Inside an abandoned warehouse in the Wilderness Zone.
It was not far from Yangzhou City, one of Jiangnan Base City's Eight Satellite Cities.
"Bro, why did you bring me here?" Luo Feng asked curiously.
Yun He waved his hand, stirring up a fierce gust that swept all the clutter in the warehouse aside, exposing the level floor.
"Luo Feng, you should know that our Earthling bloodline is very ordinary in the universe. You could even call it poor," Yun He said.
Luo Feng nodded. Although he hated to admit it, the Earthling bloodline really was nothing special.
They did not even reach the Apprentice level upon adulthood.
"So, if you want to go further, you need other opportunities. For example, changing bodies."
Luo Feng frowned. "Bro, even you think that?"
Clearly, Luo Feng was deeply attached to his Earthling body.
"You should know that a person's soul is what matters most. As long as your soul doesn't change, what's the big deal about changing bodies? You'll still be you."
Yun He worried that, now that he had resolved the Golden Horned Beast crisis, Luo Feng would refuse to possess the beast. Luo Feng had a happy family now, and his children would be born in another three or four months. So Yun He earnestly tried to persuade him.
Luo Feng still looked extremely resistant. "That's different. I still prefer my original body."
Yun He rolled his eyes. You think I don't know what you're thinking? You're only resisting because of Xu Xin. Afraid she won't let you into the bedroom?
Without another word, he extended his right hand toward the empty space ahead.
Hum~
A black hole roughly ten meters in diameter suddenly appeared in midair. As Luo Feng stared, dumbfounded, it slowly rotated and spat out a black beast over ten meters long.
Thud~
The black beast landed on the warehouse floor with a dull thud, making the ground tremble slightly. Then the black hole above vanished.
The black beast was covered in wounds. Many of his scales had fallen off, and patches of his flesh were bloody and mangled. He was so disfigured that his original form was almost unrecognizable. Gravely injured and weak, he struggled several times but could not get up. He lay on the floor, clearly breathing out more than he breathed in.
Clearly, the past year or so had not been kind to him.
"Bro, this is..." Luo Feng remained stunned for a long while.
Bro, you're not asking me to possess this thing, are you?
A monster?
How could I possibly do that? At least bring out something that looks a little more human!
You think you can persuade me with this thing?
Not a chance!
Wouldn't Xu Xin beat me to death?
"Th-this... what is this?" Just then, the little devil Babata popped out on Luo Feng's shoulder. Its blood-red eyes widened, and its little hand trembled as it pointed at the Golden Horned Beast cub, too shocked to speak.
Yun He raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, that had flushed this fellow out.
"What should I call you?" Yun He looked at Babata curiously. This was his first time seeing intelligent life.
"Y-you, you..." The little devil Babata pointed at the Golden Horned Beast cub while staring at Yun He, trembling all over as though it had seen a ghost.
"Babata, what's wrong?" Luo Feng asked with a frown.
"Luo Feng, shut up!" Babata shrieked. Its blood-red eyes locked on Yun He as it asked in a trembling voice, "Wh-what is this?"
"You've already guessed, haven't you?" Yun He shrugged. "It's exactly what you think."
"A G-G-Golden Horned Beast?" The little devil Babata still sounded uncertain.
"Yes. A Golden Horned Beast, one of the ten supreme bloodlines among starry sky behemoths." Yun He nodded.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" The little devil Babata was growing frantic. "This is insane! The world has gone insane! How could a Golden Horned Beast appear here? And it looks like a cub that was only recently born! How is that possible? This is insane!"
Ignoring the now-incoherent Babata, Yun He said to Luo Feng, "Luo Feng, this is an incredible opportunity. Make sure you seize it."
By now, Luo Feng had clearly realized something from Yun He and Babata's exchange, but his expression remained resistant. He obviously did not want to give up his Earthling body.
"Say yes! Luo Feng, say yes! Whatever he asks for, you have to agree!" Babata screamed.
Luo Feng frowned without speaking.
"Luo Feng, you idiot! Do you have any idea what a Golden Horned Beast means? And you actually..." Exasperated by Luo Feng's failure to appreciate the opportunity, the little devil Babata launched into a scolding and explained the significance of a Golden Horned Beast.
Feeling that he had teased him enough, Yun He smiled at Luo Feng. "If you can't bear to give up your Earthling body, there's a way to solve that too."
"There's a way?" Luo Feng was already somewhat tempted, but he still could not get past that mental hurdle.
"The Golden Horned Beast has an Innate Secret Technique: clones! It can nurture three clones in its lifetime. One at the Planetary Stage, one at the Universe Stage, and one at the World Lord stage," Yun He said.
"What? Clones? And three of them?!" Babata screamed wildly. "Luo Feng, you're going to hit the jackpot! I'm losing my mind!"
"Clones?" Luo Feng seemed to have thought of something, but he was not quite certain.
"Luo Feng, you're hopelessly stupid!" Babata jumped onto Luo Feng's head and stomped furiously.
Yun He smiled and shook his head before explaining, "After you possess the Golden Horned Beast, you can nurture your Earthling body as your first clone."
"No! I won't agree!" The little devil Babata's eyes had turned dark red, and smoke rose from its head. "What's the point of nurturing an Earthling clone? You'd waste a clone slot on that? Such wastefulness would get you struck by lightning in the universe! I won't agree! Absolutely not!"
Ignoring Babata, Luo Feng looked at Yun He and asked uncertainly, "Bro, are you sure you want to give me this opportunity?"
He had realized how incredibly rare this opportunity was, but he did not understand why Yun He would give him something so heaven-defying.
Yun He smiled helplessly. "This opportunity is no use to me."
"Yun He, you're a native of Earth. How do you know so much?" Babata asked then.
Luo Feng was curious too.
Yun He teased, "Just as you're Luo Feng's opportunity, Babata, couldn't I have found opportunities of my own?"
"So that's it." Babata and Luo Feng nodded in understanding.
There were countless opportunities in the universe. There was nothing incomprehensible about Yun He having found one.
"Bro, are you really giving me this opportunity?" Luo Feng asked.
Yun He rolled his eyes. "Why else would I have brought you here? I just need to trade for a few things with your intelligent life."
"What do you want in exchange for the Golden Horned Beast?" Babata looked at Yun He warily.
Babata felt that even if everything it and the Meteorite Star possessed were bundled together, it would still not match the value of this Golden Horned Beast cub.
After all, this was a Golden Horned Beast cub, and he even had the innate ability to create clones-three clone slots, no less!
Just thinking about it made Babata tremble.
"Relax. Luo Feng is my little brother, after all. I won't fleece you. I only want some books on studying space law, preferably with a few movement techniques involving space law, such as Ten Thousand Line Flow," Yun He said.
He had a rough idea of what Babata had in stock, so he did not make any outrageous demands. A token exchange would do.
"That's all?" Babata was suspicious. It felt as though a Golden Horned Beast cub had fallen from the sky. This was far too cheap.
"If I didn't happen to need those things, what would be wrong with simply giving my little brother a Golden Horned Beast?" Yun He smiled.
"Bro..." Luo Feng was instantly moved.
"Deal!" Babata hurriedly agreed.
Only a fool would refuse.
It only needed to copy those books, something it could do with a flick of its fingers. It could hardly ask for a better bargain.
"In that case, organize the materials and send them to my Auxiliary Optical Computer. I'll leave you two to talk." Yun He smiled and left, leaving Luo Feng and Babata behind.
Babata desperately tried to persuade Luo Feng, urging him not to waste a clone slot so lightly and warning that he would bitterly regret it later.
The two remained at an impasse...
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