Chapter 58: A strange thing!

In the next half day, Shi Yan and his team searched everywhere in the deepest part of the periphery, but they did not encounter a suitable spiritual beast like in the morning. There were also cases of failure to capture. Throughout the whole day, apart from Zi Er's "Xiao Rou", only Xiao Li successfully captured a first-grade flower cattail, which was the kind that had just become intelligent.

'Xiao Rou' is actually the Qianqu vine that Zi'er caught in the morning. Seeing that the Qianqu vine had a soft body, she named it Xiao Rou.

Xiao Li's flower cattail complements the mental method she is practicing. Flower cattail is different from cattail. As a spiritual plant, flower cattail becomes more fleshy after becoming intelligent. It looks like a cat curled up on a lotus leaf, with a large flower on its head and a cattail growing from its tail. Shi Yan has not learned the identification of spiritual beasts, so he does not know its detailed information, but from Xiao Li's oral description, he learned that this flower cattail is a first-grade flower cattail, cultivated to the level of intelligence, and has two skills.

The first skill is [Fragrance Temptation]!

Fragrance is a colorless gas with a faint fragrance emitted by the cattail, which can make people faint. Fragrance has another function, which is a hidden ability called aromatherapy. The fragrance emitted can heal different types of injuries according to the different properties of the spiritual power used by the cattail. For example, if you are poisoned by fire, then let the cattail take a magic pill that emits water properties, so that it can stimulate the fragrance of water properties, which can effectively heal the fire poison damage, and the effect is extremely significant.

And its second skill is [Flying Needle]!

Flying needles use the spike on its tail to shoot out a flying needle to attack the target. This move combined with Xiao Li's [Hidden Flowers Covering Willows] can be said to kill people invisibly.

Mingxiang did not choose a suitable spirit beast, and Ye Yier came here for the trial. Shi Yan's target was the fire-attributed spirit beast on the Honglian Volcano, so at the end of the day, only Zier and Xiaoli achieved their intended goals.

At night, they lit a bonfire and Mingxiang took out the exquisite hut that she had prepared. After reciting some incantations, the exquisite hut, which was originally the size of a palm, grew in the wind. After a while, a hut that could accommodate seven or eight people was formed.

Shi Yan hunted some spiritual beasts that had not yet become intelligent, shaved their hair and skinned them, skewered them on bamboo sticks, and smoked them over the campfire.

Zi'er took out one after another exquisite snacks from her treasure bag, including sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Shangpinzhenlou Wang Daxian Chef's roast duck, and thousand-layer crispy biscuits baked with four-grade fire. Each of them was a snack with a great origin and excellent reputation. Plates of them filled the table, colorful and beautiful, and each one exuded an alluring fragrance that made people salivate.

Xiao Li found a lot of wild fruit mushrooms and put them in the soup pot, adding minced meat and slowly stewing them. The thick soup rolled up and down, emitting a strong fragrance with every roll.

Only Ye Yier did nothing. She squatted here and drooled at the barbecue, then she lay on the table and swallowed her saliva at the snacks on the table, and then she stood by the big pot and smelled the rich aroma of the soup.

He looked at Xiao Li eagerly and kept asking, "Hello Xiao Li, is it delicious?"

"Hey Xiaoli, is the soup not ready yet?"

"Hey Xiaoli, how long will it take?"

Xiao Li chopped the mushrooms, threw them into the soup pot, stirred them, covered the pot, looked at Ye Yier who was looking anxiously at the side and said with a smile: "It will be ready soon, just wait patiently!"

Ye Yier nodded hurriedly, but her eyes never left the pot.

The evening breeze brings a hint of moisture, giving people a refreshing feeling.

After working for half an hour, a sumptuous dinner was finally ready. Several people sat around the campfire and happily ate the sumptuous dinner.

Ye Yier had been watching the food for a long time. When she heard that dinner was about to start, she pounced on it like a tigress and started biting it. Look at Mingxiang, Zier and Xiaoli chewing slowly with their little mouths, and then look at Ye Yier, who looks like a starving ghost reincarnated. They eat for pleasure, while Ye Yier eats to increase her appetite. Although they are both eating, they have different effects.

"Foodie!" Shi Yan was a talkative person. He was stunned by Ye Yier's eating habits just now. It took him a long time to react and uttered two words.

Ye Yier rolled her eyes at him, ignoring his words and buried her head in her food. Perhaps she just didn't want to talk.

At this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound in the bushes on the right, but there was no wind at this time. Shi Yan's eyes fixed and he looked at Ming Xiang. Ming Xiang also heard the rustling sound of the bushes and nodded solemnly to Shi Yan. This was a signal. The two rushed out at the same time. Shi Yan's telepathic finger had already condensed into shape. Ming Xiang had already held her bell in her hand. If she was sneaking around, it must not be a good thing. What could not be done openly and aboveboard, but had to be done secretly?

"Who is it!" The two men were moving very fast, so fast that even they themselves couldn't figure out what was going on. However, after they arrived at the bushes at such a fast speed, they did not find any trace of anyone.

Shi Yan and Ming Xiang looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes. At this time, there was a rustling sound in the bushes on the right, and a snow-white figure came into their sight. "Isn't this the little monkey?"

Mingxiang personally held the little monkey and recognized it immediately. After hearing what she said, Shi Yan really looked a bit like it. He ran over to pick it up and felt his hands were wet. He opened his palms and was shocked: "Why is there so much blood!"

Mingxiang came over and covered her mouth in surprise, "Why is it covered in wounds?"

Shi Yan took a closer look and indeed, there were dozens of scars on its body, large and small. "This..." Shi Yan frowned, puzzled, and asked Mingxiang: "We cured it before, right?"

Mingxiang nodded, "Yes, when we left before, it didn't have any wounds on its body. How come... now it has so many wounds on its body!"

"Let's take it back first!" Shi Yan said, and returned to the campfire with Mingxiang.

"What's going on?" Xiao Li ran over and asked. Zi'er also looked over here curiously. Only Ye Yi'er was eating quickly without even looking up.

"It's the little monkey from before. It's covered with wounds." Shi Yan told them what happened.

"Eh? Didn't we cure it? Why is it covered with wounds again?" Xiao Li asked curiously.

Shi Yan shook his head. "I don't know. Let's not worry about it for now. Let's cure it first. It looks quite pitiful."

"Yes!" Mingxiang nodded and used the Jade Dew and Flower Qi power, while Shiyan took out the Baiyu Pills, crushed them and put them into the little monkey's mouth.

The little monkey's injuries healed again, and all the wounds on its body were completely healed. This time, Shi Yan even checked it carefully and found that there were no wounds.

"This time, let's let it stay with us and release it after it fully recovers. What do you think?" Shi Yan suggested.

"Okay, I don't need it as a spirit beast anyway, so I'll just consider it as a good deed." Mingxiang brushed her messy hair and said with a smile.

Xiao Li said: "Yes, Sister Mingxiang is a Buddhist. She believes in past lives and present lives, and pays attention to cause and effect."

Shi Yan was a little surprised. He had known Mingxiang for so many years before he knew that Mingxiang was a Buddhist. He had always thought that those who believed in Buddhism were all Buddhist practitioners, and it was almost impossible for beast tamers to be interested in Buddhism.

Mingxiang smiled bitterly, "I was just influenced by my family, I don't really believe it."

"Your family?" Shi Yan asked curiously. He had never heard her talk about her family in all these years. This was the first time he heard her talk about her family.

"Yes." Mingxiang smiled and said, "My family is a Buddhist family. Although we are not monks or nuns, the spiritual principles passed down from ancient times are Buddhist scriptures. They instilled the concept of Buddhist practice in me when I was a child, so I believe in cause and effect."

Shi Yan asked curiously, "Why don't you learn Buddhism, but learn to tame beasts instead?"

Mingxiang's body trembled when she heard this. She seemed a little helpless and didn't even know where to put her hands.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's take a break first. We will be busy tomorrow!" Shi Yan said.

"Oh, it's so boring!" Xiao Li pouted and muttered as she left. Xiao Li was just like a child, she said whatever she thought, so no one paid attention to what she said.

Zi'er also left. She patted Xiaoli on the head and said, "You, you!"

Xiao Li didn't know what he had done and looked at Zi'er with an innocent face.

After the two left, only Shi Yan and Ming Xiang were left here, but the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Shi Yan could only sigh. It seemed that Mingxiang was also a person with a story.

Mingxiang broke the deadlock and spoke first, "Shiyan, thank you for what you did just now."

Shi Yan smiled and shook his head. "Everyone has their own story. Some stories can be shared, some cannot. Some stories can be told immediately, and some stories take time. As long as you understand this, I think everyone will have their own choices. Some people will hide their stories in their hearts, but that will only hurt themselves more. Perhaps, it will be a lot easier to talk about everything."

Mingxiang listened and remained silent. After a moment, she stood up and said, "Maybe, one day, I will tell you everything." After that, she left.

Shi Yan looked at her departing back and sighed slightly.

Shi Yan held the little monkey in his arms, lying on the grass, staring up at the bright stars in the sky in a daze.

Ye Yier came to lie down beside him without knowing when. Shi Yan glanced at her and asked, "Are you finally finished eating?"

Ye Yier didn't answer him, but stretched herself and said, "Ah, I'm so full. I've never eaten such delicious food over there!"

"So you eat it like a wolf?" Shi Yan teased with a smile.

"Hmph!" Ye Yier wrinkled her nose. "Our world is different from yours. We show our true nature and don't try to hide anything. A person can only live for a hundred years at most. Why should we wrap ourselves up so tightly? Why not throw away all the shackles and live a real life!"

Shi Yan was stunned. What Ye Yier said made sense. Why should people always care about the eyes of others and restrain themselves? Living like this is completely for others, not for yourself. He looked at Ye Yier in surprise. He didn't expect that she could say such a thing. He sighed slightly in his heart. It was a pity that the world could not see so clearly, just like Mingxiang, just like himself, wrapping himself tightly, living, but already dead, what's the point of living like this!

The two looked up at the sky without saying a word. The sounds of wind blowing through leaves and insects chirping around them made the silence seem even more profound.

"Do you think my hometown will be among the stars in the sky? Do you think I can go back?" Ye Yier murmured in a low voice.

"What?" Shi Yan asked, not hearing clearly.

Ye Yier shook her head, turned over, and turned her back to Shi Yan, "Nothing, I want to sleep here, can you accompany me?"

"Yeah." Shi Yan paused and nodded.

Ye Yier suddenly dived into Shi Yan's arms. Shi Yan was at a loss and wanted to let go, but was stopped by Ye Yier, "Shi Yan, hold me tight, I'm cold!" As she spoke, her voice was choked with sobs.

Shi Yan sighed, hugged her in his arms, and patted her back gently.

Just like that, they embraced each other all night, but nothing happened.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Shi Yan was woken up by Ye Yier.

Shi Yan rubbed his eyes and said dazedly: "What are you doing? Can't you see I'm still sleeping?"

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, you've turned into a pig!" Ye Yier was furious when she saw him like this, but she still told him the reason, "Oh no, oh no, something weird has happened, a really weird thing!"