Chapter 336
Chapter 336
Xiao Xiaodong squatted by the lake and grilled a lot of fish.
Chen Xu chewed on the fish with relish. An ice-blue octopus stayed beside him with a fish on each of its tentacles. It took eight fish to its mouth at the same time, which was incredible.
The octopus was Chen Xu’s contract beast.
When Xiao Xiaodong and the others were wandering on the sea, they encountered a Nascent Soul demonic octopus that was attacked by a group of Golden Core sea beasts.
Generally, the Golden Core sea beast could not rival a Nascent Soul, but the octopus had just given birth and was very weak. Her cultivation level dropped to Golden Core.
The sea beasts swarmed up to her. Even if the octopus mother had eight tentacles, it was difficult to deal with them. Moreover, she had to protect the newly born octopus, so she was seriously injured.
Xiao Xiaodong and the others saved the octopus mother when both sides were injured. By the time the octopus mother was rescued, she was dying.
The pheasant had a talk with the octopus mother, who had to let the baby octopus sign a contract with Chen Xu. The pheasant had the bloodline of the dragon, so he had a natural influence on the demonic beasts. With the persuasion of the pheasant, the contracting went unusually well.
Before the octopus mother died, she sealed her Nascent Soul core inside the baby octopus.
With the unique bloodline, the baby octopus got its mother’s core and slowly absorbed the spiritual power from the core. After one year, it advanced to Golden Core.
Chen Xu liked the small octopus very much. In order to please it, he even learned from Xiao Xiaojin how to grill fish.
“Father has been away for two years. I wonder how he is doing now,” Xiao Xiaodong said worriedly.
Chen Xu smiled and said, “Uncle Xiao is very capable. When he comes back, he will give you a surprise.”
Xiao Xiaodong smiled bitterly and said, “Maybe.”
The octopus suddenly lowered its eight tentacles and let out screams.
It was naturally sensitive to danger. Once a living thing approached, the small octopus would alarm them.
Xiao Xiaodong shouted indifferently, “Enemy attack.”
Chen Xu stood up. During the two years after the auction, they had been hunted down by various forces. In the beginning, they would fluster, but now they were used to it. More than seventy Golden Core cultivators had been killed by them, not including the demonic beasts.
Small insects flew over, and Xiao Xiaodong caught one. “It’s a venomous insect.”
Chen Xu’s small octopus stretched out eight tentacles, grabbing the venomous insects and stuffing them into its mouth.
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At the Ye house.
“Another three Golden Cores died?” Ye Jinlan asked.
Ye Fang nodded and said, “Yeah. People keep chasing after the Xiao family these two years, and no one has been able to come back alive. Even so, there are still people risking their lives.”
“There are always people who think that they can deal with the Xiao family.” This family was misleading the people. They were all at the preliminary level of Golden Core, but they showed the strength of the advanced level.
After Xiao Xiaojin’s flying bear was exposed, some people were awed by its wasps, so they invited Devil Heavenly Fire, who was excellent in using fire and had refined several kinds of spiritual fire. However, he met Xiao Xiaofan.
Xiao Xiaofan raised a group of ferocious insects that could eat fire.
The Ye Family investigated and found that the insects that Xiao Xiaofan raised were Fire Rock Worms, which were ferocious and fed on fire. These insects had obviously mutated, and they were more ferocious than ordinary Fire Rock Worms and could eat spiritual fire. No one knew how they were raised.
Ye Jinlan didn’t know that Xiao Xiaofan’s Fire Rock Worms were fed with various spiritual herbs. These worms often ate spiritual herbs of a thousand years. As they often fought against each other, the ones that survived were more aggressive.
Xiao Xiaofan always roasted the Fire Rock Worms with different spiritual fires. The worms not only managed to survive, but they also possessed the ability to swallow spiritual fire.
Ye Fang narrowed her eyes and said, “These guys are never short of Trump cards.” Every time Xiao Xiaodong and the others made their move, they amazed the people with their incredible strength.
“No matter how many forces attack them, our family should not get involved,” Ye Jinlan said solemnly.
Ye Fang nodded and said, “Understood, Miss.”
These two years, the Ye family had been developing well as they made good use of the auction.
With the pills bought from Xu Muan, two people in the Ye Family had advanced to Golden Core. As a result, the family became more powerful.
The other major forces suffered some losses in hunting down the Xiao family, and the Ye family’s position became steadier.
“Was there the smell of Thunder Flame Walnuts?” Ye Jinlan asked.
Ye Fang nodded and said, “Yes.”
Ye Jinlan was confused. “Where did the Xiao family get so many murderous weapons? It seems they are never short of them.”
“The Thunder Flame Array works only on the Golden Core cultivators and imposes fewer threats to the Nascent Souls. The Xiao family has killed so many Golden Cores and offended almost all the forces on Nebula Island. When the Nascent Souls come out of the Tower of Babel, the Xiao family will be in trouble,” Ye Fang said.
“Well, Grandfather has been in the tower for almost two years.”
Ye Fang nodded and said, “Yeah. I wonder how he is doing there. When the Nascent Souls come out of the tower, the Xiao family would not be that happy.”
Ye Jinlan shook her head. “It’s hard to say.”
Two years ago, many people claimed that Xu Muan and his family would not live for three months. Now it had been two years, and they were safe and sound. In fact, they were progressing. Xu Muan seemed to have advanced, and Chen Xu had contracted a powerful demonic beast.
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At the Miao house.
Miao Han read the message on his hand and said, “Even Devil Heavenly Poison is dead. Xu Muan is impressive.”
“Devil Heavenly Poison raised a nest of poisonous worms and venomous insects, which were powerful. Unexpectedly, he failed,” Miao He said in disappointment.
“There’s nothing strange about this. Xu Muan has the Golden-headed Red Tailed Scorpions left by Xiao Jinting. They’re ancient poisonous insects, superior to those of Devil Heavenly Poison,” Miao Han said slowly.
Miao He frowned and said, “Cousin, in my opinion, our family should not get involved in this anymore.”
Miao Han frowned. All the major forces suffered the losses in the operation to kill Xu Muan. The Miao family had lost three Golden Cores. If they stopped now, they could never recover the loss. If they continued, they could not defeat the Xiao family.
Xu Muan and the others were very cunning. They fought hard when they saw the chance of winning, and they ran away if they might lose the battle.
“We’ve already lost three Golden Cores. It’s too late to stop now,” Miao Han said.
Miao He sighed and said, “If Grandfather is here, he will be able to defeat them.”
Miao Han smiled and said, “Of course.” However, if their grandfather came out of the Tower of Babel, other Nascent Souls also came out. It was hard to say who would have the Xiao family.
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At the Xie house.
“Three more died. Xu Muan has made such a great achievement. They might be laughing out loud now.” Xie Linlin shook her head.
Thoughts raced across Xie Jinyan’s mind. In just two years, Xu Muan and the others had offended all the major forces in Nebula Island, but the storytellers treated them as legends.
“How did they know where Xu Muan was?” Xie Jinyan asked.
Xie Linlin shrugged and said, “They seemed to expose themselves.”
“Do you think they did it on purpose?”
“Cousin, what are you thinking about? Why did they expose themselves on purpose?”
“Why are you so surprised? Xu Muan is looking for opportunities for his family to practice, so he exposed their whereabouts and the Golden Core went to them,” Xie Jinyan said.
Xie Linlin said with surprise, “Impossible. If that’s the case, Xu Muan is crazy.”
Xie Jin Yan pouted and said, “Aren’t they nuts? So many Golden Cores have been killed by them, and the treasures they left behind are significant, not to mention what Xu Muan has already got in his hands.”
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On a deserted mountain.
Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan and Lei Xuan with a frown and said, “Recently it seems a big dangerous. Don’t run around.”
Xiao Xiaofan nodded and said quickly, “Okay.”
Xiao Xiaodong rolled his eyes. His younger brother was quick to make promise, but he was also quick at forgetting things.
“Where did you go? To the storyteller?” Xiao Xiaodong asked.
Xiao Xiaofan’s eyes lit up at the mention of storyteller. “Yeah. Big Brother, you don’t know how interesting that old storyteller is.”
Xiao Xiaodong smiled and asked, “Why?”
Xiao Xiaofan said triumphantly, “He said that I am talented. I started to talk when I was one month old, I knew thousands of words when I was one year old, and I could read various books at the age of three.”
Xiao Xiaodong rolled his eyes and said, “Did you secretly give that old man a spiritual stone? Why did he flatter you?”
Xiao Xiaofan had suffered a brain trauma from high fever. He only cared about food before he turned three. He was enlightened late and did not know how to absorb Qi. Later, Xiao Xiaodong used food to lure him, and Xiao Xiaofan started to absorb Qi. That storyteller was telling a big lie.
Xiao Xiaofan said disapprovingly, “No! Big Brother, don’t guess it wrong. He admires me, so he praises me so much. He even praised me for other things.”
“What is it?” asked Xiao Xiaodong.
“He also said that I am the reincarnation of the God of Fire. I was very strong at the age of three and killed a tiger with bare hands,” Xiao Xiaofan said.
Xiao Xiaodong was speechless. When Xiao Xiaofan was three years old, he seemed to care only about food.
Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Xiaodong’s grim face and said, “Brother, don’t be jealous. He even praised you.”
“What did he praise me?” asked Xiao Xiaodong.
“He said that you are charming and could screw nine women in one night,” Xiao Xiaofan said.
Xiao Xiaodong was lost for words.
The pheasant on Xiao Xiaodong’s shoulder squawked, “This old man thinks highly of your brother. He is still a virgin!”
Xiao Xiaodong was exasperated.
Xiao Xiaofan smiled. “That old man is quite good. I gave him a reward.”
Xiao Xiaodong was dumbfounded. Xiao Xiaofan was obsessive with money, and the old man managed to get money from his brother. This old man was not simple.