While the big and small pair stood there foolishly, Li Xuan reached out and grabbed King Kong Gorilla by the ear.
"Get up. You never listen, always running around. Have you learned your lesson now?" Li Xuan said angrily.
"Roar roar."
King Kong Gorilla hurriedly nodded. It had realized that Li Xuan seemed genuinely angry. Remembering that terrifying scene from before, it was truly frightened.
"That's more like it. Come on, lead me out of the forest."
Li Xuan grabbed King Kong Gorilla's fur and sat on its back, then looked at the two figures beside them, one big and one small.
"Don't mind it. This is the monkey my family keeps. It's always running off whenever it has nothing to do. Go about your business and ignore me."
After saying that, Li Xuan gave King Kong Gorilla a slap and urged it to hurry up.
Roar roar!
King Kong Gorilla gave Li Xuan a resentful look, hurriedly lay on the ground, and carried Li Xuan away. Its little eyes were filled with sorrow.
Thud, thud, thud.
King Kong Gorilla carried Li Xuan into the distance, leaving only the big and small pair standing there stupidly.
It took them quite a while to recover.
Xiao Na, the granddaughter, asked foolishly, "Second Grandpa, was that really a monkey his family keeps?"
"Silly girl, that was a three-thousand-year King Kong Gorilla. How could it possibly be a pet monkey? That little boy was just teasing you," Second Grandpa said helplessly.
"This..."
Xiao Na did not know whether to laugh or cry after hearing that, and could not help asking again.
"Then why didn't King Kong Gorilla attack him? That little boy's Soul Power fluctuations seemed very weak."
"I don't know either. I feel like we came out the wrong way today. Let's go back. Next time, we should choose a more normal way to head out."
"Alright, Second Grandpa."
The two did not dare linger. They hurried away, and for the next three months, they did not dare enter the forest again. They had been thoroughly frightened.
Meanwhile.
At the edge of the forest.
King Kong Gorilla knelt on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed to Li Xuan, expressing its wishes with tears filling its eyes.
"So you have a family and a clan to manage. That makes this difficult. I was planning to have you farm for me."
Li Xuan frowned, somewhat unwilling to give up King Kong Gorilla.
Bang! Bang! Bang! King Kong Gorilla kowtowed again, tears streaming down its face. It looked as pitiful and miserable as could be.
"Alright, alright. When you go back, train a few experts at farming. I'll collect them the next time I come. If you fail, you know the consequences."
Li Xuan patted King Kong Gorilla on the head, his voice carrying a warning.
Roar roar!
King Kong Gorilla hurriedly nodded in promise. Once it confirmed that Li Xuan was truly letting it leave, it backed away several steps before quickly running off.
It raced back to the King Kong Gorilla clan at astonishing speed.
Once it was completely safe, it remembered Li Xuan's words and did not dare be careless in the slightest. It immediately gathered every gorilla and made them learn how to farm.
The reason it gathered so many gorillas was to select the best performers and offer them to Li Xuan later.
Unfortunately.
They were King Kong Gorillas. How could they possibly know how to farm? They fumbled around for ages without learning anything, but fortunately, there were humans.
Thus.
They captured more than a dozen humans and forced them to teach the gorillas how to farm. From that day on, those dozen people began their miserable lives.
Of course, that was another story.
Enough of that. Back to the matter at hand.
Outside Sunset Forest, Sunset Town.
Li Xuan wandered around town, buying quite a few things he liked and eating until he was full. He even bought a strange little black beetle before finding an inn to stay at.
After locking the door from inside, Li Xuan blocked it with some items. Only then did he go to the bed, lower the curtains, and enter Natural Space.
"Awoo, woof~" When the White Wolf King saw Li Xuan appear, it wagged its tail and darted over. Its huge head kept rubbing against Li Xuan's arm, obedient as a dog.
"Take me on a patrol first."
Li Xuan heard the White Wolf King's final dog bark but did not pay it any mind. He directly mounted the White Wolf King and began inspecting all of Natural Space.
He first checked on the injured Spirit Beasts. However, they had been beaten too badly. All of them were curled up in corners, too frightened to move, pitifully recovering from their injuries.
The ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider was grinning stupidly, drool even spilling from its mouth. It had clearly been beaten senseless.
"As expected, Cave Demon Spiders are weak. They can't take a beating."
Li Xuan muttered before continuing his inspection of Natural Space. He examined all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and after confirming that everything was satisfactory, he finally arrived at the central area.
The location of the little spring.
The purple color in the little spring had grown increasingly intense. It was gradually being overtaken by Emotion Water. If Li Xuan continued absorbing emotions, the little spring might completely turn purple.
"What a waste. So much Emotion Water is flowing onto the ground."
Li Xuan watched the continuously flowing water and sighed regretfully. Yet the spring kept flowing outward without end, producing far too much water.
Li Xuan filled many Space Rings, but it was still flowing. He eventually realized that this stuff would never run out, so he stopped collecting so much Emotion Water.
"Little White, you can drink more Emotion Water. Remember to water all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. You'll be in charge of those Spirit Beasts too, along with the little animals. Raise them properly."
"Awoo, woof~" The White Wolf King hurriedly nodded and happily jumped around.
"Later, remodel the little pool into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. I'll drink from the first level, you'll drink from the second, and the third level will be for them. Understand?"
"Awoo, woof~" The White Wolf King happily continued nodding. It could feel that Li Xuan treated it noticeably differently, and it was in an excellent mood.
"Alright, that's it."
As Li Xuan spoke, he looked at the little black beetle he had bought earlier.
This little black beetle was very strange. It could condense something over the surface of its body to protect itself, and it could also instantly dismiss that substance.
Unfortunately, it was far too weak. Even a kitten could bite it to death.
Although the substance protecting it was extremely hard and highly resistant to pressure, the little black beetle itself was too fragile.
Many times, the protective layer remained intact, but the little black beetle inside was already dead.
Furthermore, the little black beetle was extremely delicate. It would die if it got cold, and it would die if it got hot. Combined with its poor reproductive ability, its numbers were pitifully small.
The reason Li Xuan had bought it was because it was simply too unusual.
Its ability to instantly condense something and then make it disappear resembled an ability Li Xuan had seen in his previous life: materialization.
"If I raise this little black beetle into a Spirit Beast and obtain its Soul Ring in the future, perhaps I'll gain materialization as well."
Thinking of materialization, Li Xuan began looking forward to it.
However, if he wanted to raise the little black beetle into a Spirit Beast, Li Xuan still had a great deal of work ahead of him.
"Little White, I'm leaving this little black beetle in your care. If it can evolve into a Hundred-Year Spirit Beast, I'll give you a major merit," Li Xuan said, rubbing Little White's head.
"Woof woof~" The White Wolf King immediately perked up and excitedly leaped three feet into the air.
"Seems like I've raised it a little crooked. Forget it, I'm going out to sleep."
Hearing the White Wolf King's bark turn completely into that of a dog, Li Xuan shook his head speechlessly.
Still, he did not care much. After drinking a large amount of Emotion Water, he returned to the inn and fell straight asleep.
He slept for more than ten hours, and slept wonderfully.
By the time he woke again, it was already the next morning.
At that moment, the system's voice suddenly rang out.
Ding! You have remained highly active within the Heaven Dou Empire, triggering two troublemaking options. Ding! Please choose one. Basic Option: Destroy Blue Tyrant Academy. Reward: One Green Fatty Experience Card. Intermediate Option: Destroy Blue Tyrant Academy + obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Empire's treasure vault. Reward: Two Green Fatty Experience Cards. Advanced Option: Destroy Blue Tyrant Academy + obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Empire's treasure vault + beat up Qian Renxue. Reward: Two Green Fatty Experience Cards + 5 Physique.
PS1: I suddenly realized I hadn't explained the Experience Card clearly earlier. Using an Experience Card includes the clothes as well. Hair color, skin, and pupils all become like Hulk's. Without clothes, that would be far too terrifying.
PS2: If the protagonist uses an Experience Card while wearing his own clothes, those clothes will burst apart. However, the Experience Card automatically comes with clothing, so the protagonist will not be driving naked.
This was today's third update, mainly to thank the friends who tipped earlier. Some people actually tipped a long time ago, and I had always wanted to add extra chapters, but my cervical spondylosis was too severe, so I could not keep writing.
Today, inspiration struck, and I finally wrote three chapters. I'm happy.
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