Chapter 93

Translator: Sparrow Translations  Editor: Sparrow Translations

Sparrows were also considered as adaptable birds. During the winter, their feathers would be more resistant to the cold weather. They would save up on food way before winter and when winter finally arrives, they would still hunt for food in the morning but they had relatively far less physical activity.

The little sparrow by Lu Xiaoyu’s side looked very fast, but it was in fact not in control of itself. Whatever action it executed was controlled by Lu Xiaoyu.

“How long can you control this sparrow? Will your celestial energy be depleted?” Lu Shu asked curiously.

“There’s no time limit. No usage of celestial energy whatsoever,” Lu Xiaoyu replied in glee.

Lu Shu was shocked. Why did his manipulation of the sword, The Corpse of the Dog, required the constant use of celestial energy while Lu Xiaoyu had such a good skill?

“No usage of your energy for the entire duration?” Lu Shu asked with a darkened face.

“Yeah. Conjuring it out of the black hole required a little energy, but there’s a difference in consumption of energy when I conjure an ant compared to a sparrow.” Lu Xiaoyu thought before answering.

I see. It seems like the uniqueness of Lu Xiaoyu’s attainment of the first nebula is as such. She could pull souls into the black hole, and use her celestial energy to create a new body. Which goes to say that this black smoke is real although it might look like an illusion.

If conjuring an ant and a sparrow requires different amounts of celestial energy, it means that the amount of energy needed depends on the quality of the conjured target.

Lu Shu explained his thoughts to Lu Xiaoyu, including the fact that this could be used on metahumans. But they obviously could not take a life of a metahuman just for the sake of trying it out. Lu Shu and Lu Xiaoyu were not such evil people.

Lu Xiaoyu then thought of her own solution, “Let’s go to Mangshan cemetery!”

Lu Shu was curious, “What for?”

“There are definitely souls there, we can experiment on one!” Lu Xiaoyu said excitedly.

Lu Shu felt slightly uncomfortable, and he held onto Lu Xiaoyu, “No no no! Think about it, the cemetery houses mostly normal people who are dead. What if you conjure an old lady, what use would she be when we are fighting other people?”

But this was not the main point. Lu Shu thought for a moment before continuing, “A large number of people who lie there are normal people. They never committed huge sins in their lives, and their bodies are laid there peacefully. It won’t be nice playing with their souls! When you want to change souls, the previous soul could disappear from this world entirely. Who did they offend to deserve that?”

“Oh,” Lu Xiaoyu thought for a moment and agreed that it was rather unfair to do this to an innocent person.

Lu Xiaoyu was not inconsiderate, and it was just a wild thought at that moment. After Lu Shu’s reminder, she also understood how reckless her previous plan was.

After discussing on the sofa for a long period of time, the main gist of the conversation was Lu Shu telling Lu Xiaoyu about the ethics behind which souls could be used: Good people shouldn’t be touched, same goes for normal people. The souls of bad people could be targeted freely.

This, to Lu Shu, was a process of inculcating morals to Lu Xiaoyu. Although the two of them were not extremely morally upright, it was because they had their own moral compass.

But that did not mean they were not ethical. This was what Lu Shu wanted to impart to Lu Xiaoyu.

“What’s the plan then?” Lu Xiaoyu said in disappointment, “I want to conjure a powerful one.”

Lu Shu pondered for a moment before replying, “I have a plan. Go and sleep first, I’ll bring you to a place tomorrow morning.”

It was only about 2 in the middle of the night. Lu Shu couldn’t stop his swordplay training halfway. As Li Xianyi mentioned, before the foundation of vitality was strong, not training would result in his skills worsening.

But how could Lu Xiaoyu fall asleep now? She was constantly thinking about the plan Lu Shu said he had for her, and unable to hold back her excitement, she ran out to see Lu Shu train.

Lu Xiaoyu sat on the small table which belonged to Li Xianyi. She looked enthusiastically at Lu Shu even though his training was rather boring and repetitive.

Once Lu Shu was done training, Lu Xiaoyu followed him back home. Li Xianyi, who was looking from the garden, was rather flustered. Previously, he was excited and glad to know that the two kids living beside him were of Tier A potential. Now, he didn’t even have a disciple…

“From Li Xianyi’s distress, +55…”

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In the morning, at the west of Jiandong Market was a live meat slaughter. This was an established and professional slaughterhouse. When the pigs were slaughtered, they would be stamped and labeled as fresh. Lu Shu himself wasn’t sure if this was the practice elsewhere.

Before the pigs were killed, they would be brought into a room to allow them to relax for 24 hours.

Some claim that this was an act of compassion to the pigs, highlighting the good in humanity.

But was this really the case?

Within these 24 hours, they will not be allowed to eat for the last 12 hours, and not allowed to drink for the last 3 hours. Evidently, it was to reduce their energy, to reduce the blood concentration and to increase the quality of their meat.

The world was as such. The strong would never show true care or compassion to the weak.

Humans keep pets, and some people really do love their pets. But do the pets have freedom?

Lu Shu doubted it.

To him, it was important to constantly improve and become stronger in this world. This would prevent him from suffering the same fate as the cows, sheep, pigs, and dogs. It was as simple as that.

Lu Shu never thought about letting anyone else decide his fate for him.

The two siblings squatted at the side, and hearing the shrieks of the pigs inside, Lu Xiaoyu looked at Lu Shu emotionlessly, “So this is your plan? So I’ll get the soul of a pig, and be a pig-rider girl?”

“From Lu Xiaoyu’s distress, +388!”

“Cough,” Lu Shu cleared his throat, “I’m just trying to let you get used to it first. A pig is rather strong… There’s still donkey soup at the other side of Jiandong road. They’ll slaughter a donkey every Monday, maybe you can swap souls when that happens.”

“Oh, pig-rider to a donkey-rider,” Lu Xiaoyu was still emotionless, “Lu Shu, could you be any duller?!”

“From Lu Xiaoyu’s distress, +499!”

Lu Xiaoyu was tearing out the grass from her side. Shouldn’t have trusted Lu Shu with coming up with a brilliant idea in the early morning!

But there was no use saying anything else now. There’s no harm in trying her skills on a pig and after some looking around, Lu Xiaoyu settled on one which was the least ugly.

If it was Lu Shu, he would definitely pick the strongest one. But a teenage girl thought completely differently, she wanted one which was aesthetically appealing!

In her eyes, donkeys or pigs couldn’t compare to a little sparrow!