"There are storage bags in the center of the room. Want me to get one for you?"
"No need. I have a Small World. Once we get out..."
"Ah... Wind Dragon, when did you get here?"
Lu Chen turned around and looked at the Wind Dragon behind him, somewhat flustered.
His body involuntarily took two steps back, bumping into the bookshelf behind him.
Smack...
Two glowing secret manuals fell out of Lu Chen's pocket.
"I... I was only helping you tidy up. I... I wasn't trying to take them."
Seeing the manuals fall out, Lu Chen became even more flustered.
His words turned stammering, and it took him a long while to squeeze out a sentence.
"The magic treasures in the center of the room are all top-grade Earth Tier. You didn't take any?"
Watching Lu Chen's embarrassed state, the Wind Dragon kept teasing him.
"What? They're all top-grade Earth Tier? I thought they were ordinary magic treasures, so I didn't..."
"No, no, no. I didn't know there were magic treasures."
Realizing his crime had been exposed, Lu Chen hurriedly explained himself.
"Hehe, it's fine. Go take them. Those things are useless to me now."
The Wind Dragon shrank and coiled atop Lu Chen's head.
"Once you gain control of the Beast King's Mansion's core and connect the Beast King's Mansion to the Small World, all these manuals and magic treasures can be transferred into the Small World."
"Really?"
"How could that be fake? If I said I'm giving them to you, then I'm giving you all of them."
"Hahaha, alright. Then I won't take these."
Hearing the Wind Dragon say it would give everything to him, Lu Chen was overjoyed.
He shook his body, and a pile of gold coins, jewels, secret manuals, and magic treasures fell down.
Looking at the gold coins on the ground, Lu Chen's eyes darted about, as though he had thought of some sly idea.
"Wind Dragon, do dragons all have a collecting habit? Hahaha, otherwise, how could you have so many gold coins?"
"Brat, are you making fun of me?"
Hearing Lu Chen's teasing, the Wind Dragon slapped him with its tail.
Lu Chen staggered and fell face-first onto the ground.
"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare. I was just curious because you have so many treasures."
Lu Chen climbed up from the ground and dusted himself off.
"Brat, don't be curious about nonsense. Let's go. Straight to the fifth floor."
"We're not checking out the other rooms?"
Hearing the Wind Dragon's words, Lu Chen felt rather puzzled.
"You're stupid to death. We still have to visit the other leaders. Going to loot their homes now is courting death, isn't it?"
The Wind Dragon rolled its eyes at Lu Chen.
"The four of them are all genuine Territory Realm Great Perfection cultivators. I couldn't beat them before, much less now."
Lu Chen left the Wind Dragon's residence and arrived at the central staircase.
"Little Lu, wait."
The Wind Dragon suddenly called out to Lu Chen from behind.
Lu Chen turned back, about to ask the Wind Dragon something, but saw that its entire body was trembling.
"Wind Dragon, what's wrong? Has the berserk aura erupted again?"
"N... nothing. Let's keep going."
This time, the Wind Dragon quickly moved ahead.
On the spiral staircase.
Lu Chen could sense that the Wind Dragon's entire body was still trembling.
"Wind Dragon, are you really alright?"
Lu Chen scooped the Wind Dragon into his arms and kept stroking its head.
"I'm fine. I've been away for too long. I'm just a little afraid to go up."
The Wind Dragon raised its head, recalling the days it had spent with the Beast King.
"Sigh... In the blink of an eye, six thousand years have passed."
"Let's go. We should go take a look."
The Wind Dragon rose again and shot straight toward the fifth floor.
Lu Chen followed closely behind, chasing after the Wind Dragon into the fifth floor.
"The fifth floor is this small?"
The fifth floor was not as splendid as Lu Chen had imagined. It could even be called extremely crude.
In a space less than five meters wide stood a three-meter-long offering table.
Behind the table was a worn-out chair.
The Wind Dragon was coiled on the chair, its eyes fixed on the reflection directly ahead.
"This is Lord Beast King's residence."
The Wind Dragon shifted slightly, signaling Lu Chen to sit in the chair.
"Lord Beast King used to like sitting here most, watching the scenery outside."
Lu Chen came beside the Wind Dragon and sat on the chair.
Through the reflection, the entire scene within the Twin Fish Token world entered his view.
"Sitting here gives one the feeling that all under heaven is held in one's palm."
Lu Chen watched the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram within the Twin Fish Plate world constantly change.
"Yes, Lord Beast King used to say the same thing."
The Wind Dragon opened its mouth and stretched its body out comfortably.
"At that time, Lord Azure Emperor had not yet ascended. The ten of them watched the scenery outside from this place, and in the end decided to force open the passage beyond the realm and ascend."
"Isn't the fifth floor the Beast King's residence? Why is it so simple?"
Lu Chen looked around in confusion.
"Lord Beast King spent his entire life searching for demon beasts and rarely returned here."
The Wind Dragon left the chair and opened a hidden compartment in the table and chair.
It took out a scroll and slowly unfurled it.
"This is the Beast King's Mansion control scroll. It retains Lord Beast King's magical power and can keep the scroll from decaying for ten thousand years."
"Wind Dragon, what should I do?"
Lu Chen took the scroll. At its center was a recessed image of a Fire Phoenix.
"Relax your body. I'll help you."
The Wind Dragon opened its mouth and bit Lu Chen's palm.
Drops of blood fell one by one, flowing into the Fire Phoenix groove.
"What is this? My blood is being continuously drawn toward it."
The blood gradually filled the groove, and the Fire Phoenix image began to come alive.
Its wings danced as it flew out of the scroll in dazzling streams of light, circling above Lu Chen's head.
"How amazing. How was this done?"
Lu Chen looked at the circling Fire Phoenix overhead, intensely curious.
The Wind Dragon ignored Lu Chen and continued biting his palm.
The Azure Emperor Divine Tree within Lu Chen's body answered the summons and appeared from the void.
Chirp...
The Fire Phoenix gave a long cry and flew onto the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.
It plucked off a branch, circled the fifth floor once, then plunged down the spiral staircase.
"It worked. Little Lu, let's go. Follow that Fire Phoenix."
The Wind Dragon grew larger, carried Lu Chen on its back, grabbed the scroll, and began chasing after the Fire Phoenix.
Chirp...
The Fire Phoenix slowly crushed the Azure Emperor Divine Tree branch in its beak, scattering fragments bit by bit across every floor.
Third-floor space.
A phoenix cry came from the spiral staircase.
"Our chance has come. Everyone, follow the King and go."
As soon as the words fell, Bai Ze saw the Fire Phoenix and Wind Dragon rushing down from above and called for everyone to follow.
Bai Ze directly transformed into his true form, with a single horn, four hooves, and wings on his back.
Everyone followed close behind, revealing their true forms.
Golden Giant Dragon, Nine-tailed Red Fox, Kui Niu, Golden Lion...
Everyone charged after Lu Chen, kicking up clouds of dust.
Second-floor space.
"Monkey, they're here. Let's go."
Watching Lu Chen rush down from the upper floor, the snake-shaped demon beast knew that the Beast King's Mansion was about to change hands and that they would finally be able to leave this place.
It led the demon beasts of the second floor and charged after Lu Chen.
Lu Chen chased the Fire Phoenix to the first floor.
All 2,500 doors opened.
From them emerged 2,500 varieties of demon beasts from every race, numbering nearly more than a hundred thousand.
Feeling the incomparably excited aura of the demon beast horde.
They lined up at the rear of the formation and continued forward.
Seeing that the Fire Phoenix had neared the gate, the Wind Dragon knew the time had come.
With a dragon roar, it asked Lu Chen, "Little Lu, are you a real man?"
"If you are a real man, then become the new King of Ten Thousand Beasts."
Hah, Spirit Sealing Scroll Seal.
Without waiting for Lu Chen's response, the Wind Dragon threw out the scroll, pressing it tightly against the gate.
Complex fiery-red patterns spread out from the scroll, connecting at their center to the Fire Phoenix upon it.
The scroll continuously expanded outward, linking to the entire formation of the Beast King's Mansion and to every room.
"Now, Little Lu, chant the incantation with me."
"Command beasts with spirit, honor strange beasts; one hundred thousand demon beasts, one hundred thousand drops of demon blood."
A flash of blue-black light passed through the Wind Dragon's eyes as it carried Lu Chen through the intricate patterns laid down by the scroll.
"Command beasts with spirit, honor strange beasts; one hundred thousand demon beasts, one hundred thousand drops of demon blood."
Lu Chen followed closely, chanting the incantation.
A drop of blood appeared within the Fire Phoenix's figure and slowly merged into Lu Chen's body.
A drop of blood also appeared on each of the more than one hundred thousand demon beasts behind him, merging into Lu Chen's body.
One hundred thousand Azure Emperor Divine Tree leaves flew from the void, turning into brands that merged into the demon beasts' bodies.
Roar...
The Wind Dragon roared, and the contract was completed.
A Fire Phoenix-shaped mark appeared between Lu Chen's brows.
It slowly sank into his skin and vanished.
"Go."
The Wind Dragon carried Lu Chen through the scroll barrier.
The light of the Spirit Sealing Scroll merged into Lu Chen's body.
"It worked!"
"It worked?"
"Ah... From this day onward, I, Lu Chen, am the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts."
Standing atop the Wind Dragon's head, Lu Chen shouted toward the front.
The wild wind blew Lu Chen's hair into disarray, while more than one hundred thousand demon beasts charged behind him.
An unrestrained and heroic aura naturally flowed from Lu Chen's body.
"Wan'er... Look at me. I've become the Beast King."
Lu Chen had already spotted Nantian Wan'er. She was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed beneath the sturdy Azure Emperor Divine Tree, sensing the changes in the Twin Fish Plate world.
The life aura within the sturdy Azure Emperor Divine Tree continuously flowed into Nantian Wan'er's body, improving her physical condition.
Hearing Lu Chen's voice, Nantian Wan'er opened her eyes and looked toward the sky, noticing him.
"Brother Lu, I'm here! I'm here!"
Nantian Wan'er waved quickly toward Lu Chen in the sky.
Lu Chen guided the Wind Dragon to slowly stop before Nantian Wan'er.
The Fire Phoenix seemed to sense the pure Wind Ancestor Bloodline within Nantian Wan'er.
Struggling free of the Wind Dragon's control, it shot straight into Nantian Wan'er's brow.
A dark crimson mark formed between Nantian Wan'er's brows.
"Brother Lu, what was that that entered my body? It feels like the blood inside me has been ignited."
Nantian Wan'er touched the mark on her brow, somewhat astonished.
Wind Dragon: "Huh? How did I forget about this little girl?"
"If the Fire Phoenix enters her body, perhaps it can revive the spiritual energy. This little girl's bloodline may even rise to a higher level."
The moment the Wind Dragon finished speaking, Lu Chen had already sensed the fire-wind aura within the Heavenly Pool.
The Fire Phoenix was continuously absorbing the spiritual energy within the Heavenly Pool, transforming the strength of Nantian Wan'er's bloodline.
Lu Chen and Nantian Wan'er shared the same Heavenly Pool, and the Wind Ancestor Bloodline within his body was affected as well.
The concentration of his bloodline had become dozens of times stronger than before, and a tiny Fire Phoenix could faintly be seen racing through his blood.
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