The Most Terrifying Great Devil King (2/3)
Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Li Boyang, Riding Clouds and Driving Mist, landed at the entrance of Li Household Village.
Although he had mastered the ability to fly, Li Boyang did not like the idea of descending from the sky and receiving the worshipful gazes of the crowd.
Quietly landing at the village entrance and then walking along the path paved with blue bricks into the village was a habit Li Boyang had always cultivated.
"Non-Crying Child is back! Non-Crying Child is back!"
"Quick, quick, hide! Be careful not to get caught by that guy and made to stand in the corner again!"
"Shouldn't we call him Li Boyang now? He already has a name!"
"You idiot, is this the time to be saying these things?"
"Quick, someone go tell our eldest sister! She's not back yet!"
As soon as Li Boyang entered the village, he heard the noise of children.
These children were mostly born after Li Boyang was born; the oldest were five or six years old, and the youngest were three or four.
As for smaller ones, they certainly exist, but they're all currently being forcibly exposed.
This is the most common situation for Mountain Folk in this era.
The older child, accompanied by the younger one, spends all day in the village teasing cats and dogs, chasing chickens and ducks, causing everyone a headache.
Especially under the leadership of Li Jingshu, the leader of the children.
These audacious young lads and wild girls dare to do anything.
"Girl Xi, you stop right there!"
He spotted a dirty, wild girl not far away and Li Boyang raised his voice to shout.
Where did you get all muddy again?
Under the wild girl's trembling yet fearful gaze.
Li Boyang strolled over to her side, then wiped the mud off her face and asked.
"And what about Li Jingshu?"
"Your eldest sister begged me to let her rest for a few days, and now she's gone back to the mountains?"
Upon seeing this, the nearby children scattered immediately, afraid that they too would be stopped by Li Boyang.
After all, whether it's listening to Li Boyang's reprimand or betraying Li Jingshu's whereabouts...
This was a terrifying thing in the eyes of these children.
"I have no idea!"
Upon hearing Li Boyang's question, Girl Xi stiffened her neck and answered loudly,
Girl Xi was the child in the village closest to Li Jingshu; in a sense, she could even be considered Li Jingshu's follower.
So even when facing the "most terrifying Great Devil King," Girl Xi resolutely refused to betray her eldest sister.
"You wild girl—look at this!"
Reaching out to rub Girl Xi's head, Li Boyang, with a wry smile, took out a piece of honey from behind his back.
This honey was a stash that Xiluo stole from a certain big, clumsy bear.
As the number of children in the village increased, they also became more and more mischievous.
Li Boyang would always keep some on him, specifically for soothing children.
As it turned out, this tactic was surprisingly effective.
Even so, I still don't know!
She swallowed hard, Girl Xi continued to stiffen her neck, her eyes unconsciously darting around.
Think it through before you speak!
It's rare for him to show his childlike side.
Li Boyang deliberately raised his voice and waved the honey in front of Girl Xi's eyes twice.
I--I-
"After my older sister saw that guy from another village off, she left the village, and that's all I know!"
With lightning speed, she snatched the Girl Xi, then turned and ran away, shouting as she went.
"Please don't tell my older sister that I was the one who said that!"
With a smile on his face, Li Boyang watched Girl Xi's departing figure and then raised his voice again.
"Slow down, be careful not to fall!"
When Li Boyang returned home, Chen Yun was feeding the chickens and herding the ducks in the yard.
At Chen Yun's feet, a large, muscular yellow dog bared its teeth, helping her chase away the poultry.
Of course, while they are called chickens and ducks, those chickens and ducks don't actually conform to any Earthly understanding.
Chickens with magnificent plumage and ducks larger than big yellow dogs—if you were to throw these chickens and ducks onto Earth in my previous life, they would definitely be mistaken for products of genetic mutation.
In fact, these chickens and ducks only gradually appeared in the village three years ago when Li Boyang was simultaneously promoting the Mountain God Reservoir and rice cultivation plans.
These chickens and ducks didn't originally look like this.
Some of the original breeds were obtained by Li Household Village through exchanges with nearby villages using superior breeds, while others were pheasants and other birds that Li Boyang had personally domesticated.
Through generations of hybridization and domestication, these poultry have come to be what they are today.
The village's young children owe a great deal of their boundless energy and robust physique to the meat and protein provided by these poultry.
"Mother, I'm back."
Walking slowly to Chen Yun's side, Li Boyang gently stroked the big yellow dog that was wagging its tail wildly.
This big yellow dog also only came to Li Household Village three years ago.
It was sent by Gao Family Village, where Pan Hu is located, as a token of their gratitude.
Along with this big yellow dog, several female dogs were also brought over specifically for breeding, which is why almost every household in Li Household Village now keeps dogs.
You're back?
"Go and rest for a while, your old man hasn't come back yet!"
Hearing Chen Yun refer to Li Yu as "old man," Li Boyang could only shake his head helplessly, his face full of black lines.
As life gets better, Chen Yun has also shown an active mindset befitting her age.
Things like calling Li Yu "old man".
Having never been in a romantic relationship in either of his lives, Li Boyang could only categorize it as a form of intimacy between husband and wife.
[It seems the plan to train hunting dogs needs to be put on the agenda, otherwise his hunting efficiency is just too low.]
With this thought flashing through his mind, Li Boyang fell into deep thought.
The concept of "hunting dogs" does exist in this world.
However, the vast majority of Mountain Folk and hunters did not have the means to keep a hunting dog.
Firstly, the amount of meat required to train a professional hunting dog was enough to bankrupt the entire Li Household Village six years ago.
Just those powerful spirits and monsters in the mountains and forests.
That alone is enough to exclude ordinary dog breeds from the category of hunting dogs.
However, finding a breed of dog that is professional, strong, intelligent, and obedient is obviously a very difficult task.
[How about we talk to Pan Hu again in a while?]
Pan Hu is Five-Colored Dragon Hound, and the demon has many canine subordinates.
But those dogs are mostly spirits possessing human-like intelligence.
They are unwilling and unable to become hunting dogs for Mountain Folk hunters.
Not to mention, another duty of hunting dogs is breeding, which is an insult to those spirits.
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