NOVPUBWang Ba stared slightly surprised.
He knew that otters had the habit of ’offering fish’, but he did not expect this hole-digging otter to have the same taste.
After bringing its paws together, the hole-digging otter picked up the fish and leisurely began to enjoy its meal.
In no time, the small fish was completely eaten up, with neatly lined-up fish bones laid out in front of it without a single drop of blood staining its fur.
Even so, after its meal, the otter returned to the sea to float on the water’s surface and began grooming its fur.
Upon seeing this, Qin Lingxiao’s eyes lit up:
"What a charming Spirit Beast! And it’s so clean too!"
After quickly grooming itself, the hole-digging otter once again swam to the shore.
This time, it repeated its previous actions, stole several sea shrimps then promptly retreated with vigilance.
However, compared to the previous time, the hole-digging otter seemed more at ease as if it knew that Wang Ba wouldn’t hurt it.
Having consumed the sea shrimps, the hole-digging otter returned to the shore. Its courage seemed to be growing as it directly stole a sea urchin.
Jumping into the sea, it pulled a stone from the thick fur on its chest. While floating on its back in the water, it put the stone on its chest and started hitting the sea urchin against the stone, performing a ’chest-breaking-the-stone’ spectacle.
In no time, the sea urchin was smashed open, revealing the soft yellowish urchin meat inside.
Just like sipping nectar, it took a gentle slurp, and in an instant, the urchin meat was sucked down.
A look of enjoyment appeared on the hole-digging otter’s face.
"This little fellow sure knows how to enjoy life!"
Upon seeing this, Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help but laugh in amusement.
Meanwhile, Wang Ba also couldn’t help but laugh.
When he saw the hole-digging otter swimming towards the chicken essence, he laughed even more joyfully.
Under the otter’s dumbfounded gaze, he reached out and collected the chicken essence with ease.
Hole-digging otter: ???
Watching the otter make such a cute and bewildered expression, Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help but roar with laughter.
However, Wang Ba kept a straight face as he spoke and gestured to the otter:
"This, no, for you to eat, only a little, I, passed through there, have more..."
He pointed at the sea barrier in the distance.
The hole-digging otter turned its head in confusion, then turned back to look at Wang Ba.
Then, it clung onto Wang Ba’s thigh with its two claws as if begging.
"Yah... Yah..."
It’s babyish voice and pitiful eyes instantly made Qin Lingxiao feel a pang of guilt.
"Wang Ba..."
However, Wang Ba remained unmoved, looking helpless, and once again pointed to the chicken essence in his hand and then to the distant sea barrier:
"This, not much, there, many..."
After a long period of gesturing, it seemed to understand and finally let go of Wang Ba’s thigh.
Hesitating a little, it gave Wang Ba a ’yah’, then dive into the sea with a few leaps.
Standing on one side, Qin Lingxiao seemed to vaguely understand Wang Ba’s intentions and gasped, "Do you want it to help us find a way through the sea barrier?"
"Let’s give it a try."
Wang Ba replied casually.
They had been drifting in the sea for so long and had only encountered this single Spirit Beast, which usually lived near the shore.
Perhaps there existed a path through the sea barrier.
Either it was a coincidence or not, but in any case, there was no harm in trying.
"Get ready, if the hole-digging otter can’t do it, I’m afraid we have to go even deeper. Fu told me that the power of Yuanci is denser in that direction, and we might not be able to come out freely from Fu’s belly."
Having said that, he found a spot by the shore, closed his eyes and began cultivating alone.
With the help of various spirit foods as well as the spirit materials prepared by Yao Wudi earlier, even though they were surrounded by the power of Yuanci, his cultivation progress was not delayed but rather faster than when he was in the sect.
After all, when he was back at Wanfa Peak, he had to take care of the Spirit Beasts, spirit fields, and fulfill his duties at the Spirit Food Department. His own cultivating time was surprisingly not much.
Qin Lingxiao stood at the same place, casting a glance at Wang Ba who was deeply involved in cultivation.
Although the two of them spent most of the time together, Wang Ba used most of the time to either probe the surroundings or cultivate alone. Even their conversations were mostly about how to return to the Jin dynasty from this place.
Besides, they very rarely discussed cultivation matters.
Thus, despite spending a considerable amount of time together, Qin Lingxiao still knew little about Wang Ba’s situation.
She only knew that he had very unique Spirit Beasts, his proficiency in Saber Dao was excellent, he was very cautious and reticent, his thoughts were thorough, he was calm and steady, he was quite pleasant to look at, and he was about the same age as her…
Ahem, of course, the last few were her own observations.
Looking at Wang Ba who remained completely oblivious, Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help but heave a sigh. She also found a place and began to adjust her body.
The Elixir she carried had already been exhausted and the spirit food was running low. She did not dare to consume too much out of fear the spirit food might run out and cause her to lose her cultivation progress.
More importantly, her cultivation had yet to fully recover.
...
She had been adjusting her Dantian for about half a day.
She was abruptly awakened by a ’yah, yah’ sound among the loud ocean waves.
