The next moment.
The spiritual energy in the house was completely depleted!
Because the pheasant absorbed spiritual energy too quickly, so fast that the spiritual energy outside couldn't replenish it in time!
The spiritual energy vacuum created by the rapid absorption almost tore open several spatial rifts!
Fortunately, this was only temporary, and it disappeared once the spiritual energy from the outside replenished.
However, the situation didn't improve.
Because the pheasant's speed of devouring spiritual energy was too fast, the spiritual energy from the outside couldn't keep up!
A terrifying true qi vortex raged, tearing through the room and sending things flying everywhere.
As a novice cultivator, Xiang Jun was frightened by this scene.
It quickly ran out to call Ye Fan, even forgetting to fly...
A moment later, Ye Fan, still groggy from sleep, and the little demoness returned with Xiang Jun.
Upon seeing this, Ye Fan's sleepiness vanished instantly.
"Brother, what's wrong with the pheasant?" Xiang Jun asked anxiously.
"It's probably lacking the energy for transformation," Ye Fan analyzed briefly and provided an answer.
"I'll help it!" The little demoness immediately walked over and placed her right hand on the pheasant.
The next moment, a torrent of black demonic energy surged out!
Logically, the demonic energy refined by the little demoness was far more pure than the spiritual energy in the air.
However, the pheasant's body seemed to have no interest in this demonic energy at all, not absorbing a single bit.
"How can this be..." The little demoness withdrew her hand, looking at Ye Fan in confusion.
"You're not from the same system," Ye Fan replied speechlessly, then looked at Xiang Jun: "You go."
"Oh right, I forgot about this..." The little demoness muttered dizzily.
She had been too worried and had forgotten about this crucial detail...
In just this short delay, the pheasant's absorption had become even more intense than before!
"Chirp—!"
With a shrill eagle cry from outside the window, the entire house suddenly shook!
Then, a violent sensation of weightlessness washed over them!
"I'll go check!"
As the voice spoke, the little demoness had already flown out of the house.
The next moment, peace was finally restored inside the room.
"The giant eagle and those people seem to have been sucked to death," the little demoness's voice came from outside the window. "I'll control the house to descend now, and leave the rest to you."
Xiang Jun didn't dare to delay and quickly placed a banana peel on the pheasant.
As golden-green demonic energy surged out, the pheasant's body reacted like a starving person seeing food!
There was no need for Xiang Jun to guide it deliberately; the pheasant began to devour it madly on its own!
Before long, the little demoness walked in from the door: "I've set up a barrier around this forest, so no one will find us for now."
Ye Fan nodded and continued to watch the pheasant-banana combination.
As time passed, Xiang Jun's demonic energy grew thinner and thinner.
The core of the entire banana turned pale and trembled slightly...
The little demoness quickly took the pill meant for the pheasant and fed a pill to Xiang Jun.
As the medicinal properties dissolved, the core of the banana gradually returned to its normal color.
Normally, it would take a day or two for the full effects of this pill to be absorbed.
But now, in just a short while, it had been completely drained by the pheasant!
At this point, the little demoness no longer cared about the specific effects of these pills, feeding them to Xiang Jun one after another.
The pills were the power source, the pheasant was the phone, and Xiang Jun was currently acting as the transformer charger...
As the saying goes, even medicine has three parts poison.
Even if the system's pills had negligible toxicity, they couldn't withstand such usage...
Xiang Jun was getting weaker the more he was replenished, and weaker the more he was replenished, his body seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Feeling as if his body had been hollowed out...
"Big Banana, why don't you rest for a bit...?" The little demoness asked softly, fearing it would collapse.
"It's okay, Boss, I can still hold on..." Xiang Jun replied weakly, "Continue..."
"Ye Fan, this..." The little demoness had no choice but to look to Ye Fan for help.
"It's fine, continue," Ye Fan nodded.
Although he didn't know Xiang Jun's exact condition.
If his guess was correct, this kind of exertion was truly nothing for it.
It might even be beneficial for its body.
By the time the last pill was consumed, it was already the evening of the next day.
During this period, Xiang Jun had almost fainted several times, but it had stubbornly persevered.
The pheasant's frenzied devouring of spiritual energy finally ended, and it returned to its previous quiet state.
"Now we just have to wait for it to wake up naturally," Ye Fan yawned and pulled the little demoness towards the door. "Let them rest."
After the two of them left, Xiang Jun slumped onto the bed, utterly exhausted.
It was too tired.
It didn't want to move at all now...
"Gurgle—"
A pill rolled out from under the pillow.
Xiang Jun glanced at it; it was the transformation pill that had been left for it earlier.
Xiang Jun pondered for a moment.
Since Big Brother Ye Fan said the pheasant was fine, there shouldn't be any more problems.
Since it had already said it was going to sleep, it might as well take the pill before sleeping.
Otherwise, it would delay everyone's time later.
Extending a banana peel, it pushed the transformation pill into its body and then fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning.
Ye Fan, having slept soundly, opened his eyes with satisfaction.
"You're awake," the little demoness beside him released her arm from around Ye Fan. "How did you sleep?"
"Very well," Ye Fan put on his jacket and got out of bed. "How are the pheasant and the others?"
"I checked just now, they're all still asleep," the little demoness got up obediently and tidied the bed.
"What do you want for breakfast?" Ye Fan stretched and took out water from his ring to wash up.
"Steamed dumplings, perhaps."
"Alright."
...
Perhaps even Ye Fan himself didn't realize that he had gradually become accustomed to this way of living with the little demoness.
After breakfast, Ye Fan ambled out of the room and began to survey the surroundings.
The place the little demoness had chosen was a mountain hollow, seemingly unused by people.
There were a few fresh grave mounds on the ground, presumably belonging to the people who had flown earlier.
The giant eagle was also gone.
Its destination was, of course, self-evident...
Seeing a small river nearby, Ye Fan ambled over.
The scenery in this mountain hollow was indeed quite pleasant.
The sun was warm, and birds sang amongst fragrant flowers.
Ye Fan held his fishing rod and leaned back on a lounge chair, leisurely and content.
A comfortable warm breeze blew, and Ye Fan closed his eyes in bliss.
So comfortable!
Ye Fan closing his eyes didn't mean he was going to sleep again; it was to sort out his thoughts.
He always felt that the recent events were a bit strange.
Even if he wanted to be a lazy salted fish who no longer cultivated, he still had his curiosity.
For example...
Why could the pheasant and Xiang Jun speak before they had transformed?
Was it a coincidence that he met them, or was the damned system interfering behind the scenes?
If it was the system's doing, why didn't it just forcibly contract them like before?
After all, these two seemed much more impressive than Erha and the little fox.
Speaking of which, this mountain breeze was really pleasant...
Bah!
I'm seriously analyzing the problem now, how can I be thinking about how pleasant the mountain breeze is!
Back to business!