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“What is this?”

Zi Ji, who was cultivating at the bottom of the lake, heard the commotion and came up to check the situation.

“An amusement park,” Xuan Ming replied without lifting his head, focused on the barbecue grill in front of him.

Ah Yin had mentioned to him before that the World of Spirit Beasts was monotonous and boring, stretching endlessly for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, with nothing ever changing.

Most low-level Spirit Beasts had very low intelligence; their daily thoughts revolved around cultivating and toiling for survival, never contemplating the meaning of life.

As their cultivation gradually increased, the intelligence of Spirit Beasts would also slowly grow.

However, most Spirit Beasts only truly possessed intelligence comparable to humans after reaching 100,000 years of cultivation and successfully passing their first heavenly tribulation.

“Troubles and pain all stem from intelligence” – this saying was not false.

Fools naturally wouldn’t know what trouble was; only intelligent beings could truly experience the ups and downs of life.

After Ah Yin reached 100,000 years of cultivation, she found the emptiness and loneliness unbearable, so she resolutely chose to transform and immerse herself in the human World.

A 100,000-year transformed Spirit Beast was like a prisoner released after serving their sentence, full of curiosity about the human World, just as humans were full of desire to explore the unknown World.

Once that impulse, suppressed for tens of thousands of years, erupted, even knowing the human World was fraught with danger, they still couldn’t suppress their inner yearning to investigate.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, as a special auspicious beast, was born with intelligence, but the Spirit Beasts around it were not.

Only these fierce beasts possessed the intelligence to communicate with it, yet these fierce beasts were all busy with their own cultivation, each having their own matters to attend to.

Although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was revered as the Emperor Auspicious Beast, it was like a left-behind child; even with Bi Ji, who was closest to it, they were often separated.

Despite having lived for over five thousand years, due to long-term exposure to an unchanging living environment, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s mind was still like that of a child.

Zi Ji circled the ice and snow amusement park with interest, her eyes sparkling with novelty. “It looks quite interesting. I didn’t expect you to have this skill.”

“If you’re interested, you can go in and play with them too,” Xuan Ming said, flipping the meat on the grill. “The more, the merrier.”

“Why don’t you go?” Zi Ji sat down beside him, her gaze on Xuan Ming.

Xuan Ming neatly placed the sliced meat on the grill rack and said, “Hungry.”

“So troublesome. Can’t you just eat it directly?” Zi Ji frowned and said.

Xuan Ming took a small plate, put a portion of grilled meat on it, carefully sliced it, added a small fork, and then handed it to Zi Ji.

Zi Ji took the plate with a skeptical look, used the fork to pick up a piece of meat, and tasted it.

“Hmm?” Zi Ji’s expression shifted slightly.

“After eating this kind of thing, can you still swallow those bloody things?” Xuan Ming asked.

Zi Ji didn’t speak, silently finished the grilled meat on her plate, then stared intently at Xuan Ming.

Xuan Ming’s eye twitched slightly, and he prepared a few more portions for Zi Ji.

All his seasonings were the best natural plant and fruit ingredients, prepared for him by Tang Yuehua; he just had to sprinkle them on when grilling.

It was difficult to go from luxury to frugality; unless he was unbearably hungry and had no other choice, his mouth simply couldn’t eat those messy things anymore.

“There’s also dipping sauce here.” Xuan Ming placed the freshly mixed dipping sauce in front of Zi Ji.

“Use a fork, not your hand.”

“Are you telling me what to do?” Zi Ji stuck out her tongue, licked the sauce from her fingertips, then glared at Xuan Ming threateningly.

Xuan Ming shrugged slightly and said nothing more.

During this time, he had also generally understood the situation of these fierce beasts: Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Xiong Jun. They had actually met five thousand years ago when the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was born and they went to contend for the auspicious beast. Before that, they all lived in their own territories, not bothering each other.

But because of the birth of the auspicious beast, Ditian chose to gather these fierce beasts, especially the Spirit Beast group led by Bi Ji.

Although Bi Ji herself was not strong in combat, she gathered a large number of powerful ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts through her healing abilities.

Over fifty percent of the ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts in the southeast of the Star Dou Great Forest could form a beast tide attack whenever Bi Ji needed them!

And because of Bi Ji’s influence in this area, Ditian even had to consider her opinion in many places.

These fierce beasts gathered together, not only because of the auspicious beast, but also because the Spirit Beast group led by Bi Ji had long ago captured an ice silkworm with cultivation exceeding 900,000 years.

The existence of that creature led to the birth of hundreds of high-level ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts with cultivation exceeding 50,000 years in that Spirit Beast group.

In the past, Ditian had been sleeping in the Lake of Life and didn’t know about this, but during the struggle for the auspicious beast, Ditian discovered the existence of that ice silkworm.

Then, Ditian snatched the ice silkworm to the Lake of Life, and the fierce beasts, as well as the ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts that had gathered, could also absorb the elemental power of heaven and earth emitted by the ice silkworm to improve themselves.

When Zi Ji came to contend for the auspicious beast, she hadn’t yet broken through 200,000 years. It wasn’t until a thousand years ago, with the help of the auspicious beast, that she passed her 200,000-year heavenly tribulation and became a fierce beast.

Bi Ji had told him that Zi Ji spent most of her time in secluded cultivation, and the temperament of dragons was well-known. Coupled with her rarely interacting with others, Zi Ji always appeared somewhat aloof and carried a coldness that kept strangers at bay.

However, his situation was special, and Zi Ji’s attitude towards him was relatively friendly.

As Xuan Ming was pondering, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Bi Ji, drawn by the aroma, returned from the ice and snow park.

They looked at him eagerly.

Xuan Ming, who was about to eat a couple of bites, felt a wave of exhaustion and had no choice but to prepare a portion each for Bi Ji and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Bi Ji took the plate, gently sniffed the aroma of the grilled meat, and said with a smile, “Thank you.”

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was less particular, reaching out to grab the grilled meat. Xuan Ming blocked her with chopsticks and gave her a small fork. “Use this.”

“Oh.” The Three-Eyed Golden Lion gripped the small fork with its paw and began to eat, imitating Bi Ji.

“Auntie! This is so delicious!”

“This is also so delicious!”

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion ate with its mouth full of oil, speaking indistinctly while not forgetting to fork another freshly grilled piece of meat.

Seeing Xuan Ming busily turning the meat on the grill and constantly preparing plates and utensils for everyone, Bi Ji felt a bit impolite. She gracefully stepped beside Xuan Ming, speared a piece of grilled meat with her fork, and offered it to Xuan Ming’s mouth. “You’ve worked hard.”

Xuan Ming was slightly stunned. “Thank you.”

Xuan Ming bit off the grilled meat from the fork Bi Ji offered; Master Xuan, who had been busy for half the day, finally had his first warm bite.

Seeing this, Zi Ji’s expression became a little unnatural. She also stood up, speared a piece of grilled meat, and fed it to Xuan Ming’s mouth. “Here you go.”

Xuan Ming was slightly taken aback. “Thank you.”

Saying that, Xuan Ming habitually bit off the grilled meat.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was enjoying its meal nearby. Seeing both Bi Ji and Zi Ji feeding Xuan Ming, it tilted its small head, imitated the two, and moved in front of Xuan Ming, spearing a piece of grilled meat. “Xuan Ming, you eat too.”

Xuan Ming’s expression was a little unnatural, and he had a bad premonition, but he still bit off the grilled meat in front of him. “Thank you.”

However, before he could swallow the grilled meat in his mouth, his bad premonition came true.

Bi Ji, Zi Ji, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion—three more pieces of grilled meat were offered!

Bi Ji smiled gently.

Zi Ji glared threateningly.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked on expectantly.

After a brief silence, Xuan Ming utilized his unique advantage, using his other two mouths to eat all three portions of grilled meat offered to him at once.

“Thank you.”

“…”

“Hahahahaha!”

“As expected of my little brother! So talented!”

Below the Lake of Life, the Ice Dragon King, seeing this scene, almost choked with laughter.

Every time he faced such a difficult choice, Xuan Ming could always solve it forcefully in ways she hadn’t expected!

The Silver Dragon King saw this scene, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly upward. “What if there was one more?”

“What would he do?”

The Ice Dragon King stopped laughing. “You’ll see right away.”

As soon as her voice fell, a blue light suddenly emanated from Xuan Ming. Blue Silver Emperor vines extended, and Ah Yin also condensed a phantom and jumped out. “Let me help you.”

Saying that, Ah Yin revealed a sly smile, picked up a small plate, and speared a portion for Xuan Ming.

Seeing this, Zi Ji and the others also seemed to be competing, and they all started feeding him again.

Four portions!

Xuan Ming took a deep breath, and under their varying gazes, a serene white light suddenly spread out.

Bi Ji and the others only felt their vision go dark. By the time they recovered, Xuan Ming had already eaten all four portions of grilled meat.

“Thank you.”

“…”

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