188: Chapter 188 The Mysterious Blue Stone
On the summit of the towering Divine Phoenix Mountain, located on the outskirts of Jianghai City.
A giant bird with brilliant fiery-red plumage and long tail feathers stood atop the peak.
The gentle mountain breeze stirred the thick white mist of spiritual energy at the summit, causing his magnificent red feathers to flutter. The golden pupils within his long, narrow phoenix eyes exuded a nobility and majesty that made one afraid to look directly at them.
Ye Yang's golden pupils watched the Jianghai City helicopter depart.
A cold sneer rose in his heart.
"Trying to get a free ride off me, those humans from Jianghai City really are naive—"
Ever since Ye Yang was reincarnated as a Sparrow in this world, he had fully understood his position.
He was no longer human, even if he possessed a human soul.
If the humans of this world knew that this giant bird possessed a human soul, their first thought wouldn't be to befriend him, but to dissect him.
He also disdained befriending the humans of this world, because he now possessed enough strength to protect himself. With the help of the system within him, he believed his future would be incredibly brilliant, and the power he mastered would surpass all other living beings.
In any case, he had no feelings for the humans of this world, so there was no need to spend effort developing a good relationship with the people of Jianghai City.
His relationship with Jianghai City was merely a partnership, an equal one; or more accurately, he was entirely in the dominant position.
For example, Divine Phoenix Mountain, which was built by Jianghai City beneath his feet.
He knew the purpose of the Jianghai City humans was to use him to suppress and deter the creatures in the Qinling Mountains. In reality, if something terrifying were to appear in the Qinling Mountains, he would definitely be the first to flee.
He would absolutely not be foolish enough to keep his promise and risk his life for Jianghai City.
The helicopter in the sky disappeared from his field of vision, and Divine Phoenix Mountain returned to its usual tranquility.
Having stayed home for several months, Ye Yang was truly not used to it. Whether it was his human soul or the freedom naturally yearned for by birds, both were driving him to go out for a walk.
"Does this count as some kind of messy inner demon from novels?"
"Forget it, I'd better endure it. When I'm strong enough in the future, maybe I'll even be able to go roam the universe."
The cautious Ye Yang immediately suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart.
He didn't need to be like Xiong Da, who had to fight and devour other creatures to increase his evolution level. He absolutely could not be reckless!
If he accidentally overturned, there would be no medicine for regret!
He then looked toward the summit, which was empty. In his line of sight, a Nine-tailed Little White Fox was lying on a rock, holding a mobile phone and playing with it elegantly.
"Empty... Xiong Da has left the territory, the Monkey King is playing in the forest with the human cub Hou Lingling... Where did Panda Xiong Er go?"
Ever since the Giant Panda Xiong Er ate a small piece of white jade bamboo, he had been staying on the summit sleeping.
In his words, after tasting the white jade bamboo, all other food was garbage, and he had absolutely no appetite for anything else.
Usually, one could see the figure of Panda Xiong Er on the summit, but why couldn't he be seen today?
Ye Yang's eyes twitched, and he activated his Telepathic Sensing. To his shock, Xiong Er was not within his range of perception.
"Strange... where did that guy Xiong Er run off to?"
"Maybe he went to the Qinling Mountains to look for an opportunity to evolve, just like Xiong Da—"
"Seriously, he didn't even tell me. Looks like when he gets back, it'll be time to properly discipline him..."
He believed that even if Xiong Da didn't return from the Qinling Mountains, the gluttonous Xiong Er, who was obsessed with the taste of white jade bamboo, would obediently return here.
...
Two or three hundred miles away from Divine Phoenix Mountain, a massive black and white figure was slowly walking through the forest.
"Achoo... Roar..."
Xiong Er's body shuddered, the surrounding air shook, and he suddenly sneezed.
He looked up and around in confusion, his round panda face full of bewilderment.
Then, he slowly moved his bear paws, radiating a naive and adorable aura, looking completely harmless.
However, in the wilderness filled with danger, no wild beast dared to appear around Xiong Er.
This was expected. Xiong Er's current evolution level was "D+", making him an absolute behemoth in the wild. Even the monster creatures hatched from demon primordial stones rarely had an evolution level that could keep up with Xiong Er.
Every little while, Xiong Er would raise his head and sniff the scent in the air, and then his black panda eyes would light up!
After confirming the direction, he continued to move forward.
"Ying ying ying... I don't know why... this direction is so attractive to this bear..."
Xiong Er murmured in his bear mouth.
Originally, he was like a transparent bear, quietly lying on the summit of Divine Phoenix Mountain, the kind that wouldn't be woken up by wind or rain.
But just a few days ago, his body and mind felt a palpitations, and his intuition led him to move in a certain direction.
"The creatures here... seem to be stronger... than the creatures in Boss's territory..."
In Xiong Er's perception, there were many powerful creatures in this area. Although they were not as strong as him, their aura far exceeded that of ordinary wild beasts.
"It must be because of the spiritual energy here..."
The bear looked around, and the spiritual energy was indeed a bit denser than the spiritual energy in the territory.
What Xiong Er didn't know was that this was already the outskirts of the Qinling Mountains, and the creatures here were naturally stronger than ordinary creatures in the wild.
"Roar!!!"
Suddenly!
Xiong Er's black panda eyes lit up; that feeling of palpitation was not far away!
He immediately moved his bear paws quickly and started running.
The ground shook, trees swayed, and wild beasts and flocks of birds were disturbed by the commotion and fled into the distance.
...
Not long after, Xiong Er arrived at a small hill.
This small hill wasn't even as big as his own body.
His black panda eyes were full of confusion. Why did he come here? Was there something here?
Even though Ye Yang had let Xiong Er learn for a while and his cognitive abilities had improved, his personality was still the same naive and goofy self as before.
"Roar... Forget it, let's see if there's anything good inside this hill..."
He swung his bear paw, and with a few "boom" sounds, the hill shattered.
"Roar... what is this..."
In the shattered hill, a translucent blue stone appeared, which was about the size of one of his bear paws.
Xiong Er sniffed the air with his nose and confirmed that the translucent blue stone in front of him was the thing that had attracted him. Furthermore, with his attention fixed on this translucent blue stone, he noticed one thing.
That was that the spiritual energy in the surrounding air was all gathering around the blue stone.
Xiong Er's eyes lit up. This similar scene immediately reminded him of his Boss's two spiritual plants.
That wasn't the point; the point was...
"If I give this strange stone to Boss, I wonder if Boss will agree to give me a piece of white jade bamboo..."
At the thought of white jade bamboo, Xiong Er swallowed a large gulp of saliva uncontrollably.
He picked up the translucent blue stone in his mouth and turned to run back the way he came...