readytorunbook Chapter 521 The Thief of the Family Is Here
Chapter 521 The Thief of the Family Is Here
"eat?"
Yun Yici was dumbfounded: "What exactly are you? How can you live by consuming spiritual energy?"
"I've heard that the Lotus Pond is formed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed by the blue lotus. How could it lack this spiritual energy?"
The spirit, with tears in its eyes, argued, "If I absorb spiritual energy, I still have to cultivate on my own. If I consume spiritual power, I won't have to work so hard."
Yun Yici's face darkened as she felt her spiritual power was being treated like food: "But other people's spiritual power is also something they've worked hard to cultivate."
"With the way you just used to absorb it, you might drain my spiritual energy and kill me."
"Do you think it's okay to treat an innocent person as food?"
The spirit choked up after being scolded and said weakly, "I don't know. I feel like you still have a lot. I only ate a little bit."
He stretched out his hand, which was only slightly larger than a bean, and gestured earnestly, trying to explain to Yun Yici that he really only ate a tiny bit.
Now here's the problem: to go to the lotus pond, you need to inject spiritual energy, but the spirit in front of you is insatiable.
Could this be some kind of show of force from Lianchi?
Yun Yici tentatively asked, "The seniors in the Lotus Pond have profound cultivation. Could it be that they usually nourish you with spiritual energy?"
The spirit shook its head vigorously: "I've tasted them, and their spiritual energy doesn't taste good at all. Only your spiritual energy is sweet and fragrant."
Yun Yici saw that the little spirit's face only showed innocent longing, not greed.
A thought struck her, and she softened her tone: "I see."
"I just wanted to befriend you, fellow immortal, but you suddenly started draining my spiritual energy and wouldn't let go, so I acted rashly in a moment of panic."
"If I had known this would happen, it wouldn't have mattered if you had let me absorb some of your spiritual energy."
The spirit was both surprised and delighted. It flew up from the lotus seedpod and tried to pounce on Yun Yici and roll around on him.
"You're so kind, human!"
Yun Yici dared not let him get close again.
She deliberately sighed deeply, seemingly turning her body away unintentionally to avoid the spirit's embrace.
"But I heard my master say that cultivation depends on oneself."
"I'm afraid that indulging you in getting something for nothing will actually harm you."
“You were born with the body of a lotus pond immortal and absorb the immortal energy of the lotus pond. How could you possibly be tainted by the spiritual power of a mortal like me? I’m afraid I will be punished by the seniors of the lotus pond for this matter.”
"I was already very uneasy about this trip to Lotus Pond. Compared with the seniors, my cultivation is much lower. I also have to feed you spiritual energy. I'm afraid I will definitely die on this trip."
"To be on the safe side, why don't you take me to the lotus pond first, and then I'll treat you to a big meal after I return safely? How about that?"
"I have a connection with you, fellow immortal. Perhaps I will be able to feed you often in the future."
The innocent spirit, whose only thought was food, was completely led astray by Yun Yici's promises.
He can understand whether it's eating one meal or eating every meal.
The spirit raised its hand to wipe away its tears: "Wait a minute, I have something to give you. If you eat this, you will definitely come back alive."
As the spirit spoke, it flew back into the lotus seedpod.
He closed his eyes, and an invisible, ethereal fragrance emanated from the lotus petals.
The pure air drifted into the sky, gathered towards the center of the lotus seedpod, and condensed into a white oval sphere.
As more and more pure energy gathered, the pink light on the lotus petals faded, almost transforming into a white lotus.
The white ball, however, transformed into a vibrant green lotus seed, following the green of the lotus pod.
The spirit held the lotus seed in its arms and handed it to Yun Yici.
"Here, have some. That way, it won't be considered getting something for nothing."
Yun Yici's eyelids twitched as she looked at the tender, ethereal-looking green lotus seed in the spirit's arms.
It couldn't be what she thought.
No, isn't this the spirit of the invitation?
"what is this?"
The spirit replied matter-of-factly, "It's the Green Lotus Seed."
Yun Yici coughed lightly: "Aren't you the spirit of the invitation? Where did you get the green lotus seed?"
"I am the spirit of the Azure Lotus!"
Yun Yici was truly shocked: "You are the spirit of the Azure Lotus? This is the Azure Lotus seed that was said to have only produced three seeds?"
"Didn't you just say that you'd get scolded if you were slow in guiding others?"
What is this called?
Are these divine objects used as gatekeepers?
Blind to the truth?
The spirit nodded: "Yes, because there are many versions of me."
"Different versions of me have different responsibilities, so their attitudes towards each version of me are also different."
"But I am still me, no matter the difference. I can give my lotus seeds to whomever I want."
Yun Yici was somewhat confused.
But now that the lotus seeds I've been longing for are right in front of me, it would be a lie to say I'm not tempted.
"Do you know that this thing is extremely precious? There are only three of them this time. The reason I asked you to guide us to the Dao Discussion Conference is for the Green Lotus Seed."
"If you hand this over to me now, you will die if things are exposed."
Although Yun Yici intended to manipulate the innocent and naive spirits, she only wanted to get to the lotus pond smoothly.
She wasn't so despicable as to disregard the other person's life and death and trick them into killing him.
The spirit said firmly, "I will not die."
Even if I die, there will be different versions of me living on.
"You can feed the spiritual energy to the others when the time comes, and I can get some."