Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Fufeng City and Ailao Mountain are far apart.

After leaving Fufeng City, Xu Lingguang was not in a hurry to travel. He had his spirit horse slow down and proceed at a leisurely pace. When he encountered towns that interested him along the way, he would stop to explore and replenish his supplies.

The Shangyang continent is vast, and the cities are far apart, resulting in vastly different customs and traditions.

As they traveled along, Xu Lingguang bought a lot of local specialties out of curiosity and invented many new dishes and snacks, which caused the little ones to gain weight steadily.

Not to mention Mu Yun and Yu Rong, who were already chubby, even Yun Feng, who always paid attention to her image, and You Yu, who was more self-disciplined, had their little faces become even rounder.

Xu Lingguang looked around at the round, chubby creatures on the ground with a very serious expression, and then announced some important news to the little ones: "We're about to reach Ailao Mountain. When we get back, we'll start eating a low-fat diet."

He pointed particularly at Yu Rong and Mu Yun, the two kids who were the gluttons and would get fat as soon as they ate too much. After eating and drinking to their hearts' content for half a month on the road, they had gotten so fat that their necks were almost gone!

The little one needs to lose weight urgently!

Upon hearing this devastating news, Mu Yun and Yu Rong were so overwhelmed with grief they wanted to roll on the ground in despair.

However, Xu Lingguang's expression was cold, clearly indicating that there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

The two clever little cubs tried to probe the situation but failed. They then huddled together in a corner, sighing with distress.

Chaos, who was watching the commotion from the sidelines, flapped its wings and said gloatingly, "I told you you guys had gotten fat, but you didn't like to hear it. Now look what's happened!"

Chaos even got into a fight with the little ones over whether or not they had gained weight.

Of course, the result was that the outnumbered Chaos was suppressed by Yu Rong and Mu Yun, who had the advantage in size and numbers. Not only that, Qi Tu didn't help him either, and even took advantage of the chaos to peck off several feathers from the top of his head!

But now there's finally someone who can speak the truth!

Chaos was immediately elated, its head almost reaching the sky.

He swaggered over to Xu Lingguang, nuzzled him, and peered curiously out the window: "What's Ailao Mountain like? Is it bigger than Mangya?"

"After we go to Ailao Mountain, can I turn back into my original form?"

This was the question that Chaos cared about most, and even the quail, which was idly preening its feathers, turned its head to look when it heard this.

Although shrinking in size is a piece of cake for a swan, who would want to become a little sparrow when they can soar through the mountains in their original form? That's not impressive at all!

When they went out to play before, they encountered a naive sparrow that dared to complain that they were ugly because they were black and had no patterns!

This is absolutely outrageous!

The quail shook its breast feathers, thinking that once it entered the mountains, it would surely make all the birds of Ailao Mountain bow down to its wings and call it King!

Xu Lingguang was unaware that Qitu had already begun to dream of conquering all the birds, big and small, in the Ailao Mountains. He thought for a moment and said, "As long as you don't leave the Ailao Mountains, you're free to do as you please. Once you leave the Ailao Mountains, there are imperial soldiers and immortal cultivation sects guarding the area. They might mistake you for demons and capture you."

Upon hearing that it could transform back into its original form, the quail's eyes lit up, and it began pecking at the rice like a chick: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Xu Lingguang didn't quite trust its "know-how," but thinking about how arrogant the Qitu was in Mangya, and how it had been forced to pretend to be an ordinary spirit pet in Fufeng City, he figured it must be feeling stifled, so he just let it be.

As the man and the bird spoke, the galloping spirit horse had already pulled the carriage into the area of ​​the Ailao Mountains.

It had been a long time since I had returned, but the Ailao Mountains were still the same as before, lush with vegetation, without any changes.

Yu Rong, who had been feeling dejected because of dieting, suddenly became excited. She stood up on her hind legs and leaned against the window, earnestly introducing the little Qilin next to her: "Let me tell you, there's a really big lake in Ailao Mountain, and lots of delicious fish in it. I'll take you to catch some fish to eat!"

Yun Feng, who was squatting to one side and whose mind was only on food today, reminded him, "You need to lose weight, so you can't eat fish."

She licked the bristling fur on the little unicorn's neck and said, "I'll take you fishing! Brother Lingguang's pickled fish is so delicious!"

As the little boy spoke, he couldn't help but swallow, and his eyes secretly glanced at Xu Lingguang, thinking that maybe after catching the fish, he could pester his brother Lingguang to make sauerkraut fish.

She hadn't had sauerkraut fish in a long time.

Xu Lingguang had no idea that the little one was already studying recipes before they even got home. He was whispering to Lan Jian, "We've been away for so long, I wonder if the house has been damaged by the wind and rain."

Although the wooden house had been reinforced and a protective array had been set up, ordinary houses inevitably decay if left uninhabited for a long time. This is one of the disadvantages of living in the mountains.

If it were down the mountain, you could hire someone to help maintain it regularly.

And the fields that were painstakingly cultivated will probably all be abandoned.

Xu Lingguang became more and more worried as he thought about it, and couldn't help but sigh. He had been away for too long, and cleaning up the house when he got back would be a huge undertaking.

But Lan Jian was different; Xu Lingguang's words hit the nail on the head.

All the way there, he was thinking about how to naturally invite Xu Lingguang to live with him in the clan's territory.

After all, they lived together in Fufeng City, so there was no reason for them to separate after returning to Ailao Mountain.

Actually, it wouldn't be a problem for him to live with Xu Lingguang, but the cabin was just too small. It was fine when he was in human form, but once he turned back to his original form, the space felt cramped.

Thinking this, Lan Jian glanced at Xu Lingguang's expression and tentatively said, "You must be tired from the journey. You should rest well when you get back, and then take some time to repair the wooden house. Why don't we go to the clan's territory first today?"

He paused, then added another layer of weight: "Since it's the first time Suichun and the others have come to Ailao Mountain, they should also go and familiarize themselves with their tribe's territory."

What he said makes a lot of sense. If Lan Jian had turned his mouth down a little when he said it, and his expression hadn't been so happy, it would have been better.

However, Lan Jian's suggestion was indeed better; it was impossible to make so many cubs all sleep crammed into a few small nests in the cabin.

Xu Lingguang saw through it but didn't say anything, so he agreed without hesitation: "Okay, let's go to the clan's territory first."

Having received confirmation, Lan Jian couldn't help but smile. He stepped out of the carriage and patted the spirit horse, signaling it to speed up: "To the clan's territory."