My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

The next day, early in the morning.

In her sleep, Cui Ying suddenly felt her whole body become very heavy, especially her chest, which felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on it, making it difficult for her to breathe.

After she slowly regained her senses, she suddenly saw a dark shadow appear in front of her.

"Cuckoo"

Cui Ying reached out and held the little thing in her hand before sitting up.

The halo of light streaming in through the window met a pair of bewildered yet curious eyes.

Although the Size Manipulation spell can shrink objects, it cannot change their weight.

She wanted to leave the little iron-eating beast aside, but worried about crushing Cui Yue who was sleeping on the inside, so she planned to put it on the ground. However, the little thing reacted quickly and grabbed her hand and wouldn't let go.

Cui Ying reached out her other hand to pull it, but the little iron-eating beast hugged it back.

"Heh~ Naughty."

Cui Ying simply rolled off the bed, pulled it off, and threw it at her feet. Unexpectedly, as soon as it hit the ground, it started rolling around on the floor, making "humming" noises all the while.

Cui Ying found it amusing, but her face remained expressionless. She was about to open the door and leave when the little iron-eating beast slowly rolled over and hugged her foot.

"You're even more clingy than snowflakes!"

Cui Ying had no choice but to pick it up and quickly walk out.

Fortunately, there were still a few spirit bamboos left from last night. When the little iron beast in Cui Ying's arms saw the spirit bamboos, it jumped out with a "whoosh".

"Is this little thing hungry again?"

"Ah."

"It can really eat."

As Wang Rong, who was getting up early to prepare dinner, opened the door, she saw the little iron beast making a "clucking" sound as it clumsily climbed onto the pile of spirit bamboo, waving its forelimbs, with a trace of crystal liquid dripping from the corner of its mouth.

"Ha~ This little thing is quite adorable!"

Wang Rong smiled with her eyes narrowed, amused by the little iron-eating beast's greedy appearance.

After Cui Ying finished breakfast, she and her second sister Cui Lin were about to go and cut more spirit bamboo when they bumped into Zhu Chaoyun, who had come to help.

"Sister Cui Ying, what kind of monsters did you and Fellow Daoist Xue hunt in the Phoenix Mountains yesterday?"

Looking at Zhu Chaoyun's curious face, Cui Ying shook her head:

"No, I parted ways with Fellow Daoist Xue not long after I entered the mountain yesterday."

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Chaoyun blinked, then suddenly clenched her fist and her expression changed: "Did he bully you?"

"?"

Before Cui Ying could react, just as Zhu Chaoyun rolled up his sleeves, ready to go find someone to fight, Yao Yuchan slowly landed in front of the Cui family's door on a gray-green cloud.

Zhu Chaoyun looked at Cui Ying with a nervous and concerned expression, her eyes reddening with worry.

"He even injured you?!"

If it requires the personal visit of Fairy Yao to treat someone, then someone must have suffered a very serious injury.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chaoyun was so regretful that she wanted to slap herself a few times.

Cui Ying patted his shoulder, shook her head at him, then turned to Yao Yuchan who had walked in, handed her a cloth bag, and smiled:

"Thank you for making this trip, Fairy."

Yao Yuchan, dressed in a light purple dress, happily accepted the cloth bag and put it away. Her bright eyes swept across the courtyard before she waved and said with a smile:

"How is the iron-eating beast you brought back yesterday recovering? I see you also have a dog demon at home, I hope it didn't cause any trouble last night."

Cui Ying had underestimated Yao Yuchan's love of watching a spectacle. She smiled helplessly and pointed to the jacaranda tree behind her, saying:

"They're having breakfast behind the tree, come in and take a look. I'll go cut some spirit bamboo first. But fairy, please be careful, don't let your hands shake and empty my purse."

"I'd heard that the Iron-Eating Beast loved to eat all kinds of spirit bamboo, and I never knew it was true!"

"Then I'll have to go check it out!"

Yao Yuchan nodded, then lifted her skirt and walked straight behind the jacaranda tree.

At this moment, Zhu Chaoyun finally had a chance to speak: "Sister Cui Ying, what are you talking about, the Iron-Eating Beast? When did your family start raising monsters?"

Cui Ying was too lazy to explain to him, and simply pointed behind her: "You can go in and take a look. If you have any questions, ask Fairy Yao, or ask my parents. I need to go and cut some spirit bamboo first."

After saying that, Cui Ying stepped on a white cloud and headed straight for the bamboo forest north of the village.

In fact, the Iron-Eating Beast doesn't only love to eat spirit bamboo. This kind of monster has incredibly strong teeth. It will eat any kind of monster that it can catch, whether it swims in the water, runs on the ground, or grows on land, and even spirit plants!

But Cui Ying couldn't bear to feed it anything too good. She quickly went to the bamboo forest, used the Yao Guang Sword to cut some spirit bamboo, dug up some spirit bamboo shoots, and then carried them home on a cloud.

When she got home, she found the yard packed with people.

Besides her family, Yao Xiangu, and Zhu Chaoyun, there were also Zeng Da Niang, Zhou Yefang, and other independent cultivators who had arrived earlier, but they all stood at a distance and watched, not daring to approach.

Why are you all standing here?

After Cui Ying asked a question, she noticed a hint of fear on everyone's faces.

Last night when Cui Ying was there, the little iron-eating beast acted like a docile creature that could be easily manipulated.

But in the short time that Cui Ying went out to cut spirit bamboo, the little iron-eating beast, which had been eating heartily, suddenly changed its expression, baring its teeth and roaring, making these people dare not approach it.

Cui Ying raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

After all, this is a ferocious beast at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Even if it cannot use its magic power, it is still quite terrifying when it unleashes its power.

Moreover, whether it was because the Iron-Eating Beast was too angry or had recovered some of its magic power, its body, which had shrunk to the size of a palm, had expanded several times and was already as tall as Cui Yue's calf when it stood up.

With its teeth bared, it did have a rather fierce appearance.

Cui Ying pushed through the crowd and walked in, slowly approaching the little iron beast with a handful of fresh, tender bamboo leaves in her hand.

The previously frenzied iron-eating beast seemed to notice a girl in a pink dress approaching, and quickly stood up, opening its mouth to reveal its sharp teeth.

"Third sister, be careful."

Cui Yue, who was on the opposite side, also saw Cui Ying's figure and hurriedly spoke up to remind her.

Upon hearing this, Cui Ying slowly stopped and did not approach any further.

But the little iron-eating beast on the other side seemed to be getting impatient, making "chirping" sounds, and then eagerly got up from the ground.

When it reached Cui Ying's side, it quickly hugged the bamboo leaf in her hand, which still had dew on it, and then sat down on the ground to eat it, seemingly not caring at all about the scattered cultivators watching around it.

Even when Cui Ying reached out to rub its round head, it remained focused on eating, like a beast that only cares about food.

"Father, could you please help me move those spirit bamboos from outside the courtyard into here?"

After Cui Zhengming carried the heavy bamboo, weighing over a thousand pounds, into the corner of the courtyard, he was also panting heavily from exhaustion.

"Come, Fairy Yao, please examine the little iron-eating beast again."

After the little iron-eating beast climbed up the pile of spirit bamboo with shining eyes, Yao Yuchan approached with amazement and, at Cui Ying's signal, released a wisp of light green spiritual energy that enveloped the little iron-eating beast as it was eating.

"Woof woof"

The moment the green aura touched the little iron-eating beast's body, it immediately let out a piercing growl while it was eating, and then grabbed Cui Ying's arm.

"Okay, okay, stop fooling around. This is the last time. I won't watch it again."

As Cui Ying spoke to the little iron-eating beast, she rubbed its head with her other hand.

Before long, the little iron-eating beast released one paw and freed its hand to continue munching on the spirit bamboo.

"It seems this little thing only recognizes you!"

Soon, Yao Yuchan withdrew her spell and said with some surprise.

Meanwhile, the rogue cultivators in the courtyard, especially the female rogue cultivators, were still staring at the little iron-eating beast with shining eyes, occasionally letting out a few sighs of admiration:

"It's so naughty and cute! Even eating is so adorable~ I wish I could have a cute monster like that as a pet~"

"Yes, I really want to hug and rub it whenever I have free time~"