20demayo Chapter 4 My Sister's Misfortune
Chapter 4 My Sister's Misfortune
Huo Yutong had been led back to Biji's cave by Biji. She still felt like she was in a dream, and the image of Di Tian's golden eyes lingered in her mind.
"Huo Yutong, do you see if there's anything you need?" Bi Ji took out a bunch of various storage soul tools from her storage bracelet.
As one of the three major habitats of soul beasts, the Star Dou Great Forest is a place where countless soul masters hunt souls. After they die, their supplies, including soul tools, are left in the forest.
Some of the storage soul tools naturally ended up in the hands of powerful soul beasts.
"Thank you." Huo Yutong took the storage soul tool and began to examine it.
Huo Yutong selected the items she needed from a pile of storage soul tools: clothes, blankets, toiletries, seasonings...
Huo Yutong organized the supplies, placing them into a storage soul tool she had chosen for easy retrieval.
"Mother Brigitte, are you there?" A cheerful voice came from outside the cave.
"Hello, little one, I am Di Qiu, the daughter of the Beast God Di Tian."
I went hunting with Uncle Red King and we caught a really big, fat pig. Since you're so small, you need to eat more so you can grow up.
But then Ziji's mother came and said that humans eat different things than us. Some things that we can eat will kill humans. She took me to catch fish, pick fruit, and gather non-poisonous mushrooms.
"The pig was taken away by Uncle Red King, and we also went to find Dad." Di Qiu entered without waiting for Bi Ji's reply.
It was a small golden beast about the size of an ordinary adult leopard, with shimmering golden fur, large, ruby-like red eyes, a third eye on its forehead, and a black scale pendant around its neck that swayed with its movements. Judging from its voice, it was a lively little girl.
So cute. That was Huo Yutong's first impression.
"This is the first time I've seen a real human. What's your name? Where are you from? How old are you? You..." Di Qiu leaned closer and asked a bunch of questions.
"Can you cook?"
At this moment, Zi Ji carried a basket of fish in one hand and pulled Di Tian in with the other. Di Tian was being held by Zi Ji with one hand and was carrying a basket full of mushrooms and spiritual fruits in the other.
"My name is Huo Yutong, I am 11 years old, from the Star Luo Empire, I..." Huo Yutong was hurriedly answering Di Qiu's question, but after hearing Zi Ji's voice, she quickly added, "I can cook."
"Qiu'er, don't rush, we have a long time to spend together in the future," Biji said.
"Qiu'er, let's go outside and wait for Huo Yutong to finish getting ready before we come back," Di Tian said.
Upon hearing this, Huo Yutong hurriedly packed her things and asked, "Sister Tianmeng, what is their relationship?"
"Biji and Ziji are both Ditian's women. I never expected that during the time my sister was away, Ruishou became Ditian's adopted daughter and even got a name."
The auspicious beast is the Three-Eyed Golden Gaze, an imperial auspicious beast, born of nature and nurtured by heaven, a beast of good fortune and destiny. With her around, the cultivation speed of Star Dou Soul Beasts and the probability of breaking through Heavenly Tribulation increase by two times.
"Bibhi is easy to get along with, and she's the only one among that bunch of bastards who didn't absorb my cultivation level, but sometimes... she's a little... scary; Ziji is a female tyrannosaurus, a crazy woman; Ruishou... is now Diqiu, a pure child; Ditian... is an old guy who likes young girls, an old geezer." Tianmeng said.
Huo Yutong finished packing her things while listening to Tianmeng's rambling in her mind.
After packing her things, Huo Yutong left the cave with Biji.
"I can grill fish, you can try some." Huo Yutong looked at the fish basket, each fish was very plump.
"We don't know how to cook. Tell me how," said Zi Ji.
"Let's find a stream first, and then use the tree branches we've collected to start a fire..." Huo Yutong said.
A fire had already been lit by a stream not far from Biji's cave. Huo Yutong wanted to use a flint and steel, but Ziji lit the fire with her own fire.
Huo Yutong took out the White Tiger Dagger and began processing fish by the stream, while Di Qiu watched from the side.
After processing several, she strung them together with twigs and sprinkled them with seasonings she found in her storage soul tool.
"It smells so good! I've always eaten raw food, I've never had cooked fish before." Di Qiu stared longingly at the grilled fish.
After grilling one, Huo Yutong handed it to Di Qiu.
Ignoring the heat, Di Qiu took a bite and exclaimed, "Delicious!"
Huo Yutong then handed another grilled fish to Di Tian, who took it and passed it to Zi Ji.
"I don't eat meat," Brigitte said.
"Huo Yutong, you can eat your fill first, then grill some more for us," Di Tian said.
"Qiu'er, you can't eat fish bones," Di Tian said, watching Di Qiu bite off the fish bones along with the fish.
Then he turned to look at Murasaki, who had swallowed the whole fish with her sharp teeth.
Who learned all of this from whom?
Huo Yutong ate the grilled fish in small bites, while Tianmeng in her mind was drooling with envy.
Almost all of the basket of fish caught went into Di Qiu's spit. Huo Yutong was still a child, and she was full after eating just one fish. The mushrooms and spirit fruits could be saved for tomorrow.
Huo Yutong also briefly recounted her experiences. Her father died in an accident when her mother was pregnant with her, and her mother raised her alone. Her mother passed away from illness some time ago, leaving her to hunt souls alone.
"Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, what are your thoughts on the future training of Huo Yutong?" Di Tian asked.
"I can grant Xiaoyutong a second martial soul!" Tianmeng floated out.
"According to my investigation, Xiaoyutong has the bloodline of an ice-type soul master, which means that her ancestors included ice-attribute soul masters."
"And my Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm possesses both spiritual and ice attributes. Therefore, I plan to add ice to my second martial soul."
"Is it related to Hyotei?"
"Yes!" Tianmeng was startled again. Could it be that Di Tian could read minds? First the God-Making Plan, and then the Ice Emperor.
"The Ice Emperor's 400,000-year tribulation is about to arrive. With my example and the support of everyone in Xingdou, I am confident that I can persuade her."
What do you want?
"I am in a rather weak state and need some rare and precious herbs to replenish my spiritual energy. Xiao Yutong needs to level up to level 20 so that she can simultaneously acquire a second soul ring and a second martial soul. It would be best to give Xiao Yutong some spiritual herbs to strengthen her body."
"How confident are you?"
"Seventy percent!"
"With Brigitte as a protector, how many?"
"Ninety percent!!" Tianmeng knew she had it in the bag. Although she had indeed lied to Ditian, her success rate was over fifty percent.
"Tomorrow, the King of Ten Thousand Demons will deliver the rare and precious materials you need to Biji's cave."
"Yes, Your Majesty, please rest assured," Tianmeng said ingratiatingly.
Then, like a curious child, Di Qiu asked Huo Yutong many questions.
As night deepened and the campfire went out, Di Tian Zi Ji left with a reluctant Di Qiu.
"Senior Biji, I'd like to take a bath," Huo Yutong said.
Biji led Huo Yutong to a secluded pond and set up a barrier to block their view.
Huo Yutong glanced gratefully at Bi Ji and took out toiletries.
"Sister Tianmeng, what happened between you and Senior Ditian and the others?" Huo Yutong asked while washing up.
"Yutong, my life is so bitter! I'm the most miserable silkworm in the world! My suffering is like the weeds under a cartwheel, the bitter melon in a crack in a rock!"
Next, Tianmeng tearfully recounted to Huo Yutong her tragic experience of being imprisoned for a thousand years by the Xingdou gang of ferocious beasts, and greeted those bastards. Tianmeng was not a civilized silkworm, and suddenly the air was filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Huo Yutong listened to Tianmeng's curses as she dressed.