Ape God, Zhao Wuji's Lingering Fear

Ape God, Zhao Wuji's Lingering Fear

Unlike its rough treatment of old employees, it handled newcomer Lu Mingchuan with the utmost care, afraid of hurting him somewhere.

It was the familiar transition animation again. The moment Lu Mingchuan entered and saw the quest panel, his face darkened.

Quest: Kill the Abundance Profound Deer Reward: One ten-pull Golden Guaranteed Character Draw The reward alone was outrageously generous, but the quest name was equally terrifying. Was it seriously asking him to fight that thing at his current level?

Forget him—even if you dragged out the Asura God or someone like that, they might not necessarily be able to beat it. After all, as an Abundance abomination created by the Ambrosial Arbor to guard itself, there was no way it could be weak. In the original story, it had taken a beating from three heavyweight figures before finally going down.

It could be considered among the strongest below Emanators. And now they wanted Lu Mingchuan to fight this thing? Even if his attacks ignored defense, so what? That thing was not famous for its defense. The damage he dealt would probably recover in the blink of an eye.

Still, he thought he could give it a try. What if the thing suddenly lost its mind?

Two minutes later.

Within the Aftermath of Battle space, Lu Mingchuan appeared with a dark expression, clutching his chest. He had barely entered and fired two arrows before the Abundance Divine Deer bound him with vines and kicked him to death with one hoof.

That kick felt strangely familiar, so much so that his chest still ached faintly. After thinking it over, he simply backed out.

He would definitely clear the remaining stages next time. Then, too lazy to leave this space, he started drawing right there. He had skipped a blinding flash of white light—what a huge win.

One pull, and he actually got something. It was purple, but character ten-pulls had no guarantee, so rounding up, he had pulled a red. After indulging in some wild thoughts, he began checking what he had drawn.

Name: Abundance Spirit Beast: Chang You Level: Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Lu Mingchuan's mouth twitched as he looked at it. He had just run into the Abundance Divine Deer, and now he had drawn out its brother, the Ape God. He had really stabbed into a zoo today—first gorillas, then deer.

Still, two hundred thousand years of strength was pretty good. Though he could not normally summon it, if he encountered an enemy he could not defeat and did not want to trouble his wives, he could just say, Ape God, activate! The thought of that scene made him want to laugh. After suppressing the curve of his lips, he left the System Space without summoning the Ape God and walked straight out of his room. He had been cultivating nonstop these past few days, and his body was practically getting moldy. If he did not come out and get some sun soon, mushrooms would really start growing on him.

Looking at the round sun overhead, he raised his arms and stretched. Before long, Alicia came hurrying over at the sound. "Hmm-hmm, what have I found? A wild Ah Chuan?"

She ran happily toward Lu Mingchuan and leaped right onto him, habitually bouncing twice in his arms. "All right, all right. Where are Huang Quan and Mirror Flow?"

"Boohoohoo, bad Ah Chuan. The moment you see Alicia, you ask where they are. Do you not like me anymore?" She even wiped away tears that did not exist, not giving Lu Mingchuan the chance to speak.

"Hehe, no more messing around. Come on, I'll take you to find them~" After getting down from him, she grabbed his hand and hurried toward the back courtyard.

In the back courtyard, Mirror Flow and Huang Quan were staring at each other. Feeling the silence in the air and looking at the equally silent person before them, neither knew how to begin.

After a long while, Huang Quan took two peaches from her sleeve and held one out to Mirror Flow. Mirror Flow instinctively thanked her. Then, looking at Huang Quan silently gnawing on her peach, Mirror Flow fell quiet for a moment before taking a bite herself.

By the time Lu Mingchuan and Alicia arrived, the only sound they heard was the crisp crunching of peaches. Good grief, Mirror Flow had caught Huang Quan's habit of eating peaches too.

"Hey! You're eating without inviting me! Boohoo, I'm so hurt~" Alicia let go of Lu Mingchuan's hand the moment she saw them and immediately began acting.

Huang Quan glanced at Alicia's fake crying, casually took out another peach, and tossed it over. In an instant, Alicia's face went from cloudy to sunny.

"Wow, thank you so much, my dear Ah Quan~" Alicia narrowed her eyes happily, while Huang Quan merely shook her head.

"No need to thank me."

Unlike the other two, Mirror Flow turned her crimson eyes toward Lu Mingchuan the instant she saw him. "You're here."

"Looks like you've been getting along rather well."

Lu Mingchuan came back to himself and smiled at Mirror Flow, who was still eating her peach. Mirror Flow fell silent at his words.

"Do you have any plans for today?" She changed the subject somewhat stiffly, quickly finishing her peach and tossing the remaining pit into a nearby trash bin.

"Nothing planned today. I only came out to relax because I broke through level fifty." Lu Mingchuan shook his head, while Alicia caught the key phrase.

"Relax? What could be more relaxing than resting your head on a beautiful girl's lap~" She winked at Lu Mingchuan, then sat in the pavilion and patted her soft thighs.

Seeing Huang Quan and Mirror Flow looking at him, Lu Mingchuan shook his head at Alicia. What he actually wanted to do this time was an activity called harvesting leeks, one that could relax both body and mind. Not only would it thoroughly loosen him up, but it would also fill his wallet.

But after thinking about it, he decided to go tomorrow. Suotuo City was still some distance away, so it would be better to set off tomorrow morning. Today, he would spend time with his wives first.

Speaking of spending time with his wives, Lu Mingchuan realized there were exactly four of them. He reached into the System Space, pulled out a full mahjong set, and beckoned to the three women.

"Is this... mahjong?" Alicia asked uncertainly. Lu Mingchuan nodded, unsurprised, and gestured for them to let him arrange the area first.

Seeing that, Alicia returned to the curious group. Though she had seen this thing during her travels around the world, she had never actually played it herself.

"All right, let's play mahjong." Once he had set everything up, Lu Mingchuan called everyone over to sit down and began explaining the rules to the three women. None of them were ordinary people, so one explanation was more or less enough.

They might not have been very familiar with it yet, but they would get better after a few rounds. Before long, the sound of tiles clattering filled the back courtyard.

At Shrek, Flender looked at Zhao Wuji before him with a headache.

"You're saying that you encountered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Titan Giant Ape, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, along with Lu Mingchuan—and that a different woman beside Lu Mingchuan killed the Titan Giant Ape?"

Zhao Wuji nodded rapidly, still shaken. "At first, I thought I was going to die there. Who knew that kid had a Titled Douluo with him? But later, I was afraid something else might happen, so I came back."

Flender walked over and patted his shoulder. "You did the right thing. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would not appear on the outskirts for no reason. Something must have attracted it there. It's good that you came back to lie low."

Sorry, I'm late again. My apologies.