“Ye Changsheng, what are you looking at?”
A voice transmission from Little White Fox suddenly sounded in his ear. Ye Qiu turned his head and saw Little White Fox glaring at him icily.
“If you dare look randomly again, be careful I do not gouge out your eyeballs.”
Little White Fox said fiercely, clearly very displeased with Ye Qiu staring at Elder Chicken.
Ye Qiu curled his lip. “It was just a glance. Why so fierce?”
Little White Fox continued, “Elder Chicken is the only artefact refiner among the ten great elders of our demon clan.”
Oh, this seductive chicken is an artefact refiner?
Ye Qiu was somewhat surprised.
Elder Monkey seized the opportunity to step forward and say, “Master, you may not know this.”
“Artefact refining is actually quite similar to pill refining.”
“Artefact refiners, like alchemists, have varying grades. Apart from imperial and saint levels, there are the four heaven, earth, profound, and yellow grades.”
“Elder Chicken is a heaven-grade artefact refiner.”
Ye Qiu felt surprised again. It seemed Elder Chicken did have some real skill.
“Pill refining requires a pill furnace. Artefact refining requires a forging platform, and forging platforms come in millions of forms. Some are pagodas, some are cauldrons, others are treasure furnaces…”
“Master, Elder Chicken possesses an imperial artefact called the Eight Trigrams Treasure Furnace.”
“The Eight Trigrams Treasure Furnace contains arrays personally engraved by the Eternal Blue Heaven Great Emperor. Even ordinary weapons, if tempered inside the Eight Trigrams Treasure Furnace for a while, will emerge as divine weapons.”
So powerful?
Ye Qiu was startled inwardly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed Elder Monkey occasionally stealing glances at Elder Chicken, with a hidden heat in his eyes. He instantly understood and joked, “I did not expect Elder Monkey to know so much about Elder Chicken.”
Elder Monkey said, “Of course. I even know her three measurements clearly…”
“Scram!” Elder Chicken kicked Elder Monkey flying. Then, glaring with her almond-shaped eyes and hands on her hips, she shouted, “Dead monkey, if you dare spout nonsense again, be careful I do not kill you.”
Elder Monkey climbed up from the ground, patted the dust off himself, and looked at Elder Chicken with a fawning smile. “Do not be angry…”
“Shut up!” Elder Chicken shouted. “Did I ask you to speak?”
“Is it your turn to talk here?”
“Smiling, why are you smiling? Smiling so uglily. If you smile again, be careful I do not chop you up and feed you to the dogs.”
Elder Dog, standing nearby, said, “My teeth are not good. Monkey meat is tough and stringy. I cannot chew it.”
Hahaha…
The various elders burst into loud laughter.
“Laugh my arse!” Elder Monkey did not dare retort to Elder Chicken, but he was not polite to the other elders. He cursed, “If you dare laugh at me again, be careful I poison you later and make you have diarrhoea for a month until you die from it.”
Immediately, the other elders held back their laughter.
“Bang!”
Elder Chicken suddenly struck, punching Elder Monkey down. Then she straddled him and beat him furiously.
“Last time I ate your pills and ended up with diarrhoea for half a month.”
“You heartless thing. It has been so long, and you have not even said a word of apology. Did you think I had forgotten about it?”
“Hmph. Today I must beat you to death.”
Ye Qiu’s expression became strange. He had not expected the graceful and elegant Elder Chicken to have such a fiery temper.
Little White Fox leaned close to Ye Qiu’s ear and said, “See that? Elder Chicken has a rather bad temper. Do not provoke her, or she might beat you up.”
Ye Qiu nodded. This Elder Chicken really could not be offended, or he might end up as miserable as Elder Monkey.
“But do not worry. Elder Chicken would not dare touch you, because you are my person.” Little White Fox said proudly.
Your person?
When did I become your person?
Little White Fox noticed Ye Qiu’s gaze. Her face flushed slightly as she said, “Ye Changsheng, do not misunderstand. I mean that I have got your back. No one in the demon clan would dare touch you.”
“Is that really what you mean?” Ye Qiu stared straight at Little White Fox.
Little White Fox felt her heart beating fiercely. She quickly averted her eyes. Just then, Elder Monkey let out a loud wail, “Aiyo…”
Little White Fox said, “Enough, Elder Chicken. Stop hitting him.”
Elder Chicken said, “National Lord, do not persuade me. Today I must beat him half to death.”
“Enough!” Little White Fox shouted sternly, her face serious. “You two are elders of the demon clan. Fighting like this, what decorum is there?”
Seeing Little White Fox angry, Elder Chicken finally got off Elder Monkey. Still not satisfied, she kicked him once more.
At this point, Elder Monkey was bruised and swollen. After standing up, he said, “National Lord, you misunderstand. Elder Chicken was just playing house with me. She was not hitting me.”
Elder Chicken showed no appreciation and cursed, “Who is playing house with you? Do not flatter yourself.”
Elder Monkey grinned cheekily. “Little Chicken, calm down? Are you tired? How about I massage your back?”
Really cheap…
The other elders thought inwardly.
It is over. Elder Monkey is a simp!
Ye Qiu sighed.
At the same time, he could not help thinking of the simp in the secular world, Qian Duoduo.
“I wonder how that kid is doing now?”
Little White Fox said, “Ye Changsheng, come with me.”
“Where to?” Ye Qiu asked instinctively.
“Are you not going to learn an ultimate technique from Elder Chicken? I will take you there.” Little White Fox said.
Elder Chicken said respectfully, “National Lord, there is no need for you to go personally. I can take him.”
Little White Fox ignored Elder Chicken and asked Ye Qiu, “Are you coming or not?”
“Coming.” Ye Qiu said, then followed behind Little White Fox, quickly leaving the area.
Elder Chicken also followed.
Once they left, the other elders gathered around Elder Niu, congratulating him one after another on breaking through to the saint realm.
…
Elder Chicken lived in a mountain valley.
Here, birds sang and flowers bloomed. The scenery was beautiful. Rows of wooden cabins were very quaint.
Along the way, Ye Qiu saw many little demons from the chicken clan.
Those chicken clan little demons were not only petite in stature but also each as beautiful as flowers. They looked at Ye Qiu with watery eyes. If not for the National Lord and Elder Chicken accompanying him, Ye Qiu would probably have been “besieged” already.
Elder Chicken said, “National Lord, you can return. With Ye Changsheng here with me, you can rest assured.”
“I am not assured. What if your clan members ‘eat’ him?” As soon as Little White Fox said this, Elder Chicken felt a sense of foreboding.
At the same time, she sensed that the relationship between Little White Fox and Ye Qiu seemed somewhat unusual.
“Elder Chicken, tell your clan members that if anyone dares harbour improper thoughts towards Ye Changsheng, do not blame me for being ruthless.”
Having said that, Little White Fox released a chilling killing intent. Elder Chicken immediately felt as if she were in an ice cellar, frightened into a cold sweat.
As for the surrounding little demons, they prostrated even more on the ground, trembling.
“Take me to the Eight Trigrams Treasure Furnace.” Little White Fox instructed.
“Yes.” Elder Chicken wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and led Little White Fox and Ye Qiu through the wooden cabins to the mountain hollow behind them.
