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Chapter 313 Lack of intelligence doesn't mean an empty mind
Looking at the white mouse in Aunt Bai's hand, Feng Xue felt like he had a grudge he couldn't express, until he welcomed the two into the house, removed the seals around Su'e and Kaguya, and let Aunt Bai handle it herself. Only then did he finally speak up:

"Aunt Bai, I have a question I'd like to ask you."

"There's no need for presumption. Just ask directly. But whether you tell me or not is up to me." Aunt Bai carefully brought the little white mouse close to the jade statue of Sue Kaguya, afraid that she might accidentally touch it first. Judging from the little white mouse's lifeless look, it was obviously being held very tightly.

That makes sense, though. The Emperor's Dew is a special kind of willpower that is quite prone to corruption, so it can't be controlled by spells like immobilization. It can only be forcibly restrained by force.

However, seeing this situation, Feng Xue could roughly understand why, even though the Emperor's Dew only comes once every sixty years, there are still very few demons. Even if normal animals are forced to refine it, it would be difficult for them to do so properly!

At this critical juncture, Feng Xue dared not speak until the little mouse finally touched the Emperor's Dew and its body began to glow faintly. Only then did Feng Xue finally speak:

"So, you mean, do the offspring of a transformed demon be animals or humans?"

"?" Aunt Bai's face showed a strange expression, and Feng Xue was also embarrassed by her gaze, so she quickly explained:
"Well, I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that my husband is also a snake demon, so I'm curious, very curious. What if an egg is laid and the year of birth isn't right... Anyway, um, you know what I mean?"

Seeing Feng Xue's expression, Aunt Bai laughed. While holding down the white mouse's tail to prevent it from running around, she said:
"You don't need to worry too much about this. In fact, normally, the offspring of humans and transformed monsters are still human, at most they have some monster characteristics, such as some scales on certain parts of their body or the wrong color of their hair. These can be resolved with some cultivation."

"Even if two demons of the same kind combine to reproduce in human form, the offspring will be demons born in human form. Only when demons of the same kind combine in their original forms will they produce offspring in their original forms."

"However, this girl is unlucky. She was born in the year of Yi Si, which clashes with Tai Sui and has brought her back to her original state. But she is very talented. You just happen to have such an opportunity. It can be said that there is always a way out."

At this point, Aunt Bai added:
"Even if you can't collect the Emperor's Essence again, your method of storing it is quite impressive. But don't sell it to monsters. I just happened to run into one. Normally, transformed monsters don't have much demand for this, and those that haven't transformed can't even speak, so they probably can't offer anything good."

"If it really exists, go to the north and find those shamans. If they don't have enough incense offerings after they die, they can't become ghost immortals and can only enter the animal realm to become demon immortals. Even if they count the days to be reincarnated, they can easily miss the Emperor's Dew. If you find them, even if you don't want to buy it, the ancestors waiting in line to be reincarnated underground will make you pay."

"..." Feng Xue was a little unsure how to respond to Aunt Bai's words, but Liu Yunxi, who "occasionally" passed by, came over and said:
"Don't shapeshifting monsters have any non-shapeshifting relatives? Don't they have any offspring?"

"What are you talking about? Do you even remember where your brothers and sisters who hatched from the same nest as you are?" Aunt Bai rolled her eyes, but Liu Yunxi said:
"Aren't there any cases where a creature gains sentience but gives birth before even taking human form? Or where a creature gains sentience immediately after giving birth?"

"Yes, they do, but it's hard to say what their mentality is. As a result, most demons who are enlightened are focused on cultivation and won't reproduce casually. Even if they do, most of their offspring won't live to see the next sixty years."

"In our lineage, three of my brothers and sisters have refined the Emperor's Essence, barely making it onto the path of cultivation. And from that point on, my nephews and nieces have already exceeded a hundred, and my grandchildren are even more numerous, numbering in the tens of thousands. Right now, my youngest grandchild hasn't even taken human form yet. Do you know how many offspring he has in a year? How can he possibly manage them all! Even if someone has a conscience, they would just send their offspring to a shaman's house to be messengers, which is still better than letting them fend for themselves."

Aunt Bai shrugged and gave a somewhat cruel answer, but upon closer inspection, it didn't seem to make any mistake. Different creatures have different reproductive strategies. To put it extremely, do you expect a sunfish, which lays hundreds of millions of eggs at a time, to take meticulous care of each one?

Feng Xue stopped asking, but Liu Yunxi clearly still had something to ask. Just then, the little white mouse that had finally refined the Emperor's Essence suddenly stood upright, raised its little paws, and struck a pose that Feng Xue found extremely familiar… “What’s going on?” Feng Xue rolled his eyes, but even more bewildered was Aunt Bai, who understood the little mouse’s meaning—

"What exactly is in this imperial nectar?"

"What's wrong?" Feng Xue looked at the white mouse's movements and suddenly had a bad feeling. Aunt Bai, however, said blankly:
"This girl can suddenly recite poetry..."

"..." Feng Xue didn't need to ask to know what this meant, but Liu Yunxi obviously didn't, so she still asked anyway—

"What poem was she reciting? Was it her own work or some famous piece?"

Aunt Bai smacked her lips and said:

"Zhang the blacksmith's poem, 'Suddenly a madman sharpens his knife at night, the imperial star sways and Mars is high,' could it be that this imperial nectar wasn't collected from the moon, but from Mars? That could explain why it's possible on New Year's Eve..."

"I think it's simply a database problem..." Feng Xue muttered to herself, but ultimately didn't say it aloud, and could only continue to ask:

"Ask her what else she can do?"

Aunt Bai thought for a moment, then made a sound that was inaudible to a human ear. Upon hearing this, the little white mouse actually sat up straight, raised its head, and loosely clenched its little paws, displaying a rather refined demeanor. But Aunt Bai grinned and said:

"Give me back the Dragon Balls... Why don't you want the peaches?"

"What did she say this time?" Liu Yunxi's gossip-loving spirit was burning brightly. Aunt Bai sighed, but still asked:
"She said that if you want to marry her, you have to give her the pearl from the dragon's head as a betrothal gift... This child is unacceptable!"

"Pfft..." Liu Yunxi couldn't help but laugh. She realized that this was the same story that was used to fill in the legend of the Moon Goddess in the He Concession. Thinking about it this way, the so-called "imperial star adrift" was probably the rebellious consciousness of the resistance organization in the He Concession.
Feng Xue rolled her eyes at her, and said with some concern:
"Will there be any problems?"

"It's alright, it's alright. There will be some residual knowledge in the Emperor's Dew. It's mostly due to the influence of contact with the turbidity in the air during the fall. But it's not harmful. On the contrary, it's beneficial for enlightenment. When I first gained enlightenment, I couldn't even speak in complete sentences!"

At this point, Aunt Bai grabbed the little white mouse, who had changed position again, to stop her from embarrassing herself further, and then looked at the jade sculpture of a goddess with rabbit ears, saying:

"I'm taking her back to her parents, so I won't stay any longer. If you need anything, come to my house. My house is at Unit 3, No. 207, West Building, Jilongzhai!"

(End of this chapter)