Chapter 38 (Part 1)

“Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother.”

Yu Yu had just come back from the peach forest. He had only just finished today’s task of patrolling the spiritual field when he heard the good news and immediately ran out to welcome them.

Of course, with Yu Yu’s speed, he naturally could not compare to his senior brothers. He had only just run out of the bamboo house when they had already arrived outside the bamboo courtyard.

“Little Junior Brother, look what this is.”

Linglong held a black-and-white dumpling in his hands and presented it to Yu Yu like a treasure.

“A giant panda.”

Yu Yu no longer cared that his senior brothers had only just returned from outside. Like a gust of wind, he appeared in front of Linglong and took the black-and-white dumpling, still in its infancy, from his hands.

Now that he had a national treasure, what were senior brothers even worth?

“Ying, ying, ying.”

Once the little dumpling landed in Yu Yu’s hands, it let out a soft little cry that could melt a person on the spot.

“Wow, the little dumpling is way too well behaved. I love you so much.”

Yu Yu held the giant panda cub and kept stroking its back, thinking that he would go to the Hall of Affairs to get some spiritual beast milk to raise it with.

“Tsk. It didn’t make a sound when it was in my hands, but the moment it gets into Little Junior Brother’s hands, it starts crying. Looks like Little Junior Brother is very popular with this iron-eating beast!”

Linglong said this a little jealously. He was clearly the one who had brought the little dumpling back, but in the end, it had ignored him the entire way.

“What are you getting jealous over? Isn’t it a good thing that the iron-eating beast likes Little Junior Brother? It’s a gift we’re giving Little Junior Brother. If it doesn’t get along with him, wouldn’t the gift have been given for nothing?”

Lingji glared at Linglong. What was he getting jealous over when there was no reason to be jealous?

“Oh, right. I forgot. Heh.”

Linglong gave a silly laugh, scratched his head, then walked behind Second Senior Brother and started pretending to be dead.

“Idiot.”

Lingzhen mocked him. This fellow and Little Junior Sister really were biological siblings. The way they acted foolish was exactly the same.

“Second Senior Brother.”

Linglong raged helplessly. Unfortunately, he could not beat Lingzhen, so he could only express his anger with an angry face.

“Little Junior Brother, this is the spiritual bamboo the iron-eating beast likes to eat. We dug some up and brought it back too. Find a place to plant it.”

Since Lingji and the others were giving a gift, naturally they could not forget the food the gift liked most.

They had found this iron-eating beast in the secret realm. Beside it had been the corpse of an adult female iron-eating beast. Presumably, that had been its mother, killed by the people who entered the secret realm.

If they did not take it away, this little iron-eating beast would not live for more than a few days. So they found a place to bury the adult iron-eating beast, dug up some spiritual bamboo, and then brought it out of the secret realm with them.

“Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother.”

Yu Yu took the spiritual bamboo and found a spot neither too far nor too close to the bamboo courtyard, right beside the peach forest, and planted it there.

As for the little dumpling in his hands, it was still small right now and could only eat a little tender bamboo shoot. Before the spiritual bamboo grew properly, feeding it some basin milk and spiritual fruit would be enough nutrition for it.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took out one of the peaches he usually ate and fed it to the little dumpling. A supreme-grade spiritual fruit that would cost over ten thousand upper-grade spirit stones outside was being used to feed a spiritual beast. One could only say that having deep pockets was truly bold.

“Ying, ying.”

The little dumpling was a spiritual beast, so it could naturally eat spiritual fruit.

And it ate with great relish. The peach was very soft. As long as the skin was poked open with a little hole, the little dumpling could suck out the peach juice on its own.

Yu Yu watched as the little dumpling finished sucking up one peach, then lay on its back in his arms. Its four little paws curled together, its mouth moved a little, and very soon it fell asleep.

Looking at its tiny appearance, his heart melted from cuteness.

“Looks like Little Junior Brother really does like this iron-eating beast a lot!”

Lingji and the others watched their family’s Little Junior Brother serve that little iron-eating beast as if he were serving his own parents. There was no need to mention how jealous they felt.

They had finally come back after so much effort. Didn’t Little Junior Brother have anything to say to them?

“Mm, I like it very much! Thank you, Senior Brothers.”

Yu Yu placed the little dumpling on his bed and even took out a small quilt to cover it. The little dumpling lay sprawled on the bed. Occasionally, its paw would twitch, and then it continued sleeping.

When his senior brothers saw his actions, they regretted bringing the little dumpling back a little. Their Little Junior Brother was somewhat of a clean freak, yet now he was willing to let the little iron-eating beast sleep on his own bed.

“If we hadn’t heard you say you liked iron-eating beasts, Little Junior Brother, we wouldn’t have brought it back.”

Linglong lay across the table and watched his family’s little disciple make a nest.

At a glance, the size was clearly meant for the little iron-eating beast.

“That’s our Huaxia people’s national treasure. It’s very popular. On Blue Star, I wouldn’t dare raise one. It’s illegal.”

But in the Holy Feather World, things were different. He had achieved the accomplishment of keeping a national treasure at home.

“Are iron-eating beasts very rare where you’re from?”

A national treasure? How could a little iron-eating beast become a country’s national treasure? Not only could Lingzhen not understand it, the other senior brothers in their family could not understand it either.

“They used to be very rare. Now it’s a lot better.”

They had gone from endangered to vulnerable, and their numbers had risen quite a bit.

But their status as national treasures had never wavered. Whenever anyone asked whether they could raise a giant panda, the replies below were always unified: very prison-worthy.

As a species unique to their country, they had always been deeply loved by the people.

Thinking of the top-tier celebrity pandas before he transmigrated, people would crowd together even in such hot weather just to see them.

Although Yu Yu had never gone to see them in person, he had swiped through plenty of videos and was also a national treasure fan.

He had simply never expected that something he had mentioned casually would be remembered by his senior brothers.

Yu Yu’s hands were very nimble. Before long, he had woven a basket about one meter long and half a meter wide.

“What do Senior Brothers want to eat?”

Naturally, Yu Yu would not forget the meritorious heroes who had brought back the giant panda cub for him. Now that his senior brothers had returned, he was also in the mood to cook a feast.

“I want roasted little spiritual pig.”

Linglong was the first to raise his hand. While outside, he had missed Little Junior Brother’s spiritual food so badly. Unfortunately, when they were outside, forget spiritual food, they had not even drunk dew. They had fasted the whole way.

“Sure. Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother?”

Yu Yu agreed at once, and of course he did not leave out the other two senior brothers.

“Everything Little Junior Brother makes is delicious.”

Lingji was not picky. As long as Yu Yu made it, he liked it.

“I want boiled beef slices and grilled fish.”

Lingzhen had a wind spiritual root, yet he loved spicy food.

Of course, there was no one on their mountain who did not like spicy food, including their master. Ever since they had tasted the dishes their Little Junior Brother made, they had all fallen in love with spicy spiritual food.

“All right, I know.”

Yu Yu clapped his hands and stood up. The basket was finished. Later, he only needed to find something to pad the bottom with, and it would be complete.

“I’ll cook. Second Senior Brother, go call Master. Third Senior Brother, could I trouble you to call Senior Sister? She’s been working so hard lately. Ever since you all left, she’s been cultivating in her cave residence and hasn’t come out once!”

Yu Yu’s arrangements made everyone smile knowingly. As Lingfeng’s twin brother, Linglong’s concern for Lingfeng naturally needed no outsider to mention it.

Once they heard Yu Yu’s arrangements, Lingzhen and Linglong immediately went to call people.

“Off we go!”

In an instant, they ran off and disappeared.

“We’ve caused you trouble again, Little Junior Brother.”

Lingji walked up to Yu Yu with an apologetic expression. They had left just like that. Little Junior Sister definitely would not have given up so easily, and the only person who could soothe her was Little Junior Brother.

As for Master, it was already good enough if he did not make trouble. Wanting him to persuade Lingfeng to stop was not even worth thinking about.

“It’s no trouble. You’re all my family. Taking care of Senior Sister is something I’m willing to do.”

Yu Yu shook his head. He did not feel this was anything troublesome.

Taking care of family—how could that count as trouble? The people on Holy Sun Peak were all his family.

From Master to Senior Sister, their care for him was selfless. As long as it was something good for him, they would do it.

Like the giant panda cub. He had only mentioned it once, and it had only been a casual comment, yet his senior brothers had remembered it. This kind of affection could not be bought with spirit stones.

“Eldest Senior Brother, help me pick vegetables, all right?”

Yu Yu was afraid that if Lingji stayed in the room alone, he would start overthinking. People who usually did not like talking always had a bit more going on in their hearts.

As soon as Lingji heard that Little Junior Brother needed his help, how could he still care about feeling guilty? He immediately agreed.

“All right.”

The two fellow disciples walked toward the kitchen. Yu Yu took out a pile of ingredients. He personally handled the meat, while Lingji handled the vegetables.

The two of them chatted about their experiences over the past few months while handling the ingredients in their hands.

“Lingfeng being able to calm down and cultivate will let Linglong feel a lot more at ease too.”

Lingji was happy about Little Junior Sister’s change, because he also did not want to see Lingfeng exhaust her lifespan and pass away in meditation.

“Eldest Senior Brother isn’t relieved?”

Yu Yu turned his face sideways and looked at his family’s Eldest Senior Brother. When he talked about Third Senior Brother, could he please restrain the relaxed expression on his own face?

“I am.”

Lingji would not lie. He admitted that he had also been very worried. This time, after coming back and hearing such good news, he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

“I wonder if Third Senior Brother will be shocked when he sees how much Senior Sister has changed.”

Yu Yu said this with a little curiosity.

“He definitely will.”

Lingji’s hands did not stop moving. There was no need to guess at Linglong’s reaction. If Little Junior Sister really had changed as greatly as Little Junior Brother said, then Third Junior Brother being shocked would not be strange at all.

Lingji’s guess was right. Linglong really was very shocked. His mouth did not close for a long while.

“You’re really my younger sister? You haven’t been possessed by someone, have you?”

Linglong looked at Lingfeng, who was much quieter than she had been several months ago. Her spoiled temper was gone, and even her expression was much calmer.

“Brother, right under Master’s nose, who could successfully possess someone? Can you use your brain before you speak?”

Lingfeng rolled her eyes at her brother and took the tea she had originally poured for him, turning her hand and feeding it into her own mouth instead.

“That’s more like it. This is my sister.”

After being mocked by Lingfeng, plus her utterly unhesitating movement, Linglong felt much more reassured. This was indeed his younger sister, no mistake.

“Are you sick?”

I speak to you nicely, and you actually suspect I’ve been possessed. I scold you, and instead that makes you happy. Could it be that this twin brother of hers had gone out once and gotten his brain beaten broken?

“Heh, I’m definitely not sick. It’s just that the way you looked earlier was too unfamiliar. You didn’t seem like my sister anymore.”

Linglong did not need his sister to pour tea for him. He reached out and poured it himself.

When they were outside, forget eating spiritual food, they had not even had spirit tea to drink. It was still most comfortable on the mountain. Everything was the best.

“I can’t be bothered with you. Go away.”

Lingfeng said this irritably.

“What are you here for?”

She had finally managed to calm herself down and cultivate, and this brother of hers came to make trouble. It infuriated her. Thinking of how hard these past few months had been, Lingfeng was practically a mess of tears and snot.

At first, when she was in her cave residence, she had been completely unable to calm her heart, let alone cultivate.

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