177: farce

The Celestial Golden Scale Dragon, which had been circling in mid-air for a while, slowly descended. Unfortunately, for its current body, which was fifteen or sixteen meters long, the original Spirit Spring Pond felt a bit too cramped.

However, it was a good thing that after its evolution, it no longer had to stay in the water, so Luo Chen quickly dismissed the idea of renovating the Spirit Spring Pond as soon as it arose.

The celestial phenomena here still attracted the attention of the other King Beasts. A King Rank King Beast was naturally nothing to the three Auspicious Beasts that had just arrived in the Qingyou Secret Realm.

But a King Beast evolving towards a Dragon quickly drew the Fu Sheng Carp to the Celestial Golden Scale Dragon's side.

The Fu Sheng Carp circled the Celestial Golden Scale Dragon several times, and then the golden light on its body continuously surged towards the Celestial Golden Scale Dragon. For a moment, the golden light exchanged between the two illuminated half of the Qingyou Secret Realm's sky.

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow watched as the Fu Sheng Carp so simply bestowed a blessing upon the Celestial Golden Scale Dragon and couldn't help but stomp its feet and curse:

"That's just a stinky bug! You're eagerly giving it a blessing, but I'm a proud Spirit King Sparrow, and when I ask you for a blessing, you avoid me.

With such poor taste, it serves your Auspicious Beast Clan right to be caught and used as mascots."

Although the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow didn't use any foul language, Luo Chen somehow felt that its words were even more unpleasant than before.

Luo Chen was used to this noisy atmosphere; he couldn't be bothered with the petty squabbles between these King Beasts. Anyway, the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow should know its limits.

Luo Chen called for Little Fur Ball, left the Qingyou Secret Realm, and then went to the second Secret Realm, the Stone Spirit Secret Realm, to look for Wood Life Dragon.

After entering the Secret Realm, Luo Chen followed his sensing of the store's King Beast and quickly found Wood Life Dragon's location.

However, when Luo Chen saw Wood Life Dragon, he furiously shouted out a name,

"Cai! Yin! Spirit! King! Sparrow! You dead bird, come here and die!"

In the Qingyou Secret Realm, the space around the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow fluctuated, and then it uncontrollably appeared before Luo Chen in the Stone Spirit Secret Realm.

Luo Chen was instantly enraged when he saw the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow. He pointed at the Wood Life Dragon, which was lying on the giant rock formed by the Starlight Stone Spirit,

and gritted his teeth as he said to the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow, "Tell me, what's going on here?"

Wood Life Dragon's current State looked incredibly miserable. On its fifteen-meter body, there were a dozen or so bloody, unhealed wounds.

Moreover, the wounds were all slender. In Chenyang Pet Store, only the Cai Yin Spirit Finch could inflict such injuries on the King Beast Nine-Star Wood Life Dragon, and their first meeting hadn't been very friendly.

Who knew that when the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow saw Wood Life Dragon's current appearance, it was also stunned and cried out to vindicate itself,

"Shopkeeper, I didn't do this to it, and I don't know how it got these wounds."

Before it could continue to explain, Wood Life Dragon slowly raised its head, and a weak but firm voice interjected,

"Shopkeeper, I will work hard. Can you please not let King Sparrow eat my flesh anymore?

Cough, cough, I really can't recover from it."

"You dead bug, I only bit you once! Your flesh is tough and woody, how could I possibly eat so many bites?

You're purely slandering me; you bugs truly have dirty hearts."

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow turned to Luo Chen and said pitifully, "Shopkeeper, you must believe me, this bug's flesh is especially unpalatable. Its injuries definitely weren't caused by me."

Luo Chen looked at the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow with a dangerous glint in his eyes, "Only ate one bite? The flesh is tough and woody?"

Seeing the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow nod in agreement, Luo Chen's voice suddenly grew louder,

"So, you still gnawed on your colleague as food? Good, good, good. I entrusted it to you to teach it human etiquette.

I never expected you to treat your colleague as emergency rations. You truly live up to your reputation."

Wood Life Dragon, lying on the stone, watched the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow being scolded, a hint of a smile flashing in its eyes, while mocking inwardly: Old bird, let's see if you dare to gnaw on me again.

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow looked at the 'weak State' Wood Life Dragon lying on the ground and immediately cursed,

"You dead bug, aren't you extremely good at recovery? Losing a piece of flesh can make you like this? You must be doing it on purpose, I'm going to tear you apart!"

With that, the Cai Yin Spirit Finch's colorful spiritual light burst forth, and it was about to rush towards Wood Life Dragon on the stone.

"In front of me, you still want to make a move? Do you want to fight me too?"

Luo Chen's voice was full of danger, and the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow's body, which had gathered strength, stiffened uncontrollably and immediately lost its momentum.

It stiffly turned back to look at Luo Chen and said awkwardly, "Shopkeeper, I'm not, this bug is slandering me, you must judge fairly."

Luo Chen nodded, "Anyway, you really did bite a piece of flesh from it, right?"

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow hesitated, "Yes, but I only bit once. The injuries on its body now are definitely not caused by me."

"That makes it easy. Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow, no actions allowed."

Luo Chen leisurely walked up to the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow.

"You bit your colleague, so as punishment, it's not too much for me to pluck a few of your feathers, right? Anyway, they can all grow back."

As he said this, Luo Chen also looked up and down at the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow's magnificent feathers, seemingly considering where to start plucking.

Soon, Luo Chen extended his hands, first forcefully pulling out two feathers from the left wing, then two more from the right wing.

Five or six from the back, a handful of soft down from the neck, and finally, four or five from the longest tail feathers were also pulled out.

Now, the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow, from a distance, looked no different from before, but a closer look revealed several spots where feathers were missing.

While it wasn't outright ugly, it significantly impacted its appearance.

After plucking the feathers, Luo Chen carefully collected them. He had coveted the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow's feathers for a long time, and now he finally had a legitimate reason to get his hands on them.

"Cough, cough." He lightly coughed twice to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, and then Luo Chen released his control over the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow.

"Ah, ah, my feathers!"

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow, just released from control, let out a pig-like shriek.

Unable to stand its piercing sound, Luo Chen subtly threatened, "What, do you have an opinion on my decision?"

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow immediately deflated, "No, no."

It was genuinely afraid that Luo Chen would control it again and give its magnificent feathers another round of 'torment'.

Although it was usually quite vulgar and rude, it was very protective of its iridescent feathers. It would probably remember the lesson Luo Chen taught it for a very long time.

Luo Chen went to Wood Life Dragon, who was lying on the stone, and used his mental power to examine its body. He found that its blood and qi were vigorous, and it was not as weak as it had been acting.

"Alright, stop pretending. Come with me to the new store. From now on, the task of guarding the branch store is yours. Do well."

Hearing Luo Chen's words, Wood Life Dragon could no longer keep up its pretense. It could no longer suppress the joy of seeing the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow punished and happily recovered from its injuries.

Wood Life Dragon's body instantly became smooth and sleek, its green Golden Scales reflecting a faint brilliance, no longer looking like it was on its last legs.

The Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow stared intently at Wood Life Dragon, the fury in its eyes almost solidifying and gushing out.

With Luo Chen beside it, Wood Life Dragon was not afraid; instead, it proudly made a face at the Rainbow Spirit King Sparrow.

It strutted out of the Stone Spirit Secret Realm's light gate, following proudly behind Luo Chen.

Luo Chen first went to that new Tier 3 Secret Realm. Luo Chen named this Secret Realm the Rui Ling Secret Realm, which was quite fitting, as it was entirely filled with Auspicious Beasts.

However, this time, Luo Chen still chose the original lake for the teleportation light gate.

It was as peaceful as ever. Luo Chen waited for a while and, sure enough, saw spatial fluctuations appear in the sky, from which the massive body of Little One emerged.

Luo Chen smiled at Little One, "Come on, I'm taking you home."