Chapter 177 – Snake Lady is Shy

Chapter 177 – Snake Lady is Shy

Chen Shi returned to the Restaurant to pick up Lady Liu. She was sitting there, nibbling on her food and ignoring a good portion of her meal.

"You should also eat some meat..." Chen Shi said gently so as not to startle her.

"I already ate meat." Lady Liu pouted and munched on yet another veggie. "I like fruits more." She murmured, but Chen Shi was a Cultivator, which meant he heard her.

"You will get your fruits once you eat normal food, fruits can't replace everything else." He gently nudged her.

"Yes, Mum." Lady Liu pouted and munched on yet another piece of veggie, but this time added a bit of meat.

Chen Shi could only sigh, he didn't try to stop her this time since she was eating quite well...

...

Aiko woke up from her slumber, she didn't sleep all that much since they didn't spend all that much time outside.

Aiko stretched her paws and front legs, she rolled inside the fluffy tail before staring at the ceiling.

She no longer had hazy eyes, but that did not mean her system had completely flushed out the poison. It was still present, but way less potent.

Aiko yawned again and she smelled meat a little way away from her.

She munched on it, there was also something tender with the meat, but it was warm and didn't feel like she should munch on it.

Lady Liu was screaming inside her head when Aiko nibbled her fingers. This was the first time a Beast nibbled her without the intent to bite her.

'I should definitely get some nice, cute and cuddly pet...' Lady Liu thought this kind of playful nibbling was nice and cute.

'But it would be difficult taking care of them, maybe I should wait a few more reincarnations...' Lady Liu thought this was not the best time to befriend a few pets, maybe when she was younger would be the right time.

Aiko munched a few pieces of meat and woke up. She stared at Lady Liu, who was staring back at her.

Aiko still could not speak, so she just yawned and kept staring at Lady Liu.

"She can't talk yet." The Blood Fox said gently when she noticed their small staring contest.

"Eh?!" Lady Liu was shocked. "Why?" She tilted her head, she didn't remember such a negative prophecy!

"We collected a few bottles of that Powder." The Blood Fox smiled gently and glanced at the snorting Inscription Saint.

"If she wasn't so weak, she wouldn't be affected." He clicked his tongue and sipped his tea.

The Umbra Fox didn't like his tone, but the Blood Fox was slightly faster in making him choke.

"True, we have only collected an additional 50 bottles of the Berserker Powder." The Blood Fox clicked her tongue. "Who would've thought Aiko would be so weak that she couldn't even endure that..." She shook her head.

*Pfft*

The Inscription Saint spat out his tea and stared at the Blood Fox speechlessly. "What?" He thought that he heard it incorrectly.

"Fif-ty bott-les~" The Blood Fox smiled, but with clear disdain towards him.

Chen Shi's brain lagged and it was slowly processing that number. '50? 5-0? Do they mean 5?' He didn't believe that they collected that many.

*Knock Knock*

"Yes." The Blood Fox nodded without batting an eye.

"You are weird..." The Snake Lady couldn't quite understand what was happening, but she still found it strange.

The Blood Fox shrugged and returned to her tea.

The Snake Lady slithered towards that black tail.

Soon, Aiko's head popped out, startling the Snake Lady so much that she flinched.

"She... is really small..." The Snake Lady's inner thoughts leaked.

Sure, she saw this little Fox embarrass and slaughter those Human Sect Leaders, but it happened so quickly that she wasn't able to get a proper look.

Now that she was able to properly look at this little Fox... she was truly tiny.

"Do you feed her well?" The Snake Lady couldn't help but ask them.

The Umbra Fox laughed. "There are big snakes and small snakes, {it's the same thing for Foxes/the same goes is for Foxes}. There are large Foxes." She pointed at the Blood Fox. "And then there are small Foxes." She pointed at herself. "And lastly, there are extra small Foxes." She pointed at Aiko.

The Snake Lady nodded absent-mindedly. She was confused about how something so small could just rip apart those Humans.

"Can I check her?" The Snake Lady slithered a bit closer.

"Sure." The Blood Fox didn't refuse, since that Lion sent her here. If she came on her own accord, she wouldn't be allowed anywhere near them.

The Snake Lady touched the small Fox, but the fluff and her slick scales made it difficult for her to lift Aiko up.

Lady Liu giggled, upsetting the Snake Lady a little bit. She found her failure to pick up Aiko to be so cute.

Lady Liu picked up Aiko out of the Blood Fox's tails and placed her on her lap.

The Snake Lady puffed her cheeks, but still came closer. There was something wrong with this Lady as she had a strange air around her and it seemed like most Beasts adored her.

She couldn't understand why, but seeing her eyes without prejudice... she was starting to slowly understand why.

The Snake Lady checked the little Fox's body carefully.

"She has been overdosed on the Berserker Powder, so her body is using most of her energy for the purging. I also found another poison, but I'm not familiar with that one, so I can't help you." The Snake Lady sighed.

There was not much to do, since the little Fox's body was in good condition whilst purging the Poison. If she used her techniques, they would in the long run decrease the Little Fox's ability to resist that poison, which was counterproductive, especially when it came to the Berserker Powder.

Rendering her more susceptible to the Berserker Powder would make her life a lot more difficult...

"You really can't help?" Lady Liu asked, since she was not well versed in the art of poison.

"It would be detrimental for her if I helped. It is best to just wait for her body to deal with it on its own. The next banquet is in a few days, but by that time she should be alright..." The Snake Lady paused. "Unless she encounters more of the Berserker Powder."

Aiko's team skilfully avoided the Snake Lady's eyes, they would not say anything about how Aiko got inflicted by that poison.

The Snake Lady chuckled when she saw them feigning innocence. "I still want to thank you for confiscating so much Berserker Powder, since it would be extremely bad if it got spread during the banquet." The Snake Lady gently bowed and slithered away without waiting for them to say anything.

She was already embarrassed enough that she had to thank them for it, when she was the one that insulted them at the beginning.

Lady Liu chuckled. "She is not a bad person." She smiled from ear to ear and the Snake Lady slithered away even faster than before.

"Wait for me, Love." The turtle was trying to catch up to his Dao Companion, but he was simply too slow compared to the snake's speed...