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Chapter 1095 - Chapter 1095 Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty-Nine A New Home

Chapter 1095: Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty-Nine: A New Home Chapter 1095: Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty-Nine: A New Home Many tall trees populate the island, sitting just outside the city of Chaochang by the Southern Seas Shore, with its vast forests of tall and straight trees, which are the most suitable kind for building houses.

For martial artists who have achieved unity of spirit and intent and are adept at the “Cloud Hands” technique, having such timber merely made building a beautiful wooden house a matter of time.

Clouds transformed into chains dragged the felled tall trees to a hillock, amid thunderous noises, Sister Xiu’er could not suppress her excitement, “Look what I found!”

Sister Xiu’er, revealing herself, proudly held up a string of green gourd-shaped fruits and flaunted them at Tang Luo.

Tang Luo, who was well-read, prided himself on his knowledge of various herbs and foods in Longzhou, yet he had never seen fruits of such shape and could not help but ask, “What is this? I’ve never seen it before?”

“There are many things you haven’t seen.” Sister Xiu’er used Cloud Hands to pile several large tall trees together and stuffed the fruit into Tang Luo’s arms, proudly saying, “This is the fruit of the fatty monkey tree, good stuff!”

“Fatty monkey tree has fruits?” Tang Luo looked at the gourd fruit in his hand and said dumbfounded, “Isn’t that stingy tree known for locking all its moisture in its trunk, and even its flowers smell like rotting flesh? Are you sure these fruits are edible? Don’t get poisoned.”

Tang Luo himself was not very afraid of toxins, after all his Void Stomach could digest almost anything. He was just a bit concerned about Sister Xiu’er, as martial artists who had transcended the Mortal Realm had their flesh strengthened by Spiritual Power, but their internal organs were only somewhat stronger than ordinary people, making their resistance to toxins very limited.

What was meant as a caring reminder was met with a slight irritation from Sister Xiu’er, who, as if to prove her point, plucked off the green leaves from the stalk and chewed them with big bites, full of a demonstration of defiance!

Watching this childish scene, Tang Luo was amused and slightly exasperated, “Hey, I mean, even if you want to prove yourself, you don’t have to eat the leaves… ”

“Hmph!” Sister Xiu’er hummed, stuffed a few more leaves into her mouth, and explained indistinctly, “Who said anything about eating the fruit! The fruits of the fatty monkey tree are sour and astringent, the flesh can only be soaked in sugar water to drink, what we eat are these leaves!”

“Eating the leaves?” Tang Luo was startled, looked down at the few sparse leaves on the stalk, and said speechlessly, “That’s hardly going to fill you up. Keep them for yourself!”

Although the Void Stomach was always signaling hunger, the upside was that if you fed it nothing, it would only keep signaling hunger without actually causing harm to the body, as long as you could withstand the hunger.

But Sister Xiu’er was different, a martial artist who had transcended the Mortal Realm needed a substantial amount of energy every day, and hunger could damage their cultivation and weaken their organs.

Besides, those few leaves were just a drop in the bucket for the Void Stomach; it was better to leave them for the girl.

Tang Luo didn’t know why, but ever since Brother Tian became Sister Xiu’er, he couldn’t interact with her as naturally as before. Perhaps it was the influence of memories from his past life, but he always felt like he should be more considerate.

Upon hearing Tang Luo’s concession, Sister Xiu’er seemed very satisfied, as if relieved at her “little brother’s” suddenly heightened understanding, even her tone softened, “Not bad, not bad, that’s progress! But these few leaves really won’t satisfy hunger, no need to concede. You keep them, keep them; we have work to do later!”

“What work?”

“See those vines?” Brother Tian swallowed the leaves and turned to point at the piled vines, “I’m going out to sea for a bit, and you’ll stay here to make those vines into ropes, we’ll need them for building the house!”

“Make ropes?” Tang Luo was startled, “Do you know how…?”

“Of course I can!”

Rolling her eyes, Xiu’er conjured a vine with Cloud Hand, walked over, squatted in front of the wheelchair, and said to Tang Luo, “Watch closely.”

She split the slender vine into three parts, the three strands intertwining with each other, and at the end of the break, she attached another segment of vine split into three bundles, repeating the process. Soon, she had woven a vine rope, and after pulling both ends firmly, Sister Xiu’er nodded in satisfaction, “Not bad, very sturdy! Did you get all that?”

“I got it.” The technique wasn’t complicated, and Tang Luo memorized it after just one look, “How much rope do you need, and roughly how long should it be?”

“Hmm… just make it as you see fit.” Sister Xiu’er pointed toward a pile of vines not far away and said, “It should be enough if you turn all those into rope, and for the length, make it the same as this one.”

“Alright.” Tang Luo nodded and prepared to start weaving the rope.

Pleased with her junior brother’s proactive attitude, Sister Xiu’er added, “Don’t forget to eat the leaves but leave the fruits alone; I need them for extracting oil!”

Having instructed Tang Luo, Sister Xiu’er vanished on the spot after opening the Spirit World Passage with a wave of her hand. Meanwhile, Tang Luo stayed by the bushes, chewing on the leaves of the Fat Monkey Tree while weaving rope.

This kind of work really didn’t require much skill, much like how Tang Luo could not only weave rope but also use his Spiritual Power to repair the meridians in his lower body, multitasking with unity of spirit and intent.

It wasn’t until the sun began to set that Sister Xiu’er re-emerged from the Spirit World Passage, and this time, she truly brought back some decent food.

A fish half the size of a human, with blue glittering stripes, a streamlined body, a crescent-shaped tail, a darker topside, and both its dorsal and anal fins adorned with row after row of thorn-like scales.

Excited, Sister Xiu’er said, “You’re really lucky; a fish like this would sell for Gold Coins per pound in the market. With one this big, the price would double!”

“Hmm…” Although Tang Luo had eaten and seen quite a few foods, he rarely had the chance to see what the food looked like originally, as most food in the household was served ready-made, so he couldn’t be sure if he had eaten this type of ugly fish before. Heeding the excellent advice of asking when in doubt, he queried, “With such a big fish, how should it be cooked?”

“Cooked?” Sister Xiu’er raised her eyebrows as if looking at a bumpkin, and she waved her hand, “No, no, no, cooking would ruin the true flavor of this fish. You can’t cook it!”

“Then how about grilling?” Tang Luo eagerly volunteered, “I can do the Fire Spirit Art; just some dry wood and I can start a fire!”

“Oh dear, you really don’t understand!”

Sister Xiu’er complained, “Fresh sea fish should be eaten raw, of course!”

With that, she grabbed a large rock, slapped the big fish onto it, formed a knife with her hand, and in a few swift moves, she gutted and opened up the fish, revealing the bright red flesh. She then used Cloud Qi to gather the guts and blood, cleaning it up tidily.

The bright red fish flesh was spread out in front of them, and without waiting, Sister Xiu’er scooped a piece from the neck of the fish and hurriedly offered it to Tang Luo, “Try it, you’ll fall in love with its taste after just one bite!”

Tang Luo looked disapprovingly at the bright red piece of fish in the woman’s hand and declined earnestly, “I’d prefer to do it myself, thank you!”