The Curtain Falls

Suddenly, Flame Emperor slowly descended from mid-air.

Step by step, each step ignites a flame.

"What are you doing!" Zhang Yunji sat on the ground, supporting himself with his hands behind his back, and pushed his legs back one after another.

'Thud!' Zhang Yunji's arm seemed to have hit something, making a sound.

Zhang Yunji turned his head and saw that it was the bottle that Gongsun Qiong had been holding in her arms. At this moment, the bottle was overturned on its side, the cap had fallen off, and the round particles inside had rolled out.

Flame Emperor looked at the bottle on the ground and stuck his head out to probe it.

When Flame Emperor approached, Zhang Yunji initially thought that Flame Emperor was going to devour him whole. However, after calculating the angle at which Flame Emperor peeked out, he realized that Yan Di's target was the bottle next to him.

Flame Emperor Yan snatched the bottle next to Zhang Yunji in one gulp, not even letting go of the scattered particles on the ground.

"What's going on?" A group of cultivators outside the Bookstore were puzzled by what they saw.

Let alone cultivators, even Ma Feifei from the Cloud Realm was a bit confused. Looking at the bottle that Flame Emperor had taken away, he wondered, "What is that thing? It looks like food?"

"That's right!" Ma Feifei suddenly remembered that in the Pokémon world, there is a special profession called a breeder. This is a profession that specializes in preparing food for Pokémon. Eating the food prepared by breeders will greatly help the Pokémon's fur and growth.

Flame Emperor Yan's actions were not intended to eat Zhang Yunji, but rather to obtain the food surrounding Zhang Yunji.

"President, it seems to be eating the food we bought," Zhao Xiaodao whispered.

Gongsun Qiong looked at Flame Emperor and said thoughtfully, "If I'm not mistaken, this method is feasible."

"What method?" Zhao Xiaodao asked, somewhat puzzled.

After leaving the restaurant, Gongsun Qiong took Zhao Xiaodao to a pet store to buy food for the Pokémon. However, no matter how much Zhao Xiaodao asked, Gongsun Qiong refused to say, only saying that they would know later. So, even now, Zhao Xiaodao still doesn't know what Gongsun Qiong's guess is.

"Silly." Gongsun Qiong tapped Zhao Xiaodao's forehead and looked at Flame Emperor, saying, "Look what it's doing?"

"Eat something!" Zhao Xiaodao said.

"Where did these things come from?" Gongsun Qiong asked.

"We bought it!" Zhao Xiaodao replied.

"So, suppose you ate something someone else bought, what would you do?" Gongsun Qiong asked again.

Zhao Xiaodao vigorously, saying, "I won't eat anything bought by strangers."

"Let's think about it normally," Gongsun Qiong flicked Zhao Xiaodao's forehead and laughed.

"Oh, I would be very grateful to her," Zhao Xiaodao replied earnestly.

"That's right, it's like this between people, and it's also like this between people and spirit beasts." Gongsun Qiong looked at Flame Emperor, who was eating, and said, "Look, it ate our food, so doesn't that mean it's formed a little bit of friendship with us?"

Zhao Xiaodao followed Gongsun Qiong's gaze, his confused look gradually clearing up as he exclaimed, "That's right! As the saying goes, 'He who eats another's food is bound to do so.' Now that it's eaten our food, won't it eat us later?"

"..." Gongsun Qiong was speechless; this child was probably beyond saving.

"President, did I say something wrong?" Zhao Xiaodao asked, somewhat puzzled.

Gongsun Qiong shook his head, pointed at Flame Emperor, and said, "See for yourself."

At this moment, Flame Emperor had already poured out and finished eating all the food in the bottle. Then, he let out a comfortable little roar, rolled on the ground, and looked very happy.

However, Zhang Yunji was completely baffled. While Flame Emperor was rolling around, Zhang Yunji seized the opportunity and began to crawl backward.

However, after climbing only a couple of steps, Flame Emperor's head came closer.

Zhang Yunji was startled.

"What are you trying to do? I'm telling you, you'd better get out of here right now, or don't blame me for getting serious!"

"I, Zhang Yunji, am a dignified Spirit King eighth stage. Don't mistake me for some nobody on the street."

"I'm telling you this one last time, if you don't leave, I'm going to suppress you!"

"They kill but don't bury!"

"Ah," Zhang Yunji, closing his eyes as he watched the Flame Emperor draw ever closer.

"Master!" Outside the Bookstore, Liu Ying couldn't bear to watch any longer. She grabbed Chang Kong's arm with one hand, her tone pleading.

Chang Kong looked at Liu Ying, shook his head, and sighed, "I've tried, but I can't sense the presence of any formation in the book, and Master can't enter either; moreover, that Saint next to him has been watching Master the whole time. If Master makes a move, I'm afraid he'll die at that Saint's hands immediately."

Although he was Spirit Emperor, he had no ability to resist a great figure like Yun Qingyang who had Transcendent to Saint; the two were simply not on the same level.

"Look!" someone suddenly exclaimed, pointing at the projection.

Chang Kong turned his head and saw that Zhang Yunji was still alive and well, and had not been eaten by Flame Emperor; on the contrary, Flame Emperor even licked Zhang Yunji's face with his tongue.

"What's going on?!" Everyone was bewildered, unable to understand why Flame Emperor was suddenly being so kind to Zhang Yunji.

Even Zhang Yunji himself was surprised. He felt a warm, wet sensation on his face, opened his eyes, and saw that Flame Emperor was licking his face with his tongue. He was startled and dodged backward, then looked puzzled and confused.

Flame Emperor withdrew his tongue and rubbed his head against Zhang Yunji's arm.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yunji was a little confused.

"It's trying to be friendly with you, hurry up and use your Poké Ball!" Gongsun Qiong shouted from behind.

"Huh?" Zhang Yunji was a little taken aback and subconsciously took out Poké Ball.

When Flame Emperor saw the Poké Ball, it suddenly began to emit a burst of light, and then with a 'whoosh' it transformed into a beam of light and entered the Poké Ball.

"Whoa!!"

Everyone was stunned!

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" a cultivator asked in disbelief, staring at the scene before him.

"Sacred Beast! It just ran in like that!" No one outside the Bookstore could explain this phenomenon. Everyone had the same expression, staring blankly as Zhang Yunji in the projection slowly turned into a beam of light and disappeared into the Book World.

Even Ma Feifei was completely stunned, staring at the vanished Zhang Yunji and exclaiming in astonishment, "Is this even possible?"

It ate something and then willingly became someone's pet? And it seems this thing doesn't even belong to Zhang Yunji!

"President!" Zhao Xiaodao exclaimed, pointing to the spot where Zhang Yunji had disappeared, and said with a sudden realization, "I know! It was the food! It was the food that made that Sacred Beast choose Brother Zhang, isn't that right?"

Gongsun Qiong nodded, her face showing an expression of certainty.

Her initial idea was to capture the Pokémon in a different way than by force. This method involved building a good friendship with the Pokémon to achieve the goal of capturing it. However, simply talking to a Pokémon wouldn't work, since their languages aren't direct communication. Even if they could communicate, it wouldn't necessarily make the Pokémon like you. Therefore, the most direct method was to use food.

According to what Gongsun Qiong has learned these past few days, people in the city who own Pokémon go to pet stores to buy special food to feed them. This food is very beneficial to the Pokémon's fur and growth, and is very popular with them. That's why Gongsun Qiong came up with this method: to establish a preliminary friendship with the Pokémon by feeding them food, thereby achieving the goal of capturing them.

As it turned out, Gongsun Qiong's method was effective; even a Sacred Beast succumbed to the temptation of food and became Zhang Yunji's pet.

"But that's our food!" Zhao Xiaodao suddenly seemed to remember this and said.

Gongsun Qiong said with a smile, "Brother Zhang has been kind to us. If it weren't for him helping us withstand the flames of the Sacred Beast, we would be dead by now. Since the Sacred Beast chose Brother Zhang, this is Brother Zhang's good fortune."

At this point, Gongsun Qiong reached into her sleeve and pulled out another bottle, saying playfully, "Besides, we still have a day left!"

Hearing Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao's conversation from the clouds, and seeing Gongsun Qiong take out a bottle of food from her sleeve, Ma Feifei finally couldn't help but exclaim, "Gongsun Qiong's wisdom must be blessed by the heavens, right?"

Time flew by in the Book World. After witnessing the immense power of the Sacred Beast, the remaining cultivators lost interest in capturing Sacred Beast and instead seized the last moments to capture other types of sprites.

On the afternoon of the eighth day, after a series of flashes of light, the first "One Book Multiple Travels" Book World finally came to an end. Countless beams of light shot out from the Pokémon book, the projection slowly disappeared, and the book in mid-air gently landed on the long table, its pages turning to reveal shimmering golden light inside.

At this moment, the cultivators from the Book World crowded around, their eyes fixed intently on the books and the spirit beasts that were about to belong to them!