Chapter 279 - 155: "Hey Hey, You’re Up.

Chapter 279: Chapter 155: "Hey Hey, You’re Up.

"Tell me, what kind of shop do you want to open?"

"A Beast Martial Arts shop. It’s the inherited craft of the Jiangnan He Family."

"Beast Martial Arts?"

"We customize Exotic Treasures for Exotic Beasts to significantly increase their combat power. Many factions have Exotic Beasts. In the past, it was hard to find buyers, but now that all the reputable factions are gathering in Mortal City, it should be much easier."

"So there’s a trade like that?"

Chen Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. After a long moment, he suddenly stood up and said with a smile, "Mortal City welcomes all the world’s factions to visit. I won’t keep you any longer. I have some things to attend to, so I’ll be taking my leave."

The old man scrambled to his feet.

"Take care, Domain Lord Chen."

...

「Mortal City.」

Walking down the street, Lame Monkey leaned close to Chen Fan and whispered, "Young Master, aren’t you going to ask about their age? They might have some life-extending methods."

"It’s not life extension."

Chen Fan shook his head. "Someone who has lived for over two hundred years is basically an old monster. There would be a sense of weariness in their eyes. Although that old man is old, his behavior and actions don’t seem like those of an old monster. His age is a facade."

"It’s more like they extend their lives through methods like hibernation."

"This is probably also why the Hidden Clans have so few business dealings with the outside world."

"Have Shao Qiu thoroughly collect intelligence on the Jiangnan He Family and other Hidden Clans."

"Also, check if the factions we’ve destroyed—the Pill Sect, Wind and Rain Tower, and the Jiangnan Shui Family—were the external businesses of some Hidden Clan. If there’s a connection, we need to strike first to avoid leaving any loose ends."

"Tell the Mortal Realm Members and the people from Medicine King Valley to be tight-lipped."

"Don’t let any information about Hey Hey leak out."

Hey Hey was a Heaven-Swallowing Crocodile.

An extremely Rare Exotic Beast.

Currently, only the Mortal Realm Members and Qi Feng, the Young Master of Medicine King Valley, had seen it. Of course, Qi Feng didn’t know that Chen Fan had a Snow Lotus and had saved the Heaven-Swallowing Crocodile’s life. He probably thought the Heaven-Swallowing Crocodile was already dead.

’Customizing Exotic Treasures for Exotic Beasts?’

’This line of business is definitely connected to the Guanxi Plain. After all, a business like this wouldn’t have many customers in all of the Four Areas Jiangbei combined. If they find out the Mortal Realm has a Heaven-Swallowing Crocodile and leak that information to the Guanxi Plain, it might attract unwanted attention.’

’He didn’t want to start a war just yet.’

’He wasn’t strong enough yet.’

"Understood."

Lame Monkey nodded solemnly, his expression serious.

...

「At the port.」

Hey Hey was lying on the ground, carefully taking a braised chicken leg into its mouth. Its lantern-sized eyes slowly closed, its face a picture of pure bliss as its tail occasionally slapped the ground.

It was sunbathing while savoring the rare delicacy of braised food.

’So satisfying!’

Soon, it had swallowed the palm-sized braised chicken leg.

Hey Hey opened its eyes again, looking excitedly at the large vat of braised food beside it. It fished out three braised chicken legs with its claw, placed them on the ground, and squinted its eyes to inspect them for a moment.

Only then did it choose the biggest one.

It swallowed it in one gulp.

As for the other two, it placed them into two separate large vats nearby.

In just a short while, it had polished off the entire large vat of braised food.

One-third went into its stomach.

The other two-thirds were divided between two different large vats.

After it was completely satisfied, Hey Hey crawled towards the High-speed Rail parked nearby. First, it moved the two large vats onto the train. Then, it carefully pressed a button inside the carriage with its fingertip before climbing onto the outside of the carriage and gripping it tightly.

Its body was suddenly airborne.

It sped off in the direction of the Mortal Realm.

In the blink of an eye, it arrived at the Mortal Realm Celestial Pit camp.

Hey Hey moved the two large vats of braised food to the base of City Wall No. 1 and growled lowly while lying on the ground.

"ROAR!"

A moment later, the City Wall sank into the ground.

Wang Kui walked out from the camp. Looking at Hey Hey lying on the ground and the two large vats of braised food beside it, he couldn’t help but sigh. "Alright, alright, I’ll store this for you. But really... when you see your parents in the future, there will be more than enough of this stuff. You really don’t need to save it. Besides..."

"Never mind."

He didn’t say anything more.

Instead, just like always, he waved his hand. A member of the Mortal Realm’s Celestial Granary Pavilion ran out, picked up the two large vats of braised food, and took them to the Warehouse.

Hey Hey had been doing this for days.

Ever since Hey Hey first tasted the braised food, it had been a complete revelation. All the braised food it got was divided into three portions: one for itself to eat, and the other two to be saved for its parents.

It planned to share it with its parents when it saw them in the future.

The Warehouse could keep it fresh.

So it wouldn’t spoil.

The texture would probably be a bit off, but it would still be edible.

’But...’

’Was it really necessary?’

Just then—

Chen Fan’s voice came from the Sound Transmission Talisman hanging on Hey Hey’s claw: "Hey Hey, you’re not at the Port. Where did you run off to?"

"Get back here, quick."

Soon, Hey Hey pressed the button on the High-speed Rail behind it again, and the train streaked away toward the Port.

"This world is really getting more and more chaotic."

Wang Kui watched Hey Hey’s departing figure and lamented, "Hey Hey knows how to ride the High-speed Rail now. It’s just unbelievable."

They say Exotic Beasts can understand people.

He felt that Hey Hey truly did understand people. Besides being unable to speak and having a slightly low IQ, it wasn’t much different from a human.

It’s just that after all this time, it still thought Ghost Stones were poop.

’That perception is just too stubborn.’

If it just asked for a bit of a wage, with all its contributions to the camp, it could have earned enough Ghost Stones to buy lots and lots of braised food.

...

「The port.」

Chen Fan watched Hey Hey arrive on the High-speed Rail from a distance and quickly crawl over to him. He sighed. "Don’t ride the High-speed Rail anymore. It’s not good if people see you. And stop wandering around all the time."

"Weren’t you too scared to even leave Nameless Mountain before?"