36 Can You Feel It? (1/2)
Yun Bei Fen took a cautious peak but couldn't see anything. Other than the vine that Mei Chao Bing had hacked off, everything still looked as enchanting as before. He looked back at Mei Chao Bing. ”What do you mean?”
”You can't see it?”
Yun Bei Fen glanced at the ground again and shook his head. ”There's just some grass and flowers and … and that's it?”
Mei Chao Bing took a deep breath. How come Elder Baili had thought it was a good idea to bring this little bunny along on a mission that involved demonic cultivators? Never mind his low cultivation base, he couldn't even see what was wrong! If he didn't have a very special talent …
He leaned down and peered into Yun Bei Fen's face. ”Fen'er, be honest with me, could it be you have a rare talent for feigning death?”
”Ah?”
”So that wasn't it.” Mei Chao Bing raised his brows and straightened up again. In that case, he wouldn't have a lot of time for romance with his little bunny. They'd need to train as much as they could if they wanted to make sure that Yun Bei Fen would be safe, more or less.
”Senior martial brother Mei, just what …”
Mei Chao Bing reached out and ruffled his hair. ”Still calling me that? There's nobody else around. And I was thinking about how to train you. I actually thought this task would be rather easy for you but … it seems I misjudged.”
”What task?” Yun Bei Fen pretended he hadn't heard the first part. Surely, his senior martial brother Mei wouldn't insist on it.
Mei Chao Bing gave him a lazy glance and raised his hand, gathering some spiritual energy at his fingertips. ”Let me show you.” He flung the energy at the clearing.
The ground sizzled and everything from the grass and flowers to the bright spots of light pulled back into the earth, leaving only a gaping hole behind where white mist emerged. Some brown vines stubbornly clung to the edge of the hole, slithering across the ground as if they were hands groping for a way forward.
Yun Bei Fen gave a yelp and dashed behind Mei Chao Bing, grasping onto his robe with trembling hands. ”What is that thing?!”
”A nest.”
”Ah? What … What kind of nest?”
”A nest of plant spirits, obviously.” Mei Chao Bing motioned at the vines on the ground. ”Actually, they're low-grade demons but they aren't too harmful so they're mostly referred to as spirits. You don't have to worry about them. They won't dare attack you while I'm next to you.”