

The monster trader threw the cage in his hand towards Ning Shu, and the cage slowly grew larger.

When she saw the cage, Ning Shu felt a bit irritated inwardly. She also felt like she was unable to use her strength all over her body.

Ning Shu avoided the magic artifact. The magic artifact fluttered in the air, then flew towards Ning Shu again.

Ning Shu jumped up and raised her paw to claw the magic artifact.

The magic artifact was slammed against the wall by Ning Shu's paw with a bang, but it didn't fall apart.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2346: You’re With a Fox Spirit

“Hurry up and leave! Go!” Yi Liang also saw that they weren’t in a good situation.

Ning Shu barked at Yi Liang and pulled Yi Liang's clothes with her mouth.

Yi Liang said anxiously, "You go first, they won’t dare do anything to me."

Ning Shu: …

Won’t dare do anything to him???

Everyone here had been scratched by her. It’d be strange if they’d let Yi Liang off.

Especially Yi Xue.

"Go! Quick!" Yi Liang pushed Ning Shu.

How could Ning Shu leave? Bai Sanniang regretted it for the rest of her life because she left.

This matter was Bai Sanniang's inner demon.

"Yi Liang, you’re colluding with monsters and you want to hurt people in the entire town. I'm going to arrest you and let my great-grandfather judge you." Yi Xue's face was very pale, and his face and arms were injured.

He also suffered a new, second injury on his arm.

The blood on his face was warm, and Yi Xue suspected that he’d be disfigured.

The servant next to Yi Liang ignored the wound on his face and quickly gave Yi Xue medicine.

"I didn't! And I didn't hurt anyone in the town." Yi Liang stubbornly said. The blood vessels in his neck were protruding and his neck was crimson.

"What was that?" Yi Xue asked the monster trader, enduring the pain.

"It seems a bit like a fox."

“Oh, turns out you’re with a fox spirit. You must have been enchanted by the fox into doing such a crazy thing,” Yi Xue said bitterly.

Now everyone was dealing with the wounds on their faces. Some of the monster traders were blinded by Ning Shu, and they were lying on the ground and wailing.

The bodies of monsters were treasures. Their bones and fur could be used in weapons and their flesh contained the energy of heaven and earth. Eating it would make people powerful.

They were very valuable.

Ning Shu pulled Yi Liang hard in the direction of the dog hole.

The most important thing now was to live. The house and everything else was only objects. As long as they were alive, there’d still be hope.

“Chase them!” Yi Xue said ruthlessly. “I originally wanted to let you off, but I never thought you to be vicious and sinister enough to raise monsters to attack people, Yi Liang. You’re dead."

Yi Liang was stunned for a moment until he felt Ning Shu pulling him again. He turned and quickly ran, following Ning Shu through the dog hole. They headed for the back mountain.

Those people chased after him, following the footprints on the snow.

Yi Liang ran, breathing hard, and the people behind him got closer and closer.

Ning Shu looked at their footprints. As long as there were these footprints, they wouldn’t be able to escape.

Ning Shu thought about it for a while. She then used her claws to dig up the snow, dug a hole, and had Yi Liang lie down.

Then she covered Yi Liang with snow, leaving only a small hole for ventilation.

After burying Yi Liang, Ning Shu ran back. She insisted on fighting with these people so that they’d have no way to chase after them.

Ning Shu mobilized the energy in her body and rushed toward those people like a gust of wind.

Their chasers were still in the middle of trampling through the thick snow. In a blink of an eye, however, a black shadow appeared in front of them. They saw claws flying, then they heard the sound of torn cloth.

One of them immediately felt his body becoming cold and the wind blowing his ass. When he looked down, he saw that his pants had fallen off.

He quickly lifted his trousers, and with his hands occupied, he had no way to block Ning Shu’s attack.

She swiftly waved her claws, causing blood to spray with every scratch.

"Hurry up! Hurry up and kill this beast!" Yi Xue shouted angrily.

The magic artifact in the hands of one of the monster traders kept getting bigger and bigger, pressing down on Ning Shu, trying to cage her.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2347: Magic Artifact Specifically Aimed at Monsters

Ning Shu really hated this kind of cage. As long as she was within its range, she’d feel like her strength had been sucked out from all over her body.

Who knew which cultivator made such a magic artifact?

This magic artifact was specifically aimed at monsters.

Even though Ning Shu's soul was human, she felt like her body was powerless.

The cage was getting bigger and bigger, and its range was also getting bigger, and Ning Shu was also in its range.

Her powerlessness became more obvious. Ning Shu mobilized the energy in her body, and in a flash disappeared in the white snow.

If she had the opportunity, she really must study what that cage was made of, for it to have such an effect.

It was probably that there was some great power behind this monster trader. Otherwise, could ordinary monster traders have this kind of thing?

Moreover, even ordinary people could use it.

Ning Shu ran for a while. When she saw that she’d managed to lose them, she lay limp on the snow, gasping for breath with her tongue out.

Although she wasn’t necessarily powerful yet, her claws still shouldn’t be underestimated.

She had covered those people with scratches, and it seemed that they wouldn't chase after them for the time being.

Ning Shu went to the place where she buried Yi Liang.

She could see the snow arching from afar. It was obvious that Yi Liang was struggling. Ning Shu ran over to throw the snow away.

"Gasp gasp..." Yi Liang breathed rapidly, "If you were gone any longer, I would’ve suffocated to death."

Ning Shu: Didn't I leave a hole for you to breathe?

Yi Liang stood up, looked at the town at the foot of the mountain, shook his head, and said, "It seems that we have no way to go back. What should we do about the house?"

Ning Shu knew that Yi Liang didn't care about the house. However, he felt like as long as there was that house, his family would come back.

He was afraid to leave. He was afraid that his family wouldn’t be able to find him when they came back.

Ning Shu whimpered towards Yi Liang. They had just finally escaped. If he headed back, that’d practically be the same thing as throwing himself into a death trap.

It wouldn’t be too late for him to exact his revenge after ten years. Once he had gotten the strength, he’d be able to do whatever he wanted.

“I know. I won’t go back.” Yi Liang couldn't help but sigh. He stretched his hand out to touch Ning Shu's head.

"From now on, we really have to rely on each other as we wander the world." Yi Liang glanced at the town at the foot of the mountain, turned, and walked away.

"Let's go quickly. With Yi Xue's eagerness to retaliate, he would soon send someone to chase us," Yi Liang said.

It might be Ning Shu’s imagination, but Yi Liang seemed a little more relaxed now compared to before.

Yi Liang must have also known deep down that he had little chance of keeping the house.

His opponent was powerful, and he also had a foundation stage cultivator backing him.

In the eyes of mortals, cultivators were extremely powerful beings. They didn’t even have the courage to resist them.

Ning Shu followed from Yi Liang's side. The cold wind howled. It gradually covered the footprints on the snow behind them.

Ning Shu was somewhat familiar with the mountains here. Although, technically, it was Bai Sanniang who was familiar with this place.

Ning Shu took Yi Liang to a cave, which was deep and dry inside.

It had probably been a cave of a monster or a beast in the past.

"Xiao Hei, it was good to have you by my side," Yi Liang said. It would have been a lot more difficult if he was alone. Only when there were people on whom they could really and with whom they could hug each other for warmth, could someone have the motivation to persevere.

Yi Liang squatted in the corner of the cave, rubbing his body with his hands. The weather was very cold.

Ning Shu raised his paw and put it on Yi Liang's body. It took a while for her to transfer her energy to Yi Liang's body.

Ning Shu had never possessed the body of a fox before. It was unlike the human body, so she wasn’t very familiar with the muscles and veins.

A strand of energy entered Yi Liang's body, and Yi Liang only felt warm air rushing into every corner of his body. His body was shivering from the cold before, and his teeth were chattering, but now he didn’t feel cold at all.

Yi Liang looked at Ning Shu with a bit of astonishment. His dark eyes were filled with surprise, and there was a little bit of light glimmering in there.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2348: Like the Deep, Dark Sky

His eyes were like the deep, dark sky.

From Yi Liang’s pupils, Ning Shu saw… her pitch black self.

Ning Shu whimpered and tried to speak, but humans and animals had different pronunciation systems.

Ning Shu couldn't even straighten her long tongue.

Fables were really such a big, fat lie. With such a long tongue hanging on the outside, and such a long mouth, with lips that extended to the neck, how could an animal possibly pronounce anything?

Ning Shu felt that it would be very difficult for her to become a human being. The cultivation of spirits and monsters wasn't easy, and the tribulation trial was too difficult.

Ning Shu thought about it and decided to practice ventriloquism. She must communicate with Yi Liang, after all.

If things went on like this, Yi Liang would never be able to fight back against anyone.

Ning Shu went out to see if there was anything to eat. The more she walked into the forest, the more animals there were.

It was too dangerous inside the forest. Except for cultivators who have the ability to protect themselves, it was a little dangerous for ordinary hunters or people to enter it.

Ning Shu wanted to get some game, but there was no fire, and she didn't know if she could drill wood to make a fire.

Moreover, it was now icy and snowy, and the firewood and grass were all wet.

Ning Shu had no choice but to hope for some fruit.

But what fruit could be found in this ice and snow?

Ning Shu jumped into the stream in front of her and washed all the dirt off her body.

She was surrounded by white snow. It’d be best to match the color of the surrounding environment.

Ning Shu went ashore and shook the water off her body.

Ning Shu: ...

This damn instinct!!

Ning Shu wandered around, but still didn't see anything to eat.

However, on the edge of a cliff, she found a fiery red fruit.

Despite the weather, there was absolutely no snow next to this fruit tree. Even if snowflakes fell near it, they would melt quickly.

Ning Shu faintly felt the heat radiating from it.

This was a good thing. This kind of thing looked like a very precious treasure. Maybe eating it could increase one’s cultivation.

"Senior Brother, that’s the flame fruit." Ning Shu heard the sound coming closer and quickly hid. She saw three cultivators flying with swords.

They were three young cultivators.

Those three were standing on top of their flying swords. It seemed that they weren’t weak.

Ning Shu stared at the thing called flame fruit, calculating in her mind how likely she was to get the flame fruit.

10%... Not even that.

Before, when she was dealing with some ordinary people, she was already a little powerless. She had no chance against three cultivators.

"Sure enough, it is a flame fruit. We could temper our spiritual roots with the flame fruit." One of the cultivators' voices was filled with uncontrollable excitement. "I could never imagine that this small place actually had a flame fruit."

Ning Shu heard that it could temper spiritual roots, which means that this thing could burn the impurities in the body.

That was really a good thing. Ning Shu stared at the fruit, nearly drooling as she did that.

However, there were four fruits. The three of them could each share one.

Ning Shu's heart was itching with desire. If Yi Liang could eat one of these fruits… If Yi Liang had spiritual roots, it’d be able to penetrate the spiritual roots. Even if there was no spiritual root, the impurities in the body would be burned. Yi Liang’s muscles and veins would be fully opened, so his Unsurpassable Martial Arts cultivation would surely go at a flying pace.

Ning Shu didn't dare to go out hastily, though. If she did go out, she would definitely be killed in seconds. If they could fly with a sword, they most probably weren’t weaklings.

But she wasn't willing to give up the flame fruit.

Ning Shu stood by to see if there was a chance to steal one.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2349: Flame Fruit

In the face of such a treasure, the three cultivators rushed forward to grab it without even thinking.

Such treasures were invaluable. They were worth a fortune, regardless of if they were eaten or sold.

Four fruits! If they could grab an additional one, that’d be great.

Although they weren’t fighting now, every one of them had hidden intentions.

The three flew towards the flame fruit on the edge of the cliff.

But as soon as the three of them flew in, thumb-sized moths flew over and covered the sky.

No one had noticed the moths earlier. Those moths, whose body color was similar to the color of the cliff, had been resting on the side of the cliff.

Whenever someone approached, these moths flood over and cover the sky. When they flap their wings, white powder would fall.

These powders were from the wings of the moths.

These powders were also poisonous!

It was icy and snowy right now, and the moths should have frozen to death long ago, but there were so many moths gathered here. They must be relying on the warmth from the flame fruit.

Moths tended to be attracted to light and warmth, and they relied on flame fruit to keep warm for the winter. Now that someone wanted to pick that fruit, these moths flooded and covered the sky.

The moths swarmed the three. They tried to cut down these moths with a sword, but it was like trying to hit a mosquito with a cannon.

The moths flew towards their faces. In the cultivators’ eyes, these moths were poisonous and greatly lethal.

However, they were still cultivators, after all. One of them instantly started forming hand signs and released a fire dragon. In an instant, the moths in front of him were roasted and fell to the ground.

There was a smell of scorched protein in the air.

But there were too many moths. The cultivators had to burn wave after wave of them. Although they had no fighting power, they were very annoying.

Ning Shu stared at the flame fruit on the cliff. She crawled, with all the muscles in her body trembling, then gathered all her strength and stepped on the cliff, and ran to the front of the flame fruit.

This flame fruit was only about the size of a small cherry tomato, so Ning Shu took two with her mouth and ran away.

Ning Shu didn't dare to stop for a moment and ran away in a flash.

"Brother, that beast grabbed two fruits," a cultivator couldn't help but said angrily. When he was talking, a moth flew into his mouth.

The moth's wings fluttered in his mouth, disgusting him. His entire mouth and lips were numb due to the poison.

Ning Shu ran fast with the flame fruits in her mouth. The flame fruits were so hot that Ning Shu felt that her tongue was about to blister.

Even the saliva in her mouth was boiling.

But Ning Shu had to wrap it well with her mouth, otherwise, the moths would come after her.

She had left two flame fruits to prevent those moths and cultivators from chasing after her.

Besides, there were three people, but only two fruits.

It would be nice if two peaches could kill three scholars.

They wouldn’t be able to evenly split, so there would definitely be an argument.

Ning Shu ran towards the cave, and Yi Liang was waiting for Ning Shu at the entrance of the cave.

It was really cold outside, Yi Liang hugged his clothes tightly with both hands. He also kept jumping to keep warm.

When he saw Ning Shu coming back, he couldn't help but smile.

Ning Shu ran into the hole, quickly spit out the flame fruits in her mouth, and stuck out her tongue to breathe.

Ning Shu's tongue was burnt red, and she couldn't help but sigh. This world was full of wonders.

Where did that fruit absorb the heat from for it to be that hot?

The moment Ning Shu spat out the flame fruits, the heat radiating from them immediately warmed up the cave.

"What’s this?" Yi Liang looked surprised. Because it was cold, he couldn't help but approach the fruit.

Ning Shu pushed a flame fruit in front of Yi Liang. Yi Liang glanced at Ning Shu and then picked it up.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran

Chp 2350: It Wasn’t Hot at All, See?

“Woah, woah! It’s so hot.” Yi Liang bounced the flame fruit back and forth with both hands, "But it’s very warm."

Ning Shu: →_→

Ning Shu demonstrated to him how to eat the flame fruit. When she bit the flame fruit, the juice inside burst out instantly.

She felt like she was eating a freshly baked soup dumpling on the hottest day of the summer. Moreover, when the juice splashed in her mouth, it was so hot.

Ning Shu just swallowed it expressionlessly.

Yi Liang snorted. "This is to be eaten?"

Ning Shu nodded. It wasn’t hot at all, see?

Yi Liang gritted his teeth and threw the fruit into his mouth. He wanted to spit it out instantly. It was too hot!!

Ning Shu raised Yi Liang's chin with her paw. Yi Liang's chin lifted, and he gulped the flame fruit into his stomach.

Yi Liang stretched out his tongue and exhaled. He felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he had drunk a bowl of boiling oil. His throat and stomach felt like they would have been burned.

Later, when even his limbs felt hot, Yi Liang felt as if he was being tortured on a frying pan.

“It’s so hot, it’s so hot…” Yi Liang was lying on the ground, tugging at his clothes, with his face twisted.

His skin was glowing red, like he was a boiled shrimp. Sweat dripped down his body too.

“Endure it,” Ning Shu thought inwardly. It would, of course, not be easy to wash his tendons and reconstruct his marrow.

Yi Liang was sweating like rain. His clothes were wet, and the veins on his forehead had burst out.

As time went on, Yi Liang's sweat gradually became cloudy. It was as if someone had brushed a layer of black charcoal ash on his body.

Yi Liang's consciousness was blurred from the pain. He spat out black, stinky blood from his mouth, in lumps.

These were the impurity and dirt in the tendons and internal organs of the body being forced out.

By the end of it, Yi Liang was lying on the ground, groaning. Besides that, the only sound he made was his faint breathing.

Ning Shu moved her black snout away. Holy, it reeked!!

Ning Shu also felt hot after eating the fruit, but it was within the tolerable range.

The white hair on Ning Shu's body was also dyed black because the impurities in her body were being expelled.

Ning Shu now felt as light as a swallow. She could now clearly feel the spiritual energy around her.

When she saw that Yi Liang had fallen into a deep sleep, Ning Shu lay beside him and started to absorb spiritual energy.

Sure enough, since her conception vessel and governing vessel meridians were opened, Ning Shu felt that she now could absorb spiritual energy at a much faster speed than before.

Ning Shu fell into a state of being half-asleep, but not actually sleeping. The surrounding spiritual energy gathered, like a funnel, on her body, forming a vortex of spiritual energy.

Of course, most people wouldn’t be able to see spiritual energy. However, they would be able to feel the air pressure around them being just a little too strong.

Ning Shu cultivated for a long time. When she opened her eyes, however, she didn’t see Yi Liang.

The cave still reeked, but Yi Liang was nowhere to be seen.

Ning Shu's heart skipped a beat, where did he run off to? How could he run out so recklessly? What if he bumped into the cultivators from whom she had robbed the flame fruits earlier?

He would definitely end up dead.

Where did he go?

Ning Shu went out of the cave to look for Yi Liang.

As soon as she got out of the cave, however, Ning Shu met Yi Liang with a rabbit in his hand.

As he ran, his figure looked very light.

He reached Ning Shu in the blink of an eye.

“We’ll eat roasted rabbit today!” Yi Liang lifted the rabbit by its ears and shook it in front of Ning Shu.

Yi Liang had probably showered. The dirt on his body was now gone, revealing his snow-white skin.

TL: Kaho

MTL Editor: Ran