Ling Qianji stared blankly at the egg in his arms, then looked at Ming Li with confusion, a bad feeling suddenly dawning in his heart.
“Senior Sister, this…”
Ming Li glanced at the egg in his arms, her mind flashing through various ways to cook an egg…
“Give it to me.”
Ling Qianji, bewildered, handed the egg to Ming Li.
“Hiss—”
A gust of wind blew past, and a flock of large birds with colorful feathers appeared before Ming Li and Ling Qianji.
“Third-tier Saint Beast Feathered Phoenix Bird?!”
Ling Qianji looked at the birds before him, his voice full of caution, “Senior Sister, I’ll hold them off! You go quickly!”
Ming Li bounced the egg in her hand, but didn’t move.
Seeing Ming Li’s inaction, Ling Qianji turned his head in confusion, “Senior Sister, what’s wrong?”
Ming Li replied, “Nothing.” As she spoke, she tossed the egg to Ling Qianji, “Protect my egg and go aside.”
Ling Qianji: “……” Staring at the egg in his arms, which had suddenly changed color, he was utterly dumbfounded.
“Hiss—”
Hearing the birds’ cries, Ming Li spoke helplessly, “What are you squawking about? Your egg wasn’t stolen by us.”
The Feathered Phoenix Birds looked at the egg in Ling Qianji’s arms and cried again, “Hiss—” Then why is my egg in your hands?
Ming Li explained, “This egg was given to us by someone else. It’s not your egg. Don’t you see they look different?”
The Feathered Phoenix Birds cried, “Hiss—” But why does that egg carry my child’s scent?
Ming Li retorted, “It might have gotten it when it was with your child among those people just now.”
The Feathered Phoenix Birds cried, “Hiss—” Where are those people!
Ming Li pointed in a direction, “They went that way.”
Ling Qianji watched as the Feathered Phoenix Birds suddenly left, still bewildered, “Shi… Senior Sister, what’s going on?” Why did those Saint Beasts leave so suddenly?
Ming Li glanced at the receding bird bottoms, “It’s nothing. Go gather some firewood, and Senior Sister will make you roast whole egg.”
Ling Qianji protested, “But Senior Sister, this is a Saint Beast egg!”
Ming Li raised an eyebrow, “Is there anything different about it?” Aren’t they all eggs?
Ling Qianji: “……”
In the end, Ling Qianji obediently went to gather firewood.
After he left, Ming Li pulled the system out of her space, her gaze fixed on the system, making the system’s scalp tingle and its heart feel uneasy.
“Ho… Host, what’s wrong?”
Ming Li asked, “You can roast eggs, right?” She remembered this guy seemed to be able to roast anything before.
The system stammered, “Ah?” Roast eggs? Ask a system to roast eggs?! Was she kidding?
“Host… I…”
Ming Li pressed, “You can, right?”
The system swallowed its nonexistent saliva, “Yes…” Ahhh! It’s just a system! Why would the heavens do this to it?!
Heaven: “……” What has it got to do with me!
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“But… but, Host, I’m just a system…”
Hearing the system’s words, Ming Li fell silent, raised her hand, and snapped her fingers. The next moment, the system transformed into a little red pig…
The system, seeing this, didn’t realize anything was amiss. It ran over, took out bowls and plates from its space, and nimbly began to process the egg.
Ling Qianji, carrying firewood, returned and saw the system. He asked Ming Li in confusion, “Senior Sister, this is… are we going to have roast suckling pig later?”
The system, hearing this: “?!!”
Ming Li glanced at the system, paused, and calmly stated, “This is my contracted beast, not an ingredient.”
Ling Qianji: “……” His Senior Sister’s contracted beast is… a… pig?! And a red one?!
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