The master of the Li family seed to age ten years overnight.
People realized that the second young missus was nowhere to be seen, although it was rare for her to go out in the first place.
anwhile, the forrly idle third son beca increasingly diligent, as if possessed.
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The mining area, a place of the unknown.
Tang Xian lay on the beach, listening to the faint sounds of the tide, sunbathing face-up with a satisfied expression.
However, the posture he assud was like that of a dead man. He was motionless, as if dead.
Not far away in the underbrush, Tang Xiaojiu lay prone, anxiously watching Tang Xian.
Seagulls circled overhead in the sky.
Tang Xian adopted a spread-eagle sleeping pose.
His eyes fixed on the seagulls, he silently counted the numbers in his mind.
"45 now. It'll be 46 soon!"
"Eh, it jumped to 49 in an instant!"
"I bet that at 52, it'll definitely co down."
The data in his eyes reflected the seagull's current needs.
[Eat the unidentified creature on the beach (51%)]
[Probe the unidentified creature on the beach (44%)]
[Other (5%)]
Three seconds later, the massive seagull could no longer resist. After circling three tis, the need to eat the unidentified creature on the beach rose to 52%.
Changing its flight direction, it dived like an arrow toward Tang Xian.
In the mont the seagull was about to succeed,
Tang Xian shouted, "Now!"
The seagull halted abruptly. Such a bird typically moves in flocks, but for so reason, its companions had vanished one by one these days.
Faintly, it sensed danger!
It imdiately tried to change direction and ascend.
But then, it saw a blast of fox fire heading its way.
The brief bird life ca to an abrupt end.
Tang Xian, frowning at the bird smoking from being scorched, said,
"Xiaojiu, next ti you need to hold back a bit, that fire was too strong. I've told you before, a high fla is suitable for stir-frying; 'grilling' implies a slow cook, not ant for high heat."
"But Tang Xian, if I make it any smaller, I can hardly spit it out," said the humanoid gas stove, Xiaojiu.
"Would you rather eat a charred seagull or a fresh, juicy one that isn't burnt?"
"A fresh, juicy 'duck'!"
"Then try to make your fox fire a bit gentler."
Tang Xian looked at the seagull pityingly.
If Tang Xiaojiu didn't get a handle on her fire control soon, the sword-beaked gulls would all be burnt to a crisp.
Not long ago, a flock of sword-beaked gulls had passed by. After days of eating vegetarian, Tang Xian and Tang Xiaojiu finally saw the chance for at.
But the birds could fly.
Whether it was a calamity-level or an apocalypse-level event, the two of them, wingless, could only watch helplessly as the sword-beaked gulls flew away.
Tang Xian collapsed in a fit of self-abandonnt, but to his surprise, a sharp-eyed sword-beaked gull spotted him and took him for food.
Sword-beaked gulls are elite-level creatures, and Tang Xian couldn't subdue one barehanded; he might even be dragged into the sky.
Thus, he devised the ploy with Tang Xiaojiu that had just unfolded.
This bird species, the most sociable among all creatures in the mining area, would fly back to the island when they noticed a companion had fallen behind, searching for their missing mber.
Tang Xian and Tang Xiaojiu were touched to tears. As the saying goes, a token gift sent from afar conveys deep regards.
But given Xiaojiu's fiery blasts, after peeling off the outer charred layer and removing the innards, there wasn't much at left to eat.
Tang Xian looked at the sky and calculated the ti. It was the hour when monsters on the island beca active.
He stroked his chin, contemplating,
"How about we don't eat this bird and instead use it to bait sothing bigger?"
"Can I have a bite first? Just one bite, and then I'll give it back to you," Tang Xiaojiu pleaded, her eyes fixed on the sword-beaked gull, saliva dripping.
Last ti, Tang Xiaojiu had said the sa thing. After mastering her fox transformation and relying on her large body, she gobbled down the whole seagull in one bite.
Tang Xian watched, flabbergasted; duped by the little girl before, he was fooled yet again.
Tang Xian shook his head and retorted, "Not even one bite is allowed."
Tang Xiaojiu reluctantly nodded, her face the epito of obedience to Tang Xian's wishes, looking like nothing more than a pitiful child deprived of at.
"Don't worry, you'll have at soon, guaranteed to taste better than bird at," Tang Xian reassured with a chuckle, gazing towards the distant woods.
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