Chapter 59: Spirit Stones
But in the original script, there wasn’t any part where Big Brother dug up Bai Lianrou’s mine! This is truly an unexpected delight.
Even without this mine, Bai Lianrou should have other mines, right?
After all, there were so many men she “toyed with” and then killed—she must have made quite a profit from them.
If she has money, that means Si Ran has money too. Sigh…
Si Yi thought for a moment and said, “That woman may be wealthy, but she probably only has one mine.”
So that woman is actually Si Ran’s biological mother? No wonder he always felt Si Ran’s personality was strange—it runs in the blood.
Si Er looked at Si Yi with a peculiar expression.
What should I do? I really feel like Big Brother can hear my inner thoughts!
He always seems to respond to what I’m thinking. That’s too scary.
Si Yi thought to himself that, if possible, he wouldn’t want to respond either—but he was worried Si Er might get anxious and upset.
Pretending he hadn’t heard anything, Si Yi continued, “You have a light-attribute constitution. Resources of that type are hard to find, so I brought back as many soul stones as I could for you.”
“No matter the attribute, soul stones can be used.”
“Oh right, I’ve heard that light-attribute constitutions can purify baleful energy. I’m not sure if that’s true.”
“If it is, then everything in these three storage rings should be usable for you.”
Si Er asked curiously, “What’s inside?”
He randomly took something out of one of the storage rings. It was a white, translucent stone emitting a faint spiritual glow.
Guagua was shocked. [That’s actually a spirit stone! On the Cang Beast Continent, people rely on this for cultivation!]
Si Er was confused. They need this to cultivate? Can’t they just absorb the spiritual energy in the air?
Their spiritual energy shouldn’t contain baleful energy, right?
Guagua explained, [Don’t think too highly of the Cang Beast Continent. In the Yun Cang Realm, we rank second from the bottom—they rank dead last!]
[Their spiritual energy doesn’t contain baleful energy, but their continent’s spiritual energy isn’t very dense either. In many places, it’s extremely thin.]
[Other than disciples from major clans and large sects, most people rely more on spirit stones for cultivation.]
I see.
Si Er looked at the spirit stone as if it were a treasure.
Then I’ll purify these spirit stones, and the three of us brothers can use them together!
Father can use them too. He’s the lord of a city and guards the most dangerous eastern frontline—he needs to grow stronger even more than we do.
Si Yi was deeply moved, but he still refused.
“I happened upon a spirit stone mine. Most of the spirit stones from it are already given to you. Keep them and absorb them yourself.”
“Purifying so many spirit stones would take too much effort. We already owe you—we can’t let you delay your own cultivation for our sake.”
Si Er thought for a moment. “I have a classmate who can cultivate by absorbing baleful energy. Why don’t we hire him to absorb the baleful energy from the spirit stones?”
“That way it won’t delay him, and we can cultivate properly too. Isn’t that killing two birds with one stone?”
Si Yi raised an eyebrow. “You mean that vagrant from the Yu family?”
“Huh?” Si Er was stunned. “What vagrant? Big Brother, you’re not talking about Yu Beixuan, are you?”
“Him.” Si Yi nodded seriously. “Think about it—he’s been wandering outside since he was eight years old. He’s been wandering for so many years. If that doesn’t make him a vagrant, what does?”
Si Er shook his head in disagreement. “You can’t put it that way. Big Brother also wandered outside for many years. Does that make you a vagrant too?”
“I am,” Si Yi admitted without hesitation. “But my seniority and experience don’t compare to his. I’m not as seasoned.”
Si Er: “…”
What on earth is Big Brother talking about? Why is this so hard to understand?
He and Xuanxuan—one handsome plus handsome, the other handsome plus cute—both top-tier beauties. Why insist on labeling themselves as ‘vagrants’?
Once you accept that setting, you can’t associate them with being handsome anymore!
Wait! Xuanxuan never admitted he’s a vagrant!
As long as Xuanxuan doesn’t admit it, this never happened. Let Big Brother be the vagrant alone.
Si Yi: Xuanxuan? Calling him that so affectionately? And now he even wants to let him handle the spirit stones?
Still, there was no need to refuse. A dark-attribute constitution truly could absorb baleful energy—and not spiritual energy.
Those spirit stones would be perfectly safe in Yu Beixuan’s hands.
But Si Yi couldn’t help asking, “Are you very close with that vagrant Yu Beixuan?”
“We’re alright,” Si Er thought for a moment before answering. “Xuanxuan is probably my best friend right now. He takes great care of me and always brings me delicious food.”
“Before giving it to me, he even absorbs the baleful energy from it first. He’s very thoughtful.”
“I think Xuanxuan is a very good boy. Big Brother would probably like him too.”
“Heh. Hopefully.”
Si Yi knew his temper had been somewhat strange lately, but he couldn’t control it.
As for Yu Beixuan, his reputation had always been loud across the Four Great Cities—he was famously temperamental.
Si Yi felt that two temperamental people probably wouldn’t get along, especially since their quirks were in different directions.
“Since you’ve said so, we’ll handle the spirit stones your way.”
“If his speed at absorbing baleful energy isn’t fast, use the spirit stones yourself first.”
“If he’s quicker and you can’t use them all in time, send the extras to Father.”
“If there are still some left, send them to Xuxu.”
“As for me, don’t worry. I have some spirit stones here too. I have other ways to purify them.”
Si Er asked curiously, “What way?”
Big Brother wouldn’t lie to reassure me, would he?
That won’t do. Baleful energy can’t just be absorbed casually—it’s easy to die from it.
If a human absorbs too much baleful energy, they’ll explode and die. If a beast absorbs too much, it’ll go mad—and then be killed.
Si Yi hadn’t intended to explain, but after hearing Si Er’s thoughts, he felt he had to.
This younger brother of his was far too good at wild speculation. If he didn’t clarify, who knew what kind of image Si Er would paint of him?
“Little Yan, come out and demonstrate.”
Si Yi took out a spirit stone from his storage ring and summoned a bird with a body gleaming in brilliant gold.
At first glance, aside from its unusual color, the bird didn’t seem special. But on closer inspection, Si Er noticed it actually had three legs.
One of the legs was tucked away, as if trying to hide beneath its feathers.
A three-legged bird… could it be a Golden Crow?
[It really is! And this Golden Crow’s bloodline is quite good. Even on our continent, it would count as a top-tier exotic beast. Your brother’s luck is impressive!]
It really is a Golden Crow! Amazing, Big Brother!
If the people at Vermilion Bird Academy found out, wouldn’t they recruit him specially?]
Even though they’re completely different divine birds, they’re both fire-attribute. The elders of that academy would definitely love it.
Si Yi hadn’t expected Si Er to recognize it at a glance, so he no longer bothered to hide it.
“This is a young Golden Crow. I obtained it by chance.”
“It is born with True Solar Fire. That kind of flame can burn away baleful energy.”
“But it’s still young, so it can’t burn much.”
Si Yi patted the little Golden Crow on the head and held the spirit stone out in front of it.
The little Golden Crow spat out a small flame at the stone. Instantly, the baleful energy inside the spirit stone turned into a wisp of black smoke and drifted away.
