"Who are you?" Xiao Lingyu stood up and asked with a frown.
"I am Jia Gang. I am also in charge of feeding these young beasts," the person replied.
"So it's Senior Brother Jia. Senior Brother Miao taught me how to feed the young beasts, so I am able to handle it alone," Xiao Lingyu explained without a change in expression.
"Hmph, what an opportunist! Just wait for the steward's punishment! "
After saying this, Jia Gang did not listen to Xiao Lingyu's explanation and immediately turned to leave.
Not long after, Xiao Lingyu and Miao Yan were brought before the hunchbacked old man, while Jia Gang stood behind the old man with a look of righteous indignation.
"Xiao Lingyu, was it really Miao Yan who told you to feed the young beasts?" The hunchbacked old man asked with a cold expression.
"Yes!" Xiao Lingyu replied and repeated what Miao Yan had told her.
Pa!!!
The hunchbacked old man slammed his hand on the table, causing the entire room to shake. He narrowed his eyes and said to Miao Yan, "You Miao Yan, how dare you! It's fine if you don't learn well, but you actually instigate your fellow disciple!"
"Steward, please calm down. Xiao Lingyu is just spouting nonsense. I never said that to him. I only recorded the information on feeding the young beasts in a jade slip and gave it to him. Steward, please investigate!" Miao Yan was so frightened that he directly knelt on the ground, but he still forced himself to calm down and defend himself.
Xiao Lingyu could not help but frown when she heard that Miao Yan did not admit to it. If Miao Yan did not testify and she did not have any evidence, she was afraid that she would have to bear the blame alone.
Sure enough, the hunchbacked old man then said to Xiao Lingyu, "Xiao Lingyu, Miao Yan said that he never instructed you in such a way, and he even gave you the jade slip with the details of feeding the young beasts. Do you have anything to say?"
Xiao Lingyu shook her head and replied, "He insists on denying it. I can't do anything about it."
"Since that's the case, I can only count this debt on you. Since this is your first offense and you were brought here by Junior Martial Brother Jiang not long ago, I can be lenient with you this time. You will be punished with the sole responsibility of feeding the young beasts for the next thirty years. You are not allowed to slack off, otherwise you will be expelled from the sect. "
At this point, the hunchbacked old man asked Xiao Lingyu, "Are you willing to accept your punishment?"
At this moment, Miao Yan and Jia Gang secretly exchanged glances. Both of them had a smug look in their eyes. Although it was only for a moment, Xiao Lingyu caught it.
It was obvious that Miao Yan had colluded with Jia Gang to frame Xiao Lingyu. Miao Yan must have rarely used the half-feeding method in the past. He must have deliberately dug a hole for Xiao Lingyu to jump into.
The hunchbacked old man in charge would not turn a blind eye to the halved feeding method. Instead, he would severely punish the culprit. However, the old man in charge did not seem to be someone who liked to investigate too deeply. There were obviously suspicious points in this matter, but he had no intention of investigating it.
"I'm willing to accept it." Xiao Lingyu still said with an indifferent expression.
"In that case, you may leave." The hunchbacked old man in charge closed his eyes and waved at Xiao Lingyu and the other two.
Although she had suffered a great loss, Xiao Lingyu had no intention of questioning Miao Yan. She only returned to her room alone with an unmoved expression.
The more Xiao Lingyu acted this way, the more curious Miao Yan and Jia Gang became. However, the two of them had benefited and had a full 30 years of leisure time. Naturally, they did not intend to show off in front of Xiao Lingyu. They did not know that the two of them had offended the person they should not have offended.
Although Xiao Lingyu was not a narrow-minded person, he was definitely not a softie who did not care about anything. If they were in the Cultivation World, he would have killed the two of them directly. However, this time, they were in the Devil World, and Xiao Lingyu was unfamiliar with this place. Hence, he could only endure it. However, if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely not let these two guys off easily.
After sitting quietly in her room for a while, Xiao Lingyu suppressed the anger in her heart. Then, she went out and began to feed the cubs.
While feeding the cubs, Xiao Lingyu was also thinking about some things.
As for the punishment of 30 years, although Xiao Lingyu had accepted it, he definitely would not obediently work hard for 30 years. It was not that the time was too long, but he wanted those two guys to suffer a little.
They did not use force to plot against him, but wisdom. Xiao Lingyu felt that he had always used his fists to speak in the Cultivation World. Now that someone wanted to compete with him in wisdom, there was no harm in fighting with them since he had nothing to do.
Xiao Lingyu had not cultivated for a long time, but in terms of wisdom, he was definitely not inferior to ordinary cultivators.
Ten days passed in a hurry. Xiao Lingyu gloomily discovered that Miao Yan and Jia Gang had been shut in their rooms. It was really difficult for him to plot against them.
The main reason Xiao Lingyu did not have any ideas was that he was not familiar enough with the Imperial Beast Hall and the East Pole Demon Sect. He did not know the temperament of these East Pole Demon Sect cultivators and could not make use of them. He could only put on an act. Not only would they not believe him, but it was also very likely that he would harm himself.
After thinking bitterly for an entire year, Xiao Lingyu, who was busy all day, still could not come up with a good idea. Just as he was about to give up, the hunchbacked old man in charge sent a new batch of 500 cubs. However, he only took the strongest cubs to the prison.
As a result, Xiao Lingyu's task undoubtedly increased by a lot, but he was still the only one responsible for feeding the cubs.
However, when feeding the new batch of 500 cubs, Xiao Lingyu discovered that one of the cubs was a little different. The aura on its body made him feel very familiar, as if he had seen his own child.
Xiao Lingyu was very surprised by this strange feeling, but he was also a little confused.
This cub was very small, so small that he could grab most of its body with a palm. Moreover, this cub was very lovable. It had a carapace that could only cover its back. There were seven different colored spots on the carapace, and those spots would always flicker from time to time. It was very mysterious.
Apart from the carapace on its back, it looked like a pangolin. Its body was very long, its tail was covered in scales, and its waist and head were covered in snow-white fur.
The jade slip left behind by the hunchbacked old man said that this was a kind of magical beast called the Seven Star Demonic Armor Rat. However, Xiao Lingyu felt that this was not the case. After a detailed examination, Xiao Lingyu was shocked to discover that this cute cub actually had Primal Chaos Force in its body. Moreover, it had been demonized like him.
It was precisely because this cub had Primal Chaos Force that Xiao Lingyu felt very familiar with it. However, the Primal Chaos Force in the cub was very weak. If a cultivator did not specialize in Primal Chaos Force, they would not be able to detect it.
"Where does this little fellow's Primal Chaos Force come from?" Xiao Lingyu was very surprised. This cub had clearly been born not long ago and was still ignorant of everything. It definitely did not cultivate Primal Chaos Force on its own through some kind of cultivation method.
After observing for a long time, Xiao Lingyu was still unable to find out how this cub had obtained Primal Chaos Force. He first settled it in a safe place in the valley, then walked far away. However, he used his mind to tightly lock onto the cub.
The cub was pitifully weak now, so it was naturally unable to detect Xiao Lingyu's thoughts. After Xiao Lingyu walked far away for a long time, the faint light emitted by the seven colored spots on the long carapace on its back became much stronger. Moreover, its long tail stood upright and pointed towards the sky. The scales on its tail seemed to have naturally formed runes that flowed out.
After about ten minutes, Xiao Lingyu discovered that the Primal Chaos Force in the space around the cub was actually gathering towards the cub's tail.
"So it was born with the ability to absorb Primal Chaos Force. No wonder." Xiao Lingyu withdrew his thoughts and said in understanding.
The appearance of this strange cub made Xiao Lingyu temporarily forget about scheming against Miao Yan and Jia Gang. He even hoped that the two of them would never appear again so that he could have more time to continue observing this cub. This also prevented others from discovering this cub's uniqueness.
Although this strange cub was very vigilant, its cultivation was still too weak. Even with Miao Yan and Jia Gang's cultivation, they could easily spy on it.
The cub's abilities were simply too weak. Xiao Lingyu waited for half a year, but he did not see it grow at all. The Primal Chaos Force in its body had only increased by a little. If Xiao Lingyu's Primal Chaos Force was a vast ocean, then the Primal Chaos Force in the cub's body was only a drop of water in the ocean.
Xiao Lingyu really could not wait any longer. When he was feeding the cub, he took advantage of the fact that no one was around to infuse a trace of his Primal Chaos Force into the cub's body.
Xiao Lingyu did not dare to be too bold. The trace of Primal Chaos Force that he infused was only equivalent to one-third of the cub's current Primal Chaos Force.
What made Xiao Lingyu slightly relieved was that the cub easily absorbed the trace of Primal Chaos Force and refined it in the blink of an eye. The cub's Primal Chaos Force had increased by quite a bit.
Just like that, Xiao Lingyu continued to feed the cub every day. A round of feeding had increased from the original ten days to twelve days. Every time it was the cub's turn, Xiao Lingyu would increase its Primal Chaos Force by a third.
After another year, the cub's size had grown slightly, but Xiao Lingyu was still able to grab half of its body with one hand.
Perhaps it was because Xiao Lingyu was constantly increasing its Primal Chaos Force, or perhaps it was because it had seen Xiao Lingyu too many times, or perhaps it was because Xiao Lingyu's Primal Chaos Force was very familiar to it. In the past, the cub was very wary of Xiao Lingyu. Now, it would squeak whenever it saw Xiao Lingyu. Sometimes, it would even cling to Xiao Lingyu and refuse to get off.
Xiao Lingyu naturally liked this cub more and more. Every time he fed it, he would do his best to feed it. As for the other normal cub, Xiao Lingyu was too lazy to even look at them.
It was also because of the appearance of this cub that Xiao Lingyu felt that the task of feeding the cub was not that tiresome. In fact, it was very interesting.
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