The inner core of the Paoxiao was no ordinary thing. It would take some time to fully absorb it.
It was a good thing that the little yellow chicken could transform, but even so, the threat of her body exploding still hung over their heads.
Yaohua stroked her fluffy head. "How about we go back and find Master first? Master must have a way."
As soon as she finished speaking, the little yellow chicken suddenly tightened her arm around Yaohua's neck and then spat out a mouthful of blood.
The little yellow chicken's face was pale. Leaning in Yaohua's arms, her eyebrows were tightly knitted.
"There's no time left. It is recommended that the host absorb a part of the Paoxiao's power immediately."
"Is there really no other way?"
"The host has half a moment to consider."
Half a moment... By the time she made a decision, the little yellow chicken would probably be completely gone.
Fine. It was just a bit of greed. Couldn't she suppress it?
Yaohua frowned. She pinched the incantation seals with both hands and slowly transferred a bit of the Paoxiao's power.
In an instant, Yaohua felt a violent aura surging from the bottom of her heart. She took a deep breath and deliberately ignored that violent aura.
At this time, the little yellow chicken's complexion improved, but Yaohua still didn't dare to relax her vigilance.
At the moment, the power in the little yellow chicken's body was barely maintained at a state where her body wouldn't explode, but the power was still overflowing. That meant that unless the little yellow chicken could completely absorb the power in her body by herself, once she started to absorb new spiritual power, she might explode at any time.
Yaohua wiped the sweat from her forehead and took out the key.
She had already wasted a lot of time here. She wondered how Master was now.
Just then, the ground suddenly vibrated violently, and the key in her hand suddenly fell to the ground.
Yaohua quickly picked up the key. "Could there be other fierce beasts here?"
She was able to kill the Paoxiao mostly thanks to the Heavenly Thunder. If another one came...
A layer of ominous gray mist rose from the ground. Yaohua suddenly felt her movements freeze for a moment.
"This is..." The True Fire of the Phoenix ignited without being summoned. Yaohua's face changed drastically. "It's malevolent qi!"
Malevolent qi was born in the Burial Ground of the Gods. It was a kind of inauspicious qi full of violence and cruelty!
It was a great tonic for the demons, but an extremely fierce thing for the gods!
In just an instant, Yaohua's mind raced, and finally she understood why there was a Paoxiao here.
It turned out that the Paoxiao was here specifically to absorb the malevolent qi!
Why was there so much malevolent qi in the Burial Ground of the Gods?
However, now was obviously not the time to think about this question.
Yaohua quickly injected her spiritual power into the key.
The golden light began to show, but it was soon covered by the gray malevolent qi. Then the light flashed and disappeared, leaving only a bare key lying on the ground, looking like a piece of scrap copper.
"There are restrictions on the door to deal with the malevolent qi. You won't be able to get out until you suppress this malevolent qi." The system seemed a bit surprised, but then quickly calmed down and reminded her, "Although the Paoxiao is dead, its inner core is still there."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little yellow chicken took in a breath of malevolent qi.
Yaohua's face changed drastically. Although malevolent qi was an extremely fierce thing, it also contained a lot of power.
She was just about to dispel the malevolent qi that the little yellow chicken had just inhaled when she didn't expect the listless little yellow chicken to suddenly perk up.
Yaohua was stunned.
"Mother, mother!" The little yellow chicken leaned over. Her simple and clear big eyes showed her love for Yaohua without any disguise.
"Brother System, what did you mean by what you said just now?"
For some reason, maybe because of the malevolent qi, Yaohua always felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart, as if something unexpected was about to happen.
The system said calmly, "If you can make the Paoxiao's inner core your own, you can naturally transform this malevolent qi into nourishing nutrients."
But the little yellow chicken had already taken the inner core. If they wanted to do this, wouldn't it mean that the little yellow chicken would have to stay here forever?
"What if we have to leave?"
"If the malevolent qi in the Tomb of the Gods breaks through the embankment, the God might be so angry with you that he would die. As for the God - Lord, he might make you scatter your body and soul and never be reborn."
The consequences were indeed too serious.
Yaohua's gaze fell on the little yellow chicken again.
"Mother!"
It seemed that the little yellow chicken could only say this one sentence. Counting it up, she was really only seven years old this year.
To leave a seven - year - old little guy alone in this place...
"Besides the Paoxiao's inner core, is there any other way to suppress the malevolent qi?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
Yaohua suddenly felt relieved. Since there was a way, the little yellow chicken didn't have to stay here for the rest of her life.
"Go and collect the Paoxiao's corpse. When you return to Shenzhou, find the reincarnation of the Paoxiao and bring it back to life. Then you can let this little yellow chicken out. Let me remind the host that so far, there has never been a precedent of bringing the dead back to life."
Yaohua almost choked on her breath.
"Maybe there are other methods that I don't know about." The system rarely comforted her kindly. "When the God recovers from his injury, you can ask him."
It seemed that there was no other way now.
Yaohua sighed deeply. She stroked the little yellow chicken's head. It was all your fault for eating randomly. You even ate the Paoxiao's inner core!
Now that things had come to this, as your mother, I can only bear the pain and let you guard the Tomb of the Gods for the time being.
Yaohua thought for a while and took out two jade slips and a cultivation technique from her space.
The jade slips were the Thousand - Character Classic that her father and brother had used to help her learn characters when she was a child. Yaohua crushed them and transmitted their contents into the little yellow chicken's spiritual consciousness. Then she rummaged through her space and took out a bunch of small trinkets.
Seeing her take out so many things, the little yellow chicken touched this and that. Her eyes lit up.
Watching this, Yaohua felt even more worried.
This little fool. She was seven years old and still knew nothing. She was really worrying.
After thinking for a while, Yaohua found a vast open space nearby. She moved most of the crops from her space out and dug a hole to store two years' worth of food. Only then did she feel relieved and put the little yellow chicken down.
"You've prepared so much. Maybe she'll finish it all in one day."
Yaohua stroked the little yellow chicken's head and frowned without saying a word.
Although the malevolent qi could indeed provide nutrients, which living being in the world didn't have the desire for food?
It was better to prepare some.
After repeatedly confirming that it was safe for the little yellow chicken to stay here, Yaohua squatted down.
By now, the little yellow chicken had absorbed a lot of malevolent qi. Her face was now rosy and she looked refreshed, getting rid of the previous listlessness.
Seemingly realizing that Yaohua was about to leave, a look of confusion gradually covered her originally happy face.
"You stay here obediently. When Master recovers, we'll come back to find you together."
"Mother?"
Her innocent eyes were full of confusion, as if she couldn't understand what Yaohua was saying at all.
Yaohua condensed a cluster of fire at her fingertips. She gently pressed it on the little yellow chicken's forehead and engraved this promise into the little yellow chicken's spiritual consciousness.
When she stood up, the little yellow chicken grabbed her tattered sleeve.
"Mother!"
Yaohua took out the key without hesitation.
The golden light came as promised, shining brightly just like when she came.