79: glutinous

"Wait, stop! You're not allowed to call me husband anymore!"

Qin Shou thought to himself, if he ever took her out and a five or six-year-old girl called him 'husband' in front of others, he'd be mistaken for a pervert who abducts little girls.

"Why? Didn't you say you were my husband?"

The little girl tilted her head, her big eyes filled with confusion.

"'Husband' is a term you're too young to use right now. You can only use it when you've grown up, understand?"

"Me? How old do I have to be to call you husband?"

"When you're as tall as my shoulder, then you can call me husband."

Qin Shou thought about the Demon Corpse's previous height, which was around 1.7 meters, roughly up to his shoulder.

"Oh! Okay, then what should I call you now? Husband?"

"You can call me Big Brother. From now on, I'm your Big Brother. When you grow up, I'll be your husband, understand?"

The little girl nodded seriously, then asked a new question.

"Okay, I understand, Big Brother. But, Big Brother, who am I? What's my name?"

"What's your name? Your name is Nuo Nuo!"

Qin Shou looked at the little girl, who was delicate and adorable, with a soft,glutinous rice-like voice, so he casually gave her that name.

"Oh, okay, Nuo Nuo understands. Thank you, Big Brother, for giving Nuo Nuo a name. Nuo Nuo loves Big Brother the most!"

Nuo Nuo seemed quite pleased with her new name, her face beaming with joy, smiling sweetly as she tilted her cute little head towards Qin Shou.

Qin Shou nodded in satisfaction, thinking to himself, this little girl transformed from a Demon Corpse is quite clever, she understands with just a hint.

"Big Brother, Nuo Nuo is hungry, Nuo Nuo wants to eat something."

Nuo Nuo rubbed her stomach pitifully, her tummy rumbling non-stop.

"Eat something? You wait, I'll figure out a way to get you some."

No sooner had Qin Shou finished speaking than Nuo Nuo saw the dead wild wolf lying at his feet.

A trace of eerie red light flashed in Nuo Nuo's eyes, and her clear pupils instantly deepened. She suddenly reached out and inhaled, and the wild wolf's corpse flew directly towards Nuo Nuo.

Then Nuo Nuo grabbed the wild wolf's body, opened her small mouth, and bit directly into the wolf's neck, beginning to greedily devour its essence and blood, her movements practiced and natural.

"Holy cow!"

Qin Shou was startled. He thought to himself that even though this thing had shrunk, its nature hadn't changed. He couldn't let it revert to its previous state. He didn't want to face a Demon Corpse that constantly craved human essence and blood, nor did he want his own life threatened.

Qin Shou quickly rushed forward, snatched the wild wolf's body from Nuo Nuo's hand, and then, like throwing trash, tossed it aside.

When Nuo Nuo saw the wild wolf in her hand suddenly snatched away, a flash of blood-red light appeared in her eyes. On her delicate little face, the fierce expression she had before shrinking reappeared, like a young beast suddenly baring its fangs, full of aggression.

Seeing this, Qin Shou looked at Nuo Nuo's eyes, which flickered with an eerie red glow, and instinctively jumped back a step, creating distance, getting into a defensive stance, and watching Nuo Nuo warily, ready to respond to her attack at any moment.

However, when Nuo Nuo saw that it was Qin Shou who had snatched the wild wolf from her hand, the red light in her eyes quickly faded, and the fierce aura on her face gradually disappeared, returning to the harmless appearance of a little girl.

She tilted her head, looking at Qin Shou, her clear eyes once again filled with confusion and bewilderment, not understanding why Qin Shou had taken her food.

"Big Brother, why won't you let Nuo Nuo eat?"

"Nuo Nuo, from now on, you are not allowed to directly devour the essence and blood of any living creature, understand?"

Qin Shou was serious, his tone carrying an unmistakable warning.

"But Big Brother, Nuo Nuo is hungry."

Nuo Nuo looked at Qin Shou with a wronged expression. She only wanted to fill her stomach now and wasn't thinking about anything else, not understanding why Qin Shou wouldn't let her drink blood.

"We're not primitive people. When we're hungry, we eat food, not drink blood, understand? You wait, I'll go get you something to eat."

With that, Qin Shou walked out of the cave. It was already early morning the next day, and the sun was just right. Qin Shou casually picked up some dry branches in the dense forest and returned to the cave.

Then, Qin Shou began to try making fire by rubbing sticks.

Qin Shou had seen some popular science videos about making fire by rubbing sticks on TV before, but it wasn't easy to do in practice.

He tried for a long time before barely producing a spark, but it was still a long way from actually creating a flame.

"Big Brother, what are you doing?"

Nuo Nuo stood by, asking curiously.

Nuo Nuo's clear eyes curiously examined the wooden stick in Qin Shou's hand, not knowing why Qin Shou kept rubbing it back and forth.

"Making fire, what else?"

Qin Shou didn't even lift his head, continuing to rub sticks diligently.

"Does Big Brother want fire?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

"That's easy."

With that, Nuo Nuo pointed her finger, and a dark red flame shot out from her fingertip, directly hitting the dry branches, and instantly, a roaring fire ignited.

"Holy cow, that's amazing!"

Qin Shou was stunned, his heart filled with shock, suddenly feeling like he had found a treasure.

"Master, the Demon Corpse's body is refined through supreme secret techniques, inherently close to the Heavenly Dao and the Power of the Five Elements, which it can summon at will. Compared to humans, who need to cultivate tirelessly and use incantations and talismans to summon the Power of the Five Elements for a certain elemental spell, it's much simpler."

In his mind, Ling'er's voice immediately explained.

"There's such a thing! So can she also cultivate like normal humans?"

Qin Shou suddenly thought of a possibility. Since the Demon Corpse possessed such strong talent, could she also cultivate like normal humans and improve her strength through her own efforts?

"Of course she can, and her cultivation speed should be much faster than most ordinary people. However, for a Demon Corpse, she only needs to drink blood to become stronger, so there's no need to cultivate."

Ling'er said as a matter of course.

"Hehe, but if she follows me from now on, I can't let her drink blood, can I! Do you have any methods for her to cultivate and become stronger? Speaking of which, I've taken on this 'nurturing' quest, and the payback period is too long. Your system should at least reward me with something first!

And in her current state, she's probably not an ordinary girl. To return to an adult appearance, I estimate she'll also need to regain her strength. If I don't let her drink blood, you'll have to give her other ways to regain her strength, right?"

Qin Shou suddenly wanted to use this opportunity to get some benefits from the system.

"Ding, the system acknowledges the host's suggestion as reasonable and freely grants the Heaven-tier cultivation technique exclusively for the Congenital Yin Fiend Physique, the 'Supreme Yin Scripture'."

Just as Qin Shou was complaining, the system's voice suddenly sounded, giving Qin Shou a surprise.

"Supreme Yin Scripture! Sounds awesome! Can I cultivate it?"

Qin Shou was excited, not expecting the system to actually give him something, and asked.

"Hehe, Master, the Supreme Yin Scripture is only suitable for women to cultivate. You cannot cultivate it, Master. Moreover, you are inherently a Nine Yang Physique. Cultivating the Supreme Yin Scripture might lead to qi deviation!"

Ling'er's tone carried a hint of teasing, clearly having seen through Qin Shou's little scheme long ago.

"Damn it, you deliberately planned to give me a cultivation technique I can't use, didn't you!"

Qin Shou complained, feeling depressed. Wasn't this clearly just making him watch enviously?

"Hehe, Master, why be discouraged? Your Skill: Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang can directly achieve Yin-Yang harmony, using a woman's innate Yin energy to increase your cultivation.

If she cultivates the Supreme Yin Scripture, the pure Yin energy would be a great tonic for you, Master. When you both cultivate together in the future, it will be twice the result with half the effort, greatly benefiting both of you."

"Heh heh, by the time she grows up, the day lilies will be cold!"

Qin Shou chuckled dryly.