"Sister, are you disgusted with me? My paws aren't dirty. After picking the Vermilion Fruit, I went to the mountains to wash the fruit and washed my paws too." Zhengzheng was getting anxious.

It's a very clean golden eagle; it washes its claws every day, otherwise it'll be too embarrassed to stand on its older sister's shoulder when it gets smaller.

"I'm not saying you're dirty, it's just that I'm not tired and don't need a back massage. Hurry up and eat the Vermilion Fruit, or you'll cry when the energy dissipates," Ye Xianya said quickly.

She didn't dislike Zhengzheng at all; it was just that seeing Zhengzheng's incredibly sharp claws, she really didn't dare let it massage her back, lest it tear her clothes, which her mother had just made for her a few days ago.

Upon hearing that the energy would dissipate, Zhengzheng quickly grabbed another vermilion fruit and stuffed it into her mouth.

Ye Xianya ate very quickly, finishing the vermilion fruit in no time.

I must say, it has a lingering fragrance and tastes really good.

"If I could eat a Vermilion Fruit every day, I would definitely be the happiest spirit beast in the world," Zhengzheng couldn't help but say.

Ye Xianya was amused by it: "If you can eat one Hundred Beast Pill every day, that's already pretty good. Be content. As for the Vermilion Fruit, don't even think about it. It's impossible. Cultivation is not easy. Nowadays, there are very few spirit beasts like you who have been guarding rare and precious materials and eating them for more than ten years."

Ye Xianya couldn't help but sigh as she spoke, "There used to be quite a few spirit fruit trees on the back mountain of Taiyi Sect, including a Vermilion Fruit Tree, which was transplanted by my master. However, most of those spirit fruit trees stopped bearing fruit decades ago, and now there are definitely even fewer fruits to eat."

In the end, it's still the cruel heavens that are cheating people.

As for the reason behind this, even she, the only person in hundreds of years to have experienced a heavenly tribulation, does not know. Who else could possibly know?

Whenever Ye Xianya thought about this, she wanted to get to the bottom of it, since she had lost so miserably in her previous life and died without knowing why.

Unfortunately, she had already asked the ghost messengers, but they knew nothing about it either.

But Ye Xianya did not give up.

If there's no way to go to heaven, then there might be a way to go to earth!

She can't see the gods in heaven, but she can see the ghost messengers in the underworld. The ghost messengers don't know these secrets, but what about the big shots in the underworld?

However, it's quite difficult for me to meet those big shots. I'll focus on recovering my strength first. Without strength, everything is just empty talk.

Not long after swallowing the three Vermilion Fruits, Ye Xianya felt as if her stomach was on fire, and the energy of the Vermilion Fruits began to surge wildly through her body.

If an ordinary person dared to eat three Vermilion Fruits at once, they would definitely cry. Even if they didn't die, they would be severely injured. Although their physical condition would improve a lot afterward, the process would be worse than death.

Zhengzheng was physically strong, so of course she didn't take this seriously.

As for Ye Xian Ya?

She has already begun using mystical arts to refine the energy within her body and use it for her own purposes.

Ye Xianya didn't finish her cultivation until the afternoon.

She has already refined most of the energy contained in the three vermilion fruits she ate today; the rest can be digested slowly tomorrow.

Zhengzheng had already flown back to deliver the message to her, so that her mother and the others wouldn't have to wait for her for lunch.

And those fortune tellers, we can't keep them waiting forever. But if she goes back to tell fortunes now, the time will be about right.

"Sister, are you alright?" Zhengzheng asked quickly when she saw Ye Xianya open her eyes.

"Alright!" Ye Xianya nodded, chuckling as she teased him, "Little guy, are you so eager to go drink at Zuixianlou?"

"I went back a while ago and smelled the wine from Zuixianlou. That wine smelled so good!" Zhengzheng quickly said, "I just wanted to go back and smell that aroma, I don't want to drink it!"

Looking at its pitiful appearance, Ye Xianya suddenly felt that if she didn't buy a pot of good wine for Zhengzheng to drink today, she would be letting the little guy down.

"Let's go. When we get back, I'll buy you two jars of good wine so you can drink your fill," Ye Xianya said with a smile, ruffling Zhengzheng's hair.

"Great!" Zhengzheng was overjoyed and quickly grew to her maximum size, lying down on the ground: "Sister, let's go!"

"So cute!" Ye Xianya was instantly charmed by him.

Who wouldn't love such an adorable little spirit beast!

...

After half past 3 PM, Ye Xianya, having finished her divination, took Zhengzheng out for a stroll.

It was snowing lightly outside, and everyone was avoiding it like the plague. Few people were strolling on the streets. Furong was afraid of the cold, so Ye Xianya didn't take her out with her.

A person and a beast strolled through the light snow, feeling exceptionally comfortable.

Standing on Ye Xianya's shoulder, Zhengzheng deliberately used a small spell she was born with to keep the snow out and prevent it from falling on them.

"Zhengzheng, what would you like to eat?" Ye Xianya asked with a smile.

“I’ll eat whatever my sister eats,” Zhengzheng quickly replied.

"Let's go eat duck vermicelli soup. It's cold, this will warm you up." Ye Xianya gently patted Zhengzheng's head: "I'll order you a super big bowl later, I promise you can eat your fill."

Zhengzheng was very happy after hearing this.

"That little shop is not far ahead. We'll get there after we go around those two alleys. Let's take the shortcut through the alleys instead of the main road," Ye Xianya said with a smile.

That place was taken to her by Qi Chengshuo not long after she arrived in the capital.

Over the past month, Ye Xianya has become quite familiar with the area in the south and west of the city, so she doesn't need to go out onto the main streets; she can simply walk through those two alleys to get there.

Zhengzheng didn't know how big the super big bowl was, so she couldn't help but imagine it in her mind. After a while, she said with a smile, "Sister... is that super big bowl as big as our water vat? Like the water vat in the kitchen?"

Ye Xianya: "..."

She was stunned by Zhengzheng's thought process.

"What are you thinking, little one? The bowl is on the table, not on the floor. If it were as big as a water vat, the table would have collapsed by now. It's a super big bowl, about the same size as the snack basket on my table in my room."

Zhengzheng was immediately disappointed: "Then I won't be able to get enough to eat!"

If it really eats its fill, it can eat a lot.

"I'll order you a few more bowls!" Ye Xianya really couldn't resist it.

"Sister is the best!" Zhengzheng said quickly, her little mouth sweet.

Ye Xianya, leading Zhengzheng, happily walked towards the small shop. After passing through the first alley and entering the second alley, she suddenly stopped: "Zhengzheng, have you sensed any demonic energy?"

Upon hearing this, Zhengzheng sniffed hard: "It seems...it seems to have a very strange smell. To be honest, I have lived in Zizhu Mountain since I was a child, and I have spent most of my time under the Zhuguo tree. Although I have wandered around some towns later, I have only seen Taoist priests and never demons, so...I can't be sure if this is demonic energy."

Ye Xianya: ..."

Well, her little cutie is just so unexpected.