I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 139 - 8: The Most Terrifying Great Demon King (2/3)

Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Li Boyang, riding the clouds and mist, landed at the entrance of Li Family Village.

Even though he had mastered the ability to fly, Li Boyang didn't really like descending from the sky and accepting everyone's worshipful gaze.

Quietly landing at the village entrance and then walking along the small path paved with blue bricks into the village had always been Li Boyang's preferred routine.

"The 'Non-crying' Baby is back! He's back!"

"Quick, quick, hide! Careful or that guy will catch you and make you stand as punishment again!"

"Um… Should we be calling him Li Boyang now? He clearly has a name already!"

"You fool, is this really the time for that kind of talk?"

"Hurry, someone go tell Big Sister—she's not back yet!"

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As soon as Li Boyang entered the village, he was met by the noisy racket of the local kids.

Most of these kids were born after Li Boyang's arrival; the older ones were already five or six, and the younger ones three or four.

Of course, there were even littler ones, but those were still swaddled babies.

This was what a typical mountain village looked like in these times.

The big kids watched the little kids—playing all day with cats, teasing dogs, chasing chickens and ducks—giving everyone endless headaches.

Especially under Li Jingshu's reign as the village's child king.

These brash little rascals and wild girls were bold enough for anything.

"Xi'Er, you stop right there!"

Immediately spotting a filthy wild girl not far off, Li Boyang raised his voice and called out sharply.

"Where'd you roll around and get all that mud again?"

Under her nervous, hesitant gaze, not daring to run away,

Li Boyang strolled over and wiped some dirt off her face, asking,

"And where's Li Jingshu?"

"Your Big Sister begged me to let her have a few days' rest, but now she's off running into the mountains again?"

Seeing this, the nearby kids scattered instantly, terrified of being called out by Li Boyang.

Whether it was getting scolded by Li Boyang, or betraying Li Jingshu's whereabouts,

In their eyes, both were absolutely terrifying prospects.

"I don't know!"

At his question, Xi'Er stuck out her neck and shouted back loudly.

Xi'Er was the kid closest to Li Jingshu in the village, basically her sidekick.

So even in front of the "scariest Great Demon King," Xi'Er refused to snitch on her Big Sister.

"You little wild thing… Guess what I've got here?"

Ruffling Xi'Er's hair, Li Boyang, half exasperated and half amused, pulled out a piece of honey from behind his back.

This honey was a stash Xiluo had nicked from some big dumb bear.

As the kids grew more numerous and mischievous in the village,

Li Boyang started carrying treats like these for coaxing them.

And it worked unexpectedly well, too.

"Gulp… Still, I don't know anything!"

Xi'Er sneakily swallowed, keeping her neck stiff but her eyes darting around involuntarily.

"You'd better think carefully before you answer!"

For once, Li Boyang showed his own mischievous side.

He purposely drew out his words and waved the honey enticingly right in front of Xi'Er's eyes.

"I… I…"

"Big Sister took that outsider and left the village, and after that I don't know anything!"

Snatching up the honey with lightning speed, Xi'Er turned around and ran off, yelling as she went,

"Don't you dare tell Big Sister it was me who said it!"

Watching Xi'Er's retreating back, face full of laughter, Li Boyang raised his voice again and called out,

"Don't run so fast—careful, don't fall!"

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When Li Boyang got home, Chen Yun was in the courtyard, feeding chickens and chasing ducks.

At Chen Yun's feet, a hefty-looking big yellow dog was baring its teeth, helping her round up the poultry.

Of course, those chickens and ducks were hardly what you'd recognize from Earth.

Chickens with dazzling plumes, ducks bigger than the yellow dog…

If you tossed these chickens and ducks onto the Earth of his past life, people would definitely think they were some kind of mutant species.

In truth, these chickens and ducks only started showing up in the village three years ago, when Li Boyang advanced both the Mountain God Reservoir and the rice-planting initiatives.

The original breeds looked nothing like these.

Some were exchanged for good stock with nearby villages, some were wild pheasants and birds that Li Boyang personally domesticated.

After generations of crossbreeding and training, the current poultry came to be.

The village kids' endless energy and sturdy bodies were, in no small part, thanks to the meat and protein provided by these animals.

"Mom, I'm back."

Strolling up to Chen Yun, Li Boyang reached down and petted the wildly wagging yellow dog.

This big yellow dog only came to Li Family Village three years ago too.

It was a gift from Panhu's Gao Family Village, a token of thanks.

Along with him came a few breeding female dogs, and soon every household in Li Family Village got into the habit of keeping dogs.

"You're back?"

"Go rest for a bit—your old man isn't home yet!"

Hearing Chen Yun refer to Li Yu as "old man" left Li Boyang speechless, all he could do was shake his head helplessly.

As life got better, Chen Yun grew more lively for her age. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Like calling Li Yu "old man"—

For Li Boyang, who'd never dated in either lifetime, he could only chalk it up to couple's banter.

[Looks like it's time to kick off the "train the hunting dogs" plan. Otherwise, his hunting efficiency is just way too low.]

The thought flashed through his mind, and Li Boyang fell into contemplation.

It's not that hunting dogs don't exist in this world.

But most mountain people and hunters simply aren't qualified to keep one.

First off, just the meat required to feed a specialized hunting dog could have bankrupted the whole Li Family Village six years ago.

Not to mention the powerful Spirit Monsters lurking in the mountains—

Which makes ordinary breeds totally useless for hunting dogs here.

But to find a breed that's strong, smart, nimble and obedient is easier said than done.

[Maybe I'll go talk to Panhu about it in a while?]

Panhu was a Five-Colored Dragon Dog with countless canine subordinates.

But those dogs were Spirit Monsters with human-level intelligence.

They wouldn't—couldn't—be a hunter's working dog for a mountain villager.

Not to mention, hunting dogs also breed, and for Spirit Monsters, that'd be an outright humiliation.

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