Chapter 166 I can't afford to raise them!
Li Bai looked completely innocent.
This is clearly because Junior Sister Lanyue's explanation is so good, and she even has a slow-motion breakdown. Who else would we criticize if not her?
However, he still had to keep working hard, as his junior sister Lan Yue was still in the Qi Refining stage when he was in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Now that Junior Sister Lan Yue has reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, he is still only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Although his cultivation has reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, it is still considered very slow.
Could it be that, besides secretly enjoying the gossip in her heart, Junior Sister Lan Yue is actually secretly cultivating?
Maybe while they were all sleeping, Junior Sister Lanyue had already completed several rounds of cultivation!
Thinking of this, Li Bai felt an even greater sense of urgency.
No, he's the senior member of the team, how can he hold them back?
It seems I still need to continue practicing and learning!
Li Bai pretended not to see Lan Yue's pleading look and sat up straight.
Lan Yue: "..."
Well, thankfully the result was very encouraging.
They all qualified for the competitions in both the North and South regions, and their rankings were quite high.
The main characters were already very talented, and with the stimulation they've received these past few days, plus the insights gained from their trip to the Lingling Island ruins, their cultivation has reached a new level.
After the match ended, Lan Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I no longer have to be dragged by the elders to watch the competition during the day, and then dragged by Li Bai to compete all night long.
She can finally eat in peace...
Before Lan Yue could finish saying the word "melon" in her mind, she suddenly stopped.
Because she noticed that besides the little red fur ball next to Yunxi, there seemed to be another little black snake.
The little black snake looked fierce, hissing at everyone it saw and constantly swishing its tail.
"Where did this come from?" Lan Yue glanced at the little green snake with the little pink snake, and was even more confused.
What's going on? When did so many animals appear in the main characters' group?
Were they all here for a big meeting?
She counted carefully and found that, in addition to the two little demons that the male protagonist originally brought, there seemed to be three more: two were small snakes and one was a yellowish-brown spirit rat.
Seeing her confusion, Yunxi explained, "This is Snake Seven's brother. It is said that his family was flooded and all his assets were lost, so he brought his other brothers to seek refuge here."
Lan Yue's lips twitched: "Does their snake mother have obsessive-compulsive disorder?"
The others were confused, and even Li Bai, who was secretly cultivating, looked over.
Lan Yue pointed to several small snakes and explained, "Each baby snake is a different color. What is this if not obsessive-compulsive disorder?"
Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be true; there were pink ones, cyan ones, and black ones...
Add a few more colors and you could make a serpentine rainbow.
A group of obsessive-compulsive snakes: "..."
Tengshe, the snake in question, stood upright in anger, but then, realizing that his wife's whereabouts might be in this man's hands, he could only slump to the ground dejectedly, occasionally rubbing against Lanyue's fingers.
With such a fawning demeanor, anyone would assume that it had lost its home and had come seeking refuge and sustenance.
Lan Yue felt the cool touch in her hand and found it somewhat novel.
Wow, there are such adorable little snakes out there! They've lost their homes, how pitiful!
[Lan Yue: System, what do you think about me adopting a few little beasts? Their homes were flooded anyway, so why not raise them all together?]
[Anyway, raising one more or one less doesn't matter; at worst, it'll just cost a few more spirit stones.]
Lan Yue remembered that both demonic beasts and spirit beasts ate spirit stones.
Anyway, she doesn't really need this kind of thing now, since she got quite a lot from the Qing Shi Sect before!
The current feeling about Lan Yue is that she's rich and willful!
However, the system, which always responded very promptly, fell silent for a short while before speaking.
[System: We suggest you give up.]
[Lan Yue: Why? Mice are so cute! And that little snake just now, it likes me so much, it must have accepted me as its owner! How could I bear to abandon them? Do you know what it feels like to have your home flooded? Alone and helpless, and having to endure the scorn of other monsters!]
The little black snake over there also perfectly matched Lan Yue's thoughts, collapsing to the ground again, looking as if it knew it was about to die.
And to live up to the word "cute," it even subtly twisted its body.
Tengshe clenched his fist in his heart.
It's all for my wife! As long as it can stay openly and honestly, it will surely get news about my wife from this man!
[System: It's not that the little snake you're interested in isn't cute enough, but according to the system's calculations, there's a 99.99% chance you can't afford to keep it.]
[Lan Yue: How could we not afford to raise them?]
Lan Yue still couldn't believe that she could earn so many spirit stones and not be able to afford to raise them.
[System: It's the Tengshe Demon Lord of the South China Sea in the Eastern Region. Your meager wealth wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth. Do you think you can afford to support it?]
Lan Yue was stunned. She glanced at the small black snake again, subconsciously took a step back, and bowed.
"Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you."
She respectfully put the other person back, and the next second she grabbed Yunxi and ran away.
The system is right. The Demon Lord of the Eastern Region controls half of the Eastern Region.
How could she possibly afford to raise her? What would she use to raise her?
However, after Lan Yue returned to Lingyue Peak, she suddenly found a small black snake coiled in front of her, glaring at her angrily.
Next to the little snake sat Da Zhuang, the Nine-Spirit Cat, who was crouching behind a rock, looking over curiously.
Lan Yue: "!!!!"
Inviting a god is easy, but sending him away is difficult!
Can anyone tell her how to get rid of such a huge Buddha statue?
By the way, where is the Crimson Moon Sect Master? With the Crimson Moon Sect Master around, wouldn't everything be solved?
Lan Yue's eyes lit up. She secretly opened the system map and found that the dot representing the Crimson Moon Sect Master was not far away, which should be the outer sect.
Lan Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the Crimson Moon Sect Master was here; otherwise, she wouldn't know how to handle the situation.
After everyone else returned to the cabin to prepare their things, Lan Yue quietly spoke with the little black snake.
"I know you're here to find your wife. I know where she is right now. I'll take you there, and then you can go back to the Eastern Region."
Don't let the Southern Region get flooded again, she simply can't afford to compensate for it!
Lan Yue sighed deeply.