Late at night, a cold and beautiful white-robed woman covered her bloodstained shoulder as she hid in the forest.
Behind her was a group of people wearing evil ghost masks. Their leader struck the woman with his palm, sending her flying with his Foundation Establishment peak Cultivation.
The white-robed woman flew backward and slammed into a tree, violently spitting out a mouthful of blood. She coldly looked at the people surrounding her. “Who are you people, exactly? Why won’t you stop chasing me?”
The leader sneered and pointed his sword at the white-robed woman’s throat. “Hand over the Heavenly Spirit Fruit you picked, and we’ll leave your corpse intact. Otherwise...”
The white-robed woman gritted her teeth, clutching the Heavenly Spirit Fruit against her chest as she glared viciously at them. “I’m going to die either way, so I’m not giving you this Heavenly Spirit Fruit. At worst, we’ll all go down together!”
“Run! She’s going to self-destruct!” The masked men were horrified. They had never expected the woman to be so fierce that she would actually drag them down with her.
A burst of yellow light exploded. At the original location, only a huge crater and bodies blasted into fragments remained.
Sunshine Farm.
“The weather is so fine today, and the scenery is beautiful everywhere.” Yuan Wu carried Chicken Feed as she fed the Huoyan Bird and the Blazing Flame Bird.
Why was there a Blazing Flame Bird? The story had to begin several days earlier.
The Blazing Flame Bird that had fought Yuan Wu over food had quarreled with the neighboring Three-Eyed Crows over territory. As it turned out, that Three-Eyed Crow also had a mate. All three birds were at the Nascent Soul Peak, but the result of the Blazing Flame Bird fighting two against one was that one of its wings was injured and a clump of its tail feathers was lost.
With nowhere to go after being injured, the Blazing Flame Bird eventually ran to Sunshine Farm. After seeing that the Huoyan Bird got Chicken Feed every day, it blended in and freeloaded meals daily.
However, the Blazing Flame Bird looked completely different from the Huoyan Bird. Although their names were similar, the Blazing Flame Bird was three times the size of the Huoyan Bird—the difference between a goose and an ostrich.
Yuan Wu recognized it at a glance, but she said nothing and did not chase it away 🔵 since she could not defeat it 🟦, continuing to feed it as usual.
As a result, the Blazing Flame Bird fell in love with this life of free food and lodging. It refused to leave the Chicken Coop, even taking over the Huoyan Birds’ nest. The Huoyan Birds were furious but dared not complain, so they could only seek Yuan Wu’s help.
Yuan Wu had no choice but to talk things over with the Blazing Flame Bird.
After spending quite a bit of effort persuading it, bribing it with a bag of high-grade Chicken Feed, and purchasing a large Chicken Coop with plenty of spirit stones, Yuan Wu successfully got the Blazing Flame Bird to return the nest to the Huoyan Birds.
But Yuan Wu was extremely dissatisfied with the Blazing Flame Bird. That fellow ate a lot, did no work, and laid no eggs, acting like some spoiled freeloader.
What a headache, and she could not drive it away 🔵 mainly because she could not beat it. 🟦
It was worth mentioning that the outstanding farm employee Da Bai basically brought back a stalk of spirit grass every time she went out. Although none of them were high-grade, there were already ten stalks of spirit grass in the field!
Congratulations were in order. Congratulations were in order.
Therefore, Yuan Wu specially bought rabbit feed to reward Da Bai, which made Da Hei terribly envious.
The birds had been fed. Now it was time to feed herself.
Yuan Wu had just turned around when a tremendous bang came from the Chicken Coop behind her.
Yuan Wu had a bad feeling.
She stiffly turned her head and saw a field of ruins. The Chicken Coop had been smashed to pieces.
“No! My spirit stones! They’re all spirit stones!” Yuan Wu stretched out her hand in despair. Both Chicken Coops had been completely smashed.
Furious, she stepped forward and dug out the unidentified object.
The moment she saw that face, she swallowed the curses she had been about to hurl. Her first reaction was, “Damn, what is this person doing here?”
The unidentified object was none other than the female protagonist, Bai Yuehan. Although her face was covered in blood and her entire body was battered and torn, Yuan Wu still recognized her at a glance.
After all, the Yuan Family and the Bai Family had been on bad terms for a long time. It was perfectly normal for them to know each other’s heir. Since childhood, both of them had constantly been compared by their respective Clan Heads, and they occasionally met. Although they had barely spoken a few words, they could still be said to understand each other.
Yuan Wu especially understood Bai Yuehan’s personality, since she had read the novel. Not to mention her cheap father, who had practically recounted Bai Yuehan’s entire growth trajectory to Yuan Wu.
Yuan Wu even knew about Bai Yuehan wetting her pants at the age of three...
But this was the first time Yuan Wu had encountered Bai Yuehan in such a miserable state. She shook her head and lifted her into her arms like a princess.
In her daze, Bai Yuehan could only see a chin.
After being unconscious for three days and three nights, Bai Yuehan finally woke up. She tried to sit up, but the moment she moved, her bones felt as though her entire body were about to shatter. Still, she was lucky. The fact that none of her limbs were missing was already the best possible outcome.
As expected, she could not withstand a fifth-grade explosive talisman. The people who had tried to kill her should all have been blasted into scraps by now, right?
She lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
Thinking of the glimpse she had seen before fainting, the person who saved her had looked familiar. Who was it?
The door creaked.
The door opened. Bai Yuehan tilted her head slightly, and after recognizing the person before her, she could not help exclaiming, “It’s you, Seventeenth of the Yuan Family 🔵 Yuan Wu ranks seventeenth 🟦.”
“Good memory, Bai Five 🔵 Bai Yuehan ranks fifth 🟦.” Yuan Wu smiled faintly and carried a bowl of black, foul-smelling medicine over to her.
Before Bai Yuehan had time to speak, Yuan Wu forced a mouthful down her throat.
She lost all semblance of dignity, rolling her eyes toward the heavens. She wanted to spit it out, but Yuan Wu’s next words forced her to swallow it.
“This medicine contains snow lotus fruit, ginger-strand grass, and six other kinds of Spirit Medicine. If you dare spit it out, I’ll kill you.” Yuan Wu smiled very 🔵 nuclear 🟦 kindly.
After Bai Yuehan swallowed, Yuan Wu added, “I was only kidding just now. It actually contains only ginger-strand grass and moonlit flower. But I did add a lot of bitter melon fruit, hehe.”
Yuan Wu’s words caused Bai Yuehan’s face to twist for an instant. She looked at Yuan Wu in confusion. Why was she teasing her?
“You smashed my Chicken Coop, so I’m unhappy.” Yuan Wu gave a simple explanation. That was right—she was petty, and did Spirit Medicine grow for free? She still had to go out every day to find it.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose.” Bai Yuehan apologized with pursed lips and stubbornly tried to sit up, but Yuan Wu stopped her.
“Lie down, or you’ll start bleeding again. I’ll go get you some porridge.” After saying that, Yuan Wu closed the door and left.
Bai Yuehan watched her retreating figure, her mind full of doubts. But before she could think about them, her attention was drawn to the dense spiritual energy here.
She could feel spiritual energy repairing her body. There was something strange about this place!
She wanted to investigate further, but the door opened again.
Yuan Wu entered carrying a bowl of plain rice porridge. “Get better soon. The Chicken Coop is still waiting for you to repair it.”
“What?” Bai Yuehan froze, unable to react.
Thinking that she wanted to shirk her debt, Yuan Wu planted her hands on her hips and said righteously, “You smashed my Chicken Coop and consumed so much of my spirit grass. Is there a problem with making you repair the Chicken Coop? Not only that, you also owe me five hundred spirit stones. Otherwise, I’ll throw you out.”
Yuan Wu’s deliberately fierce expression made her look like a fiercely adorable kitten to Bai Yuehan. It was rather cute.
She tugged at the corner of her mouth and smiled faintly. “No problem. Smashing your chi... Chicken Coop was my fault. I’ll compensate you for the spirit stones too.”
Bai Yuehan’s answer greatly satisfied Yuan Wu, and in her good mood, she took the initiative to feed Bai Yuehan the porridge.
This bowl of plain rice porridge was also produced by the System.
After taking one bite, Bai Yuehan knew that the porridge was extraordinary. It was fragrant and soft, and brimming with spiritual energy. It was no ordinary dish! She had never eaten such delicious plain rice porridge before. 🔵 A little exaggerated, haha 🟦
Thus, Bai Yuehan’s gaze toward Yuan Wu slowly changed. Yuan Wu was using such excellent spirit rice to feed her—she was far too kind and noble! 🔵 Her imagination was terrifying 🟦
A mere five hundred spirit stones could not possibly repay her!
Having made up her mind, Bai Yuehan said to Yuan Wu, “There is a Heavenly Spirit Fruit in my Storage Bag. It can cleanse the marrow and temper the sinews.”
Yuan Wu tilted her head. “You’re giving it to me?”
“Yes. Thank you for saving my life.”
“Tsk, I don’t want it. If I take that, it’ll be inconvenient to make you repair the Chicken Coop.” Yuan Wu refused. She was not lacking Heavenly Spirit Fruits, because she had a Heavenly Spirit Tree with four immature Heavenly Spirit Fruits still growing on it.
The tree was guarded by the Blazing Flame Bird. The Blazing Flame Bird relied on eating that thing to purify its Bloodline. However, the Heavenly Spirit Fruit’s marrow-cleansing and sinew-tempering effects only worked once. The Blazing Flame Bird had probably achieved such a high Bloodline purity because quantity had led to a qualitative change.
But the Heavenly Spirit Fruits had now become its food expenses. Who could blame her? The Blazing Flame Bird ate the most and was picky, too.
Chicken Feed was its staple food, but it also needed other snacks to go with it, such as the first-grade radishes planted by Yuan Wu... er... by Da Hei.
Da Hei was that Black Profound Snake. This fellow was truly talented at growing things. An entire field of half-grade radishes had advanced and become first-grade Spirit Plants. Of course, the Farm was the main reason.
Ahem, getting off track.
The Heavenly Spirit Fruit Bai Yuehan wanted to give was not as valuable to Yuan Wu as more spirit stones, but for now, having her repair the Chicken Coop was more practical.
However, this action made Bai Yuehan mistakenly believe that Yuan Wu was refusing her with an inferior excuse because of her noble character.
After all, no normal person would give up a Heavenly Spirit Fruit over a Chicken Coop.
Yuan Wu: Are you insulting me?!
“You... really are a good person.” After all the things she wanted to say condensed into a single sentence, Yuan Wu was presented with a good-person award by the female protagonist.
This was ridiculous.
Yuan Wu’s face was full of confusion. Looking at Bai Yuehan, who was deeply moved, she really wanted to ask her.
What are you imagining? Stop being moved by your own fantasy.