Chapter 24: Inspection

“Xiao He.” A clever voice suddenly sounded.

Following the sound, they discovered a small hybrid like creature with gray fur, all-black limbs, three white longitudinal lines on the head, long, sharp claws at the toe end, a nose like a pig, and a tail like a dog.

He was standing next to a spiritual field, checking the status of the spiritual plants one by one.

Ye Jingxing recognized this kind of little beast, called a ferret-badger, which is the “badger” written by Lu Xun. Everyone should be familiar with the stories of Run Tu, the badger and Brother Xun. Ye Jingxing had searched for their pictures before.

“I brought someone over to deal with the field’s problem.” Xiao He said.

The man wagged his tail, “Go ahead.”

It seems that this ferret-badger is the guard of the spiritual field, and his cultivation level is not low. It is estimated that even Xiao San can’t beat him.

“What kind of monster is this?” Xiao San asked in a low voice.

Without waiting for Xiao Hua to explain, Xiao He smiled and said: “Why, the dog demon doesn’t even know the same kind?”

Xiao San turned his head and gave Na Yun a hard look, “Am I stupid, can this be a dog?”

Xiao He asked: “If you can be a dog, why can’t it be?”

Xiao San: “…”

It seems that pretending to be a dog is impossible.

Along the way, they saw a lot of ferret-badgers who were carefully checking the growth of the plants in the spiritual field. When they encountered water shortage, they would activate the cloud and rain amulet, and when they encountered insects, they would eat them. They were very conscientious.

Xiao San didn’t notice that he almost stepped on one under his feet, and muttered under his breath, “Why don’t they change into human form? So many… what to do if I get stepped on.”

There are three forms in the Demon race. One is the primitive monster form, such as kittens and cats; the other is the half-demon and half-beast form, such as Xiao San with animal ears and tails on most days; the other is the human form, such as Xiao He, Xiao Hua, the pharmacist and so on.

Needless to say, the original form is the most comfortable form for monsters.

Needless to say, the human form is for the convenience of life and communication with other races.

The human form has requirements for the cultivation level of demons, and demons with too low cultivation level or serious injuries cannot maintain their human form for too long.

While the form of a half-demon and half-beast is not very common, it is usually used by prostitutes of the demon brothels. Young females are used to receive guests and is regarded as a symbol of pleasing others as they’re not suitable on stage.

As Xiao San is a stray cat, he naturally doesn’t understand this. After being ridiculed by his “family” in the past, the cat demon became rebellious. He is almost always in the form of half-beasts.

This time because he accompanied Ye Jingxing to the demon clan, he was afraid that Ye Jingxing would be pointed at him, so he put away his ears and tail and completely returned to his human form.

“The human form…has been bending over to check the soil and roots. You don’t find it convenient?” Xiao He glanced at him, “Don’t worry, it’s your legs that stepped on the waste, they will be fine.”

Xiao San: “……”

Xiao San hurriedly bypassed a ferret-badger at his feet.

Xiao Hua, who watched the two of them fighting, smiled, “Recently, because of the field’s accident, I have been keeping an eye on it. I don’t usually have so many inspections.”

Xiao San nodded and whispered into Ye Jingxing’s ear: “Why don’t you talk?”

Indeed, Xiao San chattered all the way, but Ye Jingxing hardly said much.

Ye Jingxing made a “hush” gesture and pointed to the little black dumplings in his placket.

The little black dumpling slept very heavily. He originally faced Ye Jingxing’s chest with his little head, but now he changed to a leaning posture. His two cute little ears were slightly pursed, his white beard trembled slightly with his steady breathing, and one claw supported Ye Jingxing’s chest. The clothes on his chest curled slightly, revealing a pink claw pad printed with half a lotus flower.

Ye Jingxing looked down when he heard the cup whimpering in his sleep.

Xiao San subconsciously lowered his voice: “How can it sleep so well?”

Ye Jingxing was not happy when he heard it, “Is there anything wrong with the little milk cat sleeping a little longer?”

Xiao San knew Ye Jingxing’s temperament to protect his cubs, and knew it was boring to be stubborn with him, as he couldn’t beat him, he quickly changed the subject and said, “I’ll try to teach him spells after checking up his body.”

Ye Jingxing nodded, “Okay.”

Although Xuan Xuan could understand human words, he didn’t have any spiritual power in his body, which was very abnormal for the spirit beast boy.

It’s not that he hadn’t thought about letting Xiao San teach him before, but he was afraid that there was really something wrong with his body. The more he practiced, the worse it would be. So he came here to have a check-up for his body. If it doesn’t affect the cultivation, let Xiao San teach him spells when he goes back.

Although Ye Jingxing didn’t speak much along the way, he had been observing the various plants in the spiritual field.

Ye Jingxing nodded and didn’t say what he wanted.

It’s better to say… he is very greedy for everything.

“I can send you some below three stars,” Xiao He said, “I don’t have permission for those above three stars.””

Lingzhi, like elixir, is divided into star ratings, from one star to five stars, the higher the star rating, the rarer it is.

After thinking for a while, Xiao He said again: “If you can solve the spiritual soil problem, you can take whatever you want below four stars. You don’t need to pass my authority.”

That’s what I’m waiting for.

Ye Jingxing smiled with his eyes: “Thank you.”

Staring at the handsome smile, Xiao He always had a bad feeling, and patched it up and said, “Don’t overdo and empty the spiritual field.”

Ye Jingxing nodded: “I am an honest man.”

Xiao He: “…” You doesn’t look like one.