Chapter 7: Suspicions Rise
"I'll borrow it a little, and if I can't return it, I'll definitely find a new one and give it back to you!"
Su Xiangxiang held the spar in her hand and sincerely assured.
The corners of Xiu Bai's mouth raised slightly, and he looked at Su Xiangxiang with a smile.
She looks soft and weak, but in fact she is quite righteous.
No one could have imagined that in the future, countless brutal red bone beasts would be buried at the hands of this weak female.
Su Xiangxiang was accustomed to Xiubai's taciturnity, so he took his expression as a default.
She rested the hedron firmly on the sizzling grilled fish, withdrew her hand and waited expectantly for the hedron to change.
Xiu Bai's straight back leaned back slightly, he lost interest, silently distanced himself from Su Xiangxiang, and looked at the night from afar.
Maybe it's time to go, enough time has been lost.
A cry of surprise pulled Xiu Bai's thoughts back.
The cold gaze followed Su Xiangxiang's excited eyes, and instantly froze on the stone slab.
I saw that the originally intact red spar was melting on the sizzling grilled fish at this moment, and the scarlet red, which symbolized pollution, dissipated like a puff of light smoke.
All that is left is the clear liquid, which slowly melts into the grilled fish.
Xiu Bai's eyes widened, and he was shocked to see the changes in front of him, and he couldn't even believe his eyes.
The hard hedron was so easily incorporated into delicious food.
Even a second-order orc would have to prepare for at least three days in order to absorb one of these crystals.
In the condition of ensuring good health and full of energy, he can barely rely on mental power to disintegrate and absorb the spar.
Moreover, the red contaminants in the hedron will cause the orcs to be weak and have a high fever, and forcibly absorbing an overly polluted hedron will even cause the orcs to erode and die.
The reason why Xiu Bai had accumulated so many spars that he couldn't absorb was because he was running around for days, his body was tired, and his rank was not enough.
There is simply no way to withstand the toxins in it all at once.
"Would you like to try it?" Su Xiangxiang put away her salivating gaze and politely reminded Xiubai.
Her basic reasoning had been verified, though she was eager to experience the power of the hedron for herself.
But she knew that it was not easy to hunt a red-bone beast, and she couldn't covet more from Xiubai.
Xiu Bai's eyes sank when he looked at Su Xiangxiang.
After a moment of silence, he slowly lifted a grilled fish moistened by the hedron and took a full bite.
The moment he entered, Xiubai's straight back froze.
Pure power flows and swells throughout the body, and it is indescribably comfortable.
Su Xiangxiang put her cheeks on her cheeks with both hands and looked at Xiubai.
After a long time, the Adam's apple moved, Xiubai regained his composure, and continued to eat without hesitation, lowering his eyes and not saying a word.
Su Xiangxiang was full of anticipation, and was curious to ask about the efficacy, but she felt that the air pressure around her body suddenly decreased, and her breathing stagnated.
A pair of ice-blue eyes locked on her on the other side.
Su Xiangxiang clenched her arms nervously, and a smile froze on her face.
Xiu Bai brought her no less pressure than a fierce brown bear.
There is a little less tyranny, but more chilling slaughter and coldness.
"Who the hell are you?" Xiu Bai's voice was cold, no longer polite, with a bit of the oppression of the king.
Su Xiangxiang clenched her teeth and stubbornly resisted the pressure exerted by the other party.
There are too many unknown factors in this world, and revealing your identity too early can easily bring unexpected trouble.
Xiu Bai didn't take Su Xiangxiang's silent resistance seriously, and increased the coercion step by step.
Su Xiangxiang's brain spun rapidly, trying to think of countermeasures.
Xiu Bai is hardworking and kind, not greedy for her food or body.
But he was sharp enough to tolerate any deception.
For this kind of eating soft rather than hard, sometimes showing weakness is the best solution.
"I ...... Not...... I can't say, Daddy...... It's because of this dead ......"
Su Xiangxiang forcibly held her red eyes, but her eyes stubbornly forced to look at Xiu Bai, adding a bit of fear and vigilance, like a wounded little beast.
Xiu Bai's eyes never moved away, but the coercion exerted was invisibly lighter.
When she first saw Su Xiangxiang, she had such eyes, even if she was absolutely weak, trembling and facing death, she did not have the slightest intention of begging for mercy and surrendering.
Fragile, yet breathtakingly beautiful.
Xiu Bai raised his eyebrows, his ice-blue eyes loosened, but he refused to back down half a step, and continued to exert pressure in silence.
Su Xiangxiang tried her best to suppress the trembling on her face, but the coercion that dispersed around her made her heart have a bottom.
Xiu Bai is inherently good, and the threat to her is just to find out her background, and he doesn't mean to hurt her.
“…… Daddy and I lived in the valley until a bad guy broke in, and Daddy tried to help me escape, but he didn't ......"
Speaking of this, Su Xiangxiang played with the essence of the body, choked and lowered her head, her petite body trembled slightly.
"You're not going to be like those bad guys, are you?" As she spoke, Su Xiangxiang had red eyes, staring at Xiu Bai uneasily and vigilantly, looking like she was fighting hard to the end.
She comes from the modern society, how can there be a daddy in the valley?
Her biological parents abandoned her at the door of the hospital in the cold winter moon, and never cared about her life or death.
Her scumbag father, who has never met, never cares whether he is dead or alive.
Pulling the old man out today as a shield can be regarded as recovering some of the debts owed to her back then.
The air was silent for a long time, "Have you ever told other orcs about these things?" Xiu Bai asked suddenly.
Su Xiangxiang shook her head and pursed her mouth aggrievedly.
Xiu Bai didn't say a word, and was silent for a long time.
The narrow eyes looked deeply at the female in front of her, and the oppressive storm surged in the icy blue eyes.
Just when Su Xiangxiang thought that she had failed in acting and was considering whether to tell it all, a sigh sounded in the air.
Xiu Bai removed all the terrifying coercion, the atmosphere became relaxed again, and his ice blue eyes no longer stared at Su Xiangxiang oppressively.
Su Xiangxiang lowered her head to block her expression, and was glad that she had escaped.
Suddenly, there was a soft "bang", and the animal skin bag containing the spar and salt was thrown at Su Xiangxiang's feet.
"I don't need it, you can take it."
Xiu Bai's low and cool voice carried a little imperceptible loneliness, and after speaking, he seemed to have no nostalgia, got up and left.
"Huh?! These are too valuable, I can't take them, don't leave yet! Su Xiangxiang hurriedly picked up the animal skin bag, shouted and quickly chased in front of Xiu Bai, blocking his way.
Xiu Bai crossed the top of Su Xiangxiang's head, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and his eyes fell on the hanging crescent moon and the steep mountain peaks in the distance.
"If you don't like it, you can throw it away, whatever you want." A low, cool voice dissipated in the night wind, as if he had given away not a few precious hedrons, but worthless dust.
Without waiting for Su Xiangxiang to say more, Xiu Bai left along the river.
Su Xiangxiang saw that Xiu Bai had made up her mind, and she couldn't take care of being reserved in a hurry, so she hurriedly opened her mouth to propose a deal.
"Wait! I want to ask you to be my helper! Every day I can make you something to eat, fight the Red Bone Beast with you, and get four or six points for the spars, you six and I four, and promise not to lose! ”
Xiu Bai turned a deaf ear to her words and left at a fast pace.
Su Xiangxiang had to trot to follow.
She couldn't have imagined how the high-quality labor force she almost cheated was in a hurry to run.
"You, if you're not satisfied, let's do it for three or seven points! Don't go! What do you want, let's discuss! ”
Xiubai, who was striding a meteor, stopped without warning.
Su Xiangxiang braked suddenly, almost hitting someone's broad back, chattering endlessly and just about to open her mouth to continue to persuade, but suddenly heard Xiu Bai speak.
"If ......" Xiu Bai took a deep breath, the stem was in his throat for a long time, but he didn't have a word for a long time.
Su Xiangxiang quieted down, slowly turned to Xiu Bai, and waited patiently and calmly for his next step.
"I'm sorry." Xiu Bai suddenly turned his face away, avoiding Su Xiangxiang's gaze, and said in a low and resolute voice, "I can't." ”
What if he doesn't come back?
Do you want her to keep waiting?
After saying that, it seemed that he had made some major decision, and Xiu Baitou didn't look back, turned into a snow-white wolf, and left quickly.
Su Xiangxiang was left alone to stand by the empty stream, staring blankly at the rapidly shrinking back.
……
How can it be like life and death.
Su Xiangxiang shrugged strangely.
At this time, Su Xiangxiang didn't know that in the near future, her thoughts would come true.
Su Xiangxiang muttered a few complaints, with her two legs, she must not be able to catch up with the speed of the four legs of the giant beast, so she had to return to the riverbank.
She left two grilled fish, absorbed all the three spars in the bag, and suddenly felt refreshed, and the whole person was immortal.
Since people generously gave it to her, Su Xiangxiang can't waste it.
If you carry it on your body and are afraid of being robbed, the best way is to absorb it all at once and store the energy in your body.
"Repair white children's shoes, don't worry, although Sister Bai received your good things today, if you have the opportunity to meet in the future, you will definitely return it twice!"
Su Xiangxiang said seriously to the animal skin bag left by Xiubai, as if she swore to Xiubai's face.
She Su Xiangxiang is not ungrateful, and those who have helped her will definitely be rewarded by her!
The night was dark, Su Xiangxiang finished absorbing the spar, cleaned up the traces of the bonfire, tied the animal skin bag containing salt to her waist, entered the woods lightly, turned around a few times, found a thick and luxuriant tree, climbed the treetop and leaned against the trunk, closed her eyes and rested.
The night passes quickly in the forest.
Perhaps because of absorbing the spar, although Su Xiangxiang slept lightly all night, she was still full of energy when she woke up the next morning.
Su Xiangxiang spent a few days getting acquainted with the entire forest.
Xiu Bai had pointed out the direction of the nearest village, but Su Xiangxiang did not choose to go directly.
People are unpredictable, and she may encounter some cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods when she goes to the village as a foreigner.
The best thing to do is to familiarize yourself with the environment in the forest, strengthen yourself, and accumulate some hedrons to trade for backup, and then face other orcs.
Su Xiangxiang wandered in the forest for a few days, relying on clear streams, abundant wild vegetables, and small animals caught in traps, and lived a prosperous life.
With her exquisite cooking skills, not only did she not feel hungry, but she felt a little fatter.
At the same time, he also bought several sets of animal skin clothes and pants for himself.
In addition to surviving in the wild, she also figured out where the forest was polluted.
Xiu Bai had warned her not to go near the northern part of the forest, because it was full of dangerous and bloodthirsty red bone beasts, and it would be difficult to escape if she entered.