NOVPUBThe familiar storm clouds gathered once more, slowly enveloping the sky above Wanfa Peak.
Wang Ba looked at the black cocoon suspended from the dragon bone, feeling both amazed and full of anticipation.
On the surface of the black cocoon, outlines faintly streaked across it.
The imprint of scales could be indistinctly seen embossed on the black membrane.
Compared to a few years ago when it had just been taken out of the Spirit Beast Bag, the Mysterious Dragon Soldier inside was now undoubtedly much more lively.
Wang Ba could even faintly sense a will emanating from within it.
"Has it finally digested the Coral Dragon’s flesh and blood it swallowed before?"
Wang Ba speculated in his heart.
Soon.
As the storm clouds in the sky converged.
Wang Ba’s expression also became grave.
With a thought, he hurriedly gathered all the Spirit Chickens and Spirit Turtles from the surrounding Spirit Beast Area.
He also had Bu Chan and Liu Jin, who had just returned from outside, stay outside of Wanfa Peak for the time being.
"Mom? Is Dad going to cross tribulation again?"
Liu Jin lay on the massive head of Fu, with a creamy-yellow parrot on his shoulder, busily preening its feathers.
He curiously turned his head to ask Bu Chan.
Below them, Fu was carefully opening its mouth, its blue tongue stretched out long, hovering beside Liu Jin, as if afraid Liu Jin might accidentally fall off.
The Hole-digging Otter peeked through the gap in Fu’s mouth, curiously looking around, and then promptly climbed up along Fu’s tongue. Upon seeing Liu Jin, it immediately approached, taking out a white porcelain bottle from its thick fur and, as a friendly gesture, pulled out the stopper and offered it to Liu Jin.
"Yaya, Yaya!"
"Yaya, what are you giving me to eat?"
Liu Jin was about to reach out curiously when Bu Chan gently stopped him.
"He’s too young to eat it."
Bu Chan softly spoke to the Hole-digging Otter.
A child who hadn’t even started Qi Refining, how could he handle the Essence of a Class II Spirit Chicken?
The Hole-digging Otter immediately looked sheepish as it withdrew its paw and tucked the white porcelain bottle away, and then quickly showed a troubled face, as if considering what to give to Liu Jin.
Bu Chan then turned to Liu Jin:
"It’s not your dad, it should be a Spirit Beast."
As she spoke, a gray, short figure suddenly leaped over from Wanfa Peak.
Upon seeing this gray figure, Liu Jin couldn’t help but stand up and excitedly rush over:
"It’s Mao!"
His jumping was so sudden, and because he was naturally vigorous and strong, in just a few steps, he had already run beyond Fu’s head.
"Liu Jin!"
Bu Chan’s face changed slightly, and she quickly reached out to grab him.
Fu’s blue tongue swiftly coiled around him.
However, the gray, short figure that had jumped from Wanfa Peak was a step quicker.
In mid-air, it leaped again.
The figure, which was originally short, suddenly grew larger arms and securely caught Liu Jin in its palm, then gently placed him back on top of Fu’s head.
"Wu Monkey King, thank you!"
Bu Chan sincerely thanked.
Although she and Fu were there and Liu Jin would definitely be safe, she didn’t overlook the assistance from the Wu Monkey King.
"Hehe."
The Wu Monkey King responded with a low chuckle, then turned his head to look at the tribulation clouds not far away.
A hint of wariness flashed in his eyes.
But soon it turned to helplessness.
"Mao! Haha!"
The freshly put-down Liu Jin immediately pounced on the Wu Monkey King, happily tousling and scratching at the monkey’s gray fur.
Without undergoing the Demonic Ape Transformation, the Wu Monkey King was small in stature, much shorter compared to eight-year-old Liu Jin, and so was soon embraced by Liu Jin, treated almost like a pet.
This was one of the few Spirit Beasts on the peak of Wanfa Peak that was smaller in size than Liu Jin.
The Spirit Chickens, when they reached Class III, were almost as tall as a person. 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
And the Spirit Turtles were even larger.
Feeling his disheveled fur, the Wu Monkey King was somewhat resigned but had grown used to it, allowing Liu Jin to handle him while he fixed his gaze on the distant thunderclouds.
During the seven years Wang Ba had been in seclusion for his cultivation, aside from Bu Chan, it had been the Wu Monkey King, along with Fu, the Hole-digging Otter, and a few other Spirit Beasts, who had taken turns keeping Liu Jin company.
Especially when Bu Chan occasionally had to leave to visit the Spirit Plant Department to seek guidance from her master, the responsibility to look after Liu Jin mainly fell to these few Spirit Beasts.
Aside from the Hole-digging Otter being somewhat unreliable, the Wu Monkey King and Fu were indeed very steady and had never let Liu Jin come to harm.
Therefore, Bu Chan also trusted these two Spirit Beasts quite a lot.
The two Spirit Beasts were also very fond of Liu Jin.
In Bu Chan’s opinion, the Wu Monkey King treated Liu Jin as if he were his own offspring, while Fu treated him like a younger brother.
"Don’t give it random names, its name is Wu Monkey King."
Bu Chan tried to correct Liu Jin.
But Liu Jin stubbornly said:
"I won’t, I think Wu Monkey King doesn’t sound nice; it’s not as good as the name I came up with, Mao!"
Bu Chan was speechless upon hearing this.
This father and son duo truly had a lineage of questionable naming skills, no, it should be said that the son’s skills were a notch above the father’s.
She was still pondering this.
When the thunderclouds on the horizon finally congregated.
A swath of dark clouds the size of several acres shrouded the entirety of Wanfa Peak.
"This intensity... it feels almost like a Nascent Soul crossing tribulation?"
Bu Chan slightly furrowed her brows.
After becoming Ma Shengxu’s disciple, she was now a disciple of the Wanfa Sect, and during her free time, she would take Liu Jin out to broaden his horizons.
Once near Tianji Peak, she had witnessed the scene of a Golden pill completed cultivator breaking through and crossing tribulation with her own eyes.
Although that cultivator failed in the end, the experience had left a deep impression on her.
The tribulation clouds over Wanfa Peak now felt to her remarkably like the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation she had seen that day.
"But it’s also a bit strange… It feels like this Thunder Tribulation is pieced together from many tribulation clouds..."
