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nChapter 31

n“Enough, Ji Ruo. That’s enough. We won’t be able to finish eating it if there’s more.”

nLiang Shixian took off his dirty coat and put away the twenty-odd fish that Ji Ruo had caught.

nThese fish were not big, and each of them only two fingers wide. However, twenty of those fishes were still a lot.

nAlthough the two of them had advanced to level seven Martial Apprentice, the breakthrough of the apprentice stage was not a qualitative change. People who practiced martial arts had a lot of appetites, but there was still a limit.

nThese many fishes were enough.

n“All right.” Ji Ruo stopped catching fishes.

nHe thought, “Why didn’t I trigger any achievement when fishing with bare hands?”

nJi Ruo stood up, held little Luo Qian in his arms, and headed back to the place where the tree demons were stationed.

n“Ji Ruo, are you really going to keep this cat?” Liang Shixian could not help but ask.

n“Of course!” Ji Ruo rubbed little Luo Qian’s head and answered, “Luo Qian is so cute. Why can’t I raise her?”

n“Luo Qian?”

n“Yes, that’s its name.”

nLiang Shixian was speechless. “You have even come up with a name?”

n“Hehe! That’s right.”

nJi Ruo looked happy on the surface, but he was actually surprised deep down.

nIt was because Luo Qian’s details panel was a little strange.

nName: Luo Qian

nRace: Unknown

nType: Demonic devil

nStage: Infant

nTalent: Illusion

nRemark: little Luo Qian seems to be a very mysterious cat.

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n“What the hell does the system mean by unknown race? Furthermore, it’s a demonic devil?” Ji Ruo wondered.

nHe stroked the cat and suddenly thought of a particular piece of knowledge.

nThere was a huge difference between demons and devils.

nNormally, all aspects of a demon would improve proportionally with the increase in strength.

nOther than intelligence, which would stop growing after reaching a certain level, all other aspects could theoretically continue to grow.

nDevils, on the other hand, could evolve by devouring their own kind and quickly increase their own level.

nIt was just that devils did not advance as quickly as demons. Moreover, in the early stages, the intelligence of devils was generally low. Even if they had reached a level equivalent to pulsing realm of the humans, they would still only act based on instinct. At most, they would have some simple ideas in their instinct.

nThat was why Ji Ruo was so surprised when he saw the goblins talking. The spider queen and the six-tentacle catfish, who were more powerful, could not speak.

nDemons always strengthened their bodies, but devils did not.

nMost of the devils had all kinds of strange innate skills, but their physical strength was not outstanding.

nIn the later stages, the evolution of devils did not even care about physical strength. They only strengthened intelligence, or rather, spiritual power.

nThis was the difference between the two.

nOne was strengthened in an equal ratio in the early stages and had high intelligence, but it didn’t matter in the later stages.

nThe other one did not care much about intelligence or physical strength in the early stages, only rapidly evolving. But in the later stages, its intelligence was extremely high, and it could master many magical abilities.

nAnd the so-called demonic devils were the mixed blood of demons and devils.

nIn Ji Ruo’s previous life, it was widely known that mixed-bloods were pretty or handsome, and some of them even had outstanding intelligence.

nThis inexplicably instilled the wrong idea that ‘all hybrids are handsome and beautiful’ into the world.

nBut in fact, there were more than a few hybrids.

nThere were ugly and stupid mixed-bloods, but people subconsciously did not treat them as mixed-blood. Neither good-looking nor smart, what kind of mixed blood are you? Mixed blood from the neighboring village?

nThe probability of being a mixed-blood was very mysterious as it involved the problem of inheritance. Not only did it apply to humans, but also to devils and demons.

nThe mixed blood of a devil and a demon was called a demon.

nBecause of the probability of inheritance, demons were divided into several types.

nThere were top-grade mixed-bloods who inherited all the advantages of both the devil and demon bloodlines, normal mixed-bloods who only inherited one talent, low-grade mixed-bloods who inherited one talent but the inherited talent was weaker than the original due to the conflict of the bloodline, and low-grade mixed-bloods who had the conflict of the devil and demon bloodlines, which completely offset the talent.

nThere were countless species of devils and demons, and even the humans who had always been hostile to them did not dare to say that they had a complete record of all the species of devils and demons.

nEvery single demonic devil could be considered a completely new race.

nAs for the talent and development potential that the demon beast inherited, it depended entirely on luck.

nAnd because of that, it was easy to understand why Luo Qian’s race was unknown.

nThis little guy was a new species.

nHowever, Luo Qian had an innate ability. Although Ji Ruo did not know how effective it was, no matter how bad it was, it should at least be a third-grade demon, or slightly weaker.

nBut it didn’t matter even if Luo Qian were weak. Pets were not raised to fight.

nJi Ruo rubbed Luo Qian’s head and comforted, “Little Luo Qian, don’t worry. I won’t despise you.”

nLuo Qian raised her head and looked at Ji Ruo in confusion. “Meow?”

nLiang Shixian did not want to say anything to Ji Ruo anymore. Ji Ruo would not listen even if he did, and Ji Ruo would not change his ways. “He will still be childish. What was there to say?” Liang Shixian mused.

nThe two humans and one cat returned to the day camp of the tree demons.

nThere were dozens of tree demons gathered here. Although they were all in a ‘dormant’ state, there was still a faint demonic energy spreading out.

nThe demonic energy was not strong. Its only function was to inform the surrounding creatures that there was already a demon here.

nCreatures that could sense this faint demonic energy would generally not come over in this situation, or it could be said that they were too lazy to come over. The tree demons were not delicious, and the quality of the spirit fruits it bore was not high, so it would be a waste to come.

nAs for those who could not sense them, although they would come over, the tree demons had already prepared the spirit fruits to ‘entertain’ them, so there was no need to worry.

nTherefore, Ji Ruo and the others were safe here.

n“Class president, go and pick some scarlet heart pepper and hemp branches. Oh, and some white spirit fruits too,” Ji Ruo said.

n“What are you up to now?” Liang Shixian asked, slightly confused.

n“If we roast this fish, it’ll have a strong fishy smell. Shouldn’t we marinate it first?”

nLiang Shixian was speechless. “Okay then.”

nHe felt that the martial arts examination was progressing in a weird direction.

nThe sense of deja vu was getting stronger and stronger.

nLiang Shixian turned around to pick up the things Ji Ruo had said.

nIt should be mentioned that the spirit fruits borne by the tree demons were not biased, and they could grow whatever they wanted. Even the same tree demon could grow three or four different kinds of spiritual fruits.

nThe substitutes for some seasonings could also be found on the tree demons. Ji Ruo had already observed them.

n“Bang!”

nLiang Shixian was picking fruits when he was startled by a loud noise behind him. He turned around and was dumbfounded.

n“Ji Ruo, y-you… Why did you cut that tree demon? What if they wake up?”

n“I’m going to get a container for marinating these fish. Don’t worry, I’ll just cut off a part of it. These tree demon have strong vitality. I’ll just put it back later,” said Ji Ruo nonchalantly.

nOnce the tree demon went to sleep, its body and mind would fall into a deep sleep, and the quality of its sleep would be excellent. In addition, the tree demon’s vitality was extremely strong, and its perception ability was very weak. As long as they were not burned directly, they would not wake up even if they were cut in half. They were indeed extremely ‘cautious.’

nLast night, Ji Ruo discovered this point because he almost overturned the tree demon when he crawled out of the ground. After all, all the tree demons were still conscious at that time.

nThey did not feel any pain. They had senses, but it was not very clear.

nEven if a tree demon was cut in half, at most, its ‘quality of sleep’ would be slightly worse.

n“P-Put it back?”

nLiang Shixian was dumbfounded.

n“Class president, don’t just stand there. The earlier its marinate, the earlier we can eat grilled fish.”

nAs Ji Ruo spoke, he drew out his sword and cut a big hole in the middle of the tree trunk.

nAfter that, he poured the dying fish that Liang Shixian had wrapped in his school uniform into the hole that had just been dug out.

nJi Ruo dug a hole in the ground, buried Liang Shixian’s uniform, and stepped on it.

n“Class president.” Ji Ruo said, “Your school uniform is stained with the fishy smell of fish. You have to bury it in the soil to cover the smell.”

nLiang Shixian was left speechless and thought, “He knows how to behave vigilantly at this time?”

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