"Thump...thump...thump"
"Hiccup...hiccup..."
On the way to the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, all the soul beasts in the mixed circle could hear the thunderous hiccup. In the past, if any human or beast made such a commotion in the mixed circle, they would have been taught a lesson by the beast kings living in the mixed circle.
The beast king closest to the hiccup—the Six-Winged Demon Tiger, the unlucky guy who was killed by Xuan Ziwen in the original story—wouldn't dare go over even if it had ten lives.
It clearly sensed two extremely terrifying auras beside it, auras that were clearly the Crimson King and the Bear King from the core area.
"Why are the Crimson King and the Bear King together?"
"Shouldn't the Crimson King be protecting the auspicious beast?"
This left the Six-Winged Demon Tiger somewhat bewildered, and unable to understand, it simply stopped thinking about it.
Cautiously surveying its surroundings, and confirming that no beasts were spying, it quietly opened the magic network to continue reading the posts it had found some time ago.
A gigantic black head grinned menacingly, its sharp teeth still bearing bits of flesh; its appearance was the kind that could stop a child from crying at night.
The post it was reading was a novel titled "Dragon and Flower" written by a user on the Magic Network named "Golden Chef," who was actually Xia Die.
The novel was beautifully written, emotionally nuanced, and gently flowing, attracting countless readers on the Magic Network. Both spirit beasts and humans alike were urging for updates.
Some even dubbed the poster "Novel Douluo."
However, what infuriated countless readers was that this poster was notorious for abandoning updates! Many of her articles had no endings!
It was only because the Magic Network belonged to Huo Yuhao, and Tianmeng Bingcan, Golden Tortoiseshell, Su Tong, Xue Di, and others constantly monitored the Magic Network's backend to ensure everyone's information security that
Xia Die was safe. Otherwise, she would have already been targeted and her story told.
Even now, many people in the comments section are discussing various details in her articles, trying to pinpoint Xia Die's true identity and find her to force her to write endings for all her works.
This kind of inch-long challenge caused immense suffering for the people of Douluo Continent.
The Six-Winged Demon Tiger also had a love-hate relationship with this "Golden Chef." It genuinely loved the story "Dragon and Flower" and silently prayed that the author would finish it.
Others might not see anything wrong with the story, but these beast kings of the Star Dou Great Forest could tell at a glance that the two main characters were based on Di Tian and the Ten Thousand Demon King.
That's why it was secretly reading it, afraid of being discovered.
If it were exposed, it would be punished by Di Tian's Ten Thousand Dragon Flames.
"'Golden Chef,' don't you dare not write an ending for 'Dragon and Flower' again!"
"If you don't write it, you'd better pray you don't get caught by me, Tiger Lord."
...
"Bear King, you've drunk so much?"
"Are you alright?"
The Crimson King, with its three heads and six eyes, stared at Bear King frantically drinking his cola.
Xiong Jun put down the bottle in his hand and waved nonchalantly at the Crimson King, saying,
"What could possibly happen to me?"
"It's just some sugared water. If this stuff could make me sick, I wouldn't need to exist in the Soul Beast Realm anymore."
"I might as well let the Heavenly Tribulation kill me."
The Crimson King nodded confidently, without a doubt. They were all super ferocious beasts; what could possibly make them sick?
Xiong Jun was about to open another bottle, but seeing that there were only twenty bottles of cola left, he regretfully withdrew his hand.
A significant portion of these still needed to be shared with other ferocious beasts, especially the lion's share to Di Tian.
Bear King then patted Crimson King on the back and said,
"Three heads are great! Lots of ideas!"
"I think you're smarter than the Demon King."
"That bastard's head is always full of weird ideas, always trying to cause trouble, and now he's thinking about how to suck up to the Master."
"You actually thought of trading with humans through the magic network."
"Humans are actually quite trustworthy, they really delivered the goods."
"I took a look, and it seems there's quite a lot more than expected."
Hearing Bear King's praise, Crimson King proudly raised his three heads, his tail burning with hellfire swaying like a propeller.
It was clear that Crimson King was pleased with Bear King's words.
Crimson King's three heads spoke simultaneously, their three voices perfectly superimposed.
"That's not true."
"That old bastard, the Demon King, is just using the title of 'strategist of the core area' for amusement."
"Every plan he comes up with for others ends up harming themselves, but never himself."
"In my opinion, it's only because it's lived longer than me and has more experience that it became the core area's strategist."
Xiong Jun nodded in agreement. Among the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, it disliked the Demon King the most.
Di Tian was strong, and as a dragon, he was upright and honorable, living up to his father's bloodline. After defeating it, he didn't take its life and even gave it some cultivation resources. He truly deserved the title of "Beast God."
Bi Ji is even more intense, needing no further comment; all the spirit beasts in the entire Star Dou Great Forest revere her.
The beast kings of the Star Dou Great Forest have all received her favors to varying degrees.
Zi Ji is too young, the youngest among the ferocious beasts, so we won't comment on her.
Chi Wang is a loyal and honest beast, without any ill intentions; simply put, he's straightforward.
In short, among all the ferocious beasts, Wan Yao Wang is the most cunning.
You must know that in his weaker days, in order to become stronger, he spent a thousand years nurturing his good neighbor, the Immortal Spirit Grass, weaving a gentle trap for it, only to cruelly devour it in the end.
Even humans know this story.
Regardless of right or wrong, Xiong Jun simply dislikes this behavior.
Therefore, he has always been wary of this cold-blooded colleague, and if it bares its fangs at the ferocious beasts of the Lake of Life, it will unhesitatingly use its Sky-Tearing Claws.
Xiong Jun doesn't want to become the next "Immortal Spirit Grass"; it would rather die at the hands of Di Tian than become nourishment for Wan Yao Wang.
The two beasts moved swiftly, and being familiar with the Star Dou Great Forest, they soon arrived at its core area.
The ordinary soul beasts following behind trembled slightly; the aura of the Beast King permeated the area.
Upon seeing this, the Crimson King roared, dispelling the aura and signaling them to follow.
The ordinary soul beasts behind glanced gratefully at the Crimson King, dragging their supplies and following closely behind.
These ordinary thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts had never had the chance to come to the core area before.
In the hearts of soul beasts, this was a sacred place! Being able to reside in the core area was like having one's ancestors' graves emitting auspicious smoke.
"Bear King, Crimson King, what is this?"
A stunningly beautiful woman with emerald green hair and eyes, dressed in a water-green dress, appeared beside them.
It was none other than Bi Ji, ranked fourth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
Bi Ji looked at the two of them with suspicion, along with the soul beast caravan behind them and the large amount of supplies.
The Crimson King proudly raised its three heads and said to Bi Ji,
"These are what I exchanged for from humans using Dream Coins. They were quite trustworthy and didn't cheat us."
Xiong Jun nodded in agreement and gestured for Bi Ji to go check out the supplies.
Hearing that the supplies were obtained from humans, Bi Ji immediately became interested. She lightly touched the soil with her bare feet and went to the side of the soul beast caravan.
The ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts sensed the strong life force and immediately realized that this was the legendary Lady Bi Ji.
Bi Ji gently stroked the heads of these soul beasts, and green light scattered on them, dispelling their fatigue from transporting the supplies.
All the soul beasts lowered their heads slightly and let out low moans, a gesture of their gratitude.
Bi Ji went to the supplies, glanced at them, and then took out a box of spices from a wooden carriage. She smelled it, and her emerald green eyes lit up slightly. Then
she discovered many women's dresses in a carriage at the back, clearly prepared by Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu for the female beasts.
Even more surprisingly, Brigitte spotted some low-level soul tools, mostly glowing ones.
Having already witnessed the magic of soul tools in the Magic Network, Brigitte carefully took one out and played with it.
Recalling how to use the Magic Network, she slightly infused it with soul power, and the soul tool in her hand immediately lit up.
Brigitte's green eyes curved slightly; she really liked these novel gadgets.
She had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, each year the same unchanging routine. The Magic Network had added some color to her life, and now these novel soul tools gave her even more anticipation for the future.
"How interesting."
"Who came up with this?
A really good idea."
The three heads of the Crimson King couldn't help but hum softly, their faces showing pride.
Brigitte smiled and said to it,
"As expected of you."
Seeing Brigitte's expression, Bear King and Crimson King breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, as long as Brigitte was satisfied, Di Tian probably wouldn't say anything, and the two of them could continue trading with humans.
Bear King even wanted to buy cola from humans on a large scale.
The Crimson King glanced at the supplies and said to Brigitte,
"There's a lot here for the Beast Kings of the Core Area. Let everyone come out and take it."
Brigitte's eyes showed appreciation, thinking the Crimson King was very thoughtful, so she immediately sent a message to the Beast King group in the Core Area:
'May the Forest No Longer Be Wounded': "Everyone in the Core Area, the Crimson King has brought a lot of supplies from the human world. Come and take a look. (Send location)"
Soon, the Beast Kings of the Core Area, hearing about the supplies from the human world, all came to the target location.
"What is this?
It looks a bit like a soul tool from the Magic Network."
A 100,000-year-old Celestial Dragon Horse fiddled with a small soul tool below with its hooves, emitting a clear female voice, its voice filled with surprise.
She had lived in the Core Area for many years and had basically never come into contact with human soul tools.
Even if she had seen them before, they were all broken.
"Is this spice?
It smells really good."
The Cave Demon Spider King, who had been knocked unconscious by Di Tian last time, hooked the spice box with its spider legs and examined it carefully.
"So many books! And even works by 'The Golden Chef'!"
A 100,000-year-old Jade Azure Bird King's eyes gleamed as it looked at the carriage full of books ahead, flipping through them with its wings and looking at the titles on the covers.
"Travels in the Star Luo Empire, The Story of Konoha Village, Legends of the Roots, Never Bully a Young Man, Kill That Title Douluo..."
"These are all books not available on the Magic Network!"
Many Beast Kings craned their necks towards the carriage filled with books.
Since the Magic Network appeared, they had become fond of these novels and biographies, but the Magic Network only had scattered novels, and there were no long-running serials.
In a sense, this was also a kind of cultural invasion; the high-ranking members of the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beast race were gradually coming into contact with human culture through the Magic Network and current trade.
Human culture was indeed a dimensional blow to the soul beasts living in the wilderness.
The soul beasts, whose lives were monotonous, simply could not resist these novel cultures; they were actively accepting them.
The dozen or so Beast Kings that had gathered around began distributing supplies, and some of the Beast Kings who had not come were also kept behind by Bi Ji.
Just then, a dragon's roar suddenly echoed from the sky, and two figures, one black and one gold, appeared beside Bi Ji.
The gold figure was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had just secretly sneaked into the mixed zone to start a live stream.
This little guy was reported! A soul beast saw the live stream and secretly sent the message to Di Tian via the magic network.
Di Tian was furious and immediately arrested the three-eyed golden lion.
"Damn it! Who reported me?! I'll roast its brains and eat them!"
Di Tian said with a dark face, giving the three-eyed golden lion's head a hard knock.
"You better behave yourself!"
"You're the most restless one in the entire Star Dou Great Forest!"
Then the surrounding beast kings reacted and knelt before Di Tian, bowing:
"Beast God!"
Di Tian waved his hand, signaling them to stand up. Then he saw the pile of supplies that were clearly from the human world.
His golden eyes showed doubt as he looked at Bi Ji, the Crimson King, and the Bear King, asking,
"Are these human things?"
"Where did you get them?"
Bi Ji chuckled and explained the origin of the supplies to Di Tian in detail.
While the Bear King and the Crimson King felt uneasy, Di Tian's golden eyes showed a thoughtful look.
The Crimson King's actions had indeed opened up a completely new way of thinking for him.
Through the Magic Network these past few days, Di Tian had indeed witnessed the rapid development of the human world.
Because of the Magic Network's anonymity, some people in the Sun Moon Empire were even livestreaming the creation of soul tools and opening soul tool mini-classes to earn traffic and rewards.
Even some within the military were posting pictures of level-eight soul tools.
After all, the soul tools belonged to the nation, but the traffic and dream coins were theirs.
Who would turn down money?
Through these posts and livestreams, Di Tian realized that the soul beast race seemed to have fallen far behind the world. The Crimson King made him understand that he could actually engage in some trade with humans.
Since his master had already gone to the human world, buying some human goods didn't seem like a big deal.
Unlike the original story, after the information overload from the Magic Network, Di Tian was very interested in soul tools.
So Di Tian said to the Crimson King and Bear King:
"We can continue trading with humans. If you don't have enough dream coins, I have plenty here; keeping them is useless."
"But remember! Absolutely no humans can enter the core area!"
"That's my bottom line!"
Di Tian's golden eyes transformed into dragon pupils, staring intently at the Crimson King and Bear King.
The two beasts breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Di Tian strongly supported this action.
Xiong Jun patted his furry chest and said,
"I'm not stupid."
"How could I bring humans to the core area?"
"This is the sacred land of the Star Dou Great Forest!"
Di Tian nodded, walked over to the soul tool carriage, grabbed a few soul tools, and then went to the book carriage next to it to search carefully.
He quickly found some books related to soul tools.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion trying to hide nearby.
Di Tian thought for a moment, remembering a parent's educational post on the magic network that said,
"Children are disobedient mostly because they're idle!"
"The more they study, the more obedient they'll become."
Di Tian weighed the soul tool books in his hand, thinking of the many soul tool making videos he had collected on the magic network.
Amidst the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's terrified expression, Di Tian said,
"Perfect timing! I have books here, and videos over there."
"How could such a coincidence happen?"
"From today onwards, you're to stay home and diligently study soul tool knowledge."
"Eight hours a day! You're not allowed to leave the house or play on the magic network until you've finished!"
Hearing Di Tian's words, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was completely taken aback, its three eyes widening in unison.
"No, you can't do this!"
"I don't want to study!"
"What are soul beasts supposed to learn about soul tools?
That's human stuff!"
"Red King, save me!"
"Auspicious Beast?"
(Completely merciless)
The Red King watched from the side, its three heads expressionless. The Bear King beside it could clearly see the Red King's lips being tightly suppressed.
"Hold it in! Hold it in!"
"Don't laugh!"
If Di Tian hadn't been there, it would have already burst out laughing.
To it, it was good that the Auspicious Beast was studying! It wouldn't have to follow him around every day anymore; it could leisurely stay home, reading novels, watching videos, and drinking cola.
That was the life a Beast King should experience!
Finally, the abandoned auspicious beast, unwilling to accept its fate, was dragged away by Di Tian. It seemed its future life wouldn't be easy.
After Di Tian left, the dozen or so beast kings continued to divide the supplies.
Xiong Jun and Chi Wang exchanged a glance and sent a message to the 'Star Luo Empire Royal Family':
"Continue to increase the trade! Add another two million to the one million Dream Coins!"
... At this moment, Xu Jiawei of
the Star Luo City Royal Family
was receiving his weekly consultation from the Healing Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er in the Hall of Offerings.
After all, as the head of the Star Luo Empire, his health was extremely important.
After seeing the message on the magic network, he couldn't help but laugh.
Wang Xian'er, standing beside him, looked at Xu Jiawei with a puzzled expression and asked:
"What's making you so happy?"
Xu Jiawei said to this core powerhouse of the Star Luo Empire:
"Do you remember when I sent Jiu Jiu to transport supplies to the Star Dou Great Forest a while ago?"
The white-haired old woman nodded. As the deputy head of the Hall of Offerings, she naturally knew about this matter.
"Did those ferocious beasts send the message?"
Xu Jiawei nodded and smiled at her, saying,
"That's right!"
"The other party wants to increase the amount of the transaction."
The Healer Douluo, after all, had lived a long time and was very powerful, so she quickly understood why Xu Jiawei was so happy.
"I understand." "
It seems that the Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest has personally spoken, and the other party should allow the transaction to proceed."
A glimmer of light appeared in Xu Jiawei's azure eyes as he said,
"To be honest..."
"If the transactions go smoothly in the coming year, I would like to invite these ferocious beasts to watch the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament held in Star Luo City next year."
"Others may not know, but I have read in the royal family's treasured books that ferocious beasts can transform into human form."
The Healer Douluo paused, his tone somewhat surprised.
"You're actually willing to go to such lengths?"
"If Shrek Academy finds out, they'll probably cause a huge uproar."
Xu Jiawei shook his head and said,
"There's no other way. I'm constantly monitoring the Sun Moon Empire's news through the Magic Network. Their army is expanding every year."
"The level eight and even level nine soul tools they equip are weapons beyond my wildest imagination!"
"Our Star Luo Empire is no match for them!"
"This is a very dangerous sign!"
"We can't put all our eggs in one basket!"
"Shrek Academy might not be reliable, but the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest are a turning point!"
"You know Di Tian's strength."
"Others might not know, but don't we, the human elite, know?"
"On the continent, who can defeat Di Tian?"
"Therefore, as long as Di Tian is willing to help! I, Xu Jiawei, am even willing to make him the de facto Grand Preceptor of the Star Luo Empire!"
The Healing Immortal Douluo was shocked by Xu Jiawei's spirit, his voice trembling slightly as he said,
"If the world finds out, you will become a traitor to humanity."
Xu Jiawei waved his hand and said,
"I don't care. As emperor, my first consideration is the survival of the empire."
"Titles and titles are irrelevant."
"Even the Sea God ten thousand years ago could marry a soul beast, so what's wrong with making Di Tian the Imperial Advisor?"
Di Tian was unaware that the Star Luo Empire had already begun considering the possibility of him becoming the Imperial Advisor.
If he knew, he'd probably be a bit uneasy, because his master was currently working like a slave in a small city of the Heavenly Soul Empire, slowly climbing up the ranks of humanity.
How awkward would it be if he really became the Imperial Advisor and met his master again?
What would Di Tian say?
"My lord, you've finally arrived!"
"Look, everyone in the Star Dou Great Forest has been waiting for you for a long time!"
"We've already entered the upper echelons of humanity!"
If this really happened, Di Tian was genuinely afraid that his master would suddenly become withdrawn, running back to the Lake of Life in a flash,
using his mental power to completely seal himself off from the outside world, refusing to come out no matter what.
(End of Chapter)
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