You are not monster girls!

Chapter 168 Qingyi couldn't reach that level even with two basketballs (Please refresh, it has been modified)

That's enough for now.

"Okay, then be careful, sis."

In order not to affect her work, Yun Yifei bought a high-speed rail ticket for an earlier train. At this time, there were not many trains or people at the high-speed rail station.

Seeing that Lin Muran was about to turn around and hail another taxi, Yun Yifei called out to her, "Wait a minute."

"what happened?"

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Yun Yifei pursed her lips, walked up to Lin Muran, opened her arms slightly, but before she could close them halfway, she changed direction and patted the dust off the other's shoulder: "In the future, if you have any complicated business or contracts, you can send me a message to ask me. Don't sign them on a whim."

"As for operating other platforms, I'll help you sync the content from the main account once I've finished my work. Also, take good care of the three spirit beasts at home, and limit your contact with them to colleagues only."

She grumbled like an old woman, and when she saw that there was no more dust on Lin Muran's shoulders, she even smoothed down his clothes. But before she could finish speaking, she was hugged tightly.

Yun Yifei's cheeks flushed instantly. Afraid of being seen by passersby, she struggled repeatedly, "W-what are you doing?"

The boarding announcements on the high-speed train pierced through the thick glass, causing the passengers who had just disembarked to turn from walking to running, dragging their luggage and making hurried, rumbling noises that, along with their rapid heartbeats, created a melody that inexplicably brought them peace of mind.

"Sister, it's been a long time."

This was the first time Lin Muran had seriously greeted the other person since returning to this world.

"Long time no see." Her hand hesitated several times before finally reaching up to the other person's broad back:

"I've noticed you seem to have grown taller, sis?"

"Is this the line you should say when you're hugging your older sister?"

Yun Yifei reluctantly pulled away and flicked Lin Muran's forehead hard: "If it were any other woman, she would definitely call you a scoundrel."

"So there are some things I can only say to my older sister."

"No wonder you can raise so many monster girls at the same time."

Yun Yifei sighed, gave the other person a light hug, and then pulled her suitcase forward, only to stop a few steps at the entrance of the station hall:

"How about the figurine?"

"The color difference is small, and the workmanship is excellent. I can only say that my older sister has always had a very discerning eye."

"That's good."

After leaving those words, Yun Yifei stole a few more glances at Lin Muran before turning her head and entering the security checkpoint without looking back. Even from a distance, her bright red ears could be seen at a glance.

"And one more thing."

"what?"

"Change my nickname."

After watching Yun Yifei leave, Lin Muran felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

He had thought that Yun Yifei's meeting with the spirit beasts would be an epic battle, but the result was unexpected—one was instantly killed, one surrendered, and one defected to the enemy.

Although it's embarrassing, at least I don't have to worry about the family atmosphere anymore.

On her way home, Lin Muran bought eight boxes of xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) and a large bag of spicy strips to cheer up Benlong, who had been working non-stop.

When I get to my doorstep, it's almost time for work, and I run into many neighbors coming downstairs.

For some reason, almost everyone looked at Lin Muran with the fearful gaze of someone looking at an idiot. When he tried to ask them questions, they all waved him away and left quickly.
This left him a little confused.

Never mind, as long as no one complains.

Lin Muran shrugged, inserted the key into the lock and turned it to open the door, only to be met with a scene that left him speechless.

“Xia, give me three chocolates and make me hold your master tighter.”

“Received,” Emperor Roar replied.

"You traitor, I'll give you 20 yuan, you better stop right now!"

“Rejected. Master cannot afford it,” Di Hou said disdainfully.

As Xia Li spoke, she stepped directly onto Qing Yi's back, pulled her arms back, and pressed her down onto the sofa in a rather philosophical pose.

"Please, Lord Siming, help me out. It's just a piece of clothing, nothing serious." Bai Mengqing squatted down next to Qingyi, holding her own Qinglin cheongsam in her hand.

"Who stuffs two basketballs into their chest while wearing clothes? Is this something a human would do?" Qingyi wailed as she did a somersault, the band-aids inside clearly visible.

“They’re definitely not human,” Bai Mengqing said innocently. “We’re not human either.”

“Master, just give in to the ingredients.” Emperor Roar said with a cacophony of laughter.

"Don't come over here!!"

"Is this all for research purposes?"

As Bai Mengqing was speaking, she caught a glimpse of Lin Muran at the door. Her green gloves came loose and her clothes fell to the ground.

boom.

The door closed.

"Lin Muran, don't go!"

"So you guys are replicating the glory of the parody section and playing a locker room battle?"

Lin Muran sat on the sofa in the middle, holding one of Bai Mengqing's horns in her hand. Bai Mengqing and Xia Li sat on the single sofa on the other side like children who had made a mistake.

Qingyi sat timidly next to Lin Muran, using him as a human wall.

"We're just gathering materials," Bai Mengqing said, rubbing the chipped part of her head with a wronged expression.

“That’s right,” Emperor Roar echoed.

"Source?"

Lin Muran turned her gaze with some curiosity to Qingyi, who had just straightened her clothes and was still shaken: "Let the victim explain."

"Ha, Little Green Dragon and his traitorous disciple have no martial ethics and are bullying an old comrade like me who is almost a thousand years old."

Qingyi seemed to have found a backer and spoke with much more confidence: "Although you are not normal, you are still a person. Tell me, who uses a basketball as a chest pad?"

Basketball chest pads?

Lin Muran's mind immediately went to the realm of her mother's birth.

This is definitely not something a human would do.

"Lord Siming, I have no choice. Manbo only has form but no spirit or essence. I have looked around and you are the only one who best fits this ethereal immortal temperament."

"Of course, even immortals don't need to stuff basketballs in, okay? You two little devils." Qingyi was clearly still angry.

If he hadn't just joined Lin Muran and his spiritual power hadn't recovered, these two spirit beasts alone wouldn't have been enough to exert the same kind of pressure on him as Brother Jie did on Awei.

It seems that I really need to put my plan to regain my strength on the agenda.

She needs to talk to Lin Muran alone, lest she be overshadowed by the two of them again if she reveals herself.

Bai Mengqing blinked her vertical pupils and explained, "We don't need a cushion because, Lord Siming, even if you use it all the way, you won't achieve the same effect."

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Qingyi's face, which had been flushed with anger, suddenly became as calm as a lake, and she even smiled: "I'm really sorry~"

People laugh when they are speechless or extremely angry.

It seems that birds are no exception.

"Ahem, silly dragon, why don't you just use yourself as a reference?" Lin Muran coughed twice and went straight to the heart of the matter.

It's a bit funny that a dragon with a perfect figure and a huge penis would choose a bird with a sporty style as its model.

"Similarly," Emperor Roar asked curiously.

"I?"

Bai Mengqing lowered her head, picked up the large cup, felt something was off, and quickly put it down again. She stroked her chin and thought for a while, but finally shook her head: "I don't have the temperament of a cold fairy."

It's gone.
The first time I met Bai Mengqing at the anime convention, her aloof and unapproachable demeanor was absolutely perfect. Of course, this would only be true if the scene where she carries a giant sword and smashes herself into a pit were cut.

"How do you know you don't have it?" Lin Muran asked, embarrassed.

Bai Mengqing tilted her head slightly: "Because you often call me a stupid dragon."

"Being clumsy and being aloof are not mutually exclusive."

To prevent Bai Mengqing from unintentionally provoking Qingyi with the truth, Lin Muran could only pull her to the door of Bai Mengqing's room to continue to find out the situation.

He put the horn back on Bai Mengqing and asked, "Even if Eel Wave can't simulate God and Will, just having a form should be enough, right?"

"Then the drawn characters will lack soul, and it will feel very awkward," Bai Mengqing said, her tail twitching on the ground in dissatisfaction.

She found some reference images and watched some so-called ancient costume dramas, but felt that they all lacked soul.

It has no soul, and is also known as lacking flavor.

Lin Muran knew, of course, that Bai Mengqing had extremely high standards for paintings, whether they were for commercial or entertainment purposes, and that capturing both the form and spirit was the most basic requirement.

If one wants to recreate the charm of ancient style, besides herself, only Qingyi, who seems a bit unconventional, truly fits the bill.

However, her figure is only average among light cruisers in this mobile game, and the one we're going to draw this time is a light cruiser but a giant thunderbolt.

"Even if you stuff two yoga balls in, Qingyi still won't achieve the effect you want."

Bai Mengqing glanced at Qingyi again and nodded: "Then what should we do?"

She couldn't completely simulate the eel wave, and there were no ready-made models. In addition, it was her first time working with a ship girl, so she didn't know where to start.

The most important thing is the mechanisms on the ship girls. Bai Mengqing was overwhelmed just by looking at them, let alone designing them.

"Why don't you play it first and experience it in depth? That should give you some design ideas."

Lin Muran was originally a seasoned second-time gamer.

Before losing my job, I would buy a new product every two months. After Yun Yifei left, I was short of money, so the product just sat there collecting dust.

After discovering Xia Li's progress in this game yesterday, he immediately gave her his account, which was almost a year behind the current version, to grind for him.

I never imagined that spirit beasts could help me grind games for free!

New usage: getdaze!

"Let's play for a bit."

Bai Mengqing opened the game and inspected the dock. The dazzling array of women inside greatly impressed her, and she couldn't help but wag her tail.

However, the frames of the first few ship girls are all shiny and seem quite special.

"Why are they different from the other ships?"

"That's what happens after you get married."

Lin Muran knew that Bai Mengqing liked shiny things, so he showed her a prop ring and then gave her a ship with a skin on the spot.

Bai Mengqing remained focused throughout, her eyes darting around, and she didn't utter a word, seemingly lost in thought.

"If you find ship equipment difficult, I can be your assistant."

Some professional illustrators outsource the drawing of these mechanical structures. Since this is Bai Mengqing's first time working on character design, it would be better to let her focus on what she is good at.

Bai Mengqing suddenly turned her head, her evening-colored eyes shining: "Really?"

"Just charge a fee." Lin Muran shrugged.

"It's okay, I'll take it or leave it. I don't want to draw these weird machine guns." Her green dragon tail swayed unusually happily.

"Then you can play for a while. The operation is not difficult. Just click on the icon when it lights up. I'm going to go collect machine information now."

"Uh-huh."

Bai Mengqing nodded vigorously, and Green Claw started rubbing on the glass. Before long, she became engrossed in it and even leaned against the bedside to make it more comfortable.

"There's food outside if you're hungry."

"understood."

Seeing that this silly dragon could even play this game, Lin Muran felt relieved and left the room. He greeted the master and apprentice who were showing off their xiaolongbao and spicy strips in the living room, then went into the studio to turn on the computer to look up information and watch some videos.

While the technical skill required to draw ship equipment is not as high as that required to design character illustrations, it is still a very troublesome thing for top-tier artists.

Most artists need to find a lot of reference images or create a simple model to draw from, which consumes a lot of time and energy.

However, the monster expert's extraordinary memory was not just for show; Lin Muran could basically model the prototype ship in his mind after only looking at the pictures once.

The remaining task is to design ship equipment that reflects the characteristics of the ship.

Lin Muran sketched five design proposals on the computer, selected three of them, and will continue to follow up after Bai Mengqing's character illustration is completed.

Because the ship equipment design is just a prototype, the perspective will need to be adjusted based on the character illustration, such as whether the character is sticking out their buttocks, puffing out their chest, or falling over.

Just as Lin Muran was about to start watching movie review videos, Qingyi poked her head out from the doorway: "Working?"

"It just ended, what happened?"

"Borrowing points"

"No loan."

"Thanks?" Qingyi took a while to react: "How come you didn't even refuse when you were being pulled?"

"Because the one who owes money is the boss, I don't want to create another boss out of thin air."

Lin Muran glanced at Qingyi: "And you still haven't returned the 20 yuan you lent me last time."

Are you a miser?

"No, it's just that I happen to have a habit of keeping accounts."

"Ranran~" Qingyi clung to the chair, rocking back and forth with such force that it seemed she was trying to shake Lin Muran's head.

"Alright, alright, you're the God of Fate, how can you call someone so mushy?"

Lin Muran pressed down on the chair to stop Qingyi from rocking: "What do you need the money for?"

"That's right. We also want to buy a new phone."

Qingyi scratched her head sheepishly: "Using Xiao Qinglong's phone all the time is a bit of a hassle for everyone. It's okay if you don't lend it to me. I still have savings. You can just buy me a 300 yuan phone."

"Fine, I'll give you some more money and buy you a better one. If something happens to your old phone, it'll be hard to contact you."

Qingyi has to go to and from get off work every day, and she needs a mobile phone more urgently than other spirit beasts.

"I knew you were the best, Ranran~ I'll pay you back as soon as the Red Milk Dragon gives out money."

"Master Qing, can we talk normally?"

Lin Muran got goosebumps: "I have some spare phone numbers under my name, they're just sitting there anyway, you can take them and use them."

"Lin Muran, how about we become sworn brothers?" Qingyi's ears fluttered wildly.

You'll have to pay your own phone bill.

"These are all minor matters."

Qingyi patted Lin Muran's shoulder with a grin, took the last feather from her hair ornament, and stuffed it into Lin Muran's hand: "This is for you, as a thank you gift."

"What's this?"

"Putting the feathers of the blue phoenix under your pillow can help you sleep soundly, or at least improve your sleeping posture."

".All right."

Lin Muran felt that this feather seemed slightly different from the feathers on Qingyi's ear feathers, so she could only suppress her urge to complain and accept the feather.

boom!
"Lin Muran, I've got it!"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Bai Mengqing rushed to Lin Muran's side, shoving her phone into his hand. "What's that online shopping app called? I want to buy sexy lingerie!!"

Lin Muran and Qingyi were both taken aback: "Huh?"

(End of this chapter)