As the little carp left, Gu Gu looked at the ball in her hand, then tilted her head to look at Liu Nanfeng, gently tapping his leg with the ball.
"What's wrong?" Liu Nanfeng asked in surprise.
"Gu gu?"
"Are you saying you want to go back too?" Liu Nanfeng asked.
"Gu gu." Gu Gu nodded.
"Come back after dinner," Liu Nanfeng said, patting her little head.
"Yes, I've already made dinner," Su Huamei said from the side.
Su Jinxiu stepped forward, moved the ball from her hand to the side, and then pulled her to the dining table.
After dinner, Liu Nanfeng put Gu Gu into the painting. Besides the ball the little carp had given her, Liu Nanfeng also took some milk and snacks from home to bring with her.
This time, Liu Nanfeng did not go in with her, but sat on the sofa watching the painting in the air.
After Gu Gu returned, she first put everything in the house, then took the ball and ran out, happily running in the flower garden.
Watching her joyful appearance, Liu Nanfeng's gaze shifted downwards to the butterfly demon also fluttering its wings in the flower garden. Should he move the butterfly demon over to keep her company?
Of course, he only thought of it temporarily. His gaze continued to move to the left; the experimental subjects were basically doing well.
Although resources were scarce in the painting, with the only food being the fruit trees Liu Nanfeng had provided, the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously nourished their bodies, making their condition much better than in the laboratory.
Finally, Liu Nanfeng's gaze shifted upwards again, to the giant volcano.
At this time, the mist around the volcano had dispersed even more, revealing large areas of forests, lakes, and mountains.
This was mainly thanks to the demon Zhao Zheng, whom he had collected into the painting from the laboratory yesterday.
However, Zhao Zheng had now transformed into a spinning pill.
The pill was covered in strange patterns and flickered with a faint blue light, appearing extraordinary. It was even a circle larger than the pills refined by the Human Demon.
Liu Nanfeng reached out and took it out of the painting, but did not immediately swallow it. He had a feeling that this pill would not be absorbed and assimilated by his Body Strengthening ability.
Because this was also a pill refined by a demon, and it was of the same level as Body Strengthening, it was unlikely to be strengthened by it.
Zhao Zheng also possessed five abilities: Lust, Pride, Charm, Hypocrisy, and Greed.
Lust: The embodiment of lust, giving you a pair of eternally functioning kidneys, never satisfied in the pursuit of carnal pleasures, and thus prone to being blinded by desire.
Pride: Pride makes people arrogant, but ultimately it is false. Through words and actions, it makes oneself powerful for a short time.
Charm: A demon's instinct, a culinary skill. A glance from you ignites desire.
Hypocrisy: By wearing a mask of hypocrisy, everyone will feel favorably towards you and be more convinced by your words—except those with hearts as pure as a newborn's.
Greed: The embodiment of greed, never satisfied due to desire, keeping you mentally alert and forging ahead.
Among these five abilities, Charm and Greed had appeared before.
Charm, let's not mention it for now; it merely incites desire in people and makes their souls more delicious.
Greed, however, was a very powerful ability. Frankly speaking, humanity's progress was inseparable from greed. Only by being eternally insatiable and discontented could humanity keep moving forward.
This also indicated, from another angle, that many seemingly negative abilities did not necessarily have negative impacts.
Furthermore, Lust could give one eternally functioning kidneys, but it had a side effect: in plain terms, it made one's brain go numb with desire.
As for Pride and Hypocrisy, one was actively granting oneself buffs through words and actions, while the other was a passive skill, making most people feel favorably towards the user.
After all, in today's society, almost everyone wore a mask, and there were very few adults who retained a child's heart. Of course, this also made it easy for children to lose their closeness to them.
Therefore, among the five abilities, Liu Nanfeng favored Pride and Greed the most.
But this pill was not one of those two; it was one he least desired—Lust. This made Liu Nanfeng hesitate whether to swallow it.
Not swallowing it was a waste, but swallowing it made his head ache just thinking about the side effects. Now he genuinely wished it could be absorbed and assimilated by his Body Strengthening ability, so he wouldn't have so many reservations.
"What are you looking at?"
At this moment, Su Huamei came out of the kitchen. Seeing Liu Nanfeng sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at something, she couldn't help but be curious.
"Nothing," Liu Nanfeng shook his head and was about to put away the pill.
But Su Huamei had already seen it. She snatched it away and asked curiously, "What is this? A pill? Where did you get it? What does it do?"
She brought the pill to her nose to sniff it but detected no scent, which made her feel a bit strange. No pill could be completely odorless; the better the quality, the more fragrant it would smell, and naturally, the stronger its medicinal effect. Yet, this one in her hand had no scent at all. Theoretically, this was impossible.
She made a gesture as if to put it into her mouth.
"Wait, you can't just eat it," Liu Nanfeng exclaimed in alarm.
If she really ate it, Liu Nanfeng felt he would be close to death, definitely to the point of exhaustion.
"What can't be eaten casually?" Su Jinxiu also asked as she came out of the kitchen.
After dinner, she and Su Huamei went to clean the kitchen together. They had just finished, so they came out one after another.
"So stingy." Su Huamei tossed the pill back to Liu Nanfeng.
"It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that this pill really can't be eaten casually."
"A pill? Where did you get it?" Su Jinxiu asked, then showed a look of realization.
Liu Nanfeng had told her about the origin of his abilities before.
So she asked curiously, "Is this the pill refined from that demon yesterday?"
"Yes, this is a Lust pill," Liu Nanfeng handed it to her casually, letting her examine it closely to satisfy her curiosity.
"Lust?" Su Jinxiu was a little surprised.
After all, the word did not sound like a positive ability.
"Yes, Lust," Liu Nanfeng explained its effects in detail.
Su Huamei's eyes lit up when she heard this.
"I think this ability is good, you should try eating it."
"Try what? This thing will lower your intelligence, and you'll end up doing foolish things."
Su Jinxiu, standing nearby, pondered for a moment and then asked, "When you gain an ability, does it remain in an active state, or can you control it at will?"
Liu Nanfeng was stunned for a moment, then said uncertainly, "I guess it's both."
These pills were like game skills; there were active skills and passive skills.
For example, Liu Nanfeng's Super Strength, Dreamwalker, and Luck Drain were all active skills, while Body Strengthening, and the Luck Boost inadvertently eaten by the little carp, were passive skills.
Hearing Liu Nanfeng say this, Su Jinxiu also became uncertain. If she ate it and turned into a pervert, it would be troublesome.
"Keep it for now, we'll talk about it later," Su Jinxiu handed the pill back to Liu Nanfeng.
"Alas~" Su Huamei next to them murmured with disappointment.
Su Jinxiu gave her a stern glare.
Su Huamei grinned playfully and seemed unconcerned.
Then she turned and walked towards the bathroom, "I'm going to take a bath."
Halfway there, she suddenly turned back and asked, "Brother-in-law, want to join me?"
"No need," Liu Nanfeng naturally refused immediately.
Hearing this, Su Huamei mumbled under her breath under Su Jinxiu's displeased gaze, "I think being dazed is better. If I were dazed, I definitely wouldn't refuse me."
Liu Nanfeng: ...