Chapter 10: Flying Leaves!

Chapter 10: Flying Leaves! A squirrel that loved to hoard food had awakened a divine ability to synthesize resources, and Lin Jing didn’t know what to say. Wasn't this bullying a child, forcing it to be unable to hoard anything? Seeing the Pine Leaf Mouse’s heart-wrenching appearance, Lin Jing couldn't help but smile slightly. The Pine Leaf Mouse immediately stopped crying, its gaze fixed on Lin Jing. Lin Jing laughed, “I’m happy for you. From today on, you’re no longer an ordinary spirit beast but a rare beast!” “Zhi!” The Pine Leaf Mouse was still thinking about the spiritual rice. “Think positively; your spiritual rice has just changed forms and has been stored away, turning into Spirit Power that will be with you forever. Do you feel your Spirit Power has increased significantly?” Lin Jing’s words startled the Pine Leaf Mouse awake; it finally noticed that it was close to the fourth level of Qi Refinement, filled with abundant physical and spiritual power. The Pine Leaf Mouse stood there, unsure how to express its current feelings. Lin Jing continued to enlighten it; otherwise, with such a divine ability and its current temperament, the Pine Leaf Mouse's mentality might continue to collapse in the future. It needed to change its bad habit of only valuing “quantity” over “quality.” At least it should consider both. “This divine ability is great; you should practice it more.” “Just think, spiritual rice may be scarce for us now, but once we reach the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages, we can have as much as we want.” “Even with storage bags or storage rings, hoarding spiritual rice would be too wasteful.” Searᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. “Not every resource should be hoarded.” “Now that you have this eye technique, since it can combine a certain number of low-level resources into a higher-level resource, we should only hoard high-level resources in the future.” “You saw the effects of the golden spiritual rice.” “If we ever acquire high-level spiritual fruits or high-level pills that are hard to digest, this golden spiritual rice could very well be the key for us to consume high-level resources!” “Zhi!” The Pine Leaf Mouse found some reason in that. “Moreover, now that you’ve mutated into a rare beast, you’ll definitely attract the attention of many bad people.” “This golden spiritual rice… can also be used as a weapon!” “In that state of hunger earlier, you nearly lost your sanity. If we feed a few grains of golden spiritual rice to an enemy, along with a few hundred doses of laxatives, we might win without a fight!” The Pine Leaf Mouse stepped back, looking up. Feeding laxative rice to the enemy?  That made sense! Once the storage bag arrived, it would have to stockpile a few hundred doses of laxatives! But getting the spiritual rice into the enemy's mouth seemed a bit difficult? “Zhi!?” “Uh.” Lin Jing was momentarily taken aback; he had said it casually, but the little squirrel seemed to be pondering the feasibility. “It’s feasible.” Lin Jing added, “Don’t forget your Pine Leaf Mouse’s specialty, Flying Leaves!” “As long as you throw the leaves accurately, you can surely throw the spiritual rice accurately too.” Upon hearing this, the Pine Leaf Mouse contemplated. That made sense! It immediately picked up a fallen leaf from the ground, its gaze sharp as it looked to the side, and waved its little hand! In the next instant, the leaf flew out, transforming into a green light that cut down a branch from the tree in the courtyard! Smack! The branch fell to the ground. In Lin Jing’s past life, various martial arts stories featured techniques like “flying leaves can hurt people,” which were quite impressive. However, in this immortal cultivation world, that technique was merely the basic attack method of the Pine Leaf Mouse. Seeing that its skill hadn’t dulled, the Pine Leaf Mouse nodded in satisfaction. Watching this, Lin Jing stroked his chin and said, “I wonder if a pile of ordinary leaves can be combined with your eye technique.” With an idea in mind, Lin Jing took action immediately. Using his true qi, he kicked the leaves from a few green trees in the courtyard, causing all the leaves to fall. A ground covered in fallen leaves left the trees looking bare. The Pine Leaf Mouse fell silent upon seeing this. “Zhi Zhi Zhi!” Leaves like these had been in abundance in the place it once lived, holding little value. Even as weapons for its attacks, it had never hoarded them. It turned out the Pine Leaf Mouse really didn’t hoard everything! But now… following Lin Jing’s idea, it swept its Glazed Immortal Eyes over the ground full of fallen leaves. It was curious whether ordinary leaves could be synthesized. In the next moment, two beams of emerald light shot from the Pine Leaf Mouse’s eyes. They landed on thousands of ordinary leaves. Then, a similar scene unfolded; under the coverage of the emerald light, these thousands of ordinary green leaves disappeared just like the spiritual rice had! What appeared instead was a single red leaf, reminiscent of a maple leaf. Although this red leaf emanated a Spirit Qi fluctuation weaker than an ordinary grain of spiritual rice, Lin Jing was pleasantly surprised to see that it had indeed succeeded and immediately called to the Pine Leaf Mouse, “Throw it and see!” “Zhi Zhi…” The Pine Leaf Mouse scampered to pick up the red leaf, but as soon as it grasped it, its eyes felt a bit sore, possibly due to excessive use of its eye power, making it quite uncomfortable. Seeing this, Lin Jing quickly stepped forward and placed his hand on the Pine Leaf Mouse’s head, activating the “Spirit Nurturing Technique.” A glow covered the Pine Leaf Mouse’s head, alleviating its mental fatigue. “Are your eyes okay? I overlooked that you’re only at the third level of Qi Refinement, and using this divine ability continuously must take a toll.” He grew worried. After nearly a month of companionship, he certainly didn’t want anything to happen to this little squirrel. “Zhi!” The Pine Leaf Mouse rubbed its eyes and then pushed Lin Jing’s hand away. Although it felt unwell, it was even more eager to understand the power of this red leaf! With the red leaf in hand, it vaguely sensed a very close connection with it, as if it was being refined by itself! Whoosh! The Pine Leaf Mouse aimed at the bare tree and threw the leaf. In the next moment, a flash of red light occurred, and this time, the flying leaf’s speed far surpassed that of the previous green leaves. In the blink of an eye, a thick branch fell, smooth to the touch. And this was not the end. The previous green flying leaves lost power and fell shortly after cutting off a branch, but this time, the red flying leaves not only continued flying further but the Pine Leaf Mouse also widened its eyes, discovering something incredible. The Flying Leaves Technique was used by the Pine Leaf Mouse to launch leaves with its Spirit Power, which would then attack in a straight line. But this time, with the red flying leaves, the Pine Leaf Mouse realized it could actually control the trajectory of the leaf’s flight at will, even calling it back! With a thought, the red flying leaf instantly turned and flew back toward them, cutting through a stone block beneath a tree in the process. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Under the Pine Leaf Mouse’s focused control, the red flying leaf skimmed the ground, spinning in the air as it went. “Zhi!!!” This scene made the Pine Leaf Mouse’s eyes sparkle! Lin Jing was also taken aback. Elder Mo had mentioned that the Pine Leaf Mouse tribe, compared to the strong Fighting Apes, Horned Cattle, and Fire Spirit Sparrows that could use fire techniques, were not particularly strong. The Flying Leaves Technique had limited effectiveness in battle. But now, the Flying Leaves Technique in the Pine Leaf Mouse’s hands seemed to be something entirely different. This was simply a manipulation technique! A Leaf Manipulation Technique! It was as if it had gained a life-bound magical treasure, the Red Leaf… The more the Pine Leaf Mouse used it, the more enthralled it became. Pointing skyward, the red flying leaf shot into the sky as if it wanted to pierce the heavens, cutting down immortals! “Who dares throw things carelessly in the sky?!” An angry voice echoed from the clouds, and a crane revealed its head.