Chapter 64: Third Brother's Cultivation
"I see."
Duan Shusheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"My wife?" Bai Xiaoxiao looked at the man in white with a gentle and elegant smile, and said in a low voice, "Third Brother, why do you say that so easily?"
“It’s what best aligns with who we are.”
Qi Rong also imitated her and tilted his head, whispering, "The current situation is unclear, and it's not easy to alert the enemy. It would be best to find a disguise. And I thought that my junior sister is not the kind of person who is shy, so I said it directly."
"I'm certainly not a shy person, but..."
Bai Xiaoxiao was about to say something else.
Qi Rong suddenly bent down and started coughing violently.
“Cough cough cough!”
"Master, are you... okay?"
Bai Xiaoxiao hurriedly tried to calm him down, and all her previous thoughts were thrown out of her mind.
Hua Yanci stared at the weak and pale face with contempt.
"Brother, are you okay?"
Duan Shusheng also rushed in and took Qi Rong's pulse.
"I'm fine."
Qi Rong quietly dodged the hand extended by Duan Shusheng. He slowly sat down and leaned against Bai Xiaoxiao naturally. He took a few breaths and then said, "It's just some old ailments. It won't be a big deal."
"That's good."
Duan Shusheng nodded in relief, but he didn't dare to raise his eyes from beginning to end. Bai Xiaoxiao felt confused and lowered her eyes to look at him, but Duan Shusheng lowered his head even lower, as if he was afraid of meeting her gaze.
Qi Rong placed his palm on the little girl's head and slowly turned her gaze back: "My wife likes to make trouble, brother Duan, please forgive me."
"understand."
Duan Shusheng didn't dwell on this problem anymore. He put down the bamboo basket and began to clean up a small space for himself.
"Third Brother, is this normal?"
Bai Xiaoxiao leaned closer to Qi Rong and asked quietly, "It's almost midnight now, isn't it too late to look for a place to stay?"
"No rush."
Qi Rong leaned on her shoulder, closed his eyes and answered her.
Bai Xiaoxiao wanted to ask again whether the "wait" he mentioned had actually happened, but seeing that Third Senior Brother's brows were slightly frowned, it seemed that he was still feeling a little unwell, so she said nothing more.
Just wait, she will find out after waiting for a whole night.
However, as time went on, her stomach protested before she could get the answer.
A sudden gurgling sound was particularly loud in the quiet night.
Bai Xiaoxiao lowered her head and covered her face tightly.
[This has brought shame upon my great-grandmother.]
The red fox raised his eyebrows and suddenly jumped out.
Qi Rong hugged Bai Xiaoxiao in his arms and said, "Sorry, it's my fault. I forgot you haven't eaten yet."
"Um...brother?"
Duan Shusheng, standing by, hesitantly called out. He pulled out a neatly wrapped silk handkerchief from a bamboo basket and untied it to reveal a steamed bun. "I, I didn't bring much food with me. This is the only bun I have left. If your ladyship doesn't mind..."
"Thank you, Brother Duan."
Qi Rong took the steamed bun he handed over and put it in Bai Xiaoxiao's hand in an instant, but at the same time pressed her wrist with more force. Bai Xiaoxiao understood and turned her head as if to eat the steamed bun, but in fact she didn't touch a single bite.
"Pah--"
A dead rooster lay limply on the ground.
The two tiger tooth marks on the neck showed that he had been bitten to death.
Hua Yanci jumped back to Bai Xiaoxiao, shook his head slightly in disgust, and spat.
"you……"
Bai Xiaoxiao was shocked and couldn't imagine it at the same time.
Hua Yanci retracted his hind legs and raised his neck with a proud look as if to say, "In the end, it's all up to me." Bai Xiaoxiao smiled and stroked his fur, then as if remembering something, she suddenly hugged the whole fox into her arms.
"Your tail..."
Bai Xiaoxiao covered her three fluffy tails and looked tentatively at Duan Shusheng. He was reading a book in the moonlight and didn't pay attention to the movement here.
Bai Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Crackle—"
Another pile of firewood fell in front of her.
Qi Rong clapped his dusty hands twice, then sat back down next to Bai Xiaoxiao and raised his fingertips. The originally dry and cracked firewood suddenly burst into flames, making their shadows flicker.
He quickly cleaned the rooster's feathers and internal organs. Although it was a bloody scene, Qi Rong forcibly set off a kind of violent aesthetic.
Bai Xiaoxiao was so lost in thought that she felt something furry slap her face. She lowered her head and saw the red fox in her arms staring at her with dissatisfaction - don't forget that I caught the rooster.
Just as Bai Xiaoxiao was about to comfort her, the rich aroma of roast chicken wafted over.
Qi Rong sat there upright, his expression as indifferent as the cold moon at night. Of course, it would be better if you ignored the fact that he often used his palm wind to spread the aroma of roasted chicken.
Bai Xiaoxiao came close to Qi Rong and asked, "Brother, can you cook?"
Qi Rong paused while spinning the roast chicken. "When you're out and about, you need to have a few tricks up your sleeve to avoid starving to death. But I definitely don't know as much as Junior Sister does."
Bai Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a hint of curiosity: "Come to think of it, Senior Brother. I still don't know your level of cultivation. You can see it clearly at a glance, find the ink cocoon accurately, and now you are searching for the two souls and five spirits with me."
"Brother, what realm are you at?"
Qi Rong didn't answer, but asked with a half-smile, "What do you think, Junior Sister?"
"Golden elixir?"
"Nascent Soul?"
"Transformation into a god?"
"You shouldn't be...are you about to pass the tribulation?"
Qi Rong chuckled and reached out to touch the little girl's head: "When my junior sister has found the way to transcend tribulation, she will be able to tell at a glance what level of cultivation I have reached."
''Keeping it a secret.''
Bai Xiaoxiao patted his hand, stroked the fox fur and waited to eat chicken.
"If you can see through the Great Dao of Crossing the Tribulation, you can tell your cultivation level at a glance. Isn't that nonsense? Forget Crossing the Tribulation, as long as you enter the Spiritual Transformation Stage, you can see any level of cultivation. Isn't this obviously trying to evade me?"
[Wait… Among the disciples Master accepted, besides me, who is mediocre, the eldest brother has some connection to the underworld, the second brother has some connection to the demon world, so the third brother could have some connection to… the immortal world, or the demon world, right?]
Qi Rong's fingertips paused.
Hua Yanci yawned and raised her eyebrows.
[Could it be some sealed power? One who needs someone to fulfill their wish in order to break the seal and inherit the legacy? But aren't those people always old men? Third Senior Brother looks too young.]
"Ouch."
Bai Xiaoxiao felt a hit on the forehead.
Qi Rong looked at her: "Little Junior Sister, what are you thinking about?"
Somehow, Bai Xiaoxiao always felt that Third Senior Brother's smile was a bit dangerous: "I didn't think anything, I just felt that Third Senior Brother's roast chicken smelled so good, I was a little greedy, haha..."
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