Chapter 93: Fetch

Chapter 93: Fetch

Fire burned under the cauldron. Hui crouched over it, manipulating the ink inside with his qi. He spun it evenly, syncing his qi to the qi in the berries. The berries qi kept slipping out of his control. He furrowed his brows and reached out, trying to snare the qi. Like a slippery eel, the berries dodged his efforts yet again and continued to swirl merrily at their own pace.

Argh! Just sit still!

The wolf returned, branch in mouth. Hui stood, temporarily leaving the ink to its own devices, and threw the branch again. With a happy grumble, the wolf took off after it, eyes gleaming.

He crouched down again. This time, he closed his eyes and focused all his power on the berries qi, following the path closely. Im good at manipulating my own qi, so why cant I manipulate these berries?

Hui clamped down on the berries qi, holding a node in place. The node struggled, and the rest of the qi flowed on, ignoring his interference. If I cant sync the berries qi to my qi, I wouldve been better off using dyes without qi. Then, at least, they wouldnt fight me!

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The berries qi lashed out, smacking his qi away and wriggling on.

Hui wrinkled his nose. Ugh, but right now, Im just getting disrespected by berries.

The wolf returned, putting the branch down again. Eyes closed, focused on the qi, Hui didnt notice. Annoyed, it edged closer, pushing the branch in front of it until it nudged Hui with the branch.

Hui opened his eyes. Hey, I wasah, senior! Right, right. He picked up the branch.

His own words flashed through his head. If your life is constrained by what other people think of you

Huis eyes widened. Thats it! He grinned and petted the wolf vigorously. Thank you, senior! I appreciate your guidance.

The wolf growled and bared its teeth, retracting its head.

Hui startled, sitting upright. Was that the wolf? Who would dare touch one of Masters pets?

Another yelp. Hui jumped to his feet, reaching a hand out to Zhubi. Zhubi, lets go! Somethings happened to the wolf!

Zhubi hissed and lunged at him. Mid-lunge, he returned to his usual size and slithered up to Huis neck.

Hui hurtled down the mountain, leaping and bounding down the familiar path. At third stage, he barely had to exert effort to dart down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, he caught sight of the wolf, crouched over something.

Senior! Are you

Stupid wolf. Let go of that branch, already. Silver-green Wood is worthless to a filthy beast like you! Let us plant cultivators make something useful out of it! A green-robed cultivator drew back his leg and kicked the wolf in the side. Three other green-robed cultivators stood at his sides, frowning at the wolf.

The wolf snarled at him, but stayed hunched over its prize.

Eh? Whats the problem? Hui narrowed his eyes.

The wolf crouched over a split boulder with a deep, narrow cleft in it. The stick had hurtled down into the rock and slipped past an outcropping, then gotten stuck there, deep down the boulders cleft. The wolfs paws were too clumsy to draw it out, and its muzzle was too thick to reach far enough into the rock to grab the branch. It could probably use a beast technique to get the branch out or crack the boulder open, but with the cultivators right there, its risky. The cultivators might dart in, steal the branch, and fly out with it, or attack it. Beasts are powerful, but they dont have the same dexterity and number of unique techniques available to them as cultivators, like how Zhubi has his poison and can play dead, but cant make talismans or cultivate sword techniques.

Well, Im no good at cultivating sword techniques either, but anyways!

All that to say, one beast versus four cultivators is a bad matchup! Im sure senior wolf could win in a battle of raw strength, but could he win and prevent any one of the cultivators from grabbing the branch at the same time? Hard to say.

The cultivator drew back his leg again. Dumb wolf! Give it up! Youre just going to chew on it and waste it!

Hui cleared his throat. Excuse me, but what are you doing to my familys petahem! to my Masters spirit beast?