Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 795 - 755: Useless (2)
"No wonder my right eyelid has been twitching so fiercely, damn it! What a rotten day! I’ve saved money for so long, and it just went down the drain!" Chu Huai’an was hopping madly with his cane, but in his rage, he simply got angry for a moment.
With no clues on where to find what he had lost, he could only vent his frustrations as he changed mounts to head for the Vermilion Bird Tower.
Since he was already here, he figured he might as well try his luck again, while planning how to get a few precious stones to sell for Spirit Stones to buy Demon Beasts from the Beast Taming Sect.
Though guarding a treasure, his lack of strength meant sometimes he had to sacrifice a Fire-type Demon Beast just to retrieve a few precious stones.
Last time, he "formed a good karma," thinking the other party seemed a bit useful, but after much effort and consuming two Magical Artifacts, he barely got one stone, which wasn’t even as good as doing it himself.
Chu Huai’an lacked the means to earn more Spirit Stones, and he needed many expensive adult Demon Beasts, which meant that over the years, he had barely saved anything despite his efforts.
Riding a Demon Beast that could withstand high temperatures, he galloped toward the Vermilion Bird Tower, lost in a fantasy—years of persistence finally earning the favor of the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird, who willingly recognized him as its master, granting him endless lifespan and immense power. Imagine stepping out of this desert invincible with a Divine Beast!
"Hahahahaha! Heaven won’t give me opportunities for no reason. If I keep at it, there will surely be a good result! By then..." The more he thought, the more excited he became, laughing heartily until he abruptly stopped—he had just climbed a small sand dune and saw in the distance... a tent underneath the Vermilion Bird Tower?!
His smile froze instantly; Chu Huai’an had a bad feeling, realizing the source of his twitching right eyelid. A cultivator had found their way here.
Wouldn’t that mean the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird might have been discovered?
"Damn!" His heart trembled with panic.
Then he reconsidered that the temperature inside the tower was extremely high, even relying on Fire-type Demon Beasts, he could barely make it in and out, they needed full preparation, even if the opponent cultivated Fire Element Techniques, they wouldn’t be able to hold on.
Clinging to a glimmer of hope, Chu Huai’an silently prayed that the other party was merely caught by a new spatial disturbance and got lost nearby, and wouldn’t inadvertently ruin his affairs!
"Someone’s coming," said Yuan Man. As she noticed the tent on the sand dune, she sensed the presence and softly remarked, "I don’t know if it’s a cultivator who wandered here by accident or a Beast Tamer eyeing the Divine Beast."
Jiang Yuan scanned with his hand shading his eyes. "It’s Chu Huai’an, a Level Three Beast Tamer, riding a Fire-breathing Beast that can withstand high temperatures and provide him with shade. His strength seems average."
The system labeled him as a greedy fellow.
Usually, when he did good deeds or helped someone, he always hoped for greater benefits in return. So, despite appearing to do many good deeds, his impure heart meant he hadn’t accumulated much good fortune.
He finally realized the need to focus on cultivation and do real good; that’s when he obtained the opportunity in this Secret Realm.
Originally, he could have harnessed the abundant Fire Energy here to cultivate to a higher Realm and control more powerful Demon Beasts, gaining further opportunities.
But instead, before he could advance in his Realm, greed destroyed Xuanyuan Yangguang’s intricate Array, turning the desert into a dead zone and causing many innocent deaths.
The shallow goodwill between him and the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird was utterly depleted by his greed. Chu Huai’an, guarding the treasure land with crooked intentions, had not advanced his Realm even slightly since.
Jiang Yuan quickly skimmed through, shaking his head. What a pity! Had he just stuck to steady cultivation and formed a karmic bond with the Vermilion Bird, even serving under the Divine Beast, he’d be better off than most Demon Cultivators.
Given such a great opportunity, it’s wasted on you!
"Who goes there?" Upon hearing, Yuan Man felt fury rise instantly. That guy is the same Beast Tamer who dared to think of taming the Divine Beast, destroying the intricate arrangements of his benefactor Xuanyuan Yangguang, and causing the death of Cloud City citizens with his many Demon Beasts! Her heart burned with anger!
Upon hearing a woman’s sharp voice, Chu Huai’an was elated—it was a female cultivator in distress!
Countless fantasies of being a hero rescuing a beauty ignited in his heart, and he hurried the Fire-breathing Beast forward, asking with a friendly smile, "Miss, where do you come from?"
The Fire-breathing Beast ran swiftly over the scorching yellow sand, and as the words left his mouth, they were close to the tent, revealing Jiang Yuan’s figure.
Seeing him, Chu Huai’an’s mouth turned down, full of disdain. Hmph! There’s a pretty boy?
When he got closer, he noticed the pair’s low-key luxurious Magical Robes, the type he couldn’t afford in the market. Surely, their endurance in the desert relied on their robes’ protection against elements, else they’d have been baked half to death!
A wealthy demon... Wait! That’s not right!
The young, beautiful woman had a restrained aura, likely using a Magical Treasure to conceal her energy, making it hard to probe;
but that pretty boy didn’t emit any Spiritual Power, his human scent was unmistakably strong. Clearly, the Magical Treasure concealing his aura worked poorly. Got it, a wealthy female cultivator is keeping a human pretty boy! Too stingy to spend on him!
"We naturally come from where we come from," Yuan Man coldly replied. "Who are you, and where are you from?"
Seeing her assertiveness and the pretty boy not uttering a word, Chu Huai’an was sure he’d guessed right—tsk, relying on that good-looking face to sponge off someone, truly disgusting!
Any other thoughts he had were completely extinguished at that moment.
His shifty gaze wandered toward the Storage Bags on their waists, calculating how this score could earn him extra Spirit Stones, perfect for ordering a batch of Demon Beasts from the Beast Taming Sect and breeding more Cloud Beasts...
"Fellow Daoist, isn’t your question a bit unreasonable?" While mapping out plans in his head, Chu Huai’an wore a kindly smiling old face. "This is my cultivation site. You two intruded without permission and question your host—doesn’t seem right, does it?"
Yuan Man’s face darkened, sneering, "Your cultivation site? Then where is your name etched? If you call it, will it respond? Haven’t refined or have no land deed, yet have the nerve to claim it’s your territory, how boastful."
With less than ten minutes until the task was done, Jiang Yuan knew City Lord Yuan held immense respect for the Divine Beast and Xuanyuan Yangguang, and now Chu Huai’an was dancing on their graves. He promptly retrieved half a watermelon from his Storage Bag to snack on and watch the drama unfold.
"I’ve been raising Demon Beasts in my desert for years, no need to prove it."
"Oh? So those Demon Beasts are yours." Yuan Man seized the moment, "They trampled my garden, killed my clansmen after emerging from a spatial disturbance; perfect timing to settle this score today!"
The desert bristled with bones—the citizens of Cloud City!
As a city lord and clan leader, she refrained from immediately taking murderous action, purely out of kindness.
"N-no no no! It’s a misunderstanding! Fellow Daoists, it’s all a misunderstanding, let’s talk this over," Chu Huai’an blurted nervously, anxiously hiding behind the Fire-breathing Beast, "I never intended to harm anyone; those Demon Beasts merely went astray due to spatial disturbances..."
Not wanting to waste time talking, Yuan Man felt a subtle shift when she intended to act.
Having cultivated to the Tribulation Crossing Realm, she was attuned to the ethereal Way of Tao, sensed celestial will, and lowered her murderous intent, sternly saying, "Since the matter is muddled, let’s resolve it with a desert wager.
No life is taken, if you lose, leave the Storage Bag and Spirit Beast Bag behind; if I lose, my Storage Bag and Natal Magical Treasure are yours, how about it?"
Bound even under harsh constraints, sparring with a mere Level Three Beast Tamer would be a child’s play for someone in the Tribulation Crossing Realm; she merely sought an excuse to teach him a lesson, without outright taking his life.
Deprived of the food, water, and Spirit Stone supplies in the Storage Bag, and unable to ride his Demon Beasts, he’d likely end up lost in the desert, perishing like the clueless cultivators before him.
"Could the two of you please speed up the fight," Jiang Yuan muttered while munching on his melon, "I have business to attend to later."
Yuan Man offered a shallow smile, "It’ll be over shortly."
Before her words finished, sand dragons churned underfoot and surged toward Chu Huai’an!
The opponent was prepared, flicking his Spirit Beast Bag to unleash two Fire-breathing Beasts to encircle and safeguard himself, while simultaneously unleashing flames to stall the incoming attack.
In the next second, tendrils extended from the yellow sand, coiling around his legs and dragging him into a sand pit.
"A wager is a wager, release the branding on the Storage Bag," Yuan Man declared as she grasped the Storage Bag at his waist before he could react.
Sensing her Tribulation Crossing-level Supreme Great Demon’s pressure, Chu Huai’an nearly wet himself, hastily undoing his Divine Sense imprint, while thanking her profusely for sparing his life.
"Mr. Jiang, I have a ’Beast Taming Manual,’ are you interested?" Casually, she retrieved a somewhat worn cultivation technique and offered it.
