Jiujiu tilted their head as if in thought, but the Little Fire Phoenix beside them was anxious. That was Fire Marrow! Such delicious things, they wanted it too! They just weren't quite brave enough to ask the Phoenix Lord directly…
Shi Qinxin and Long Aotien had already stepped forward to anxiously inquire about the child's condition?
Tian Ning didn't hide anything. Omitting the Dragon Ancestor's involvement, she told the two about Long Yunqi. Because he was the Dragon King's first beloved offspring, before the little Fire Dragon left, he repeatedly urged that even if this egg was an unhatchable dead egg, Tian Ning should treat it well.
She just didn't expect the little guy to actually hatch.
The Wenren Family's ability to make contracts with the Dragon Clan wasn't a secret. The two quickly accepted this. After all, compared to the dragon cub, their junior martial sister was a big shot who could have the Phoenix Lord following her around.
Speaking of which, Tian Ning also felt that having a child-like Long Yunqi around wasn't very convenient. During the Six Sects Grand Competition, she couldn't just bring him to the Competition like this.
"Yunqi, can you transform into a small beast form, like Jiujiu, so it's easier to bring you around?" Tian Ning asked.
"Of course!"
After eating the spirit plant, Long Yunqi had recovered. Hearing Tian Ning's words, he immediately transformed into a small spirit snake, just the right size to wrap around her wrist.
Unlike ordinary snakes, he had two obvious dragon horns on his head.
This made things much more convenient. In fact, Tian Ning had previously considered putting everyone into spirit beast bags, but Jiujiu and Xiaobai were unwilling. The higher the rank of the spirit beast, the more they disliked being restrained and trapped inside a spirit beast bag.
With the Six Sects Grand Competition imminent, the three didn't waste any time. After packing their things, they prepared to return to the Wanjian Sect.
When leaving the Beast Taming Sect, Zhou Han, with no expression, reminded Shi Qinxin: "Remember, if you win first place, ask Sect Leader Xiao for the Divine Soul Mirror."
He had already secured two of the top three sect places, completely confident of victory.
Ye Nian, who had been instantly defeated by Tian Ning in an arena battle earlier, also came to say goodbye to Tian Ning: "During the Six Sects Grand Competition, our Beast Taming Sect will definitely defeat your Wanjian Sect!"
The youthful vigor of young men was good, but unfortunately, Tian Ning was lazily drowsy and lacked motivation: "Oh, you're so great, go for it!"
Ye Nian: "..."
He suddenly understood Senior Brother Zhou's exasperation. How could she be so useless!
They didn't know that Tian Ning had been quite busy recently.
Because the Demonic Cultivator Souls had read some storybooks, they started writing, but the resulting works were somewhat difficult to swallow.
For example, last night, Tian Ning diligently guided the Demonic Cultivator Souls in writing storybooks. She first went to check on the most enthusiastic Jing Niuniu.
Jing Niuniu was enthusiastic about the kind of yandere younger brother falls in love with me, imprisonment and raising plot. She was trying to write about a tyrannical Demon Venerable imprisoning a pure and kind righteous path female cultivator who had saved his life. The female cultivator was ill but refused to take medicine, causing the Demon Venerable to become enraged and kill people…
【"No! You mustn't kill people, they are also lives!" "Who told you not to take your medicine? It's all their fault! This One will kill these trash!" "Wuwuwu… how can you do this, you bad guy, you're too much!" "Hmph! Mere lives are just ants in This One's eyes. Are you going to eat it or not?"】
Tian Ning: "..."
This kindergarten-level children's dialogue is really unnutritious!
Tian Ning directly picked up her pen and began to guide Jing Niuniu on how to write:
【Her eyes finally couldn't help but redden, and transparent tears dripped from the corners of her eyes, but she still stubbornly glared at the brutal man in front of her with what she thought was the fiercest gaze, unaware of how alluring her stubborn look was at this moment.
The Demon Venerable only felt his heart racing, the desires hidden deep in his heart making him want to lock her up and bully her fiercely!
He patiently stroked her head gently, his tone soft, yet the words he uttered were extremely cruel: "Good girl～If you drink the medicine, you can save them. For every sip Shushu drinks, I'll let one of them live!"】
Jing Niuniu: "!!!"
Tian Ning: "Understood?"
Jing Niuniu: "Miss! Please take me with you!"
Tian Ning: "..."
"Forget it, you should just write more. You'll probably get better with practice."
It's understandable to be unskilled at the beginning.
Jing Niuniu and the other Demonic Cultivator Souls looked at Tian Ning with admiration: "Actually, Miss… You're so amazing, you could write storybooks yourself!"
"No," Tian Ning refused. Writing storybooks was too tiring; she'd rather read.
After guiding the Demonic Cultivator Souls in writing for a whole night, Tian Ning was a bit listless. After saying goodbye to everyone at the Beast Taming Sect, the three used sword flight to rush back to the Wanjian Sect.
While in the Central Continent, Tian Ning had bought jade slips. Conveniently, while resting on the road, Tian Ning received Long Han's maiden work.
Tian Ning was a little scared after being messed with by the Demonic Cultivator Souls. Could Long Han's work also be a simple account?
As it turned out, it was even more absurd!
Long Han's storybook was short, yet it left Tian Ning speechless.
【Once upon a time, there was a poor child named Hanhan. From a young age, he was bullied by the big bad guy Long Yeye. He tried to fight back, but only suffered even worse beatings…】
Tian Ning: "???"
She asked him to write a storybook, and he wrote a damn real-life account?
【In the end, Hanhan kicked Long Yeye down and won Xiaoxue's heart! Later, they lived happily ever after together!】
Tian Ning: "..."
He was truly devoted to Wenren Xue.
Tian Ning was numb. What possessed her to suffer this kind of torment?
She directly sent a message to Long Han using the jade slip: 【Next time you show me something like this, you'll have to give me double the goods as compensation!】
Long Han: "..."
What was she going crazy about?
That was his masterpiece, painstakingly crafted throughout the night, racking his brains!
Wasn't she captivated by Hanhan's strong endurance and perseverance? Didn't she admire the touching love between Hanhan and Xiaoxue?!
She was so superficial, she couldn't see the inner beauty of this work!
Long Han silently criticized Tian Ning in his heart, but he dared not say these words aloud. He was still waiting for Tian Ning to properly teach Long Ye a lesson.
Tian Ning, for the time being, didn't want to look at storybooks anymore. She needed to rest. She would draw talismans and refine pills, replenishing her depleted mental energy.
The three returned to the Wanjian Sect after a few days. During that time, Tian Ning gave Shi Qinxin the gifts she bought. The senior sisters wore matching outfits, and even made plans for which hairpins to wear with which outfits each day…
Long Aotien completely didn't understand. What was the difference?
And why did they have to make plans together?
But he was very happy with the Top-Grade Spirit Stones Tian Ning gave him. These days he didn't even pick up trash; he could laugh out loud even while sleeping with the spirit stones at night.
With the Six Sects Grand Competition approaching, when the three returned to Wanjian Sect, everyone was busy cultivating.
Except for the disciples who were out tempering and hadn't returned, there were no disciples wandering around in the Wanjian Sect. It was said that Sect Leader Xiao had specially dispatched Law Enforcement Hall Elders to inspect each mountain peak. Anyone caught slacking off would be taken for criticism and education. Why waste such precious time not cultivating?!
Compared to the tense atmosphere on other mountain peaks, Sword Protecting Mountain was incredibly relaxed. After all, nobody expected the group of good-for-nothings on Sword Protecting Mountain to participate in the Grand Competition.
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