Even hybrid monsters have their day

Geng Miaowan's eyes widened in surprise. Qiu Pi was an outstanding young man in the demon realm, and in her mind, he was a person with very high cultivation. However, she never expected that the demon would actually escape from his grasp.

"What kind of demon is that? How can it be so powerful?" She was very curious, but even more so, she was terrified. Such a powerful and ferocious demon was far too dangerous in the human world.

Qiu Pi shook his head. "I can't tell what kind of demon it is."

Upon hearing this, Geng Miaowan understood somewhat. Qiu Pi had grown up in the demon realm, and this was his first time in the human world. The demon realm had very few demon species, unlike the human world where all sorts of things could potentially cultivate into demons, so it was normal that he didn't know. But what should she do next? Her gaze involuntarily shifted back to the two children.

Then she suggested sending the two children home, but Qiu Pi refused.

"What? You're saying these two children are poisoned?!"

Geng Miaowan quickly ran to the two children and looked them over.

Apart from being a little pale, the two children looked perfectly normal, and even their facial expressions were very calm, as if they were asleep.

"What kind of poison are they suffering from, and is there an antidote?" she asked.

Qiu Pi's handsome eyebrows furrowed slightly. "It's the poison from that monster. I'm new to the human realm and don't know what the antidote is. If it were in the demon realm, it would be much easier. We just need to go to the Dark Forest and get the seeds of the tree fern."

Upon hearing this, Geng Miaowan's expression brightened. After rummaging through her clothes for a while, she pulled out a small bottle. She opened the cap and poured the contents into her palm, revealing two oval-shaped purple fruits.

"But this?"

Qiu Pi looked at it and exclaimed, "How did you get this?"

The seeds of the tree fern in the underworld are said to be able to cure most poisons in the world, and that consuming them can clear the mind and sharpen the eyes, even changing one's appearance. Tree fern seeds are not abundant in the shallow, dark forests; they are quite rare. However, because of their effects, even the demons of the demon realm don't need them, so they are usually ignored.

Geng Miaowan chuckled and said, "I picked these on a whim when I came to the human realm last time. You should give them to them."

How could she possibly let such a good thing slip by? Before leaving the demon realm, she secretly went to the Dark Forest and picked some to take with her, just in case.

Qiu Pi took the seeds and went to the two children's side, his expression suddenly turning dejected.

"What's wrong?" Geng Miaowan asked, puzzled.

"The seeds of the tree fern need spiritual energy to be activated before consumption."

"Then hurry up and use your spiritual power to catalyze it."

“I…” Qiu Pi paused and looked at her.

He didn't say what he was going to say next, but she had already remembered that she had absorbed his spiritual power. Looking at his seemingly resentful gaze, Geng Miaowan felt her face burning. Her eyes darted around a few times, and she said, "Then let Xiaobai do it."

"I haven't recovered yet," Huangfu Aoxuan refused without hesitation.

The talking little white dog once again caught Qiu Pi's attention. He looked at it with intense eyes and said to Geng Miaowan, "Could you break the bond with it and give it back to me?"

"Um... I made a soul contract with it..."

"What!" Qiu Pi shouted, suddenly feeling an urge to kill her again. It turned out that his earlier feeling of being able to coexist peacefully with her was just an illusion.

Geng Miaowan shrank back and changed the subject, "Well... how about we give it to them after your spiritual power recovers?"

Qiu Pi glared at her with displeasure and said, "Judging from the current situation, they can only live for one more day at most."

"Oh no, really?" she lamented, "What are we going to do..."

"Let you be the one to catalyze the seed," Qiu Pi said, revealing his thoughts. Seeing Geng Miaowan shrink back, he added calmly, "Don't you also have spiritual power? Besides, I lost my spiritual power because of you, so you should at least take some responsibility for what you did."

It wasn't that she didn't want to take responsibility, but rather... "Can I... do it?"

She had only used her spiritual power once so far, and it almost killed her. Now she was being asked to use her spiritual power to save two people, and Geng Miaowan suddenly felt immense pressure.

"If you don't do it, you can only watch them die. I don't care anyway." Qiu Pi shrugged indifferently, telling himself that he would never force himself to do it if Geng Miaowan didn't make a move.

He had already done enough strange things since he met her again; he couldn't continue like this.

Thinking back to how he abandoned the children without a second thought that day, Geng Miaowan felt that he might truly be indifferent. Could she really just watch these two children die like that? They had barely escaped from the clutches of a monster, and their parents were waiting for them to come home…

She took a deep breath, with an air of righteous indignation, and said, "Then I'll do it."

Then, Qiu Pi told her the method and steps to activate the seeds, while he supervised from the side.

Following his instructions, Geng Miaowan drew spiritual energy from her dantian, circulated it around her body three times, and then channeled it into her right hand. She then pointed her index finger at the seed of the Sal tree and slowly released the spiritual energy through her fingertip.

The next step is crucial: she needs to channel spiritual energy into the seed and let it circulate within the seed for a week, extracting the essence and then transferring it into the child's mouth.

Geng Miaowan stared intently at the seed, not daring to relax for a moment. The spiritual energy smoothly entered the seed and began searching for its essence. As her expression grew serious, Qiu Pi also became tense. Several times after the spiritual energy entered the seed, he wanted to remind her to be careful, but he held back for fear of disturbing her.

This is it!

Before long, Geng Miaowan sensed the essence contained within the seed. A hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and she exerted her strength to activate that essence.

Just then, she felt the essence rebound, and then the spiritual energy stopped. Geng Miaowan withdrew her hand and tried to re-inject her spiritual energy, but she saw the seed shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In no time, the thumb-sized seed had turned into a wrinkled shape the size of a peanut.

"Oh no, how could this be!" She looked at Qiu Pi in surprise.