The White Peacock seemed to be truly better today, as it could spare the energy to pay attention to her.
Lifting its beautiful eyelashes, it looked at her with its large eyes.
“What are you doing?”
Mo Xiaoxing said matter-of-factly, “You are holding the vine, I am going down to get the fire marrow.”
There seemed to be some helplessness in the White Peacock’s eyes.
“I just said you were clever, and now you are acting foolish. Yesterday, I heard you crying pitifully and it was an emergency, so I pulled the vine. Since you are going down today, can’t you tie the vine to a tree?”
“Oh, that’s right…”
Mo Xiaoxing found a sturdy tree trunk and tied the vine securely.
Having the experience from yesterday, she wasn’t panicked as she went down again.
Moreover, she was now certain that the White Peacock could hear her calls for help, and if there were an emergency, it should save her.
The fire marrow was used up yesterday. She didn’t know when her cold-chill ailment would flare up again, and since the White Peacock also needed it, she naturally had to hurry to retrieve more.
Holding the vine, she tipped her toes on the cliff and jumped out!
Mo Xiaoxing focused on circulating her spiritual power, and everything was much more familiar than yesterday. Furthermore, she didn’t know if it was her imagination, but her spiritual energy felt much more solid today.
As the vine approached the searing heat of the earth’s core, it was scorched to ash. Mo Xiaoxing let go of the vine and jumped down.
Standing in the magma again, it was still a welcoming feeling.
Her meridians felt warm and began to swell slightly. Mo Xiaoxing couldn’t bother with picking up the fire marrow yet; she crawled onto a rock, sat cross-legged, and practiced Qi according to the method Han Yan had taught her.
Soon, she was drenched in sweat!
After refining the chaotic spiritual power running through her meridians, Mo Xiaoxing let out a long breath.
“Huh, Sister Han Yan, it seems I have gained a lot of spiritual power out of nowhere!”
Han Yan replied, “Come in and let me take a look.”
A white shadow enveloped Mo Xiaoxing, and soon, it turned back into a blurry human figure.
“It has indeed increased. I suspect that when you absorbed the White Peacock’s demonic energy last night, you also absorbed some of his spiritual energy, but since you don’t know how to utilize it, you didn’t refine it in time.”
Mo Xiaoxing asked, “Ah? I absorbed the White Peacock’s spiritual energy? Does he know?”
Han Yan smiled, “Naturally, he knows.”
Mo Xiaoxing wondered, “Then why didn’t he hit me? Is he holding a grudge? He isn’t saying anything because he still needs to use me?”
Han Yan replied, “That shouldn’t be the case. A beast that has achieved transformation has at least the cultivation level of a human’s Nascent Soul stage. With your cultivation level, even if you sucked with all your might, you wouldn’t be able to absorb much from him.”
Mo Xiaoxing was relieved, “I see.”
Han Yan continued, “In that case, it is not a loss for you to help him absorb the demonic energy. However, I advise you, do not trust others too much. It is better for you to return to the front mountain soon, where you have the protection of the sect.”
Mo Xiaoxing nodded, “I know, I will… Sister Han Yan, if I die, what will happen to you?”
Han Yan paused, “Death.”
Mo Xiaoxing declared, “I will not die!”
She walked back into the magma pool.
She didn’t delve into why Han Yan had entered the Mo Huo (Ink Calamity), what secrets the Mo Huo held, or what favor Han Yan would eventually need from her.
Han Yan was even more vigilant than she was. Being afraid of her dying was likely because she feared being dragged down to her death as well.
Those things were too complicated, and Mo Xiaoxing didn’t want to rack her brain over them.
What she was best at was adapting to her circumstances. From moving out of the orphanage to go to school alone, to entering society after graduation, she had always been as tenacious as wild grass.
It was the same here! She would definitely be able to live well in this world too!
The White Peacock and Han Yan were definitely top-tier powerhouses. Hearing them speak of her low cultivation felt like looking down at her from the clouds; they probably couldn’t even see her shadow!
Mo Xiaoxing was optimistic, but she was not stupid. Only by ensuring the safety of her current situation could she afford to be optimistic!
Therefore, Mo Xiaoxing would not be so careless.
In fact, her biggest reliance right now was the earth’s core fire!
Mo Xiaoxing vaguely felt that she could control the earth’s core fire, but she hadn’t found the method yet.
The fire marrow that countless cultivators in this world would break their heads over to obtain, she was picking up easily here.
She faintly felt that all of this was because her current cultivation level was too low. As her cultivation improved, these problems would surely be solved.
After picking up a dozen more fire marrow, Mo Xiaoxing returned to the cliff.
This round trip took nearly three hours.
When evening arrived, Mo Xiaoxing walked to the White Peacock’s side self-consciously. She was still thinking that when she absorbed the demonic energy yesterday, she was completely unaware of it, so she naturally didn’t know she had absorbed its spiritual energy. She wondered if the same situation would occur today?
Should she tell the White Peacock about it…
The White Peacock lifted its eyelids slightly, watching the young girl frowning and peeking at it from time to time, wondering what she was thinking.
This child was born fair and pretty, and she didn’t know when she had entered the Changtian Sect.
She didn’t look like a child who would cause trouble, so why was she locked up here?
Moreover, the Extreme Yin Sacred Body—such a big matter, why had no one in the sect told him?
“I will control the demonic energy today. I will cut it off when you cannot bear it any longer, so you can rest assured.”
Mo Xiaoxing replied, “Oh.”
“Hold on, don’t faint, otherwise the spiritual energy you absorb from me will be wasted.”
Mo Xiaoxing asked, “Oh… ah? I will still absorb your spiritual energy?”
The White Peacock seemed to smile, “Naturally, I said this morning that you wouldn’t be at a loss.”
It really had known all along!
However, Mo Xiaoxing still insisted, “Big Brother Peacock, I didn’t do it on purpose. Your spiritual energy and demonic energy were both running into my body on their own!”
“Whatever you say, then.”
Mo Xiaoxing stubbornly replied, “It clearly was…”
She took a deep breath and slowly brought her hand close to the White Peacock’s wound. Almost instantly, the demonic energy latched onto her hand and surged into her meridians, scrambling to get in!
Mo Xiaoxing was dazed; her meridians were painfully distended, and the temperature of her whole body plummeted!
She didn’t know how long it had been, but suddenly it was cut off! The White Peacock had interrupted it.
Pure white feathered wings wrapped around Mo Xiaoxing, who was about to collapse.
“Don’t faint, circulate your energy and regulate your breath.”
Mo Xiaoxing bit the tip of her tongue to stay awake, then immediately sat cross-legged.
This time, the spiritual energy she refined was indeed much more than the last time!
When Mo Xiaoxing opened her eyes and exhaled a long breath, she was surprised to find that her Qi sea was much fuller!
Originally, Qin Yu was the least talented disciple in the sect; even her third layer of Qi Refining stage was fed by pills, and her foundation was very weak.
Now, having absorbed the White Peacock’s spiritual energy twice, her cultivation of the third layer of the Qi Refining stage was actually full!
Mo Xiaoxing looked up at the sunlight shining into the cave; it turned out that this meditation had lasted all night, and the sky was already bright!
She looked at the White Peacock, who was closing its eyes to heal nearby, and smiled.
“Big Brother Peacock, I’m going to catch fish!”
The waterfall behind the mountain flowed down from a higher peak, cascading down layer by layer, carving out a water pool here. Mo Xiaoxing only fished on the shore and dared not go to the deep parts, as she might be washed away if she wasn’t careful.
Fortunately, the fish in this pool were numerous and stupid. They would leisurely swim to her side on their own, making them very easy to catch.
After catching two large fish, Mo Xiaoxing wrung out the corner of her skirt and looked down, seeing a youthful and pretty face reflected on the slightly rippling water…