Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 801: Chapter 116: Ingenious Use of Scrap Stone (Part 2)

"Mei Nian" left, and Xuerou saw Xiao Xian’s previously smiling face vanish, replaced by a frosty look as she watched Mei Nian’s departing figure. She was more curious about why Xiao Xian was staring at Senior Mei with such an expression.

"Xiao Xian, I just saw a baby inside Senior Mei’s body. Is it possible that something good between her and Director Yu is about to happen?" Xuerou really considered her Treasure Eye as an X-ray eye.

"Xuerou, don’t say anything for now, let’s go inside first," Xiao Xian quickly stopped Xuerou from saying more after hearing this, as Mei Nian hadn’t gone far. What if she turned back?

After the two returned to the new apartment in the North Campus, Xiao Xian took a breath and explained the recent events, including the matter of Mei Nian and the ginseng spirit baby.

"Is everything you said true?" Xuerou was also shocked by such bizarre matters. "Then what do you plan to do next? If Director Yu actually decides to marry the fake Mei Nian one day, it might be too late."

"We’ll have to stall for time first and think of a solution. The baby you mentioned seeing inside the fake Mei Nian, what does it roughly look like, and where exactly is it located? Tell me all the details," Xiao Xian said. The glowing shadow Xuerou saw was likely the physical form of the ginseng spirit baby. This is good news; if we can determine its exact hiding place, it might be beneficial for capturing the spirit baby in the future.

Xuerou drew the shape of the spirit baby she saw and compared its location. The spirit baby is very cunning; it hid in Mei Nian’s navel area, which is the most crucial part for a cultivator, at the location of the Dantian. This way, it can monopolize the last trace of Mei Nian’s spiritual power and, if forced, even destroy the Dantian and fight to the death.

"You don’t need to worry too much; I made other discoveries during my recent trip that might be helpful," Xuerou took out an item.

"Is this a gun?" Xiao Xian was indeed surprised when she saw the item Xuerou took out, as it was a silvery-gray handgun.

"It’s not a real gun. Remember when we entered the campus? The internal system has an automatic detection system. If it were a real gun, it would surely be detected. I don’t want to be invited by Juliet One for ideological education," Xiao Xian thinks "Mei Nian" didn’t completely lie; Xuerou is Xuerou, essentially still a good student.

"This gun is a simulated handgun originally equipped with steel balls, which my mother gave me for self-defense. I’ve modified all the steel balls inside, let’s try it out," Xuerou had Xiao Xian take out a mat made of grass.

"I thought about this; among the three of us, you have the Little White Jiao and Treasure Scissors, so self-defense won’t be a problem. Yiyi now has good skills and won’t be too inferior if encountering Xu Lan Ya. Now, among the three of us, it’s only me holding us back. It’s fine in the North Campus, but outside, even with bodyguards, it might be dangerous," Xuerou said as she asked Xiao Xian to set up the mat.

The tenacity of the grass mat was still quite good, comparable to an ordinary 3MM steel plate.

Xuerou spent the past few days out improving firearms and attending firearms training courses.

Pulling the trigger, Xiao Xian saw a streak of gray "whiz" into the grass mat, forming a hole where ordinary tools couldn’t cut through.

"!!" Xuerou really surprised Xiao Xian.

The bullet that pierced the mat embedded itself in the wall, and Xiao Xian went forward to dig out the bullet.

The so-called bullet was merely rounded stone beads polished to the size of iron eggs. The stone was the one Xuerou had retrieved days ago from Farmer Spring.

"Isn’t this stone already useless?" After seeing Yezi’s Star Rhinoceros Stone, Xiao Xian recognized that the stone retrieved from Farmer Spring was the remnant of the Star Rhinoceros Stone, different from Yezi’s stone embedded in a ring; the stone from Farmer Spring had lost its spiritual power.

"Yes, when I discovered it, it had already lost its light. However, the material properties of the stone remain unchanged; it’s very hard, so I made use of the waste, crafting simulation bullets from it. Don’t underestimate these few bullets. Each piece was crafted using diamond blades, quite costly," Xuerou was quite pleased with her creation, yet felt a pang of heartache for using the costly fabrication.

Xuerou couldn’t frequently use this modified gun because the stone’s body wasn’t large; some were lost during cutting, resulting in only eleven pieces, with each costing up to a hundred thousand.

Xuerou intended to use it to guard against Xu Lan Ya’s crew. After entering Huake Institute, she’d heard about the Cangqiong Palace among other things. As an ordinary superpower user, compared to others, she just had a smarter head. So she didn’t plan on going to Cangqiong Palace, but considered that Xiao Xian might participate in the selection. Xu Lan Ya and others might stir up small tactics. Although everything seems calm now, there’s no guarantee what means would be employed to obstruct then.

Xiao Xian sighed, feeling somewhat guilty towards Xuerou. She’d dragged Xuerou into this murky water.

"Don’t wear that sad face. I’m rather interested in searching the campus for more of these stones. Preferably, the stones themselves haven’t exhausted their spiritual power yet. That way, even if facing truly formidable cultivators, we’ll have a better chance of self-preservation." Although Xiao Xian’s Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors were excellent, being a spiritual artifact recognizing its master meant it couldn’t aid others apart from Xiao Xian.

Currently, Xuerou has learned the "Treasure Eye," complementing her existing superpower. If more effective Star Rhinoceros Stones could be found, the effect would be even better.

However, Xiao Xian was more curious about the origins of these stones and why they appeared separately in Mei Nian and the North Campus.

The day after Xuerou returned, Zhang Yiyi came back from her hometown in Tianjin, bringing with her some surprising news.

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