Chapter 126

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Chapter 126: The Lion’s Big Opening?

 

Wu Baiyu sat slumped on the ground, staring blankly at the monster before him.

It stood nearly three meters tall, its entire body composed of slender bones wrapped in a layer of dried, bluish-green skin. Its head was deformed, with a single large red eyeball hanging above, and below the eyeball was a mouth filled with teeth that jutted outward, sharp and glistening coldly.

Its skeletal structure was extremely twisted, appearing very uncoordinated, with its limbs ending in extraordinarily sharp and massive claws, each claw tipped with nails as sharp as daggers. On its back, dozens of extremely sharp bone spines protruded.

The monster emitted a foul stench of decay, enveloped in an aura of death that was quite unsettling.

“This… is this what creatures from the underground look like?” Wu Baiyu’s eyes widened as he looked at the monster, fear evident in his gaze.

At that moment, the monster’s eyeball suddenly moved, turning to look at Wu Baiyu, its hind legs scratching at the ground.

Wu Baiyu trembled all over.

“Whoosh!”

In the next instant, the monster lunged right in front of Wu Baiyu.

“Don’t kill me… don’t kill me!”

Wu Baiyu was so frightened that he lost control, stumbling backward repeatedly.

But the monster did nothing to him; it merely stood a short distance away, its forelimbs hanging in front of it.

Seeing that the monster did not attack, Wu Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, recalling the explanation about this summoning array.

This underground creature was summoned using his own blood, binding their bloodlines together.

In other words, this monster would recognize Wu Baiyu as its master and obey his commands.

Wu Baiyu cautiously stood up, looking around until he spotted a large tree not far away.

“Break that tree,” Wu Baiyu pointed at the tree and said.

Then, he swallowed hard and looked at the monster.

Following hisFinger, the monster turned and charged toward the tree.

“Boom!”

The monster struck the trunk of the tree with a claw, snapping it in half, and the tree came crashing down!

Seeing this scene, the terror on Wu Baiyu’s face slowly transformed into pride, and he couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

“Hahaha… Fang Yu, wait for your death! I will definitely reclaim everything I have lost!”

…

In the morning, Fang Yu was reading a newly bought novel.

Beside him, Tang Xiaorou was working on math review problems, occasionally glancing at Fang Yu with a hesitant expression, as if she wanted to say something but held back.

Taking advantage of Fang Yu putting down the novel to drink water, Tang Xiaorou immediately asked, “Fang Yu, what exactly is your relationship with that Xia Tinghe?”

Fang Yu took a couple of sips of water, glanced at Tang Xiaorou, and said, “My relationship with her is the same as my relationship with you.”

“Ah?” Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaorou’s expression changed, and her heart sank. Xia Tinghe had only just transferred to this school, and her status in Fang Yu’s heart was already the same as that of her, his deskmate?

“That means there’s not much of a relationship,” Fang Yu added.

Tang Xiaorou was taken aback, then immediately gritted her teeth in anger, saying, “I bring you breakfast every day! How can you say that I have no relationship with you?”

“The breakfast is because you lost a bet to me,” Fang Yu replied.

“Then…” Tang Xiaorou’s face turned red, wanting to argue further.

But at this point, Fang Yu had already turned his head back to continue reading the novel, ignoring Tang Xiaorou.

…

After the warning from the previous afternoon, Fang Yu indeed did not see Xia Tinghe again that day.

It seemed that dealing with these annoying girls required such ruthless methods.

Though shameful, it was effective.

After school, Fang Yu walked out of the school gate, planning to visit the vegetable garden.

At that moment, he received a call from Ji Rubi.

“Mr. Fang, a big shot has contacted me. He said he wants to ask you for a favor, and the reward is a demon beast’s inner core.”

“A big shot?” Fang Yu frowned slightly and asked, “What does he want me to help him with?”

“He said he needs to meet in person to discuss that. If Mr. Fang is interested…”

A demon beast’s inner core…

The closer he got to the tenth level, the more eager Fang Yu became.

Now, he was only one hundred seventy levels away from the tenth level, so he certainly wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to obtain a demon beast’s inner core.

“I can meet him,” Fang Yu said.

“Okay, I will inform that big shot,” Ji Rubi replied.

After hanging up, Fang Yu leisurely made his way to the vegetable garden.

…

At eight twenty in the evening, Fang Yu arrived at the Ji family.

That big shot was waiting for him here.

Upon entering the hall, Fang Yu saw an elderly man sitting on the sofa.

It was indeed Xia Heguang.

When he received Ji Rubi’s call this afternoon and heard her refer to the other party as a big shot, Fang Yu had already guessed it was Xia Heguang.

He had originally been reluctant to deal with these high-ranking individuals, but for the sake of the demon beast’s inner core, he still came.

For him, improving his cultivation was the most important thing at the moment.

Seeing Fang Yu, Xia Heguang immediately stood up and smiled, “Master Fang, we have met before.”

Fang Yu nodded and said, “Not only that, but I have also met your granddaughter a few times.”

Xia Heguang chuckled and said, “I had Tinghe approach you just to meet with you, so I hope you won’t blame her.”

“If you had mentioned the demon beast’s inner core earlier, I would have met with you long ago; there was no need to go around in circles,” Fang Yu said directly.

Seeing Xia Heguang’s respectful tone when speaking to Fang Yu, Ji Rubi’s beautiful eyes were filled with surprise.

Xia Heguang was a major figure in Jiangnan!

He was someone whose mere stamp of a foot could shake Jiangnan!

To see such a big shot still being respectful in front of Fang Yu was quite telling of Fang Yu’s weight in his eyes!

“What do you want me to help you with? Just say it,” Fang Yu said as he sat down on the sofa.

“I want Master Fang to represent Jiangnan and participate in this year’s grand competition,” Xia Heguang said.

“The grand competition?” Fang Yu frowned slightly.

“This is a tradition of our Jiuzhou Kingdom, held once every four years. Each district in Jiuzhou must send a team of elites to participate, where teams compete against each other for rankings. The final rankings not only represent the honor of a district but also influence the resource allocation for that district in the next four years… Therefore, the district competition is very important for a district,” Xia Heguang explained.

After finishing, Xia Heguang sighed and said, “Jiangnan’s performance in recent competitions has not been good. The last one was the best in recent years, ranking fifth among the eight major districts.”

Jiangnan’s poor performance had many reasons.

The main reason was that the martial arts community in Jiangnan was the weakest in the entire Jiuzhou Kingdom.

For so many years, other regions could produce a martial master every ten to twenty years, while Jiangnan’s martial arts community had been stagnant, with no one entering the martial master realm for nearly fifty years.

Fang Yu’s expression remained unchanged as he asked, “How many demon beast inner cores can you give me?”

Xia Heguang looked at Fang Yu and said, “As long as you can help our Jiangnan Defense Headquarters achieve a top three finish in this grand competition, I will give you all the demon beast inner cores I have, which should be around twenty to thirty…”

Twenty to thirty?

“Where did you get these demon beast inner cores?” Fang Yu asked.

Xia Heguang stroked his beard and said, “Most of them were given to me by others, claiming they could be used as medicinal materials for longevity, but I personally don’t believe it… Of course, I heard from Rubi that demon beast inner cores are very useful for you, Master Fang…”

“Fifty demon beast inner cores.” Fang Yu extended one hand and said, “I can help you with this.”

“Fifty…” Xia Heguang’s eyes deepened as he fell into thought.

He had less than thirty demon beast inner cores in hand, yet Fang Yu was asking for fifty.

Although he personally believed that demon beast inner cores were not very useful, they were still quite rare, with each one worth at least tens of thousands of yuan, and they were hard to find buyers for.

However, compared to Jiangnan Defense Headquarters achieving a top three finish in this grand competition, this amount of demon beast inner cores was nothing.

“I agree to your request.” After a moment of contemplation, Xia Heguang immediately agreed.

“When does the grand competition start?” Fang Yu asked.

“This May, at the Longwei Platform in the central region, which is about a month and a half from now,” Xia Heguang replied.

“Notify me again when the time comes; I will be there,” Fang Yu said.

“Master Fang, the team competition is not just about individuals but the overall strength of the entire team, so…” Xia Heguang hesitated.

“You mean I also have to help train the team members?” Fang Yu asked.

“Yes,” Xia Heguang nodded.

“Then fifty demon beast inner cores won’t be enough; it has to be at least seventy,” Fang Yu said calmly.

Xia Heguang’s expression changed slightly.

Ji Rubi beside him was also taken aback.

She hadn’t expected Fang Yu to be so audacious in his demands…