Li Dai finished eating the flatbread, then found a thick tree to climb up into, hugging the Little Milk Dog as she went to sleep.
Having tossed and turned all day, she was completely exhausted, and the moment her head touched the tree, she fell fast asleep.
Listening to the even breathing atop the Little Milk Dog's head, it crawled out from her embrace, its pitch-black eyes gazing at her sleeping face, and its heart gradually calmed down.
Although this human gave it a strange feeling, the scent on her body brought it a great deal of peace of mind.
She should probably be considered a good person ~
She carried no trace of a bloody aura, which meant she had never taken a life.
That was a rarity in the Cangyun Continent!
You had to remember this was a world of immortal cultivation; even a child might have killed someone and turned out to be no good sort!
Someone whose soul aura was as clean as hers was truly hard to come by.
This was also the reason it was willing to stay by her side.
The night was already deep, the moon hung high in the sky, and suddenly the sound of rustling came from deep within the forest.
The Little Milk Dog's ears twitched, and it snapped its eyes open, letting out a low, growling whine toward the place where the leaves were swaying.
This sound lacked the milky softness of daytime; instead, it was filled with sharpness!
At the same time, an invisible wave of pressure was released! Over there, all movement finally ceased.
Only then did the Little Milk Dog close its eyes again, absorbing the essence of the moon and spiritual energy to heal the internal injuries in its body.
The next day.
A sound sleep all night! Li Dai felt much more energetic.
She had already left the Li Family, and it was time to plan for the days ahead.
First of all, she was definitely going to embark on the path of immortal cultivation.
Deep in her heart, she held a tiny longing to someday be able to go home.
Yet immortal cultivation required a spirit root, and she had no idea whether she possessed one.
Originally, as a member of the Li Family of immortal cultivators, the original owner should have had her spirit root tested at the age of five.
Only, the original owner had been suppressed far too harshly back then; she and her mother had been confined to Fangfei Courtyard and forbidden to step outside. On the day of the test, no one bothered to notify them at all, and her father, Li Ce, probably never even remembered that someone like her existed.
Therefore, even after Li Dai transmigrated over, she remained completely clueless about the condition of this body.
Thinking of these things, Li Dai let out a sigh.
She lamented once more what a wretched child the original owner had been!
She remained completely oblivious to the fact that she had now become this very child.
"Whimper, whimper..." So hungry! Seeing Li Dai staring blankly up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle with a rather melancholic air, the Little Milk Dog simply couldn't bear to watch any longer and couldn't help letting out a couple of cries to snap her back to reality.
"What's wrong?" Li Dai was somewhat bewildered.
You couldn't blame her!
She simply couldn't understand her own Wangcai's language.
Uh...
Yesterday's ability to understand had been purely a matter of wild guessing and making connections! If the Little Milk Dog knew what she was thinking inside, it would surely roll its eyes in a massive way and ask: Are you really sure your guesses were right? Of course, the Little Milk Dog had no way of knowing her inner thoughts.
It was starving! To heal its internal injuries, it got hungry especially fast ~ yesterday it had only eaten a tiny bit of flatbread.
That little bit was practically the same as eating nothing at all.
At this moment, its stomach was truly protesting fiercely! "Whimper, whimper..." I want to eat, I want to eat!
Fortunately, this time Li Dai seemed to understand what it meant.
"Want meat?"
"Whimper, whimper..." Mmm-hmm, want... want...
Although meat wasn't its favorite, using it to fill its stomach should still be all right.
At least it would taste better than yesterday's soggy flatbread ~
Li Dai found herself in a dilemma.
Her life skills were maxed out, and she was especially skilled at cooking!
Yet she didn't know how to hunt ~
With her little arms and legs, if she went to chase after a rabbit, she probably couldn't even run as fast as one.
By then, there was no telling whether she would be catching the rabbit or the rabbit would be catching her.
"Sigh, shouldn't I learn to sit by a stump waiting for a hare? With any luck, some blind fool might just crash right into a tree!"
Li Dai thought this in her heart, but unintentionally spoke her inner thoughts aloud.
Although the Little Milk Dog was small, its intelligence was no joke, having lived for so many years after all.
Hearing her mutter something about rabbits and something about crashing into things?
Its eyes rolled! It emitted a sonic wave toward the depths of the forest using divine sense.
This sonic wave belonged to spiritual transmission, so Li Dai did not hear it.
Although conditions were harsh, Li Dai's clever brain wasn't just for show.
She chuckled evilly! She came up with the most practical method—setting traps!
She would likely be living in this forest for some time, so figuring out how to get game was the crucial part.
Traps wouldn't work on large animals, but catching a few wild chickens and hares should be no problem at all.
Besides!
Based on her observation, the outer edges of this forest shouldn't have any dangerous beasts and were relatively safe.
Once Li Dai had made up her mind, she was not one to dawdle, and she got straight to work! With great enthusiasm, she used the materials at hand right there in the forest to dig a pit.
She had just finished setting up two traps when a dull *thud* sounded from behind her.
Li Dai turned her head to look, and then she was dumbfounded! A rabbit had actually been foolish enough to charge over and crash into it to its own death—this was getting a bit too fantastical.
Yet the dying rabbit on the ground proved that what had just happened was not an illusion, not an illusion at all!