Chapter 141: Silence Devoured by Consumption

Their class had a total of twenty-four people, among whom were seven girls.

They all lived here.

The other three areas housed fifteen boys, exactly five people per area.

According to Su Qingniao, she had gone over to check the boys' quarters. She could only say there was a shelter to block wind and rain.

In short, it was extremely crude. It was nothing like the place where they lived, which was a proper two-story small building made of mixed bamboo and wood.

Moreover, the second floor had exactly seven rooms.

Each of them was assigned one room.

"Do you know? You intercepted someone else's best partner. Everyone is discussing you behind your back, saying who else could you have chosen but had to take Su Qingniao away.

If you hadn't chosen her, everyone else could still have fought for her." Qi Yi's tone was obviously sour.

"Is Su Qingniao confirmed to be very strong among you? Isn't her class ranking nineteenth? I remember Su Yue, Su Lan, and your scores all seem to be above hers." Su Jin was puzzled.

She chose Su Qingniao for two reasons: first, because of her relationship with Su Cheng, she and Su Qingniao were acquaintances. Second, she had Xue Chiluo helping her guard the spirit rice fields; whoever partnered with her would benefit.

Anyway, if others were going to benefit, she might as well choose someone pleasant to let benefit.

"Su Qingniao is especially good at gathering information, and her connections are extremely extensive. The method of hiring people to help pick fruit was her idea first, and she was also the one who helped contact the fruit pickers. It was because of her method that the rest of us barely managed to complete the task.

Those two who didn't listen to her were left behind in the end." Qi Yi said.

The name Su Qingniao was actually quite unfamiliar to Qi Yi.

She didn't know if this name was changed later, or if she had already died while doing a task early on.

The first ten years after entering the sect were the ten years with the most premature deaths, due to inability to adapt to the various rules and survival environment within the sect. The premature death rate for new recruits has always remained around fifty to sixty percent. These were the most dangerous ten years.

"Let me tell you, entering the sect is far from as simple as you think. Even though we entered the sect together, even if your cultivation is above hers, she might still manage better than you." Qi Yi said.

"Aren't you going to check your spirit rice fields?" Su Jin suddenly asked.

"Su Yue and I formed a partnership. She watches during the day, and I watch at night." Qi Yi said with a tone that seemed very confident.

"Oh! Then you go, I'm going to cultivate." Su Jin said.

Qi Yi was choked with anger; this guy actually found me annoying.

I shouldn't have come to talk to her.

After Su Jin finished cultivating in the afternoon, she even took a short nap. Then time came, she ate dinner, took her lunchbox, and went to the field to find Su Qingniao.

Su Qingniao's eyes were bloodshot. Beside her was a small pile of dead birds and insects.

Obviously, she had done a lot of work this afternoon.

As soon as Su Qingniao saw Su Jin arrive to take over, she immediately sat down on the ground, relieved.

"I'm having such a hard time. Guarding six mu of spirit rice fields alone is a bit of a stretch for me. Look at how many insects and small birds I killed this afternoon. My heavens, why are there so many insects and small birds over here?"

"We are on the edge here, near the mountain. It's not as easy to guard as those spirit rice fields inside. Alright, leave it to me. You go eat first, then go back and rest. Come to relieve me tomorrow morning, and remember to bring me breakfast."

"Okay, I'll definitely bring it to you early."

"Then I'll trouble you." Su Jin handed the lunchbox to Su Qingniao and started walking into the six mu of rice fields to patrol.

The spirit rice here was really about to ripen; every ear of rice was very plump, weighing the branches down low, one patch connected to another, a scene of imminent harvest.

While Su Qingniao wasn't paying attention, Su Jin sent Xue Chiluo into the rice fields.

Little Blood darted into the soil to have an extra meal.

After Su Qingniao finished dinner, Su Jin hurried her away.

When only she was left in the rice fields here, Su Jin simply found a small gap at the edge of a rice field, took out a meditation cushion, pulled out the notebook on brewing spirit dew and spirit wine left by her mother, and also took a pearl that could emit Bai Guang from her bosom, reading it with great interest.

Xue Chiluo strolled around underground once and ate all the insects hiding beneath their land until they were gone.

Very few could discover Xue Chiluo and escape; most went straight into Xue Chiluo's stomach. As for other flying birds that came to steal food, Xue Chiluo would secretly squat near them, then whip out a new branch to strike a bundle, sometimes hitting two birds with one strike. Then the birds would become dried birds, and finally turn into scraps.

Because of Xue Chiluo's guarding, other people's rice fields were filled with countless insect chirps at night.

There were even traces of small rodents and rabbits. But over at Su Jin's place, it was a dead silence.

Not a single sound.

It was as if any living creature entering this rice field was swallowed by some eerie thing.

Because this rice field was so terrifying, the small animals that had been frequently attacking since nightfall dared not come over here casually.

They all avoided this place and went to other rice fields instead.

Su Jin saw a group of foxes and rabbits, two adults leading five or six cubs, originally charging straight toward her rice fields, but then making a big detour halfway and going to other rice fields.

Su Jin: Heh heh.

Just before midnight, Su Qingniao arrived, full of energy.

"Do you want me to guard for a while? You go back and sleep first. When you wake up, come to relieve me."

"Hurry up and leave; there's no need for you to take over here, I'm doing just fine. You go back and get a good sleep, so you won't be unable to catch insects or hit birds tomorrow during the day." Su Jin urged her away. She didn't want her to stay too long and discover she was cheating with Xue Chiluo.

"Are you really okay?" Su Qingniao had come because she felt guilty. After all, guarding the rice fields at night was much more troublesome; birds, beasts, snakes, and insects were far more numerous than during the day.

"Do I look like I have a problem?"

Su Jin sat on her meditation cushion, relaxed and comfortable. She didn't look at all like she had been so busy and suffering in the afternoon.

Could Su Jin really be far too powerful compared to her?

Su Qingniao thought: As Grandpa said, a Su family prodigy!

Finally, Su Qingniao was coaxed away by Su Jin.

Sigh, cheating is most feared when caught red-handed!!

Su Jin sighed in her heart, but still stood up and started patrolling the fields.

However, after patrolling once, there was nothing much to patrol.

In the end, Su Jin could only pass the time by cultivating.

At dawn, Su Qingniao returned happily with a food box.

"How is Su Jin? Did you lose any spirit rice?"

"You lost nothing yesterday; why should I lose anything?" Su Jin glanced at the food box, immediately took it, and began to eat.

Su Qingniao heard this, ran off to circle around, then returned with hands on hips, laughing heartily. "I indeed found the right person; this time we are secure."

Su Jin was amused by her look of a petty person running wild.

After breakfast, Su Jin secretly took along the Blood-Crimson Luo, letting Su Qingniao struggle with it during the day.