Chapter 18: Fierce Beast Cub

  No collection of brothers, please collect it! Let the flowers come more fiercely!

  This time's recovery speed is much faster than before, mainly because not all the true energy was released, leaving a thread which has a significant help for recovery.

  More than an hour later, Lei Yu opened his eyes, quickly took a shower and changed into a clean set of clothes before sitting in the room casually flipping through books.

  He knew that Nuo Hu and the others would come after the game was over, so he simply stopped cultivating. Sure enough...

  Indeed, as promised by Huo, the Dragon Squad's leader had enough deterrent power. The Lei family did not make things difficult for Lei Yu, and they didn't even meet in person. This matter was thus settled.

  Lei Yu and Long Zu asked for a two-day leave and drove away in their Audi heading in one direction.

  Driving is much faster than walking, and in just half a day, Lei Yu arrived at a desolate place with no one around. Since it was impossible to drive further ahead, he simply parked the car aside and walked into the interior on foot.

  After walking for about three hours, the sky gradually darkened, and Lei Yu finally arrived at this familiar place. Here, Lei Yu had many memories, all of which were given by the Lei family two years ago.

  Moving forward along the route of memory, a representative large tree stands in front of it, which is that fruit tree. Although the name is still unknown until now, Lei Yu has deep feelings for these fruits. If not for these fruits, he might not have survived till today.

  He walked past, picked a fruit from the tree and put it in his mouth to savor slowly. The sweet taste once again spread through his throat. Lei Yu continued walking forward. Perhaps the corpse of that fierce beast in the small forest had already turned into white bones? Or perhaps even the white bones had disappeared without a trace.

  A shocking scene unfolded before him, the corpse of this fierce beast was lying here intact and uncorrupted.

  "It's been a year... what on earth is going on?" Lei Yu's brain suddenly short-circuited.

  Even if it hadn't rotted into a skeleton, there should have been some carnivores passing by, right? But this beast's corpse had no changes except for the scabbing of its wounds, not even a single fly.

  "Moved?!" Lei Yu suddenly retreated several steps back, and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

  "Hallucination?"

  No, it's not an illusion. The beast did move, but it wasn't itself that moved - rather, something inside its body seemed to be stirring.

  Lei Yu took two steps forward, the beast's abdomen churned even more violently, Lei Yu swallowed hard and wanted to investigate, it was several tender howls from its belly.

  "What's inside its belly?" Lei Yu gritted his teeth and pulled out the sharp spike from his back, aiming at the beast's abdomen and slashing down. No blood flowed out, but instead a black mass was slowly squirming.

  Lei Yu was shocked at once, this turned out to be a cub!

  This little cub and the fierce beast were very similar, except that there were no sharp thorns on its back, its fur was smooth and shiny, and it didn't have a terrifying face like the beast. Instead, it had a few cute features, blinking its bright red eyes, "yip yip" softly calling out twice as it crawled out from under the beast's belly.

  At the moment when the little guy crawled out, the corpse of this fierce beast suddenly changed and turned into a pile of broken stones scattered all over the ground.

  "This..." Lei Yu carefully recalled the situation that day, it seemed that he had only started fighting after hearing the roar and walking to this place. It turned out that this fierce beast was actually pregnant at the time, its body weak. If not for this reason, Lei Yu would never have been able to defeat it. This little guy had stayed in his mother's womb for a whole year, relying on the fierce beast's own energy to sustain its life. It seemed that the energy had already dried up, otherwise it wouldn't have instantly turned into rubble.

  This scene was like a myth that made Lei Yu somewhat unbelievable, looking at the small creature in front of him, which was only the size of a small cat. Lei Yu suddenly felt a little guilty, what should have been a moment of mother-son reunion had become an eternal farewell.

  Lei Yu's hands instinctively picked up the little creature, and it gently licked his arm. "If I leave it here, it won't live for long, what to do? Its mother has already been killed by me, should I take it away from here?" Lei Yu suddenly fell into deep thought. If this little guy grows up with this appearance, it would be scary enough, and after some time, the sharp spikes on its back will form, wouldn't that become a real monster? No way, can't bring it back!

  Lei Yu's heart was in a fierce struggle, on one hand was guilt, on the other hand was difficulty.

  The little guy rubbed against Lei Yu's palm for half a day, suddenly jumped down, "Wow", ran towards the depths of the forest, Lei Yu hurriedly chased after.

  The little guy was very fast, and Lei Yu chased after him, running a long distance. The little guy stopped in front of a huge boulder, looking up at the rock with his head tilted back.

  The stone was over two meters high, deeply buried in the mud. Lei Yu looked at this stone after a while, on which were carved two parallel lines, with a certain distance between them. The little guy let out another loud roar and suddenly his body shone brightly, but this light was black. Lei Yu blinked slightly, the light disappeared, and the little guy also disappeared along with it.

  Lei Yu looked around and didn't find any trace, when his eyes fell on the giant stone again, Lei Yu was thoroughly shocked. Originally between two parallel lines of empty space, a pattern had appeared out of nowhere. This pattern was very familiar, it was that fierce beast!

  "What...what's going on?" He rubbed his head forcefully and sat down.

  Observed for half a day, still no change, "forget it!"

  Walked to the riverbank and washed his face, Lei Yu picked those fruits again and filled a bag before sitting back down by the river to cultivate. Now that it's dark, wanting to return seemed impossible.

  At the same time that Lei Yu closed his eyes to cultivate, a giant boulder deep in the forest shook violently before returning to calmness. However, the face of the carved ferocious beast now had an additional blood-red eye, while the other eye was blind.

  Lei Yu's main purpose for coming this time is to pick these fruits, which are of great help to Nu Hu's cultivation. If Liu Hao can successfully condense his true energy, it will also be helpful to him.

  After a night of cultivation, the slight improvement also made Lei Yu extremely happy, and he left this familiar place with a full bag of fruits, only to find that it had changed slightly.

  ……

  "These fruits have a long shelf life, don't worry about them going bad." Lei Yu poured out the picked fruits from his backpack. Liu Hao didn't know what this thing was, but Nuo Hu beside him was excited to the extreme. This thing had great help for cultivation!

  "Master, what is this thing? Is it delicious?" Liu Hao picked one up and looked at it from left to right, asking.

  "Take away the 'ma' character and try it yourself." Lei Yu said with a smile.

  Liu Hao blinked his eyes, put the fruit in his mouth, and chewed faster and faster, his expression becoming more and more astonished. "Wow! It's really delicious!" He picked up another one with one hand and stuffed it into his mouth again.

  "You're something else! It's really... " Nuo Hu looked at Liu Hao's actions and felt a pang of heartache. These things were all precious medicine to him, but they were being treated like peanuts by the Liu Hao in front of him. How could he not feel heartbroken?

  "Huh? What's going on?" Liu Hao suddenly rubbed his stomach, his face turning red and green.

  "Unbelievable, can this thing really cause food poisoning?" Lei Yu was puzzled, he had been eating it for a year without any issues, how could Liu Hao get sick after just two pieces?

  "No, it's not eating too much! Master, why is there a surge of energy moving back and forth in my belly?"

  Lei Yu was overjoyed. "Quickly sit down cross-legged, concentrate your spirit and carefully feel what's going on. At the same time, follow the mental method I taught you and see if you can grasp this energy."

  According to Lei Yu's words, Liu Hao sat down. Lei Yu and Nuo Hu stared at him intently, hoping for some effect.

  Half an hour passed and Liu Hao didn't respond. An hour later, Nuo Hu let out a yawn, "Why is it so slow?"

  "Master! Ah!"