Baby with Daoist Monarch System

Lian Ji was startled by Xu Binghu’s sudden laughter, and said angrily, "What are you doing? You scared me!!"

"Hehe!" Xu Binghu also realized his behavior was a bit exaggerated, and quickly composed himself, "I’m just happy!!"

The fact that Xu Ran could fly indeed made Xu Binghu happy.

When Old Qi gave them the Body Refining Manual, he mentioned that those who carried the manual could fly in the sky.

According to Old Qi’s description, at the very least, people had to be over thirty years old to achieve this, but his son Xu Ran, just a year and three months old, had accomplished it, and he was flying in mid-air, which was much stronger than the people Old Qi had seen.

"If Old Qi finds out about this, wouldn’t he be directly scared out of his wits!" Xu Binghu speculated.

"This matter doesn’t need to be known by others in the village." Xu Ran said.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Binghu quickly replied, "The people in the village are only having their second Body Refining session today. If they find out Xu Ran can already do Wind-controlling Flight, it might hit their confidence."

Originally, there were a few good seedlings in the village who achieved a level of 800 jin just after the first Body Refining. If they found out about Xu Ran, they might be directly discouraged and lose motivation.

After speaking, Xu Binghu took the clothes Lian Ji handed him and went to wash up, after all, his body was covered in the fresh blood of the Snake Demon, which was uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, Lian Ji went to prepare the dinner that Xiaobai brought back. Xu Ran set up the fire rack in the yard, and in no time, Lian Ji came out with the dinner. Xiaobai expertly placed the dinner on the fire rack and then calmly squatted to the side, its eyes shining as it watched the sizzling, oily dinner.

When the meat was roasted, Xu Binghu also came out, holding a small knife for cutting meat, skillfully slicing off a leg of lamb and placing it in front of Xu Ran, then slicing off another leg for Xiaobai, leaving the remaining two legs for himself and Lian Ji.

However, Lian Ji couldn’t eat that much, and after slicing off a few pieces of meat, she handed the remaining leg meat to Xu Ran, "Little Ran, you’ve worked hard with your cultivation, eat more!"

"Thank you, mother!"

Despite Xu Ran being just over a year old now, his consumption was incredibly high. Today, he had spent an afternoon cultivating in the mountain stream, not knowing how many times he had been cut by the Wind Blade inside, losing a lot of blood. Even with the repair from Innate Qi, the consumption was still huge.

Moreover, Xu Ran hadn’t reached the level of Fasting yet, so he was consuming more and more. Fortunately, the goat Xiaobai brought back today was a Demon Beast, big enough and containing enough energy in its meat; otherwise, one wouldn’t be enough for the Xu Family.

Xu Binghu, after gnawing a whole leg of lamb clean, also cut a piece of meat from the stomach.

"This Demon Beast meat is really fragrant, and you only need one meal a day, then there’s no need to eat again!"

For him, who hunts in the mountains and patrols the village every day, the daily consumption was immense, but even so, eating a whole Demon Beast in the evening could sustain him for a day.

"We really have to thank Xiaobai for this!!" Lian Ji said.

Every night’s dinner was brought back by Xiaobai. As for Xu Binghu, expecting him to consistently hunt a Demon Beast every day in the Great Mountain to feed the whole family was somewhat difficult, especially during this busy period addressing the Snake Demon issue, leaving even less time.

Hearing someone praise him, Xiaobai also raised his head proudly, but still held a big piece of meat in his mouth.

Speaking of which, Xu Binghu was a bit puzzled, "I don’t know why ever since the Snake Demon attacked the village, the number of Demon Beasts in the Great Mountain has increased. Now, where there used to be fierce beasts, it’s directly become a Demon Beast area."

"Previously, the wild beasts in the Great Mountain have all disappeared, turning into Demon Beasts?!"

Xu Ran’s words immediately made Xu Ran alert.

All the wild beasts in the Great Mountain turned into Demon Beasts??

Did all these changes start after the Snake Demon attacked the village? Could it be related to the Snake King Awakening?

At this moment, as Xiaobai, who had been quietly eating meat, was startled but quickly returned to normal, although the speed at which it chewed the meat visibly slowed down.

Could the Snake King it had seen deep in that bamboo grove be connected to this matter?

Was it because of the four guardians, the jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards hunting Demon Beasts deep in the Great Mountain for sacrifice to the Snake King, causing the Demon Beasts to flee in great numbers, turning what was originally a wild beast area into a Demon Beast area?

"Now that the wild beast areas have become Demon Beast areas, what will the hunters in the village do? They probably can’t handle Demon Beasts, can they?" Lian Ji suddenly asked.

Xu Binghu, "Hmm, currently the other people in the village, the highest strength is no more than 1000 jin. Even with weapons and armor made from Snake Scales, there’s no way one person can slay a Demon Beast."

"To slay the weakest of the Demon Beasts at least requires cooperation of five people, with some cost involved without casualties, to be able to kill it, so each day you can only slay one Demon Beast!"

"For the hunters who live by hunting in the village, they wouldn’t even have enough to eat!"

"But fortunately, there are still enough Snake Demon corpses stored in the village, so people won’t starve, and tonight marks the second Body Refining session. After tonight, some people will have reached a power of 1000 jin, and with weapons and armor made from Snake Scales, slaying a Demon Beast shouldn’t be a problem for their stomachs."

"Even if their strength hasn’t reached 1000 jin, it’s close. With cooperation, they can resolve their basic needs and won’t have to eat snake meat every day!"

Xu Binghu explained a lot, and as he explained more, he felt more relieved. Although the sudden change in the Great Mountain put the hunters of the Great Wilderness Border Village in a temporary plight, it was also gradually getting better.

Moreover, the village had a large amount of Snake Blood, Snake Bones, Snake Scales, and Snake Gall, and even though a portion had to be given to Cast Iron Village, the stock was still quite sufficient, especially considering they were killing Snake Demons every day.

Not long after Xu Binghu finished speaking, wailing sounds began rising above the village, endless, as if someone was being tortured heavily.

"Hehe!" Xu Binghu said, "It seems, people in the village are having their second Body Refining."

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And so, the family spent their dinner time amidst the villagers’ ghostly wails and lamentations.

The moon was bright and the stars were scarce.

At this moment, Xu Ran was sitting cross-legged under the courtyard, the moonlight just right shining upon him, as strands of faint white light slowly merged into his body, transformed into Innate Qi, and absorbed by the Sea of Spirit.

Xiaobai, full and satisfied, lay in the small nest made by the villagers, watching Xu Ran, with the scenery of recent cultivation days reappearing, suddenly thought of a question.

His master Xu Ran had experienced the Smell Wind Skill, Wind Control Skill, and Immortal Sword Skill, three Divine Techniques, along with the beam of destructive light that shot from his brow, in just a few months, he could sustain such feats in the mountain stream continuously.

Thus, could it be possible for me to spar with the master?

The previous intense battle with the giant eagle in the sky had increased its cultivation a lot; most importantly, the battle experience, something only achievable through actual combat and really rare.

With its current strength, in the Great Mountain, aside from the dormant Snake King and the four guardian jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards posing a threat to it, there wasn’t any Demon Beast capable of endangering it. Even if there was, it wouldn’t encounter it.

Then what way was there to improve?

Only sparring with the master was possible.

The thought emerged and was immediately vetoed.

No way!

Although master Xu Ran had improved a lot recently, it was still a Demon Beast with considerable power, not yet at the stage of perfect control. What if it inadvertently hurt the master?

Still too dangerous!!

Having thought it through, Xiaobai could only give up!!