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“Empty, he can’t undergo special training. He’s not a beast.” Leng Ruoxue hurriedly picked up Little Fire.

“Oh? It’s obviously a cat!” Empty said doubtfully. His bright starry eyes kept looking at the little red cat, wanting to find some clues from him.

“Master, he’s the spirit of a heavenly material and earthly treasure.” Icy rolled his eyes. Alas! Master’s eyesight has regressed.

“Uh! Really?” Empty looked at the small red kitten curiously, his handsome face full of surprise. Wasn’t this girl’s luck a little too good!

“I’m a cat! Meow! Meow!” Little Fire protested. He even deliberately meowed twice to prove that he was a real cat..

“Little Fire, you’re not a cat!” Two drops of cold sweat dripped down Leng Ruoxue’s forehead. She didn’t know when Little Fire had started treating himself as a cat. Alas! She was really helpless against his persistence!

“If Mommy says so!” Little Fire said aggrievedly, his big pink eyes brimming with tears.

“Haha, Xue’er, your beasts are all very interesting!” Empty couldn’t help laughing. He finally realized that these beasts of Xue’er, apart from being scheming, also liked to pretend to be pitiful in front of their master.

“Yes!” Leng Ruoxue looked at Little Fire with a slight headache. This little fellow actually learned this move. Alas! Was she destined to be eaten up by her beasts? And that damn Freak!

“Empty, since they want you to conduct special training, then teach them! But you have to show mercy!” Leng Ruoxue reminded.

“Don’t worry. I will show mercy,” Empty said with a smile.

Leng Ruoxue nodded and then pulled Freak into the purple bamboo house…

***

Two days later…

Leng Qingtian and the others gathered in the courtyard.

“Little Lan Lan, can you stop pacing around?” Old Zao couldn’t take it anymore. He was about to faint from Lan Ming spinning around.

“Why aren’t Little Snowy and the others out yet? It’s almost time,” Lan Ming said anxiously. The group round robin would officially begin today. They should have arrived at the venue earlier, but that girl actually hadn’t come out yet even though the time for the matches was approaching. Is she still not awake? He couldn’t help guessing. In fact, he originally wanted to wake them up, but these people all stopped him from going. They said that he couldn’t barge into a girl’s room as a man. Boohoo… They were thinking too much! He just wanted to call from the door!

“Calm down! Xue’er has a sense of propriety. She won’t be too late,” Leng Qingtian said.

“Sigh! Alright then! Let’s wait another ten minutes. We’ll go to the competition venue first if they’re not out yet! Otherwise, someone might think we’ve given up,” Lan Ming said helplessly with a heavy sigh.

“There’s no need to wait. We’re out.” Leng Ruoxue’s voice sounded from behind everyone.

“Little ancestor, you’re finally out.” Lan Ming sighed in relief.

“Little Lan Lan, calm down,” Leng Ruoxue teased.

“Grandpa, this is for you,” Leng Ruoxue said to Leng Qingtian and the others and handed each of them a small bamboo tube. The bamboo tubes were small and exquisite, translucent like white jade, and looked very beautiful.

Lin Liang opened the bamboo tube and took out a needle as thin as a cow’s hair.

“Ruoxue, what is this?” he asked in puzzlement. This needle was about five centimeters long, transparent, thin, and soft. This small bamboo tube actually contained nearly ten thousand such tiny needles.

“Hidden weapon.” Leng Ruoxue said lightly.

“How do we use this?” Feng Jing asked with interest. He didn’t expect Ruoxue to disappear for two days just to refine hidden weapons!

“You can usually hang this bamboo tube on your body as an ornament, and you can use it as a hidden weapon at critical moments. Do you see this button? As long as you press it, hundreds of needles will be shot out in succession, which will definitely turn the enemy into a porcupine. Moreover, the needles are coated with poison, so you have to use it carefully.” Leng Ruoxue pointed at an inconspicuous little bump at the bottom of the bamboo tube.

“Ah! So powerful?” Leng Qingtian and the others were surprised. These were really too useful for them. In fact, no matter what equipment it was, they should not seek the best but only what was most suitable for them. These bamboo tubes looked very simple, but they were convenient for them and wouldn’t attract too much attention.

“Little Snowy, what about mine?” Lan Ming said bitterly while looking at the bamboo tubes in everyone’s hands covetously. He liked bamboo the most, so he liked the bamboo tubes in Leng Ruoxue’s hands just now. But what he didn’t expect was that these small bamboo tubes could actually fire hidden weapons. It was really too rare.

“You are already a Mystic Monarch, so there’s no need for you to have one,” Leng Ruoxue said. She had only refined hidden weapons for the upcoming matches to give everyone an additional guarantee, so she had never considered Lan Ming.

“I need one too! Little Snowy, you can’t favor one over the other!” Lan Ming said aggrievedly with a long face. Why didn’t she give him one when everyone else had one? Boohoo…

“I’ll give you mine!” Leng Ruoxue said helplessly. She took out the bamboo tube she had prepared for herself and handed it to Lan Ming. Alas! Lan Ming must have been swapped!

“Hehe, Little Snowy, I know you’re the best.” Lan Ming didn’t stand on ceremony at all. He happily took the bamboo tube Leng Ruoxue handed him and placed it directly on his waist.

“Little Lan Lan, don’t use it recklessly! There’s no antidote for the poison on the needles,” Leng Ruoxue reminded.

“Ah! No antidote? Then what if…” Lan Ming only spoke halfway before staring at Leng Ruoxue fiercely.

“That person will definitely die, so don’t use it lightly unless it concerns your life and death,” Leng Ruoxue said.

“Oh! I understand. I won’t use it recklessly,” Lan Ming said fearfully. It was a poison that would definitely kill! Whoever got hit would be unlucky!

“Ruoxue, I took a needle just now. Will I be okay?” Lin Liang asked fearfully. Boohoo… Why didn’t the naughty girl say so earlier!

“It’s okay. The poison won’t act unless it enters the body,” Leng Ruoxue comforted.