432: There really is something underground!

Hearing his grandson speak, Zheng Xinglong, who was still savoring the slap that had come down before his ‘death,’ also came back to his senses:

“So what if you lost? What’s the big deal? Just practice hard and win it back later, alright?”

“What? Do you think your grandpa is a god, capable of defeating that freak, the Commander of the Expeditionary Force?”

“That freak can swat me to death easier than I can swat you to death.”

“You boy, just Cultivate properly from now on, don’t think about any underhanded tricks.”

“If you feel your strength isn’t enough, just adjust the gravity to push yourself. Anyway, I won’t let you lack Spirit Medicine, so you won’t run into problems.”

“If 10 times gravity isn’t enough, go for 20 times. If 20 times isn’t enough, turn on 30 times. Just practice yourself to death!”

As Zheng Xinglong’s voice fell, Zheng Fei showed a look of despair, and at the same time, a loud laugh rang out from outside the courtyard:

“Zheng Laosan!”

“I heard that when you were substituting for your grandson, you ran into that freak Yang Dian and he just slapped you to death.”

“Is it true or false?”

Hearing the mocking voice from outside, Zheng Xinglong immediately felt depressed:

“Wang Laosi, why didn’t you tell me Yang Lele was Yang Dian’s younger sister? If I had known Yang Lele could call Yang Dian, why would I have sacrificed my face to help my unfilial grandson in the competition?”

Wang Yonghan, who had walked into the small courtyard, smiled and said:

“I didn’t say anything, but you didn’t ask either.”

“I thought you knew.”

“I knew? How would I know?”

Wang Yonghan feigned a sudden realization:

“Oh~ I remember now. Last year, when Chengdu was being supported, you were severely injured and didn’t go, so you didn’t know Yang Dian had a precious younger sister named Yang Lele.”

As he spoke, he also sighed with some emotion:

“That kid Yang Dian is truly outrageous.”

“Back then, it took dozens of us to deal with a Six-Armed Lizardmen.”

“Now, he can create such a huge abyss with a single slap.”

“I don’t know how he Cultivated.”

“How can the gap between people be greater than the gap between people and dogs?…”

Amidst Wang Yonghan’s lament, Yang Dian, who had already become a god in the mouths of countless people, squirmed twice, pushing Big Black Cat, who was lying on his bed, off the bed:

“I’m thirsty, go pour me a cup of plum juice.”

“Meow meow meow!” Big Black Cat meowed and cursed Yang Dian a few times. Seeing that Yang Dian was unmoved, it angrily opened the door and ran downstairs.

Soon after, Yangs Mother walked into Yang Dian’s room with a large cup of plum juice and unhappily placed the cup on the desk:

“Letting a cat pour you water, what were you thinking?”

Big Black Cat, who followed Yangs Mother into the room, meowed along, saying something like “cats can’t understand human brain circuits.”

Yang Dian got up from the bed, grabbed Big Black Cat, and rubbed its round cheeks, saying:

“I just wanted Hei Zi to get some exercise.”

He pulled the cat’s face into a funny expression:

“Mom, look at it, it’s so fat, even its face is full of meat.”

Big Black Cat broke free from Yang Dian’s hands. Turning back, it saw Yangs Mother showing a thoughtful expression and immediately started meowing:

“Humans, cats are not humans, cats don’t need to lose weight.”

After saying a few words, it ignored the mother and son and scampered into Tongtong’s room.

Recently, it had become obsessed with babysitting.

Whenever it had nothing to do, it liked to play with Tongtong.

Yangs Mother didn’t care when the cat ran off.

The cat was much less worrisome than people.

This cat stayed at home for basically 48 hours a day, unlike this worrisome son, who not only was never seen but often went several months without even a message.

But looking at Yang Dian sitting on the bed, holding the plum juice and drinking it with gulps, her heart softened again:

“What do you want to eat for lunch?”

Yang Dian thought for a moment:

“I don’t have anything I particularly want to eat. How about steaming some corn and sweet potatoes?”

Upon hearing this, Yangs Mother’s face showed a hint of joy.

She couldn’t help with other things, so she could only make things her son liked to eat:

“Alright, I’ll go steam them now.”

Watching Yangs Mother close the door, Yang Dian put down the plum juice and squirmed back onto the bed, preparing to take another nap.

But before he could even pull the quilt over his navel, Yang Lele trotted in, pushing open the door again:

“Brother, I want to tell you something.”

Seeing Yang Dian’s curious gaze, she continued:

“That… after the Martial Arts Competition ends, I want to go to Wuhou Grotto-heaven for training and adventure with Sisi and the others.”

Yang Dian pondered for a moment, then pulled out a few bracelets and tossed them to Yang Lele:

“You can, but you have to wear these.”

Yang Lele took the bracelets, somewhat puzzled:

“What are these, big brother?”

“Teleportation bracelets.”

The teleportation bracelets were spatial items that Yang Dian had created using star core fragment as the core, with the Dimension Butterfly, possessing the ability of fixed-point teleportation.

Seeing Yang Lele examining the bracelets repeatedly, he further explained:

“They can deploy a spatial shield when you encounter life-threatening danger, and then teleport you to a pre-set safe area.”

“Generally, even a high-level Star-Patrolling Realm practitioner cannot break through the spatial shield.”

“Although Wuhou Grotto-heaven has become our affiliated Grotto-heaven, there are still some dangers inside.”

“Unruly Six-Armed Lizardmen, Eight-Armed Lizardman, and Mutant creatures with extraordinary high-level strength hiding in the wild.”

“These guys were originally left for you all to train with, so we haven’t cleared them out.”

“But I can’t constantly watch over you and protect your safety, so I’m giving you this as a precaution.”

Thinking, Yang Dian then took out paper and pen and drew a very crude map:

“Here, take this too.”

Yang Lele took the map and asked curiously:

“What is this now?”

“A Treasure Map.” Yang Dian reached out and righted the map that Yang Lele was holding upside down, then continued:

“At the end of the map, there is a rare tree similar to a Plum Tree that can repeatedly produce heaven and earth treasures. We named it the dream butterfly tree.”

“Zhuang Zhou’s dream of a butterfly, the butterfly’s dream of another life.”

“The butterflies produced by the dream butterfly tree have the effect of enhancing Soul strength.”

“It’s just that divine objects conceal themselves, so ordinary people can’t discover the dream butterfly tree.”

“Whether you can find it depends on your Opportunity.”

Yang Lele tightly clutched the crude map Yang Dian had casually drawn, her eyes filled with a longing for exploring the unknown and acquiring Treasure Trove:

“I understand, big brother, I will definitely find the dream butterfly tree!”

Saying that, she trotted out of Yang Dian’s room:

“I’m going to pack my supplies.”

Just as she was about to disappear outside the door, Yang Dian hastily called out:

“Aren’t you still supposed to fight one more match? Aren’t you going to prepare?”

Yang Lele waved her hand:

“I already fought Li Fugui and Pei Sisi in private.”

“I can’t beat either of them.”

“So I’ve decided to give up!”

As her voice fell, Yang Lele had already disappeared from Yang Dian’s sight.

“This personality…”

“It really hasn’t changed at all.”

Smiling and shaking his head, Yang Dian stretched again.

“You give up, I’ll give up too.”

“First, I’ll take another nap.”

Pulling the quilt over his navel, Yang Dian was just about to go back to sleep when the Dimension Butterfly, or rather, the Clone of the Dimension Butterfly, flapped its wings, bringing more than a dozen spatial bubbles, and emerged from underground, flying in front of Yang Dian.

After organizing the information transmitted by the Dimension Butterfly, his expression immediately became extremely solemn.

“Underground, there really is something?”