Chapter 22: Why Not Go Down the Mountain and Steal Corn?

The smoked meat he had tricked out of someone was long gone. Later, he set traps and caught some wild rabbits and squirrels. Once, he even caught a wild boar, which he managed to kill with great difficulty.

Now, all of that was gone too.

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He had eaten fish from the river for three months, and now the sight of fish made him want to vomit.

Life surviving in the wilderness was not beautiful at all.

A long, melodious crane cry came from the sky, and Ga Ga Pig flapped its wings, elegantly descending.

The White Crane’s beak had healed.

According to common sense, a bird’s beak is a non-renewable part that cannot be repaired once damaged, but this world doesn’t really follow common sense.

Of course, its rapid recovery was entirely due to the delicious medicinal soup Li Qiuchen brewed every day.

Li Qiuchen hadn’t expected that the medicinal soups he brewed according to the recipes in the book, intended for Body Tempering, would also be effective for birds.

At the time, he had merely harbored the thought that he couldn’t enjoy the’shit’ alone, so he tricked Ga Ga Pig into drinking the medicine with him.

The Stupid Bird was once tormented to the point of not wanting to live, even losing many of its feathers.

But unexpectedly, its beak actually grew back little by little.

With its beak healed, it regained the ability to feed itself, and the comical sound mimicking a broken-beaked crane laughter was no longer heard.

Li Qiuchen thought it would fly away, but it ultimately stayed.

A healed beak doesn’t mean a healed brain.

Given the Stupid Bird’s intelligence, Li Qiuchen couldn’t help but ask that day, “You didn’t forget where your home is, did you?”

That single sentence made the proud White Crane break down on the spot, retaliating with a flurry of relentless Shadowless Kicks at Li Qiuchen.

Actually, Li Qiuchen had an even bigger question; he really wanted the Stupid Bird to demonstrate again how it got stuck on the rock wall in the first place.

Logically, even if a Stone Clam can turn into stone, it’s only in the water, so why were you hanging on the wall?

It was inconceivable.

But he also knew that this was the most taboo topic and dark history for the White Crane.

Anyone who asks will die.

“Tomorrow, let’s go catch another wild boar.”

Li Qiuchen suggested.

Actually, he didn’t want to catch a wild boar; he just wanted to find an excuse to continue Cultivating in the mountains.

People won’t know their potential until they push themselves.

Although he had clearly improved compared to two and a half months ago.

But Li Qiuchen didn’t have a status panel in his mind, so he wasn’t sure to what extent he had improved.

What if he was still a weakling, and upon leaving, he would encounter an Evil Path Cultivator or an Immortal Sect Scion, and be crushed instantly?

The White Crane shook its head vigorously.

No.

“Then what do you want to eat?”

The White Crane nudged its beak towards the sack next to it.

It wanted to eat human food.

You’re a bird! Can’t you act like a bird?

Li Qiuchen was heartbroken, this bird was corrupting his Dao Heart.

“How about going down the mountain to get some cornmeal?”

“Gaga!”

It nodded vigorously, shamelessly making the sound mimicking a broken-beaked crane.

“Can’t you have some ambition?”

The White Crane spread its wings and gestured. If Li Qiuchen hadn’t spent so much time with it, he might not have understood its meaning.

Get some fresh cornmeal… no, fresh corn on the cob.

It wanted to gnaw on corn.

This is as far as you’ll ever go in life.

Li Qiuchen decided to give it an even uglier nickname in his heart: Ga Ga Corn Pig… Cultivators must learn to balance work and rest.

Going down the mountain to steal corn on the cob was a very beneficial thing for both physical and mental health.

Ga Ga Corn Pig seemed to have an inexplicable obsession with cornmeal.

Seeing how excited it was, Li Qiuchen really couldn’t bear to tell it that the corn in the fields might not even grow two feet tall at this time of year.

Spring arrives late in the Northern Region, and planting is also late.

Songlin Village’s fields still had the Pharmacists Blessing bonus, ensuring yield.

For the crops in the villages down the mountain, grown with purely natural farm fertilizer, it was hard to say.

They followed the river downstream to the lake.

Li Qiuchen was still wondering if he would see the Song family father and son here.

Catching Stone Clams really depended on individual ability; if you didn’t have the ability, you couldn’t do anything about it.

These were things born and nurtured by heaven and earth; Li Qiuchen had no intention of monopolizing them.

If they truly had the ability to extract the pearls, then this wealth was rightfully theirs.

However, they didn’t see the Song family father and son by the lake, only a lonely big tree.

A bad premonition immediately arose in Li Qiuchen’s heart.

His Remembrance was excellent; in his Remembrance, two months ago, there was no such tree by the lake at all.

Even if it was newly grown, could it have grown this large in two and a half months?

This made him think of some unpleasant things.

“Gaga, what do you think?”

A Shadowless Kick flew out.

Gaga your sister’s gaga!

The White Crane glared at him fiercely, then flapped its wings and took off without a word.

What do I think? I’ll fly over and see!

This Stupid Bird’s thinking was always so simple; Li Qiuchen genuinely felt that it was truly not easy for it to have survived until now.

“Gaga gaga gaga—!”

See, something happened after all.

The White Crane had just landed, took one look, and immediately shrieked, flapping its wings wildly, almost falling into the lake on its backside.

Li Qiuchen waited on the mountain for two minutes, confirming that the Stupid Bird had no other problems besides being startled, before cautiously approaching.

Then he knew why the Stupid Bird was scared.

From afar, it looked like a tree; up close, it was a person.

And it was an acquaintance he had met once before.

It was Old Third Song, the Mountain Guest invited by Call Break Heaven.

He had transformed into a tree, or rather, a tree had grown out of his body.

His body was completely fused with the tree, and if one didn’t look closely, they wouldn’t be able to clearly see the human head on the trunk, only thinking it was a strange wooden knot.

Hiss… Li Qiuchen gasped, then turned to the White Crane and said, “This has nothing to do with me, you know I’ve been hiding in the mountains Cultivating for the past two months.”

The White Crane looked utterly bewildered.

Of course it has nothing to do with you, what nonsense are you talking about?

I’m afraid of getting mud on my pants and not being able to clear my name.

Li Qiuchen was all too familiar with this.

Isn’t this a Spiritual Root?

There’s no one else here now, do I look like a suspect?

No, let’s retreat quickly before anyone else discovers it.

Li Qiuchen turned to run, but the White Crane bit his hair, shaking its head wildly to signal him to check the village.

I’m not going! What if we see an old peach tree at the village entrance, then neither of us can escape!

Li Qiuchen was filled with fear, but unfortunately, the Stupid Bird was also stubborn and wouldn’t let go, so he could only compromise.

Peering from the hilltop, the village seemed to have nothing unusual.

No strange peach trees were seen.

Li Qiuchen breathed a sigh of relief, let the Stupid Bird fly into the sky to scout for enemies, and then, taking advantage of the dim light, tiptoed into the village.