Chapter 23: What Kind Of Hex Was This?
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"This is good stuff." Fang Luolin walked forward, stopping behind a big tree.
There was a tropical pitcher plant that was half as tall as a human behind the big tree.
The shape of this tropical pitcher plant resembled a tree stump.
It was also brown-gray in color, and there were many flocculent stripes on its surface.
Fang Luolin looked at it.
"Is this a tropical pitcher plant?" Bai Ye remembered reading about this plant in a book.
This plant fed on small beasts and insects in the wild, and its body emitted a fragrant, nectar-like smell that tempted other creatures.
Humans could consume this nectar too.
Not only could it be eaten, but it was also beneficial to the body, as it contained rich nutrients.
Fang Luolin drew a dagger from her waist.
She made a cut down along the edge of the tropical pitcher plant, and a mark was made on the plant.
If one looked through the cut, there was a fleshy structure inside.
It looked like the fat and muscle of certain animals.
At the same time, a little bit of transparent liquid oozed from the wound. This liquid had a certain viscosity that helped close the wound made by the cut.
Since it was a plant, the tropical pitcher plant would heal in a short time, and one would not see any cuts on it.
The leaves of the tropical pitcher plant gathered inward, leaning against the wound like a shy lady.
Fang Luolin made another cut.
This time, she made a cross-shaped cut along the previous cut.
This cut was deeper.
Meanwhile, the cut that had just healed opened again.
Light yellow, honey-scented, thick liquid slowly oozed from the wound.
Fang Luolin took out a bottle that she had prepared, placed it against the wound, and filled up the bottle.
"This will do." Fang Luolin ostentatiously raised the bottle in her hand, showing it to Bai Ye.
"You are awesome." Bai Ye flattered her without hesitation.
Fang Luolin was all smiles.
"Of course. Do you know who I am?" Fang Luolin handed the bottle to Bai Ye. "Would you like to taste it?"
"I'll give it a try." Bai Ye accepted the bottle and took a sip carefully.
It tasted sweet and melted in the mouth.
There were a faint green-grass fragrance and a mellow sweetness to it.
"This is better than what is sold in supermarkets," Bai Ye said in surprise.
"The stuff sold in supermarkets is cultivated, while this grows in the wild. It is natural that it tastes different."
Whoosh—
Above the woods in the distance, a dark shadow passed through.
Bai Ye turned his head and only saw a group of red afterimages.
The branches above his head shook.
The dense trees swayed, and the leaves were lifted.
A monkey stuck out its face and stared at the duo.
Squeak!
The monkey, whose face blushed as red as its bottom, screamed into the distance.
Soon, the branches shook violently.
Then, monkeys came from all directions.
"Rogue Monkeys." Bai Ye recognized these monsters.
They were a type of gregarious iron-level monster.
They belonged to the family of apes and monkeys and were omnivorous species.
They had a bad temper and they liked to sneak attacks on lone travelers and monsters.
They bullied the weak and feared the strong. Their low-level common skill was Howling.
Howling was a state-type range skill that terrorized the enemy through neighing with magic resonance, weakening and frightening the enemy, reducing their strength, and building up on negative feelings. If this negative state accumulated to a certain level, it would create fear in the enemy.
A single howl of a Rogue Monkey could not result in a certain negative state. However, if a group of Rogue Monkeys howled at the same time, the sound would be extremely loud, thus enhancing their howls.
"Let me try." Bai Ye patted his shoulder lightly.
Xiaowei's figure gradually condensed and formed.
The deep mirror reflected colorful rainbow lights.
"Use Super Dimension. The target is right in front of you." Bai Ye gave his instructions.
Xiaowei landed in front of Bai Ye, spreading out the mirror. Bai Ye then turned to his elder sister. "Stay back. Be careful so you don't get hurt accidentally."
Fang Luolin found the situation very funny.
Her younger brother was still young, yet he was quite skilled in acting snobbish.
She wondered whom he had learned this bad habit from.
'Forget it, I will reluctantly cooperate with him.'
Fang Luolin stepped back and looked sideways at her younger brother.
Bai Ye looked forward.
There were more and more Rogue Monkeys on the surrounding branches.
They bared their teeth, looking menacing.
Howl! Some Rogue Monkeys hung from trees with their tails, swinging about as if they were on a swing.
Some Rogue Monkeys also crawled on the tree branches, looking down at the duo.
The Rogue Monkeys were pressing in on them.
When they saw Fang Luolin take a few steps back, they thought that the duo must have gotten frightened.
The Rogue Monkeys would always gather in groups and be up to no good. Daring people had no reason to be fearful of them, as they could drive the monkeys away with their tamed beasts.
However, if they showed their fear, the monkeys would instead become even more arrogant.
Every year, there were many news stories about pedestrians being killed by Rogue Monkeys.
Bai Ye stretched out a finger of his right hand and put it in the mirror.
Boom—
A huge black shadow tore through the void, piercing the earth in front of it.
The trees along the way were uprooted.
Bai Ye waved his index finger lightly.
In the real world, it was as if an enormous pillar had torn through the earth.
Trees were broken and damaged, like strong grass slashed by a raging storm.
By the time the smoke was cleared, the ground was a mess.
There was no sign of the Rogue Monkeys. They had been turned to dust and mud with that flick of a fingertip.
"How was my move?" Bai Ye turned and smiled at his sister, who looked dumbstruck.
"W-What kind of hex was this?" Fang Luolin grabbed Bai Ye's fingers.
She turned to look at Xiaowei, who looked arrogant.
"Could the big hand in the sky a few days ago also have been your doing?" Fang Luolin asked quickly.
"It might have been."
"Why didn't you tell me at the time? I made a fool of myself in front of you. Did you secretly laugh at me?" Fang Luolin was embarrassed.
"No."
Fang Luolin still looked incredulous.
Although it had happened a while ago, she still grabbed Bai Ye's fingers, turning them over multiple times.
"How did your hand become so large in an instant?"
"Don't look at it. You won't be able to learn why." Bai Ye stifled a smile and pulled his hand away.
"Humph." Fang Luolin did not believe it. "I suppose it must have something to do with Xiaowei. Perhaps things that pass through Xiaowei's mirror become bigger? In that case, we can buy some precious items and put them through the mirror. Will we have more of them then?"
"You are really smart." Bai Ye found it interesting.
This was not about making use of loopholes to cheat in games, though.
It was not that easy to cheat.
It was only possible for living creatures to pass through the Super Dimension Space to gain a temporary increase.
Anything that passed through had to be a living creature, and the increase was temporary.
"I don't need you to tell me that I am smart." Fang Luolin hit Bai Ye on the head. "Respect your sister."
The duo quickly left that place, as they had caused huge damage to the site.
After searching for a while outside the forest, they finally found a suitable monster.
It was an iron ten-star Iron Chain Bird.
On the way home, Fang Luolin turned to look at her younger brother from time to time.
"You seem to have something on your mind." Bai Ye noticed his sister's odd behavior.
"It's nothing. It's just that school will start soon. Classes at the Revolving Starlight University will start one month earlier because there will be a training camp. The teacher has been urging me to report to school for quite some time. I was a little worried about you at first, but it now seems that you can protect yourself very well, brother." Fang Luolin smiled reluctantly.
She had been worried that Bai Ye would be bullied after she left.
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