Chapter 91
In the storage box, Ba Ji looked listless, appearing quite dispirited.
“Maybe it’s been cooped up for too long. I’ll give you a couple of shots later,” Chen Huai'an said as he lifted Ba Ji out and set it aside, reaching for the motionless big catfish.
He thought the catfish was dead.
But just as he touched its tail, with a loud splash, the catfish sprang up half a meter high, startling Chen Huai'an.
“What the heck? Is this fish possessed? It’s been dehydrated for so long and still isn’t dead?!” Chen Huai'an stared at the catfish on the ground, its big eyes wide open, mouth flapping as if it were spewing poetry.
It took him an hour to get from the hotel to the rental place, and he spent over an hour negotiating for the room.
So, after nearly three hours, how could this fish not only be alive but also so full of energy?!
“Could it be a spirit?”
Chen Huai'an squinted, pulling a talisman from his pocket.
He had asked the bearded spirit how such creatures appeared.
The bearded spirit couldn’t provide a clear answer, only saying that it was highly likely to be a spirit; if not, it was definitely some kind of evil entity, and the solution was straightforward.
Now, the catfish was acting strangely.
So, let’s take action!
A guaranteed two thousand bucks, after all~
【This stupid fish!】
Ba Ji glared fiercely at the catfish.
If it hadn’t been for the shockwave from the talismans, it would have crushed that stinky fish by now.
Feeling Ba Ji’s gaze, the catfish immediately froze in place, its eyes rolling back, and it even began to emit the scent of salted fish.
“What’s with you now? Half-dead again? A last gasp?”
Chen Huai'an lifted the completely limp catfish and placed it in the bathtub, filling it with water. Seeing the catfish flip onto its back, breathing weakly, he finally relaxed a bit.
“Looks like it’s just a last gasp, but at least it’s not dead.”
Chen Huai'an put away the talisman. “I’m not one to kill for sport. If you manage to survive, I won’t have boiled fish for dinner tonight.”
But what he didn’t know was that the moment he closed the bathroom door, the catfish flipped over, wide-eyed, and began gulping down water, creating bubbles all over the bathtub.
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“Meow~~”
When Chen Huai'an entered the living room, Ba Ji was licking its paw and meowing at him, looking much more spirited.
“Good kitty, you must be hungry, right? I’ll get you something nice to eat soon.” Seeing Ba Ji looking lively, he decided against giving it the shots and instead pulled out his phone to order a bag of cat food on Meituan.
Sitting on the sofa, Chen Huai'an took a moment to calm his mind and sort through his chaotic thoughts.
Ba Ji also sighed in relief.
【Just as I suspected, the big shot sealed the windows and doors. There’s no escape, absolutely none…】
At this point, it had more or less given up.
As for why it didn’t want to get the shots…
It was already limping on one leg. Although it was just pretending to be lame, if it got another leg injured, how would it manage? Dragging itself around on two legs? That would be unbearable!
“Bracelet, talisman, herbs, thunderfire talisman, Spring Encounter Needle Technique, Meridian Opening Needle Technique, and the Qinglian Sword Classic.” Chen Huai'an laid out everything he could find on the coffee table.
For the things he couldn’t take out, he wrote them down on paper.
Looking at the pile of items on the table, he squinted.
He knew that the electronic girlfriend game equated to a companion spirit.
And he also knew that the talismans produced by companion spirits could be used.
So, it was highly likely that other items obtained from companion spirits were also the real deal.
“So, where’s the secret in all of this? Let me delve deeper, hehehe~” Chen Huai'an murmured, his probing gaze scanning each item like an X-ray.
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Chapter 97: Junior Sister, Let’s Go Down the Mountain!
Chen Huai'an carefully picked up the faded talisman.
The writing had faded, like ink that had been soaked in water, smudged and barely legible.
Previously, he had regarded this talisman as just a game giveaway, so he hadn’t connected the events that occurred with it. Now that he knew the thunderfire talisman was genuine, could this talisman also be real?
Chen Huai'an squinted.
The talisman had faded after returning from Ling Mountain.
There had been quite a few mishaps during that trip—first, he broke his leg, and then he encountered a landslide.
Either of those events could have been disastrous.
But in reality?
He not only returned from Ling Mountain unscathed but also received a generous reward from the true big brother, earning some starting capital.
“So the talisman actually worked, and that’s why it faded?”
Chen Huai'an toyed with the talisman, bringing it closer to his nose to sniff.
He had already washed it, but the lingering fragrance remained, not the scent of laundry detergent. He felt his hypothesis was pretty spot on.
“If only I had another talisman, then I could verify this… Should I ask Li Qingran for one later in the game?”
He wasn’t sure if that was feasible.
If it worked, wouldn’t he be able to get all his future items for free?
He felt a small wave of anticipation.
“Oh, and that Ling Mountain procession; it must also be a phenomenon caused by the revival of spiritual energy. I thought that emperor looked a bit strange at the time, but only the Demon-Slaying Division would know what’s really going on over there… After all, it sounds like a pretty official organization, so their intelligence-gathering capabilities should be decent.”
Ba Ji, lying on the sofa, silently listened to Chen Huai'an’s ramblings.
Its small body shrank further into the corner.
This is bad.
The big shot has fully realized that something is off in this world.
Could this be the moment when the big shot’s memories start to awaken?
Then how could it hide its gluttonous form?
There was no way to stop the big shot from encountering the anomalies of this world.
No, it had to run, it had to find a way to escape!
It looked at the spiritual plant on the windowsill, deep in thought.
At the rate it was absorbing spiritual energy now, in about a week, it would probably be equivalent to a two-hundred-year-old monster. By then, breaking the window to escape would be a piece of cake. Sure, it might get injured by the talismans, but as long as it could get out, a little injury wouldn’t matter.
Anything was better than staying here, where it could die at any moment!
While Ba Ji was seriously plotting, Chen Huai'an continued to check the other items.
The spirit stone bracelet was mostly real; half of the beads had turned murky, likely because the spiritual energy had been depleted. As for how and when it was consumed, that still needed testing.
The pot of herbs on the windowsill was also strange. When he tried to cut a leaf, he found it wouldn’t budge, so he decided to keep it for now and see if it would change, like growing a mouth or something; as for the black-scaled sword, he had already decided to cuddle it to sleep that night.
Having such a divine weapon hanging by the bedside was a waste of its potential!
It had to be kept close to him to soak up his unique scent!
Hehehe!
The orange-red glow of dusk fell on the coffee table, the glass reflecting blinding light, and Chen Huai'an was momentarily dazzled, realizing it was already dinner time.
On the armrest of the sofa, his fully charged phone chimed with a notification.
After a day filled with chaos, Chen Huai'an was tired, so he unplugged the charger, opened his phone, and launched the electronic girlfriend game.
He still had some ideas he wanted to test.
However, when he opened the game, he found that Li Qingran wasn’t in the room.
She was standing on the peak of Luoxia Mountain, bathed in the glow of the setting sun, facing her senior sister Yue Qianchi and the sect leader Su Qinian, the three of them looking serious as if engaged in a discussion.
“What’s going on here?”
Chen Huai'an turned the volume up to the max.
The voices of the three became much clearer.
“Li Qingran, the journey is long, and your cultivation is low. This time, I’ll have your senior sister escort you. It’ll be good for both of you to look out for each other on the way!”
“But, wouldn’t that be too much trouble for my senior sister?” Li Qingran’s gaze flitted between Su Qinian and Yue Qianchi, biting her lip, her face full of hesitation.
“Ah, it’s no trouble at all,” Yue Qianchi waved her hand dismissively. “My cultivation has already hit a bottleneck. The master has long wanted me to go down the mountain to gain some experience, which will help with my breakthrough.”
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