The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife-Chapter 846: Can’t You All Eat Vegetarian?

Nanli’s mouth twitched. "Isn’t this just pure cheating?"

Qiu Hai wasn’t having any of it either. "Yeah, do you have no shame?"

"My rhinoceros horn is my pride!" mythical rhino huffed, gasping for air. "I’ll compete again, this time with my horn!"

The other mythical beasts began to cheer, but Nanli couldn’t understand what they were saying.

mythical rhino gave them a fierce roar, and they immediately quieted down.

"Come on!" mythical rhino barked. "If not, I’ll flatten this place!"

Qiu Hai was about to continue cursing, but Nanli stopped him with a nod toward mythical rhino. "Fine, let’s have another round."

"Ancestor..." Qiu Hai frowned deeply.

If mythical rhino wasn’t prepared in the first round, the second could go differently.

Nanli raised her hand to signal Qiu Hai to stay silent.

mythical rhino shook its head and took its position once more. This time, it was determined to be prepared, no longer willing to lose face in front of its subordinates.

A new line was drawn.

mythical rhino bit down on the rope tightly.

The mythical beasts decided to give their leader another chance. Before the competition began, they raised their necks and started cheering, their limbs thrashing about.

mythical rhino felt reassured and focused even more intently.

Seeing this, Nanli decided to take it seriously as well. She grabbed the rope with both hands from the start.

"Start!!"

The second round began.

Nanli firmly planted herself, using her strength to resist being pulled. She initially thought mythical rhino would be stronger, but once she started using her own strength, it was clear mythical rhino couldn’t budge her.

She raised an eyebrow, sensing its power, but she didn’t hurry to pull it across. Instead, she seemed to be toying with its mental and physical endurance.

mythical rhino exerted all its might.

At first, it managed to drag Nanli a couple of inches, but once she started resisting, it could no longer move her an inch.

In fact, its massive body was slowly getting pulled closer to the line.

What was going on?

It had prepared this time!

A feeling of dread filled its eyes.

Just how strong was she?!

It was flustered now, struggling with all its might.

The mythical beasts noticed, and their cheering stopped, the atmosphere growing cold.

Qiu Hai saw this and laughed out loud, hands on his hips. "Big rhino, why embarrass yourself again? Come on!"

He sneered.

mythical rhino’s heart grew even more chaotic. It couldn’t exert any more strength, while Nanli now moved it with ease.

Nanli narrowed her eyes but didn’t push any further. Instead, she relaxed her grip, allowing mythical rhino to pull the rope back slightly.

What?

mythical rhino was actually moving Nanli?

Was it about to make a comeback?!

The mythical beasts began roaring again, encouraging their leader.

mythical rhino regained some confidence. It seemed like Nanli was just powerful in short bursts, but if it came down to endurance, she couldn’t outlast it.

It put more strength into it, but still, the rope stayed in the middle, and it couldn’t pull Nanli any further.

The two of them stood in a stalemate.

The rope didn’t budge an inch.

Both sides had been at this for nearly an hour.

Finally, Nanli spoke up. "Big rhino, you really are strong. Looks like we’re at a draw, so let’s call it even, shall we?"

mythical rhino’s teeth had been aching from holding the rope for so long.

It was just holding out for its pride.

Nanli, calm and composed, said those words without breaking a sweat, causing mythical rhino to have a sudden realization. The "draw" was really just a way of saving its face.

She could have easily won this match if she had wanted to.

She was so considerate!

She was so thoughtful!

It respected her even more now.

It nodded in agreement.

Nanli continued, "Then let’s stop using any strength."

Both sides let go of the rope simultaneously.

The mythical beasts exchanged glances, some puzzled, but since their leader hadn’t lost, they could accept it.

mythical rhino, exhausted, stayed where it was while Nanli walked over to it.

Not wanting to let its subordinates know how badly it had been defeated, mythical rhino struggled to walk over to Nanli, then collapsed in front of her.

It was utterly worn out.

Even though Nanli had reincarnated, her immense strength remained intact.

Nanli gently patted its horn. "We’ve called it a draw, so we’re friends now. You can take your mythical beasts back to the sea."

mythical rhino wasn’t thrilled, but it understood that it owed Nanli a favor. It explained, "We’ve been suppressed for many years and are starving. We don’t really want to harm cultivators. We just need to fill our stomachs."

Qiu Hai rolled up his sleeves. "So, does that mean this matter is non-negotiable?"

mythical rhino turned its head away, refusing to look at Qiu Hai.

Nanli was troubled. If she couldn’t calm the mythical beasts and send them back to the sea, the area would never know peace.

She asked, "Can’t you all eat vegetarian?"

"..."

mythical rhino paused for a moment, then continued, "Eating vegetarian isn’t a problem, but we need sufficient spiritual energy."

In the sea, there weren’t many food sources with spiritual energy.

That’s why they had to come ashore to hunt.

Nanli’s eyes lit up. "Spiritual energy? That’s easy."

She quickly took out a Qiankun Bag and poured out a pile of spirit stones.

"Eat up," she said, patting mythical rhino’s horn.

mythical rhino was stunned. If it hadn’t seen the sincerity in her eyes, it might have lost its temper and knocked her away with its horn.

It patiently explained, "Cultivators have methods to convert spirit stones into spiritual energy. Why would you think we mythical beasts could do the same? The reason we consume cultivators and other spirit beasts is because their inner cores are easy for us to convert into our own power."

As for the natural spiritual energy in the world, they couldn’t absorb it.

That’s why, for millennia, they were called vicious beasts and were hunted relentlessly by cultivators.

While they were talking, the other mythical beasts were getting restless, ready to attack the city again.

Although the city mostly housed ordinary mortals, they had lived in a spiritual energy-rich area for a long time, and their bodies contained a small amount of spiritual energy. If the mythical beasts ate enough, they would fill their bellies.

They began to plead.

— Big brother, stop complaining. Let’s go eat!

mythical rhino, having accepted Nanli’s kindness, instructed his subordinates: "She’s my friend now. We’ll go eat elsewhere."

The mythical beasts had no choice but to listen to their leader and slowly started moving, not toward the sea, but toward the direction of Hundred Pass Town.

Nanli immediately tensed. "Where are you going?"

mythical rhino replied, "I’m giving you face and not eating here. I remember there’s a town to the northwest. Let’s go there."