Arrogant Golden Emperor Ant

Xu Yan didn't take the Golden Emperor Ant's words to heart. An ant dared to say it would blow him up? It must be a joke.

He swayed the half roast chicken he was carrying and said with a smile, "Don't rush, I haven't finished speaking. Become my pet, and I'll provide food and lodging!"

"Master!"

What?

Xu Yan suspected he had misheard. The Golden Emperor Ant was calling him master?

Didn't it want to blow him up just a second ago? How could it skip the agreement and call him master in the next second?

The reversal was so sudden that he almost didn't react.

The Golden Emperor Ant stared at the half roast chicken and said, "Master, this roast chicken is for me to eat, right?"

Its saliva was about to drip onto the ground, though it was so minuscule it was practically invisible.

Xu Yan thought to himself, As expected, it's a foodie, and one whose appetite outweighs its dignity.

What an interesting ant.

He placed the bag on the ground, opened it, and revealed the roast chicken inside. "Eat as much as you want. Eat as much as you can, otherwise, it'll be a waste to throw it away."

"Alright, Master. Little Gold always upholds the slogan of never wasting anything. Leave this chicken to Little Gold." the Golden Emperor Ant said.

Then, it eagerly climbed onto the half roast chicken and began to devour it.

Xu Yan had never seen an ant eat before, so he just watched the Golden Emperor Ant eat the roast chicken.

He was also curious how much this Golden Ant, which threatened to punch him to death at every turn, could eat.

However, he soon felt the power of the Golden Ant.

The half roast chicken was actually eaten by the Golden Ant, which was simply unbelievable.

An ant, half the length of an index finger, ate half a normal-sized roast chicken. No one would believe it if he told them.

Moreover, after eating the roast chicken, the Golden Ant's body was still the same size as before, with no changes at all. He had no idea where the eaten roast chicken went; it completely defied the conservation of all things.

After finishing the half roast chicken, the Golden Emperor Ant still seemed unsatisfied and said, "Master, this roast chicken tastes good. Where is it from? Take me there next time, and I'll go steal a few more."

"I'm very curious how your tiny body managed to eat half a roast chicken," Xu Yan asked, voicing his confusion.

If a fox ate half a chicken, he would understand. But for an ant to eat half a chicken? It didn't make sense no matter how he thought about it.

Of course, this was already an abnormal world.

"Master, the food I eat is converted into energy that I absorb to increase my strength," the Golden Emperor Ant said, shaking its front legs.

Let alone half a chicken, it could even eat half a cow.

The Emperor of Ants was not just for show. When it came to eating, it had never been defeated by anyone.

Xu Yan extended his hand, picked up the Golden Emperor Ant, and placed it on his palm to examine it up close.

Finally, he discovered the difference between the Golden Emperor Ant and ordinary ants.

The entire body of the Golden Emperor Ant was covered in extremely tiny, special runes that were impossible to spot unless one looked closely.

He asked, "Golden Emperor Ant, what are those runes on your body?"

The Golden Emperor Ant was silent for a moment before saying, "Those are Sealing Divine Runes. They can seal my power. I am usually in a sealed state and will not break the seal unless absolutely necessary."

The runes on its body were the source of its ability to eat so much.

No matter how much food it ate, it would be converted into energy and absorbed, then sealed within the divine runes.

The more divine runes it had, the greater the sealed power.

Xu Yan understood the general situation upon hearing this.

Even though he couldn't cultivate and was just a mortal, in the cultivation world, one could always encounter things from the cultivation world.

He had never encountered or even heard of a situation like the Golden Emperor Ant's, but he figured it must be some special circumstance that could only exist in the cultivation world.

"Master, take me home. Let me see my new home," the Golden Emperor Ant clearly didn't want to dwell on the matter of the divine runes and said.

Its previous home was the entire world; wherever it went, that was its home.

"Okay!"

Xu Yan brought the Golden Emperor Ant into the small shop and walked to the table where Su Jiuer was sitting. "Little Fox, we have a new companion from now on."

After speaking, he placed the Golden Emperor Ant on the table.

Su Jiuer looked at the Golden Ant in front of her, feeling a bit confused. Why did this old monster Xu Yan bring an ant in?

Could this ant be the new companion Xu Yan mentioned?

No way, no way. Is someone actually keeping an ant as a pet?

The Golden Emperor Ant saw Su Jiuer staring at it and said, "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a handsome ant like me before?"

It looked down on Su Jiuer. Such a large fox, lazily lying on the table, not doing any work.

Su Jiuer's eyes widened when she heard the Golden Emperor Ant's words, her eyes filled with disbelief.

She could actually hear an ant talking, and it was quite narcissistic.

"Little Fox, this is the Golden Emperor Ant. You need to get along with your new companion," Xu Yan said, patting Su Jiuer's head.

He was a little worried Su Jiuer might slap the Golden Emperor Ant to death.

Although the Golden Emperor Ant always boasted about punching things to death, it looked so small, not like a creature with that kind of power.

Su Jiuer's eyes were full of disdain. It actually wanted her to get along with an ant? What did it take her for?

Was it her kind?

The Golden Emperor Ant didn't care about Su Jiuer's thoughts and arrogantly said, "For the Master's sake, I, this great lord, can coexist with you, but don't disturb me for no reason."

After speaking, it lay down on the table to sleep.

After eating a large amount of food, it needed to enter a dormant state for a period. During this time, Divine Runes would condense within its body, sealing the energy absorbed from the food it just consumed.

Su Jiuer really wanted to slap this insolent ant to death. How dare it be so arrogant.

Even some very large Demon Race ants weren't as arrogant as this Golden Ant, which looked no different from an ordinary ant.

When Qin Tian came to find Xu Yan for a game of chess, he saw the Golden Emperor Ant and exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Xu's taste is truly extraordinary and refined; we common folk cannot compare."

He could understand keeping a little Fox Demon as a pet; after all, many men liked Fox Demons.

He could also understand keeping a green-haired turtle as a pet; it represented environmental protection and longevity, so quite a few people liked keeping them.

But keeping an ant as a pet? He couldn't understand it. An ant, the most easily overlooked creature in the world, could be accidentally stepped on and killed at any moment. What was the point of keeping one?

Xu Yan didn't intend to explain that the Golden Emperor Ant was no ordinary ant and said, "I'm just bored and raising a few more pets."

He felt it was best to keep the Golden Emperor Ant's miraculous abilities a secret.

Scarcity breeds value. If others found out his ants could talk, they might come to kill him and steal the ants, which was a possibility he had to guard against.