529: "Mastery of Beast Taming" - "Mythical Leap": The Water Lord of the River and the Mountain Lord of the Land!

"Mom, what's happening outside? Why is it so noisy?"

The little girl, Honger, looked at her mother, who was walking in from outside, with sleepy eyes and asked curiously.

The young woman said softly, "It's nothing, just a few little hooligans from the village who seem to have been beaten up, and they're all scared out of their wits."

"But how come I heard the noise coming from the courtyard of that handsome uncle next door just now?" Honger continued to ask.

The young woman paused, then said casually, "Alright, don't ask so many questions. Honger, hurry up and go to sleep, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, Mom, I'm going to sleep. You should go to sleep early too!"

The little girl nodded obediently and soon closed her eyes, but she was still a little curious in her heart.

Because she really did hear the initial noisy sounds coming from the uncle next door's courtyard, and then they suddenly appeared by the Huilong River.

How strange!

Honger muttered to herself, feeling that she should tell the handsome uncle about this tomorrow.

...

So, not long after Our CEO Xu appeared in the small courtyard the next day, he saw the little girl standing at the courtyard entrance looking in again.

"Little Honger, have you had breakfast yet?" Seeing this scene, Xu Lu asked with a hint of amusement.

The little girl nodded, hesitated for a moment, then said, "Uncle, last night I heard a very noisy sound in your courtyard. My mom wouldn't let me go out to see, and later the sound appeared by the river..."

Listening to Little Honger, Xu Lu nodded. In fact, as soon as he arrived, the No. 2 Yellow Turban Strongman, 'Xiao Er', had already reported this situation to him.

It was obvious that the sound the little girl was talking about was the noise made when 'Xiao Er' beat up those few hooligans in the courtyard.

"Thank you, Little Honger, Uncle knows now." Xu Lu smiled, casually took out a few bags of snacks and pastries, handed them to the little girl, and said, "Next time if there's any situation, come and report it to me secretly. This is your payment."

Originally, upon seeing the snacks Xu Lu handed over, Little Honger subconsciously wanted to shake her head and refuse. But when she heard it was payment, she hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

Then, with a serious face, she said, "Uncle, then when you are not here, I will help you watch the small courtyard, and if there is any situation, I will tell you."

"Good, then it's a deal. You just need to tell me what you see, you don't need to do anything else." Xu Lu said with a smile.

Of course, after the Yellow Turban Strongman Xiao Er beat up those few hooligans, presumably no idlers would come around this courtyard anymore.

However, what was wrong with making a small deal with this little girl named Little Honger!

After this interaction, Little Honger was clearly less guarded against Xu Lu, and when Our CEO Xu let her come into the courtyard to play, she nodded.

Of course, Little Honger's gaze was also attracted by that big statue for a while. Because when Old Man Li lived here, she had never seen this statue. Obviously, this statue was brought by this uncle next door.

The little girl didn't know that the reason she was woken up last night was because the statue in front of her had beaten those few hooligans until they cried.

It was just because it was broad daylight that Xu Lu kept the Yellow Turban Strongman Xiao Er in a 'statue' state. Anyway, for 'Xiao Er', this could be considered a benefit; as long as it was summoned, it could absorb the energy of the sun and moon.

As for moving or not moving, in terms of 'Xiao Er's' intelligence, there wasn't much difference.

...

Over the next period of time, Xu Lu became quite familiar with the little girl next door. Of course, this was limited to Little Honger; as for that young woman, they would just nod or smile when they met.

Xu Lu put most of his energy into the transformation of the aquatic life in the Huilong River. Over these past few days, he had transformed all the fish, shrimp, water snakes, water turtles, and similar creatures in the waters several kilometers upstream and downstream.

Consequently, the experience points for 'Beast Taming Mastery' also increased significantly, leading him to now reach the level of 'Level 5 Beast Taming Mastery'.

By this time, Xu Lu discovered that he had unlocked another 'branch' of 'Beast Taming Mastery', called 'Mythical Ascension'.

"Judging by the literal meaning, this branch is quite remarkable. The 'Mythical' prefix itself is very alluring. I must test what exactly it is!" Xu Lu thought to himself.

However, this time, he didn't intend to continue using aquatic creatures for experiments. Especially since in the waters several kilometers upstream and downstream of the Huilong River, there were no longer any ordinary aquatic creatures; they were all species that had been transformed and evolved by Xu Lu.

It was only because Our CEO Xu, the 'Temporary Water Monarch', was controlling the situation that these transformed creatures had not scattered. If Xu Lu didn't control them, these creatures, which had evolved in every aspect, would proliferate and certainly cause a biological disaster.

But for now, Xu Lu had decreed that these creatures could not leave this area, so there was no problem. Of course, Xu Lu couldn't be bothered to manage the mutual slaughter among these evolved aquatic creatures.

...

That day, Xu Lu came to the small courtyard again, greeted Little Honger, and then walked alone towards the forest not far from the village. Although there were animals like chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs in the village, Xu Lu didn't intend to use these poultry and livestock for testing for the time being.

On one hand, he didn't raise any himself, so it wasn't very convenient. On the other hand, there was no good place to keep these poultry and livestock after the experiments were finished.

If his portable space were to level up again, he could certainly put the animals inside after the experiments. But it hadn't upgraded yet, so the hardware facilities hadn't met the requirements!

Going into the forest to find wild animals for testing didn't have so many concerns; after the experiments, he could just release them back into the forest.

After walking for a while and discovering no one was watching, Our CEO Xu activated the 'Soaring to Great Heights' ability, and in no time at all, he arrived in the forest.

It must be said that for short-distance flight, choosing 'Soaring to Great Heights' was more convenient than using the iron man armor, and it was quite fun. But for long-distance flight, the iron man armor was more comfortable, faster, and had a stealth function, so there was no need to worry about being detected by radar.

But if he were to use the 'Soaring to Great Heights' ability and fly brazenly in the sky, it probably wouldn't take long before he ended up on the news.

"Well then, let's first see what kind of land creatures are in this forest!" Xu Lu muttered to himself, and soon activated the 'Command Ten Thousand Beasts' ability within 'Beast Taming Mastery'.

In the river, he was the 'Temporary Water Monarch'; in the mountains, he was naturally the 'Temporary Mountain Monarch'.

Upon the Mountain Monarch's command, small animals within a radius of several miles gathered towards his location, with Xu Lu as the center.