NOVEL WEB Chapter 304
Li Shiyin had been somewhat confused these days, wondering whether her spiritual eye was malfunctioning.
Previously, whether it was due to psychological factors or because Master was indeed powerful, in any case, under Li Shiyin's spiritual eye, Master was perfect and flawless.
But lately, she would sometimes see flaws in Master, such as lacking strength, having a weak soul, or impure mana; sometimes she felt Master was full of flaws, especially weak, as if she could blow Master over with a puff of air; but at other times, Master was indeed flawless.
For example, the Master squatting under the Devouring Demon Willow now waiting for the Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp to be born was a flawless Master.
Yes, Master had planted the Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp in the soil five months ago. Today, one wasp was finally about to emerge from its pupa.
Master and Chasing the Wind squatted under the Devouring Demon Willow like two big fools, eagerly waiting for the Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp to be born.
"Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp..." Li Shiyin sat in the fork of a pear tree by the lake. Looking at Master and Chasing the Wind, she pouted angrily.
She heard from Chasing the Wind that the reason this wasp was called Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp was because Master had named it after looking at Chasing the Wind's big head.
"Why not call it Phoenix Wing Shiyin Wasp? Or Phoenix Wing Sword Immortal Wasp? Or Shiyin Sound Head Wasp... Humph, stupid Master!" She was very dissatisfied.
"Dad, look, look, its hand, its hand is coming out!" Chasing the Wind shouted there, like the silly young master of a landlord's family.
"Mm, wait for it to chew through the wax seal and squeeze out from the inside, then it will be an adult insect," Master replied to Chasing the Wind in a very nice, clean voice, looking like a little fool.
Why was Chasing the Wind a big fool while Master was a little fool? Because Chasing the Wind was too big, making Master look very, very small in front of him.
"Dad, help it, look, it can't get out. It has no strength left!" Chasing the Wind suddenly became anxious, pointing at the soil with his big paw and shouting at Master.
"Did something go wrong?"
Li Shiyin frowned and walked over from the tree.
She heard Master say, "This is normal. It has to chew through the wax seal itself to get out. If we help it, it will become a crippled bee."
"But..." Chasing the Wind couldn't bear to watch, "It's going to die."
"It can't blame anyone else if it dies," Master said. "Think about it, if this happened in the Hengduan Mountains, who would be there to help them?"
Li Shiyin had just arrived and quickly chimed in, "There could be wild men or demon folk in the Hengduan Mountains to help them!"
As soon as she said this, Master and Chasing the Wind glared at her in unison. Li Shiyin stuck out her little tongue and stood next to Qin Ran, looking into the soil pit at the beehive.
At this moment, the scene in the beehive was somewhat creepy. The beehive itself was already packed full of bee pupae, plus many pupae were emerging from their cocoons. The little bees crawled about in the hive like worms, gnawing at the wax seals with a scratching, scraping sound.
"Ew!" She blurted out reflexively, "How disgusting..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chasing the Wind lowered his head and headbutted her directly.
"Don't talk about my treasures like that," Chasing the Wind growled fiercely.
Li Shiyin's head was very hard and she was fine after being hit by Chasing the Wind, just a little sore.
She clutched her head and glared back at Chasing the Wind, coldly snorting, "They're my treasures!"
"It's called my name, so it's my treasure," Chasing the Wind argued reasonably. "They're called Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasps!"
Li Shiyin was anxious but couldn't refute him, so she threw her arms around Qin Ran's head and pleaded, "Master, please change their name to Phoenix Wing Shiyin Wasps!"
"No changing!" Chasing the Wind hurriedly put his big paws on Qin Ran's shoulders and shook him. "Dad, don't change!"
These two genius fools with off-the-charts martial prowess were not something an average person could withstand. Any ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator squatting here might be torn apart by them.
"Stop arguing!" Qin Ran couldn't bear to hit Li Shiyin, but Chasing the Wind had thick skin and was unafraid of beatings. He backhandedly punched Chasing the Wind on his big cat head.
Then...
Chasing the Wind didn't budge an inch.
With Chasing the Wind's current skin thickness, even most sword cultivators probably couldn't cut through it, let alone Qin Ran's fist without any mana.
"Chasing the Wind, back off!"
He yelled again to drive Chasing the Wind away.
As for his silly apprentice's fragrant, soft embrace... he could endure it for a while.
"You're arguing about what to name them, how childish can you be?" Qin Ran frowned and scolded. "How old are you now? Goofing off every day!"
"Dad, I'm four years old," Chasing the Wind whispered.
Qin Ran was so angry he punched him again.
So Chasing the Wind lowered his cat head, but his cat face showed no trace of remorse.
Behind his back, Qin Ran also couldn't see the remorse his silly apprentice should have felt.
"Master, can they be called Phoenix Wing Shiyin Wasps instead?" Li Shiyin whispered in Qin Ran's ear, leaning her chin on his head.
"No!" Qin Ran coldly replied.
"Oh Master!" Li Shiyin shook Qin Ran's head back and forth.
Qin Ran shook along with his silly apprentice, but he stubbornly refused to change the name.
While they were horsing around, that Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp somehow managed to crawl out normally after all.
It was the first to be born, basically the healthiest and strongest in this beehive.
It could be seen shaking its wings on top of the beehive, quickly transforming from a hairy, sticky state into a majestic, fierce little Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp.
It spread its wings open, the golden threads interwoven like a net on its wings, which looked just like phoenix wings at a glance.
It lifted its head. With the black head, fiery red eyes, and the flame-like burning of the wasp's compound eyes, it looked just like a blazing fire.
It curled its tail, the glossy black and red stinger contracting and extending. It looked hard and terrifying, as if made of steel nails.
Looking like this, it was no wonder it was named Phoenix Wing Blood Head Bee, really resembling a fallen, corrupted phoenix.
"Master..." Watching the Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp #1 preening there, Li Shiyin whispered in Qin Ran's ear, "It's so beautiful!"
Then, as if hearing Li Shiyin's words, the Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp #1 stopped fluttering and suddenly flapped its wings, flying straight towards them.
"Ah!"
Girls have an innate fear of such things. Even Li Shiyin, even though she had just said the tiger head wasp was beautiful, was still afraid when it flew at her face for real. She screamed.
Then...
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
In an instant, hundreds of thin sword qi like little stars flew to meet the tiger head wasp.
At that time, Li Shiyin was behind Qin Ran. Seeing the Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp fly over, she hurriedly buried her head in Qin Ran's chest, while star sword qi on her body automatically activated and shot towards the wasp.
Thus, under sword immortal Li Shiyin's sword qi, unsurprisingly, this Phoenix Wing Tiger Head Wasp #1 lived for nearly two minutes!
"Master~~~" Li Shiyin didn't look at the result, still burying her face in Qin Ran's chest, whimpering in fear.
"Oh!" Qin Ran helplessly stretched out his hand to hug his silly apprentice's head, gently stroking her hair to comfort her. "It was coming for me. I'm raising them as spirit beasts. So they're my spirit beasts. It just now was coming to recognize its master."
"Oh!" Only then did Li Shiyin react.
But she still clung to Qin Ran in that odd posture without getting up.
Having heard the frightening sounds of sword qi, Liu Xiaoji emerged from the willow tree. Seeing Li Shiyin's appearance, he jumped onto Chasing the Wind and whispered, "This woman is so scary!"
Chasing the Wind solemnly nodded his big head, indicating strong approval.