Chapter 100 One Thousand Years Later
Jiang Huai waved to the people near the stove. Po Ren checked that there was no problem with the fire on the stove, wiped his hands and ran to the two of them.
"This is your master Qi Huan." Jiang Huai introduced the two people who met for the first time.
"Hello, Master." Po Ren didn't have any mental barriers about seniority and called out fluently.
Qi Huan wanted to take out his storage bag and give a red envelope to the 'junior' he met for the first time. Unfortunately, the animal cores in his storage bag had been emptied by the vines, so he had nothing to show for it.
Po Ren looks extremely similar to Po Zhan, as if they were carved from the same mold, except for their black hair color, brighter eyes, and slightly different clothing styles, they are almost exactly the same.
There was a fire on the stove and no one was around, so Po Ren said hello and ran back.
"You don't have to worry about the dinner for now. You should go to the medical bay first." Seeing that Qi Huan still looked a little bad, Jiang Huai raised his chin towards the small starship next to him, motioning him to go over.
At most, they use some automatic treatment cabins in the mine, which are definitely not as thorough as the medical team here.
"Well, I'll have to trouble Ren first..." Qi Huan was just about to go over to see Diwu Yuan, and half of the word "brother" came out of his mouth, but when he saw Jiang Huai raising his eyebrows in a "challenging" manner, he quickly changed his words, "younger brother."
Jiang Huai was satisfied and nodded with a smile, "Go quickly."
After boarding the starship, Qi Huan and Shen went straight to the medical area as if they were familiar with the place. Having lived there for so many days, he was already familiar with the starship.
The fifth Wei had already arrived and was standing outside the door with his hands clasped and a worried look on his face.
"How is it?" Qi Huan automatically lowered his voice as he arrived at the medical area.
Diwu Wei clenched his thumbs slightly and shook his head. The lenses of his half-frame glasses flashed a gloomy white light. "He hasn't woken up yet. Qiu Ran said that it was mainly Xiaobai's problem."
Qi Huan frowned, "Was it injured by the dark beast?"
"Yes," Diwuwei nodded, "We may need a guide to help with the treatment. We have asked Wenliang to come over, and he should be here in a while."
Through two layers of glass, one could see Diwuyuan and Xiaobai lying side by side in the pill-shaped treatment cabin, quiet and well-behaved.
"I'm sorry, if I hadn't suggested going out for a walk, this accident wouldn't have happened." Qi Huan felt a little guilty.
"Don't say that. I know he likes to pester you. The current situation is just an accident." Although Diwuwei was very worried, he did not intend to vent his anger on others.
But this made Qi Huan feel even more guilty.
Glancing at Qi Huan outside the door, Qiu Ran quickly walked towards the gate.
"Can we discuss something?" He took off his mask, half-pushed the door open, and motioned Qi Huan to follow him in.
Qi Huan nodded in agreement and walked into the room.
Looking at Diwuwei and Shen Ye outside, Qiu Ran cautiously closed a temporary isolation door to block the view of the two outside. He hesitated for two seconds before speaking, "Actually, it may be a bit inappropriate for me to bring this up. The young master may blame me if he knows, but the situation of the little spirit is indeed more urgent."
"Do you want Jiujiu to help?" Qi Huan quickly guessed what Qiu Ran meant.
"That's right," Qiu Ran nodded, and the mask hanging on his left ear swayed. "Some of its spiritual energy was devoured by the dark beast. If it is not replenished in time, it may never wake up."
"Similar to the concept of humans losing a lot of blood and needing emergency blood transfusion?" Qi Huan tried hard to understand what he meant.
"You can say that." Qiu Ran sighed lightly. The safest, fastest, most direct and sufficient way of replenishing energy that he knew of at the moment was to have direct contact with Huanhuan's spiritual body.
"I'll try." Qi Huan really wanted to save Diwuyuan, but Jiujiu seemed to be reluctant to have direct contact with other people.
He called out the little white ball that had just returned, pointed at Diwuyuan and Xiaobai inside and communicated with it about the current situation.
The little guy was probably exhausted from carrying the broken vine before. He looked a little listless at the moment, and even his white hair was drooping.
"Just give it a kiss, maybe try the forehead. You like Xiaobai, too, can you bear to watch it lying there like this?" Qi Huan thought of a compromise for it, and tried to persuade it earnestly, thinking of coaxing it to agree first. Isn't the young master very cute? A kiss on the forehead won't hurt.
The little guy looked at Diwuyuan and Xiaobai, frowned in confusion, and finally shook his head firmly.
Qi Huan was extremely disappointed and choked for two seconds. Just as he was about to persuade the little white ball again, he saw it turn around and jump, flash through the glass window into the pill-shaped treatment cabin, and stand on the lower jaw of Diwuyuan.
Changed his mind? Qi Huan was a little unsure of the little fellow's thoughts, and then he saw it suddenly reach out and pull out a strand of its own white hair and stuff it into Diwuyuan's mouth.
The white hair flashed across Diwuyuan's lips and disappeared like a stream of light.
[Eating hair is fine.] The little guy flashed back into Qi Huan's palm.
The little guy is a snow ginseng, so its hair should be the ginseng beard? Qi Huanxi was overjoyed and said to Qiu Ran, "It said that hair is also effective."
The next second, Qiu Ran's internal communication also heard a slightly excited voice, "Boss, the spiritual body's Category 4 and Category 6 values have increased and are climbing steadily!"
"I'll be right there." Qiu Ran replied, and just as he was about to go in after putting on his mask, he turned around and reminded Qi Huan, "When you get out, tell them I'm asking about the specific situation of your Soul-Eating Dark Vine. Don't mention Jiujiu."
"I know." Qi Huan understood that he was worried about Jiujiu's special abilities being leaked, and nodded.
Wait, if eating a strand of hair is enough, then why does this little guy always kiss Jiufang Yu? Qi Huan suddenly realized and stared at the little white ball sitting in his palm, "Are you deliberately taking advantage of Jiufang Yu?"
【Yuyu looks good】
The little white ball curved his eyebrows and smiled cunningly. He left these four words and disappeared. No matter how Qi Huan called him, he refused to come out again.
When he remembered that he wanted Qiu Ran to help him measure the broken vines, the place had already become busy again.
Never mind, we have to do it in the evening anyway, so it will be in time to talk about it then. Qi Huan reluctantly left the outer room, just in time for Wen Liang to push the door open.
Wen Liang glanced at him from head to toe, and said with half disdain and half heartache, "Look at all the dirt on your body, and your complexion is not good. Go back to your room and take a shower and rest for a while."
Qi Huan was indeed tired, and knowing that Jiujiu's hair treatment had worked, he felt relieved. He said hello to Diwuwei and went back to the room he had stayed in before.
Shen didn't dare to leave and went back to the room with him.
After taking a shower, he slept for a while. His dreams were filled with that strange vine with bared fangs and claws. When Qi Huan opened his eyes again, it was already dark outside.
Shen Ye was sitting on the sofa, browsing the Star Network. When he saw him stand up, he casually grabbed a golden apricot from the plate of orange-yellow fruits beside him and threw it to him, "Try it quickly. Broken Blade brought it here. It's very sweet."
Qi Huan reached out to catch it. The golden apricot was round and full, with a few tiny drops of water like morning dew hanging on the fine hairs on the outside. The fresh water vapor left after rinsing and the sweet scent of the flesh mixed together, which was sweet and tempting.
"Is the dinner party outside over?" He took a bite, and the rich juice instantly swept over his lips and teeth. The soft and delicate flesh was fragrant but without any smell of alcohol. It was just ripe to the most perfect degree.
"It ended more than half an hour ago, and the people have been sent to the accommodation area. Broken Blade is resting in room 5, and I told you to go and call him when you need him. The old man said that he might have to make dinner when you wake up, so he asked him to stay and help."
The first day was over. The old man was really rude when he used his great-grandson. Qi Huan shook his head and took another bite of the golden apricot. "How is Diwuyuan?"
"The situation has stabilized. Wen Liang is exhausted."
"What about the mine?"
"Yao Yao is back, and is resting in the next room with the treasure-hunting rat. The rest of the people are still busy downstairs. Seeing so many high-level ores, everyone is looking at them as if they were energy pills, and they can't stop at all." Shen Ye was chewing on a golden apricot, his voice vague and sticky.
"It's almost time for dinner." Qi Huan glanced at the sky and started to put on his coat.
Seeing that he was going to make dinner, Shen Ye quickly pretended to stand up, "I'll go call Po Ren."
"Come on, let him rest for a while." Qi Huan waved his hand. He had been traveling all the way and only arrived at noon. In the afternoon, he helped to prepare a banquet and then worked overtime at night. Wouldn't he be so tired that he would buy a starship ticket and run away in the middle of the night?
When Qi Huan walked out of the starship, he saw the owner sitting at the long table with a teacup in his hand. The broken vines that had been transported from the mine had been piled in two piles like straw next to the awning.
Seeing him, the shop owner sighed with a look of annoyance, "I didn't follow you for a day and something happened. It really makes me worry."
"It's a blessing in disguise. It's okay." Qi Huan knew that he was worried about her, so she held the shopkeeper's shoulders and shook them coquettishly, then pointed at the pile of broken vines and said flatteringly, "We have some super good ingredients for dinner. Is there anything you want to try?"
"You're being nice to me for no reason," the shop owner rolled his eyes. "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Jiufang Yu's mecha had some parts damaged by the vine in the mine, so it may need repairs."
The shop owner raised his eyebrows mischievously, "His mecha is broken, why are you begging me?"
Qi Huan choked, "He broke it to protect me and Yao Yao."
The shop owner didn't embarrass him any further and waved his hand, "Okay, let's see how sincere you are."
Knowing that this meant to see how the meal was tonight, Qi Huan immediately tied on an apron and walked towards the stove happily, "I guarantee you will be satisfied."
With the help of a cleaning machine and a scraper, it is much easier to deal with the broken vines.
Rattan is the main dish today, and there are many people, so he plans to make large portions to satisfy the stomach, and make a rattan version of mixed curry, pickled pork with preserved vegetables, ham stewed rice, fried shrimps, fried pork slices, scrambled eggs, as well as cold shredded rattan, fried peanuts, sweet and sour animal meat, and stir-fried squid with sauce.
He was busy at the stove, and little white ball came out, following him around, busying himself with the rattan pieces, pieces and threads.
"I'll deal with you later~" Qi Huan held the spatula in his hand and could only say these harsh words. The little guy narrowed his green eyes and smiled at him obediently, not afraid at all. Qi Huan was softened by the soft and cute smile, and even began to reflect on whether his tone just now was too harsh for the little white dumpling who was not yet fully sensible.
After all, the spiritual body is also a part of him. Could lust or something like that be "inherited" from his main body?
Qi Huan was busy halfway when Po Ren saw him through the window and quickly got off the starship to help.
"You've been busy all afternoon, take a rest." Qi Huan felt a little embarrassed.
Broken Blade quickly put on his apron and said, "It's okay. I'm a sentinel and I'm in good health."
Remembering what Jiufang Yu said about Xingqi swallowing the Broken Blade mecha, Qi Huan realized that Broken Blade was also a sentinel, so it had a mecha.
Po Ren is worthy of being the Three-Star Chef. He is the son of a culinary family. His knife skills, spoon skills and cooking techniques are much better than those of Rondo and Atu. As long as Qi Huan explains everything briefly, he can understand it immediately. Moreover, he is more familiar with the characteristics of the ingredients than Qi Huan, and can give some effective suggestions in return. With his help, Qi Huan immediately felt a lot more relaxed.
While the two were busy, a thin black shadow silently climbed up the makeshift kitchen counter, slid among the jars of condiments and spices, buried its head and dove into the can of chili oil on the counter, devouring it frantically.
"puff!"
The black shadow was so spicy that he couldn't hold it in and ejaculated all at once.
Qi Huan, who was busy cooking, was attracted by the noise. He turned around and glanced at the green shadow on the sink and was startled. How could there be a living broken vine here?
The broken vine was only the length of a finger, and at this moment it looked like a green octopus. All the tiny vines on its body were curled up together due to the spiciness, and the vine body also turned slightly red.
"Get out of the way!" Qi Huan didn't have time to think. He pushed away the broken blade next to him, picked up the gold-removing knife and chopped at the broken vine.
The golden light slid past, and just as the blade was two centimeters away from splitting the broken vine, a white shadow suddenly stood up and blocked the broken vine.
For a long time?
Qi Huan's mind was full of question marks.
Qi Huan had no idea how much effort it would take to retract the forty-meter-long sword. Anyway, he didn't have time to retract the gold-removing sword in his hand. He could only turn the blade and slide past the little white ball and the broken vine, and then he could only retract it after making a turn.
"Come here quickly!" Qi Huan was afraid that Jiujiu would also have his mental power devoured by the strange vine like Xiaobai, so he reached out to pull it back.
He didn't move for a long time, but instead raised his hand and patted the head of the vine behind him soothingly.
The vine swayed and rubbed against Jiujiu's arm like a puppy.
Qi Huan was stunned. No, what does this mean?
【An An, pet. 】
A long voice appeared in Qi Huan's mind.
"Wait a minute, let me stroke it," Qi Huan took a deep breath in disbelief, and looked at the little white dumpling and the 'green octopus' on the kitchen counter with his hands on his hips. "Are you trying to tell me that you want to keep this vine as a pet?"
[Yes, pets.]
Jiujiu repeated it again.
Qi Huan choked on his breath and coughed loudly. Does this little guy know what he is talking about? That is an SS-level soul-eating dark beast that specializes in eating divine bodies. If you raise it, you will die!
"I don't feel like there's any strange smell." The owner came over when he heard the noise and looked at the short vine curiously.
"It's still a young branch. If it is recognized and raised by its master now, there should be no problem." Po Ren beside him added. He has some Yao family blood inherited from Jiang Huai, and has a natural sense for such things. "If you are worried, you can let my great-grandmother take another look."
Jiang Huai and Po Zhan have already returned to the command hall. There is also Jiang Xianzai in the medical team, who also has Jiang family blood.
Jiang Xian had just returned from the mine with a vine sample. He was stopped by the crowd and held the vine to examine it for a long time. He then took out a syringe and drew some vine fluid and put it into the instrument for testing. He used both bloodline and technology. "It is indeed a young branch, A-grade, without the remaining consciousness of the main vine, and it is not poisonous. If you recognize it as the master and raise it now, it will become your guest vine in the future."
"What does Ke Teng mean?" Qi Huan was puzzled.
Broken Blade immediately responded, "You can think of it as a plant version of a pet."
Qi Huan: ...
"I want to know, will it look like the vine below when it grows up?" Qi Huan pointed in the direction of the mine.
"Probably in a thousand years." Jiang Xian nodded seriously, "The vine underneath is at least 1,200 years old."
Qi Huan choked. A thousand years later, no one would know where his ashes would be.
"Won't it eat other people's spiritual bodies?" Qi Huan confirmed with Jiang Xian again.
"If you don't let it eat, it won't eat." Jiang Xian put away the measuring syringe. "After recognizing its master, the guest vine will only obey the master's orders."
Qi Huan: ...
To put it the other way around, if I tell it to attack someone else's spirit, will it do the same?
Wouldn't that be like having an extra top bodyguard?
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