9: Save a rat's life

“Master...” Xiao Li wanted to reach out and take Wei Xun back, but seeing Real Person Yi Ye’s stern gaze, she could only tremblingly withdraw her hand.

“This rat has already awakened its Spirit and will sooner or later Cultivate into a demon!” Real Person Yi Ye scrutinized Wei Xun, muttering, “It must be eliminated as soon as possible...”

Upon hearing those words, Wei Xun was already scared stiff.

At this moment, he was floating in the air, completely unable to move. If this Real Person Yi Ye in front of him wanted to kill him, he truly only needed to lightly move a finger.

All his hope now rested on Xiao Li.

Wei Xun kept squeaking Jiji, wanting to call for Xiao Li’s help.

Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Li immediately looked up, wanting to continue pleading with her Master: “Rice is not a bad rat... Master, please let him go...”

Looking at Xiao Li’s pitiful pleading appearance, although Real Person Yi Ye, who had already formed a killing intent, truly wanted to kill Wei Xun, he still hesitated to act.

“Xiao Li!” Real Person Yi Ye said earnestly, “Don’t forget, humans and demons are irreconcilable, especially you.”

“Master!” Xiao Li cried out in response, “Rice is not a demon, he’s just a little rat, he won’t do anything bad...”

“Sigh!” In the end, Real Person Yi Ye still couldn’t bring himself to be ruthless, only letting out a long sigh before saying, “This rat will become a demon sooner or later, you cannot continue to keep him!”

“Master, I can stop keeping Rice, but please, Master, don’t harm Rice!” Xiao Li tugged at her Master’s sleeve, continuously pleading: “Please, Master, let Rice go, give Rice a way to live!”

“Jiji!” Wei Xun also pleaded along from the side.

“Alright!” Real Person Yi Ye was still persuaded by Xiao Li and finally agreed: “Today I can spare his life, but from now on, you must promise your Master not to continue keeping these things.”

“Mm... Xiao Li will listen to Master!” Xiao Li’s tears welled up in her eyes, but she strongly held them back, not letting them fall, and nodded, agreeing to her Master’s request.

“It’s good that Xiao Li is obedient!” Real Person Yi Ye sighed softly again, then with a flick of his two fingers, he threw Wei Xun, who was suspended in the air, outwards.

“Ah ah ah...” After being thrown out, Wei Xun flew a long distance before beginning to freefall downwards.

Xiao Li and the others were at least ten thousand meters high in the sky just now; wouldn’t falling from that height smash him into a meat patty?

“You good-for-nothing Real Person Yi Ye, you just promised Xiao Li not to kill me, and now you throw me out like this? What’s the difference between this and killing me...” Wei Xun couldn’t help but complain in the air, watching the ground get closer and closer, feeling as if his rat life was about to end.

But what Wei Xun didn’t expect was that just as he was about to hit the ground, a surge of Spiritual Qi suddenly enveloped him, instantly suspending him in the air again.

At this point, he was only about ten meters from the ground.

“It stopped...” Seeing the change before him, Wei Xun opened his eyes and finally let out a sigh of relief.

It seemed this Real Person Yi Ye wasn’t that bad; when he threw him out, he still left a move, not letting him fall to his death.

When the Spiritual Qi wrapping disappeared, Wei Xun then fell from the air.

However, this distance was already safe enough for Wei Xun.

Now he was not an ordinary wild beast, but a Spirit Beast at the Ling Beast Realm Tier 3, much tougher than ordinary wild beasts.

After landing back on the soft ground, Wei Xun let out a long sigh. Although separating from Xiao Li meant losing his backing, at least he saved his rat life.

And his outing last night wasn’t in vain; he managed to snatch quite a few treasures, so it wasn’t too much of a loss.

The most urgent task now was to find a suitable place to lie low and then begin his Cultivation.

In the Da Kou Space, that ginseng, of which he had only eaten a little, was his hope of becoming a demon.

Just as Wei Xun was about to find a suitable spot to dig a rat hole as his new base, he suddenly felt a hissing sound coming from behind his head.

Upon hearing this sound, Wei Xun felt his scalp tingle.

Turning his head, he was scared half to death.

He didn’t know when, but a large mottled snake had appeared behind him.

At this moment, the large snake was staring intently at him with its two big eyes, its bright red forked tongue constantly flicking out.

Although there was some distance, Wei Xun could still smell the bloody scent from the snake’s mouth.

“Damn it, this is going to be the end of me!” Wei Xun swallowed, and just as he was about to escape, the black snake lunged at him, opening its gaping maw and biting straight for him.

However, Wei Xun reacted quickly, immediately using Earth Escape Technique on the spot to instantly dive underground, just managing to avoid the black snake’s Da Zui.

After diving underground, Wei Xun immediately scurried in one direction, running for dozens of meters on a single breath, only then popping out from underground as his oxygen ran out.

Although the black snake was nowhere to be seen now, Wei Xun did not lower his guard, but continued to use Shadowless Step to move through the grass.

Only after confirming there was no danger did Wei Xun stop, panting heavily.

And unconsciously, Wei Xun had escaped to a Creek Pond, a very good location backed by mountains and facing water.

So Wei Xun, with a burst of energy, found a suitable spot by the Creek Pool and began digging frantically, even carving out a three-bedroom, one-living-room space.

The so-called three-bedroom, one-living-room was actually just four relatively larger connected caves, which was his stubbornness as a human.

After digging the cave, Wei Xun lay down in the innermost bedroom and immediately rested.

Feeling hungry, Wei Xun even pulled out a ginseng rootlet from the Da Kou Space and chewed on it.

Although this thing didn’t taste good, it was very filling and could make the progress bar skyrocket.

Now, being close to exhaustion, he had no energy to forage for food himself, so he could only eat a ginseng rootlet to replenish his energy first.

After eating one ginseng rootlet, the original progress bar of over three thousand points actually increased to over six thousand.

There were at least several hundred such ginseng rootlets on the whole ginseng, enough for him to eat for a long time.

Moreover, after these rootlets were eaten, the main body of the ginseng would be even more nourishing.

There was simply too much to eat.

After eating his fill, Wei Xun lay in the cave and had a good sleep, until he woke up naturally, only then preparing to crawl out of the cave and stroll around.

Since he was covered in mud from digging the cave earlier, Wei Xun had no choice but to jump into the creek water to give himself a good bath, and then used the sun’s warmth to dry his fur all over.

There were many plump fresh fish in the Creek Pool next to the cave, but these fish were much larger than Wei Xun, so he couldn’t catch them for now.

Then Wei Xun took out the Demon Cultivation Mind Technique that he had previously taken from the Scripture Pavilion from the Da Kou Space, and placed it on a rock, wanting to see what was written inside.