Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 262 - 179: I’ll Personally Teach You and Her Body Undergoes Beastification
Xi felt his face start to burn again. No, his whole body was burning up. He stood rigidly, letting her move him.
"When you shoot, you need to relax your body. Don’t be so stiff, or you won’t shoot well. And don’t grip the string so tightly. Try to use your thumb or three fingers to apply force." An Jin taught him earnestly, correcting Xi’s mistakes one by one.
"Do you understand?"
She couldn’t help but look up at him.
A large shadow fell over her, and only then did An Jin realize just how tall Xi had grown.
’In my mind, I’ve always thought of him as a little sister... ah, no, a little brother!’
Although he seemed to be older than her, Xi’s lively and adorable personality always made An Jin feel like he was a big kid who hadn’t grown up, someone who needed more of her love and care.
In that fleeting moment, she had a sudden realization.
—Xi was an adult Merfolk now.
"What’s wrong, Ah Jin? Weren’t you going to teach me how to use this?" Noticing the female in his arms stiffen for a moment, Xi couldn’t help but curve his lips into a smile, though he feigned confusion.
He encircled her in his embrace, resting his chin on her slender shoulder and nuzzling it gently. His beautiful, azure vertical pupils blinked. "I think having Ah Jin teach me personally is very effective. I think I know how to use it now."
"Oh, really? Then you should give it a try. I hope I haven’t wasted half a day teaching you."
"Okay."
He smiled, then, still holding her hand, aimed at a creature not far away and they released the string together.
The prey collapsed.
’Wow, he actually learned!’ An Jin blinked in surprise.
To learn in just half a day, Xi’s aptitude was better than she had imagined.
She slipped out of his embrace. "Even though you’ve learned, you aren’t proficient yet. You might even sleep and forget it all by tomorrow. You should practice diligently here a few more times to truly master it."
The soft, warm, fragrant body in his arms was suddenly gone. Xi froze, then turned to look at her pitifully. He pursed his lips but ultimately said nothing, instead picking up the bow and arrow to practice a few more times.
He hit his target on the second try, too, but only struck the prey’s lower leg. It took another arrow to kill it completely.
On the third try, he accidentally hit the tree trunk next to the prey, the arrow grazing its fur as it escaped.
The fourth try was even more absurd; the arrow didn’t even come close. ’It’s like I’m back to square one.’
"Ah Jin, I think I’ve forgotten how again. Can you teach me some more...?" Xi wore a mournful expression, looking melancholic and hurt, like a sad Mermaid abandoned on a reef by her prince.
"Alright, come here. I’ll keep teaching you." This was a normal situation for a beginner; she hadn’t expected him to master it in half a day.
An Jin slipped back into his embrace, once again taking his hand and guiding him as he gripped the bow and arrow.
Their fingers touched gently, then pressed together, not a sliver of space left between their skin.
"..." The Merfolk’s long, blue eyelashes trembled. A deep shadow fell over his azure eyes, and the beautiful, sexy Adam’s apple on his slender neck bobbed.
He leaned down slightly, wrapping his arms around the warm, fragrant female in his embrace and resting his chin gently on her fluffy head. His mind immediately began to wander.
He only half-listened to her instructions.
"Try again. It’ll get better after a few more tries."
"Mhm," he replied obediently, his voice tinged with nonchalance.
The two of them tried a few more times. As long as she was teaching him personally, Xi succeeded almost every time. But the moment she let go and had him shoot by himself, he would miss nearly every shot.
There was no other way but to teach him more.
’It’s as they say: a slow bird has to practice flying more.’
This also served as good practice for her, giving her experience before she taught the other Beastmen of the tribe.
The mistakes Xi was making were likely the same ones the other Beastmen would make when they started learning.
"Ah Jin, I... I have something to tell you..." He had kept it buried in his heart for a long, long time.
Now, in this vast world, it was just the two of them, with no other males to interfere. Xi felt the atmosphere was perfect.
’It would be a real shame not to do something.’
"What do you want to say?"
An Jin gazed straight ahead, looking around for any other prey that could serve as a target for archery practice.
However, he had just gotten out the word "I..." when a Beastman came running over in a hurry.
"Lord City Lord, this is great! Gu Yin and Ling Hong are back, and it seems they’ve brought the real Beast God Fruit!"
The expressions on both Xi’s and An Jin’s faces changed.
Xi looked resentful. ’Why did they have to pick this exact moment to show up?’ He had finally worked up the courage to confess, and they had ruined the moment.
An Jin, on the other hand, looked pleasantly surprised. She hurried over and, before she was even out of the forest, ran right into a chest as hard and solid as stone.
It was Gu Yin.
"Ah..." She rubbed her aching nose. The next second, Gu Yin lifted her into his arms, pressing his cheek against hers. He lowered his head and touched his lips to hers.
"You’re awake."
His voice was filled with irrepressible joy. He had thought that upon his return, he would still find her lying in bed.
"Mhm. Chi Li has been taking care of me. I drank a lot of medicinal broths, and sometimes I’d come out for a walk as rehabilitation."
Ling Hong soon followed from behind. He was carrying a large flowerpot, in which grew a bizarre-looking... large flower?
And at the very center of the bloom wasn’t a flower, but a blood-red fruit. Even in the bright light of day, one could faintly see a soft glow enveloping its surface.
"...Is this the Beast God Fruit?" An Jin was utterly astonished.
She never expected Ling Hong and Gu Yin to actually find it.
But the Beast God Fruit looked different from how she had imagined. Not only did it lack the sacredness its name implied, but it also emanated a strange, sinister aura.
Both Gu Yin and Ling Hong frowned. They had no intention of telling her how this fruit grew, fearing it would be a psychological burden for her.
Plucking the fruit from the center of the flower, Gu Yin bent down and placed it in her palm. He summarized succinctly, "It’s the Beast God Fruit. Eat it, and your injuries will heal."
The System also showed that this was indeed the Beast God Fruit. But besides its widely known, sacred name, it actually had another, true name.
—The Fruit of the Bone Flower.
Not only its fruit, but its juice and even a single petal possessed the miraculous ability to cure illnesses and even bring the dead back to life.
Legend had it that it could also cleanse one’s soul and bloodline. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
The crisp fruit had a peculiar, fishy taste. As An Jin took the first bite, a large amount of juice burst onto her tongue. The strange flavor made her a little nauseous.
But she forced herself to finish it, fighting back the disgust.
The fruit didn’t even have a pit inside. ’How strange. Does it reproduce asexually?’
A short while after eating the fruit, An Jin felt a significant change in her body. The occasional sharp pains in her waist and abdomen all disappeared, and her whole body felt light and comfortable.
Then, the strangest thing happened—her whole body began to itch.
"My skin is so itchy..." An Jin’s delicate brows furrowed, and she couldn’t help but scratch.
Where her fingers touched, it seemed some fine, soft fuzz was growing...
Wait.
Fuzz??
