Chapter 203: This Bunny, a Vengeful Ghost Here for Your Life
Chapter 203: Chapter 203: This Bunny, a Vengeful Ghost Here for Your Life
"You devil, you’re so naughty."
The Female Cultivator shot the male cultivator a playful glare, a bashful blush appearing on her face. Then, she slapped him on the back.
The male cultivator grimaced in pain, but if you looked closely, you could see a hint of enjoyment on his face.
A lover’s quarrel, quickly mended over rabbit meat.
Lu Wu, who had heard the entire exchange, began to suspect the male cultivator had some rather unorthodox masochistic tendencies.
’She wasn’t about to get involved in such niche interests.’
"Honey."
The male fox crouched beside the vixen, feeding her the small portion of rabbit meat he had saved for himself.
"Eat more. You need to keep your strength up. The kits need to eat more, too."
The two foxes were showing off their affection right next to Lu Wu, and there was no way for her to avoid it.
She hadn’t even had her fill of rabbit meat, and now both humans and beasts were "thoughtfully" shoving their public displays of affection in her face. Feeling a critical hit to her soul, Lu Wu angrily looked away.
’I refuse to eat Dahuang’s food!’
’Big deal, you’re a couple.’
’Being all lovey-dovey in public... Have you no sense of decency?!’
Gou Aotian: I hear someone calling my true name.
The arrival of the roast rabbit completely conquered the appetites of the Divine Spear Sect members. Even the demon beasts temporarily lowered their guard against humans under the temptation of the delicious bunny.
Down below the Cold Pond, black mist still drifted from the Bronze Gate, but no more ghosts appeared.
The rampant aroma was strong enough to penetrate the dense mountain forest. Somewhere in the mountains, Qin Zhan raised his head and looked forward, his nose twitching.
"I think I smell something delicious."
"I smell it too. It’s a bit like hamburgers."
Long Zhang nodded.
"I think it smells like spicy skewers."
Lou Xiaotian sniffed the faint aroma, rubbed his flat stomach, and swallowed his tears to try and stave off his hunger.
’Boss Lu, I miss you.’
"Looks like we’re so starved we’re having a group hallucination."
Jiang Yunhe finally made his diagnosis.
Because he smelled it too, but what he smelled was the aroma of pig’s trotters.
They just missed Boss Lu too much.
"Let’s get something to eat first."
The group wasn’t a fussy bunch. For cultivators, sleeping under the stars and roughing it was normal. Besides, in a forest like this, there was plenty of food.
Before long, Qin Zhan had hunted down a wild boar.
The boar was half the height of a man and had plenty of meat, more than enough to fill their stomachs.
The only problem was who would be the chef.
After some pushing and shoving, Qin Zhan was made the head chef. The reason was that he had spent the most time with Boss Lu and must have learned some of her true skills.
Recalling the way Boss Lu always processed her ingredients and cooked, "Confident Qin" came online.
He skinned it and removed the organs, looking quite professional.
He even added some spices he’d picked on the spot.
After a bout of hard work, the "Not-So-Secret Recipe of Boss Lu"—charred-on-the-outside, red-on-the-inside, half-cooked roast pork—was served.
He took one bite, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. The rank, gamey taste made the Little Prince, who had never known hardship, tear up instantly.
"BLEGH!"
Long Zhang threw up. The scene was an absolute disaster.
He missed the Dragon Palace.
’Eating a raw octopus would be a hundred times more delicious than this thing.’
The others might have been able to stomach it, but as Long Zhang continued to violently empty his stomach, the sour stench in the air grew more pronounced. Zhang Yue couldn’t hold on any longer.
She threw away the piece of bloody pork in her hand and ran into the woods. Soon, the sounds of retching could be heard.
The rest of the group rose with a silent understanding, each heading in a different direction to deal with their own "problems."
When they gathered again, every one of them was deathly pale.
Qin Zhan clutched his stomach, laughing awkwardly in the face of everyone’s fury.
"I didn’t know it would turn out like this."
He was the chef, and to prove his skills, he had eaten the most. Now that he was done throwing up, he felt the urgent need to go the other way.
"Bro, you got any medicine?"
He pleaded with Jiang Yunhe.
’He didn’t want to lose face in front of his friends.’
"I do."
As a good brother, Jiang Yunhe naturally couldn’t bear to see Qin Zhan suffer. With a gentle smile, he took out a small pink pill and handed it to him.
Trusting Jiang Yunhe, Qin Zhan swallowed it.
A cooling sensation spread through his body. It was very refreshing.
So refreshing, in fact, that Qin Zhan’s legs started to tremble and his sphincter clenched tight.
"Jiang Yunhe!"
Accompanying Qin Zhan’s roar was the sight of his back as he sprinted into the dense forest, his thighs clenched together as he ran. Lou Xiaotian captured the moment.
+1 piece of blackmail material.
"Let’s go. We’re moving on."
Ignoring Qin Zhan, who was still fighting a battle with his own body, Jiang Yunhe called for the group to continue on their way.
There was nothing to eat, and staying here was just torture. They might as well find Boss Lu sooner.
The group followed silently.
As for Qin Zhan...
Heh, who cared?
A moment later, Qin Zhan, whose legs had gone soft from squatting for so long, returned to the empty patch of forest. Facing the wind and the moon, he wept two rivers of tears.
’What happened to "brothers for life, walking together"?’
’Can’t I just admit I was wrong?’
"Wait for me!"
His roar echoed, startling a flock of witless birds into the air.
The group traveled through the mountain forest, the treacherous peaks unable to stop them from following in Boss Lu’s footsteps.
Completely unaware that people had traveled a great distance just for her, Lu Wu was in her cave, making a wish to the system.
The disciples of the Divine Spear Sect, having eaten and drunk their fill, went back to catch their traitor. They had even enthusiastically invited Lu Wu to join them.
Lu Wu refused.
Because in this kind of plot, someone usually dies, and Lu Wu wanted to live.
"System, give me an awesome treasure this time."
The recent lottery prizes had been a little... abstract.
After casting a cleaning spell and burning some incense, Lu Wu rubbed her hands together and pressed the lottery button with great anticipation.
"Oorah oorah dark god, abracadabra... gimme something good!"
A golden light flashed. Lu Wu wiped away the tears that welled up from the brightness and looked at what she had won this time.
It was a... fishing rod.
It was forged entirely from gold and felt heavy in her hand. The fishing line was made of golden silk, and the sharp hook also gleamed with a golden light.
It looked very valuable at a glance.
This thing didn’t have much of a function, only a single passive ability.
[Jiang Taigong Fishing—The Willing Take the Bait.]
Yep, that was the system’s entire description.
Lu Wu was so confused she could only think in question marks.
If the system had a physical form, she would have absolutely challenged it to a real-life duel.
She wasn’t some fishing fanatic. What was she supposed to do with a golden fishing rod?
Sighing, Lu Wu put the item away.
Far from the troubles of the outside world, in the quiet of the mountain forest, Lu Wu hugged her fluffballs and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
’Ah, my internet addiction is flaring up.’
After a night of nightmares, Lu Wu’s eyes snapped open to the sight of a small mountain of rabbits outside her cave.
The rabbits’ heads had been "thoughtfully" chopped off.
The heads were piled together, forming a gruesome pyramid of skulls.
The unblinking eyes of the little white rabbits, unable to rest in peace, stared fixedly at the cave, their crimson irises like tears of blood.
’Oh, poor little me, a bunny... I died so miserably!’
A critical hit right out of the gate. A truly soul-shattering sight.
The corner of Lu Wu’s mouth twitched.
No wonder her dreams had been filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with a host of indescribable things tormenting her.
It turned out to be the vengeful spirits of the little white rabbits coming to claim her soul.
"Yip yip!"
And yet, the fluffballs were incredibly proud of themselves, seeking Lu Wu’s praise.
’Human, beast is capable. Beast will provide for you.’
"Excellent work!"
Lu Wu gave a thumbs-up that went against her conscience. She glanced around and noticed that there were even more fluffballs nearby.
A few larger demon beasts were also hanging around. When they saw Lu Wu, they all projected feelings of goodwill toward her.
’Human, beast is hungry. Requesting to be fed.’
It seemed her reputation had well and truly spread throughout the mountains.