As night fell, in the Pang Family, in Pang Chunlong's courtyard, Xiao Yuping rested her chin on her pair of snow-white hands, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, her red lips slightly pouting, exuding elegance. Her large, watery eyes stared at the entrance to the courtyard, and she sighed, "Sigh! She didn't come over again."
Just as Xiao Yuping was feeling disappointed, a middle-aged man dressed in a brocade robe walked into the courtyard. Xiao Yuping's eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly went to greet him.
The person who arrived was none other than Pang Chunlong's father, Pang Wangchun. Xiao Yuping hurriedly went to greet him. "Master, you're late."
"If you don't feed the old woman properly, why would she come here? She'll cause a huge uproar!"
"Aren't you going to be nice to me?" Xiao Yuping said coquettishly.
"No, that's not true. I just finished and came over!" Pang Wangchun said helplessly.
"Alright, that's enough. My Pang Family's continuation of the family line depends on you!"
Since Pang Chunlong disappeared, Pang Wangchun has seen Xiao Yuping longing for him every day, and she has become thin. He can only disregard his status and personally comfort his daughter-in-law, hoping that she will not be so sad.
Sure enough, with Pang Wangchun's comforting words, Xiao Yuping's face lit up with a smile again, and she is now planning to keep a son in Pang Chunlong's name.
Xiao Yuping led Pang Wangchun into the room, and just as she was about to take further action, a laugh suddenly rang out in the courtyard, "Pang Family, what a refined taste you have! Such an amusing thing. Why didn't you invite me?"
"Who?" Pang Wangchun exuded the aura of Rank 9 Martial Practitioner, pressing down on the passersby.
The figure of the newcomer appeared before Pang Wangchun. Upon seeing him, Pang Wangchun immediately suppressed his imposing manner and bowed deeply to the Saint Envoy, saying, "Greetings, Saint Envoy."
The Saint Envoy nodded slightly. At that moment, a man who looked like a Saint Envoy appeared behind him. He was called a monk because he had a monastic scar on his head, but he was not wearing monk's robes.
"Park Dangeun, is this what you called fun? It's not that interesting!"
The Lotus Sect's Saint Envoy, Pu Duan, said, "Jiekong, you son of a bitch, stop giving me nicknames. My name is Pu Duan."
Jiekong stared wide-eyed. "There's a difference?"
"I'm too lazy to argue with you. Okay, let's have some fun first! Then we can talk about our cooperation. How about that?" He gestured towards Xiao Yuping after saying that.
Jiekong looked at it and said, "Great!" Then he walked towards Xiao Yuping.
Upon seeing Jiekong approaching her, Xiao Yuping turned pale and immediately cried out to Pang Wangchun for help, "Master!"
Pang Wangchun looked at Pu Duan with a troubled expression, "Saint Envoy? This?"
"What? You have a problem with that? If you're worried about her getting hurt, you can keep an eye on her from the side, or help Master Jiekong!" Pu Duan said nonchalantly.
Pang Wangchun had no choice but to turn around and comfort Xiao Yuping, saying, "Ping'er, it's alright. I'll keep an eye on things from the side. After you give birth to the child, you'll be the head of the Pang Family." He didn't forget to make that promise.
The four of them then started playing mahjong in the room. In the end, the three grown men were all defeated by the weak woman, and they were so angry that they foamed at the mouth and collapsed to the ground.
Despite her exhaustion, Xiao Yuping tidied up and settled the three of them before finally falling asleep peacefully.
The three rested for a while and soon recovered. Then, Pu Duan and Jiekong both praised Pang Wangchun, saying that their daughter-in-law was well-trained. She was capable and knew how to handle things.
The three of them then huddled together and whispered amongst themselves until almost dawn. They then pulled Xiao Yuping up, played a few rounds of mahjong, and finally left satisfied.
Pang Wangchun watched the two leave with a smile on his face. He hadn't expected that Buddhism and the Lotus Sect would unite! Now the Pang Family was about to take off! With that thought, he excitedly pulled Xiao Yuping along and started playing a celebratory game.
When the two were exhausted, Pang Wangchun still remembered to remind Xiao Yuping, "This matter must not be told to anyone, otherwise it will bring great disaster to the Pang Family. As for what I promised you, I will do it. When you give birth to a son, he will be the head of the family!"
Xiao Yuping patted Pang Wangchun on the shoulder and said, "Master, I know!" She then gave Pang Wangchun a charming glare.
Upon seeing this, Pang Wangchun's exhausted body was instantly filled with energy again, and he pulled Xiao Yuping up to celebrate once more.
The next day, early morning,
Jiang Liu slowly awoke from his meditation.
Looking at the colorless beast core in his hand, he realized that only one-third of the vital energy inside had been lost.
It seems this beast core can be used for cultivation for three days, but the speed at which the vital energy is replenished is much faster than simply circulating the cultivation technique and absorbing a ninth-grade beast core.
Jiang Liu introspected and discovered that the Primal Qi Liquid within his body had grown even stronger. He immediately felt incredibly energized. Once his Primal Qi Liquid reached a certain level, it would be time to step into the Grandmaster realm.
Jiang Liu cultivated for six consecutive days before he could completely refine the Dwarf Dragon's core and the two ninth-grade beast cores he had obtained earlier.
That day, Jiang Liu watched as the beast core in his hand turned into Xu Wu, slowly stood up, randomly chose a direction to move forward, and left the Dwarf Dragon's corpse there for now.
No Exotic Beast should dare to approach for the next month or two, as the Lesser Beast King's oppressive aura still lingers. As for people, Jiang Liu has been here for so long and hasn't seen a single one.
Jiang Liu continued walking cautiously forward. He was only able to defeat the Dwarf Dragon because it was injured. If he encountered an uninjured Dwarf Dragon, Jiang Liu estimated that he would not be able to defeat it.
Only creatures of the same level as the Dwarf Dragon could injure it. Therefore, Jiang Liu had to proceed cautiously.
He estimated that the Lesser Beast King fighting the Dwarf Dragon must also be injured. Otherwise, the Dwarf Dragon wouldn't just be injured; the two Lesser Beast King should be evenly matched.
So Jiang Liu wondered if he could still encounter that Lesser Beast King, depending on what kind of Exotic Beast it was. Whether he killed it or managed to tame it, it was possible.
Now is the perfect time to make a move on it, which is why Jiang Liu is risking his life to go find it.
Jiang Liu continued onward, carefully searching with his Divine Sense, but after traveling seven or eight miles, there was still no movement.
Suddenly, a strange movement came from the sea of consciousness. Jiang Liu glanced in that direction and saw that two ninth-grade Exotic Beast were fighting in the grass.
Both the Sky-Rending Ape and the Violent Bear are belligerents; once they meet, they won't stop until they're completely exhausted.
The Sky-Rending Ape was seen holding a stick made of some unknown material, and it swung it straight at the Violent Bear.
Violent Bear reached out his large hand, caught the stick, and casually pulled the Sky-Rending Ape towards him. Then, he raised his right foot and kicked the Sky-Rending Ape.
The Sky-Rending Ape was kicked by the Violent Bear and flew straight towards Jiang Liu. Jiang Liu quickly drew his broadsword and met the Sky-Rending Ape with a downward slash. The Sky-Rending Ape was cleaved in two before it could even let out a scream.
Violent Bear stared at Jiang Liu in disbelief, probably wondering where this sixth brother had come from.
Jiang Liu didn't even glance at the Sky-Rending Ape, and flew directly towards the Violent Bear. He then delivered a backhand slash from below, striking the Violent Bear.
The Violent Bear let out a scream, then realized what was happening. Seeing that its belly had been ripped open, it quickly turned and fled.
Jiang Liu wouldn't give it a chance to escape. Besides, in Jiang Liu's opinion, the Violent Bear's escape speed was barely faster than a tortoise crawling.
He leaped forward, unleashing the Demon-Suppressing Demon Suppression Blade Technique, and thrust his broadsword straight through the Violent Bear from behind.
Jiang Liu happily put away the two Rank 9 beast cores, which gave him two more days' worth of cultivation resources.
Jiang Liu continued cautiously into the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
P. S.: Can you guess which one fought against the Dwarf Dragon?