Fortress System: Beast Pen Unlocked

Dusk gradually fell.

In the marshlands, Ji Feng was heading toward the camp where Kang and Yao Shi were when, just as he was about to arrive, he suddenly heard a scream.

"Ah!"

At the same time as the scream, he heard a roar. It was Meridale and the Cloud Serpent.

"Waaah... it's all my fault. I shouldn't have sneaked out by myself. I'm going to die here, waaah..." Outside the marsh, Meridale had been frightened senseless by the Cloud Serpent. Tears streamed endlessly down her face, and in an instant, her eyes were red from crying. Yet she did not notice the Dragon Egg beside her at all.

The Cloud Serpent was staring at Meridale with its bloodied jaws open. At that moment, anyone would have thought it was about to tear her to pieces, and Meridale was no exception.

"Meridale Sindragosa... I never expected it to be her..."

"So there never was any Galhorde. We were all deceived. This is bad... Meridale is the daughter of the Sindragosa lord, after all. She can't die here. We have to save her."

Previously, Meridale had been using the Sindragosa accessory, "Ranger's Disguise." Now that she had been startled, the disguise had failed. Everyone could now see that the elf facing off against the Cloud Serpent was Meridale.

"Roar!"

Everyone was rushing toward Meridale when the Cloud Serpent suddenly let out a mournful cry. Then it heavily collapsed to the ground.

"Cough, cough..."

Dragon blood flowed from the Cloud Serpent's mouth. It looked at Meridale, its eyes revealing a trace of pleading. To everyone's surprise, it wanted to entrust its offspring to her.

"An egg?"

Meridale took a slight step back and pointed at the Dragon Egg. Although it had come from the Cloud Serpent's mouth, the egg was crimson all over, like a red stone. There was no blood on it, and it looked very clean. Thus, Meridale did not find it repulsive. She gently touched it, then slowly pushed it back toward the Cloud Serpent.

"Roar!"

The Cloud Serpent nudged the egg with its head and pushed it back to her.

By then, the Pandaren and elves had gathered around. For a moment, none of them understood what the Cloud Serpent intended.

In this era, the Pandaren still regarded Cloud Serpents as violent, untamable beasts. They had no idea that Cloud Serpents were an intelligent race.

"Kang, Yao Shi, I'm back. What happened here while I was gone?"

"This is... a Cloud Serpent Egg! And why is Meridale here?"

The crowd made way, and a figure appeared before them. Ji Feng had returned.

"Master Ji, this Cloud Serpent seems to have laid a Dragon Egg. This one. Meridale found it, but we don't know what the Cloud Serpent wants to do!" Yao Shi stepped forward and came to Ji Feng's side. "As for Meridale's identity, we only just discovered it ourselves. She had been using a false name before..."

After hearing Yao Shi's words, Ji Feng looked at Meridale, then at the Cloud Serpent. Suddenly, he laughed.

"Isn't it obvious? The Cloud Serpent wants to entrust its Dragon Egg to us. Meridale, pick it up and let this Cloud Serpent rest in peace!" Ji Feng waved his hand.

Hearing this, Meridale carefully picked up the Dragon Egg.

"Roar!"

The Cloud Serpent seemed to be expressing its gratitude. It looked at Ji Feng and slowly closed its eyes.

"Alright, alright. The Cloud Serpent is dead. Everyone, disperse!"

"Yao Shi, Kang, take these three Dragon Eggs. I risked my life to get them, so watch them carefully." After handing the Dragon Eggs to Kang and Yao Shi, Ji Feng put his robe back on.

"Understood, Master Ji. Don't worry."

"Don't worry, Brother."

After making their promise with a salute, the two led everyone back to camp.

"Meridale, why are you following us? Don't tell me you want to come back to Shadowwind Village with us?" Ji Feng walked over to Meridale and casually asked.

"I... I want to... I want to learn the way of the monk! I want to stay with this group..." Meridale suddenly bent at the waist and answered politely.

Meridale had always admired Illidan, but Illidan did not like her. She wanted to grow stronger. She wanted power that would make Illidan see her in a new light.

"Alright, I understand. Then come with us! Oh, right. Tell me what happened here earlier!" Ji Feng had always thought Meridale had great potential, so naturally he would not refuse her request. He waved his hand, and the two of them headed toward the camp.

After running back and forth and fighting juvenile Murlocs, Ji Feng returned to camp and leaned directly against the bushes. He did not want to move at all now.

Slumping onto the ground, he prepared to get some proper sleep and relax.

System notification: Dragon Egg theft mission completed...

Mission reward: Achievement Points +10. Current Achievement Points: 50. Fortress basic system loaded. Commander, welcome back to the fortress.

He had thought he needed to leave the Zuldazar Mountains for it to count as completed. He had not expected the notification to come so soon.

Commander, welcome back to the fortress.

In World of Warcraft, during the Warlords of Draenor expansion, every player could establish their own fortress. What Ji Feng heard now was the voice of the "Fortress Commissioner."

Fortress Commissioner, Level: Unknown. Humanoid creature, Exalted.

At that moment, Ji Feng sensed a change in the system panel. Beneath the current system panel, another section had appeared: the fortress section.

Fortress basic system activated. Beast pen unlocked. The beast pen can raise and train pets and mounts. Each cultivation requires fortress resources. Resources can be obtained through equipment dismantling, spending Achievement Points, completing fortress bounty lists, completing inn missions, and other methods.

When Ji Feng opened the fortress section, a row of illusory words appeared before his eyes.

As the system advanced to Level 6, some of its original functions had been upgraded to advanced versions. The system panel had also become much more attractive. Ji Feng had not had the chance to examine it closely in the Murloc cave, but upon looking at it carefully now, he could not help but praise it.

Commander, welcome to the building interface.

Ji Feng was inspecting the fortress merits when he suddenly touched the fortress design table. The Fortress Commissioner gave another prompt.

"This is..."

"Good, good, good! I never expected it to be exactly like the game. Council Hall, herb garden, beast pen..."

Ji Feng could not help nodding as he looked at the fortress design table.

With a Council Hall, he could accept missions. With a herb garden, he could harvest herbs. With a beast pen, he could train Murlocs. Although this was still only a basic fortress, he was already extremely pleased.

Basic fortress, intermediate fortress, advanced fortress—the fortress had three levels. For now, a basic fortress was enough for him.

"Later, I'll put the Dragon Eggs in the fortress beast pen. It shouldn't be long before I get three war machines. Hahaha..." Thinking of three Murlocs crushing the Mogu, Ji Feng could not stop himself from smiling.

"Brother, the roasted dragon meat is ready! Come quickly..." While Ji Feng was lost in thought, Li Luo shouted from the center of the camp.

Dinner was ready.

"Alright, I'm coming."

Ji Feng waved at Li Luo and rose from the bushes.