Upon seeing Ning Xuan, the chubby kid couldn’t help but feel a wave of disappointnt.
Hanging his head, he muttered quietly, "A male! He’s actually a male! So much for , the young and wealthy Qian Duoduo, having a chance to put my riches to good use! And why, oh why did this fellow have to be so tall and handso when he transford? It’s infuriating!"
The two middle-aged n behind him looked utterly exasperated. So the little guy actually wanted to woo the Elent Beast with money! Incredible!
"What are you standing around for? Capture him!" one of them shouted angrily.
"Hold on, hold on!" soone spoke up. It wasn’t Ning Xuan, but incredibly, the chubby kid called Qian Duoduo.
"Um, hey... Beast Bro, do you perhaps know anyone of the opposite gender..." the chubby kid asked, looking at Ning Xuan with hopeful eyes.
He hadn’t finished speaking when one of the n behind him cut him off. "Duoduo, what nonsense are you spouting!"
"Uncle Tan, you don’t understand," Qian Duoduo said earnestly. "My dad always taught that people are complicated. I’ve thought long and hard about it, and it’s better to find an Elent Beast. At least their minds are simple, and they won’t covet my family’s wealth!"
The two middle-aged n facepald. Good grief, this kid is really one of a kind!
Ning Xuan couldn’t help but smile and replied, "Although I’m not a transford Elent Beast, I think I can help you."
He subconsciously thought of Xiao Bai. She might not be an Elent Beast, but her strength was in no way inferior. If other Elent Beasts could transform, then Xiao Bai, having devoured two different Bloodlines and a Strange Fire, certainly could too!
"You’re not an Elent Beast?" The chubby kid was stunned. Then, his face flushed with anger, he yelled, "You’re not an Elent Beast, but you can help ? Liar! Uncle Tan, Uncle Lu, help catch him! I hate liars more than anything!"
Ning Xuan was left sowhat speechless. Why does this guy have such a short fuse? How many tis has he been scamd to react like this?
"Young Master, are you truly not an Elent Beast?" Uncle Tan, who was standing on the chubby kid’s left, asked after giving Ning Xuan a once-over. He asked because he had seen through Ning Xuan’s cultivation level.
rely the Human Realm. How could a transford Elent Beast only have the cultivation of a Human Realm practitioner? When they transform, they can hide their aura, but their cultivation level can’t be concealed.
"If I were an Elent Beast," Ning Xuan said, glancing at Qian Duoduo, "this little fatty here would be my hostage by now."
The chubby kid looked unconvinced and started to reach for sothing. But Uncle Lu, who was on his right, was quick to react and grabbed his arm.
Qian Duoduo struggled, protesting, "Let go of ! I’m going to teach him a lesson today!"
Uncle Lu wore an expression of helplessness. "Well, his cultivation is only at the Human Realm."
The chubby kid stopped struggling, utterly shocked. "What? Human Realm?"
Both n nodded.
The next mont, the chubby kid dashed toward Ning Xuan and threw his arms around him in a hug!
Ning Xuan’s eyes narrowed. He had underestimated the little fatty. Despite looking like a ball, he was surprisingly fast.
"Hahaha, you really are just at the Human Realm!" Qian Duoduo shouted gleefully. "Everyone, stand down! He’s definitely not an Elent Beast! Brother, you’re actually just at the Human Realm? How did you manage that? Haha, co on, you’re coming with to et my dad!"
After pinching Ning Xuan a few tis to confirm his cultivation level, the chubby kid was thoroughly elated. Without another word, he started dragging Ning Xuan away.
"Haha, finally! Soone even dumber than !"
Ning Xuan was at a loss for words. Seeing that he couldn’t pull Ning Xuan along, Qian Duoduo quickly turned back. "My dad says he can’t find anyone in the entire Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace dumber than ! He said that if he did, I would beco the head of the Qian Family! Co with ! When I inherit the family fortune, I’ll give you half!"
Ning Xuan chose to ignore the first part of the statent. Half the family fortune? It’d be foolish to refuse!
And just like that, Ning Xuan went along with him.
Tan and Lu chose not to follow. Qianling City was the Qian Family’s territory, after all. The city was filled with their eyes and ears; if the young man dared to harbor any ill intentions, he would be captured imdiately. They walked over to the shattered Prevalent Mirror and studied it for a long while but ultimately ca away with nothing.
In the city, Ning Xuan had already obtained a wealth of information from the little fatty. For instance, the Qian Family was one of the ten great families of the Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace. This very Qianling City was funded and built by Qian Duoduo’s father, Qian Wanyi, to prevent the Elent Beasts from the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range from wreaking havoc on humanity. And their family’s entire fortune was stored in a secret vault beneath Qianling City.
Ning Xuan wasn’t particularly interested in these details. Seeing that Qian Duoduo seed ready to ramble on endlessly, he finally couldn’t help but ask, "Fatty, your cultivation should be at the First Layer Heavens of the Heavenly Realm. Why does your dad think you’re dumb?"
"Don’t call Fatty! I hate it... oh, never mind. Seeing as you’re even dumber than , I’ll forgive you. You can keep calling that. Every ti you do, I’ll just be reminded of how smart I am!" he declared. "Also, where did you pop out from? Don’t you know? In our Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace, if a Martial Artist hasn’t reached the Heavenly Realm by the age of sixteen, their family abandons them. Luckily I have these," he said smugly, taking out so candy from his Storage Ring, "or my fate would’ve been much worse than yours!"
At the sa ti, he didn’t forget to share, generously tossing a bottle over to Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan caught it and imdiately marveled at Qian Duoduo’s generosity and extravagance. These weren’t candies at all but a bottle of elixirs containing pure Elent Qi. The Elent Qi within a single one of these pills was only slightly less than that of a Bihaichenglu Pill.
"You can’t eat candy one piece at a ti," Qian Duoduo instructed, demonstrating by stuffing a handful into his mouth. "You have to eat it by the handful like this! It’s so much better!"
Ning Xuan finally understood why Qian Duoduo’s dad called him an idiot. If it were him consuming elixirs like that, he would have beco a venerable saint by now. It was pitiful to think that for the sake of his own cultivation, he used to consider splitting a single Elent Crystal in half. The comparison was truly infuriating.
With figurative tears in his eyes, Ning Xuan dumped the entire bottle of "candy" into his mouth.
Mmm! So damn good!
"That works too?! Why didn’t I ever think of that!" The little fatty slapped himself and then copied the move, downing a whole bottle. He also held his hand out to Ning Xuan. Ning Xuan spread his hands, and the fatty placed two more bottles of "candy" into his palm.
Such extravagance!
Noticing the unsurprised looks from many onlookers in the shadows, Ning Xuan imdiately decided: This was a friend worth making.
"By the way, Brother Ning, why did the Prevalent Mirror at the entrance shatter earlier?" the little fatty asked, still not quite satisfied and looking conflicted. As he spoke, he tilted his head back and downed another bottle of "candy."
Soone in the shadows was secretly communicating with Qian Duoduo via voice transmission.
A thought struck Ning Xuan, and he whispered into Qian Duoduo’s ear, "To tell you the truth, I possess twelve Divine Veins, which were refined from the twelve divine beasts of Ancient Tis!"
Qian Duoduo stared blankly at Ning Xuan, forgetting to even chew the "candy" in his mouth.
"No! You can’t et my dad!" Qian Duoduo exclaid once he snapped out of it, leaving Ning Xuan baffled.
"Your talent might be lacking, but you’re a great bluffer! If I let you et my dad, you’ll definitely beco my brother from another mother!"
Ning Xuan patted the little fatty’s shoulder reassuringly. "Don’t worry, I’m actually not one to boast. As for your dad, rest assured, I don’t make a habit of adopting new fathers."
"Heh, even if you wanted to, you’ve lost your chance!" a voice suddenly called out from behind them.
Ning Xuan turned his head, his face a mask of confusion. Who is this?
Reviews
All reviews (0)