Chapter 902 - 901: Newly Shaped and Slightly Understanding Humanity

Chapter 902: Chapter 901: Newly Shaped and Slightly Understanding Humanity

For some reason, Yu Sheng had a particularly restless sleep this night—the Little Puppet turning circles, nudging around, grinding teeth, and talking in his sleep was nothing new; Yu Sheng was used to it by now. The main issue was the chaotic dreams he had, which seriously affected the quality of his sleep.

He couldn’t clearly remember the specifics of the dreams, only vaguely recalling moments of the sky falling apart, battles erupting, and seeing two colorful fluff balls bouncing around in front of him. When the dream was most chaotic, Erin even popped in for a peek—the Little Puppet exclaimed, "Whoa, this is quite a scene," and then sat down to watch, not even attempting to help sort things out...

Yu Sheng didn’t manage to fall into a stable sleep until some unknown hour, and even then, it wasn’t for long before he heard the sound of bare feet wandering around upstairs. As he was in a half-asleep state, he couldn’t immediately figure out why there would be someone upstairs, then an extremely loud "cock-a-doodle-doo" suddenly rang out...

At first, he thought he misheard, but the next second all four Puppet boxes in the corner of the wall sprang up, and four Erins jumped out, beginning to curse out loud...

Following this, he heard the bedroom door opposite him slam open, and the sound of Hu Li rushing barefoot up the stairs in the hallway.

Another day at No. 66 Wutong Road started with chaos and commotion.

Fifteen minutes later, Yu Sheng with his still somewhat messy hair, arrived in the living room, and looked with exasperation at two Colorful Chicken Essences squatting on the sofa’s armrest.

The sisters hung their heads, while Hu Li, still wearing her sleep dress, stood opposite them with one hand grasping a tail and the other on her hip, scolding the children:

"Is crowing your job? Tell me, is crowing your job? And why bite the cardboard boxes? It would’ve been one thing to bite, but you scattered pieces everywhere, and the quilts got chewed up—the quilts Savior bought for me, which I haven’t even used yet..."

Erin initially came downstairs in a huff but upon seeing the situation, quickly forgot about being angry and didn’t bother cursing. She climbed onto the coffee table to watch.

Luna had arrived earlier and silently recorded the scene from a distance.

Yu Sheng sighed, stepped forward, and rubbed the fox girl’s head, then moved to the sofa and knocked a hand on each of the White Cut and Salt Roasted’s heads.

White Cut rotated her head, causing the colorful beads and jade pendants in her hair to jingle.

"Alright, judging by their reaction, they seem to have understood," Yu Sheng turned towards Hu Li and said, "Don’t be angry, it’s in their nature, not something they can change overnight. I’ll get you two new quilts later—though the crowing is surely something to discuss..."

"Nature is nature, but they’ve transformed already; they can’t just rely on ’nature’ all the time. If one day they visit my hometown, uncontrollable immortal pets will surely be bullied. Some people have biases already..."

Hu Li murmured to herself, but she was clearly softened, sighing in the end, sitting rather helplessly in the middle of the sofa, and reached out to take care of White Cut and Salt Roasted’s hair. "Alright, since Savior said so... we can work on it gradually, later on."

She really didn’t know how to nurture her immortal pets, especially those who suddenly transformed without their mind matching their body. The Cultivators here had different methods, not suitable as a reference, and her childhood memories were limited to bits she absorbed from a child’s perspective—not nearly sufficient.

But no one could teach her more.

She knew she was already a grown fox, willing or not, and needed to care for the little animals drawn to her cultivation—even if she’d initially planned to raise them as backup food.

She believed it was the right thing to do.

The two Colorful Chicken Essences squatting on the sofa armrest cautiously lifted their heads, then hopped off the armrest and slowly moved beside Hu Li, nudging their heads in her lap.

"From now on, wear shoes and socks... Socks go on the inside; learn to sit on sofas and chairs, and don’t keep squatting, especially not on armrests. If you really can’t sleep in a bed and want to make a nest, tell me and Savior—we’ll help find appropriate materials... Also, practice using your hands more, hands are very useful."

Hu Li continued rambling, remembering things as she spoke, not expecting the two colorful fluff balls in her lap to remember everything right away.

The colorful fluff balls really couldn’t remember so many things at once. In fact, they even needed time to understand the current situation—why was it okay to squat on the chair before but not now? Why did they have to use tools to grab food with their hands instead of just eating directly now? And shoes and socks... Their owner often ran barefoot around the house...

Salt Roasted tilted her head, having lots of questions but in the end, didn’t ask them.

She was hungry.

Her sister and the owner’s stomachs were hungry too.

Stomachs rumbled in unison.

Yu Sheng laughed, and opened a door leading to Angel Giant Tree, taking them to eat.

Seeing this, Erin immediately jumped down from the coffee table to follow—though she didn’t need to eat, she enjoyed the excitement.

The joys and sorrows of people are different, take a simple example—the Dark Moon People of New Moon City currently swim in the ocean of beans every day, each one eating until they’re almost sick of them. The children of Fairy Tales turn pale when they see beans, wishing they could learn photosynthesis like the Dark Moon People here. Yet Hu Li... Hu Li never seems to be full no matter what she eats.

Lately, she’s been indulging in bean-filled buns and bean stir-fried noodles from the communal cafeteria, almost reaching a state of immersion in the sea of beans, oblivious to the world.

At the "communal cafeteria" beneath Angel Giant Tree, Hu Li, alongside two colorful sisters, are enjoying a hearty meal, stacking baskets of buns and plates of noodles from one end of the table to the other.

This attracted quite a few curious glances—some were amazed at the hefty amount of food on the table, while the rest were clearly fixated on White Cut and Salt Roasted.

Yu Sheng understood this, given that normally, it’s rare to see such vibrant heads in the natural world—even if you went to a roadside salon, it’s unlikely they’d match so many colors. Moreover, with those two vibrant girls decked out like Christmas trees, even after Hu Li had enforced some simplification, the remaining accessories were enough to arm a platoon of B-list female protagonists...

But as the focal point of these glances, White Cut and Salt Roasted seemed completely unfazed and were focused intently on dealing with the food before them.

They didn’t know how to use chopsticks, and even using forks and spoons was foreign to them. White Cut sat down and immediately grabbed a handful of noodles with her hand to stuff into her mouth; Salt Roasted was even more outlandish—if Hu Li hadn’t reacted quickly, this girl would have directly plunged her face into the bowl.

So Hu Li taught them a good trick, which was to stick a large fork into the noodle bowl, then twist, twist, twist, rolling it into a chicken-leg shape to grab and gnaw directly.

Yu Sheng sat opposite at the table, watching White Cut clumsily clutch the fork with her hand, widen her mouth to gnaw at the bundle of noodles rolled up on it. When the sauce smeared all over the girl’s face became too excessive, he stood up to help wipe her mouth—while Hu Li took care of the other.

He thought it was quite fun; usually helping the Little Puppet wash face and comb hair was not much different from this.

Erin sat perched on his shoulder, her little head leaning over to whisper devilishly: "Hey, hey, Yu Sheng, what do you think would happen if the silly fox gnawed a chicken leg in front of these two Colorful Chicken Essences?"

Yu Sheng was dumbstruck: "...Hey, what are you thinking?!"

Hu Li’s ears twitched; evidently, with her hearing, she could catch the murmurs of the Little Puppet, so she casually said, "What would happen? I’ve eaten it in front of them countless times. They just transformed yesterday; it’s not like they just gained intelligence yesterday."

While speaking, Hu Li rose to wipe the sauce off Salt Roasted’s face, adjusted her grip on the fork by hand, then looked up: "From mundane birds and beasts, strange demon spirits, to intelligent transforming demon beasts and immortal pets, each layer of distinction is vast～"

Erin blinked: "...Impressive."

And just at that moment, a familiar presence suddenly appeared in Yu Sheng’s perception.

Following the feeling, Yu Sheng turned his head to look and saw Baili Qing heading towards them from not too far away.

The next second, before he could raise a hand to greet, he saw Baili Qing momentarily stand still, her gaze landing on White Cut and Salt Roasted.

Yu Sheng chuckled upon seeing this, standing up to greet her: "Didn’t I already tell you? These two have transformed; I even sent you a picture."

"Seeing it in reality is indeed different from the photos in the report," Baili Qing said, maintaining a straight face, "Extremely... visually impactful."

"Of course," the Little Puppet on Yu Sheng’s shoulder giggled, "You have fewer than three colors on your whole body, but if those two take a fall, it’s a riot of colors..."

Discussing here, White Cut heard the commotion, looked up curiously, and murmured in confusion: "Cluck cluck?"

"Eating, eating, it has nothing to do with you," Hu Li said while correcting White Cut’s grip on the fork, "Eventually you need to learn how to use chopsticks; they’re more practical than this."

"It’s uncomfortable to sit," Salt Roasted said while munching a bun and squirming, "I want to squat on the ground to eat..."

"No way," Hu Li promptly refused, "Sit properly."

Salt Roasted, feeling aggrieved, pointed a finger at Zheng Zhi not far away, who was squatting by the roadside eating buns with several vampires: "Then why can they?"

Hu Li: "Because you are at a critical point in practicing table manners."

"Cluck cluck ooh..."

Yu Sheng, amid the exchange between Hu Li and those two vibrant girls, couldn’t resist glancing aside, but still endeavored to direct his attention back to Baili Qing: "What’s up? Did something happen on the Crystal’s side?"

"The Crystal itself hasn’t changed, but I found some abnormality in the depths of the Cloud Sea over Plande," Baili Qing said seriously, "Simply put, it’s an open airspace—I believe something is there, but no matter what detection method I use, I cannot locate its presence."

Yu Sheng furrowed his brows slightly.

He listened intently to Baili Qing’s subsequent description, slowly rubbing his chin before speaking after a while: "...Unfallen Eternal Dragon God’s name... It sounds like some belief from your Hometown World."

Baili Qing lightly hummed, yet also shook her head slightly: "Unfortunately, I have no memory of it."

"So, you want us to go check it out now?"

"Do you have time?"

"Plenty," Yu Sheng laughed and pointed to the fox girl busy feeding the two Colorful Chicken Essences, "Wait till they finish eating, and we can go anytime."