Chapter 18: The Ugly-to-the-Sky Mantis Sculpture

When Big Daughter carried Li Li Boyang on her back to find Chen Yun and handed over that pitch-black square brick.

Chen Yun, who was planting rice seedlings in the field, simply dazedly accepted that black mass.

Only after Big Daughter danced and waved her arms, telling Chen Yun everything Li Li Boyang had done, did she turn a strange look toward Li Li Boyang in the carrying basket.

Although she had long been convinced that her own son was born extraordinary, and had even witnessed with her own eyes the sight of his hair burning...

yet upon learning of Li Li Boyang's actions, Chen Yun still appeared somewhat at a loss.

It was a feeling of pride mixed with dread.

As the only well-bred young lady of Li Family Village, Chen Yun was not some ignorant country peasant woman.

At the very least, Chen Yun knew what this square brick in her hand meant.

"Be good, do not tell anyone about this matter."

Gently rubbing Big Daughter's head, Chen Yun bent down and whispered the instruction.

"Mm, I know, sister-in-law."

"This is little brother's secret; I won't even tell my mother!"

A glint of cunning flashed in her eyes, and Big Daughter immediately made the promise.

Living as an orphan and widow in the village, Big Daughter had long grown accustomed to worldly human affairs.

She knew who truly treated her well, and clearly understood which matters should not be spoken of to outsiders.

Deep in Big Daughter's heart, there was even a vague feeling.

If outsiders learned of little brother's demonic performance, she might never see him again in her entire life.

"I knew Big Daughter was sensible!"

"However, before you go back, you must wash that big dirty face; absolutely do not let your mother see it."

Reaching out to wipe the mud from Big Daughter's face, Chen Yun then turned her gaze once more to Li Li Boyang in the carrying basket.

"And you, brat, I will handle this matter; you need not get involved anymore."

Obediently blinking his eyes, Li Li Boyang tentatively displayed an innocent smile, but the response he received was Chen Yun's look of disgust.

"Put away your fangs; do not smile so chillingly, you're giving me goosebumps!"

Although she spoke thus, Chen Yun ultimately bent down and kissed Li Li Boyang's forehead, then said with a face full of doting affection.

"Good son, well done!"

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Facts proved that the action capability of the couple Li Yu and Chen Yun far exceeded Li Li Boyang's imagination.

In just a few short days, Li Yu organized the village's young and strong men to construct a primitive, crude fire-pit kiln at the location where the soil was found.

Through these kilns, Li Family Village successfully fired real bricks and used them for building walls and making traps.

Just as everything seemed to have entered the right track, a new question arose on Li Li Boyang's side.

【Why do the bricks they fired seem somewhat different from the ones I fired?】

At nightfall, this was the conversation between Li Li Boyang, holding the Lingxi Horn, and Xi Luo on the roof beam.

The square bricks Li Li Boyang fired that day were pitch black, while the bricks fired in the village were normal earthy red.

Moreover, according to Li Li Boyang's observation, he found that the red bricks fired in the village could not match the hardness of the black bricks he fired.

"Nonsense, of course they are different!"

"You child possess the fire of malevolent qi; how can that be compared to those mortal fires?"

Rolling her eyes in annoyance, Xi Luo felt Li Li Boyang was speaking nonsense.

"The bricks you fired were contaminated by malevolent qi, naturally possessing strength and ferocity surpassing ordinary bricks."

"If you, child, placed them at the village entrance, I guarantee ordinary beasts would absolutely dare not approach here..."

When speaking to this point, Xi Luo's voice paused slightly.

"No, do not say ordinary beasts."

"Given your current display of malevolent qi, ordinary spirits and monsters wanting to approach here would probably have to weigh the risks."

Xi Luo was not exaggerating here, but stating a fact.

Ultimately, the malevolent qi of the Ruifu is a curse, not a blessing.

The malevolent qi flowing continuously into Li Li Boyang's body twenty-four hours a day had long exceeded the scope a normal creature could endure.

Most crucially, Li Li Boyang did not simply expel that malevolent qi from his body.

His sword pill, heavenly eye, and even his body were absorbing and digesting the power of this malevolent qi, appearing even more ferocious than the Ruifu's innate ferocious deity.

One can imagine what kind of deterrent power the bricks eroded by Li Li Boyang's malevolent qi possessed.

【Listening to your description, I feel like it is just like beasts urinating to mark their territory.】

Listening to Xi Luo's account with a face full of black lines, such a visual image arose in Li Li Boyang's mind.

"About the same; anyway, it is all the same thing..."

Licking her own paw, Xi Luo appeared quite indifferent to this.

"Speaking of which, how have your practices gone these past few days?"

Hearing Xi Luo's inquiry, Li Li Boyang immediately recalled the main topic of their meeting this time.

【After my practice these past few days, I can already roughly master the force!】

Before the words had fully fallen, the sword pill in Li Li Boyang's dantian was seen rotating leisurely.

The next second, that sword pill flew out of the dantian under Li Li Boyang's control, appearing in the dim room.

Compared to the obvious sound of breaking the air last time.

This time the sword pill appeared silently and without sound, making no noise throughout the entire process.

"Truly impressive..."

Upon seeing that golden sword pill again, Xi Luo could still not conceal her shock.

Compared to its last appearance, soaring into the clouds and brimming with killing intent.

The sword pill now looked even more petite and exquisite, responding to her every whim.

【This is nothing! Let me show you something even more powerful!】

With a rather proud ability to multitask, Li Li Boyang guided the sword pill toward the black brick sitting on the nearby table.

Whoosh!

The golden sword pill instantly transformed into a streak of light.

It began to carve around the black brick at high speed, like an embroidery needle.

After merely a few breaths, when the sword pill came to a halt, the black brick, once tainted by evil qi, had been carved into the outline of a marten.

"..."

Because the precision and controllability displayed by the sword pill were simply too outrageous.

Xi Luo momentarily forgot to even complain, staring fixedly at the small, harmless-looking sword pill.

【How is it? Isn't it amazing!】

Only when startled awake by Li Li Boyang's words did Xi Luo blink her eyes.

Then she slowly shifted her gaze, looking at the carved marten with a face full of disgust.

"This carving isn't supposed to be me, is it? It's too ugly!"

Just as Xi Luo said, the carved marten was indeed ugly beyond the heavens.

Crooked nose, slanted eyes, a long body and short legs, plus its curled-up posture...

Had one not known beforehand that it was a marten, an ordinary person would likely be unable to recognize its original form at all.

【Wait, isn't the key issue not here?】

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