When Huang Xiao had turned to look at Little Phoenix just now, he had seen it swallowing the Beast Immortal Grass. He had clearly seen the silver fuzz covering those three stalks.
Beast Immortal Grass like that was certainly hundreds or thousands of times more effective than his thirty stalks. On one stalk in particular, the fuzz was only slightly less dense than on the naturally grown stalk Chen Jiao had given him back then; there was almost no difference. Yet Little Phoenix had eaten it all in an instant.
How could it gobble down such precious things all at once? It ought to digest them slowly, at least.
But Little Phoenix had already eaten them, so thinking about anything else was useless.
He watched Little Phoenix, which had jumped more than ten feet away to dodge him, rub its belly with one wing and let out a burp before staring at him, its meaning plain: "I ate it. What are you going to do about it?"
Huang Xiao was momentarily speechless, but his frustration vanished without a trace.
He could only console himself that the Beast Immortal Grass had been meant for Little Phoenix anyway. So be it; it would have eaten it sooner or later.
I hope these three stalks of Beast Immortal Grass will help Little Phoenix recover a little, Huang Xiao thought, feeling some anticipation.
Huang Xiao searched Xuan Ju's belongings again. Only after confirming that he had missed nothing did he blast a large pit into the ground with his palm and bury Xuan Ju's corpse in it.
He did this not to let Xuan Ju rest in peace, but to destroy the body and erase the evidence.
Of course, the best method would have been to burn him to ashes, but Huang Xiao could