Chapter 307: Chapter 231: The Human Emperor Goes to Sea_2
[Sea Patrol Dog in Weak Water, Take Note— "New Interpretation of the Eastern Continent Legend"]
Evidently, there’s a large discrepancy between legend and fact. However, upon careful thought, Zhang Ze realized that Maomao indeed never touches water...
Maomao, being a good dog, has three excellent qualities: it doesn’t bark unnecessarily, doesn’t shed fur, and it self-cleans.
No matter how dirty the place it digs into, it just needs to shake, and its fur will return to its pristine and smooth state.
Touching it feels silky smooth. It smells like sunshine.
Feeling guilty, Zhang Ze could only explain the events leading up to the situation. Fortunately, Maomao is also a good dog, and after a brief negotiation with Zhang Ze, they finally reached a series of agreements.
Zhang Ze, adhering to the principles of honesty, trust, friendship, and mutual assistance, compensates Maomao with five hundred pounds of pork elbows, eight hundred sausages, and ten two-hour playtime tickets...
After signing the contract, Zhang Ze and Maomao both pressed their handprints on it, and Zhang Ze also delivered the first batch of sausages in advance.
Having received the sausages, Maomao became carefree again. Its white fur turned golden, and it circled around Zhang Ze.
While rubbing Maomao’s belly, Zhang Ze took out the little walnut, intending to share his new discovery with Li Yueqi, yet he received a message from Li Yueqi first.
[Li Yueqi: Where exactly is the exotic beast you mentioned in Jishan? Any more detailed clues?]
After inquiring, she sent over a picture of lush green mountains.
Honestly, just like he didn’t expect Maomao to avoid water, Zhang Ze didn’t expect Li Yueqi to act so quickly...
[Zhang Ze: Hold on, let me check.]
...
Jishan.
Li Yueqi bypassed all cumbersome procedures with her privilege, instantly taking over Zhang Ze’s task at the task hall for instant release and reception.
Then, leading her two ancestral spirit beasts, Shadow Wolf Hei Qu and Spiritual Snake Qinghe, she boarded the Flying Ship to Jishan, near the Beast Taming Sect.
The exotic beast Zhang Ze was looking for was named Suoyi.
[Body like dead wood, hides in Jishan, four hands and eight feet, crocodile head, horse tail]
It sounds like quite a magical thing, but Jishan is vast, and aimlessly wandering around the mountains would be troublesome, hence the inquiry to Zhang Ze for more detailed clues.
After unlocking the detailed settings of Maomao and the Nightmare Monarch, the system’s clue on other exotic beasts also became more detailed.
Under the description of Suoyi, there was an additional text.
[Suoyi enjoys sunshine during the day, seeks cold at night, and dislikes fire]
After sending out the new clue, Zhang Ze waited a long time before getting a new response from Li Yueqi.
[Li Yueqi: You wait first, I’ll test Thousand Mechanism Pavilion’s new magical artifact for you.]
With that said, there was silence for quite a while, until the little walnut in Zhang Ze’s hand slightly warmed up, and a new scene appeared.
The little walnut could now do video.
"Hi! Can you see?" Spiritual Snake Qinghe asked.
The magical artifact, controlled by Qinghe, floated around as if filming in real-time. However, it seemed like they couldn’t see here; the video is one-way, with Li Yueqi’s side only receiving Zhang Ze’s voice.
Clearly, this was something Dan Dan still at the Beast Taming Sect had concocted, likely an improvement over Lily’s previous Transmission Box.
The direct connection with the little walnut was established without changing the cost.
Zhang Ze could already foresee the future application scenarios of live streaming on the little walnut.
"Fellow Taoists, watch carefully! I’ll perform a Thousand Mechanism Thunder bite for you, like and give a heart, love you all."
"Secret realm live broadcast, real experience, exploring the secrets of ancient grave of immortals today with Chen."
"Not 998, not 138, today I call the shots, the full newly-released sacred appearance set only 98! Take it home today!"
...
In any case, Zhang Ze’s mind wandered again, but this time it wasn’t pulled back by Li Yueqi’s voice from the little walnut, but by the softness behind him.
Junior Sister lay on his back, peering at the little walnut in Zhang Ze’s hand against his face.
While Lily tiptoed, with Maomao standing on its hind legs, both man and dog held onto Zhang Ze’s arms like Door Gods on either side, staring intently at the screen.
"Come to my room," Chen Qin, also feeling the posture awkward, suggested.
Before long, three people and a dog sat on the ground, each holding a soft big pillow, using spiritual qi to maneuver drinks close to their mouths for a sip.
Maomao lay on the ground gnawing at the sausages compensated by Zhang Ze, wagging its tail.
A crystal floated in front of them, and after some simple operations by Lily, the little walnut’s image was transferred onto the crystal.
It’s more enjoyable to watch a live stream on a large screen.
"What were you all just doing?"
Though she couldn’t see from Jishan’s side, Li Yueqi had a hunch that those few hadn’t been up to anything good.
"We were researching, also analyzing things for you." Zhang Ze took a bite of a peach and then addressed the main topic.
Jishan is neither exactly the backyard garden of the Beast Taming Sect, nor it can be said it’s their parking lot. From the moment Beast Taming Sect’s gate was established, it’s been one of the bonding spots for the sect’s disciples.
It’s been explored countless times, so theoretically, there shouldn’t be any undiscovered demonic beasts, especially such a magical-sounding one like Suoyi.
Just like there aren’t Loch Ness monsters in toilets.
So, if the system isn’t playing tricks, there are only two possibilities.
One relates to the village, where the dragon qi scattered outside Spirit Deer Valley caused some demonic beast to undergo ancestral reversion.
The second possibility is similar to the Nightmare Monarch — they were hidden before and have recently appeared near Jishan.