After transmigrating into the body of a junior sister of a celestial sect, the cultivation world wen

Perhaps Chu Zhi was being too sensitive at that moment, because she actually noticed Ning Yue's gaze.

The emotion in his eyes at that moment was hard to describe, leaving Ning Yue unable to grasp it for a moment.

She then quickly hid behind Qi Xucheng.

Apart from a few pieces of clothing, no part of her body was exposed.

Noticing Chu Zhi's actions, Qi Xucheng lowered his eyes slightly, looked at Ning Yue, and asked.

"...Did you bring them here?"

Ning Yue shook her head, pretending not to know: "I didn't know, I just wandered around and ended up here."

Qi Xucheng did not express his opinion, but it was clear that he did not believe it.

Suddenly a sharp scream rang out, a terrifying volume that almost pierced eardrums.

Ning Yue frowned deeply and looked toward the source of the noise.

—It's that abnormal giant rat spirit beast.

Its entire body was curled up in a ball, as if in great pain, and its thick tail swayed and rubbed against the ground, sweeping up a patch of mud.

Shi Yinghan reacted quickly, immediately conjuring a barrier that also enveloped Qi Xucheng and Chu Zhi.

The giant rat made a terrifying sound, and its enormous size meant that it could destroy a whole area of ​​trees with the slightest movement.

Shi Yinghan frowned, firmly protecting her junior brothers and sisters behind her.

Yang Fei grinned: "Damn, what happened to that big rat that was screaming so pitifully?"

Shi Yinghan remained vigilant, observing the giant rat's condition: "...It seems to be...poisoned?"

Poisoning?

Ning Yue immediately thought of what Qi Xucheng had just thrown on the ground.

Ning Yue didn't see exactly what was lost.

However, due to their positions, only Ning Yue probably noticed that Qi Xucheng was throwing something on the ground; the senior brothers and sisters couldn't see it.

She immediately looked at Qi Xucheng and Chu Zhi.

Of course, I didn't miss their expressions.

Qi Xucheng didn't show any particular emotion, but his gaze kept drifting towards the direction of the giant rat's howling.

Chu Zhi was quite perceptive; whether out of fear or something else, she trembled whenever the giant rat let out a mournful cry.

The giant rat's howls grew louder and then quieter, until it finally lay on its back, revealing its white belly fur, with its limbs bent upwards.

Its claws were stiffly bent and could no longer move.

Without warning, Qi Xucheng leaped into the air and landed on the giant rat's corpse in the blink of an eye.

A red sword light flashed by quickly, giving almost no time to react.

—A long gash appeared on the giant rat's abdomen.

A mixture of white and blood-red substances gushed out of the crack.

Qi Xucheng frowned and used his sword to poke at the crack.

A crisp sound came from the clash of the longsword with something.

With a flick of his wrist, Qi Xucheng flicked the tip of his sword, and a bright red, gleaming bead fell out.

He jumped off the still-twitching corpse of the giant rat, reached out and grabbed the bead, which was smeared with blood, staining Qi Xucheng's hand.

"What's that?" Ning Yue pointed to the beads in his hand, leaned closer to Shi Yinghan, and asked in a low voice.

"A beast core," Shi Yinghan explained, "something similar to a cultivator's inner core."

"Beast cores are treasures," Yang Fei said, approaching after hearing the noise. "High-grade beast cores can even help cultivators increase their cultivation level."

Ning Yue was shocked: "Then we can just keep increasing our cultivation level by eating beast cores?!"

"That won't do," Yang Fei shook his head. "Eating too much can cause your body to explode and die; it's commonly known as overdoing it."

"Moreover—the beast core you eat must be of the same attribute as your own spiritual root, otherwise you will be rejected and die," Yu Xiao added from the side.

"Of course, beast cores have more than just the function of increasing cultivation," Shi Yinghan explained, knowing that Ning Yue was unaware of this aspect.

"Beast cores contain enormous energy. The protective arrays surrounding the sect are basically maintained by beast cores, and one core can sustain the sect for more than ten years."

"Every now and then, our sect will also go to the secret realm to hunt for beast cores."

Song Yishi added, "Most importantly, even spirit beasts are scarce in the cultivation world, let alone spirit beasts that have condensed their cores. Ordinary people wouldn't waste such a resource by killing spirit beasts; they would specifically eat their cores."

"Oh." Ning Yue nodded.

Then she saw—

Qi Xucheng held the bloody beast core in his hand to Chu Zhi's mouth.

It was clearly meant for her to eat.

Ning Yue: "..."

Yang Fei: "..."

Yu Xiao: "..."

Song Yishi: "..."

No... I'm not really eating it.

Chu Zhi took the beast core with trembling hands, swallowed hard, and swallowed the bloody beast core.

"Just eat it straight away," Ning Yue grinned, "Aren't you going to wash it first?"

"I haven't tried it before, maybe the original flavor is even better." Yang Fei's expression was exactly the same as Ning Yue's.

Qi Xucheng, hidden in the shadows, and Chu Zhi, whose lips were stained with blood, looked over with a chilling gaze.

It's really creepy...

Shi Yinghan reached out and pressed down on Ning Yue and Yang Fei's heads respectively, and said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, my junior brothers and sisters are ignorant."

"How extravagant!" Yu Xiao clicked her tongue in amazement. "A beast core of that quality could at least sustain the sect for thirty years, and you just swallowed it all in one gulp?"

"Wow!" Ning Yue exclaimed, "Senior sister, can I have this kind of treatment too?"

Yu Xiao patted Ning Yue's head: "Junior Sister, be good. Let's focus on our cultivation."

Qi Xucheng cast a cleansing spell, and in an instant, his blood-stained hands and Chu Zhi's mouth were clean.

Based on Ning Yue's understanding of Chu Zhi, she should be eagerly showing off to him how favored she is in the sect.

For example, her senior brother specially dug out a beast core to help her increase her cultivation.

But after Chu Zhi swallowed the beast core, she stood silently beside Qi Xucheng.

He was completely devoid of his previous swagger.

Ning Yue was quite surprised.

"Hey, speaking of which—" Yang Fei looked at Chu Zhi with a puzzled expression, "Why hasn't your cultivation level increased after you ate the beast core?"

Chu Zhi stiffened for a moment, and the air suddenly fell silent.

Upon hearing this, Qi Xucheng immediately shielded Chu Zhi firmly behind him, preventing her from being exposed at all.

He glanced at Yang Fei with a cold voice: "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."

Shi Yinghan stood in front of Yang Fei, calmly exchanging glances with Qi Xucheng.

"First, we arrived at this strange place, encountered bizarre spirit beasts, and didn't care when our sect disciples were hunted down. Now, after eating the beast core, our cultivation hasn't increased at all—"

"What exactly is this giant rat? I've never heard of a spirit beast that specifically eats people." Shi Yinghan's gaze turned cold.

"A mouse will eat anything when it's starving." Qi Xucheng smiled, but the smile didn't look sincere at all.

"There are plenty of spirit beasts in the Azure Valley Secret Realm, all kinds of strange and unusual ones. If you're interested, go find them yourself. I'm sorry, I can't accompany you."

After saying this, Qi Xucheng turned and left, with Chu Zhi following closely beside him.

She deliberately avoided Ning Yue's gaze.

Ning Yue chuckled, quite curious.

His gaze remained fixed on Chu Zhi, and he raised an eyebrow.

"What's wrong? Are you shy after I saved your life in the cave? You don't even dare to look at me."

Chu Zhi froze, then Qi Xucheng grabbed her wrist.

Qi Xucheng turned around and looked at Ning Yue, smiling with his eyes lowered: "We'll meet again soon."

Ning Yue shivered inexplicably.

Shi Yinghan frowned and stood in front of Ning Yue, saying coldly, "Don't laugh so disgustingly."

I wonder if it's just Ning Yue's imagination—

Qi Xucheng seemed to be laughing even more happily.

……