Chapter 142

Chapter 142: Why Not Eat Meat?

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“This should work now, right?”

Lin Muyu found a hidden corner and steadily embedded a palm-sized recording stone into a crevice in the house, camouflaging it well.

Then she said to Xiaotao:

“Change this formation to a trigger-type. Once someone approaches or activates the formation, immediately start the recording stone!”

Recording stones are quite special, they need cultivators or formations to actively supply spiritual energy to activate.

However, when cultivators activate recording stones, the spiritual energy fluctuations can be detected by others.

But formations are different. As long as the recording stone is within a triggered formation, the spiritual energy fluctuations during activation will be masked by the formation, making them hard to detect.

As for how she knew this… of course Smart Peach told her.

“Master, don’t give me random nicknames!”

After finishing all this, Lin Muyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Now she could quietly wait for the fish to take the bait.

That masked figure from earlier, full of killing intent, he was clearly just a guard.

The real mastermind definitely wouldn’t be him.

And that mastermind would surely return here, providing her with evidence.

After confirming everything was in order, Lin Muyu returned to the village. She needed to report back to Xiaoyun first.

In just a moment, Lin Muyu was back outside the house.

Pushing the door open, she saw three or four dishes on the wooden table, still steaming hot.

“Sister, you finished your business so quickly?”

Lin Xiaoyun saw Lin Muyu return and immediately rushed over to hug her waist, her voice full of joy.

Lin Muyu smiled and ruffled her hair:

“Not exactly quick, I just didn’t encounter any setbacks. It went more smoothly than expected.”

Fortunately, there were no other female leads there, otherwise with her experience it couldn’t have been this simple.

“Sister Muyu, quickly wash your hands! We can start eating!”

Mo Youhua, pulling her sister who had just finished weaving half a bolt of cloth, came out from another room. Seeing Lin Muyu suddenly appear, she urged.

“I’ll just wash my hands with spiritual energy.”

Lin Muyu sat down naturally, her gaze sweeping over the dishes on the table, puzzled:

“Why are there only vegetables, no meat…”

Before finishing her sentence, she caught sight of Mo Youhua’s instantly reddening face and slapped her forehead.

Wasn’t this just like “why not eat meat”?

She had actually forgotten that after the wolf demon incident, the Mo family had lost several laborers.

Being able to eat hot meals was already fortunate, where would they have spare money to buy meat?

“You all sit and wait for me. I’ll be right back.”

As soon as Lin Muyu finished speaking, her figure disappeared from the house.

Mo Youhua’s sister asked in bewilderment:

“The fairy is…”

“Sister probably went to find us something delicious?”

Lin Xiaoyun blinked and guessed, her eyes full of expectation.

In just a short while, Lin Muyu returned carrying two snow-white wild rabbits.

The rabbits’ ears were still twitching slightly, their faces full of terror.

“Tonight I’m treating you to roasted rabbit!”

She raised the prey in her hands, smiling with her eyes curved like crescents.

“Yay! It’s bunnies!”

Lin Xiaoyun immediately jumped up.

Bunnies are so cute, how could anyone eat bunnies?

But she couldn’t resist the fragrant roasted rabbit meat.

Lin Muyu secretly swallowed her saliva. Just thinking about that crispy skin made her feel hungry.

As the charcoal fire rose, the sound of dripping fat accompanied the spreading aroma.

Lin Xiaoyun gnawed on the oily rabbit leg and suddenly remembered something, asking vaguely:

“Oh right, sister, what happened to that little girl?”

“Don’t worry, she’s been properly settled.”

That little girl’s chains hadn’t been removed yet, Xiaotao was still figuring out how to do it.

Once the chains were removed, she’d let the little girl come out. Otherwise, if others saw her, they might think Lin Muyu was abusing children.

Lin Muyu picked up a piece of rabbit meat. Although she had long achieved spiritual sustenance and didn’t need to eat, she always craved this earthly atmosphere.

After all, being able to enjoy a good hearty meal was one of the rare pleasures in the world.

While eating happily, she noticed Mo Youhua frequently glancing at her, wanting to speak but hesitating.

“Youhua, do you have something to tell me?”

Lin Muyu put down the rabbit bone in her hand and asked directly.

She never liked beating around the bush, speaking directly was always the most worry-free approach.

Mo Youhua’s cheeks turned bright red, and after a long while, she said quietly:

“Sister Muyu, I… I also want to cultivate…”

Lin Muyu raised an eyebrow and asked:

“Oh? Tell me, why do you want to cultivate?”

“I want to have the strength to protect my sister and protect the village!”

Mo Youhua suddenly raised her head, her eyes determined, adding rapidly:

“When the wolf demon came last time, I couldn’t do anything. I could only hide in the house trembling, watching helplessly as my sister was captured… I don’t want to be like that anymore.”

“Sister…”

Mo Youhua’s sister looked at her like this, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

“That’s indeed a very good reason.”

Lin Muyu nodded in her heart.

Compared to herself, who stepped onto the cultivation path for self-protection and revenge.

Mo Youhua’s reason was indeed much purer and more righteous.

But cultivation wasn’t something you could just do if you wanted to.

After pondering for a while, Lin Muyu reached out and grasped Mo Youhua’s wrist, sending a wisp of gentle spiritual energy through her fingertips into her body.

This sudden action stunned everyone at the table, and Lin Xiaoyun’s fluffy ears immediately perked up.

A barely noticeable flash of jealousy appeared in her eyes.

Although Mo Youhua was her good friend, how could her sister’s hand be casually touched by others?

The spiritual energy circulated through Mo Youhua’s body once, and Lin Muyu withdrew her hand, shaking her head gently:

“It’s a deficient pseudo spirit root of the five elements, the most common spirit root quality among mortals. It’s not true cultivation talent. Without tremendous fortune, at most she could only touch the threshold of half-step Qi Refining in this lifetime.”

This result was actually what she had expected.

Mo Youhua’s home wasn’t far from Qinglan Sect.

If she truly had cultivation talent, even just the worst five-element mixed spirit root, she could have been accepted by Qinglan Sect as an auxiliary outer disciple.

Qinglan Sect’s recruitment of auxiliary outer disciples was quite broad. Although they couldn’t compare to formal disciples in accessing powerful techniques.

They could still cultivate to Qi Refining stage within the sect. Many people who failed the entrance examination would choose this path.

“I see…”

Mo Youhua drooped her head, her shoulders sagging, her voice carrying deep disappointment, her eyes reddening.

“Youhua, don’t be sad!”

Seeing this, Lin Xiaoyun immediately put down the rabbit leg in her hand and went over to pat her back.

“In the future, I’ll protect you and your sister, and the whole village too!”

She had already thrown that bit of jealousy to the back of her mind.

Mo Youhua had a pure nature and treated people sincerely, she was a good friend worth befriending deeply. How could she bear to see her good friend sad?

“However, I do have a method that could give you the ability to protect the village.”

Lin Muyu suddenly spoke, her tone carrying a hint of mystery.

Although Qinglan Sect would regularly clear out demonic beasts near the sect, they only cleared Foundation Establishment stage and above greater demons.

Those small demons and monsters at Qi Refining stage were still threats to the village.

In the past, whenever something happened, the villagers had to go to Qinglan Sect for help.

Recently, for some unknown reason, there had been noticeably more demonic beasts in the area than usual.

Mo Youhua was probably afraid of another wolf demon controlling the village, which was why she was so urgently wanting to become stronger.