Chapter 32 part 2

After Kong Bi finished her meal, the two cats did not follow her, but stayed in the cafeteria. Kong Bi guessed that it was probably waiting for the group to finish eating and throw the leftovers to them. She couldn’t help but be speechless. Chuchu didn’t look like a hungry kitten, so why was it so obsessed with food?

The zoo at night didn’t offer much in the way of entertainment. Kong Bi noticed that the veterans seemed to have retained their military habits, and even at this late hour, they were being led in drills by Shi Zhuo. Kong Bi was curious whether her current physical fitness would make joining them feel easy or slightly tiring, but she didn’t plan to try. She returned to her room, opened her notebook, and began recording expenses.

This was a habit Kong Bi had developed from a young age. Fearing she might be careless with money like other children, Kong Bi was required to keep accounts. Coincidentally, Kong Bi was also quite sensitive to numbers. Although this didn’t make her frugal, she also didn’t feel so wealthy that she could buy whatever she saw.

After consulting with the designer today, Kong Bi’s original budget was once again exceeded. The zoo needed to have public restrooms and a snack shop, and Kong Bi also planned to renovate her current dormitory. Furthermore, after discussing with the experts, Kong Bi realized that some of her original designs were a bit idealistic.

Kong Bi originally planned to plant the shrubs of the peacock park after the expansion with plants that they like to eat, but according to experts, this is inappropriate, because even if the peacock park expands its activity range, it is impossible to have a larger environment than their wild living environment, so the daily grazing of green peacocks may make these green plants unable to play the original ornamental role, so some shrub species must be changed, just like why the bamboo that pandas eat in the giant panda park is often transported in from outside, because the bamboo planted in the park is not enough to eat, and it will soon become bare.

Unless the peacock park becomes a peacock valley, this problem cannot be solved.

So Kong Bi also accepted the suggestion and slightly modified the original design drawing. The designer added some necessary buildings. The dormitory designer also designed it into a farmyard that is closer to nature according to Kong Bi’s wishes, so that other little monsters can directly land in the yard when they come to find her, which is much more comfortable than stepping on the concrete floor. As for how to hide the electrical appliances, that is a problem that the designer should consider.

She has too many secrets, and Kong Bi does not plan to live with other employees.

Kong Bi wrote and drew on her notebook, and it was completely dark in a blink of an eye. Kong Bi looked at the sky and estimated that Wang Tianba had just started eating, so she picked up her phone to video chat with her family.

Unlike other more independent young people, Kong Bi rarely left home for such long periods. She had deliberately chosen a local university close to home, precisely to make it convenient to return home for dinner after class every day. By today’s standards, she would be considered a typical ‘mama’s girl.’ Perhaps this was due to the influence of the green peacock bloodline within her?

Kong Bi didn’t know, but she did indeed feel a sense of restlessness when she was away from home for too long, something that video calls couldn’t alleviate. During her university’s half-month military training, she cried into her phone every day after a week, which led her roommates to speak to her like kindergarten teachers afterward. Even when Kong Bi tried to prove she didn’t need special care, it didn’t change their approach.

After an hour of chatting with her family, bothering her parents, sister-in-law, and grandfather, Wang Tianba still hadn’t arrived. Kong Bi thought for a moment, then solemnly opened a single-player game recently recommended by a friend in a group chat.

Before playing, Kong Bi searched the Internet specifically. There were records and strategies. It was a serious game at first glance, so she relaxed and started playing.

“Guuuu!”

When Kong Bi passed the 23rd level of the game, the window that Kong Bi opened specially finally welcomed the arrival of the guests. Wang Tianba folded it wings and jumped onto the table in front of the window, and put the hunted hare in front of Kong Bi.

If you can’t bring mice, then hares can be okay, right?

Kong Bi was helpless: “I don’t want a hare either. You don’t need to bring me any prey. I can hunt by myself.”

“Guwu!”

Wang Tianba stretched out it claws to dig at the hare. She couldn’t understand why Kong Bi refused. Hare is a rare delicacy, much more delicious than mouse.

Hearing Wang Tianba assure her that the hare is delicious, Kong Bi was a little amused. Although the hare is not a protected animal, it is a three-level animal, and some species are second-level and third-level protected animals. It’s okay for Wang Tianba to eat it herself, but it’s illegal for her to eat it.

“I have too much food to eat, I don’t need it.” It’s obviously unnecessary to explain what a protected animal is to a little monster who has never been in human society. Kong Bi communicated with Wang Tianba in a way that Wang Tianba could understand.

“Guwu! “

Wang Tianba did not doubt Kong Bi’s words. A powerful being could not be hungry. She tilted her head to look at Kong Bi and walked closer. Kong Bi reached out, ran her hand through it feathers, and then tapped into her game inventory, extracting 450ml of Spirit Spring Water and the Nameless Feather.

Kong Bi wasn’t concerned about the little monster seeing her do this. She had already experimented when she first noticed the game’s anomaly. The game wasn’t tied to her phone but to her personally. She could still see it even if she changed phones. As for whether others could see the game, Kong Bi didn’t know, she hadn’t tried to find out.

After completing the last mission, Kong Bi had learned the purpose of the Nameless Feather from its detailed description.

【 Nameless Feather: A successful young demon in its juvenile stage imprinted its insights on breakthrough onto the feather it shed during its molting period, for the benefit of later demons’ enlightenment. 】

This clearly seemed prepared for Wang Tianba. Of course, it could also be used for enlightenment by Huajiao. Although the breakthrough for enlightened demons is more difficult than for ordinary demons, it’s not impossible. It’s just that the cost-effectiveness isn’t as high as using it on Wang Tianba.

Kong Bi couldn’t identify the type of bird this feather belonged to, but it was likely from a small bird, as the feather was indeed small. Moreover, it probably stopped at the juvenile stage without breaking through. Only demons on the verge of death would choose to imprint their insights onto another object.

—A demon who did this would inevitably suffer a significant loss of vitality. Even if they deeply cared for their clan, demons would find it hard to make such a decision until their final moments.

However, although they are not feathers of the same genus, birds of other species can also use them. The breakthrough process of flying creatures is similar, with few exceptions.

After Kong Bi extracted the Nameless Feather, Wang Tianba’s gaze was immediately drawn to it, completely unable to look away.

Its instinct told it that it could gain immense benefits from the Nameless Feather, benefits that even eating Huajiao couldn’t compare to.

Kong Bi looked at the Nameless Feather. The emerald green feather was quite beautiful, which was probably why the Green Peacock Demon King had it in their inventory. She sensed a concentrated, lingering mystical aura from it, but wasn’t as drawn to it as Wang Tianba was. In her eyes, the feather’s color was pretty, but that was all.

Demons who rely on bloodline breakthroughs have very low requirements for external objects. Otherwise, in this era where Qi is almost impossible to find in the world, it would have been impossible for Kong Bi to awaken.

Having absorbed the inheritance daily, Kong Bi was no longer a newbie to the cultivation world. She already knew that whether it was humans or demons, cultivation relied on the Qi in the world. Perhaps some deep mountains and old forests still had some residual Qi that allowed some gifted animals to become spirits, but that little reserve of Qi was simply not enough to support the birth of a great demon. Like Wang Tianba, if she hadn’t encountered Kong Bi, she would either have died from attempting a dangerous breakthrough or been plagued by hunger for the rest of her life, possibly living worse than her ordinary kin.

“Take it,” Kong Bi said, handing the Nameless Feather to Wang Tianba. “Consider this your three-year salary, which isn’t too much, right? I won’t charge you interest. But you’ll have to work diligently once you start.”

“Goo!”

Wang Tianba shouted, immediately caught the feather, lowered her head and inserted it into her swollen chest, so that the green feather was completely covered by her feathers.

The usage of this inheritance is similar to the jade slips that are viewed with spiritual consciousness in novels. However, in reality, monsters will not learn to use their spirits without a teacher, so the inheritance is always in dreams, because the demonic power that leaks unconsciously during sleep will trigger the power of the inheritance, allowing the two sides to meet smoothly.

Wang Tianba flapped her wings, and the sense of crisis hidden in her heart retreated a little. She didn’t understand why, but her intuition told her that it must be inseparable from the feathers Kong Bi gave her, and she couldn’t help but move closer to Kong Bi.

Kong Bi reached out and touched its head, and handed over 450ml of spiritual spring water: “Drink as much as you can.”

Spiritual spring water has no great effect on monsters, but the energy it contains is richer than ordinary food. Just like the rice that people eat every day, spiritual spring water is the white rice in the cultivation world, which is used to reduce the frequency of hunting and food acquisition. Monsters are stronger than ordinary animals, so they naturally eat more than ordinary animals. If there are no natural treasures, the larger the monster, the more exhausted it will be to eat every day.

This Spirit Spring Water can just provide the energy Wang Tianba needs for her breakthrough. In an era where the Qi of heaven and earth is scarce, the energy consumed during a breakthrough comes solely from oneself. That’s why Quan Xiangsong and the others were worried about Wang Tianba’s excessive weight, but Kong Bi didn’t care at all. During the breakthrough, Wang Tianba would inevitably lose a lot of weight due to the consumption of her internal energy. If it were the previous Wang Tianba, she might have been completely drained and turned into a mummy.

As for how much of Wang Tianba’s own energy consumption the Spirit Spring Water’s energy could offset, Kong Bi didn’t know. After all, she wasn’t a demon born from humble origins and hadn’t experienced such a situation. In this case, she could only hope that Wang Tianba’s talent was slightly lower, because the higher a demon’s potential, the more energy they need for a breakthrough. However, in this Dharma-ending era, that’s practically fatal.

“Goo woo!”

Wang Tianba shouted excitedly at Kong Bi and immediately drank it in big gulps. Any creature can always burst out unimaginable power when facing a survival crisis, and Wang Tianba, who was ignorant of all this, also tried her best to prepare for the breakthrough under the drive of instinct.

Even though she tried her best, she still had 20ml of Spirit Spring Water left. The bloating sensation from her body told Wang Tianba that if she forced herself to drink any more, she would likely vomit.

Seeing this, Kong Bi tapped the recycle option on the side of her inventory, and the Spirit Spring Water instantly disappeared. Kong Bi planned to leave the remainder for Huajiao, to give it a change of taste. She herself had no intention of tasting it, as it was merely a matter of satisfying a fleeting desire, and there was no need to waste what was now considered a natural treasure as a ‘daily item.’