I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 433 - 342: As Long As It’s Edible_1

Chapter 433: Chapter 342: As Long As It’s Edible_1

Facing the rampage of the fierce thunder, those alien demons simply couldn’t resist; even those that used decent Inner Strength were of no help.

These alien demons were originally transformed from people, and some retained the martial arts of their former human lives, but the humanity within them would never reemerge.

With one strike, Qi Xiangyun disposed of the approaching alien demons and turned her attention to another area. An alien demon hiding there was startled and, without a second thought, chose to flee. Qi Xiangyun’s figure, swift as lightning, rapidly closed the distance with the escaping demon.

The fleeing alien demon attempted a counterattack, employing some spells, but Qi Xiangyun easily dodged them all. Spells weren’t like those lock-on attacks in video games, more akin to firearms with a trajectory.

Once avoided, they were useless.

Wielding the Supreme Demon Weapon charged with fierce thunder, she severed the legs of the fleeing alien demon, who fell clumsily to the ground. It opened its mouth, filled with sharp teeth, to beg for mercy, "Wait, I have important intelligence—"

But the last thing the alien demon saw before dying was the giant sword plunging toward its head.

The faint scent of blood in the air was gathered and transformed by the blood-hued Inner Strength, becoming part of it.

Having dealt with the hidden alien demon, Qi Xiangyun didn’t even glance at the corpse on the ground as she turned and left. Alien demons who were skilled in spells when they were human adapted faster to intelligence. It’s not that martial artists were incapable; they simply took longer.

So far, the proportion of those who knew spells was higher.

Qi Xiangyun had no interest in the information the alien demon wanted to share. She knew that no matter how far she strayed from Qi Family Town, she would always attract the attention of some alien demons. Some wandered the wilderness, while others were like this one, intelligent enough to instigate less smart alien demons to attack.

Even though it amounted to a suicide mission, there were always some alien demons willing to take their chances. They might not be aware of the rumor of the Daughter of Heaven’s Mandate, but they coveted the Supreme Demon Weapon greatly.

"Brother Chang Qing, I’ve taken care of it," Qi Xiangyun returned to the riverbank and cheerfully announced. Encountering alien demons in the wild was normal, but having disposed of a group, she anticipated no new appearances for a while.

"It’s been a while, and you’ve become so powerful," Zheng Yichen said with emotion. Just now, under the dynamic capture of the artificial intelligence Lilith, Qi Xiangyun had nearly reached the speed of sound while chasing the alien demon.

Her lightbody technique was marvelous.

"I specialize in Thunder-type spells, so I’m quite adept at speed," Qi Xiangyun said with a smile, raising her palm where restless lightning flickered, though it wasn’t fierce thunder, just regular lightning.

"In other areas, I’m not as good as Hong Zhao."

Hong Zhao was the strongest of the three of them, not just casually acknowledged so; her ability to consume and control wind made her as dangerous as a predator, both in speed and killing power.

Although her lightning gave her great speed, Qi Xiangyun often used this power for exploring Mechanical Techniques rather than for pure combat, unlike Hong Zhao’s more singular focus.

The fishing continued, and by this time, the mutated fish they caught weren’t much of a prize. Instead, normal fish were the rarity here, but all the fish caught next were mutated.

Until noon.

Qi Xiangyun watched as Zheng Yichen started a fire and patted a fish, causing all its scales to surge and detach from its body. She collected the unique scales, saving them for later as crafting materials.

The ordinary ones were simply discarded.

"Brother Chang Qing, let me do the cooking," Qi Xiangyun offered eagerly, having processed the fish.

"Then I’ll leave it to you." Zheng Yichen gave up his place to the girl and moved elsewhere, swinging the fishing rod in the air to create a dark hoop. He hung the bone of a fish on it and cast it out, reeling in the fishing rod the moment he felt a tug.

A moving skeleton was pulled out, and watching Zheng Yichen’s operation, Qi Xiangyun hummed a tune as she prepared the fish soup. She had started another fire nearby for grilling fish.

Although Zheng Yichen was catching some abnormal things through a dark hoop, in her eyes, it was a rare and delightful outing.

Moreover, it was an outing with just her and Zheng Yichen, despite some alien demons disturbing her. But once those creatures were ignored, everything was rather lovely.

Over on his side, Zheng Yichen quickly caught a dozen skeletons. He compared their conditions, discarding those with yellowed bones and keeping the ones of good quality, even managing to catch a skeleton as white and pure as jade.

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The skeleton’s arms were not like those of other skeletons; the fore-part of the arm had transformed into a sword. Its forearm looked rather normal, but the palm had undergone a mutation and grown a weapon similar to a sword, clearly of a higher level.

However, Zheng Yichen switched through several locations to open doors and still did not find a new high-level skeleton like this. After several rounds of screening, the remaining skeletons were all robust, with hardly any signs of damage.

"Brother Chang Qing, the meal is ready."

"I’ll be right there." Observing the pristine, jade-like skeleton in front of him, Zheng Yichen pressed his finger on its skull. Blood patterns emerged on the skull, which appeared for a short while before quickly vanishing.

This was far more advanced than those ordinary skeletons that absorbed blood.

Lilith, watching from the side, said once the blood pattern disappeared, "Boss, the energy fluctuations coming from this skeleton have been distorted, and they are now closer to your Inner Strength."

"Indeed." He had sensed this yesterday. The enhanced skeletons did not attack him but went after Qi Xiangyun instead. Now, after more detailed experimentation, he could be sure of it.

In today’s attempts, his blood had an additional integration of Blood Asura inner force.

He wasn’t afraid of failure. If it failed, the skeleton would just explode on the spot, and he wouldn’t lose anything.

The change that occurred in the skeleton that absorbed his blood was that the bone sword connected to its palm detached. While this change might seem to make the weapon more likely to fall off, for those who wield swords, it allowed for much more flexible use of the weapon.

"Stand still." Leaving these words behind, Zheng Yichen walked towards Qi Xiangyun, while the skeleton, holding the bone sword, stood in place without moving.

"Brother Chang Qing, have you controlled that skeleton?"

"Sort of, but I’m not clear on the principle behind it."

"Boss, this might be related to the properties of your blood," said artificial intelligence Lilith.

Qi Xiangyun’s eyes brightened, "Is it like Supreme Demon Blood? Hong Zhao told me that your blood, Brother Chang Qing, is similar to Supreme Demon Blood."

"Perhaps, but let’s not talk about this now, let’s eat first."

Zheng Yichen savored the fish soup made by Qi Xiangyun, "It tastes very good."

"Brother Chang Qing, stop flattering me." Qi Xiangyun laughed somewhat helplessly, "I know my own skill level."

In the past, as the young mistress in Qi Family Town, she rarely had the chance to deal with cooking. Later, as the Clan Leader of Qi Family Town, she started to try cooking when she could make her own decisions, but still didn’t have much time for it.

There were many issues to deal with, especially just after the revival of Qi Family Town when she hardly had time to sleep due to busyness.

"Actually, I’m somewhat of a taste-idiot," Zheng Yichen said with a smile. It wasn’t that he couldn’t taste the food, but most of it tasted the same to him as long as it was edible and the flavor was normal, except for things he really disliked or wouldn’t eat.

And as for delicacies made by great chefs, his evaluation after tasting them was, ’Wow, this is really delicious,’ and then... that was it. He could enjoy a mix of gourmet dishes with instant noodles just fine, as long as the flavors didn’t clash.

"Brother Chang Qing, you..." Qi Xiangyun hesitated, finding it hard to believe. In her mind, Zheng Yichen’s world was one where nothing was lacking and various delicacies were readily available. How could he be so undemanding?

"Don’t worry about it. I’m the kind that can eat anything as long as it’s not too bad or mixed in flavor. I just can’t discern the finer details of tastes," he explained.

Zheng Yichen took a big bite of grilled fish, "Like this, for example. If you sprinkle seasoning, I find the added flavor delicious, but even without seasoning, the fish on its own is still edible; it just lacks a little flavor."

"...Brother Chang Qing, you’re too easy to please," Qi Xiangyun commented after a while. She wasn’t the same type of ’taste-idiot’ as Zheng Yichen; for instance, some parts of the grilled fish were overcooked, but when Zheng Yichen ate them, it seemed no different from the properly cooked parts.

Back when the Demon Flower was still around, she had seen Zheng Yichen eating. At that time, she thought his choices were made due to harsh living conditions, but she didn’t realize it was because he wasn’t particularly sensitive to food.

"Living alone in the past, you get used to it," said Zheng Yichen, snapping his fingers. A motorcycle not too far away started up automatically and drove over. He took out some new seasonings from its storage compartment, "Try this."

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