Chapter 134: Chi Wang’s Idea
“Come on, Yue Bao, try this one!”
In Xilu City’s commercial district, Feng Jin excitedly picked up a white dress and matching shoes and handed them to Gu Yue Na.
Gu Yue Na held the clothes in her arms, her gaze sweeping left and right, somewhat at a loss, and Feng Jin realized she didn’t know where to change clothes.
She hurriedly pushed her toward the changing room and said:
“Come this way to change, and show me after you’re done!”
After watching Gu Yue Na obediently enter the changing room, Feng Jin pulled Xia Die to buy some clothes for her too.
Xia Die held the clothes, a hint of anxiety appearing on her indifferent face as she reached out to push the clothes back to Feng Jin.
“This is too precious.”
“I can’t accept it.”
Feng Jin refused to take the clothes, her green eyes filled with amusement.
“Die Bao, you clearly gave me a small handicraft last time.”
“Just consider it a return gift between friends.”
Under Feng Jin’s repeated urging, Xia Die also went to the changing room to change clothes.
Feng Jin watched the changing room at the door with expectant eyes, looking forward to Gu Yue Na and Xia Die’s appearance.
“Swish~”
“Swish~”
With two door-opening sounds, Gu Yue Na and Xia Die stood in front of Feng Jin. The two graceful figures, one white and one purple, made even the sunlight seem a bit dim.
Gu Yue Na looked at her body from side to side. This was her first time wearing human clothes; before, they were all soul power dresses conjured from inherited memories.
Xia Die was a bit reserved, her hands slightly gripping the hem of her skirt.
Feng Jin’s green eyes lit up, and she circled around Xia Die and Gu Yue Na, nodding in satisfaction from time to time and saying:
“That’s more like it!”
“Yue Bao and Die Bao both look great now!”
“Let’s go! We’ll grab some snacks!”
“Xilu City has so much delicious food!”
Hearing about delicacies, Gu Yue Na’s purple eyes flickered with a hidden gleam.
She had long wanted to taste the delicacies of the human world. Ever since she awoke, she had always been at the Lake of Life.
Which of those fierce beasts at the Lake of Life could cook? They basically just found food, processed it casually, and swallowed it down without even chewing.
Once, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion who liked to stay by her side saw Gu Yue Na show disgust at the food prepared by a fierce beast.
She confidently wanted to take Gu Yue Na to experience the true ultimate delicacy of the Star Dou Great Forest!
Gu Yue Na thought she could finally have some proper food that day! But then she saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion dragging a Twin-Eyed Giant in front of Gu Yue Na.
Then, with a proud face, she used Extreme Fire to roast the Twin-Eyed Giant until cooked, specially cracking open its skull to reveal the tender brain matter inside.
Just like that saying, “I can endure the darkness as long as I have not seen the light.”
Gu Yue Na saw all kinds of colorful, aromatic delicacies posted by humans on the Magic Net every day, and suddenly the roasted brain matter in her hand didn’t smell good anymore.
She simply ate some fruit to fill her stomach.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the food street together. Since all three were true beauties, they attracted a lot of attention from passersby.
According to the normal plot, this would be the moment when some spoiled young master comes to stir up trouble.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing couldn’t happen in Xilu City.
All the passersby’s gazes kept an appropriate distance, not making the three feel uncomfortable.
Every noble family in Xilu City, one by one, either had already reported to Tang Buddha or was currently in the Enthusiasm prison as D-level personnel.
Because the food street had high foot traffic, there was a Law Enforcement Bureau nearby.
The bureau chief of the Law Enforcement Bureau was at least a Soul Sect, and he wished someone would cause trouble to boost his performance.
With performance, he could earn Contribution Points, and Contribution Points could be exchanged for various soul master resources within Enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm’s internal resources were very abundant: soul bones, Whale Jelly, rare medicinal herbs, and other heavenly materials and earthly treasures were all listed with clear prices.
As long as you had the ability, you could exchange for any resources!
“Yue Bao! Come try this!”
Feng Jin handed a skewer of roasted meat to Gu Yue Na and gave one to Xia Die as well.
Gu Yue Na took a small bite of the roasted meat, and her eyes immediately lit up. This was way better than what Chi Wang roasted!
She took a photo of the roasted meat with the Magic Net and sent it to Chi Wang, saying:
“Look carefully! Learn well!”
At this moment, Chi Wang was lying sprawled in his lair in the core area, his three heads leisurely browsing the forum on the Magic Net.
Today, the Imperial Beast wasn’t causing trouble, so it could finally enjoy life a bit.
These days, it was obsessed with a serialized post on the forum: “Why did Sea God Tang San keep his experience as a blacksmith apprentice in Nuoding City.”
The stories in it were ups and downs, already written up to Tang San becoming a live-in son-in-law at Spirit Hall and then getting slapped by the steward.
Chi Wang watched and exclaimed it was addictive! Having lived so long, it was the first time seeing such an interesting story, though the poster didn’t update frequently.
Sometimes it wished it could fly to the poster’s house, grab them, bring them to its own lair, and make them update furiously!
This past month, the thing Chi Wang looked forward to most was guarding the Imperial Beast during the day, then staying home at night to watch live streams, check posts, and anticipate the game module’s opening.
Before the Magic Net, it basically just slept and hunted. As for cultivation?
Urging fierce beasts to cultivate? That would be asking for its life!
Chi Wang clearly knew it could never pass the four hundred thousand year heavenly tribulation—it would be reduced to ash!
Cultivating so urgently—was it trying to get cozy with the heavenly tribulation?
Now with the Magic Net, Chi Wang had new hobbies. It now felt the best times in its beast life were staying home doing nothing but browsing the Magic Net.
The Magic Net was way more fun than hunting!
When tired of browsing, it could boast and post selfies in the soul beast group, enjoying the flattery from other Beast Kings.
Unfortunately, Di Tian didn’t allow soul beasts to live stream, or it would want to show off its majestic figure to the netizens on the Magic Net!
“Someone in the chat group messaged me?”
“Let me see what’s up.”
When the three pairs of eyes saw that the sender was ‘Gu Yue’, the whole dog perked up!
“It’s the Lord!”
“There must be some important task!”
Chi Wang looked serious and determined to do his absolute best no matter what the task was!
What if he pleased the Lord and she taught him a trick or two—maybe he could even pass the four hundred thousand year heavenly tribulation.
Then he could enjoy the Magic Net for another hundred thousand years!
Chi Wang opened it and saw a photo of roasted meat along with some text. His three heads looked at each other in bewilderment.
“The Lord wants me to learn to roast meat?”
“But there are no tools?”
“Humans’ spices aren’t available on the soul beast side.”
Chi Wang’s hind legs instinctively scratched his head, his three heads thinking rapidly. Soon, one head came up with an idea!
“Hey, I have an idea!”
“Don’t humans like Dream Coins?”
“I’ll post a bounty thread, offer two hundred thousand Dream Coins, and have humans buy a bunch of catering supplies!”
“Then have them delivered to the outer ring of the Star Dou Great Forest.”
“Chi Wang! You’re a freaking genius!”
No sooner said than done—Chi Wang quickly posted a bounty thread on the Magic Net. He had plenty of Dream Coins.
Chi Wang’s help-seeking post quickly sparked a discussion frenzy, with tons of users leaving comments below.
Among them, the Nine Treasures Merchant Association directly private messaged Chi Wang, saying:
“For real, bro?”
“Two hundred thousand Dream Coins?!”
“Bro? Are you a soul beast? Your address shows Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.”
“Whatever! Bro, as long as you pay a thirty thousand Dream Coin deposit first, forget catering supplies—I can open a snack street for you in the outer ring of the Star Dou Great Forest!”
Chi Wang was just about to agree when the Star Luo Empire Royal Family messaged him.
“Your Excellency!”
“Two hundred thousand Dream Coins?!”
“I know others must have private messaged you. I guarantee in the name of the Star Luo Empire Royal Family—as long as you choose us!”
“Just a ten thousand Dream Coin deposit, and we can pile the entire outer ring with catering supplies!”
“Plus, we can modify various products to suit soul beast bodies!”
Chi Wang’s three heads were a bit dazed. He didn’t expect humans to be so enthusiastic. After thinking, he decided to choose this one called Star Luo Empire Royal Family.
Their sincerity was ample.
“Then it’s you.”
“Deposit sent.”
“Got it! We’ll deliver the supplies to the outer ring as soon as possible and send you a video!”
Chi Wang nodded in satisfaction, thinking these humans weren’t bad—as long as you paid, they got things done.
“Humans aren’t bad either!”
Then he messaged the Lord:
“Don’t worry, Lord! When you come back, I’ll build you a snack street!”
…………
Star Luo City.
In an elegant study room inside the Star Luo Imperial Palace, the room was filled with rare classics hard to find outside, and the walls bore works by Titled Douluo-level painting masters.
A man in a black robe sat beside the desk. If outsiders saw his appearance now, they would exclaim, because he was the Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei!
He was the one who had just been talking with Chi Wang.
Soon, a beautiful woman with golden long hair gently pushed open the study room door, her azure blue eyes filled with amusement.
This was none other than Xu Jiujiu, whom Huo Yuhao dearly wanted to give a beating.
“Bro, confirmed the ten thousand Dream Coins have arrived.”
“Are we really going to trade with soul beasts?”
Doubt showed on Xu Jiujiu’s delicate face; she felt trading with soul beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area was a bit inappropriate.
Xu Jiawei looked at his most trusted sister, a smile appearing on his face. It seemed this emperor was very pleased.
“Item trading is just the most superficial part.”
“The key is trust.”
“Sister, this trade isn’t about those two hundred thousand Dream Coins.”
“It’s that we’ve finally had a dialogue with the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.”
“And a peaceful dialogue at that.”
“This is groundbreaking!”
“In the past, the human world and soul beast world were two parallel lines.”
“Any contact between them was just slaughter.”
“We knew nothing about the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.”
“Now, with the Sun Moon Empire stirring, Heaven Soul Empire half-dead, Dou Ling Empire… forget them.”
“Talking about them just pisses me off!”
“For our Star Luo Empire to confront the Sun Moon Empire, we must make more friends!”
“That’s why I’ve been yielding to Shrek Academy everywhere.”
“The Star Dou Great Forest Core Area is a powerful force on the Douluo Continent that cannot be ignored.”
“Now that Star Luo Empire has taken the first step to connect with the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area, that’s our future advantage!”
“Once there’s one trade, there will be a second, third!”
“Over time, we’ll build good relations with the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area, enabling more cooperation in the future!”
“As for your concerns, I don’t care!”
“So what if they’re soul beasts? Sometimes they lack the petty schemes humans have.”
“Shrek Academy is becoming less reliable. Star Luo Empire needs new allies!”
“This new ally—soul beasts might just work!”
“So, Jiujiu!”
“We must put two hundred percent effort into this trade!”
“Even if it means emptying Star Luo City’s catering supplies, complete the trade on time!”
“The Magic Net’s existence has opened a communication channel for us with the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area!”
“This trade must be done beautifully!”
Xu Jiujiu sensed her brother’s attitude and realized how crucial this trade was, immediately nodding and saying:
“I understand, bro! For this trade, I’ll take full responsibility!”
“Ensure we successfully establish a contact channel with the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area!”
Xu Jiawei watched his sister hurriedly leave the study room, a smile on his face.
…………
“Yue Bao, Die Bao, how is it? Delicious?”
Feng Jin, Xia Die, and Gu Yue Na sat in an open-air pavilion, all three having eaten their fill.
“Mm, delicious!”
“Mm.”
Gu Yue Na and Xia Die both showed satisfied expressions, with Gu Yue Na still a bit reluctant to finish.
“Mm mm, glad it’s delicious!”
“Too bad I have to go to Enthusiasm tomorrow to be a proxy doctor and can’t take you to check out the new commercial street at the North Gate.”
Gu Yue Na seemed to catch a keyword. Along the way, through her spiritual power, she noticed Enthusiasm seemed to be the leading organization here.
“Enthusiasm is?”
Hearing Gu Yue Na’s question, Feng Jin immediately explained to her:
“Enthusiasm is Xilu City’s leader, a really great organization.”
Xia Die also cared a lot about Enthusiasm, since it was her father’s organization.
She added:
“Actually, the entire Heaven Dou Plain is under Enthusiasm’s leadership.”
“Except Shrek Academy.”
Feng Jin nodded and said:
“That’s right, but we don’t know more details.”
“After all, we’re not Enthusiasm Members.”
“Boss said we’re too young to join.”
Gu Yue Na nodded, a faint gleam in her purple eyes as she thought to herself:
“So that’s it—Enthusiasm controls Heaven Dou Plain.”
“The human collapse plan can start with this organization!”
“I need to make this organization work for me! As the vanguard for soul beasts in the human world!”
At this moment, in the office at Enthusiasm Headquarters, Huo Yuhao sat in a chair, his spiritual power constantly monitoring that “black hole”.
He sighed and said:
“Adam.”
“Come out for a bit.”
Soon, a human figure emerged from the air, wearing a white robe, with clear golden eyes full of reason.
“Boss? What’s up.”
Huo Yuhao said seriously to him:
“Next, there will probably be a woman named Gu Yue Na joining Enthusiasm. If she comes, interview her personally! Give her a psychological assessment.”
“Write me a profiling report, then continue observing her true intentions in the future.”
Adam nodded, speaking in a voice without any emotional fluctuation:
“Understood.”
Then his figure gradually faded into the air, acting without any delay!
Adam was the retainer to whom he had given the most power.
His martial soul directly belonged to the [Imagination] Authority.
Huo Yuhao did all this to make him a qualified right-hand man.
Of course, Adam’s performance never disappointed Huo Yuhao.
Absolute Rationality ensured he never made mistakes, even if his handling of issues sometimes lacked humanity.
His efficient business abilities made even Roman feel inferior.
He was Huo Yuhao’s heaven-sent workhorse No. 2!
