The Deal Is Struck

"That concludes my account of meeting Xuan Zi and that human boy."

"As for the specific details... those are not important. In short, I beat Xuan Zi very badly."

Upon mentioning Xuan Zi, Di Tian's tone instantly turned icy cold, and the fierce aura emanating from the entire dragon tensed instantly.

"How can it not be important? The process of you beating Xuan Zi is the most important thing, okay?" Bao Liang distress.

Di Tian was puzzled and waited for Bao Liang to continue explaining.

"That Immortality wanted to capture me and bring me back to Shrek to purify the Evil Fire of one of their Soul Master, whose Martial Soul is the Evil Fire Phoenix, and brainwash me into becoming a Shrek member."

"What?!" Di Tian roared in fury, "I should have ignored that inexplicable palpitation and just killed that shameless old man, Xuan Zi."

"Heart palpitations? What heart palpitations?" Gu Yuena immediately became anxious, her face showing concern.

The Auspicious Beast has already met with misfortune; Di Tian cannot afford to have another accident.

Di Tian thought for a moment and said, "After I beat Xuan Zi half to death, I originally wanted to use my Dragon God Claw on that human brat as well."

"But suddenly, a chilling sense of impending death enveloped my entire body, making me feel incredibly weak, as if I might fall into an abyss at any moment."

"No matter what, I am, after all, the child of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, the Light Dragon King, and the Dark Dragon King, who are over 800,000 years old, and the captain of the Dragon God's personal guard, but that feeling came too suddenly."

"To prevent anything from happening to the Auspicious Beast, I ignored the human boy and took the Auspicious Beast directly back to the Lake of Life."

Combining Di Tian's words with everything he had witnessed, Bao Liang quickly pieced together what had happened.

"It must have been around that time that Tang San made his move."

"The goal was probably to have Huo Yuhao complete the Attribute Guidance with the Auspicious Beast, thereby allowing the Soul Beast's fortune to change hands, and at the same time, to allow the other part of Tang Wutong's soul hidden within Huo Yuhao to invade the Auspicious Beast's body and parasitize it, but it was interrupted by Di Tian."

Bao Liang looked at Di Tian Di Tian and said thankfully, "Then, seeing that you wanted to attack Huo Yuhao, Tang San probably panicked and wanted to eliminate you directly."

"It's only because you stopped in time, Di Tian, and ran away quickly, otherwise the Auspicious Beast would be lost, not to mention you would be in trouble too."

"If anything happens to you two, the Soul Beast can just call it quits."

Di Tian was instantly covered in cold sweat, and his face looked terrible.

Bao Liang looked at Gu Yuena and said in a gentler tone, "So, what you want to talk to me about isn't the Auspicious Beast, is it?"

Gu Yuena nodded firmly. "That's right. We can't protect that child here, but you're different. Even without the two God King, you can protect him."

After considering for a moment, Gu Yuena continued, "I saw your arrival, just like Tang San descended upon the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago."

"However, he possesses the aura of Asura, while you possess the aura of Plane Consciousness. That's why I chose you."

"As for the reward... Soul Beast, resources, help—just say the word if you need anything."

Gu Yuena looked at Di Tian and said, "Di Tian."

"Your subordinate is here."

Gu Yuena sent a message into Di Tian's mind. "Bring back the Gold of Life that this Golden Hawksbill Turtle stole, including the tortoiseshell itself."

The moment Di Tian received the message in his mind, he flew into a rage again, "How dare you! So it was this guy who stole your Gold of Life, my lord! I'll go and capture him right now!"

The next second, Di Tian tore through space and left to catch the Golden Hawksbill Turtle.

The Golden Hawksbill Turtle was at least half a Auspicious Beast; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to take a bite out of the Gold of Life used to heal the Silver Dragon King right under Di Tian's nose.

"But I didn't expect that you would actually choose to let that old turtle go back then." Bao Liang looked at Gu Yuena, puzzled.

Gu Yuena looked completely indifferent. "I don't care if that piece of Gold of Life is eaten. After all, it was a Auspicious Beast that was eaten, and Auspicious Beast can protect the Star Dou."

"That little bit of Gold of Life can only help me heal for a hundred years at most, but I've waited for ten thousand years, so what's another hundred?" she continued. "But exchanging a piece of Gold of Life for a Auspicious Beast that can live for at least ten thousand years to protect the Star Dou is a very worthwhile deal."

"Oh, really?" Bao Liang grinned crookedly, leaned close to Gu Yuena's ear and whispered, "Like this... like this..."

The moment Di Tian brought the Golden Hawksbill Turtle back, he saw his master staring murderously at the Golden Hawksbill Turtle in his claws.

Seeing Di Tian's confusion, Bao Liang also walked to Di Tian's side and whispered in his ear.

After whispering, it didn't forget to give the Golden Hawksbill Turtle a malicious look, which made the turtle tremble in fear.

After hearing what Bao Liang said, Di Tian became angry again.

"Stealing the Gold of Life, concealing your 100,000 years of cultivation, preferring to Sacrifice to humans rather than return what belongs to our Star Dou Great Forest Star Dou Great Forest? Die!"

With a single swipe of Di Tian, the Golden Hawksbill Turtle died instantly.

In the center of its corpse, a piece of Gold of Life the size of an infant's head gleamed brightly.

Di Tian picked up the Gold of Life and offered it with both hands.

"My lord, the Gold of Life has now been recovered."

Gu Yuena took the Gold of Life and handed it to Bao Liang.

"This is just a small token of our appreciation. Whether you accept it or not, the Star Dou Great Forest will never forget your kindness."

Bao Liang shrugged. "Sorry, but this is a lesson learned from the past."

"Everything you're doing now seems like a trap."

Gu Yuena's eyes darkened.

"However..." Bao Liang put away the Gold of Life and smiled calmly, "I'll take this job. Not for any other reason than that I swore to someone before I awakened that I would kill Tang San, and I don't like breaking my word."

"But let's make this clear first, if I need any Soul Beast in the future, I'll come to you."

"If you reject me then, I might be very cruel."

Gu Yuena's eyes lit up instantly, filled with joy.

"Sure, then as long as no one doesn't call you Di Tian, that's fine."

Gu Yuena looked at Di Tian and said, "Di Tian, I have to go back and stay here. Tang San is coming this way."

"Just give Bao Liang whatever he wants from now on, as long as he remembers to take the Auspicious Beast with him when he leaves."

"Yes, my lord, I understand."

Before she finished speaking, Gu Yuena disappeared back into the seal of the Lake of Life, leaving Bao Liang Di Tian staring at each other in bewilderment.

"How about... we go find the Auspicious Beast now?"

"Can."

Bao Liang left with Di Tian, taking the Golden Hawksbill Turtle corpse with him.

We must not waste it, we must not waste it.

Outside the Lake of Life, several Ferocious Beast instantly surrounded Bao Liang Di Tian upon their appearance.

"Di Tian, has His Majesty given any instructions?" Bi Ji spoke first.

These Ferocious Beast only knew of a master, but apart from Di Tian and the Auspicious Beast, no one had ever seen him. However, someone whom even Di Tian called master was not someone they could mess with.

Di Tian affirmed, "Yes, the Lord has ordered that from today onwards, Bao Liang is an ally of our Star Dou Great Forest, and we will provide him with whatever he desires."

"At the same time, he will also be entrusted with the care of the Auspicious Beast, and he will look Auspicious Beast and protect Auspicious Beast."

"What?"

All the Ferocious Beast were stunned, among them a bear that was particularly displeased.

"Di Tian, I disagree! What right do you have to hand over the Auspicious Beast to this human? It's Auspicious Beast! Don't you, Di Tian, know what kind of people you humans are?"

Xiong Jun was furious when he heard that Di Tian was going to hand over the Auspicious Beast to a foreign human.

Of all the Ferocious Beast, Xiong Jun and the Auspicious Beast are the most compatible.

They were like two devils meeting, always eager for a good show.

Although Xiong Jun doesn't care about its clan and adopts a laissez-faire approach to raising its own offspring, if you were to ask which of the Ferocious Beast has the deepest bond with the Auspicious Beast, Xiong Jun would rank in the top three.

Xiong Jun's body began to grow rapidly, expanding to tens of meters in an instant. Both of his Dark Gold Dreadclaw extended, and his ferocious aura directly threatened Di Tian and Bao Liang.

"Di Tian, if you dare hand over the Auspicious Beast to this unknown brat today, I, Old Bear, will fight you to the death and see if I can kill you all!"

"Xiong Jun, are you provoking me... or questioning our lord?"

Di Tian instantly transformed back into his hundred-meter-long dragon form, roaring and glaring at Xiong Jun, this bear who was always defying his superiors.

"Think what you want! But with me, Old Bear, here today, nobody's going to lay a finger on the auspicious Auspicious Beast!"

"Xiong Jun, calm down. There must be something we don't know about this," Bi Ji tried to persuade him.

"Old Bear, stop being such a brainless, stupid bear," the Myriad Demon King said with dissatisfaction.

Just as the atmosphere was about to escalate further, a voice suddenly entered the minds of all the beasts.

"I'm saying, can you please stop ignoring my existence as the person involved?"

All the beasts looked at Bao Liang, who then pointed his Bao Liang hand at Xiong Jun.

"Hey you, come here. I've had my eye on you for ages. You wait, I'm coming to beat you to death."

"Arrogant!" Xiong Jun roared, "Sky-Rending Claw!"

Xiong Jun gathered all his dark gold Soul Power into his three-meter-long giant claw, instantly condensing a dark gold giant claw beam that was a hundred feet long and attacked Bao Liang.

The claws were so sharp they could slice through space; the ground silently collapsed and cracked open in the areas swept by the claw winds.

Bao Liang scoffed, "That's it?"