Chapter 206 A Turnaround?!
the inspector stationed in the East City, this is undoubtedly a positive development for the East Sea Dragon Palace.Recently, the East Sea suffered a heavy defeat against the West Sea. Furthermore, Ha...Chapter 206: A Turning Point!
Hao Ren said, "It came out with me when I was picking snow lotus."
Zhao Ranzi bit her lips and stared at the snow lion in front of her.
The snow lion also opened its round big eyes, looking up at Zhao Ranzi who was on the steps.
"It hasn’t been named yet," Hao Ren said to Zhao Ranzi.
Zhao Ranzi looked at Hao Ren and then at the snow lion in front of her. "Let’s call it Little White."
Her eyes still had tears, and both her eye sockets and nose were still red from crying. She still looked very aggrieved.
"Little White!" Hao Ren clapped his hands towards the snow lion.
Hearing Hao Ren's command, the snow lion immediately got up from its crouched position and bounced and jumped onto the steps.
Whoosh! It pounced into Hao Ren’s arms. In mid-air, it shrank instantly from a height of about half a person to the size of two palms.
"Chirp chirp…" Coiled up on Hao Ren's chest, this young snow lion started chirping in an affectionate way.
Seated beside Hao Ren, Zhao Ranzi’s eyes gradually brightened.
"Little White!" She also called out to the snow lion.
The little white shrank back and looked at her. After Hao Ren patted its small butt, it cheerfully leaped into Zhao Ranzi's palm.
“So cute.” Holding the fluffy Little White in her arms, Zhao Ranzi, who was still immersed in panic and sorrow, suddenly broke out laughing.
The little white was also well-behaved. In Zhao Ranzi’s palms, it rubbed back and forth, causing her to giggle uncontrollably from the tickling sensation.
"This is a demon beast. Can you keep one" Holding Little White, Zhao Ranzi suddenly asked Hao Ren.
“What's the difference between a demon beast and a spirit beast” Hao Ren asked her back.
“Actually not much different, it’s just that demon beasts are found in the wild while spirit beasts have been tamed,” Zhao Ranzi replied.
"Then Little White should be classified as a spirit beast. It's already very obedient," Hao Ren said.
Aftersaying this, he reached out to stroke Little White’s head. The little white also obediently rubbed against Hao Ren's palm.
“Little White seems to be pretty well-behaved. Usually, demon beasts aren’t easy to tame,” Zhao Ranzi said.
Hao Ren thought about it and said, "Su Han mentioned that Xiaobai is a third-class spirit beast."
In fact, he wasn’t asking these questions because he was genuinely interested; rather, he wanted to divert Princess Zhao Yanzi’s attention by starting a conversation with her so she wouldn’t feel too sad.
As expected, Zhao Yanzi took the chance to show off her knowledge and explained, "Spirit beasts are divided into four ranks: jia (甲), yi (乙), bing (丙), and ding (丁). The jia rank is the strongest, with great magical powers—often becoming mounts for divine beings. Yi rank spirit beasts are weaker but still formidable combat partners; bing rank spirit beasts like Xiaobai are stronger than ordinary ones and can gradually understand their innate abilities, though they aren’t a match for true experts in battle; ding rank spirit beasts are the weakest, lacking magical powers—only having tough skin that can resist most spells, yet posing a significant threat when attacking as a group."
Hao Ren had never thought about capturing a spirit beast before. Xiaobai followed him out of his own accord and was already a third-class spirit beast, which satisfied Hao Ren greatly.
"From the look of it, Xiaobai is only half a year old," Zhao Yanzi said after getting to know Xiaobai better, pinching its nose as she spoke.
"Half a year!" Hao Ren was somewhat surprised.
"Yes, if not so young, it wouldn’t be so affectionate or obedient." Zhao Yanzi nodded firmly in agreement.
Hao Ren thought about the adult snow lions he saw in the cave—each as tall as two people. Those weren’t even fully evolved snow lions…
Ordinarily, they were small animals no bigger than a palm, running around his ankles, but when it came to fighting, they transformed into mountain-like snow lions. Just thinking about it was impressive…
"Princess! Prince!"
A hunched Prime Minister Xia rushed over from afar at this moment, panting heavily.
Woof—
The little white that had been comfortably seated in Zhao Yanzi’s arms suddenly jumped forward and transformed to block the prime minister.
The prime minister was startled by the sudden appearance of a beast spirit before him, almost falling flat on his behind.
"Xiaobai! Don’t be rude!" Hao Ren immediately waved at Xiaobai.
Xiaobai hesitated and then jumped back into Hao Ren’s hands, shrinking to its miniature form.
The prime minister stabilized himself, wiping the sweat from his forehead. Zhao Yanzi immediately stood up anxiously and asked, "Is Uncle San in trouble"
"Third Master… Third Master…" Prime Minister Xia panted, breaking his sentence into two parts, causing Hao Ren to worry along with Princess Zhao.
"Third Master has woken up!" The prime minister finally caught his breath and finished speaking.
Hearing this news, Zhao Yanzi was overjoyed. Without further thought, she grabbed Hao Ren’s wrist and ran forward.
Xiaobai followed behind enthusiastically, thinking the two were going to play a chase game with it.
Despite his hunched posture, Prime Minister Xia walked quickly and led them to the small palace where Zhao Kuo was staying.
The room inside, Zhao Kuo had already awakened but his complexion was still pale. Elder Star Moon sat beside the bed, still worried.
"Uncle Three!" Upon seeing this scene, Zhao Yanzi shook off Hao Ren's arm and rushed to Zhao Kuo who was lying on the bed.
Zhao Guang hurriedly stopped Zhao Yanzi, "Your uncle is still very weak. Don't disturb him!"
Standing beside the bed, Zhao Yanzi thought of her uncle not leaving her side after all and was moved to tears again as she wiped them away.
Hao Ren followed Chancellor Xia to stand by the bedside. Seeing Zhao Yanzi cry like a little tearful child once more, he realized that this stubborn little girl had such sensitive and fragile moments too.
The small white bird following Hao Ren chirped softly before jumping back into his arm.
"Snow Lion…" Zhao Kuo looked at the white bird in Hao Ren's arm with a bit of surprise.
"Uncle Three, this is White." Wiping away her tears, Zhao Yanzi smiled and said, "Hao Ren brought it back when he went to pick snow lotus for you."
"You went to the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus Cave" Zhao Kuo stared at Hao Ren in surprise.
"Yes." Hao Ren nodded slightly.
"Brother, how could you act so recklessly! The Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus Cave is extremely dangerous. How did you let this boy go there to pick snow lotus!" Zhao Kuo turned to Zhao Guang and said.
"Zhen Tongsan only said it was a bit dangerous, not particularly dangerous," Zhao Guang frowned.
"Nonsense!" After holding his breath for a moment, Zhao Kuo coughed twice. "A hundred years ago, I ventured into the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus Cave. Those snow lions inside were each at the Zhen rank level!"
"Zhen rank" Zhao Guang looked at Hao Ren in surprise, unable to comprehend how Hao Ren could have obtained the snow lotus from a cave filled with Zhen rank beasts.
Zhao Hongyu nodded appreciatively. Because Hao Ren did not deliberately emphasize the dangers of this mountain cave, if it weren't for Zhao Kuo mentioning it, they would all think that obtaining the snow lotus was quite simple!
Hao Ren appeared calm and composed, but he managed to maintain such a temperament without being boastful or arrogant. This was truly the demeanor of a master!
"Yes, back then I was only at the lower level Kun rank. To pick this seven-colored snow lotus that had grown for 500 years, I entered too deep and nearly couldn't make it out alive! Snow lions are one of the more intelligent types among spiritual beasts. They deliberately lured me deeper before surrounding me. If I didn’t have a treasure with me, I wouldn't have been able to break through!" Zhao Kuo said.
Zhao Guang smiled and said, "For your sake this time, Ren brought back six thousand-year-old seven-colored snow lotuses in total."
Zhao Kuo stared at him with his ox-like eyes, even more shocked as he looked at Hao Ren.
Hao Ren only smiled slightly. Indeed, entering the cave was extremely perilous this time. But fortunately, everything turned out okay in the end.
"Kid, I owe you a favor," Zhao Kuo stared at Hao Ren for several seconds and said.
"Uncle Three, you've just recovered. Don't talk so much!" Zhao Yanzi looked at Zhao Kuo and couldn’t help but say.
At the same time, her expression as she looked at郝仁was somewhat different.
"Although Snow Lion is a Class C spiritual beast, it's also one of the rare ice and fire dual-type Class C spiritual beasts. That time when I強行闖入雪蓮洞, my eyebrows nearly burned off half a strand!" Zhao Kuo ignored Zhao Yanzi’s reminder and continued to speak.
"Little White is so formidable" Zhao Yanzi became interested as well, her bright eyes blinking.
"A mature Snow Lion can spew flames from its mouth, ignite fire with all four paws, and condense ice-elemental spells. Whether it has other abilities, I don’t know." Zhao Kuo said.
Zhao Kuo had traveled extensively in the past and was exceptionally powerful, so he knew a lot of things. These matters were completely unknown to Zhao Yanzi, even Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu might not be aware of them.
Hao Ren looked at the little white in his arms, imagining its majestic snow-white body, all four paws igniting fire, and then spewing out a fireball into the sky—it was really impressive...
Chirp chirp... Chirp chirp...
However, at this moment, Little White was still burrowing around in Hao Ren's arms, completely without any majesty.
Hao Ren opened the芥子空間in his necklace and put it inside. There was also a避水珠inside the芥子空間, upon entering the space, Little White immediately began playing with the避水珠.
"Uncle Three, although this heavenly tribulation wasn’t completed and didn’t reach the Heavens Dragon realm, Uncle Three is still very powerful. Let’s go catch a few demon beasts to play with in two days!" Zhao Yanzi squatted down and grabbed Zhao Kuo's palm, speaking somewhat like she was being cute.
Seeing that Hao Ren had such a beautiful little white, she felt slightly envious and wanted to raise her own adorable small demon beast to play with.
However, upon hearing Zhao Yanzi’s words, the gradually flushed expression of Zhao Kuo immediately turned bleak again.
"Uncle Three..." Zhao Guang lowered his voice. "Although your life was saved, all your cultivation has been destroyed; not even half a level is left."
"What" Zhao Yanzi’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the Zhao Kuo on the bed.
The once invincible Zhao Kuo had instantly become someone weaker than even the Rank C realm!
“Hahahaha...” Suddenly, Zhao Kuo burst out laughing from his bed.
He forcibly sat up and pointed a single finger at the sky. "Old Heavens! Rotten Heavens! As long as I have a shred of life left, I’ll fight you to the end!"
The former fanatical look returned to his face, and he clenched his fist. "So what if I become a useless person So what if my meridians are severed As long as I still draw breath, I can re-cultivate to the Heaven rank! I Zhao Kuo will change fate by going against heaven!!! One day, I’ll poke a hole in you!"
Thunder rumbled...
As if responding to Zhao Kuo’s arrogance, dark clouds suddenly gathered above the underwater dragon palace.
Zhao Guang sighed softly. "Little Brother Three, rest well. The matter of re-cultivating will be planned carefully later on. Elder Moon and Star, please take care of Elder Zhao. Everyone else, follow me outside."
"Yes, Dragon King." Moon and Star nodded.
Outside, after a moment's thought, Zhao Guang said, "Remember to announce that Elder Zhao passed the heavenly tribulation smoothly. Senior Sun, you send Ah Ren back. Ah Zi needs to stay here for a few more days; try your best to accompany her Uncle Three."verence to was no longer the Heavenly Mountain Sect but the Mysterious Peak! As distant water cannot extinguish an immediate fire, it could only rely on Mysterious Peak to ensure a glimmer of peace!Ha...