The Three-Eyed Golden Lion

Chen Ming looked at the message in the world chat box. An Ancient Auspicious Beast had appeared. The first one he thought of was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

"I've got nothing better to do. I might as well go check it out."

He had nothing else to do right now, so he decided to take a look. It was a special event, after all, and it was only natural to be curious.

Chen Ming tapped the map to teleport, and soon arrived in the latitudes of the inner region of the Star Dou Forest.

Then he activated the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul. His black hair instantly turned gold, and his black eyes turned red.

His huge dragon wings beat as he flew high into the sky, heading for the coordinates. Meanwhile, on the other side...

A little golden lion, clearly out of place, looked around in confusion. She looked at the blocky trees, the pixelated Soul Beasts, and the pixelated grass.

"Wasn't I hunting? How did I end up here?"

The golden little lion, who had three eyes, curiously darted around. She reached out a five-clawed paw and patted a pixelated Soul Beast.

The other creature suddenly glowed red, sprang backward, landed, and began chasing after her, trying to bite her.

"What strange Soul Beasts. They all look so weird here..."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bit the Soul Beast to death. When it died, it dropped some little green spheres that could increase her cultivation, followed by a purple Soul Ring.

"There isn't any meat!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion discovered that these Soul Beasts left no meat behind when they died and was immediately horrified. She rushed at another Soul Beast, but after biting it to death, she still found no meat.

Unwilling to give up, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion killed another Soul Beast. Still no meat. She promptly sat down on the ground, dejected.

"Am I going to starve to death...? What kind of place is this?! I want to go home!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion couldn't accept that she was going to starve to death here. If she had to die, she'd rather die from eating too much! Starving to death was just too awful!

"Uncle Di Tian! Uncle Scarlet King! Uncle Wan Yao Wang! Aunt Bi Ji! Uncle Xiong Jun! Aunt Zi JI! Uncle Yao Ling!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion began calling for help. She even took out the Black Dragon Reverse Scale Di Tian had given her and tried to channel Soul Power into it, but it did nothing...

"No!!! I don't want to starve to death!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion couldn't accept that this was how she was going to die. It was too miserable a way to go. If she had to die, she'd rather die with a full stomach!

"I'm sorry, Uncle Di Tian. I'll never run away from the Star Dou Forest's Core Circle again... The outside world is so dangerous... Please come take me home..."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wept tears of regret. If Heaven gave her another chance, she'd never leave the Star Dou Forest's Core Circle again, even if it killed her.

Grrr...

An untimely sound rang out. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's stomach was growling. Still unwilling to give up, she hunted several more Soul Beasts, but none of them dropped any meat.

With nowhere else to turn, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion fixed her eyes on the grass. Was a dignified Emperor Auspicious Beast really reduced to eating grass?

Grrr...

While the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was still hesitating, her stomach warned her again. She'd left the Core Circle to hunt a Ten-Thousand Year Twin Giant because she was hungry in the first place, and had accidentally ended up here.

Now she'd been wandering around for several hours and was already starving. With no other options, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion lowered her head and opened her mouth to bite the weeds below.

Smack!

But the next moment, the system interpreted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's action as an attempt to destroy the weeds, and they vanished with a smack. The Golden British Shorthair had bitten into nothing, and she couldn't take it anymore.

"Why can't I even eat grass?! What kind of place is this?!"

At last, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was exhausted. She flopped onto the ground with a thud, looking as if she might be dead.

In this world where she couldn't eat a single thing, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt as though she were in hell. She was a foodie, too. How much suffering did a foodie have to endure to starve to death?

Meanwhile, Chen Ming had watched everything the Three-Eyed Golden Lion did. He was delighted to see that she was conscious, could talk, and had a will of her own—and that she even looked so different from everything else.

Finally, he'd have someone to keep him company! But he didn't rush over. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had fifteen thousand years of cultivation, and he was no match for her.

Although he could suppress her through their bloodlines, the difference in their stats was just too great. So Chen Ming planned to wait until the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had resigned herself to her fate, then suddenly appear and save her.

He didn't want the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to mistake him for a little snack and eat him. Of course, he could revive, but it would still be unpleasant.

Just as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion closed her eyes and tried to sleep through her hunger, a delicious aroma suddenly drifted over. She opened her eyes at once.

Before her stood a human with golden hair and red eyes. His aura... felt so familiar!

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had a trace of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within her, so it was only natural that she felt close to Chen Ming, who had activated the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul.

But right now, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was staring fixedly at the egg fried rice in Chen Ming's hand. Tears streamed from her mouth like a little brook.

"Want some?"

Chen Ming was surprised that she hadn't pounced on him, but he still tried to talk to her.

At that, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded her huge head frantically. Every cell in her body was crying out with hunger.

"I do!"

"Open your mouth."

Chen Ming gestured for her to open her mouth. The big cat obediently did so, and he poured a plate of egg fried rice into it. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion began to eat.

It was so delicious that tears streamed down her face. Eating a plate of egg fried rice when she was this hungry, feeling as if she'd been brought back to life after being pushed to the brink—living was wonderful.

If Heaven gave her another chance, she'd stay tucked away in the Star Dou Forest's Core Circle forever and never come out. And she'd never waste food again.

Thinking back to her days as the Auspicious Beast, she'd been quite the gourmet. When eating Soul Beasts, she'd specifically chosen those of the spirit type—and only eaten their brains.

Now the Three-Eyed Golden Lion wished she could go back and beat up her past self for wasting food. The change in her was about as big as the difference between the beginning and end of the month, when payday came and went.

Actually, it was even worse. She couldn't even eat weeds. She really couldn't eat a single thing—it was utterly despairing.

"Want more?"

Afraid she hadn't had enough, Chen Ming took out a whole bucket of egg fried rice. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion lunged over and stuck her head into the bucket, eating ravenously like a starving ghost.

A moment later, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion finished the whole bucket of egg fried rice. At last, she felt satisfied. She smacked her lips, still wanting more, then turned to look at the human who could talk to her.

His aura felt very familiar, but his pressure was like that of the mysterious Lord.

"Human, can you tell me where I am? How do I get out?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wanted to leave this awful place. Now that she'd finally met someone she could communicate with, she immediately asked him.

"This is the inner region of the Star Dou Forest, the mixed zone. Don't you know that, as a Soul Beast? To get out, just teleport."