âEmpty, he canât undergo special training. Heâs not a beast.â Leng Ruoxue hurriedly picked up Little Fire.
âOh? Itâs obviously a cat!â Empty said doubtfully. His bright starry eyes kept looking at the little red cat, wanting to find some clues from him.
âMaster, heâs the spirit of a heavenly material and earthly treasure.â Icy rolled his eyes.?Alas! Masterâs eyesight has regressed.
âUh! Really?â Empty looked at the small red kitten curiously, his handsome face full of surprise. Wasnât this girlâs luck a little too good!
âIâm a cat! Meow! Meow!â Little Fire protested. He even deliberately meowed twice to prove that he was a real cat.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âLittle Fire, youâre not a cat!â Two drops of cold sweat dripped down Leng Ruoxueâs forehead. She didnât know when Little Fire had started treating himself as a cat. Alas! She was really helpless against his persistence!
âIf Mommy says so!â Little Fire said aggrievedly, his big pink eyes brimming with tears.
âHaha, Xueâer, your beasts are all very interesting!â Empty couldnât help laughing. He finally realized that these beasts of Xueâer, apart from being scheming, also liked to pretend to be pitiful in front of their master.
âYes!â Leng Ruoxue looked at Little Fire with a slight headache. This little fellow actually learned this move. Alas! Was she destined to be eaten up by her beasts? And that damn Freak!
âEmpty, since they want you to conduct special training, then teach them! But you have to show mercy!â Leng Ruoxue reminded.
âDonât worry. I will show mercy,â Empty said with a smile.
Leng Ruoxue nodded and then pulled Freak into the purple bamboo houseâ¦
***
Two days laterâ¦
Leng Qingtian and the others gathered in the courtyard.
âLittle Lan Lan, can you stop pacing around?â Old Zao couldnât take it anymore. He was about to faint from Lan Ming spinning around.
âWhy arenât Little Snowy and the others out yet? Itâs almost time,â Lan Ming said anxiously. The group round robin would officially begin today. They should have arrived at the venue earlier, but that girl actually hadnât come out yet even though the time for the matches was approaching.?Is she still not awake??He couldnât help guessing. In fact, he originally wanted to wake them up, but these people all stopped him from going. They said that he couldnât barge into a girlâs room as a man. Boohoo⦠They were thinking too much! He just wanted to call from the door!
âCalm down! Xueâer has a sense of propriety. She wonât be too late,â Leng Qingtian said.
âSigh! Alright then! Letâs wait another ten minutes. Weâll go to the competition venue first if theyâre not out yet! Otherwise, someone might think weâve given up,â Lan Ming said helplessly with a heavy sigh.
âThereâs no need to wait. Weâre out.â Leng Ruoxueâs voice sounded from behind everyone.
âLittle ancestor, youâre finally out.â Lan Ming sighed in relief.
âLittle Lan Lan, calm down,â Leng Ruoxue teased.
âGrandpa, this is for you,â Leng Ruoxue said to Leng Qingtian and the others and handed each of them a small bamboo tube. The bamboo tubes were small and exquisite, translucent like white jade, and looked very beautiful.
Lin Liang opened the bamboo tube and took out a needle as thin as a cowâs hair.
âRuoxue, what is this?â he asked in puzzlement. This needle was about five centimeters long, transparent, thin, and soft. This small bamboo tube actually contained nearly ten thousand such tiny needles.
âHidden weapon.â Leng Ruoxue said lightly.
âHow do we use this?â Feng Jing asked with interest. He didnât expect Ruoxue to disappear for two days just to refine hidden weapons!
âYou can usually hang this bamboo tube on your body as an ornament, and you can use it as a hidden weapon at critical moments. Do you see this button? As long as you press it, hundreds of needles will be shot out in succession, which will definitely turn the enemy into a porcupine. Moreover, the needles are coated with poison, so you have to use it carefully.â Leng Ruoxue pointed at an inconspicuous little bump at the bottom of the bamboo tube.
âAh! So powerful?â Leng Qingtian and the others were surprised. These were really too useful for them. In fact, no matter what equipment it was, they should not seek the best but only what was most suitable for them. These bamboo tubes looked very simple, but they were convenient for them and wouldnât attract too much attention.
âLittle Snowy, what about mine?â Lan Ming said bitterly while looking at the bamboo tubes in everyoneâs hands covetously. He liked bamboo the most, so he liked the bamboo tubes in Leng Ruoxueâs hands just now. But what he didnât expect was that these small bamboo tubes could actually fire hidden weapons. It was really too rare.
âYou are already a Mystic Monarch, so thereâs no need for you to have one,â Leng Ruoxue said. She had only refined hidden weapons for the upcoming matches to give everyone an additional guarantee, so she had never considered Lan Ming.
âI need one too! Little Snowy, you canât favor one over the other!â Lan Ming said aggrievedly with a long face. Why didnât she give him one when everyone else had one??Boohooâ¦
âIâll give you mine!â Leng Ruoxue said helplessly. She took out the bamboo tube she had prepared for herself and handed it to Lan Ming.?Alas! Lan Ming must have been swapped!
âHehe, Little Snowy, I know youâre the best.â Lan Ming didnât stand on ceremony at all. He happily took the bamboo tube Leng Ruoxue handed him and placed it directly on his waist.
âLittle Lan Lan, donât use it recklessly! Thereâs no antidote for the poison on the needles,â Leng Ruoxue reminded.
âAh! No antidote? Then what ifâ¦â Lan Ming only spoke halfway before staring at Leng Ruoxue fiercely.
âThat person will definitely die, so donât use it lightly unless it concerns your life and death,â Leng Ruoxue said.
âOh! I understand. I wonât use it recklessly,â Lan Ming said fearfully. It was a poison that would definitely kill! Whoever got hit would be unlucky!
âRuoxue, I took a needle just now. Will I be okay?â Lin Liang asked fearfully.?Boohoo⦠Why didnât the naughty girl say so earlier!
âItâs okay. The poison wonât act unless it enters the body,â Leng Ruoxue comforted.