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“Pft...” A fish biting the hook interrupted Lady Calico’s verbal assault on the crane, making her quickly reel in the rod. It was a fat, juicy fish.
Lady Calico dropped the fish into the bamboo basket. Taking a look at the contents, she saw that the harvest was already quite plentiful. She tossed the basket back into the lake, and just like that, completely forgot about the crane. Her thoughts turned from fish to food, then from food to the Daoist. She couldn’t help resting her chin on her hand, staring into the lake, a trace of worry rising in her heart.
“Swallow, what do you think? How much longer until the Daoist comes out?” Lady Calico looked up at the swallow perched on the tree branch.
“I—I don’t know.” The sudden question caught him completely off guard.
“You’re so smart, and even you don’t know?”
“Th… Lady Calico, you’re even smarter than me, and you don’t know either, right?”
“You are smart.”
“...”
“Then tell me this, why doesn’t he starve even though he hasn’t eaten?”
“Mr. Song’s cultivation is profound, his divine powers vast. He’s nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, bathed in the essence of the sun and moon. Naturally, he won’t die of hunger.”
“But will he feel hungry?”
“...” This question really stumped the swallow.
“My cultivation is shallow, and my Dao attainments are meager. I haven’t reached that level. I only know that once a cultivator or spirit reaches a certain realm, they don’t need to eat or drink and won’t die of hunger or thirst.” The swallow spoke while thinking aloud, “But judging by how many powerful...
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