Chapter 18: Dual Bone Swords—Clear Breeze, Bright Moon

"Alright." Since Zhuge Tianxin had already said so, Zhuge Linglong couldn't say anything else. Although she felt this distribution was very unfair to Zhuge Tianxin, it wasn't appropriate to say anything now. After all, the three of them were a team, and they still had to spend three days here together.

"Now that we have this broadsword, we should be able to cut through the Flying Sky Pig's skin. I don't have much strength in my body right now, so I'll trouble Brother Zhuge Tao to process the Flying Sky Pig and get something for us to eat to replenish our strength, so we can handle the upcoming trials." Then, without caring whether Zhuge Tao agreed or not, he turned to Zhuge Linglong and said: "Linglong, have you used a bow and arrow before?" "Mm, I have." "That's good. But since it's a new bow, you need to adapt to it. Do you see that small haystack? Use that haystack as a target and practice a bit." "Mm, I do need to practice."

After Zhuge Linglong finished speaking, she immediately hung the quiver on her back, took the bow in her hand, pulled an arrow from behind, nocked it, drew the bow, and released it—all in one fluid motion. *Boom, shoo*—the arrow shot out and hit the small haystack dead center. "Good," Zhuge Tianxin called out. "Keep practicing," Zhuge Tianxin said again.

Behind them, Zhuge Tao saw the two of them singing in harmony, and felt that standing there was just asking for trouble, so he took the broadsword and went to process the Flying Sky Pig.

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About half an hour later, Zhuge Tianxin and Zhuge Linglong smelled the aroma of roasted meat. Zhuge Tianxin discovered that he had never wanted to eat roasted meat so much in his life, so he asked Zhuge Linglong to help him over.

After arriving there, Zhuge Tianxin found that Zhuge Tao had placed the roasted meat on a relatively flat stone, which Zhuge Tao had, of course, washed with water. "Brother Zhuge Tao, is the roasted meat ready? Let me have a taste." Saying this, he immediately picked up a piece of roasted meat, put it in his mouth, bit off a large chunk, chewed it quickly, and swallowed it.

"Mm?" As Zhuge Tianxin swallowed the roasted meat, he felt a surge of energy start from his stomach and spread throughout his body, giving his previously weak body a trace of strength. This discovery made Zhuge Tianxin let out a soft "mm."

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the roasted meat?" Zhuge Linglong asked, puzzled by Zhuge Tianxin's "mm."

"It's nothing, the roasted meat is delicious. I just took a bite and felt a trace of strength return to my body," Zhuge Tianxin replied. Of course, he didn't mention the energy spreading throughout his body, because he couldn't figure out the reason, and it would be hard to explain. At the same time, Zhuge Tianxin felt it wasn't the right time to talk about these things.

Since eating the roasted meat was good for his body's recovery, Zhuge Tianxin began to feast. After finishing the meat in his hand, he picked up another large piece and ate it in big mouthfuls. After he had eaten five or six pieces, he said to Zhuge Linglong: "Linglong, you should eat too. Brother Zhuge Tao's roasted meat is delicious. You must be hungry, right? Let's eat together." "Mm, I am a little hungry." Saying this, she picked up a smaller piece of roasted meat and began to eat. Of course, Zhuge Linglong was a girl, so her eating style was more elegant, unlike Zhuge Tianxin, who was gnawing on the meat in big mouthfuls. So, after Zhuge Linglong finished one piece, Zhuge Tianxin had already finished all the remaining roasted meat. Seeing the empty stone, Zhuge Tianxin looked at Zhuge Tao and saw that he had just finished roasting some more meat and was holding a piece to eat. Zhuge Tianxin immediately walked over to Zhuge Tao, took the rest, divided a few pieces for Zhuge Linglong, and began to feast on the remaining meat again.

As Zhuge Tianxin continued to eat the roasted meat, by the time he had finished two-fifths of it, he found that the feeling of weakness in his body had disappeared, replaced by a body full of strength, even stronger than when he had first entered. Furthermore, Zhuge Tianxin discovered that his hearing, sense of smell, and even his senses had become better than before.

Just as Zhuge Tianxin was full and satisfied, the mysterious little beast that had been staying in the mysterious space and ignoring him sent a consciousness to him, indicating that it also wanted to eat the Flying Sky Pig roasted meat, but it didn't want Zhuge Linglong and Zhuge Tao to know of its existence. "Then how do you eat?" "You just need to put the roasted meat into the contract space." "I don't know how to put it in. Wait, you said that space is what space?" "The contract space, is there anything strange about that? I really don't know what kind of person you are; I was forcibly contracted to become your summon beast after touching your blood. Alright, enough talk, hurry up and put the roasted meat into the contract space, I'm hungry." After the mysterious little beast transmitted this thought to Zhuge Tianxin, it said no more.

"Linglong, go see if Brother Zhuge Tao has any other roasted meat; this isn't quite enough to eat." Zhuge Tianxin knew the mysterious little beast's temper; since it didn't speak again, it meant it wouldn't pay attention to him anymore. So Zhuge Tianxin didn't continue to ask anything, and now wasn't the time to ask anyway. So he found an excuse to let Zhuge Linglong go see if there was any other roasted meat, and after Zhuge Linglong left, he immediately put the remaining roasted meat on the stone into the contract space.

When Zhuge Linglong returned, she came back empty-handed, without any roasted meat, because Zhuge Tao didn't intend to roast any more, nor was he willing to.

Zhuge Tianxin didn't mind this, because both he and the mysterious little beast were full.

After being full and satisfied, the three of them gathered to discuss what to do next. Finally, the three of them unanimously decided to rest here for a while before continuing their journey. They also decided that Zhuge Tao would cut the remaining meat into slices and dry them into jerky, making it easier to carry and store for their future journey.

After doing all this, the three of them each found a relatively safe and comfortable place to rest. Because they were all exhausted after more than ten hours of fighting, they fell asleep before long. This sleep lasted for more than ten hours. Of course, during this time, Zhuge Tianxin's senses did not stop monitoring the outside. He discovered that after the change from the previous battle, many changes had occurred in his body, but he didn't know what was going on. Perhaps the mysterious little beast would know, but Zhuge Tianxin knew it wouldn't tell him now. Zhuge Tianxin also tried to issue commands to it, but discovered that the commands that had always worked before no longer had such strong binding power over the mysterious little beast, but he didn't know the reason why.

After sleeping for more than ten hours, the three of them were well-rested and felt refreshed, but they were a little hungry. The task of roasting meat fell once again on Zhuge Tao.

During the time Zhuge Tao was roasting the meat, Zhuge Tianxin removed the pair of tusks from the Flying Sky Pig, found a large stone, and began to grind the tusks against it.

After grinding for about half an hour, Zhuge Tianxin smelled the aroma of roasted meat again, so he didn't continue grinding and went to eat. After he was full, he contentedly continued to grind the pair of tusks, while Zhuge Linglong practiced archery on the side. Only Zhuge Tao was left watching the two of them, and finally, feeling that watching them was just asking for trouble, he began to practice his sword techniques as well.

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About two hours later, Zhuge Tianxin finally finished grinding the pair of tusks. The tusks had been ground into two long swords, about four fingers wide and over a meter long. He then found Zhuge Linglong, took an arrow, and used the sharp tip to carve the words "Clear Breeze" and "Bright Moon" on the handles respectively. Just like that, the first weapon Zhuge Tianxin had after arriving in this space was born: the Dual Bone Swords—Clear Breeze and Bright Moon. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====