Fantasy: Empress Wife, Cute Kids Cause Havoc in Jiuzhou

Chapter 96 Can You Eat a Sword Beast? I've Never Tried One Before

"Uh!"

The elder's face stiffened as he looked at the bear child lying on the edge of the pond, bottom up, craning his little head to gaze into the water, and was rendered speechless.

A normal person upon seeing the Divine Sword Pond would first be shocked or amazed by the powerful Sword Intent within, right? Yet the first thing this bear child thought about was whether the water was drinkable.

"Old grandpa, can we drink it?"

Chu Xin turned her head back and asked again.

The elder came back to his senses and subconsciously shook his head, saying, "You can't drink it, but you can comprehend Sword Intent in it, though there are Sword Beasts formed from Sword Intent and Sword Qi inside the Divine Sword Pond, and they are very strong."

"Sword Beasts?"

Both Chu Xin and Chu Chen's eyes lit up at once.

"Can Sword Beasts be roasted?"

"Can Sword Beasts be eaten?"

The siblings asked in unison.

The elder said wearily, "Although Sword Beasts are formed from Sword Intent and Sword Qi, they are much like ordinary Demon Beasts or Fierce Beasts, with flesh and blood; naturally, they can be roasted or eaten."

"Great!"

Chu Xin and Chu Chen cheered, brimming with excitement.

"I've never roasted a Sword Beast before." Chu Chen rubbed his hands together, eagerly anticipating.

"I've never eaten a Sword Beast before." Chu Xin's mouth drooled.

The elder held his forehead in his hand, speechless. With a wave of his hand, he collected the Array Base, saying, "You two go find them yourself."

Having said this, his body swayed, and he disappeared, returning to the Artifact Spirit Space, re-burying the Array Bases. Under his arrangement, in conjunction with the other Array Bases that had not been dug out, a new Guardian Formation was formed.

Because several Array Bases were eaten, the new Guardian Formation naturally wasn't as strong as the previous one.

"Two damned bear children, it would serve them right to be skinned alive by the Sword Beasts."

The elder muttered under his breath, guarding the Divine Sword Pavilion for countless years, he had never encountered such an outrageous incident.

However, thinking of those two bear children struggling to move even an inch within the Divine Sword Pond, a slight smile appeared on his old face.

Within the Divine Sword Pond, Sword Intent and Sword Qi were pervasive, making it impossible for cultivators' thoughts to probe, and even their vision would be affected, while Sword Beasts remained completely unfazed.

Therefore, battling Sword Beasts in the Divine Sword Pond is very disadvantageous for cultivators.

Only when the Divine Sword Fruits are ripe and the cultivators have devoured the Sword Qi mist above the Divine Sword Pond as well as most of the Sword Intent within, will their thoughts and vision be restored. That was the best time for cultivators to enter the Divine Sword Pond and compete for the Divine Sword Fruit.

Those two bear children, despite being quite strong, were sure to face a life-and-death struggle if they entered the Divine Sword Pond prematurely.

Humph!

That's for eating my Array Bases.

The elder snorted coldly, then with a wave of his hand, a scene appeared before him. It was the location of the Divine Sword Pond.

Chu Xin and Chu Chen, the sibling pair, also appeared in the scene, though without sound.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the Divine Sword Pond, Chu Chen looked at the endless expanse of whiteness and proposed, "Sister, old grandpa said the Divine Sword Fruit isn't ripe yet, so we can start by roasting a few Sword Beasts."

Though called a pond, the Divine Sword Pond is actually bigger than a typical lake.

Chu Xin nodded eagerly, "Good, let's hurry, I can't wait any longer."

The thought of being able to eat roast Sword Beast meat, something she had never tasted before, made her salivate all over again.

"Sister, wait a second."

Chu Chen stopped Chu Xin who was about to jump into the Sword Pond, and with chubby little hands waved, a palm-sized boat model grew upon catching the wind, instantly transforming into a ten-foot boat.

"Good thing we didn't lose the boat that dad made for us when we went rowing before. Let's row there."

With chubby hands, Chu Chen formed a Seal Technique, and the little boat gently landed on the surface of the Sword Pond Water. Then, with a leap, he landed firmly on the little boat.

The small boat shook slightly, but his tiny body was as stable as Mount Tai.

"Rowing is good."

Chu Xin's eyes brightened, and she clapped her tiny hands happily before also jumping onto the little boat.

"Little piggy, come on up."

Chu Chen beckoned to the double-headed piglet on the shore, urging it to hurry along.

Ow! Ow!

The double-headed piglet shook its two heads like a pair of tambourines, its body continuously retreating backwards.

Being a pure fire-attributed Demon Beast, and while the water of the Divine Sword Pond may be liquefied Sword Qi, it was still water after all.

Have you ever seen a fire-attributed Demon Beast that likes to jump into the water?

If it were at its peak condition, it might be a little better, but with its small body right now, it just couldn't overcome the fear of water.

Moreover, if it really encountered a Sword Beast in the Divine Sword Pond, this little body would have no power to resist.

"Don't run."

Chu Chen cried out in a babyish voice, flew out of the small boat, grabbed the double-headed piglet's tail, and hoisted it up.

Although he craved the meat of the Sword Beast, he could not give up the delicacies of roasted pig's head and feet.

Ow! Ow!

The double-headed piglet kicked wildly, resisting with all its might.

"Don't move!"

Chu Chen slapped one of the double-headed piglet's heads hard. In pain, the piglet howled and didn't dare to move anymore.

But its body trembled, and all four eyes were tightly closed, afraid to open them.

"Be good, don't run off."

Chu Chen placed the double-headed piglet on the boat and cautioned it vigilantly.

Ow!

The double-headed piglet let out a weak cry, lay down on the boat, covered both pairs of its eyes with its front hooves, and didn't dare to move.

"Brother, let's go quickly!" Chu Xin urged.

"Okay!"

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Chu Chen nodded, formed a Seal Technique with his little hand, and a stream of golden Divine Rune Power flowed into the boat, causing the boat to shoot out swiftly.

"Weren't there supposed to be Sword Beasts? Where are they?"

The boat had been traveling for a long time, but the Divine Sword Pond remained as quiet as ever. Forget about Sword Beasts, not even a small fish could be seen.

"I don't know, did we go the wrong way?"

Chu Chen was also quite puzzled. Hadn't the Artifact Spirit Grandpa said that there were many Sword Beasts in the Divine Sword Pond? How come they hadn't seen a single one all this time?

Ow!

The double-headed piglet howled weakly, relieved that there were no Sword Beasts. If a Sword Beast did show up and swallowed it in one bite, what would they do?

Splash!

Just then, the water surface ahead started to violently shake.

"Is it the Sword Beast?" Chu Chen stopped the boat.

Normal people would be on guard in such a situation, but Chu Xin and Chu Chen were nothing but ecstatic.

"Brother, get the barbecue grill ready."

Chu Xin's round eyes stared intently at the surface of the water, instructing without turning her head back.

"Got it!"

Chu Chen waved his chubby little hand, took out the barbecue grill, and set it up on the boat.

The boat, a zhang in length, was big enough to accommodate the grill of normal size.

The Artifact Spirit old man, who had been secretly observing, couldn't help but rub his forehead at the sudden appearance of the grill.

These two mischievous children hadn't even seen a Sword Beast yet, didn't even know if they could win the fight, yet they had already prepared their grilling tools.

It was hard to tell whether to say these two foodies were fearless because they didn't know any better, or that they were simply bold due to their extraordinary ability.

Lacking even the most basic combat know-how, how could their father feel at ease letting them venture into the Secret Realm?