Chapter Twenty-Nine: E Huo’s Repayment
On the girls’ dormitory side, with this kind of attack happening, no one could sleep. They were standing at the doorway, staring at each other, or hiding in their beds, scared by the headless corpse.
Su Jiu, on the other hand, had already come out of the public restroom and blended into the crowd to watch the show. Seeing Lu Ke still scolding the law enforcement team, she was quite satisfied with the harvest this time.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand was directly transferred to the bank card linked to her ID. After transferring two hundred and fifty thousand to Liu Hong, her phone’s mission app quickly sent a notification:
[Confirmed target Li Er, demonic beast Soul Devouring Demonic Mole, merit points credited: 550. Remaining to promotion: 850/1000]
Liu Hong quickly arrived with the team members. They briefly examined the aftermath of the fight and clicked their tongues, remarking on how ruthless the offspring of that big shot was.
They had also seen outside the school gate, where it was even more intense than here…
The leader of the law enforcement team was an Initial Stage Battle General. After listening to Lu Ke’s reprimand, he came to Liu Hong’s side and frowned slightly, “Old Hong, Huayang Street has been getting more and more abnormal lately. Those Ancient God Sect people, we haven’t seen a ghost of them for years, but now suddenly two have appeared. I’m afraid they’re planning something.”
Liu Hong glanced at him and nodded, “It’s possible that the rampaging monsters recently are their doing. Yang Yu, aren’t you aware that Mayor Su is holding an emergency high-level meeting in the city? This is probably releasing some signal.”
Yang Yu sighed and continued, “There have been quite a few cases of unexplained disappearances recently. I heard you were injured by a monster. Do you need me to send more people over?”
Liu Hong looked at the two hundred and fifty thousand credited to her account and shook her head, indicating it was not necessary.
Suddenly thinking of something, Yang Yu exclaimed slightly, “That’s right… Weren’t the ones who killed those two cultists from your city’s demon-exorcising team? When did the Adventurer’s Guild start assigning War General Level individuals to you?”
“They weren’t assigned by superiors, they were recruited from the Adventurer’s Guild hall… However, she shouldn’t be War General Level. If she were, she wouldn’t be sharing the spoils with us.” Liu Hong didn’t say too much about Su Jiu, as this big shot seemed to dislike being disturbed.
“Recruited?”
Yang Yu rolled his eyes, clearly not believing that explanation, and then shook his head, “You’re still the same, spewing nonsense…”
At this moment, his phone rang. Seeing the name “Lu Sheng,” he silently answered and held the phone far away.
He continued to say to Liu Hong and the others:
“Alas… the government is under a lot of pressure, and now the Gaokao is approaching… The Gaokao has a team combat mission against monsters. Although the locations are in safe simulated zones within the city, and the monsters are bred, we at the bottom will likely be running ragged due to safety concerns.”
“In a couple of days, we people will have to babysit Zhiyuan High School, taking them to the wilderness for practice combat against monsters.”
Liu Hong responded helplessly, but her fingers were constantly tapping on her phone keyboard, sending a message to Su Jiu.
[Although there were civilian casualties in this mission, I will try my best to get you a Magic Crystal as a reward. However, I am somewhat surprised that you could arrive so quickly.]
…
This farce of an attack concluded with the Law Enforcement Hall cleaning up the scene.
“Is Little White still cultivating?”
Su Jiu returned to the dormitory and saw that all the surrounding tents were lit. She felt too lazy to sleep, so she took a hot bath, put on her headphones, listened to music, and replied to Liu Hong:
[I live near the school. Thank you for your care regarding the Magic Crystal, Sister Liu.]
“Beep beep!”
[In a couple of days, we’ll be taking the senior third-year students from Zhiyuan High School to fight monsters. Are you coming?]
Su Jiu froze. Take students? I’m in the senior year! Am I taking myself?
[Not interested]
After typing four words, Su Jiu suddenly felt a burning sensation on her right wrist. Looking down, E Huo was emitting a faint silver-white halo. Its gem-like eyes blinked and looked at Su Jiu.
“Mmm~ I slept so comfortably, so full. Mmm~ I’ll give the remaining warm things to Mommy.”
The little girl’s soft voice echoed in Su Jiu’s mind, accompanied by an indescribable warm current that suddenly appeared in Su Jiu’s dantian, constantly circulating through her meridians. Her body felt as if every muscle was being gently caressed.
So comfortable.
“Ying… But this is too much.”
Su Jiu bit her lip fiercely, her pale toes digging into the floor, trying to prevent herself from making strange noises. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to show her face tomorrow.
However, the eight meridians in her body were being nourished by a gentle power. If she was lucky, she might even reach Intermediate Stage Warrior tonight.
“Ying~ Ha~ Hu~”
At this moment, Su Jiu’s face was as red as a ripe persimmon. She simply lay there and enjoyed it, after all, there’s an old saying, you know…
Covering her panting mouth with one hand, her curled-up body in the corner of the bed looked like a pile of mashed potatoes, so soft and mushy that one would want to eat it in one bite.
Suddenly, a cool gust of air conditioning blew in. Su Jiu was surprised to find a head quietly watching her go crazy.
Her surprise quickly turned into shock and shame. Su Jiu took small breaths, forcing herself to speak in a normal voice, “Little White, wh… what’s wrong?”
“Jiu Jie… are you playing with your toy…”
Bai Qianyu obviously didn’t expect to see this scene. She saw Su Jiu’s light go out and wanted to hug her large doll to sleep, but she didn’t expect…
However, Bai Qianyu soon thought she understood, a slight smile playing on her lips. She nimbly climbed onto Su Jiu’s bed, then quietly approached Su Jiu’s face and whispered, “We’re all girls, I understand…”
Hearing this, Su Jiu felt her eyelids twitching uncontrollably. If she could speak in her usual voice, she really wanted to say: Understand your sister!
Get lost!
Taking a deep breath, Su Jiu slightly composed herself and said very seriously, “It’s not what you think, don’t…”
“Really? But why is Jiu Jie’s face so hot, like burning fire.” Bai Qianyu giggled and hugged Su Jiu’s arm, like hugging a large doll, easily lifting her up.
She swayed her gently.
Releasing her scent, Su Jiu rested her chin on Bai Qianyu’s shoulder. She wanted to resist and struggle but found that her body was truly powerless. She could only say helplessly, “It seems E Huo fed me energy.”
Hearing this, Bai Qianyu’s playful attitude disappeared. She turned Su Jiu around and hugged her, looking down with surprise and asked, “That little snake can feed energy? Is feeding energy its characteristic?”
Beast pets all have a fixed characteristic. For example, Li Er’s is a sturdy shield, Wang Mazi’s is poisonous mist, and Wang Wu’s is tempered fire. These are common attribute characteristics…
The higher the talent of a beast pet, the more powerful its characteristics. Their characteristics are also myriad. Although Su Jiu’s characteristic of being able to feedback energy might not be very useful in combat, its rarity is likely very high.
“I don’t understand…”
Su Jiu leaned quietly on Bai Qianyu’s shoulder, taking in the girl’s unique scent. As the energy in her body gradually subsided, she gently closed her eyes.
She was truly exhausted today, having to deal with E Huo’s antics after the battle.
“Too tired?”
Hearing Su Jiu’s soft snores, Bai Qianyu gently placed her on the inner side of the bed and pulled away halfway, but then turned back to cover Su Jiu with the blanket and whispered, “Jiu Jie, I will definitely catch up to you.”
After Bai Qianyu left, E Huo curled up in the blanket like a pet cat, its naive voice echoing in Su Jiu’s mind, which she couldn’t hear: “How much do I need to eat to become big, I want to fly high…”
