111: You call this a friend? [Thanks to 'Shadow Dragon King of Haji Village' for the gift]
As soon as these words were spoken...
The smile on Su Jue's face suddenly froze.
In the distance, Capybara stumbled, nearly falling off the rock.
Niu Tuo buried his head even deeper, terrified of hearing something he shouldn't.
"Friend... can they be eaten?"
What kind of predatory language was this?!
Su Jue's brain also began to stall.
He had lived two lives, and combined with his time among the Dragon Clan, he thought his logic was already simple and crude enough.
But the thinking of the little girl before him was clearly beyond his realm of understanding.
Looking into Ling's pure, curious golden eyes, Su Jue knew she wasn't joking.
She was genuinely asking.
For a moment, this left him not knowing how to answer.
How to explain 'friend'?
Tell her a friend is a like-minded companion who would take a bullet for you?
Too complicated; she definitely wouldn't understand.
Su Jue's mind raced at high speed.
He glanced at the trembling Niu Tuo and Capybara in the distance, and a 'brilliant' idea instantly flooded his mind.
"Ahem."
Su Jue cleared his throat, putting on the serious expression of a teacher.
"A friend, well, is..."
He pointed at Niu Tuo.
"Look at him. His name is Niu Tuo, and he is my friend."
"If I tell him to go east, he'll never go west. If I tell him to kowtow, he'll never remain standing."
Niu Tuo: "..."
He then pointed at Capybara.
"And it, its name is Capybara, and it is also my friend."
"If I encounter danger, it will help me analyze the situation. If I'm hungry, it will help me find delicious food."
Capybara's body stiffened for a moment, then it nodded frantically, its bead-like eyes filled with the will to survive.
Su Jue summarized: "So, a friend is a kind of... um... very convenient, very useful possession."
"Understand?"
This 'friendship theory'—which could be described as turning black into white and being utterly shameless—made Capybara break out in a cold sweat in the distance.
Boss, you call this a friend?
Isn't this just a slave?!
You're corrupting a child!
However, to its utter shock...
After hearing Su Jue's explanation, Ling actually nodded.
In those pure golden eyes, an expression of 'so that's how it is' appeared.
"Possession..."
She repeated the word in a low voice.
Then, she raised her head and looked at Su Jue.
"Then... can I be your friend?"
Su Jue was ecstatic!
It worked!
But he maintained an unfathomable calm on his face.
"Of course!"
"From now on, we are friends!"
"Great!"
A faint smile actually appeared on Ling's face.
She seemed genuinely happy.
"As a friend..."
Ling stretched out her fair, tender little hand and pointed at the pile of 'trash' on the ground.
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Of course!"
Su Jue patted his chest, taking full responsibility.
"Friends should help each other! Tell me, what's the favor?"
He was already impatient to 'dispose' of that pile of treasures.
Ling pointed at the pile of 'trash' and said with a serious face:
"These things have expired; they take up too much space here."
"Help me... throw them all away."
Throw... throw them away?
Su Jue felt like there might be something wrong with his ears.
He looked at the pile of glittering treasures on the ground, then at Ling's pure and flawless face.
world tree fruit, star river mother spring, the source crystal of the Oblivion Demon God... any one of these things, if taken outside, would be enough to set off a bloodbath in the Lanxia Universe Federation!
Now, you're asking me to... throw them away like trash?
What an absolute waste of god-tier treasures!
This is simply insane!
Su Jue's heart was bleeding.
But he had to squeeze out a smile that looked worse than crying.
"Throw... throw them away?"
"This... this isn't very good, is it?"
"Look at these things. Although... um... they've expired, they still look quite pretty. It would be such a pity to throw them away."
He tried to make a final struggle.
But Ling shook her head, her tone brook no argument.
"Expired things are trash."
"Trash should be thrown away."
Her logic was simple, pure, yet impossible to refute.
Su Jue was completely out of options.
He knew that if he declined any further, he might arouse the suspicion of this mysterious little girl.
When that happened, forget about this 'trash'; he might not even be able to remain friends.
"Fine!"
"No problem!"
Su Jue gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, his face showing a tragic expression of 'sacrificing oneself for a cause'.
"I will definitely fulfill a friend's request!"
"Isn't it just throwing away some trash? Leave it to me!"
With that, he walked toward the pile of 'trash' with heavy steps.
With every step, his heart twitched.
He first picked up that crystal-clear world tree fruit that emitted a majestic aura of Life.
It felt warm and smooth in his hand.
[Ding! Detected an over-specification item!]
[For your safety, please stay away immediately!]
The system's warning sounded so piercing at this moment.
Su Jue ignored it.
He turned his head to look at Ling, his face filled with a determination to face death.
"The energy fluctuations of this thing are too strong. Throwing it away directly might pollute the environment."
"I have a special storage space where I can temporarily seal it up and dispose of it later when I find a suitable place."
He started talking absolute nonsense with a straight face.
Ling nodded, seemingly understanding yet not quite.
"Okay."
Having received permission, Su Jue no longer hesitated.
With a thought.
[Divine Ability: dimensional world!]
A spatial ripple spread out from his palm.
The next second.
The world tree fruit vanished into thin air.
In Su Jue's dimensional world, a crystal apple emitting seven-colored light quietly floated above that desolate land.
The majestic vitality it emitted instantly caused a hint of green to sprout from the brown earth below, which was composed of the laws of the Mountain-Moving Earth Dragon!
It worked!
Su Jue was ecstatic, but he still maintained a sorrowful expression on his face.
He followed the same pattern.
He 'threw away' that bottle containing an entire galaxy, the star river mother spring (Saint King Level)!
He 'threw away' that crystal emitting an aura of destruction, the source crystal of the Oblivion Demon God (Saint King Level)!
He 'threw away' that string of nine beads burning with flames, the Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Beads (Great Sage Level Set)!
...In less than five minutes.
The pile of 'trash' on the ground, which was enough to buy nearly half of the Lanxia Universe Federation, was 'disposed of' cleanly by Su Jue.
His dimensional world was now filled with a dazzling array of treasures, their light piercing the sky.
Various Saint King Level and Great Sage Level treasures were piled up randomly in every corner of the world as if they cost nothing.
If any Saint Realm Expert saw this scene, they would probably go insane on the spot.
Having finished all this, Su Jue clapped his hands and breathed a long sigh of relief, his face showing the exhaustion and satisfaction of a completed mission.
He turned to look at Ling, his face practically begging for credit.