Chapter 264

Chapter 264: Dragon Pool Mountains
“Master?”

Seeing that Master Qing Yan did not react at all, Su Ming could not help calling out again.

Master Qing Yan came back to his senses and reached out with one hand.

The Magma Stone floating in the boiling lava flew out on its own, then vanished into the air.

Su Ming let out a long breath of relief, his tone full of joy as he said: “Master, can we go back now and look for Fifth Junior Brother?”

“We still have to go to Qibei Mountain and pick a stalk of Snake Gallbladder Grass.”

“There is more?!”

Su Ming wailed once, but he quickly cheered up again.

Quan Ye was still waiting for him to come back at Qingqiu Mountain.

He could not give up so easily.

“Master, then let’s keep moving.”

Master Qing Yan’s eyes flickered slightly.

He seemed to have found Su Ming’s strong point.

[Qing Yan, the one you are ignoring is not only Su Ming. Yu Zhao is a hundred, a thousand times better than you imagine. She has done you a great favor.] The soul’s voice sounded.

[Shut up!] Master Qing Yan roared in his heart.

The soul wanted to say more, but the Sea of Consciousness where it was living suddenly began to shake violently.

Helpless, it could only swallow back the words that were about to leave its mouth.

He was too stubborn and too proud.

He would regret it.

…

Dragon Pool Mountains.

“Croak, croak, croak!”

“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”

“Gurgle, gurgle!”

“….”

Yu Zhao kept silent while she curiously watched the demonic beasts around her trading with each other.

Her aura was exactly the same as the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, but she could not change her accent or the way she spoke. As soon as she opened her mouth, she would easily be exposed, so the role she set for herself was a cold, aloof fox demon that did not talk.

Xiao You and its little friends were overjoyed. Several times they almost ran off, and each time Yu Zhao grabbed them by their tails and dragged them back. She smacked one fox demon’s backside twice before it finally became a bit more well behaved.

“Cheep!”

Suddenly, Xiao You let out an excited shriek and grabbed Yu Zhao’s collar, shaking it hard.

“Yu Zhao! Fish! Fish! I want fish!”

The other little foxes also saw the big fish lying on the thick layer of pine needles ahead and started squeaking nonstop.

Yu Zhao walked over, her eyes full of praise.

It was a fish she had never seen before. It was as tall as two grown people and as wide as one. Its whole body was a beautiful golden yellow. Red spots were scattered along its sides, and under the sunlight it shone with dazzling light.

First, Xiao You had been drawn to the rainbow colored light, and then it had noticed the big fish itself.

There were quite a few demonic beasts gathered around the big fish.

Most of them were carnivores.

Two demonic beasts that still looked like they were in their youth were drooling all over the place.

“Chirp-chatter, quack-quack, chirp-chatter…”

The owner of the big fish was a handsome four-winged white horse, and it was explaining the origin of the fish to the crowd of monsters.

According to it, it had found this fish by the pool where it drank water. Because the skin was golden yellow, it had named the fish “golden fish”.

When it had found the golden fish, it was already dead.

The white horse did not eat fish, but it could not resist the wonderful look of the golden fish. So it had simply handled the golden fish’s body, then brought it here to trade.

Even though the golden fish had been dried by the wind, if you went closer you could still smell a faint fishy scent.

Yu Zhao did not like it, but the little foxes loved it. They were practically drooling.

After the white horse finished its introduction, the few demonic beasts waiting nearby began to announce, one by one, what they could offer in exchange.

Their things were odd and varied. They had all sorts of stuff.

One had its very first tooth that had fallen out when it changed teeth. Another had a feather hat made from feathers it had shed. There was even homemade fruit wine.

Soon after coming into the Dragon Pool Mountains, Yu Zhao had already noticed that the trades of the demonic beasts here were still based on simple barter.

They did not care about the value of the items. They preferred to pick something they liked and trade it with the other side.

The white horse in front of them seemed to have not yet found anything that pleased it. After listening to all the offers, it kept shaking its head to refuse.

“Cheeeep!” Xiao You screamed, drawing the attention of all the demonic beasts. It dug around in its fluffy fur and pulled out a Glowing Shell Pearl that shimmered with flowing light: “I will trade a round, shiny bead that can glow!”

Yu Zhao smiled.

This Glowing Shell Pearl was something she had given the little foxes to play with.

Back when she was in the palace passage the merfolk had built, she had collected quite a few little glowing trinkets like this. Their quality could not even make a mark in Nanming City, but they were more than enough to fool demonic beasts who had never been to the seaside.

Yu Zhao watched as the white horse’s eyes lit up all at once.

“Neigh! Neigh!”

It pushed aside the others with its head and took a few steps to stand in front of Xiao You. Its eyes were glued to the Glowing Shell Pearl and almost could not be pulled away.

What it loved most were shiny, glowing things.

The golden fish was too big and not easy to carry around. Otherwise, it would not have been willing to bring it out to trade.

The Glowing Shell Pearl had the same beautiful look as the golden fish but was small in size. It could be taken out at any time to play with. It was simply the perfect replacement.

Seeing that the trade was about to go through, Xiao You wavered.

It turned its head and looked at Yu Zhao with pleading eyes. It held the Glowing Shell Pearl in its two chubby hands and whispered: “Yu Zhao, please, please~”

The other little foxes copied it. Some clung to Yu Zhao’s thighs, and some clung to her arms, acting cute nonstop.

The Glowing Shell Pearl in Xiao You’s hands was something Yu Zhao had given them to play with when she coaxed the little foxes. Strictly speaking, the true owner of the Glowing Shell Pearl was still Yu Zhao.

If Yu Zhao did not agree, no matter how greedy they were, the little foxes would never dare use Yu Zhao’s thing to trade with the white horse.

The white horse could also tell that Yu Zhao was the one who really made the decisions. Its thick lips moved up and down as it tried its best to persuade Yu Zhao to agree.

“The Glowing Shell Pearl can be yours, but on the rest of the trip you all have to behave and not run around.” Yu Zhao used voice transmission to speak to all the little foxes.

The little foxes nodded again and again. They raised their chubby paws and swore to the sky that they would listen to Yu Zhao.

After getting Yu Zhao’s consent, Xiao You solemnly handed the Glowing Shell Pearl to the white horse.

The white horse rolled its tongue and wrapped the Glowing Shell Pearl away, then trotted off with happy steps, neighing as it ran.

All the little foxes turned to stare at Yu Zhao. Their eager eyes almost melted her.

But the iron hearted Yu Zhao directly put the golden fish into her storage space.

Facing the foxes’ unbelieving eyes, Yu Zhao explained with voice transmission: “We will eat it when we go back.”

The Dragon Pool Mountains were a place where demonic beasts came to trade. If they openly ate another demonic beast here, it would break the peaceful and friendly atmosphere of the place.

Yu Zhao did not want the Nine-Tailed Fox to become the public enemy of the Demon Race.

Right as she thought this, several leopards jumped out from the pine forest and charged straight at the little foxes around her.

Yu Zhao instinctively prepared to use Spirit Power to drive them away.

Before the Spirit Power could flow out from her fingertips, she forced down her instinct and switched to Soul Force instead. She made a simple illusory realm to mislead the leopards in the wrong direction.

All the demonic beasts then watched as a few round, plump leopards dove headfirst into the soft layer of pine needles on the ground, making the earth tremble.

The little foxes froze for a moment, then started squealing with laughter.

The onlooking demonic beasts also laughed along with them.

One of the leopards, the fattest one of them all, shook its head, then looked at Yu Zhao and let out a puzzled roar.

“Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?”

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