In the small grove at noon, the sun shone brightly, its light softly penetrating the trees, golden rays dancing among the leaves, adding a warm hue to the green.
Yet, there were three atmosphere-breaking individuals making untimely sounds.
"Burp-" came from Yuwen Tuo, who had eaten three grilled fish.
"Burp——" came from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had eaten eight grilled fish.
"Burp————————————————" came from the Red King, who had eaten thirty-eight grilled fish.
The three well-fed individuals lay on the ground, leisurely basking in the sun, occasionally letting out a satisfied belch.
Yuwen Tuo couldn't help but marvel at their huge appetites. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wasn't in the form of the beautiful Wang Qiu'er now, but a soul beast. Despite its small size, its appetite was truly considerable, and as a beast, it didn't care about its image at all. At this moment, Yuwen Tuo found it hard to connect her with the aloof beauty Wang Qiu'er.
As for the Red King, there was no need to mention it. He had given it his Flame Butcher Slash, Shadow Wing Slash, and Fiery Meteor, plus thirty-eight grilled fish, yet it was only seven-tenths full at most.
It seemed that after all these years of mostly eating the "dog food" bestowed by Ditian, it was truly famished.
"Senior Red King, Three-Eyed Golden Lion, you've eaten my fire, and I've cooked for you. Now I must take my leave," Yuwen Tuo said, standing up.
"Tuo, can you stay here?" the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked. She didn't understand human social customs. After all, at this moment, she had not connected spiritually with Huo Yuhao, nor had she read his memories. How could she understand the various intricacies of human relationships?
She only knew that this human, Yuwen Tuo, was greatly to her liking.
Her destiny power liked his Xuanyuan Sword, her Golden Dragon bloodline liked it, her fire attribute liked his pure fire, and she loved his Conferred Douluo-level culinary skills from the bottom of her heart.
"Human, you are very much to this King's liking, and also to the Imperial Auspicious Beast's liking. Furthermore, your flame is extremely helpful to me. If you are willing to stay, you won't need to worry about your future cultivation. This King will take care of all your remaining soul rings," the Red King had its own ideas.
Its Hellfire was already infinitely close to Ultimate Fire. If it could cultivate with the aid of Yuwen Tuo's Pure Fire, it might be able to advance another level.
Perhaps in the future, it could contend with Ditian. That damned black dragon, it must have gone mad, forcing it to eat dog food for ten thousand years. This score, it would settle with it sooner or later.
Understanding the Red King's thoughts, Yuwen Tuo said seriously, "Senior Red King, if you are craving and want to taste Pure Fire or grilled fish, I can help you, but I will never help you purify your flames."
"Why?" The Red King's voice suddenly deepened upon hearing this.
"I was once crippled for six years by a woman who possessed Evil Fire. She used my Pure Fire to purify her Evil Fire. Each time our two fires merged, due to the vast difference in our cultivation, my soul power would be absorbed by her like a river flowing backward, continuously, until recently, when I finally regained my freedom. I absolutely will not allow such a situation to happen a second time. Therefore, even if you threaten me, I cannot help you!" Yuwen Tuo said coldly.
He had endured enough humiliating days. Even if he had to summon the Snow Empress to fight the Red King today, he would not allow himself to lose his freedom again.
"Hmph, do you think this King is such a shameless and useless human? How can something as unorthodox as Evil Fire be compared to this King's Hellfire? Evil Fire makes people lose their sanity and control over their soul power, which leads to the situation you described.
But this King's soul power, though vast, is condensed; not a trace will leak out, and there will be no risk of your soul power flowing backward. If I absorb one level of your soul power, how about I compensate you with ten levels?" The Red King said angrily. It felt that Yuwen Tuo had underestimated it.
If not for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's connection, and the sense of danger it felt from Yuwen Tuo, knowing that Yuwen Tuo must be hiding some secret that could contend with it, it would have forcefully held him captive long ago.
"Oh? If that's the case, it's not entirely impossible..." Yuwen Tuo thought for a moment. It wouldn't be bad to gain a favor from the Red King here. This way, even if Poison Douluo hadn't finished his secluded cultivation, he could proceed with a certain plan earlier.
"Senior Red King, how about this: I will stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a few months and help you purify your flames, but you must also help me with a favor. I can guarantee that you will be willing to help with that favor, and it will not harm the interests of your soul beasts. How does this trade sound?"
Upon hearing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion excitedly called out to the Red King.
This time, Yuwen Tuo didn't need a translator to understand her meaning.
She wanted the Red King to agree to this trade, since Yuwen Tuo had finally agreed to stay.
"Very well, human. As long as your conditions do not harm my interests, nor the interests of the Star Dou Great Forest, this King will grant your request for help," the Red King said.
Yuwen Tuo smiled faintly. "Then I thank you, Senior."
"However, Senior, although I have agreed to stay and help you, I still have elders and relatives at home waiting for my return. If I don't send news for a long time, they will worry. Allow me to first go to a nearby human town to send them a few letters to report my safety. In two days, I will return on time."
"This King permits it. You humans are so troublesome!" The Red King didn't force Yuwen Tuo.
After all, it couldn't control the power of Pure Fire itself, so it was useless to forcibly keep Yuwen Tuo if he was unwilling.
It sensed that Yuwen Tuo truly needed its help with something. For this reason alone, he would keep his promise and return soon.
Yuwen Tuo naturally wouldn't go back on his word. He had been so steadfast with Yan Shaozhe, let alone now with the Red King, with whom he had no grievances.
Arriving at the closest city to the Star Dou Great Forest, he immediately wrote two letters, sending them separately to Iron Palm Douluo in Gengxin City, and to Jiang Peng at the Emperor Imperial Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Actually, the second letter was mainly for Xiao Xiao, but Xiao Xiao was currently in the Body Sect, which was a reclusive place. Ordinary letters couldn't reach there.
Therefore, he could only send it to Jiang Peng first, asking Jiang Peng to deliver it to Princess Weina in the imperial palace, and then Weina would forward it to Xiao Xiao.
Although Jiang Peng had graduated from Emperor Imperial Academy, he hadn't left the school and was now an assistant teacher. It seemed he wanted to stay and be a teacher. It was hard to imagine what kind of students this brute could teach.
He had noble status and could enter and exit the imperial palace, making him a very useful tool. The last time he contacted the Body Sect was also through him, making him an excellent messenger.
After reporting his safety, Yuwen Tuo prepared to return to the forest.
A mischievous smile appeared on his face. "He's coming soon, isn't he? The second gift I've prepared!"
The previous gift had brought Shrek into disrepute. This second one would break their bones and sinews!
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