There is a beast in the bright morning.

"Take a stroll, take a look, and see for yourself. Our unique craftsmanship uses celestial herbs nurtured by the essence of heaven and earth to weave straw hats that can prevent heatstroke, cool you down, and promote longevity. How about getting a celestial straw hat on this hot day?"

Hao Chen noticed that a straw hat stall had been set up not far ahead, and the stall owner was a straw dog.

Seeing this, Hao Chen also became interested. After quickly rubbing Di Ting's blue paw pads a few times, Hao Chen jumped off Di Ting as if fleeing and ran towards the straw dog.

Di Ting didn't pay any attention to Hao Chen's little tricks. In fact, he breathed a sigh of relief after Hao Chen left him.

Di Ting then looked around and, finding no one watching him, took out a replica of the Sky-Gazing Mirror from his person and lay down on the beach chair to admire Bai Ze's beauty.

The straw dog (詩狗) is famous throughout the world for the saying "Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs".

He was a dog made of straw used in ancient sacrifices. He was highly respected before the sacrifices, and even touching him was considered a desecration.

But after the ritual, he would be mercilessly abandoned. Passersby would trample on his back, and woodcutters would pick him up to use as firewood.

However, due to the constant sacrifices made by humans, the straw dog was conceived and evolved into a divine beast. However, this divine beast, while craving human affection, also hated humans.

Born from humans, yet existing because of hatred for humans, she is a somewhat contradictory character, but fortunately, she finally has a happy ending with the mountain god of the Rainbow Cloud Mountains, Little Sparrow.

Hao Chen arrived at Chu Gou's stall. Looking at the straw hats woven by Chu Gou, he had to admit that Chu Gou's craftsmanship was not bad, and the straw hats looked very appealing.

When the straw dog saw a customer arrive, it immediately greeted him warmly: "Hello, are you here to buy a straw hat?"

"Hmm, I'll take a look. If I like it, I'll buy one," Hao Chen said casually.

But he was glancing at the straw dog out of the corner of his eye, feeling a little excited and wanting to try petting it.

Meanwhile, the straw dog, focused solely on his business, failed to notice Hao Chen's odd taste and continued to praise his straw hat.

"My sir, to tell you the truth, this straw hat of mine was woven from a rare and precious herb that I found with great difficulty. It is very durable."

"Why don't you try it on, sir? This straw hat will definitely suit you perfectly, I guarantee it with my reputation as a straw hat vendor."

However, Hao Chen neither responded to Chu Gou's words nor took the straw hat that Chu Gou offered to try on. Instead, he silently looked at the straw hats on the stall, which made Chu Gou a little impatient.

"Hey customer, after looking at all this, are you going to buy it or not?"

Hao Chen simply smiled slightly at the straw dog and said, "I told you, if your straw hat is good and suits my taste, I will naturally buy it."

Chugou was not satisfied with Haochen's answer and said angrily, "I think you're just here to cause trouble, aren't you?"

"Hey, you straw dog, how dare you talk like that? As long as you..."

Just as Hao Chen was about to discuss with Chu Gou about getting a good feel for Chu Gou's body before buying him a straw hat, Qi Bu Xiang and Tian Lu came over, interrupting Hao Chen's plan.

"Hey, isn't this a straw dog? What are you doing selling straw hats here?" The four-legged creature was somewhat surprised when it saw the straw dog.

Upon seeing the strange creature, the straw dog didn't recognize him. Instead, it asked with some confusion, "Who are you?"

Upon seeing the puzzled straw dog, the Qilin realized that the seawater on its body was still wet and its fur was sticking to its skin, making it look very different from its original dashing appearance. It was normal that the straw dog didn't recognize it.

So the four-legged creature pointed to itself and said, "I'm the owner of the Deer Man Shop, the four-legged creature. You even came to me to buy hay a while ago, have you forgotten?"

After being reminded by the Qixiang, the straw dog recognized it, but instead of being happy, it looked rather angry.

The reaction of the straw dog puzzled the four-legged creature. It seemed that it had not offended the straw dog. But just as the four-legged creature was about to ask for clarification, a police siren sounded.

A police car drove up to the straw dog stall and shouted through a loudspeaker: "Straw hat vendor, please stop your scam immediately. There are complaints that your straw hats burned the heads of a whole tour group of tourists. Come back with us for investigation."

Seeing this, Chu Gou abandoned his stall, grabbed the four-legged beast, and ran away. Hao Chen and the others followed suit.

The four-legged creature was very unhappy about being dragged into this mess with the straw dog: "They were after you, why did you have to drag me along? Now you've dragged me into this too."

The straw dog said innocently, "Is it my fault? Besides, this is all because you sold me counterfeit goods. Tell me, is it your fault or not?"

The four-legged creature rolled its eyes at the straw dog: "Nothing good ever comes from being associated with you!"

The police car behind was still shouting loudly, "Please come with us. Don't run away. Stop right there."

This did not stop the four-legged creature and the straw dog; instead, it made them even faster.

Behind him, Tianlu was puzzled as to why he had inexplicably started running: "Why are we running too?"

Hao Chen said speechlessly, "Because we still need the Four-Unlikes to cover our travel expenses when we get back. If he gets better, we'll have to pay for it ourselves."

Rabbit God, carrying Golden Horn and Silver Horn, followed behind, urging them on, "Hurry up, hurry up, the trip is over early, let's go home."

Hearing the police cars chasing them closely, Di quickly asked Dadi, "Dadi, is that the safest place?"

"Run to the right, run to the right, run to the right."

"Turn left, turn left, turn left."

"Alley, alley, alley."

Finally, under the command of the Earth, the Four-Unlikes ran into a small alley and managed to shake off the police car behind them.

Then, the four-legged creature was about to contact Ah Niu to come and take them back to the deer man's shop when the straw dog grabbed the four-legged creature's tail and said anxiously, "Wait, don't leave me here! Can't you see the humans are chasing me?"

After shaking off the straw dog, the four-legged creature said, "Hey, don't talk nonsense... Besides, my cart is too small, there's no room for you."

The straw dog clung to the leg of the four-legged creature relentlessly, saying, "You can't abandon me. I'll be chased, and you'll be primarily responsible."

The four-legged creature was somewhat dissatisfied with the straw dog's attempt to shift the blame: "No, why are you blaming me for your own problems? I didn't make that straw hat."

"Pah! It's all because of you, you shady shop owner! The hay you sold me was of such poor quality, otherwise why would I have complained?"

The straw dog became more and more excited as it spoke, and even hung its body on the four-legged creature, scratching its chest with its paws.

The four-legged creature exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, hey, talk nicely, don't get physical!"

Seeing how the straw dog treated his four-legged creature, Rabbit Lord became furious and grabbed the straw dog's tail, trying to pull him off the four-legged creature: "Get off the four-legged creature!"

Feeling the tugging from behind, the straw dog hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, don't pull, your tail is going to fall off."

In order to prevent its tail from breaking off, the straw dog had to get off the four-legged creature, thus freeing the four-legged creature from the straw dog's entanglement.

Just as the beasts were watching the show, a blue-silver vine suddenly appeared out of nowhere, wrapped around Yingzhao's hind leg, and pulled him over.

The sudden attack made Yingzhao scream, and the beasts noticed that Yingzhao was in danger.

Di Ting shot out a bolt of lightning from its single horn, which struck the vines. However, it only turned the surface of the vines black and did not break the vines' binding. Instead, it made the vines retract even faster.

Ignoring its surprise, Di Ting flicked its tail, instantly unleashing a divine force that transformed into a sharp sword aura, slashing towards the vines binding Ying Zhao.

This attack was several times more powerful than the previous one, instantly severing the vines and saving Ying Zhaolai.

Hao Chen looked at the vines that were spreading again, and then at the blue and silver color on them, and couldn't help but say, "Blue and silver entanglement."

Upon seeing the vine, the straw dog's pupils contracted, as if he recognized what it was.