Little Piglet

Ma Hongyun was giving orders to the villagers to take Xu Shan's body away when a voice called out.

"Yo~ What's all the excitement?"

Ma Hongyun looked up, seeing a figure suspended in the air, and blurted out, "Holy crap, why are there so many Spirit Profound experts today?"

"Haha, Spirit Profound isn't exactly an expert," the man descending from the sky chuckled lightly.

At this moment, Ma Hongyun's eyes widened. He realized he recognized the person.

He pointed at the man in surprise, stammering, "You... you're the chief of Tiger Fiend Stockade, Wang Yue? You're a Spirit Profound expert?"

It was the first time he had ever known Wang Yue to be a Spirit Profound expert.

"Like I said, Spirit Profound isn't considered an expert." Wang Yue waved his hand and said, "Never mind that. I heard Shi Po died, so I came specifically to pay my respects."

"Shouldn't you have heard the news earlier? Why are you only coming now?" Ma Hongyun clearly didn't believe he was just there to mourn Shi Po.

Wang Yue laughed heartily, "Alright! I actually saw a Spirit Profound level battle happening here, so I came to take a look. But... it seems it's not as simple as just Spirit Profound."

As he spoke, his gaze fixed intently on Zhou Hao.

Zhou Hao felt his gaze and turned to meet his eyes, asking softly, "Something wrong?"

Wang Yue smiled and shook his head, "Nothing, just a bit surprised. How could a master like you appear in such a remote place?"

"We're not close, are we!" Zhou Hao shut down the conversation with a single sentence.

However, Wang Yue was rather thick-skinned. Knowing Zhou Hao didn't want to talk to him, he insisted on pestering him.

"We could actually become friends right now."

Zhou Hao looked at him speechlessly and asked, "Are you crazy?"

Wang Yue smiled, not getting angry, and then invited, "If you have time, Brother, you're welcome to visit my Tiger Fiend Stockade anytime."

Zhou Hao didn't respond. He generally couldn't be bothered with people like this. If he came any closer, Zhou Hao might have to resort to force.

He realized he'd been really enjoying solving problems with violence lately. Had he developed some strange attribute?

Seeing Zhou Hao leave, Wang Yue just smiled. Then he said to Ma Hongyun and the others, "Since I'm here this time, I'll tell you all as well! Even though Shi Po is dead, our agreement is still in effect. So don't do anything foolish like banditry, or don't blame me for being impolite."

"Understood. This is Big Brother's will, we certainly won't go against it," Ma Hongyun said sincerely.

He couldn't refuse even if he wanted to; the other party was a Spirit Profound expert.

Wang Yue nodded in satisfaction, then glanced at Zhou Hao, who had already left, before turning and flying away.

"What's that person's cultivation level?" Zhou Hao asked, looking back at Wang Yue's departing figure.

Higher realms could only discern the cultivation of realms two levels below. This meant he could only see the Mystic Body Realm cultivation now, and Wang Yue had clearly surpassed the Mystic Body Realm.

Zhou Yuanbao said disdainfully, "Spirit Profound Seventh Stage. But his cultivation is a bit strange, as if it has fallen."

"What do you mean, fallen?" Zhou Hao asked.

Mu Jinyin interjected, "It means his previous cultivation was not just Spirit Profound Seventh Stage; he fell from a higher level."

Zhou Hao nodded in realization and asked, "Can you tell what his previous cultivation realm was?"

Mu Jinyin shook its head, "I can't tell. But at most, it was Spiritual Consciousness Fifth Stage. Father is still a bit stronger."

Zhou Hao was very pleased with its last sentence and praised, "I'll give you a Divine Crystal tomorrow."

"Thank you, Father," Mu Jinyin chirped, circling once.

"Sycophant," Zhou Yuanbao grumbled unhappily.

Mu Jinyin showed no reaction to its grumbling, which only made Zhou Yuanbao angrier.

The villagers were used to the two beasts talking. They had been wandering around everywhere these days, and everyone knew they could speak.

Zhou Hao didn't restrict them either. It was said that there were quite a few Spirit Beasts that could speak in this world. As long as one had money, they could buy a Beast Speech Pill, or the Spirit Beast could refine the hyoid bone itself. Therefore, Spirit Beasts of any realm could potentially speak.

The villagers certainly didn't think Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin were ordinary Spirit Beasts, but they wouldn't think of them as high-level Spirit Beasts, let alone imagine that these two would be Divine Beasts.

As Zhou Hao walked, he suddenly cast his gaze upon the penned-up black pigs.

He suddenly remembered that he hadn't put his Metamorphosis Power into practice yet; he always forgot when he got busy.

Since he had free time now, Zhou Hao decided to test it out.

"Whose pigsty is this?" Zhou Hao stood beside the pigsty and asked loudly.

Hearing Zhou Hao's voice, a villager immediately responded, "It's Binzai's."

"Binzai, Binzai, where are you? Hurry over, Sir wants to see your pigsty," a helpful villager called out.

Soon, Binzai, who heard the shouts, rushed over.

"Sir, is there something you need?" Binzai asked.

Zhou Hao sized Binzai up. He was a young man in his early twenties.

He looked at the little black pig at the back of the pigsty and asked, "Can you sell me that little pig?"

"No need to buy, I'll give it to you," Binzai said hurriedly.

How could he dare to accept money from Zhou Hao? This was the person who had knocked Xu Shan down with a single punch.

Zhou Hao thought for a moment, realizing he had no money on him. He then said, "Go ask Ma Hongyun for the money. Just tell him I sent you, and everyone can vouch for it."

"No, really, no need," Binzai said anxiously.

He didn't dare ask Ma Hongyun for anything!

Zhou Hao put on a stern face and said, "Just go when I tell you to. Alright, it's decided. Ma Hongyun won't dare to make things difficult for you."

With that, his spiritual consciousness moved slightly, lifting the little piglet and leaving.

The little piglet suddenly took flight. After a moment of stunned surprise, it immediately thrashed its limbs in terror.

After a while, seeing that nothing else happened, it let out a sigh of relief and stopped struggling.

Binzai watched Zhou Hao's retreating back, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to go ask Ma Hongyun for reimbursement.

Zhou Hao didn't take the little pig back to his room. Instead, he found a place with water to wash the piglet. It had been in the pigsty for too long and smelled quite foul.

After bathing the little piglet, Zhou Hao looked at its appearance and nodded in satisfaction. "It looks quite cute like this."

With its chubby body, two big ears, and adorable features, it could indeed be considered a cute and charming pet.

Zhou Hao dried the little piglet and then brought it back to his room.

As soon as the little piglet landed, it warily eyed Zhou Hao and the other two beasts, Zhou Yuanbao, looking as if it were facing a great threat.

"Pfft~"

Zhou Hao couldn't help but chuckle. The little piglet's movements were truly a bit too cute.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to test the Metamorphosis Power. He decided to wait until the little piglet lowered its guard against them before proceeding with the experiment.

Thus, he and the little piglet stared at each other, beginning a battle of patience.

Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin also watched from the side. But the more they stared, the more vigilant the little piglet became. It started to squeal "oink oink," looking like it was ready to attack at any moment.

Finally, Zhou Hao realized the problem. He told Zhou Yuanbao and the others to go do whatever they were doing, and he himself found something to occupy himself with.

Without their attention on it, the little piglet finally began to slowly relax its vigilance