Chapter 563 — The Fat Tiger's Supremacy

" Long Qilin wore the look of one who has lost all will to live, and said listlessly: "I've been poisoned. Who knows whether I'll ever taste a Crimson Fire Spirit Pill again.

Pity me — my mother left early, and the Patriarch is gone too. . .

" Shen Mu's heart softened.

He refined two more furnaces and handed them over, and only then did Long Qilin stop muttering. Shen Mu stole a glance and saw that this fellow had not eaten many pills at all; he had quietly opened a crack in Xiangzi and stuffed the extra pills inside for storage. "What has this Fat Dragon been through while I was away?

" Shen Mu wondered inwardly. Long Qilin settled down again, lying quietly on Xiangzi.

He took out a book, licked a brush, gripped it in his claws, and carefully wrote something. Shen Mu leaned in to look. Long Qilin hastily shielded it.

Shen Mu smiled with relief: "So Fat Dragon has learned to apply himself. Ling'er, you should learn from Fat Dragon too. " Snow Fox was hugging her own tail and licking her fur with her tongue.

Hearing this, she said earnestly: "These days I've been reading and writing with Grandpa Deaf the whole time, and Grandpa Deaf praises me, saying my learning has improved a great deal. " The Black Tiger God jumped onto Xiangzi and leaned in to see what Long Qilin was writing. Long Qilin did not dare be careless and let him sit between his forepaws. The Black Tiger God gazed at it and then chuckled: "This is useful too?

" "Of course it's useful!

" Long Qilin looked earnest: "I've now basically mastered the art of rearing. .

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mm, of managing people. In the future my cultivation method will surely shine brilliantly! " The Black Tiger God shook his head: "You use your little schemes too much, and not on the proper path.

Take these Crimson Fire Spirit Pills and Fire-Phase Divine Essence Pills — there's no need at all to eat them. Cultivate your own method and forge your own divine powers; that's more useful than anything! " "Has Brother Tiger ever eaten a spirit pill? " Long Qilin asked.

The Black Tiger God shook his head: "My lord says that cultivation you earn yourself is the only true cultivation.

He has never given me any spirit pill to eat. " Long Qilin took out a Fire-Phase Divine Essence Pill: "Try this one.

" The Black Tiger God swallowed it and said in surprise: "It tastes this good?

Far better than food! " Long Qilin sneered: "Crimson Fire Spirit Pills taste even better!

Try one of those too! " The Black Tiger God ate a Crimson Fire Spirit Pill, and body and mind alike were shaken; tears came to his eyes unbidden.

Long Qilin sneered: "Now you see the benefit, don't you?

It's just that you never learned my cultivation method, and your lord is too lazy — 'cultivation you earn yourself is the only true cultivation'? That just means you weren't diligent enough, that you were spurred on too little! You were subdued by him, not the other way around. Only when you learn my Classic of Rearing Humans will you eat well. " The Black Tiger God looked at Shen Mu and said with an ingratiating smile: "Junior Brother, these Crimson Fire Spirit Pills don't taste bad at all. Could you refine a few furnaces for me too?

" Shen Mu said in surprise: "Senior Brother, you're already a demon god. Do you really need to eat these?

" "The taste really isn't bad. They're refreshing to eat!

" Shen Mu frowned deeply and asked patiently: "What attribute is Senior Brother's demon vital essence?

" "Metal and water. " Shen Mu calculated for a moment, then wrote out a pill formula: "This formula of mine is the Metal-Water Primordial Pill.

It contains metal and water qi and can enhance metal-water vital essence.

It also uses the principle of mutual generation and restraint among ingredients to draw out the fragrance and look after the flavor. Senior Brother, refining pills for you isn't a lasting solution. You're a deity — better to refine them yourself. I'll teach you how. " The Black Tiger God was overjoyed and laughed: "Better to ask yourself than to ask others. If I learn to refine pills myself, I truly won't have to trouble you!

" Shen Mu taught him how to refine the Metal-Water Primordial Pill and gave him some ingredients. The Black Tiger God was incomparably clever and learned quickly, refining them quite respectably.

Before long, the Black Tiger God came looking for more ingredients, and Shen Mu gave him some more. By the next day, Shen Mu had a vague feeling that this demon god senior brother of his seemed to have gotten a little fatter — though he wasn't sure if it was his imagination.

Still, with this little black tiger lying beside Long Qilin, he didn't look fat at all.

It must just be his imagination.