Chapter 26: Mountain Pigs Cannot Eat Fine Bran

Perhaps it was because this was the first time doing such a thing.

Xiao Pu was not paying attention and sprayed blood all over him.

Looking at this little fellow covered in blood, Nudi, Zhang Yi, and Ju Niao Mu Qin, who were standing to the side, could not help but burst into laughter.

Hahaha!

However, facing their laughter, Xiao Pu acted as if he hadn't heard it at all, taking a stride to dive back into the mountain demon's belly to continue rummaging.

"Hey, you fellow, what are you blindly rummaging for?"

Perhaps unable to watch any longer, Zhang Yi followed up, wanting to go up and pull the little fellow out.

Yet, before he could even extend his claw, Xiao Pu, who had previously dived into the mountain demon's belly, ran out with an excited look on his face.

"Zhi zhi zhi!"

The next second, as if claiming credit, he dropped a crystal-clear, blood-red crystal directly in front of Zhang Yi.

"Treasure, more..."

Xiao Pu spat out two words unclearly.

"This is for me?"

Zhang Yi looked at Xiao Pu with some confusion.

"Mm-hmm!"

Looking at this well-behaved little fellow, Zhang Yi suddenly didn't know what to say.

Although he really wanted to keep this thing for himself, he felt a bit embarrassed after being put on the spot by this little fellow.

After all, there were two pairs of eyes staring at him right beside him.

One was his Younger Sister, and the other was his mother in name.

For a moment, he really couldn't just take it for himself.

Just as he wore a look of confusion.

To the side, Ju Niao Mu Qin seemed to have seen through his little thoughts, and before he could even speak, she said directly: "Since it's given to you, just take it!"

"After all, this mountain demon was taken down by you!"

"If it weren't for you today, I'm afraid both I and your Younger Sister would have lost our lives!"

Seeing his mother say this, Nudi, who was to the side, although somewhat reluctant, still followed up by saying: "That's right, don't be embarrassed! Since this little fellow gave it to you, just take it!"

Seeing that both of them had said so, if Zhang Yi were to decline again, it would be a bit suspicious of him putting on an act.

Thus, he then pretended to be embarrassed and scratched the ground a few times with his claw.

"Alright, I'll take it this time, but next time, next time there's an opportunity, if we can encounter another Great Demon or something, then, no matter what, it must be for you all!"

Although he said this, Zhang Yi was thinking in his heart that as for next time, he didn't know when that would be.

After all, Great Demon-level Demon Beasts were not cabbages that could be seen everywhere.

Besides, even if he encountered one, Zhang Yi would not be naive enough to think that every Great Demon was as foolish as this mountain demon.

He had just accepted the blood-colored crystal.

Immediately following that, the system's broadcast sound reached his ears.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations to the host, task successfully completed!】

【System reward has been issued, please check it!】

Listening to the voice that only he could hear, Zhang Yi was overjoyed.

However, after the joy, he quickly calmed down.

He turned his head to look at Nudi and Ju Niao Mu Qin again.

"Do you know how to use this thing?"

The reason he said this was mainly because he had been frightened by his previous consumption of the Ninth-Tier Demon Beast Juman's inner core fragments.

That time, he had truly had a narrow escape from death and was almost burst to death by that violent energy.

That sour and refreshing feeling was something he never wanted to experience a second time in his life.

Hearing him say this.

Nudi, who was to the side, immediately rolled her eyes at him.

After all this time, it turned out this fellow didn't even know the use of this thing!

Had she known this, she wouldn't have pretended to be generous and let the item go just now.

It was just a pity that since she had already let it go, she naturally couldn't go back on her word.

Pausing slightly, she then said with a gloomy face: "This thing is called a Demon Crystal, a good thing that is only produced by Demon Beasts that have broken through to the Great Demon level."

"Moreover, this kind of thing is not produced by every Demon Beast that breaks through to the Great Demon level; on average, only one out of every hundred Great Demon-level Demon Beasts might produce one!"

"I really don't know if you, this fellow, had dog-shit luck; you only killed a First-Tier Great Demon, yet you were able to encounter such a good thing!"

"What a waste of heaven's gift!"

Regarding Nudi's disdain, Zhang Yi had a different opinion.

He wasn't from this world, so it should be perfectly normal for him not to recognize this kind of thing.

Seeing that Zhang Yi did not intend to continue this topic, Nudi shook her head helplessly.

Just while he and Nudi were having a verbal spat.

The three birds didn't notice that at this moment, Xiao Pu had returned to the blood-stained mountain demon's belly again without them knowing when.

After some rummaging, the little fellow finally dug out three black, stone-like things from the fellow's belly and threw them in front of Zhang Yi.

"This..."

"This is... a Demon Core?!"

When Nudi and Ju Niao Mu Qin saw this pitch-black, pebble-like thing, the expressions on their faces instantly lost their composure.

"Hahaha!"

"We've struck it rich this time!"

"To think this Mountain Demon actually had three Demon Cores inside its body!"

Watching Nudi's excited expression, Zhang Yi, standing to the side, curled his lip in disdain.

And she calls herself Nudi? With this kind of behavior?!

How does she feel like some country bumpkin who has never seen the world!

Truly, a wild boar cannot appreciate fine bran!

You have to know, when he previously learned that the item placed before him was a Demon Crystal, he didn't even show much pride.

However, since he already had a Demon Crystal, he naturally felt embarrassed to ask for a share of these Demon Cores.

Thinking this to himself, Zhang Yi immediately adopted an arrogant air of carrying forward the spirit of Lei Feng.

"Since I already have a Demon Crystal, I won't get involved with these Demon Cores or whatever."

"It just so happens that you, Mother, and Xiao Pu—the three of you and one bird—can just split them one each!"

Regarding Zhang Yi's proposal, this time Ju Niao Mu Qin did not refuse.

Don't look down on these Demon Cores just because they aren't as precious as Demon Crystals.

After all, these are things produced by a Great Demon-level Demon Beast.

If it weren't for basking in Zhang Yi's glory, they probably wouldn't know when in this lifetime they would ever get to taste something of this level.

In order to let this item exert its value to the greatest extent.

Afterwards, Ju Niao Mu Qin and Nudi and the others even decided to pick an auspicious day, when the moonlight was at its purest, to absorb this rare treasure together.

As for the corpse of that Mountain Demon, Zhang Yi and the others also had their own way of dealing with it.

Although this guy had thick skin and flesh, making it very troublesome to process, if it were before, Ju Niao Mu Qin and Nudi and the others might have just given up.

But now it is different.

Although they couldn't process this big guy, Xiao Pu could.

With this little fellow around, the Mountain Demon's fur and hide were not worth mentioning at all.

Anyway, leaving it here would be a waste, so it would be better to let it fully exert its remaining value and serve as their rations during their upcoming cultivation period.

In this way, they would also be spared the worry of having to fret over rations for Zhang Yi, this big eater, while they were cultivating!