pertwk Chapter 57 Sister
Chapter 57 Sister
The chaotic climax was ignited by Xiong Jun's Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan.
A dark gold dinosaur bear, as large as a small mountain, was carrying a pile of century-old soul bones, preparing to move.
It was clumsy and didn't pay attention to its footing. Before it knew it, its huge bear paw landed precisely on a round head bone.
"Ouch!"
The soul bone seemed to have stepped on a banana peel, instantly causing it to lose its balance.
The giant bear let out a startled roar, and its massive body fell backward as if a mountain had collapsed.
"Boom!"
Its fall was quite dramatic, like toppling the first domino.
The soul bones in its arms were scattered like petals by a fairy maiden, hitting the prince of ten thousand demons who was carefully moving the soul bones with vines; its falling body then knocked over another companion who was diligently piling up soul bones.
In an instant, the situation completely spiraled out of control.
All that could be heard were roars, screams, and the clanging of souls colliding.
A large number of soul beasts were scattered and overturned, and soul bones of various ages and attributes rolled all over the ground. The classification area, which had just begun to take shape, was instantly destroyed.
Di Tian looked at the chaotic scene, which resembled a scene swept by a hurricane, and his lips twitched slightly. Even Di Qiu, who was standing next to him, covered his face.
The Demon King waved his arms, trying to calm and tidy up his frightened plant-type soul beasts, his eyes filled with helplessness.
Xiong Jun was furious, roaring at the clansman who had caused the trouble: "You idiot! I should have had your father throw you up a tree back then!"
Di Tian took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to throw all these idiots into the lake.
He realized that getting these guys, who were used to the supremacy of power, to immediately understand and execute fine-grained teamwork was even harder than getting them to take on the gods one-on-one.
"Stop!" Di Tian's voice, imbued with the might of a dragon, silenced all the noise. "It seems I underestimated the situation."
After a chaotic and frantic process, and with the personal intervention and repeated demonstrations of several ferocious beasts, the soul bones were finally managed to be sorted into three categories: hundred years, thousand years, and ten thousand years old, piling up into three small mountains of varying sizes. Those aged one hundred thousand years and above were all kept by Di Tian.
Although the process was tortuous and inefficient, Di Tian still felt a rare sense of accomplishment as he looked at the site, which was beginning to become more organized.
This proves that these soul beasts, who are used to speaking with their claws and teeth, are not entirely unteachable.
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Natural treasures are useful to spirit beasts, so they only collect the younger ones to trade with humans.
As for the trade of various elixirs, it naturally had to rely on Bi Ji, who refined a batch of top-grade Body Tempering Pills, Soul Ascension Pills, and other elixirs to aid cultivation.
Among them, the Xuanbing Pill, which was upgraded from the original formula of the Xuanshui Pill, emitted a chilling aura the moment it was formed, which even penetrated into Huo Yutong's spiritual sea, causing Tianmeng to "plunge down three thousand feet" on the spot.
With just one Xuan Shui Pill, Bi Ji was able to analyze the pill formula and completely upgrade it.
"Little Yutong!" Tianmeng's voice was full of flattery. "Good Yutong, quickly beg your sister Biji to refine a few more for you! This...this tastes so authentic!"
Hearing Tianmeng's words, Huo Yutong blushed. She did indeed regard Biji as her older sister.
Hyotei rolled her eyes at the spineless insect, but her golden eyes couldn't help but glance frequently at the pill containing pure ice energy.
Biji skillfully refined the energy of the ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow to its extreme, and further integrated it with the life force of her own jade swan, making the quality of this Xuanbing Pill reach an astonishing level.
"Sister Biji, I've brought you some spirit herbs." Ziji entered the alchemy room carrying a bunch of spirit herbs. "Xiaoyutong is here too. I recently saw a fat, hundred-year-old Phoenix-tailed Crested Snake with scales that were practically stretched open. I'll catch it for you and Qiu'er later."
Huo Yutong recalled their care and concern for her, and remembered Uncle Di Tian's words.
She hesitated for a moment, then finally mustered her courage and, with a barely perceptible tremor and a hint of anticipation, softly asked:
"...Princess...Murasaki...Can I...still call you 'older sister' like we did at the academy?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Yutong's heart skipped a beat.
However, she was met with a hearty, even somewhat boisterous, laugh from Murasaki: "Of course! Silly girl, in my heart, you've always been my little sister!"
A gentle smile bloomed in Brigitte's eyes, her voice like a spring breeze across a lake: "Me too. Yutong, no matter where we are, you will always be our little sister."
Huo Yutong's heart was filled to the brim with an unprecedented warmth called "home".
"Sister Brigitte... Sister Purple Princess..."
"Yutong, I have to say, there's something wrong with how you address them. You call Ditian 'uncle' and Biji and Ziji 'sister,' but they're partners!" Tianmeng complained.
Hyotei immediately covered the mouth of this clueless silkworm that still wanted to continue talking.
"I think you can each call yourselves what you want," Electrox said.
...That makes sense, but Huo Yutong quickly put Tianmeng's complaints behind her. Anyway, Elder Yi is right, let's each call ourselves what we want.
After she avenges her mother, she wants to live with Uncle Ditian, Sister Biji, Sister Ziji, and Qiu'er.
She was very happy during her time in Xingdou. She would run to the stream with Diqiu to catch fish and enjoy watching Diqiu’s unique doggy paddle style, which he learned from the Red King. Diqiu wanted to teach her to swim, but she declined with a smile. Bingdi, who was standing to the side, crossed her arms and said that she was good at swimming and that she should teach her.
Every time Di Tian saw Di Qiu's swimming style, he would think about why he didn't stop Di Qiu when the Red King taught him to swim.
Seeing this, Crescent Moon chimed in, proudly boasting that she was once the wolf in the clan with the fastest dog-paddling speed.
Huo Yutong also went to watch the Demon King paint. Ever since he saw the human painting collection, the Demon King has become obsessed with painting. He picked up paper and pen and practiced painting. Before leaving, he asked the tea tree spirits who were watching him paint to give her a large bag of their tea leaves as a gift.
Electrolux smelled the aroma of tea and exclaimed repeatedly in his spiritual sea: "I really want to try a sip!"
In the evening, it was time for Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji to keep him company.
Di Tian originally intended to continue recounting the great deeds of the Dragon God, but Bi Ji took out a copy of "Lin's Fairy Tales." Zi Ji said, "Old Dragon, let us tell Qiu'er and Yu Tong the story tonight."
Listening to Biji and Ziji's vivid and expressive narration, Huo Yutong and Di Qiu exchanged a glance and reached a consensus—they told the story much better than Uncle/Dad Di Tian.
The month gradually passed.