Chapter 21: Summoning Beasts

Qin Tang and Qin Xun stopped digging for plants and looked over in confusion.

When they saw the white porcelain tea bowl in Qin Bi's hand, their eyes widened slightly; suddenly, both stood up and walked over quickly. Rong Juan also looked dazed; this was the first time he had seen someone condense a magic treasure.

Jiang Xu climbed up from the ground; the sudden shock had caused him to fall.

Everyone gathered around, surprised and curious.

"You have condensed energy?" Rong Juan asked.

Although Qin Bi felt somewhat unreal, as if her heart wasn't fully in control, she still sensed everyone's shock. Her heart beat faster, not with the usual anxiety, but with excitement.

She didn't say she had condensed energy. Qin Bi said, "I occasionally condense this kind of tea bowl."

Qin Xun, excited, said, "This means you have condensed energy."

Qin Tang was so excited he couldn't speak. As the eldest legitimate son of the fourth branch, he remembered that when the fourth branch had a legitimate eldest daughter, who was Rong Juan's fiancée, the branch had once been glorious. But after the eldest daughter was gone, Rong Juan no longer looked after the fourth branch.

Qin He also disliked the fourth branch, so these years had been hard for them.

"Good, having condensed energy is good." Qin Tang said, his voice a mix of joy and bitterness.

Qin Bi couldn't handle any abnormality now; Qin Tang's emotions directly affected her. Her eyes turned red, and Qin Bi began to cry again. Oh my, Rong Juan's chubby face wrinkled up like a bitter melon.

A single dodder flower with condensed energy was not as good as letting someone else have condensed energy ability.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Qin Lang, in a lively mood, coaxed Qin Bi with good temper. Previously, Qin Bi's crying had annoyed him, but now the magic treasure had stimulated him. He coaxed Qin Bi: "Sister, with our summoning magic treasures, we can still kill the beast."

Qin Bi sniffled, "I know."

Jiang Xu had a splitting headache and signaled Qin Xun. Qin Bi looked at Qin Xun; she couldn't be fooled by signals in front of her. She saw it. What are you doing? Qin Xun was about to laugh in anger.

Qin Tang understood, took the tea bowl from Qin Bi, and Rong Juan and Jiang Xu immediately squeezed in to examine this summoning magic treasure.

Qin Lang also looked on eagerly: "Two summoning magic treasures should be enough to kill that beast; it's a low-level beast."

Qin Bi offered an opinion: "There's no pattern. I saw it; other people's tea bowls have plants and beasts on them."

The white porcelain Qin Bi condensed was clean, with no pattern at all.

Rong Juan, who knew the ropes, pointed out to Qin Bi: "You can use spiritual plant energy wood to draw patterns."

Hearing "spiritual plant energy wood," Qin Bi had a memory. She took a piece of spiritual plant from her storage bag: "This one? I have it."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's this kind of spiritual plant energy wood." Now everyone was excited. Rong Juan thought killing a beast wasn't impossible and quickly instructed Qin Bi: "Use the spiritual plant energy wood to channel your condensed energy to draw a small beast, or even a plant, that works."

Rong Juan was just about to say that vine plants had strong killing power and were easier to draw compared to other small beasts and plants.

Qin Lang was also about to offer suggestions when Qin Bi wiped her tears and said, "I can draw a cat."

"Uh..."

Rong Juan, Qin Tang, and the others exchanged glances. Some did use cats as summoning beasts, but their size was too small. In terms of combat power, larger size had the advantage, but for a beginner in condensed energy ability, being skilled was most important.

Qin Bi wasn't skilled at drawing anything else; if she ruined the drawing, a summoning magic treasure would be almost useless.

"Drawing a cat is fine too." Rong Juan accepted it. It was already great that the dodder flower could stand up; what more could you expect from her? Rong Juan had never had such a headache in his life: "Try to draw the small beast to look fierce."

Qin Bi thought for a moment: "I can't."

Rong Juan: "..."

Qin Tang spoke up: "Draw it however you want."

That was easy to say. Qin Bi started drawing. Jiang Xu called Qin Xun to investigate the horned beast, a elk, quite large, a herbivorous beast, not far away.

Qin Tang and Qin Lang watched closely, while Rong Juan turned his gaze away, not watching Qin Bi draw the summoning pattern.

Everyone thought it would take a small half-day; many condensed energy masters took several days, even half a month, to finish drawing the summoning pattern.

Who knew that a young calf was awesome. Qin Bi first drew a circle, tore a flatbread and drew it onto the cat's head, two round eyes, and in a few strokes drew the nose and mouth. Before a bowl of tea was finished, Qin Bi had finished drawing.

"Done." Qin Bi handed the tea bowl to Qin Tang.

Qin Tang was stunned. Was this a joke?!

Qin Lang also looked surprised. Rong Juan turned around and saw that a cat was indeed drawn on the summoning magic treasure. Qin Bi's drawing was extremely simple, but with the flow of condensed energy, it formed a small beast on its own.

Rong Juan blinked: "The summoning beast looks a bit small."

Qin Bi had drawn it as large as possible. She leaned in: "The tea bowl is only this big."

This illegitimate daughter and heir's wife knew nothing. Rong Juan said nothing more and called Qin Tang and Qin Lang to discuss killing the beast. Qin Bi thought of the years of frustration; if her condensed magic treasure could kill a beast, her heart beat faster.

Condensing a magic treasure was just an accident. Qin Bi wanted to try if she could condense again.

She walked a bit away, found a patch of sandy soil, dug up the dry earth, and waited until the soil had a little moisture. Qin Bi took a small handkerchief, scooped up some soil, squeezed it with her hand, and in a moment condensed another tea bowl.

Qin Bi's heart beat wildly. She took the tea bowl and continued to condense. Her vision went black for a moment; she was startled. She guessed it was because the consumption of condensed energy was too heavy. Accidentally condensing a magic treasure couldn't succeed every time.

Qin Bi took the tea bowl back and showed it off like a treasure: "I condensed another one."

Qin Tang was stunned: "..."

Qin Lang: "...What the heck??!!!"

Rong Juan felt dizzy and said excitedly: "Try condensing again."

Qin Bi told him: "I tried, but I couldn't condense it, and my vision went black again."

"Then don't condense anymore." Rong Juan said, "Your condensed energy consumption is too heavy."

Jiang Xu and Qin Xun returned and reported on the situation of the beast. Qin Bi took this opportunity to draw a summoning beast on the new magic treasure again. It was still a cat, finished in a few strokes.

Now with three summoning magic treasures, Qin Tang and the others dared not make a scene.

There was no other reason; their strength was insufficient, and they feared someone would snatch the summoning magic treasures.

Taking a longer route, they saw the beast lowering its head to eat grass. Rong Juan took out a summoning magic treasure and summoned a bean sprout with a few leaves. Qin Bi's expression stiffened. What could a vegetable do?!

Qin Tang took the summoning magic treasure condensed by Qin Bi and summoned a cute summoning beast. The small cat wasn't big, a white tabby cat. It opened its mouth and let out a "Meow," a tiny milk voice that clearly had no killing power.

The bean sprout vines waved and rushed at the beast. The white tabby cat didn't move at first.

Qin Bi grew nervous. Fortunately, once the bean sprout and the beast started fighting, the white tabby cat zoomed over and joined the battle. Qin Tang and Rong Juan held the magic treasures and watched the fight.

Qin Bi felt this magic treasure was powerful. The person holding the magic treasure didn't even need to go into battle and fight the beast; having the summoning beast and summoning plant fight was enough.