Chapter 54 Part 2

However, the Kill Matt Little Bird completely ignored Shen He. It hopped lightly and landed on Xie Linlang’s shoulder, even tucking in its rear legs and nestling down!!

Xie Linlang’s smile stiffened a bit, but the next second, he said mildly, “It’s fine. Since Night Senior has an affinity with me, let him stay. By the way, did Senior Lin mention any precautions?”

Shen He said helplessly, “Shizun gave me a bird perch and some feed, but from my observations, he seems to prefer pills fresh out of the furnace.”

As he spoke, he handed Xie Linlang a jade slip recording the Kill Matt Little Bird‘s preferences, like loving Advanced Feed Pellets, drinking the pill fragrance water steaming during pill refining, and recently liking to sleep in the pill furnace, among others.

Xie Linlang frowned. “I only have a newly exchanged Foundation Establishment Pill Furnace and haven’t gathered Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire yet.”

Low-tier pills could be refined with a cultivator’s true fire, but high-end pills required Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire to better bring out the material properties.

This Kill Matt Night Senior liked sleeping in the pill furnace—perhaps he was a fire-attribute spirit bird and naturally enjoyed the furnace with Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire as his blanket.

Shen He shrugged. “I don’t have spirit fire either, but Night Senior seemed to sleep just fine.”

As the two chatted about Night Senior, the Kill Matt Little Bird nestled on Xie Linlang’s shoulder, observing Shen He one moment and Xie Linlang the next.

When Xie Linlang and Shen He drew closer—like when Shen He wanted to lower his voice to mention recently asking a sect Tribulation Transcendence Realm senior for divination—the Kill Matt Little Bird immediately let out a harsh, raspy chirp.

Xie Linlang was baffled, but Shen He reflexively shot back and assumed a defensive stance.

The Kill Matt Little Bird quieted again.

“Junior Brother Shen?”

“…Uh, nothing. Night Senior sometimes suddenly tests my combat skills.”

Xie Linlang frowned. Did this Kill Matt Night Senior suddenly attack Shen He?

Wasn’t Shen He in great danger then?

“I see Night Senior has a mild and steady temperament. I quite like it.”

Xie Linlang tentatively reached out, placing his hand in front of the Kill Matt Little Bird.

Shen He’s heart leaped to his throat as he recalled Pang Sanxian’s unlucky encounter last time, sweating for Xie Linlang.

But contrary to Shen He’s expectations, Night Senior very docilely pecked Xie Linlang’s finger with his beak and even actively tilted his head, rubbing his head against Xie Linlang’s palm.

Shen He: “…”

Wasn’t this differential treatment too obvious? Why?

Xie Linlang was somewhat surprised. This didn’t match what Shen He had said.

In Shen He’s description, Night Senior had a wild temperament, casually pecking people with his beak in a deadly manner. But now, he just looked like an obedient and cute little bird.

Xie Linlang took out a Beast Taming Bag. “Good thing I have a flock of Red-beaked Sparrows here too.”

Birds should have some common bird language, right?

Before Night Senior could react, Xie Linlang smoothly stuffed him into the Beast Taming Bag. “I’ll give you some companions.”

The Kill Matt Little Bird was suddenly surrounded by countless Red-beaked Sparrows.

“Thanks for the new companion.”

“It’s one we’ve never seen.”

“Isn’t it from Flowing Firefly Island?”

“It’s from outside.”

“It must be lonely.”

“Come, we’ll warm it up together!”

In an instant, the flock of Red-beaked Sparrows crowded around the Kill Matt Little Bird, trying to pass on their warmth and friendliness.

But surrounded at the center by this group of fluffy little birds, Kill Matt Night Senior… well, Pei Jiye had only one thought in his mind: Xie Yu actually raised a whole flock of birds? How dare he raise other birds? How could he have other birds?

In that instant, Kill Matt Night Senior‘s down feathers turned into hard steel needles, baring a ferocious and terrifying face toward the Red-beaked Sparrows.

Seeing Xie Linlang neatly stuff Kill Matt Night Senior into the Beast Taming Bag, Shen He breathed a sigh of relief.

He then reminded Xie Linlang, “Night Senior is extremely powerful. He’ll tear through the Beast Taming Bag and viciously bully the other spirit beasts inside.”

Shen He and the Azure Flame Leopard‘s relationship had been lukewarm at first, but thanks to Kill Matt Night Senior, the leopard’s favor toward Shen He skyrocketed—they were both pitiful victims bullied by the fearsome Night Senior.

Xie Linlang didn’t believe it. “He’s a sect senior, after all. He wouldn’t pick on a bunch of sparrows, right?”

Even as he said this, he opened the Beast Taming Bag.

These were sparrows left to him by Senior Brother Fang, after all. It would be awkward if Kill Matt Night Senior ate them as snacks.

But the next second, as Xie Linlang scanned the Beast Taming Bag with his divine sense, he froze like a wooden chicken.

Red-beaked Sparrows were black-gray birds with red beaks, hence the name.

But now, all the black-gray feathers on these sparrows had been violently pecked clean. Each one looked like a flopping roast squab, crying and wailing in the Beast Taming Bag.

This Night Senior had actually plucked all the sparrows’ feathers?!

Seeming to notice Xie Linlang’s attention on the Beast Taming Bag, the Kill Matt Night Senior, who had been arrogantly pinning down a sparrow with one claw and madly pecking at its feathers, suddenly released his claw, leaped back, stood on one leg, lowered his head to preen his feathers, and acted as if it had nothing to do with him.

The sparrows wailed and howled, flapping their fleshy wings like Ground Chickens scampering about, as if the world had ended.

Wah wah wah, no more pretty feathers! They couldn’t fly anymore!

Xie Linlang fell silent for a long time. After a while, he took out the Kill Matt Little Bird, sprinkled some Rejuvenation Pills and Advanced Feed Pellets into the Beast Taming Bag, and left behind some ointment to promote feather growth and beautify plumage.

Shen He noticed Xie Linlang taking out Kill Matt Night Senior again and immediately understood.

“Senior Brother Xie, are your sparrows okay?”

“Shut up.”