"You... you guys are stewing Spirit Beasts in the pot?"
Sister Ju was speechless, while Xue Yulin next to her had an extremely terrified expression, raising her hand trembling to point at the unusually large falcon in the pot, shouting in horror:
"That falcon... is a Spirit Beast!"
The scene before her was simply too horrifying; Xue Yulin felt her brain was about to explode.
Stewing a Spirit Beast right in front of the Security Bureau, you guys want to go to jail, but don't drag us along!
Even just by looking, Xue Yulin felt she might get detained for seven years to reflect.
"Ah... no... we're not stewing the Spirit Beast, I'm just helping it take a bath."
Ah Qing heard this and immediately snapped out of it, looking towards Xue Yulin to explain, then glanced at Sister Ju with a curious look to ask:
"May I ask... have you ever drunk the Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid?"
In front of her, Sister Ju looked exactly like a humanoid ginger cat, completely different from ordinary woodcutters who spiritually transform after injecting potions; the spiritual transformation level was too high.
But Ah Qing had seen something similar before, that was Wang Qiqi after using the Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid, golden leopard patterns appeared on her skin, just like a humanoid leopard.
"No, no, no... Don't talk about those things, I'm just an ordinary ginger cat."
Sister Ju's face changed, waving her hand repeatedly, signaling Ah Qing not to talk about those jail-enticing topics.
She didn't know about the "Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid," but anything related to Spirit Particle Potions involved the Security Bureau, basically categorized under Xia Country's strategic materials or regulated items.
"Is it really... a ginger cat?"
Momo said incredulously, looking up and down at the beautiful nine-headed ginger cat Sister Ju, carefully observing her high-standing cat ears.
"I guarantee it, I have a pet registration certificate." Sister Ju lightly nodded, stepped forward, and looked towards the falcon, Jian Jian, who was unconscious in the pot to check its condition.
The iron pot contained warm water, and today the lowest temperature in Chang'an City was zero degrees, with the highest only seven degrees, so while Ah Qing and the others helped Jian Jian bathe, they used a cassette cooker.
The ice cubes floating in the pot are used to lower the temperature, preventing the pot water from getting too hot and scalding the falcon's feathers.
As the misunderstanding was cleared, Momo and the others explained the current situation to Miaomiao.
Miaomiao, holding a brush, was cleaning the falcon and listened to her friends explaining, utterly amazed.
"Whew..."
The falcon in the pot visibly relaxed, flapped its wings and flicked away the pepper floating in front of it, cleared its throat, looked at Miaomiao, and said: "Ah! You got good awareness, young comrade!"
"As soon as I heard you were in trouble, I hurried back to rescue you. Add more ginger, and scrub the feathers on the chest really hard to wash off the color..."
"What did the falcon say?"
Miaomiao glanced at the falcon and turned her gaze towards Ah Qing and Sister Ju to ask.
Meanwhile, Ah Qing, who was already surrounded and inspecting the humanoid Spirit Beast, turned around and said with a thoughtful expression: "It said it's dirty and wants you to scrub its chest harder..."
"You guys... have never seen 'human society-specialized' Spirit Beasts?" Sister Ju said helplessly, looking at the girls who were almost clinging to her and complaining.
Am I really that special? Why are they all gathering around to ask questions?
Especially that youngest girl, who's been staring at my chest, the envy written all over her face.
"'Social specialization-type Spirit Beasts,' when they reach a certain level of Spiritualization, they will present human-like forms, with the final form highly resembling humans, perfectly adapting to all facilities in human society." Sister Ju explained.
"Then... do you know what type of specialization the little fox, Master Fuli, belongs to?" Ah Qing asked Sister Ju, full of curiosity.
Regarding Spirit Beast types, as Master Fuli rapidly undergoes deep Spiritualization, the former classification system within the Security Bureau is somewhat abolished.
Master Fuli wouldn't say, and naturally, Wang Qiqi wouldn't continue spreading erroneous knowledge systematically.
It's the first time Ah Qing and them hear about detailed Spirit Beast type knowledge.
"Fu... Master Fuli?"
"He probably belongs to the Physique-specialized type, right? I heard Master Fuli's weapon is a giant warhammer weighing tons. Apart from Physique-specialized types, other Spirit Beasts probably aren't this fierce." Sister Ju casually explained her understanding of Master Fuli, saying, "However, Master Fuli's IQ is very high, being a textbook writer in the Security Bureau, also a Spirit Beast socialization education officer and a special security consultant? Occasionally acts as the chief engineer..."
"It's also the head of external security for the Security Bureau, the famous nuclear bomb Spirit Beast incident was initiated as a joint action by someone in a similar chief engineer role now." Sister Ju felt puzzled after speaking, looking at Ah Qing with shimmering eyes and asked:
"Doesn't your Security Bureau interact with Master Fuli daily? Why are you asking me these questions? If you want to know the public's opinion of Master Fuli, I can only say Master Fuli's reputation is superb, without a single bad review."
Foxes, like owls, are notoriously vindictive.
Furthermore, Master Fuli indeed gets things done, after conquering the Qinling Mountain Range, opened up the territory, some Spirit Beasts unable to fight for land forage in the mountains without fear of randomly being beaten by Overlord Level Spirit Beasts.
Overlord Spirit Beasts are quite violent.
If you dare to intrude on their territory, they dare to rub your head in the ditch where they've just pooped.
"Me? I'm not in the Security Bureau!" Ah Qing said, confused: "Uh... using Sister Qiqi and their Security Bureau terminology, I should count as Master Fuli's partner? The little fox never tells me what it's doing, spending nights out, I'm just curious."
"I didn't expect... the little fox is a Physique-specialized Spirit Beast. Looks so small, entirely unexpected!"
"???"
Sister Ju was shocked, slowly posing a big question mark at Ah Qing.
Master... Master Fuli is surprisingly not wild?
Never heard of this news!
"What are you guys talking about? Ah Qing, come quickly, I just borrowed a super big toy!"
While Sister Ju was stunned at Master Fuli surprisingly having a partner, a voice full of glee came from outside the cafeteria, Master Fuli called to Ah Qing inside.
"Oh, oh... coming!"
Ah Qing heard this and pulled Sister Ju's hand, inviting her to go outside the cafeteria to see the toy the little fox talked about.
"Whoa—"
Momo walked outside and immediately saw the Medicine Spring Mountain Lord in a white lab coat, walking on the road alongside a spider-like eight-armed robot.
The robot's eight legs left white dot pits as it walked the road, the robot's body somewhat resembling a tank divided into two layers, the bottom carrying two black cannon tubes and a gas canister similar to a propane tank,
The little fox perched on top of the robot, next to a heavy machine gun.
The spider-like robot in front far exceeded common knowledge, astonishing everyone.
This robot, it's practically a lightweight tank without tracks!
"Is this... a toy?" Ah Qing said, full of wonder.
"Yes! It's the army's treasure!" Ansheng said with a determined look:
"Old Li treasures it, last time I asked him to lend me one to ride out and he refused."