"It was just here a moment ago." Mo Xuan poked his head out of the shell, looked around, but couldn't see the fruit knife anywhere.
"Over there." The fiery blue wings pointed to a secluded corner. "Why are you acting so suspiciously?"
"Where to?" Li Xue sat halfway in mid-air, her long skirt slid down, making her look ethereal, but her voice was somewhat... domineering and ruthless.
"Sister Xue, it's been a long time." Fruit Knife peeked out from the corner and stammered a greeting.
"Why are you running away when you see me? Do you think I'll eat you?" Li Xue looked down at the fruit knife and asked.
"No, no," Fruit Knife said with a forced smile. "I accidentally dropped the scabbard, so I came to pick it up. I missed you the most, Sister Xue."
"Smooth-talking," Li Xue snorted.
"How could I dare to play tricks on Sister Xue? I'm telling you the truth," Fruit Knife said tremblingly.
"Yizhan, why are you so afraid of Sister Xue?" Ling Yuan asked.
"I...I...I..." Fruit Knife stammered for a moment, then said, "We're all family, we should love and care for each other. This is to respect Sister Xue. Respect, do you understand?"
"Sister Xue, do you have any secret techniques?" Mo Xuan rolled over, exposing his belly, and asked.
“That’s right, Sister Xue, why don’t you teach us too?” Huo Ling said, standing on the chicken coop. “Otherwise, Yi Zhan’s beak is just too much.”
“Once it opens its mouth, it can’t close it; it could talk the Great Wall down.” Huo Qing affectionately nuzzled Huo Ling and chimed in.
"You want to know?" Li Xue asked with a smile.
"Yes." All the spirit pets nodded hurriedly.
Even the usually composed and calm Yan Xi and Yue Hua unconsciously looked up.
"Sister Xue, Sister Xue..." The fruit knife suddenly appeared in front of Li Xue, and the knife tapped Li Xue's shoulder lightly in a flattering manner: "Is this force alright?"
Before he could finish speaking, Ling Yuan swept him up.
The fruit knife struggled desperately, but it was no match for Ling Yuan. After struggling for a long time, it was only bound tighter by the branches.
"Sister Xue..." Fruit Knife called out resentfully.
The sound gave Li Xue goosebumps all over her body, the kind that wouldn't go away for a long time.
I was initially hesitant and conflicted, but now...
snort!
"It's actually very simple," Li Xue said slowly, glancing at the fruit knife.
Huo Qing immediately stood up straight, his comb throbbing with excitement.
Mo Xuan also craned his neck, staring intently with his small eyes.
Even the lazy Yunlan opened her eyes at this moment, though they were half-open, but her little ears stood straight up.
All the spirit pets' eyes were focused on Li Xue.
Only the fruit knife is utterly despondent.
"Do you know Yi Zhan's nickname?" Li Xue asked with a smile.
"A nickname?" Ling Yuanzhi shook his leaves and said, "I only know that it named itself 'One Slash with a Blade'."
It says that all things in heaven and earth can be cut down with a single stroke.
That's why I chose such a pretentious name.
At first, people laughed at its name, thinking it was silly.
However, the owner said that the name is just a label to facilitate communication and differentiation, and has no other meaning.
So gradually, everyone got used to it.
And after calling it that for so many years, it's gotten used to.
I never knew it had a nickname.
"Yizhan, you have a nickname too?" Yuehua said, scooping up a handful of water.
Clear pool water slipped through her fingers like round pearls, falling back into the pond and creating ripples.
Xingyi happily wagged its tail and jumped back and forth, chasing after the slippery water droplets, having a great time.
"No, nothing," Dao Yizhan replied sullenly.
It is still making its last struggle.
"Sister Xue, can we turn this page? I'll do whatever you say from now on," Dao Yizhan said pitifully.
"It'll all be exposed sooner or later anyway, so I might as well just tell you myself. That way, everyone won't make wild guesses. Wouldn't it be better if you just died sooner and were free?" Li Xue said.
The knife made a slash, but he choked and paused.
Why does it sound so reasonable?
“Yizhan’s nickname was given to him by the master himself, it’s called…” Li Xue paused deliberately, whetting everyone’s appetite, before smiling and saying, “Nini.”
The courtyard instantly fell silent.
It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
After a while, there was a thud.
Yunlan fell headfirst from the peach tree, landing squarely on Mo Xuan's stomach.
The impact caused Mo Xuan's neck to stretch out in a long arc.
Immediately following was the sound of Fire Spirit fanning Fire Blue with its wings: "You stepped on my foot."
Then, Ling Yuan burst into a thunderous laugh.
The laughter seemed to have an endless infectious power, and even Yan Xi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The courtyard was filled with joyful sounds.
Only with a slash of the blade, his thoughts drooped as he was suspended in mid-air by Ling Yuan's vines, truly feeling utterly hopeless.
The blades were all limp and lifeless.
After Ling Yuan finally finished laughing, he asked, panting, "Yi Zhan, didn't you call yourself a tough guy? Tough guy is called Nini?"
"Nini, your name is so fitting." Huo Qing said with a slurred laugh, his face half-covered in a pig's head.
"How did this happen?" Yuehua asked, suppressing a laugh.
The owner isn't bad at naming things; he was the one who named all these spirit pets.
They all sound great, don't they? (Praising myself and my darlings.)
"When the master forged that fruit knife, the newly born spirit was an adorable little child."
"You haven't seen her, she's rosy-cheeked, very delicate and pretty, just like a little girl."
"The owner just casually called her Nini and even braided her hair into a little braid."
“I was sitting right there and witnessed the whole thing. Later, Nini protested, saying that she was a boy.”
"Later, I don't know what kind of chuunibyou he got, but he insisted on being cut with a knife, and the master agreed." Li Xue explained excitedly from the side.
After Li Xue finished explaining, the laughter, which had stopped, suddenly erupted again.
It looked even more wilted after being slashed by the knife.
It had hidden its shameful history for so many years, but in the end, it couldn't be hidden anymore.
Everyone knows that now.
Yan Xi took a deep breath, suppressing her laughter, and comforted him, "This proves that our Yi Zhan has been exceptionally handsome since childhood, and is no ordinary sword."
Upon hearing this, Dao Yizhan straightened up and sobbed, "Sister Tao, you're still the best."
Yanxi's entire tree swayed, and its leaves rustled.
They've seen what Dao Yizhan looked like when he was little, but they've seen him look like everything now.
Imagine a handsome, tall, and imposing man groaning at you...
That scene was really exciting!
Although the blade is not in physical form yet, it is still in its original form.
But one can't resist the allure of certain associations.
He immediately felt a lump in his throat: "Yizhan, I think you should just stay quiet."
How come a perfectly good spirit of an artifact has a mouth?
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