Combat

Wang Sheng quickly came to his senses and shouted sternly at Mo Hui, "No! You have to fight me!"

He had a reason for fighting. If he did not show this kid how formidable he was, how could he unite the work-study students as one? Wouldn't they just be bullied even worse?

With that, he stepped forward and charged at Mo Hui.

Seeing this, Mo Hui sighed. As he backed away from his bed to avoid damaging his belongings, he summoned Pidgey once again.

"Pidgey, deal with him!"

"Pidgey~"

At Mo Hui's command, Pidgey swiftly flew toward Wang Sheng.

"Where did this sparrow come from? Get lost!"

Wang Sheng was startled when he saw Pidgey rushing at him. A pale yellow glow radiated from his body as tiger claws swiftly struck toward Pidgey. Clearly, he was using the power of his martial spirit.

However, birds were naturally fast, let alone Pidgey.

Pidgey easily evaded Wang Sheng's attack and lightly pecked him on the head.

"Ow! Get down here!"

Wang Sheng cried out in pain, his hands quickly grabbing at his head.

But Pidgey was not so easy to hit. It pecked Wang Sheng several times in a row, yet Wang Sheng failed to strike Pidgey even once.

Even Mo Hui was somewhat surprised. It seemed Pidgey was even stronger than he had imagined.

"Stop pecking me, stop pecking me! Mo Hui, I won't be the boss anymore! It's yours!"

After a while, Wang Sheng could no longer endure Pidgey's pecks and helplessly surrendered to Mo Hui.

"Pidgey, come back!"

Seeing this, Mo Hui beckoned to Pidgey and called it back.

"Pidgey~"

Pidgey shot Wang Sheng a provocative glance before flying back onto Mo Hui's shoulder.

Once Pidgey flew away, Wang Sheng rubbed his slightly broken skin on his head, hissing in pain.

Mo Hui quietly watched Wang Sheng rub his head. If Wang Sheng had not been protected by Soul Power, and if Pidgey had not known to hold back, those pecks would have done far more than merely break the skin.

After rubbing his head for a while and feeling somewhat better, Wang Sheng walked up to Mo Hui and asked excitedly, "Boss, is that big sparrow your martial spirit? It's amazing! But why can a martial spirit leave the body?"

"Pidgey is a mutated martial spirit, so it's somewhat special."

As he said this, Pidgey looked at Wang Sheng, the defeated opponent, and proudly raised its head.

"And don't call me boss. If you really want to call me something, call me Dorm Leader."

With that, Mo Hui returned to his bed.

"Yes, Dorm Leader!"

Mo Hui had just defeated him, so naturally Mo Hui was now the boss. Since he had acknowledged him as boss, he naturally had to listen.

After saying that, Wang Sheng immediately walked over to Mo Hui and said, "Dorm Leader, it's almost dinner time. Want to go eat?"

Mo Hui was slightly stunned by this. He knew he had cultivated for quite a while, but he had not expected it to already be time for dinner.

No wonder cultivators often say that there is no sense of time in the mountains; a thousand years can pass in an instant, Mo Hui thought.

The feeling of constantly improving and growing stronger was truly intoxicating, enough to make him forget the passage of time.

On the first floor of the cafeteria, Mo Hui could not help frowning as he looked at the food at the serving counter.

Though the food was cheap, costing only a few Copper Spirit Coins per meal, it was clearly not very nutritious. It especially lacked meat, which was obviously not very friendly to Mo Hui, who was still growing.

Mo Hui then turned his gaze toward the second floor.

"Dorm Leader, you're not planning to eat on the second floor, are you? The food there is expensive. We can't afford it."

Seeing that Mo Hui seemed to intend to go upstairs, Wang Sheng hurriedly warned him.

A meal on the first floor only cost a few copper coins, at most no more than ten. But on the second floor, one could not get away with spending less than several dozen copper coins.

Hearing this, Mo Hui patted Wang Sheng on the shoulder and said, "It's fine. I still have some savings. Eating one meal on the second floor won't be a problem."

With that, Mo Hui headed upstairs.

Behind him, Wang Sheng opened his mouth as though he wanted to say something more, but after thinking it over, he stopped himself.

After all, he had seen Mo Hui's circumstances. Mo Hui's bedding was not particularly expensive, but it was clean and tidy. His conditions were clearly much better than those of the others.

The food on the second floor was obviously much more plentiful than on the first. Mo Hui spent more than twenty Copper Spirit Coins to order two braised duck legs and three meat buns, then began eating.

After finishing one braised duck leg, a question suddenly flashed through Mo Hui's mind. Could Pidgey eat food?

It probably could. After all, Luo Sanpao could even eat white radishes!

Mo Hui immediately summoned Pidgey and brought the remaining braised duck leg to its beak.

"Pidgey~"

When Pidgey saw the braised duck leg offered to it, its eyes immediately lit up. It promptly tore off a piece of meat with its beak and swallowed it.

"Hm? This is..."

After Pidgey swallowed the duck meat, Mo Hui immediately sensed that as Pidgey digested it, the meat turned into a stream of energy that Pidgey absorbed.

Because of that energy, even the cost of summoning Pidgey was reduced considerably. Originally, Mo Hui had felt that he could only summon Pidgey for half an hour, but now he felt he could keep it out for several more minutes.

"Ptooey!"

However, just as Mo Hui was pondering this, Pidgey spat the duck meat onto the dining table.

"Pidgey, what's wrong?"

Pidgey's behavior naturally caught Mo Hui's attention. But when he looked at the duck meat on the table, he discovered that all the energy in it had already been absorbed by Pidgey. What Pidgey had spat out was merely food residue.

So when a Beast Spirit outside the body ate, it had to spit out the impurities left behind after absorbing the energy?

A look of realization flashed through Mo Hui's eyes, but it was soon followed by confusion.

If food residue needed to be expelled, then why had he never seen Luo Sanpao expel any?

Suddenly, inspiration struck Mo Hui, and he understood.

Luo Sanpao had already expelled the impurities, though the process was rather disgusting.

"Pidgey~"

After taking a few bites of the braised duck leg, Pidgey shifted its gaze to the meat bun in Mo Hui's other hand.

Seeing Pidgey staring at the meat bun in his hand, Mo Hui smiled helplessly and indulgently brought it before Pidgey. "Pidgey, eat."

"Pidgey~"

Pidgey immediately beamed with delight and began eating quickly.

Mo Hui was also very happy to see that Pidgey liked meat buns so much.

But Mo Hui soon noticed something was wrong. When Pidgey had eaten the braised duck leg earlier, it had needed to expel the food residue. But it had already eaten nearly half the bun—so why was there no residue at all? It had all been digested?

Could it be...

A possibility suddenly occurred to Mo Hui. He grabbed a meat bun and took a bite.