The parents of Bump, the snake spirit, were also a pair of snake spirits: one green snake and one white snake.
This was rather rare in Stone City.
Wang Quan asked them some questions, and the snake spirit couple told him everything they knew, holding nothing back.
He then questioned the neighbors nearby, and those Spirit Monsters did the same.
Finally, the snake spirit couple sighed. "We didn't actually want to abandon Bump."
"But those improper Spirit Monsters had far too great an effect on us."
"We had no choice but to abandon them."
"We were forced into it."
Something stirred in Wang Quan's mind. "Them? Are there many more Bump Spirit Monsters like this?"
The snake spirit couple nodded.
The neighbors nearby also nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Wang Quan smiled. "Interesting..."
A single Bump, a snake spirit, had managed to slip past his notice, land safely on the mulberry tree, and even affect his perception.
That ability was truly heaven-defying.
Then what about the other Bump Spirit Monsters?
An hour later:
Beneath the mulberry tree, dozens of Bump Spirit Monsters lay on the ground, looking pitifully at Wang Quan.
Wang Quan remained composed as he examined and studied them closely.
The tumors on these Spirit Monsters were rather distinctive: some took the shape of mirrors, others pagodas, weapons, and so forth.
Had a single Spirit Monster developed such tumors, Wang Quan would have considered it something born of nature, a mutation, an evolution, an impropriety.
But when the tumors of dozens of Spirit Monsters were all so improper, and all possessed special abilities, he felt things had become interesting.
After questioning them, he learned:
These Bump Spirit Monsters had all been born on the same day.
"There's something wrong with that date!"
Something stirred in his mind,