The core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Lake of Life.
Di Tian, in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's nest, his golden vertical pupils gleaming with a hint of helplessness, looked at the words his master had uttered.
"You've probably never experienced anything human, let me give you a taste."
Di Tian sighed, slowly walking outside the nest.
Due to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's special nature, as the embodiment of the Star Dou Great Forest's fortune, its nest was only a few hundred meters from the Lake of Life.
Just stepping outside, one could see the entire Lake of Life.
Only the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could enjoy such treatment; normal ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts weren't even qualified to approach the edge of the core area.
The Lake of Life was no longer as tranquil as before; the surrounding area was bustling with noise—well, with the sounds of beasts.
Di Tian initially wanted to intervene, to keep them quiet at the Lake of Life, but then he realized his master had already left, and continuing to keep quiet was pointless. He
simply let them be.
Just don't urinate or defecate in the Lake of Life, as it's a sacred place in the Star Dou Great Forest.
If you dare to defile this sacred place, you'd better pray you're a lucky beast like the Golden Tortoise Shell, protected by good fortune.
Otherwise, you might have a good close encounter with Di Tian's giant dragon claw.
Since the last batch of beast kings returned to their respective territories with a large amount of supplies, the news spread like wildfire.
All the beast kings living in the Star Dou Great Forest knew that there were a batch of novelties from the human world in the core area.
They all brought their families to choose their favorite items from the human world.
Among these beast kings, there were many who had grudges against each other, but in the core area, especially in front of Di Tian, no beast dared to cause trouble.
Although the beast kings of the Star Dou Great Forest each had their own little schemes and were inherently rebellious,
they still greatly respected Di Tian, the weightlifting champion of the soul beast world, for both his strength and his character.
Since Xiong Jun, Chi Wang, and the Star Luo Empire's royal family placed a large order for human goods over a month ago,
They have subsequently spent nearly ten million Dream Coins to expand their trade with the Star Luo Empire.
Because these Soul Beasts are extremely generous with their money and lack the ulterior motives of humans, transactions are very smooth, and many auction houses and merchant guilds in the Star Luo Empire have begun contacting them.
Xu Jiawei was initially worried that if his trade with Soul Beasts were exposed, he would be labeled a traitor to humanity by the public.
He had even prepared to spend a large amount of Dream Coins to negotiate with "Ye Ge," the founder of the Magic Network, to have him delete posts criticizing him.
The Star Luo Empire and Ye Ge had been cooperating for some time, and Xu Jiawei had spent a considerable amount of money to have "Ye Ge" promote posts praising him.
However, he later discovered that after the merchants and auction houses learned of his trade with Soul Beasts, they not only didn't try to manipulate public opinion to coerce him, but instead praised him and actively helped him defend himself to the public.
They had originally intended to trade with soul beasts, and now that the royal family had taken the lead, they had no more reservations.
These merchant guilds and auction houses had been trying to contact the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest ever since the Magic Network appeared.
The core area and the mixed zone were teeming with treasures; even the fur and nails of some beast kings were precious soul beast materials to humans.
Previously, obtaining these materials required venturing deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, potentially even engaging in battle with soul beasts.
Now, they could acquire these precious materials directly through trade, without taking such enormous risks.
Problems that could be solved with money were no longer problems.
These merchant guilds and auction houses wouldn't let this opportunity pass them by.
Faced with absolute profit, these merchants would sell anything!
The Star Luo royal family had previously restricted the flow of some high-level attack soul tools into the hands of soul beasts.
These merchant guilds, however, were completely unrestrained; as long as the soul beasts paid, they dared to sell any soul tool!
Upon seeing this, Di Tian proactively spent a large amount of Dream Coins to acquire more Soul Tool books and attack Soul Tools from these merchant guilds, which he then gave to the Demon King and other intelligent Soul Beasts to study. Seeing this,
the Star Luo Royal Family dispatched a Title Douluo from the Hall of Worship to crack down on this chaos, sternly informing the merchant guilds that they could trade with Soul Beasts, but they could not sell them high-level attack Soul Tools.
Xu Jiawei felt that trading with Soul Beasts was already tantamount to being a traitor; those merchant guilds and auction houses were even more ruthless than him, even willing to disregard humanity altogether.
"Red King, how much is this?"
A 100,000-year-old Rouge Soft-Tendon Python used its pink tail to coil a stack of books, flicking its tongue as it spoke to the Red King.
"This? One hundred Dream Coins."
"Just transfer it to me."
The Rouge Soft-Tendon Python nodded, gave it the Dream Coins, and then inquired.
"Any news on that human called 'Golden Chef'?"
"We don't have enough Dream Coins, we can add some more." "
Are there any more updates for 'Dragon and Flower,' 'Golden Hotel,' and 'Kill That Title Douluo'?"
"I'm still waiting to see the ending."
"Exactly! Can't we just capture that guy and take him to the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"We want to lock him up so he can finish writing the ending quickly."
Such a good book, yet no ending? What kind of nonsense is this? "
Even the Beast Kings chimed in, 'When the Magic Network first opened, there were relatively few literary works on it; most were biographies and dry academic pieces.
Xia Die, with her beautiful writing style, delicate emotions, and excellent stories, became very famous on the Magic Network.
She was practically a household name, single-handedly supporting half of the forum's novels.
Most subsequent novels imitated Xia Die's style, but subtle innovations and transcendence began to emerge.
Based on Xia Die's novels, some entirely new tropes were born.
For example, the "rejected engagement" and "Dragon King's Return" tropes have become mainstream.
It's estimated that in another year, the Magic Network will have a novel forum in its original state.
' The three heads of the Crimson King shook their heads helplessly, saying,
'It's not just the soul beasts searching; humans are searching too, but currently there are no clues. The other side is hiding very well.'" "
Xia Die is Huo Yuhao's good daughter. Although her liking for being a eunuch makes Huo Yuhao a little uncomfortable, he still helps her hide her identity.
He can't just watch her get captured by those beast kings and locked up in a dark room in the Star Dou Great Forest, can he? "
The Rouge Soft-Tendon Python shook its head regretfully and said,
"What a pity."
"By the way, Crimson King, these scales are for you. They're the scales I shed these past few days."
"Aren't humans collecting these things? Can you help me exchange these scales for some human beauty and skincare products?"
"That Ice Spirit Frost last time was really good! Give me more!"
The Crimson King stored the scales given by the Crimson Soft-Tendon Python in a storage soul tool.
The shed scales of a 100,000-year-old Crimson Soft-Tendon Python could fetch astronomical prices at auction.
The Crimson Soft-Tendon Python was a genuine top-tier soul beast; its scales were the finest materials for both soul tools and armor.
The scales shed by a 100,000-year-old Crimson Soft-Tendon Python were enough to serve as the main material for an eighth-level soul tool.
Even the fur shed by the Crimson King was worth a high price from humans.
These beast kings were full of treasures; humans didn't discriminate, as long as they sold, money was no object.
Even hundreds of meters away, Di Tian could clearly hear the conversation of the soul beasts in the distance. He said helplessly,
"My lord," "
We have no shortage of things from the human world here."
"If you had come back any later, this place could probably have been transformed into a shopping mall for you."
"I don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong."
"The soul beasts can't keep falling behind; humanity is developing too fast."
"Sooner or later, their soul tools will threaten me."
Besides supervising the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's learning through the magic network videos, Di Tian had also been playing with a level seven soul-guided ray cannon.
Its core magic array was profound and complex, every pattern a crystallization of wisdom.
This soul tool, with just one unit of soul power, could unleash an attack comparable to that of a 30,000-year-old soul beast.
Di Tian had seen through the magic network that the Sun Moon Empire's army was heavily equipped with such soul tools.
Those Sun Moon Empire soldiers earned large sums of money by displaying their soul tools every day.
Di Tian had even seen many soul tools stronger than this, some reaching level nine.
Di Tian wasn't stupid. The thought of the Sun Moon Empire's army arriving in the Star Dou Great Forest and unleashing their full firepower kept him awake at night.
While he could ignore these soul tools—even the strongest level nine couldn't threaten his life—that was because he was an 800,000-year-old Beast God.
The soul beasts below him simply couldn't withstand the onslaught of an entire army.
In the end, only the Beast Kings would survive.
Di Tian shook his head and said to the Crimson King,
"Crimson King, send some soul beasts to the outer perimeter to await the supplies sent by the Master."
Upon hearing this, the Crimson King trembled, its tail wagging rapidly.
"Sent by the Master?!"
"Then I'll go personally!"
"There can't be any mistakes!"
The Crimson King handed the supplies to his subordinates and ran straight towards the outer perimeter.
Di Tian nodded, then turned and returned to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's house, intending to study the soul tool books for a while longer.
As the leader of the soul beasts, he had to keep up with the times.
"Di Tian, I'm so tired, can I go out and play?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion lay weakly on the ground, a white-bearded old man on the magic network explaining the Soul Guidance Device textbook in detail via video in front of it.
This old man was a Soul Guidance Master from the Sun Moon Empire, hired by Di Tian through the magic network at a considerable cost of Dream Coins.
Di Tian glanced at the book in front of the Imperial Beast; it was completely blank.
He smacked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the head with a dark face and said,
"Do you know how many Dream Coins I spent to find you a teacher and these books?"
"Aren't you going to study harder?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked indignant, its clear female voice filled with grievance.
"Why are soul beasts learning this stuff?!"
"That knowledge is too difficult for me."
"I want to go out and play."
"I don't want to stay at home watching that old man!"
Di Tian continued, his face dark, as he spoke to the Emperor Beast:
"You failed the last test, didn't you?"
"You even wanted to destroy the test paper? I think Crimson King and Jade Queen are just spoiling you too much!"
"You'd better study properly for the next few days. When you pass, I'll let you go out."
A bolt of lightning flashed across the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's head. Its three eyes watched the video and gritted its teeth, saying:
"Old man! You betrayed me, you big-eyed bastard!"
"You actually betrayed me!"
The white-bearded old man gently pushed up his glasses and said:
"That's my sugar daddy. Of course, I listen to my sugar daddy."
After hearing the other party's words, Di Tian nodded in satisfaction. As expected of professional teaching, five thousand dream coins a day was worth it.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion flipped over, belly up, and said to Di Tian,
"Kill me then."
"I don't want to learn anymore anyway."
"I want to eat peaches and pomelos!"
Di Tian sneered at her appearance; she'd used this trick countless times.
"If you don't learn, all the snacks you hid in your storage soul tool will be confiscated."
"And those novels, you can forget about reading them."
"Bi Ji and the Crimson King won't secretly give you snacks and novels anymore."
"I've already warned them."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion activated its Spinosaurus form like a cat with its fur standing on end, hissing at Di Tian.
"No! You can't do this!" "Damn it!
Are you a devil?"
"How can such a warm mouth utter such cruel words!"
(End of Chapter)
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