Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 726

Chapter 726: 726

Qianye and Nighteye glanced at one another . In the end, Qianye said with a cough, “Put down that… thing, first . Be careful . ”

The ocean was the source of true danger . At first, Qianye and Nighteye weren’t worried about Zhuji because the girl’s body was extremely sturdy and almost as strong as Qianye’s own . Ordinary sea beasts weren’t her match at all—they could hardly even bite through her skin . Additionally, the arachne were different from the werewolves who were inherently bad in the water . There was even a subspecies called water spiders . There was no telling how much of this water spider bloodline Little Zhuji had, but at least the recent days had proven that she was a natural fighter under the water .

Hence, Qianye and Nighteye became more supportive over her going underwater, only warning her not to enter the deep-sea regions . After seeing this lobster, however, their expressions changed somewhat . Zhuji was quite obedient . She tossed the lobster onto the ground and stepped on it before the creature could turn around and retaliate . The stomp caused the creature to howl in agony and its shell to let out creaking noises .

The two adults exchanged a glance . Nighteye drew her vampiric blade, crouched down in front of the creature, and tapped its head with the blade . “Where exactly are you from? Can you speak our language?”

Little Zhuji became dazed . “It can speak?” Qianye and Nighteye had told her that she couldn’t eat anything that could ‘speak’ . This development put her in an extremely bad mood .

Clearly quite terrified of the vampiric blade in Nighteye’s hands, the lobster began making hissing noises . Even if the lobster was an intelligent creature, its natural anatomical structure made it difficult for it to learn human speech .

Nighteye used the blade to flick off a translucent scale from its body . This carapace clearly had a locking mechanism near its edges that would fasten it tightly to the lobster’s body .

Qianye was also quite interested in the object . He took the scale and observed it for a while before crushing it in his hands . The scale bent out of shape amidst creaking noises, but it actually didn’t break apart . One could see from this just how sturdy it was .

“This isn’t a natural shell but a type of armor . ” Qianye studied the lobster and removed dozens more of such scales . After everything was pieced together, a neat, translucent lobster shell was formed .

The lobster became much less imposing after having its shell removed . It lay prone on the ground, blowing some bubbles in silence .

Nighteye knocked the shell on its head and said, “If you’re not willing to speak, we can make a good soup out of you . ”

The lobster looked like it didn’t know what soup meant and merely remained limp on the ground .

In Qianye’s eyes, there was a clear flow of origin power in the creature, and the pathways were quite different from that of ordinary fierce beasts . Although its disguise was quite realistic, the origin fluctuations within grew stronger under Nighteye’s threat . It could hide its identity from other people, but no small changes could escape Qianye’s notice .

Apparently, this lobster was not just intelligent but highly so .

After several fruitless attempts, Nighteye also became somewhat impatient . She tapped on the lobster’s skull and said coldly, “Since you’re not willing to speak, I’ll just take it as you can’t speak . ”

It was at this time that the lobster suddenly erupted with extreme power . It tossed Zhuji away, bounced up from the ground, and shot straight toward Nighteye like a cannonball! The horn on its forehead flickered with a deep blue brilliance—the glow of origin power!

As fast as the lobster was, he was still slower than Qianye and Nighteye . The latter pulled back to evade that rock-crushing attack, while Qianye caught the creature from the back, freezing it mid-air .

The lobster’s body flickered with origin power as it bent its body in a bid to struggle free . Despite being very powerful, it couldn’t escape Qianye’s palms after being caught . The exoskeleton started to creak and groan, almost as if it would start to crack the very next moment .

Finding no way to escape, it shot out several of its whiskers with a loud cry, aiming for Nighteye’s abdomen! These whiskers were incomparably sharp and the force behind them was no weaker than a bullet .

The attack came abruptly, but it still couldn’t do anything to Nighteye . Her vampiric blade drew out several beams of light as she deflected all of the incoming projectiles .

This attack, however, infuriated Qianye, who quickly increased the force from his hand and crushed the shell with a loud crack . Soon afterward, a dark golden blood energy advanced along the creatures spine and assaulted its brain . The lobster unleashed a miserable scream, its limbs swinging about randomly as its origin power disappeared .

Qianye threw the creature to the ground with a snort . “Courting death . ”

The lobster’s mouthpiece moved about and suddenly produced a harsh, peculiar speech, “You people dare invade the sea, you will die . All of you will die!!!”

Doubtlessly, this was human language, and in addition, it was the official imperial language . This also happened to be the common speech used throughout the neutral lands .

Qianye wasn’t afraid of the lobster’s threat . He had even betrayed the empire, so what could this little fellow from a corner of the neutral lands even do? Fearlessness was one thing, but this mysterious creature’s origins was something he needed to confirm .

“Throw this thing into the ice-room . I’ll go to town tomorrow and see if anyone knows its origins,” Qianye said .

Affirming the instructions, Nighteye picked up the lobster and left . Little Zhuji still wasn’t sure what had just happened . She followed Nighteye with a sour expression, mumbling, “No more extra dish . ”

The little fellow wouldn’t even take a bite out of anything Qianye and Nighteye had absorbed with their vampiric blades, or things that had been attacked by blood energy . As she saw it, Qianye killing this lobster with his blood energy was akin to destroying a good dinner . However, the lobster had already proven its intelligence, so Qianye wasn’t going to let her eat it either way .

Moments later, the four sat down for dinner . The old man, who had been silent this whole time, said with a worried expression, “Maybe I should set up some ballistae and reinforce our defenses? Perhaps we should also move further away from the sea . ”

Qianye laughed . “It’s the Black Grove behind us . Staying too close to it isn’t a great idea, either . We’re currently a fair ways from the ocean . Don’t worry, those aquatic creatures will have their combat strength halved on land . ”

The old man’s countenance improved a bit, but he still wasn’t quite assured . “Zhuji shouldn’t go to the sea anymore . ”

“I’m okay,” the little fellow replied while eating intently .

Qianye said after a moment of silence, “Elder Cui is right . Zhuji, you can’t play in the ocean in the future, understand?”

Begrudgingly, Zhuji promised to stay away .

After dinner, the old man returned to his room to rest . Habitually sleepy after eating her fill, little Zhuji climbed onto the sofa with difficulty and fell asleep .

After cleaning up the dinner table, Nighteye didn’t retire as she normally would . Instead, she dragged Qianye over and sat down together . “You haven’t cultivated for some time . ”

Qianye said with a smile, “I need to maintain a balance between my daybreak and darkness origin powers . The problem is, my blood energy is developing too fast, so I need to cultivate daybreak energy . I’ll start training after you recover . ”

“I’m mostly healed now . ”

“Without the ancient blood pond, you’ll still need some time to fully recuperate . This is your weakest period . My cultivation can wait . ”

Nighteye sighed lightly . “My strength is probably at the level of a third-rank viscount right now . I-I don’t want to delay you . ”

Qianye replied, “There are a lot of things I can do without cultivating . Nighttime activities can also increase one’s strength . ”

Nighteye sighed once more . “You’re just like that, always making me feel like a burden . ”

Qianye laughed loudly and pulled Nighteye into his arms . “Who dares say our Monroe Princess is a burden? Be a good girl and recover first . After you’re healed, I’ll need you to protect me while I’m cultivating . ”

Only after Nighteye fell into deep sleep did Qianye tiptoe out of the room .

There were several conditions for a vampire's recovery—sufficient blood energy or essence blood, and sleep . Nighteye had absorbed enough essence blood from those fierce beasts during their last battle . All that was left was to slowly regenerate in sleep . Vampires possessed fairly powerful regenerative potential, but Li Fengshui had used a large number of medicines that inhibited her blood energy and blood core . Even until now, these effects hadn’t worn off entirely .

Qianye walked out of the room, picked up a piece of wood, and began carving it in the courtyard . The heavy East Peak was as light as a feather in his hands . Every stroke of the blade landed at the right time and place, soon forming the outline of a wooden vase .

Next up, Qianye calmed his mind and began carving flower patterns on the vase using East Peak as a carving knife . The wood from the Black Grove was both hard and sturdy, but the sword cut through it like tofu . A slight increase in strength would very well cause the vase to crack into two .

The night was quiet and time passed by in silence . Qianye had lost track of how many strokes he had made, but the vase had become extremely exquisite and detailed . The carvings on the vase depicted the scene where Nighteye first arrived at the Red Spider Lily . [1] This work of art was about to be completed, yet Qianye hadn’t made a single mistake throughout the entire process .

Perhaps because its wood was being carved, the Black Grove emitted a continuous howl, accompanied by the occasional eerie roar . However, none of these could affect Qianye . Every night, the Dark Grove would roar, but Qianye only paid attention to his own business . One after the other, household utensils and decorative items, among other things, were produced by East Peak .

Regardless of whether the forest was seeking to express a threat or protest, neither beast tide nor native warriors appeared again . It would seem that they were intimidated by Qianye’s last massacre .

The night, however, wasn’t entirely lonesome . There was a pair of eyes staring at Qianye from the sea, and it was the same every night .

There were no proper words to describe those eyes . Despite being separated by a large expanse of seawater, it could see Qianye’s every little move and refused to ignore even the slightest of details related to him .