Si Lei Zhenjun

Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Not far from the Beast Hall, hidden among lush trees is a large and uniquely shaped open-air building.

This is where the animal pond is located.

There are countless rare and exotic animals in the Forest of Beasts. It is impossible to send people to feed every beast, and the beast pond is the 'public canteen' for most of the beasts.

Every morning, special disciples from the Beast Hall would come here to deliver large quantities of spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills.

The spiritual beasts that can be raised by the Yunxiao Sect in the Ten Thousand Beast Forest must be of high quality and their IQs must not be too bad.

Once they are hungry, they will come to the animal pool to eat.

Of course, because there are too many spirit beasts, the amount of spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills they consume every day will always fluctuate.

Therefore, the disciples of the Beast Hall who are responsible for providing spiritual beast feed and spiritual beast pills must come to the animal pond to check again in the evening.

Generally speaking, those spirit beasts that have not eaten or are not full will stay in the animal pond.

At this moment, the sun has set.

Ren Xiaoxiao followed a senior brother from the Beast Hall, stepping on the golden afterglow and landing beside the beast pond.

The two of them took out some spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills as usual and fed them to the spirit beasts that were still staying there one by one.

After feeding, Ren Xiaoxiao asked the question in her heart:

"Brother Li, don't you find it strange? In the past, we always had surplus spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills, but in recent months, for some reason, many spirit beasts have been lingering here every day because they haven't had enough to eat. Today's number is even higher."

"Junior Sister Ren, you've only been doing this for less than a year, so it's normal to have such doubts."

Senior Brother Li smiled indifferently and explained in a gentle voice:

"When a spirit beast is about to break through, its daily needs for spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills will increase dramatically. The consumption of spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills is higher than before, which means that one or more spirit beasts in our Ten Thousand Beast Forest are about to break through. This is actually a good thing."

Ren Xiaoxiao still has doubts:

"Brother Li, we haven't assigned anyone to guard here, so there's no chance of it being robbed?"

"Junior Sister, you're worrying too much," Senior Brother Li said firmly. "The reason we don't have anyone guarding this place is because the sect has extremely severe penalties for stealing spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills. Once caught, regardless of the amount stolen, you'll be fined one million spirit stones. Who would do such a foolish thing for just some spirit beast feed and spirit beast pills?"

"Thank you for your advice." Ren Xiaoxiao nodded.

……

Four days later.

morning.

"You still can't learn it?"

Chu Xing put down the jade slip in his hand with a dejected look on his face.

Four days ago, he bought three sword techniques in the Dharma Hall, namely "Wind and Thunder Sword Technique", "Cloud-piercing Sword Technique" and "Infinite Sword Technique".

Although it can only be considered as above average among the sword techniques collected in the Dharma Hall.

But in the past three days, he had tried to comprehend every aspect, but still had no clue.

"Well, luckily I can get a full refund if I can't learn it."

Chu Xing sighed, got out of bed, opened the door, and walked out of the room.

In the yard, Xiaoyu was sitting at a stone table, cutting silk with scissors, and there were needles and thread on the table.

The two little ones lay lazily at her feet, basking in the sun.

Chu Xing took a look at their bulging bellies and felt very relieved.

The unicorn cub has been taken for a stroll by Daibao these days, so he doesn't have to feed it himself at all.

Xiaoyu walked up to Chu Xing with a few pairs of thin stockings, her face full of joy:

"Look, sir. I've made several pairs of each color. These socks may look odd, but they're really comfortable. Plus, I still have plenty of fabric left. Sister Wanwan likes wearing purple skirts, so I'm going to make a few more lavender pairs and give them to her."

Chu Xing looked at the colorful stockings in her hand, and couldn't help but feel dazed. He hesitated for a moment and said:

"Xiaoyu, actually, these socks don't all have to be this long. You can try making some shorter ones, like just above the knee, above the calf, or above the ankle."

Xiaoyu nodded, not quite understanding. "Sir, would you like me to make you a few pairs? These socks are really comfortable to wear."

"..." Chu Xing was silent for a few seconds, "These socks are not suitable for men to wear."

"Okay." Xiaoyu looked a little unhappy.

Chu Xing rubbed her head amusedly and said, "I'm going out to do something, do you want to come with me?"

Xiaoyu immediately smiled and said happily:

"Hmm! What are you going to do, sir?"

Chu Xing replied:

"First, let's go to the Dharma Hall to return the goods, and then go to the Weapon Hall to find someone to help us expand the yard. Now, in our yard, apart from a small wooden house for storing miscellaneous items, there are only two habitable rooms. It was fine before when I lived alone, but now with you and Xiaoli, it's obviously not big enough. And with Daibao and Xiao Qilin, we also need to build a small nest for them."

……

The Dharma Hall was still deserted.

There wasn't even a single person on duty at the stage.

There was only a young disciple with a round face and short stature, holding a duster, walking through the rows of tall bookshelves and dusting them.

Chu Xing brought Xiao Yu into the building. Seeing this scene, he used the communication jade talisman to send a message to his 'cheap master', asking him if he was free to come over.

After all, you still have to find the original owner when returning the goods.

However, after waiting for about a quarter of an hour, there was still no reply.

Chu Xing couldn't help but have a bad feeling in his heart.

There was no one in the store when I returned the product, and no one responded to my messages.

It seems that all unscrupulous businesses do this!

I won’t be cheated, right?

Thinking of this, Chu Xing quickly walked up to the round-faced young man and asked:

"Senior Brother, is there no one guarding this stage today?"

The round-faced young man looked back at the desk in surprise, and seeing that there was no one behind the desk, he scratched his head and said:

"Um...he was here just now. Maybe he went out for something."

"Wasn't the person on duty just now an old man wearing glasses and with white hair and beard?" Chu Xing asked.

The round-faced young man nodded, "Exactly."

"..."

Upon hearing this reply, Chu Xing felt hopeless.

Okay.

I thought I had found a cheap master.

In fact, he has always been treated as an innocent disciple.

You even cheated me out of a small golden elixir's spirit stone, Shang Zhengde, are you a human being??!

After a series of complicated psychological activities, Chu Xing thanked the other party, and then pulled Xiaoyu out of the Dharma Hall with an angry look on his face.