Chapter 69: Different Outcomes in Loot Distribution

Chu Feng was very careful on his way back, concealing his aura and relying on his innate divine sense to ensure no one was following him.

"Who is that person?" He held his breath, observing carefully.

The figure had their back to Chu Feng, dressed oddly in coarse linen that covered their entire body.

The strange person first bowed towards the Taihang Mountains, then squatted down, digging in the soil, searching for something.

Chu Feng’s expression changed. That was where his flowerbed was, where he had buried the three seeds he brought back from the Kunlun Mountains. He couldn't let that happen.

He burst out of the room, using the Ox-Demon Fist, making sounds like wind and thunder as he blasted forward.

*Bang!*

The figure reacted quickly, turning and throwing a punch that collided with Chu Feng's fist print, sending sand and stones flying with a booming sound.

Chu Feng shook his numb fist, staring at the figure.

The strange person's eyes widened, then they tore off the linen to reveal their true form—it was the Yellow Ox!

“How are you not dead?” The Yellow Ox quickly scratched words on the ground, looking as if it had seen a ghost.

Chu Feng was so angry his teeth itched. This damn ox was actually cursing him; he really wanted to go buy some expired lamb skewers to feed it.

The Yellow Ox mooed a few times, then began scratching words on the ground, explaining the situation.

The Big Black Ox didn't dare fight the White Snake, but its escaping ability was unmatched. It had taken the Yellow Ox and fled at lightning speed, rushing out of the Taihang Mountains and successfully escaping.

Afterward, the Big Black Ox told the Yellow Ox that if it weren't for the Yellow Ox being a burden, it would have surely fought the White Snake.

The Yellow Ox was half-convinced and immediately told the Big Black Ox to go save Chu Feng.

The Big Black Ox readily agreed and left, acting incredibly loyal.

Not long after, the Big Black Ox returned and told the Yellow Ox that it had arrived too late, and Chu Feng was already dead. It claimed that in its anger, it had fought the White Snake, leveling the entire mountain range, but still couldn't kill the White Snake and eventually had to retreat helplessly.

It told the Yellow Ox not to be too sad, saying that since they had only known Chu Feng for a few days, there was no need to dwell on him.

Chu Feng listened, dumbfounded, finally unable to resist cursing, "That old charlatan, that big swindler! Why doesn't he just die? Fighting the White Snake? He didn't even show up!"

Hearing this, the Yellow Ox was speechless.

It felt ashamed; the Big Black Ox was even more shameless than it was, doing nothing yet still taking credit, looking grand and mighty.

"What a disgrace to the family, a scoundrel like him," it wrote on the ground.

"You're not much better. You came back and tried to steal my seeds, and you didn't even shed a tear," Chu Feng glared at it.

The Yellow Ox, unyielding, stated that it had already bowed towards the Taihang Mountains, which counted as sending him off.

"Cut the nonsense, where are the violet-gold pine nuts? Let's split the loot!" Chu Feng was quite direct, sizing up the Yellow Ox. He knew the Big Black Ox and the Yellow Ox had gained a lot.

"There are none left; they all went into that old charlatan's stomach!" After scratching this, the Yellow Ox promptly backed away, watching Chu Feng warily.

Seeing its reaction, Chu Feng knew this fellow must be hiding a lot of pine nuts. He immediately pounced on it, trying to snatch them.

In the end, the Yellow Ox compromised and agreed to share the loot.

It wasn't being generous; it just felt that it might not need so many pine nuts.

That pinecone was as big as an adult's fist and contained over 120 pine nuts in total. It and the Big Black Ox had peeled off at least half of them.

After escaping the Taihang Mountains and settling down, the Big Black Ox swallowed thirty pine nuts in one gulp, like a cow chewing on peonies, then smacked its lips, thinking it had eaten enough.

Afterward, it went to find a place to sleep, hoping to evolve again.

The Yellow Ox, meanwhile, had returned, intending to take the three Kunlun Mountain seeds.

"You didn't tell that Big Black Ox, did you?" Chu Feng was genuinely worried about that big swindler; if it knew, the three seeds might not be safe.

"Impossible to tell that charlatan!" The Yellow Ox patted its chest, assuring him not to worry.

They then began to split the loot. The Yellow Ox had thirty-six pine nuts on its person, all larger than ordinary ones, plump, translucent, and glowing with violet light.

These pine nuts were very clear, like violet agates, and just looking at them made one feel they were extraordinary.

A unique fragrance permeated the air, refreshing and invigorating, calming one's mind.

"If I eat it, will I grow a tail, or two extra horns?" Chu Feng hesitated.

He really wanted to try, but he was very conflicted.

This mysterious fruit contained incredible power, and consuming it could cause drastic changes and bestow extraordinary abilities.

The Yellow Ox nodded seriously this time, telling Chu Feng that the best choice was actually pollen, not the fruit.

Chu Feng noticed it was unusually serious, which was rare. He asked earnestly.

The Yellow Ox didn't understand the full details, but in the place it came from, some immortal holy lands were very particular, requiring disciples to evolve using pollen.

As for fruits, they were to be avoided as much as possible.

It guessed there might be some disadvantages later on.

Of course, the Yellow Ox added that a few top inheritances didn't have this taboo, seeming to possess methods to counteract it.

Chu Feng wanted to know more, but the Yellow Ox seemed unwilling to talk much about that world.

This put him in a difficult position. The violet-gold pine nuts were right in front of him, clearly excellent items, but he was very hesitant about whether to consume them.

*Crack!*

The Yellow Ox was eating the pine nuts, actually chewing them skin and all, swallowing them whole. It ate five in one go, carefully sensing the changes within its body.

When Chu Feng saw this, he felt he had been tricked. Why wasn't this guy worried? He was just munching on the pine nuts, eating them like that!

"Ox-Demon King!" he called out.

The Yellow Ox was feeling hazy; the pine nuts were incredibly potent, making it steam all over and its eyes a bit glazed.

Seeing this, Chu Feng felt it was a good time to get the truth out of him, as the ox was a bit disoriented.

"Aren't you worried eating them like this? What if the disadvantages show up later?"

Even with its slower reaction, the Yellow Ox was somewhat proud, scratching words on the ground to tell Chu Feng that it was different. Didn't he see that even its horns and fur were golden?

"What nonsense!" Chu Feng wanted to slap it.

"Some beings are favored by heaven," the Yellow Ox wrote this line, then stopped talking.

In the end, it swallowed a total of twelve pine nuts and then stopped.

In fact, when the Yellow Ox swallowed the tenth pine nut, it already felt no further changes in its body; the mysterious medicinal effect was no longer increasing.

Chu Feng was conflicted: should he eat them or not?

At the same time, he thought of the White Snake. If it were to butcher a city, would it start nearby? He should evacuate immediately.

"No worries," the Yellow Ox scratched, telling Chu Feng that the White Snake kept its word; if it said it would butcher a city, it definitely wouldn't butcher a town.

"How do you know?"

It admitted that the Big Black Ox told it so, otherwise, it wouldn't have let it return to Qingyang Town.

Chu Feng frowned. Perhaps only the kings among the exotic beasts understood each other best, but if that were the case, it was truly terrifying. Would the White Snake really butcher two cities?

"Did Zhou Quan manage to escape?" He quickly tried to contact him.

His communicator rang a few times and then connected. Zhou Quan was still alive and had returned to the county town.

He was injured, and when talking to Chu Feng, he seemed somewhat relieved. Despite going through such a terrifying experience, he hadn't suffered any trauma.

Chu Feng was puzzled. Upon asking, he learned that Zhou Quan's two horns were broken; one was smashed by a ten-thousand-pound boulder, and the other was broken when scraped by the White Snake's body.

That he survived at all was a stroke of great luck.

"That scared me to death! I can't believe there's such a huge snake in this world. I'm never running around aimlessly again!" Zhou Quan exclaimed, feeling relieved and also delighted that he had finally gotten rid of those two horns.

"Leave the county town quickly! The White Snake might start its massacre there!" Chu Feng warned.

"I know!" Zhou Quan was already worried, asking if Chu Feng's side was safe, as his family was preparing to flee.

"Alright, come over!" Chu Feng readily agreed.

Zhou Quan drove there, almost wrecking the car, rushing along the dilapidated roads. He had no choice but to drive like that, fearing he might encounter the White Snake's massacre.

Indeed, his two horns were broken, and he seemed a bit listless, seriously injured, with many bloodstains on his body.

"These are my parents," Zhou Quan introduced, helping two elderly people out of the car. The old couple looked a bit pale, partly from fright and partly because the car had been too fast; they had thrown up several times on the way.

"Hello, Uncle. Hello, Auntie," Chu Feng greeted.

One could tell that the two elders were sickly and really had no energy.

There was an empty house behind Chu Feng's home; its occupants had moved away long ago. Given the current extraordinary circumstances, there was no need for formalities. He simply unlocked it and settled Zhou Quan's family inside.

After all, Chu Feng's home had the Yellow Ox, plus the potential appearance of the Big Black Ox. If they accidentally scared Zhou Quan's parents, it wouldn't be good, and the two elders were currently listless and shouldn't be startled.

"Your injuries are severe; your bones are broken," Chu Feng said, surprised. Zhou Quan was quite able to endure; he had two broken ribs but hadn't uttered a sound, not even telling his parents.

Chu Feng thought for a moment and handed over two glistening purple pine nuts.

"This..." Zhou Quan was shocked; he immediately guessed what they were.

"Don't say anything, just eat them quickly!" Chu Feng turned and left.

When he returned, he found the Yellow Ox had woken up. Two astonishing golden beams of light shot from its eyes, and the energy fluctuations it emitted were significantly stronger!

"Where's King Kong? Did he leave the Taihang Mountains? I miss him!" The Yellow Ox, with greatly increased strength, surprisingly thought of King Kong first.

"What do you mean?" Chu Feng was confused.

The Yellow Ox looked arrogant. It wanted to try if it could now knock King Kong out with a few hooves.

Chu Feng was speechless. Such a deep obsession was too dishonest. He was the one who ambushed King Kong first, hitting him below the belt, and just because he didn't knock him out, he kept thinking about it!

The Yellow Ox was indeed extraordinary. Its appearance hadn't changed; it hadn't grown scales, wings, or anything else, still looking the same as before.

It told Chu Feng that pine trees were not ordinary tree species to begin with. Evergreen and undaunted by winter snow, the fruits produced by mutated pine trees were highly unusual.

Chu Feng felt it. One violet-gold pinecone producing so many pine nuts was enough for several people to consume, capable of creating multiple experts at once!

"Is there any strange soil under the pine tree?" Chu Feng was very concerned about this question.

The Yellow Ox nodded, looking confident, telling Chu Feng that this time, he could definitely make the three Kunlun Mountain seeds sprout!

"Great!"

Chu Feng was overjoyed!

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