Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

"I... This Earth Bear picked up our scent, but don’t tell me it can sense our strength too?" Yi Tian was feeling totally depressed at this point.

He was already certain that the Earth Bear could track their movements.

It even meddles in trivial stuff like chopping trees, so why did it suddenly chicken out?

Yi Tian really suspected the bear had figured out their power and didn’t dare come at them.

Not willing to give up on these two mystical beasts, Yi Tian gathered his crew and, after regrouping with the Yin Yang Giant Panda, Big Child, and Third Child, had Seventh-Child stash all the timber into the Purple Gourd.

"Come with me, let’s test them one more time."

Yi Tian led the group, marching imposingly in the direction Second Child pointed, through layer after layer of dense woods.

Fourth Child was riding on Yi Tian’s neck, with Second Child cradled in his arms.

The Yin Yang Giant Panda had five kiddos dangling from it and moved fast as hell.

Second Child told Yi Tian that the two Earth Bears had gone back to their tree hollow and were about to fall asleep again.

Yi Tian thought these two were unreliable as hell and hoped they’d doze off so he could catch them off guard and snatch both bears.

One hundred and fifty kilometers!

"Daddy! I think they’ve noticed us!"

"They just lay down but sat right up again!"

Their instinct was way sharper than Yi Tian expected, making him want to just give up for now.

Might as well go back to being a mercenary.

Because the Lord opened the Mist Scrolls again, the Mercenary System was super popular now; all the strong mercenaries were basically snatched up in seconds.

Plus, most mercenaries only took jobs when the intruders carried Sealed Celestial Dao Stones.

Right now was the perfect opportunity to earn Sealed Celestial Dao Stones.

"Weird, they just pointed to the other side and looked super pissed, then ran out of the tree hollow."

Just as Yi Tian was about to call a retreat, Second Child spoke up again.

"We’re southwest of the bears’ tree hollow. Which way did the bears point?"

Yi Tian perked up and asked Second Child.

"Northeast," Second Child replied.

"So there must be something northeast that’s making them feel threatened!"

Yi Tian thought it over.

"Drink the Osmanthus Wine and speed up! Get closer to the Earth Bears, Second Child, keep an eye on them."

On Yi Tian’s command, everyone in the territory downed their prepped Osmanthus Wine.

After all, the Spiritual Qi Density outside the territory was only 100%, so they could only use half their true power at best.

On top of that, because of the plague, their endurance dropped, bodies ached, and they were exhausted.

But after a gulp of Osmanthus Wine, everyone was fully recharged and blasted ahead with an average speed of a hundred.

On the way, they bumped into a Lord who had just come out of the mist, a few hundred meters in front of Yi Tian’s group.

Yi Tian’s crew didn’t bother with him and disappeared from the Lord’s sight in the blink of an eye...

Regional Channel.

"I just bumped into something weird. Thank god I ran fast, or I’d be dead." One of the Lords suddenly wrote in the regional channel.

"What happened? Tell us, maybe we’ll get a laugh. This damn plague is killing me. Someone in the auction zone claimed rock sugar pear can help a sore throat—dammit, I bought rock sugar and pears, didn’t do jack!" Wind Race Chief Feng.

"I just used a Mist Scroll to leave the mist and saw a bunch of armored warriors. Scanned them with my Celestial Dao Stone; every single one of them had three-dimensional stats over one thousand five hundred. After they spotted me, just a single glance nearly drained me dry. Luckily, I teleported fast. The world outside totally changed, and I wasted a Mist Scroll for nothing." The Lord posted his whole encounter in the regional channel.

"Invaders must die!" A Lord started cursing, not caring who’s who.

"Innocent! I’m not an invader, I just used a Mist Scroll to check things out. Didn’t Boss Yi Tian do this all the time?" The Lord instantly replied.

"Come on, can you make your stories any bigger? Three-dimension 1500+ warriors, and a bunch of them? Even Emperor Shan wouldn’t brag this hard!" The other Lords obviously took it as a joke.

"Shit, I ran into a whole group of freaks too, and a black-and-white giant bear covered with a bunch of cloth dolls. They didn’t attack me, and then just vanished in a blink, fast as wind and lightning. I managed to scan one with the Celestial Dao Stone—turned out to be a Qi Refiner with nearly 2400 Spiritual Power, frightening skills. It’s too dangerous outside. I’m back at my territory, still got PTSD." Another Lord sent a message to the regional channel.

"Huh! You two’s IDs look like you’re really close by! Are people coordinating their tall tales these days?" Deer Race’s Deer Biyong.

"Yesterday, a buddy said in the group he took some slaves out of the mist to cut trees, and got his ass kicked by two Earth Bears, each three-dimensional 1800+, Spiritual Power 1800+, with SSS Talent and Special Talent too. Judging by your IDs, it’s all the same area. Back then, everyone said he was bullshitting—no way ferocious beasts would just give you a beating and leave." Turtle Race’s Gui Jie.

"Shit, I’m probably real close to them. I hope no monsters attack me. A three-dimensional stat of two thousand—scares the hell outta me!" Black Stone Star Human Race’s Shan Dashan.

"LMAO, these three have pretty wild imaginations! Teaming up to tell stories now? A black-and-white bear covered in dolls? Yeah right!"

Most of the Lords just didn’t buy it.

In their 66th district, the Lords barely had three-dimensional stats over a hundred, two thousand? No way in hell.

"Whoever’s lying, may you die a horrible death! I swear by Celestial Daoist Old Thief!"

"Every word I say is true. If I lied, may I be drawn and quartered by the Indigenous People in the next Celestial Dao Misfortune."

The two Lords were so pissed they made fierce curses one after the other.

"Look, he’s mad now!"

Some Lords took it all as a joke and threw more shade.

"Dude, don’t take it so seriously!" Sheep-headed Yang Yangyang.

"We mean it, with the Celestial Dao as witness!"

"We have no need to lie. Believe it or don’t. There’s no luck left outside the mist, I’m not going out again."