Twin Killers

After Shi Kang cleanly dispatched the Blazing Flame Ox Horse, Zi Yan rushed to its corpse in a few strides and resentfully kicked it again and again, as if she wanted to kick back all the frustration of being chased and rammed by it earlier.

Shi Kang burst into laughter. What a grudge-holding little loli.

After kicking it several times, Zi Yan finally felt a little better.

She dusted off her hands, then turned and excitedly headed into the cave.

The cave was dimly lit and filled with a scorching aura, but Zi Yan's gaze was fixed tightly on the Silver Jade Fruit deep within, which gave off a faint silver glow.

She hurried over to the Silver Jade Fruit and carefully plucked it.

Holding the Silver Jade Fruit, Zi Yan was hit by an enticing fruity fragrance. She unconsciously swallowed, and saliva began to fill her mouth.

However, she immediately remembered her agreement with Shi Kang to split everything fifty-fifty.

Suppressing her heartache, Zi Yan slowly cut the Silver Jade Fruit in half.

Its flesh was crystal-clear and full of juice, making Zi Yan drool just looking at it.

Zi Yan could not resist taking a bite of the half in her hand. Instantly, a sweet fragrance spread through her mouth. Her eyes narrowed slightly in pleasure, as though she had become immersed in the delicious taste.

At that moment, Shi Kang also entered the cave.

Zi Yan naturally handed the other half to Shi Kang and said, "Shi Kang, here. It's really tasty."

Seeing how much she craved it yet still offered him half, Shi Kang found it amusing. He waved his hand and said, "If it's tasty, you can have my half too. Just make it up to me with something else later."

Zi Yan's eyes immediately lit up, and a delighted smile spread across her face. "Shi Kang, you're such a good person! You really are a good person."

Shi Kang's face darkened. Was she giving me the good guy card? And from a loli, no less...

Zi Yan thought, Shi Kang must not know how delicious this Silver Jade Fruit is, or he wouldn't give it to me. He must have spent all this time eating those awful Medicinal Herbs. At his age, he probably hasn't had many good things. How pitiful. I have to take him to find more tasty things in the future. As for this Silver Jade Fruit, I'll help myself first...

Meanwhile, watching Zi Yan reveal such a blissful expression with every bite, Shi Kang thought, How pitiful. As the Ancient Void Dragon Dragon Emperor's Daughter, she's ended up like this. She can get this happy over a Silver Jade Fruit. I'll have to broaden her horizons more in the future...

Neither of them knew what the other was thinking.

Like a whirlwind sweeping away fallen leaves, Zi Yan finished the fruit in her hand in just a few bites.

Afterward, she wiped her mouth and said excitedly, "Let's go to the next place!"

Shi Kang nodded.

After that, Zi Yan continued leading the way.

Her senses were like a precise treasure detector, always able to discover Medicinal Herbs hidden in various places.

Whenever they found Medicinal Herbs, Shi Kang would strike without hesitation, taking down the guarding Monster Beast with a single punch.

Those Monster Beasts were like paper before Shi Kang, completely unable to withstand even one blow.

Zi Yan would then happily run over and collect the Medicinal Herbs.

The two had clearly divided their tasks and worked together with exceptional coordination. They had already become the "Twin Killers" of this area. Wherever they went, neither Monster Beasts nor Medicinal Herbs escaped them.

Medicinal Herbs that Zi Yan had previously been unable to obtain because she could not defeat their guardian Monster Beasts were now easily within reach with Shi Kang by her side.

Shi Kang knocked down every Monster Beast with one punch. How could gathering Medicinal Herbs not be easy?

Just like that, after a day, the two of them had looted all the good things in the surrounding area.

As she watched their pile of Medicinal Herbs steadily grow, Zi Yan was as happy as a child...

Well, with her loli appearance, she still counted as a child anyway.

In any case, Zi Yan thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of treasure hunting and looting.

Zi Yan was brimming with excitement and was about to move somewhere else to continue looting, but Shi Kang refused.

He had agreed to help Zi Yan loot things entirely to improve their relationship and test Zi Yan's treasure-hunting ability.

After their recent sweep, Shi Kang had already witnessed Zi Yan's terrifying treasure-hunting ability.

As for building their relationship, Shi Kang could clearly feel that Zi Yan had completely lowered her guard around him. There was now a sense of dependence in the way she looked at him.

It was about time to head back. Shi Kang still wanted to refine the Fallen Heart Flame and test the body-refining effects of the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art.

"Zi Yan, that's enough for now. Let's leave it at this," Shi Kang said.

"Ah..." Zi Yan had gotten addicted to looting, so she was somewhat reluctant to leave when she heard Shi Kang.

"Besides, I have something to do after I get back," Shi Kang added.

Hearing that Shi Kang had something to do, Zi Yan suddenly remembered that they had already spent an entire day here.

Treasure hunting with Shi Kang had been so enjoyable that Zi Yan had forgotten all about the time.

Zi Yan began imagining things: Shi Kang clearly has something to do, yet he still came with me to search for these not-so-precious Medicinal Herbs. He's really too good!

Shi Kang was so strong that these Medicinal Herbs definitely meant nothing to him. Zi Yan had figured that out after looting a few times.

Wasn't Shi Kang simply accompanying her, then?

With that thought, Zi Yan's favorability toward Shi Kang rose considerably again.

She nodded and said, "All right. These are enough for us to eat anyway."

Shi Kang had no idea that his casual words had earned him even more of Zi Yan's goodwill.

He rubbed Zi Yan's little purple-haired head and said with a smile, "When you sense something better, or when we finish eating these, we'll come back and loot more."

"Okay!" Zi Yan was now a completely obedient little loli. Her docile appearance was worlds apart from her image as the "Brute Force King" at Jia Nan Academy.

No outsider would ever associate her with that title.

Thus, after a day of campaigning, the "Twin Killers" finally decided to return home.

Shi Kang called Shi Fei and Shi Long out and said, "Take us back."

Although this place was not especially far from the Tagor Desert, even with Shi Kang's Dou Zong strength, returning would still take quite some time.

Time was extremely precious to Shi Kang. Every extra moment wasted on the road meant less time cultivating. Less cultivation meant slower growth in strength, and slower growth in strength meant lower odds of victory against the Soul Clan in the future...

Hiss, the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

"Yes!" Shi Fei and Shi Long answered.

It was Zi Yan's first time seeing Shi Long, so she was rather curious.

Back at Jia Nan Academy, Shi Fei had once said that he had defeated the academy's headmaster. Although Zi Yan did not know how strong the headmaster was, seeing old Su Qian's frightened and cautious manner, she knew Shi Fei had to be extremely, extremely strong.

Shi Long and Shi Fei were clearly both Shi Kang's guards, so Shi Long's strength could not be weak either.

With two such powerful people serving as guards, Zi Yan became even more curious about Shi Kang's identity.

"Shi Kang, just how strong is your family?" Zi Yan was the sort of person who spoke her mind and never kept things bottled up, so she asked directly.