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Chapter 1351: Chapter 1003: Loud Voices Despite Weak Reasoning (Part 2)

Until later, Shi Hu felt increasingly comfortable until his whole body was smooth and fluffy, even his fur.

"Phew!"

The strange power came and went quickly, and it exhaled a comfortable breath, slightly squinting to feel the seemingly new body.

[Special Task: White Tiger]

[Task 5: Assist Shi Hu in training to fully merge with divinity, completed. Reward: Divinity +5 has been issued]

[Task 6: Dispatch the demon beast Shi Hu to the Extreme West to clear the Secret Realm. Reward: Divinity +30; Divine Bone +30]

[The Extreme West Secret Realm corresponds to the time of day, primarily Golden Spear and slaughter.

However, the position of the Four Symbols Divine Beast White Tiger has long been vacant, causing a severe blockade of hostility gathered from heaven and earth. Dispatch the demon beast Shi Hu to enter the blocked Secret Realm through the Golden Spear Cave for clearance.

The entire process requires fighting with the fiends condensed from slaughter to undergo rebirth. Once cleared, the hostility in heaven and earth will dissipate, preventing baseless chaos, benefiting all beings.]

"Training?" Jiang Yuan glanced at the popped-up information, thinking, I’ve even given you a shortcut, saving you from the toil and trouble of training outside, reaching the top in one step, how great!

Shi Hu really didn’t feel great. It helplessly discovered—the master’s help was incredibly thorough, and just in that bit of time, the divine power was refined!

Thinking of Yan Xuan and Huo Jun exhausting themselves every day, it really wanted to have a good cry, why was its fate so bitter, wishing to be a free little tiger was impossible.

"Why do you seem unhappy?" Jiang Yuan, having pet collar supervision, was more than aware of its little calculations.

With a gentle sigh, he said, "After refining the divine power, it’s time to shoulder your responsibilities. If you truly don’t want to, I won’t force you. However, Elder Dragon Zhou Jian never fully refined and fused the divine power back then; after its deprivation, he barely survived..."

Before the master could finish speaking, Shi Hu already felt phantom pain shaking its body, hurriedly interrupting, "I am willing! Master, I am willing, please don’t deprive me of my divine power!"

It was just laziness to think casually about it, the cost of freedom was too high, and foolish like Elder Dragon, regret was useless.

"Then come with me." Jiang Yuan took out a paper mache Gundam, used twice before, from the storage bag, blew on it, and gestured, "I’ll send you to your exclusive Secret Realm to do what you should do."

Shi Hu reluctantly boarded the Gundam, almost crying—staying here like a heavenly yard to be a lying waste, eating, drinking, and having fun, how great would that be!

No matter how reluctantly it dragged its feet, it didn’t hinder the Gundam from taking off.

It was near dawn, the moon had already set, the sky a deep azure blue.

The Wilderness and the Human World were still united, large demon beasts were returning to their nests, some bold little demon beasts were already out foraging. Even on the sea surrounding the small courtyard, there were traces of many little demon beasts roaming in groups.

The sea was vast and majestically scenic, Jiang Yuan stood with hands behind at the porthole, enjoying the unique pre-sunset view; Shi Hu drooped its head, lying at his feet, sighing intermittently, feeling a headache for the burden it was soon to carry.

Heading west all the way, after the sea came vast grasslands, at precisely that moment the system time switched to six in the morning, the Wilderness Ascension separated from the Human World.

The Gundam temporarily landed on the desolate rocks at the junction of the grasslands and mountains, waiting for the Wilderness World to ascend with them. The winter sunlight shone from behind, casting a faint orange hue over the already yellow-red colored giant rocks in the scorching valley.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh swoosh!"

The Wilderness had officially ascended, Jiang Yuan was about to pilot the Gundam to continue when unexpectedly, several figures suddenly darted out from the front right.

The one in front was clearly injured, almost crashing head-on into the stone wall, stepping on a flying sword, "braking" forcefully, flinging himself under the giant rock. The latter group of three demon cultivators saw the other party with a dusty face stumbling around, laughing loudly.

"Master, there’s a commotion to watch!" Shi Hu immediately perked up, thinking that stalling was stalling, egging on, "Those three intend to commit evil, we can’t ignore and not save them!"

The paper mache Gundam flew fast and silently, neither the chasing nor the fleeing sides were aware.

"Alright then, go and block them." Jiang Yuan originally didn’t want to interfere, but when he glimpsed the names and health bars above the heads of those fleeing, he felt a pang of compassion.

Following his master’s command, Shi Hu’s aura suddenly expanded, jumping out of the high exit with a roar that shook both parties.

"Who’s causing trouble here? Is there no law in this wide world?" It puffed its chest, lifted its head, speaking righteously, hoping to make the situation bigger. If it could tie down its master to handle things, it would get to avoid trouble for a few days, which would be even better!

Once finished speaking, feeling the chased, miserable demon cultivator slightly relax, Shi Hu turned to look and tried to show off by helping those in distress.

Unexpectedly, as the dust settled, he could clearly see the disheveled face of someone he had once met — Elder Dragon Zhou Jian!

"Why are you here? What happened, why are they trying to kill you?"

"Is it you? That Daoist You..." Zhou Jian thought he was done for, but then fate turned, and he encountered a friendly Daoist seemingly ready to assist, only to find it was the future White Tiger he had once met.

Feeling complex emotions, following Shi Hu’s gaze, he indeed saw that familiar figure elegantly approaching.

"You know this fellow?" The demon cultivators chasing each other glanced at each other, and with Shi Hu’s terrifying aura and pressure, they didn’t dare act rashly. The leader stepped forward and explained respectfully, "This Zhou is so sly, deceiving us brothers to take the bullet for him, while he secretly stole the treasure and fled. We worked hard to find him to get a statement, and we ask the senior to preside over justice."

Shi Hu, inexperienced in the world, couldn’t make out what was right or wrong; he was better at taking sides. Presiding over justice was totally beyond him.

"Master, what should we do?" He looked at his master for help, thinking it best not to join the noise.

Who knew he would incidentally meet Zhou Jian, whom he knew but had no deep relationships with, who happened to be involved in such a tricky treasure theft, which could easily lead to complaints if not handled well.

During the brief confrontation between both parties, Jiang Yuan had already skimmed through the appraisal quickly, sighing inwardly.

A fall to becoming a demon, Zhou Jian’s realm didn’t advance but regressed. In the past, with the power of heaven and earth supporting him, there was no need for more refinement, and his combat power was dominant; now the flaws of an insufficiently solid cultivation foundation were revealed, and his days were tough.

Having heard the terrifying Great Demon respectfully calling him master, the three demon cultivators looked at the young man with no spiritual power fluctuations on him, not daring to belittle, they greeted respectfully as juniors.

"What kind of dispute between you makes it necessary to go to the death, tell me."

"Don’t rush, you three speak first." Seeing his master speak, they all wanted to speak at once, but Shi Hu slapped his paw, indicating them fiercely.

"Report, two seniors, the three of us are brothers." The leader stepped forward with a loud voice, "About four or five days ago, we learned of a secret realm opening near the Western Ridge Mountains, we went together intending to find opportunities."

Unexpectedly, the secret realm wasn’t large, and naturally, there weren’t many treasures, but many demon cultivators gathered around it.

It was one thing that we didn’t get other treasures, but then a three-thousand-year-old Jade Flower Herb appeared, and when the three of us brothers joined forces to snatch it, it felt a bit laborious. At that time, Zhou Jian proactively invited us to cooperate, saying that once sold the Jade Flower Herb would be split evenly with spirit stones.

We thought about it, rather than getting nothing, it was better to collaborate, at least make some spirit stones. Thus, we made a plan together with him, and when the barrier opened, we struck altogether and indeed pocketed the Jade Flower Herb.

Agreed to go to the market together to sell, but who would have thought this guy actually harbored the thought of monopolizing it, fled when there was a chance on the way to the market! The three of us brothers were angry and tracked him all the way, intending to make him spit out the treasure he wanted to keep!"

Shi Hu was bewildered listening, just a stalk of Jade Flower Herb, was it worth all this? Though it certainly is a heavenly material and earthly treasure, swallowing it could indeed increase some power, but seriously, what do you, once a great spirit beast, need to rob so despicably for?

Scornfully in his heart, he coldly questioned, "Is what they said true?"

Zhou Jian almost got killed, having fled for a long time with almost exhausted spiritual power inside him, plus without spirit stones for replenishment, and his former refuge at Yellow Dragon Ridge being taken over by other demon beasts with nowhere to hide, he was truly in dire straits.

Finally catching his breath a little, he shook his head, "Not true.

All treasures in that secret realm were ownerless, regardless of what means were used, whoever snatched them would own them; that’s the rule.

As the saying goes: cunning in war is permissible. I just employed a little trick, that’s all, the Jade Flower Herb in my storage bag is mine, why should I share it with them? Clearly, I snatched it, but have to divide three-quarters; naturally, I won’t accept!"

"Oh wow? Your face is thicker than mine?" Shi Hu was dumbfounded listening, thinking it was truly a case of being unreasonable yet still strong in his stance, deceiving others to use them for his own gain he deserves getting chased!"