Chapter 12: Heaven-Born Saint (Thanks to the big boss Belfast for the 10,000 tip)

The Deceit Rabbit is very clever, but also very simple.

At the very least, it is much simpler than the modern humans Li Boyang knew in his past life.

After confirming that neither side held hostility and that they were capable of communication, the Deceit Rabbit quickly became familiar with the big girl.

During this process, the Deceit Rabbit once again displayed its extremely severe tendency toward being a chatterbox.

It was said to be chatting with the big girl.

In reality, it was more often the Deceit Rabbit unilaterally pouring out its heart and complaining.

Although Li Boyang noticed that the Deceit Rabbit always maintained a safe distance from which it could turn and flee at any moment.

Yet, between the Deceit Rabbit and the big girl, a preliminary trust had indeed been established.

According to the Deceit Rabbit’s own account, it was considered a rather famous spirit creature among these Hundred Earth Mountains.

This fame was not due to how powerful its strength was.

Rather, it was due to its overly familiar personality, where it would chatter on and on without stopping once it started talking.

It just so happened that the Deceit Rabbit relied on its innate supernatural ability to transform, allowing it to communicate smoothly with any race.

As time went on, spirit creatures in the mountains and forests that could beat the Deceit Rabbit found it annoying and would move to drive it away as soon as they met.

As for those spirit creatures that could not beat the Deceit Rabbit, they were simply unwilling to meet it and would take a detour from far away.

Hmm, the above is all the Deceit Rabbit’s own version of the story.

After Li Boyang translated and interpreted these words from the Deceit Rabbit, what emerged was a different picture.

Setting aside all the embellishments, Li Boyang believed that the Deceit Rabbit was essentially a troublemaker.

Born in the mountains and forests, possessing the supernatural ability to change into a myriad of forms, the Deceit Rabbit rarely encountered a subject that could communicate with it patiently and as an equal.

This led to the Deceit Rabbit’s curiosity and desire to talk being difficult to vent.

Therefore, once it encountered other spirit creatures unwilling to communicate, the Deceit Rabbit would inevitably commit some acts that exceeded the other party's tolerance.

For example, while spirit creatures were lurking and hunting, it would hang behind them and chatter incessantly.

Or for example, having no sense of boundaries, it would mistakenly think it was being kind by offering various "surprises" filled with provocative intent.

Or again, for example, it had the habitual tendency to weave all sorts of exaggerated claims, and even lies.

This point was displayed vividly and thoroughly during its interaction with the big girl.

The big girl, who had not seen much of the world, was completely hoodwinked by the Deceit Rabbit.

Li Boyang even suspected that the Deceit Rabbit’s practice of always maintaining a safe distance was a habit formed after being beaten up by other spirit creatures too many times.

—A cowardly, overly curious monster that likes to exaggerate?

This was Li Boyang’s understanding of this peculiar spirit creature after summarizing and categorizing it.

Li Boyang was not certain if the other party was a monster from legends.

Because according to the Deceit Rabbit itself, it truly had never seen a second spirit creature that could change its appearance at will like it could.

This was an innate talent.

Just like the third eye between Li Boyang’s brows, it could not be acquired through postnatal learning.

At the very least, the Deceit Rabbit did not know how to replicate this talent.

Other spirit creatures in the mountains and forests rarely displayed abilities other than their own innate ones.

This made Li Boyang realize that the world he was currently in might not be the cultivation world he had imagined.

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Just as Li Boyang was listening intently to the conversation between the two, the Deceit Rabbit was actually also quietly observing this Heaven-Born Saint.

From the surface, this seemed to be just an ordinary human infant.

But the Deceit Rabbit could sense that the vital energy, which spirit creatures regarded as a treasure, was continuously radiating from the other party’s body.

The reason the human girl before it could carry a half-grown infant and run all over the mountains.

A significant part of the reason was that due to long-term contact with this vital energy, she was undergoing a certain kind of metamorphosis similar to that of a spirit creature.

However, what was rather strange was that those vital energies were not pure, but were mixed with some kind of terrifying baleful aura.

Even though Li Boyang was wearing a red baby hat.

The Deceit Rabbit still saw at a glance that his hair was "burning" under the baby hat.

Of course, those crimson downy hairs only radiated high heat and did not ignite the baby hat like real flames.

From this point alone, the Deceit Rabbit knew that this half-grown infant had already initially mastered his own abilities and was no longer a "Tang Monk meat" with no ability to protect himself.

Not only that, the Deceit Rabbit also noticed that the skin Li Boyang had exposed looked much redder than that of an average infant.

[Humans really are a terrifying species, to even dare to raise such a freak.]

Sighing like this in its heart, the Deceit Rabbit moved back another half-step without a trace, always maintaining a safe distance from Li Boyang.

"In short, that’s the situation; I have no malice toward you."

"If it weren't for the 'earth vein disturbance' a while ago causing such a big commotion, I wouldn't have run so far to find food."

"Of course, the herbs in your hands are just ordinary ingredients to me; if I wanted to find more, I could find them at any time!"

Regarding this statement from the Deceit Rabbit, Li Boyang maintained a non-committal attitude.

Although the herbs he had the big girl dig up were not some heavenly treasures, they were definitely not just ordinary ingredients.

Li Boyang saw this, and even the big girl saw it as well.

"Liar, clearly your drool is almost flowing out..."

Suddenly reaching out to point at the corner of the Deceit Rabbit’s mouth, the big girl laughed in a low voice.

"Ah?"

Hearing this, the Deceit Rabbit was stunned for a moment, then instinctively reached out to wipe the corner of its mouth.

When it realized that the big girl was tricking it and that it wasn't drooling at all, it immediately glared at her in shame and anger.

"You’re the liar!"

"You little girl liar!"

To tell the truth, perhaps because it was used to being bold and reckless, this was the first time the Deceit Rabbit had been deceived.

When other mountain folk saw it, they would all kneel and beg for mercy in fear, giving it whatever it wanted.

How could they be like this big girl, who not only wasn't afraid of it, but even dared to tease it.

"Pfft! Who told you to lie to me first!"

Not knowing if it was her nature, or if she was emboldened by having Li Boyang by her side.

The big girl, who had seen through the Deceit Rabbit’s true nature, stuck out her tongue mischievously, not taking the other party’s embarrassment and anger to heart at all.

Slap!

Seeing this, Li Boyang, not wanting the Deceit Rabbit to become angry from shame, immediately patted the back basket.

This served to formally interrupt the interaction between this human and this beast.

"Yeah!"

Upon noticing the big girl looking at him, Li Boyang’s two little hands immediately began to wave.

Relying on the tacit understanding built up over these past few months.

The big girl quickly understood Li Boyang’s meaning, then turned her head and asked the still-bewildered Deceit Rabbit.

"Little brother asks you, what is this 'earth vein disturbance' you just mentioned?"

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A huge thank you to the big boss Belfast for the 10,000 tip!!!

However, it’s hard to add chapters during this new book period, I will make up for it with a burst of updates when it goes on the shelves!

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