Chapter 30 Which snow sheep do you want? Can't I have them all? ...
Shu Xin decided to go hunting. Nuonuo Li and Peng Peng An didn't quite agree, but they had no choice but to obey.
Finally, it was arranged that Pengpengan would stay at the Flower Castle, while Nonoli, who knew something about the snow sheep, would accompany him on the trip.
Nono drove the carriage, following Xi's directions, and flew all the way to the white high wall. Further ahead, they would pass through the city wall materialized by the magical barrier and leave the land of sin.
The golden-haired demon continued to gesture for them to move forward.
Not hearing the Flower Fairy's command to stop, Nono sighed, roused himself, shook the reins, and urged the Pegasus forward.
The pure white Pegasus flapped its wings and flew into the pure white city wall formed by magic, just like a cloud merging into a sea of clouds.
Although Shu Xin set up the magical barrier herself, she didn't actually know what kind of existence it was—there was no magic in her original world, let alone any magical barrier!
The moment the Pegasus flew into the barrier, Shu Xin felt an invisible, gentle wave of air rushing towards her.
Even though she was inside the carriage, the invisible and silent air currents seemed to blow across an empty wilderness, passing directly through the carriage and her, and blowing further back.
The feeling was quite strange. Shu Xin was a little excited. She looked around and saw that the vast wilderness outside the carriage window was still there. The tall white wall seemed to have disappeared. However, the moment the gentle air currents disappeared, the carriage flew out of the barrier. Shu Xin looked back and saw that the tall, snow-white, continuous city wall reappeared in her field of vision.
...As expected of a magical barrier, it's truly magical!
As soon as they stepped out of the barrier, a fierce wind arose. However, as soon as Shu Xin heard the howling wind, she saw a faint glow outside the carriage. A spherical magic barrier enveloped the Pegasus and the carriage, completely blocking the howling wind that carried yellow sand.
Shu Xin noticed that the spherical magic barrier was emitting a very faint purple light, and Nonoli, who was driving, was also emitting a faint purple magical glow that was exactly the same as the spherical magic barrier.
It seems that this magical barrier must be Nonori's innate magic. His innate magic is just like him—incredibly reliable and reassuring.
Following the direction indicated by the stream, the carriage traveled north until what slid down from the surface of the spherical magic barrier was no longer rolling yellow sand, but rustling snowflakes. Only then did the stream call for a stop.
In the vast expanse of sky and earth, the cascading snow almost blocked the view, but Xi was very excited: "It's over there! Shuxin, look, there's a huge herd of snow sheep over there!"
Shu Xin looked in the direction the stream pointed out, but couldn't see anything; all she could see was a vast expanse of white snow.
Nono looked over as well, and sighed as she tried to persuade her again: "...Your Highness, the Land of Sin really can't afford to raise such a large flock of snow sheep. If you really like them, you can catch one or two cubs to take back, and we can buy some fodder. We should be able to afford to raise the cubs."
Shu Xin was still straining her eyes, trying to spot the flock of snow sheep through the white snowstorm, but after trying for a long time, she still found nothing. Considering her identity as a transmigrator, Shu Xin felt that she was probably inferior to the natives in some ways, so she chose to cheat—
Shu Xin cast a detection spell, and on the seemingly empty snowfield, many shadowy white beast shadows, as if formed from thin mist, immediately appeared. Clearly, they were snow sheep with their heads down, munching on something.
It was indeed a very large flock of sheep. Shu Xin glanced at it and estimated that there were at least forty snow sheep scattered on the slope not far ahead. Moreover, these snow sheep were much larger than the goats in Shu Xin's memory, and the smallest lamb looked like a calf!
Xi asked eagerly, "Darling! Which snow sheep do you want?"
He also thoughtfully offered advice: "The smallest one over there has the purest magic, and the largest one at the bottom has the most abundant magic."
Shu Xin glanced at Xi. In the vision of the detection magic, he looked like a black hole. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the black hole was actually an extremely dense and deep darkness. This darkness, which seemed to be able to capture one's soul, condensed into a human figure. However, this human figure looked rather forced, with a blurry and rough outline, somewhat like the edge of ink slowly spreading after being dripped into water.
This must be the physical manifestation of the magic power dissipating from Xi's body. As Shu Xin thought this, she looked away and returned her gaze to the misty, hazy beast figure. Her tone was extremely calm: "Can't I have both?"
Nono was stunned: "By the Goddess of Flowers..."
Xi burst into laughter: "Of course! My dear master, whatever your instructions, whatever your command, whether by sword or sweet words, whether by plunder or deception, whatever you desire, whether living or dead, whether tangible or intangible, I will offer it to you with both hands!"
The blond boy leaped from the sky, his black robes billowing, like a silent, imperceptible shadow of death.
Looking down through the car window, Shu Xin could clearly see everything happening on the snow below, thanks to the detection magic.
The black hole-like figure moved with incredible speed, appearing in the hazy, misty beast shadow in the blink of an eye. The next second, the indistinct, snow-white beast shadow was covered with a dull gray-black color.
One snow sheep after another fell down the slope. Even without the aid of detection magic, Shu Xin could see their figures. Their dark hooves stretched stiffly out in the snow, quickly covered with a layer of cold snowflakes.
Previously, when asked to go out and purchase magical materials, Xi was reluctant and made excuses. This time, when asked to go down and slaughter sheep, he slaughtered them without saying a word. He truly deserves to be called a demon. Shu Xin couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Just as her breathing became a little labored, Xi lifted the curtain and sat back in. The magic in the air began to flow, and Shu Xin gently exhaled, feeling much more relieved from the tightness in her chest.
Xi was very pleased with himself. He raised his head and said, "I have fulfilled my mission!"
Shu Xin showered Xi with praise, making Xi tilt her head back so high she almost fell over, before she changed the subject:
"You've been craving sweet rice noodle soup and round dumpling soup, haven't you? Lamb soup is even better than those two! We can't really take all these snow sheep back with us, so we'll have to trouble you to pick out the one with the tenderest meat and bring it back with a leaf from the Tree of Life. Then we can make lamb soup for you! As for the rest of the snow sheep, it's not really appropriate to just leave them here. Do you think we could use some simple magic to hide them? You can come back and get them when you want some later. That would be so convenient!"
The blond boy, who had just been smiling brightly, immediately stopped smiling: "I did the work, so I should be given sweet rice noodle soup! I killed all these snow sheep, so I should be given mutton soup! It's so cold here, I don't want to come here and freeze. Why don't we just take them all back in one go?"
Shu Xin nodded: "You can take them all back. The mutton here can be frozen to keep it fresh, but if you take it back to the Land of Sin, it won't be fresh if it's left for too long. You know I don't have that much magic to cast time spells. It's fine as long as you don't mind that the mutton soup doesn't taste good."
Xi stared resentfully at the Flower Fairy, who met her gaze with her beautiful pale purple eyes. In the end, Xi gave in: "Alright, alright, my respected master, you are always right, you are always right."
He reluctantly stood up and slowly walked out. Just as he was about to lift the curtain and jump down, he felt his robe being tugged. Xi looked down and saw that the flower fairy had used a shrinking spell on herself and was now reaching out her little hand to grab the hem of his black robe.
The flower fairy, now smaller, spoke in a soft, delicate voice: "Xi, I'll go down with you."
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