Mu Shiyue flicked her hand, and several gray objects the size of peanuts floated in front of her.
Then a mist appeared and washed the "peanuts" clean.
Then came a brief roasting with flames.
Finally, the "peanuts" were completely cleaned, revealing their true appearance.
"Squeak squeak…"
The Treasure-Seeking Mouse popped out again, raising its head and chirping at the objects.
However, even it didn't know what they were.
But one thing was for certain, these were good items.
Mu Shiyue also didn't recognize them, these things looked like small pebbles and were actually quite pretty.
She was a little surprised that she didn't know what they were.
Still, she didn't think too much about it. The world was vast, and she wasn't omniscient.
Although the Treasure-Seeking Mouse's reaction suggested they were valuable, she wasn't sure how to use them.
After all, they had come from inside a centipede's stomach, and she had no idea what they were. She certainly wasn't planning to feed them to the other spirit beasts.
If something went wrong, that would be troublesome.
As for using them for alchemy or artifact refining—without even knowing what they were, what could she possibly make?
"Aw aw~"
Little Tiger Baby ran over and tugged at Mu Shiyue's pant leg with its paw.
"What is it?" Mu Shiyue looked down.
Little Tiger Baby raised its head and stared at the things in her hand, whining softly.
"You can't eat this." Mu Shiyue flicked its little head. "It's poisonous."
"Aw aw!" Poisonous?
Little Tiger Baby's expression immediately turned terrified.
"Roar~"
What's poisonous?
Hu Niu, who had just come out of the room to use the toilet, curiously came over.
"This has nothing to do with—hey! Spit that out!"
Hu Niu had been staring at the pebble-like things in Mu Shiyue's hand. Suddenly, she shot out her tongue, rolled them up, and swallowed them in one gulp.
Mu Shiyue was stunned!
"We don't even know what those are! And you just swallowed them? You really—"
Mu Shiyue was furious at Hu Niu. She immediately reached into Hu Niu's mouth, trying to dig them back out.
She truly had to admire Hu Niu.
Aside from eating, drinking, sleeping, and playing, there seemed to be nothing else in her brain!
Even now, Hu Niu hadn't finished her "postpartum confinement".
Mu Shiyue had no objection to her postpartum confinement.
After all, there wasn't much work here anyway.
Besides, whenever Hu Niu came out, she liked to steal the food of the cubs.
When it came to food distribution, Mu Shiyue was very fair.
She was generous with the Ke Family brothers, and even more so with the spirit beasts.
As the zookeeper of this place, she took her responsibilities seriously.
Every spirit beast got something good to eat.
But Hu Niu was the troublemaker among them.
She was large and ate quickly. After finishing her own portion, she always tried to snatch food from the others.
If it wasn't for the fact that she didn't like the disciples' food, she would've stolen that as well.
—In fact, she had tried the food the disciples ate before and only gave up because she thought it tasted bad.
Mu Shiyue often scolded Hu Niu, saying that if an ant passed by on the road, she would try to taste it.
Hu Niu was even worse than Da Yuanzi, the real bear!
Little Tiger Baby was just like its mother, lively and restless, always jumping around without a moment of calm.
But Mu Shiyue had never expected Hu Niu to even eat this!
"Spit it out! That's not food!"
Hu Niu clamped her mouth shut tightly and refused to open it.
Even when Mu Shiyue shook her head violently, she refused to loosen her jaw.
In the end, Mu Shiyue couldn't get the things out and grew tired.
She slapped Hu Niu heavily on the back and cursed through gritted teeth, "You greedy tiger! Stuff yourself to death!"
Since Hu Niu had already swallowed them, there's no way to retrieve them. Only then did she grin at Mu Shiyue.
"What are you smiling for?!" Mu Shiyue smacked her head angrily. "I dug those out of a centipede's stomach! They were something it ate but couldn't digest!"
Hu Niu's smile froze. From the centipede's stomach?
"Squeak squeak…"
The Treasure-Seeking Mouse poked its head out of Mu Shiyue's pocket again and chirped several times at Hu Niu.
It could testify that that was indeed the case.
Hu Niu's body stiffened. Wasn't that supposed to be something tasty?
"Tasty my ass! When did I ever say it was food? You just grabbed it without thinking!" Mu Shiyue couldn't even be bothered to complain anymore. She smacked Hu Niu's head again, "That's something someone else already ate! You eat everything, one day you'll eat yourself to death!"
"Awroo awroo…" Hu Niu also panicked and tried to gag it back up, but couldn't.
The objects were so small that once they had entered her enormous stomach, they weren't easy to vomit out.
Seeing that she was finally disgusted, Mu Shiyue also laughed.
She said gleefully, "Heh heh, t's useless to panic now. Just wait, maybe your stomach will digest them. If they come out the other end and you poop them out, I'll stuff them back in!"
Hearing Mu Shiyue's vicious threat, Hu Niu's fur bristled.
Seeing she finally knew to be afraid, Mu Shiyue crossed her arms and sneered sarcastically, "Let's see if you dare do this again!"
The Spirit-Devouring Tiger's big head drooped, looking very miserable.
"Awroo~" Little Tiger Baby saw its mother's appearance and immediately patted her with its paw to comfort her.
Mu Shiyue scooped Little Tiger Baby up, "Alright, stop worrying about your mother, she deserves it!"
She tapped Little Tiger Baby's little nose, "Remember, don't be like your mother and eat everything. You'll ruin your stomach."
"Awroo~" Little Tiger Baby grabbed Mu Shiyue's hand and chirped in agreement.
Its attention was quickly diverted, and it forgot about its mother.
"Roar… whine…"
Hu Niu wanted to be angry after being mocked, but under Mu Shiyue's gaze her loud roar shrank into pitiful whining.
"Heh heh." Mu Shiyue held Little Tiger Baby and looked down at her disdainfully, snorting in ridicule. "Serves you right."
She honestly had no idea how Hu Niu had reached fifth rank.
Wouldn't she have died several times in the forest already from eating random things like this?
Maybe that's why she insisted on staying here? At least it was safer.
Mu Shiyue felt like she had figured it out.
But she had no time to pity her. Without a lesson, she would do it again!
Mu Shiyue simply left with Little Tiger Baby and ignored Hu Niu.
However, that night a painful roar suddenly erupted, alarming everyone and every beast in the residence.
"ROAR!"
Mu Shiyue rushed into Hu Niu's room with a frown, she saw the tiger rolling around on the floor.
Fortunately, the room contained nothing except a bed, or the entire place would've been destroyed.
"Roar~" My stomach hurts! It hurts so much!
Mu Shiyue's face darkened, "I told you not to eat random things! You wouldn't listen! See? Now you're suffering!"
Although she was furious, she still rushed over and began rubbing Hu Niu's belly.
Finding the right pressure points, she massaged them carefully.
Hu Niu's stomach felt like a stormy sea, but under Mu Shiyue's massage she gradually felt better.
Pfft—pfft—
"Go outside if you need to—ah!"
A horrifying stench burst out, Mu Shiyue's face turned green.