NOVPUBAllowing an ape to fish, using a Golden Core Craftsman as bait, even she felt her scalp tingle at the sight of this arrangement.
Yet she couldn’t help but approach when she saw Wang Ba had ended his cultivation, and asked:
"Wang Ba, how much longer must we wait here?"
Wang Ba, detecting the hidden anxiety in Qin Lingxiao’s tone, couldn’t help but appear slightly worried, shaking his head slowly:
"I don’t know. But apart from waiting, there’s not much else we can do."
A month had passed with no sign of any movement around them.
They had expected a rescue party to have arrived by now. Although this waiting period didn’t feel particularly long for either of them, under normal circumstances, someone should have come to take them away by now.
And since no one had arrived, either there was nobody coming to rescue them in the first place, or the rescuers had already arrived but, due to various reasons, had yet to find them.
Both of them believed the latter option was more likely.
However, Qin Lingxiao’s cultivation base was slowly restoring, but her storage treasure of cultivation resources was starting to run thin.
She hadn’t planned to stay out for very long in the first place, so she hadn’t brought many cultivation resources with her.
For the sake of maintaining her realm, she had to reserve some of it for consumption.
If they were to keep waiting here, if the reinforcements still didn’t come and time dragged on, she’d face the danger of her spiritual energy running out and her realm falling.
She was not the type to sit and do nothing, and she couldn’t bring herself to swallow her pride and borrow resources from Wang Ba, so she immediately discussed with Wang Ba to venture out together to explore this land in an attempt to find a way out of their predicament.
Wang Ba did not disagree. As time wore on, he too gradually sensed that the chances of them being rescued by others were diminishing.
However, right now, neither of them had any means of countering the surrounding Yuanci forces. Going out hastily could result in their mana running out, leaving them no time to recuperate. If they were not careful, they could perish in the depths of the sea.
"So we’ll just keep waiting? How long will your spirit food last?"
Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help but frown.
Wang Ba opened his mouth to speak, but after thinking for a moment, he chose not to elaborate further.
"Tsk!"
At this moment, the Wu Monkey King next to him tugged at him and stretched out its palm.
Even though it could talk, it was more used to communicating with Wang Ba this way.
Understanding the message of the Wu Monkey King, Wang Ba took some spirit woods adorned with the feather serpent patterns from his storage treasure and handed them to the Wu Monkey King.
The Wu Monkey King snapped the spirit wood in half effortlessly and looked at Wang Ba expectantly.
With a slight lift of Wang Ba’s hand, a spirit fire fell upon the wood, and instantly ignited it.
The Wu Monkey King let out a ’hee-hee’, and then deftly gutted the fish, removing their scales.
Then it skewered them with a stone spear magic tool and set to smoking and roasting them over the fire. 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
Before long, the sweet aroma of the fish and the charred fragrance of the skin mixed together, filling the air with a mouthwatering scent.
The Wu Monkey King grinned and happily handed two roasted fish to Wang Ba.
Unbothered, Wang Ba leisurely ate the two fish, saying as he ate:
"The fish here are unaffected by the Yuanci forces. Although the fish possess little spiritual energy, they do offer some resistance to Yuanci forces. Eating more of them could negate some of the effect…"
This was an incidental discovery by Wang Ba. Though the effects were unclear, it was possible that consuming a lot of fish could make a difference.
Of course, since the fish were a few degrees away from the Yuanci forces, the Spiritual Cook’s magic tool would inevitably be affected, and so they could only prepare spirit food through the simplest method of smoking and roasting.
This distraction eased Qin Lingxiao’s anxious mood and diverted her attention. Nevertheless, she quickly became speechless again.
You talk so much about the benefits of eating this, but you could at least give me a piece!
She also tried to catch fish in the sea but found the Yuanci forces impacted both her mana and magic tools. In effect, she couldn’t directly influence the fish in the sea water. As she did not know how to fish, she gave up trying after a few attempts.
However, while Wang Ba showed no awareness of this, the Wu Monkey King conveniently roasted a few more Golden-eyed Groupers and cheerfully handed them to Qin Lingxiao.
Apart from cultivating, fishing and roasting fish was a newfound hobby. The Wu Monkey King actually didn’t like to eat, it just loved seeing others eat.
After some hesitation, Qin Lingxiao accepted the roasted fish handed over by the Wu Monkey King.
Although annoyed, after living this way for several days, she realised that compared to a momentary sense of pride, practical benefits were more important.
Being able to offset a little of the Yuanci forces was a precious advantage in a place overrun with such forces.
And so, she started to nibble at it.
Of course, while eating, she still harboured some resentment towards Wang Ba.
However, after finishing, Wang Ba made a decision that caught Qin Lingxiao slightly off-guard:
"Later, we’ll go and check around the nearby waters."
"Did you think it through?"
Qin Lingxiao said delightedly.
Two heads are better than one. Only through working together could they hope to escape this place.
Moreover, whether she wanted to admit it or not, she was aware that Wang Ba’s strength was far stronger than hers, particularly as he had the protection of a formidable Spirit Beast. His abilities far exceeded hers. If they were to break out from this predicament, she would have to rely on Wang Ba’s strength.
