Chapter 51: Going for the Big Score

Feng Xi felt that this move of hers was simply brilliant!

She gave herself a silent, three-hundred-and-sixty-degree thumbs-up with zero blind spots!

Right as she was about to fall asleep, a sudden question popped into her mind: Since there were sea beasts in the Endless Sea, and even high-tier ones at that, how did the demons swim across?

Weren't they afraid of the sea beasts?

The next morning, Feng Xi put this question to Jun Wen.

"Junior Sister, there's something you don't know. It is said that the source of the Endless Sea is in the Demonic Realm.

Therefore, the sea beasts within the Endless Sea rarely attack demons. As long as the demons don't provoke them on purpose, the beasts turn a blind eye.

Precisely because of this reason, combined with the fact that the waters of the Endless Sea erode spiritual power, our human race can only stubbornly guard our territories and has no intention of invading the Demonic Realm."

Only then did sudden enlightenment dawn on Feng Xi. A flash of inspiration crossed her mind, but it vanished before she could catch it.

She didn't dwell on it stubbornly, deciding to wait until she remembered it whenever that might be.

At that moment, a disciple called out to Feng Xi and the others to come drink some seafood porridge.

Because quite a few seafood creatures had leaped ashore all by themselves early in the morning, they had cooked up a batch of seafood porridge.

Feng Xi slurped down two mouthfuls and felt that good things ought to be shared with good friends, so she instructed two disciples to deliver a jar of seafood porridge each to Liu Shaobai and Xing Wu.

As a result, by evening, both Xing Wu and Liu Shaobai showed up.

Xing Wu said bluntly and cheerfully:

"Feng Xi, that seafood porridge you had someone send me this morning was so fresh it could almost make your eyebrows fall off!

I heard you guys are grilling fish tonight as well? You wouldn't mind if I came over to freeload a meal, would you?"

Liu Shaobai also smiled and said, "I've come to join in the lively atmosphere too."

Of course Feng Xi didn't mind. She had taken the initiative to send the seafood porridge precisely to draw closer to the two of them and solidify their nascent friendship.

Besides, as long as the little black ball was around, there would be as much seafood as she wanted.

Before returning to the sect, she even planned to do some large-scale... restocking. Apart from the sect consuming it themselves, they could sell the rest for spirit stones.

The little black ball, upon learning of her thoughts: ... You're practically trying to work me to death!

The bonfire was lit, and amidst the enticing aroma of grilled fish, the four of them chatted happily.

Xing Wu muttered between bites:

"My Senior Brother is such an absolute blockhead! I have no idea what kind of bewitching soup Shen Zhilan fed him, but he hasn't stopped praising her to high heaven."

A flicker crossed Feng Xi's eyes: "Senior Brother Xing Wu, you'd better keep your guard up then. You know as well as that Shen Zhilan never does anything without profit; she definitely has no good intentions.

Furthermore, anyone who walks closely with her never comes to a good end.

I'm the best example—I used to be close to her, and look how badly she screwed me over!

Take Lu Xiuhan for instance, his injuries weren't even that severe, yet he had the supreme bad luck of being bitten by a blind-earth centipede. Don't you find that bizarre?

I seriously suspect she's the reincarnation of a jinx!"

Cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough!

Xing Wu and the others almost choked to death on their own saliva!

The reincarnation of a jinx?

Your mouth is certainly vicious enough!

Of course Feng Xi wasn't just doing this for the sake of a sharp tongue; she needed to repeatedly reinforce the idea that Shen Zhilan was a jinx so that Xing Wu and Liu Shaobai would stay away from her.

Having eaten his fill and feeling great, Xing Wu patted his chest and said, "Feng Xi, your Sector Ding has a heavy defensive duty. If there's ever a time you need me, just give a shout, and I'll come right over!"

Hearing him say this, Liu Shaobai also chimed in, "As long as things are fine on my end, I'll come at a moment's notice."

Feng Xi wore a deeply moved expression, even squeezing out two tears.

Human beings, after all, naturally sympathized with the weak.

In the eyes of Xing Wu and Liu Shaobai at that moment, Feng Xi was simply a delicate, fragile little white flower that needed them to shield her from wind and rain.

Jun Wen, standing to the side: "..."

Sooner or later, you two will realize how ridiculously wrong you are!

When Xing Wu and Liu Shaobai were about to leave, Feng Xi even had them take some grilled fish back to share with Elder Han and the others.

Under Feng Xi's hints, Elder Duanmu also asked them to convey his regards to Elder Han and Elder Feng.

Elder Duanmu actually felt this wasn't necessary, but Feng Xi's eyelids were twitching as if she were winking herself to death, so he had no choice but to go along with it.

Feng Xi sighed and seized an opportunity to chat with Elder Duanmu.

The core message was that having more friends meant having more paths. With the four major sects currently defending the territory here, should the demons launch an attack, a small headcount was one thing, but if the numbers were large, they would definitely need to find allies.

The Hunyuan Sect certainly couldn't be counted on, but the Myriad Swords Sect and the Beast Taming Sect held relatively neutral stances. With a little bit of wooing, they might just come in handy at a critical moment.

Of course, Feng Xi phrased it quite tactfully, conveying her meaning without causing Elder Duanmu any resentment.

In truth, Elder Duanmu understood this logic; it was just that he found it a bit hard to swallow his pride.

After listening to Feng Xi's words, he couldn't help feeling somewhat ashamed. He wasn't even as perceptive as a little girl!

With a formidable enemy right at their doorstep, what was pride even worth?!

Therefore, the next day, he proactively sent someone to deliver seafood porridge to Elder Han and the others.

Elder Han and Elder Feng presumably felt a bit embarrassed to just take it, so they reciprocated by gifting some spiritual food rich in spiritual energy.

Combined with Xing Wu and Liu Shaobai acting as mediators in between, through this back-and-forth, the relationship among the three factions grew much more harmonious.

On this day, a piece of news spread.

Shen Zhilan had actually ventured into the Endless Sea at great risk and captured a demon spy.

As soon as the news broke, Shen Zhilan once again became the focal point of everyone's discussions.

Xing Wu curled his lips in disdain as he said to Feng Xi:

"My Senior Brother can't go three sentences now without mentioning Shen Zhilan, saying she truly deserves her top-tier water spiritual root and that she's the only one brave enough to sneak into the Endless Sea.

Bah! Wasn't it just catching a demon in the seawater?

Look at how full of herself she is! Anyone who didn't know better would think she had single-handedly wiped out the entire Demonic Realm!"

Feng Xi listened with a beaming smile. Once Xing Wu finished venting his frustrations, she said:

"Senior Brother Xing Wu, there's a saying that 'he who gets fat first isn't truly fat yet,' and another saying that 'the best show is saved for last.' We will have plenty of opportunities to show our faces, so let that broken brick show off a little first!"

Xing Wu sighed: "I think it'll be a bit difficult! None of us have the ability to leap down into the seawater, and the demons that run ashore probably won't fall to our turn to deal with anyway."

Feng Xi narrowed her eyes: "That's not necessarily true. Perhaps we'll be pulling off a huge stunt ourselves very soon!"

Xing Wu figured she was just saying it casually and didn't take it to heart.