Chapter 321: Blackened Junior Sister (26)
Long Yuan took the beast fur that Yue Ran had taken out of her spatial ring and carefully spread it on the ground, Hai Bing Tu started a fire to keep them warm, Yue Ran leisurely relaxed herself on the soft spread of fur, which was neatly laid out by Long Yuan, with a blanket draped on her body to keep her warm, and Lan Jin stuck himself on to Yue Ran and silently enjoyed her stroking his fluffy fur.
This little demon beast has a big appetite and a terrible temper.
Only Yue Ran, the sole person in the world, can control him. Before Yue Ran rested at night in the past two days, she would draw some spiritual power to feed Lan Jin. In just a matter of days, the physique of Lan Jin has grown significantly. His fluffy tiger body is also a lot more rotund than before.
The white furry touch felt like a hand warmer on the young woman's skin.
Lan Jin now looks like an adorable and chubby little white kitten (baby tiger), but with a disposition that is as active as a puppy. The plush white tail on his lower back had grown a little longer due to his growth, and it kept moving back and forth whenever he set his eyes on any edible food.
Yue Ran took out today's dinner from her spatial ring, inserted a thin branch through the cut and seasoned raw meat, and roasted it over the fire. The meat soon changed in color and began to drip with oil due to the heat. Those oil droplets fell into the leaping flames, creating a crackling sound.
"Have a taste," the young woman said, passing Long Yuan a stick brimming with flavorful, succulent meat.
"Master, I do not need to eat..."
Long Yuan waved his hands in rejection at the food Yue Ran had handed him. It was more reasonable to keep this food for his master to replenish her body when she was hungry since he did not need to rely on these things to survive.
During these recent nights, Yue Ran has always sat down to cultivate immortality while holding Lan Jin to help lessen the bone-eroding pain in her body and improve her spiritual realm. Even Long Yuan felt a little unbearable for his master when he saw her sweat profusely and her pale complexion due to utilizing her spiritual power in her practice.
Yue Ran glanced at him, and before she put down her outstretched hand, Long Yuan had accepted the stick full of delicious meat offered to him. These days of working together made the sword spirit understand that Yue Ran would never allow others to reject what she had already set her mind to.
"If we go further ahead, we will reach a forest," Hai Bing Tu said as she handled the meat. "At that time, we will be able to hunt some wild beasts and collect some precious herbs to exchange for money," she said, recounting what she could recall from her dusty memory. "It would be more conducive to our plans if we could buy a house in the Central Plains."
This is the character of Hai Bing Tu. She is gentle and homely. She constantly talks about wanting a place to live their lives stably. She counts the money they have before going to bed every night. To those who do not know her, they would only think that she must be a model of a loyal and virtuous wife of some notable household. Hai Bing Tu is a caring and considerate rabbit demon beast.
"You have spoken those words no less than a dozen times in the past three days," Yue Ran said. A slight bend could not help but tug upwards at the corners of her lips. "You are really going to wear my ears out with your unreliable words."
"My Lord, please do not find Hai Bing Tu annoying because of this." Hai Bing Tu gave a soft smile. She had long since hidden her pair of fluffy rabbit ears and other demonic beast-like features and now looked more humane if only she would open her closed eyes.
The rabbit demon beast cut a piece of meat with her ice spirit power, laid it out on a flat rock in the center of the rising fire to grill it, and then handed a plate of meat to Yue Ran to eat. Yue Ran's red lips glistened with oil when she consumed them, and she squinted her eyes with satisfaction when she felt full.
When the young woman was in a comfortable state, she felt a little sleepy and thus let out a soft yawn.
"Lan Jin, come here," Yue Ran called out, waving a hand to motion for the demon beast to come over.
Yue Ran stretched out her body on the furry carpet, and Lan Jin hurriedly raced towards her with his little short legs. The young woman held him in her arms and took a nap on the fur carpet by the warm fire with a blanket draped over her.
Yue Ran: How nice. Soft, fluffy fur is all around me.
On the other hand, Long Yuan was leaning his back near the wall of the mouth of the cave to keep watch, and Hai Bing Tu was cultivating. After two hours of sleep, Yue Ran woke up, asked Long Yuan to take a rest, and sat up to cultivate immortality like Hai Bing Tu.
Hai Bing Tu: I have slept for a very long time, so it was time for me to practice.
Yue Ran did not want to waste any time or opportunity to make herself stronger; after all, she had a whole sect (the Demon Sect) to bring back to the world.
These days, under the self-torture practice, Yue Ran's cultivation has significantly improved, and she now has a deeper grasp of her body and the "serious disease" she was suffering from.