My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

Hua Ran was speechless after hearing Qiao Zhongyi's reason.

But he couldn't help but say, "Zhongyi, I don't want to lie to you. Actually, compared to your uncle's muscles, your soul is uglier."

"..."

You're still ugly...you're ugly...ugly...

Qiao Zhongyi's eyes immediately filled with tears, her hands unconsciously placed in front of her, her fingers moving erratically, and her voice tinged with sobs.

"Dad... how could you think that about me... Waaah, you actually said I'm ugly... A son doesn't despise his mother for being ugly, a dog doesn't despise his home for being poor, I didn't even despise you for being poor, yet you despise me for being ugly..."

Hua Ran pondered, "Why does it feel like the generational order is off, and the species is off too?"

But before she could react, Qiao Zhongyi bit down on Hua Ran's fox tail.

Hua Ran let out a "whoosh" and her whole body trembled.

The fox's ears stood up, and its hands were like two fox paws, placed in front of its chest.

"You bit me?!"

But it was at this time that Jozanna made an even bigger commotion.

The tailor shop owner tried his best, but he could only tear off the upper half of Qiao Zan's clothes.

Those honey-colored, full muscles—just the biceps alone could kill a bunch of people.

Not to mention his eight-pack abs and broad shoulders.

Qiao Yi rubbed her forehead and muttered under her breath, "You tailor, admit it, all your fancy footwork was just to undress him. You've smelled the flowers in the garden all the time, but none of them smell as good as wildflowers."

Qiao Zan also stopped dealing with the tailor shop owner.

He simply grabbed the tailor shop owner by the collar and lifted him up with one hand.

The woman kicked her legs, but she couldn't reach Qiao Zan.

Qiao Zan sighed, "I already told you I'd give you money, and now you've torn my clothes. What did I get for all that money? I feel like I didn't even get to spend it."

The tailor shop owner coughed and said, "Good man... let go, let go, I don't want this money!"

Joey thought to herself, "You've had your fill of looking."

Of course you don't want to.

Although this is a matriarchal world where men cannot expose too much skin, Qiao Yi and Qiao Zan said this several times, but the other party didn't listen.

Moreover, my physical condition doesn't allow it.

It wasn't difficult for him to cultivate Zhulong's body into human form, but whenever something happened, transforming back into Zhulong's body wasn't as easy as it was for Hua Ran and the others.

Every time, the clothes have to be blown up.

The transformation begins with the muscles being exposed; only after all the muscles in the body are tense, even to the point of showing prominent veins, can the transformation take place.

He's like some kind of magical girl... oops, I mean, a magical muscle man.

So, in general, it's hard to tell whether the women were teasing Qiao Zan or whether Qiao Zan was simply unable to get the clothes.

Joey sighed and finally stepped in to smooth things over, "Well, let's just let it go. If both sides compromise, we'll offer some wholesale price, and that'll be the end of it. Let's not make a scene here."

When the tailor owner saw that it was Qiao Yi, he exclaimed, "Oh, it's Bian Liang Qiao the Immortal!" and quickly agreed, saying that he would send someone to deliver more clothes.

In short, when the farce ended, Hua Ran handed her clothes to Qiao Zan.

Joey asked, "Big brother, is there something you need? You always come directly here before, without going to the market or buying anything."

"Actually, there's something I want to deal with. It's something left behind by Qiao Yu. She gave some talismans to some people. I originally thought those talismans wouldn't be activated, but recently, while observing the night sky, I discovered that the talismans are showing signs of activation."

I felt it was my responsibility and obligation to handle this. And that place was in a town in the south, unlike the usual hilltops or desolate areas. I figured I needed to buy something anyway, so I might as well try it out first. Who knew I wouldn't bring any money and end up causing so much trouble.”

Joey nodded.

It is said that if it is a talisman left behind by Qiao Yu, it will more or less affect nature.

It's better to destroy it; it'll save her a trip.

After all, the things Qiao Yu used all had yang energy, and yang energy can be tainted by yin energy and used by high-level demons. In short, it's best to get rid of them.

"I'll give you the money, but don't lose it on the way, or I'll have to go to that godforsaken place to redeem you."

Joe nodded and then said that he wanted to borrow someone.

To be precise, it is a plant.

"What? You're still thinking about studying plants at a time like this? No, wait, what use do you have for plants anyway?"

Joey thought about it, and realized that of all the plants in their house, only the Love Tree remained.

Everything else has absolutely nothing to do with plants.

"You want to borrow the Love Tree?"

Qiao Zan nodded.

The reason is simple: the love tree has green hair, and very few people in this world have green hair. If the love tree goes out with him, people's eyes will likely be on the love tree, not on him.

Otherwise, with his size, he would be too conspicuous to go to the market; he would be surrounded by people as soon as he saw them.

Also, if Qing Shu covers her hair up and wears a hood, she looks just like a normal person.

It's more convenient for them to go shopping or check into inns than for Qiao Zan.

Otherwise, Qiao Zan wouldn't be able to handle things in this world.

Joey laughed awkwardly, "Big brother, you know that... yet you still built yourself up to be this strong?"

"I didn't exercise much either. After I cultivated into human form using the body of the Candle Dragon, I kept in mind the previous teachings and made sure not to do too much exercise during training, so as to ensure that I was more like a man in this world."

But as I kept moving around, I found that if I didn't do a hundred push-ups, fifty sit-ups, a hundred twists, and two hundred squats every day, I felt uncomfortable, like I had a disease all over my body.

Good guy.

Joey is a real jerk.

This is what you call not working out much? Unbelievable!

However, over the years, my older brother has helped me a lot, so it's only natural that I help him now that he's asking.

After consulting with Qing Shu, Qiao Yi agreed to let Qing Shu go out with Qiao Zan for a stroll and some fun.

After all, the meaning behind "love tree" is that he has been rooted here for so many years without going out to check the time, and he is somewhat lonely.

This was perfect timing; we hit it off immediately.

The key issue is that if he continues to take root, his roots will eventually destroy the houses on this land.

He hoped that when he left, Joey could use the time to properly repair the house.

"..."

"You think you can just wait for me here? With you bunch of guys around, I'll never get rich!"

Finally, Qiao Zan changed into the flower-dyed clothes and found that the upper body still didn't fit quite right. He tried hard to squeeze it in, and then heard a "rip" sound.

The flower-dyed clothes were torn.

The tear was cleverly placed, starting from the side of the waist, spreading upwards, stopping abruptly, and then tearing at the neckline, revealing glimpses of the pectoral muscles.

He coughed. "Are there... are there any bigger ones?"

Hua Ran was almost in tears.

"This is my biggest piece of clothing, and... give me back my clothes, give me back my clothes! My wife bought all of these for me!"

Qiao Zan clenched his fist, tensed his arm, and then his sleeve ripped open with a "rip".

The flowers were dyed... and I fainted.