Xiao Jia quickly comforted Mei Mei: "No, the headmistress would never sell us off. Her food is so delicious, there's bound to be someone who wants to eat it!"
"That's right! We can earn money by collecting bird eggs, and the eggshells can be used to make pills. If we help her earn money, she won't be willing to sell us!"
That's what they say, but the anxiety spread.
They had personally witnessed the former headmaster sell off the other children!
Actually, selling them isn't the worst thing. People willing to buy them are either because they're cute or because they're strong, so they won't be abused by cultivators at first.
But rare and exotic beasts are a different story.
There are very few outside, and they are impossible to find. The headmaster did the same thing Luo Haiqing did to Xingye that day.
They would skin off the scales and cut off the feathers of rare monsters while they were still alive, cut open their bellies to extract the oil, sew them back up, and sell them to people who wanted to refine pills or weapons.
How terrifying...
Although the celestial realm treats demon cultivators and demon beasts differently, it cannot be ruled out that some people simply prefer the feathers and scales of demon cultivators. They believe that these materials are of higher quality when taken from demon beasts with spiritual roots.
Xiao Jia and the others were still comforting Mei Mei.
Hoshino's face was serious. He drew his machete and decided to leave the group and walk into the woods alone.
He struggled to part the haystack and search for the bird eggs underneath.
Not only bird eggs, but anything of value can be collected, since there's plenty of space in the ring.
He never thought the headmistress would sell them, but she actually found medicine for Luo Haiqing.
Luo Haiqing is a bad person who is only after profit.
What if one day, even the kind-hearted kindergarten director is corrupted by him and decides to make money off them?
Having experienced so much, Hoshino is no longer the naive little prince of the dragon clan he once was.
Beautiful things are easily lost.
Even his once-respected father god has fallen into demonic possession. What in this world remains unchanged?
He quickened his pace, gathering many bird eggs, berries, and other valuable-looking items to put back into the ring. The other cubs saw this and eagerly followed suit.
The headmistress warned them to be careful of the honey-sucking doves, but in reality, these bird demons were very weak.
After Xiaojia transformed into its pangolin prototype, it curled up into a ball, its scales becoming incredibly hard. If a bird demon tried to peck at it, it would only knock its beak askew.
The three sweet potato brothers had flames on their tails, so the bird demon dared not approach them.
Shan Shan and Mei Mei fly fast and can escape quickly.
Only Xiao Ding, with his large size and dazed appearance, was an easy target for attack.
But as long as Xiao Jia tells him the direction, he can knock the bird demon unconscious with a single swipe of his paw and put it back into his spatial ring.
"Let's split up and see who finds the most good stuff!"
"good!"
"I want to be the one who finds the most good stuff!"
"I am number one!"
"Hmph~"
After Hoshino familiarized himself with the terrain, he searched for things even faster.
Hey, there's a bird egg!
He parted the haystack, and the bird eggs rolled to one side with a gurgling sound.
He was about to reach out and pick it up when Xiao Jia grabbed it first.
Xiao Jia bent down to pick up the bird egg, saw Xingye lying on the ground, paused for a moment, and then hugged the bird egg to his chest.
Hoshino stood up and stretched out her little arms to block him: "This is mine!"
"I found it, how's it yours?"
"I saw it first, and I parted the grass."
"It's in my arms!"
"Give it to me!"
Xingye is angry.
He was the one who laid the egg; otherwise, Xiao Jia wouldn't have noticed.
He reached out to snatch the egg from Xiao Jia's hand.
"No way!" Xiao Jia, with her back to Xingye, fiercely protected the bird egg. "You're a bad guy! You're always so domineering and aloof, and you love to bully people. We agreed on a competition, and now you're trying to steal someone else's egg!"
"Awooo! This is mine!" Hoshino was so angry that he opened his mouth at Xiaojia.
A burst of dragon flame seemed about to burst forth.
The naughty dragon cub is about to breathe dragon fire again!
Xiao Jia took a breath and instinctively reached out to block it.
As a result, the dragon flame didn't hit the target.
All that came out of the dragon cub's mouth was the stench of the chive pancakes it ate this morning!
The cunning dragon cub seized the opportunity and snatched the bird's egg.
"Wow, you're so naughty!" Xiao Jia shouted as he hugged the bird egg.
They argued for a bit.
I didn't get a firm grip.
"Smack—"
The bird egg fell to the ground and cracked.
Hoshino was so angry that sparks flew from her nostrils: "It's all your fault!"
Xiao Jia: "It's clearly your fault!"
A faint bird call came from the crack in the eggshell: "Yay—"
Hoshino and Koko exchanged a glance and squatted down.
A tiny chick with a pointed beak peeks out from the broken eggshell.
A clump of sticky egg white was still hanging on its featherless wings.
It opened its eyes, looked left and right, and found two bipedal monsters in front of it.
First, I confirmed the gender.
He called out, "Dad!"
Hoshino: "?"
Xiao Jia: "Don't talk nonsense! I'm not your father!"
The little bird tilted its head and repeated, "Daddy!"
Hoshino took a step back, nudged Xiaojia with both hands, and gestured, "You are its father."
Xiao Jia also stepped aside, saying, "No, you are!"
The little bird felt wronged.
How come it doesn't have a father right after hatching?
Why don't these two bipedal monsters recognize it?
It looked down at its own legs, even though it had two legs too!
They must be its father.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
Hoshino had mixed feelings.
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