It was already dusk, yet Yae Sakura had not encountered another demon while carrying Xia Ji on her back. She had no idea why...
Xia Ji should have been incredibly tempting to those demons. Even if she was no match for Tang Sanzang's flesh, she was still quite appealing.
As Yae Sakura pondered this, a sudden "growl~" sounded.
It seemed to be the sound of someone's stomach growling.
Yae Sakura turned her head and saw Xia Ji holding her stomach, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"Are you hungry?"
"I..." Xia Ji looked at Yae Sakura and wanted to say she was not hungry, but... she could not bring herself to say it.
She really was hungry.
"Let's see if there's anything to eat nearby! It'll be dark soon, so we'll have to find somewhere to make do for the night." Yae Sakura stood up and looked at the sky. Darkness was about to fall, and continuing on their journey now would not be wise.
"Mm."
Carrying Xia Ji on her back again, Yae Sakura's fox ears twitched slightly, immediately catching the sound of a small animal.
She hurried over with Xia Ji on her back, leaped onto a large tree, stood on a branch, snapped off a twig... and threw it straight into a patch of grass as high as her calves.
A miserable cry rang out.
Yae Sakura jumped down and picked up the branch... It had pierced straight through the body of a black rabbit.
"This will be dinner tonight!"
The rabbit before them was huge, more than enough for the two of them.
Afterward, Yae Sakura brought Xia Ji to a small stream and began preparing the rabbit.
At that moment, Yae Sakura discovered that her fox ears were truly useful. Normally, she could ignore insignificant sounds, but when she listened carefully, she could hear even the faintest noises from far away.
For example, the sounds of rabbits and running water.
They were practically the ultimate tool for wilderness survival!
After preparing the rabbit, she unexpectedly found several palm-sized small fish in the stream. With these things... Yae Sakura quickly found a suitable place to stay using her ears.
A dry cave.
She built a fire in the cave and roasted the rabbit and fish.
Yae Sakura only took a small bite before she stopped eating. Compared to the food she had eaten before, meat that had nothing but the animal's own flavor was undoubtedly rather hard to swallow.
Of course... the main reason was that Yae Sakura was not hungry yet. If she were hungry, perhaps everything would taste delicious?
Like Master Bei—when there was no food, he could eat anything.
"Lord Yae, aren't you eating?" Xia Ji held a piece of roasted meat and looked at Yae Sakura hesitantly.
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