After transmigrating, I made a name for myself through my culinary skills.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Jiang Nan felt extremely comfortable, a feeling that lasted until Ye Lan told him to go out of the cave entrance to retrieve the fish.

As the sun set behind the mountains, another day was coming to an end. He had just left the mustard seed space, intending to retrieve the basket he had placed at the cave entrance earlier that day, after listening to Ye Lan's words. But upon seeing the scene before him, Jiang Nan felt an urge to unleash a sharp explosion.

The fat bird that had separated from them two weeks ago is now swallowing two fish at a time, devouring the fry they had painstakingly cleaned.

When it turned around and saw Jiang Nan come out, Fatty didn't stop eating, as if it were back at home.

Jiang Nan felt like he was on fire as he charged at the fat bird. How did it get in here when there was a barrier set up?!

But before his hand could touch the fat bird, footsteps came from outside, and Jiang Nan quickly leaned against the rock wall to hold his breath.

Outside the cave entrance, Jiang Ning had set up a barrier when he first arrived, making it impossible for people outside to see inside. However, Jiang Nan, who was inside, could see everything clearly outside.

He looked outside and was surprised to see that there were more than a dozen cultivators who had found their way here, each of whom was more powerful than him.

The group was unaware of the barrier in front of them, nor of the cave inside it; they were currently circling around, searching for something.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a full beard. Jiang Nan couldn't see his cultivation level, but his intuition told him that this man's cultivation level was definitely above Jiang Ning's.

What terrified Jiang Nan even more was that he spotted a familiar face among the group of people outside – Lu Guan, the same person who had fought Jiang Ning in the arena.

That group of people is clearly from the Lu family.

The Lu family had just issued a bounty for their capture a while ago, and now they've actually found their way here. No, Jiang Nan thought to himself, he had to tell Jiang Ning right away.

Jiang Nan thought to herself, and was about to quietly back away, afraid of making a sound and being discovered.

But just then, someone approached the cave entrance, and Jiang Nan held her breath.

He heard people outside muttering to themselves, "Strange, it was clearly flying this way just now, how could it disappear in an instant?"

"The search and capture artifacts have also disappeared without a trace."

The bearded man said, "Search carefully, they must be nearby and haven't gone far."

As they spoke, the group scattered. Jiang Nan instantly knew what they were looking for and turned to glare at the fat bird hiding behind him.

This fat bird is no longer the proud bird it once was. Several feathers have been knocked off its body, and there are bloodstains on its wings, but they don't look like its own blood.

The people outside searched around but couldn't find Fatty, so they changed their search direction.

Seeing that the people outside had finally left, Jiang Nan turned around and angrily asked, "Did you do this on purpose?"

Fat Bird: "Chirp (Sorry)"

Jiang Nan didn't know what it was saying, but that didn't matter. What mattered was going in now to inform everyone that the Lu family had found this place.

But before he could return to the mustard seed space, the group of people turned back again. One of them even discovered the barrier formation set up by Jiang Ning and shattered it with a kick.

After the barrier shattered, a cave appeared before them. Jiang Nan and the group in front of him looked at each other in bewilderment. Upon seeing this, Fei Qiu ran into the cave, only to bump into Jiang Ning and the other two who had rushed over after hearing the commotion.

The group faced each other. The Lu family members stood outside the cave, and Lu Guan shouted into the cave, "Young brothers, there is an order to things. This divine beast is what we have been hunting. If you know what's good for you, hand it over."

Jiang Ning looked outside and was surprised to find that it was an old acquaintance.

Lu Guan was standing behind the bearded man. Jiang Ning had removed his mask half a month ago after receiving the news. Lu Guan did not recognize the handsome young man in front of him as Jiang Ning, who had previously beaten him to a pulp.

Hearing Lu Guan's words, Jiang Ning grabbed the chubby bird that was bumping into his chest and said, "This was originally our pet spirit beast, but it ran off to play these past few days. How did it become yours?"

His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but he used his spiritual power to ensure that it reached everyone's ears.

The fat bird was very quiet in Jiang Ning's hands, just like it was his pet.

Phoenixes haven't appeared for hundreds of years, and others may not understand their habits, but the Lu family makes a living by taming beasts, so they naturally have the knowledge to study their habits. If Jiang Ning hadn't really known it, it certainly wouldn't have been so obedient and allowed Jiang Ning to manipulate it.

But the little phoenix did not recognize its master. Lu Guan wanted to say something more, but the middle-aged man with the bushy beard stretched out his hand behind him to signal Lu Guan to shut up.

The middle-aged man with a thick beard said in a kind tone, "I am the third master of the Lu family in Gamma City. How about this, you name a price and sell this little phoenix to me?"

This bearded man is Lu Xing's father. He is the third son in the Lu family. In his generation, he had the highest cultivation level and was also the son most favored by the Lu family patriarch.

Normally, if Master Lu had something he liked, people would obediently hand it to him as soon as they heard his name, without him even having to mention it. He thought this time would be the same as usual.

At this moment, Master Lu was unaware that the group of people in front of him were his son's murderers; otherwise, he wouldn't be standing here so calmly.

Of course, this calm was shattered the next second.

A cold smile appeared on Jiang Ning's handsome face, and his words were even more infuriating: "Do we look like we're short of money?"

Putting everything else aside, just their clothes today would make them look poor anywhere, let alone the ring space courtyard behind them.

When Third Master Lu saw that Jiang Ning still didn't give him face after he introduced himself, his aura surged instantly, and a pressure belonging to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm rushed towards Jiang Ning and the others.

"Roar."

Before Jiang Ning and the others could react, a tiger's roar came from behind, breaking Lu Sanye's momentum.

The enormous body of the White Tiger Beast emerged from the mustard seed space, followed by the Black Demon Bear.

After they came out, they stood on either side of Jiang Ning like bodyguards, wanting to see who dared to run wild on their territory and bully their friend.

Master Lu clearly hadn't expected that there were actually two eighth-tier demonic beasts inside.

He can handle one eighth-tier demonic beast, and if he takes on another eighth-tier demonic beast and these four young men are left to Lu Guan and his group to deal with, he shouldn't lose either.

Just as Master Lu was calculating his chances of winning in a head-on confrontation, a powerful aura belonging to a tenth-tier divine beast swept over them. Caught off guard, Master Lu and his companions were forced to take a step back.

"There are even mythical beasts inside?"

Master Lu was greatly alarmed. Divine beasts are different from demonic beasts. They are born as the darlings of the heavens and can possess supreme cultivation and become overlords of their own domain without much cultivation.

First they encountered the divine beast Little Phoenix, and now they've run into a tenth-tier divine beast.

Could it be that the tenth-tier divine beast inside is the elder of this little phoenix? But no phoenix has been heard of in Gamma City for nearly a hundred years. Just who are these young people?

Lu Sanye's eyes were burning with desire as he looked at Jiang Ning. If he could acquire all these divine beasts, his Lu family would already be in Gamma City, and there would be no need for them to stand on equal footing with the other two families.

Thinking this through, Master Lu did not make a move immediately. He knew that if he started fighting now, even a single tenth-tier divine beast would be enough to give him trouble, let alone the two eighth-tier demonic beasts.

This is going to be a fierce battle.

Just as he was hesitating, another level six red fox emerged from the mustard seed space, so Master Lu abandoned his intention to take action at that moment.

When the red fox appeared, Lu Xing's gaze towards Jiang Ning changed.

"let's go."

At Master Lu's command, his men followed him and left the cave, clearly abandoning the little phoenix before them.

But they didn't go far. After flying about two miles out of sight of Jiang Ning and the others, Lu Sanye and his group stopped.