When the little dumpling saw the gluttonous beast's furrowed brows, she quickly ran over to help him up, but the gluttonous beast stopped her.
"Don't come any closer!" roared the Gluttonous Beast.
The fairy Fulingguo stared wide-eyed in fear, clinging to the little dumpling's legs and hiding behind her.
"Goat-headed monster, are you alright? What happened to you all of a sudden?"
The Gluttonous Beast did not answer. It clenched its heart in both hands, spread its wings, and flew home.
The little dumpling looked down and exchanged a glance with the Lucky Fruit Fairy, and the two quickly chased after her.
Before leaving, the little dumpling didn't forget to take the radishes she had worked so hard to pull with her.
When the little dumpling ran back huffing and puffing, the Gluttonous Beast was curled up in the corner.
His back trembled slightly, and black hairs occasionally fell from his body. Beside him, there were many round mahogany boxes.
The little dumpling had seen that round box before; it was the box that contained skin as white as snow.
"Uncle Big Flying Insect, are you alright?" the little dumpling asked with concern, running excitedly to the Gluttonous Beast.
But then she saw something that made her gasp in surprise.
The face of the Gluttonous Beast was covered with a sticky liquid, which slowly dripped down into the mahogany round box in its hand.
Once the round box was filled with the viscous liquid, the Gluttonous Beast took out the next empty box and continued to collect the liquid from its face.
The little dumpling leaned closer and discovered that the liquid didn't come from anywhere else, but rather from the pores on the face of the Gluttonous Beast.
The little girl was both frightened and nauseous. She covered her nose, took a few steps back, and said with disgust:
"It stinks! So that's why the sisters' snow-white skin is all from the smelly face oil of those big flying insects!"
The Gluttonous Beast closed the box in its hand. "Hmph, little girl, what do you know! Those women treat this thing like a treasure."
Fuling Fruit Fairy: "Ugh, what a piece of junk! You use this stuff to wipe their faces? It's disgusting and has no sense of hygiene at all!"
The Gluttonous Beast rolled its eyes at them. These two little ones didn't understand anything, and it was too lazy to explain to them, so it simply remained silent and continued to use the mahogany round box to store face oil.
The little dumpling thought of the case files from the Dali Temple, and the pictures of those dried-faced female corpses on them. They all died because of their snow-white skin!
The little dumpling was filled with anger. She stepped forward, knocked the mahogany round box out of the beast's hand, and kicked away the mahogany round boxes around her.
"What are you doing!" the Gluttonous Beast shouted angrily. The oil on his face was about to run out, and at this crucial moment, this little girl actually came over to cause trouble!
The Gluttonous Beast decided it was determined to teach the little dumpling a lesson this time! It reached out to grab the little dumpling.
The little dumpling nimbly ducked away.
"I won't allow you to make these harmful things! So many older sisters have died because of this stuff! Why are you hurting people?" the little dumpling asked fearlessly.
The Gluttonous Beast snorted coldly, "What can I do? If I don't do this, I will die!"
"It's because of you and those people from the Dali Temple that my plans were ruined tonight, and that's why I'm in this state!"
The Gluttonous Beast pointed to its own face.
The little dumpling then noticed that, compared to its previous appearance, the gluttonous beast's sheep-headed appearance was becoming more and more obvious, and black fur was beginning to grow on its originally smooth, human-like skin.
The Gluttonous Beast looked down and saw that the mahogany round box was scattered everywhere. The face oil he had prepared had also spilled out and was smeared on the ground, making it too dirty to use!
The Gluttonous Beast scratched its head and shouted, then collapsed to the ground in frustration and despair.
"Do you think I want this? If I don't use face oil to drain those women's essence, I will slowly lose my animal essence and die."
"Look at my current appearance, I'm slowly turning into a beast. This means that my millions of years of cultivation are gradually dissipating! When I completely lose my human form and become a beast, that will be my death day!"
The mythical beast, the Gluttonous Tapir, looked up at the window and shed a few tears.
"There's no time left! It's already the night of the full moon. If I don't continue to steal other people's essence, I'll just have to wait to die."
Hearing his words, the little dumpling finally understood why the Gluttonous Beast had suddenly transformed into that form outside.
Seeing the Gluttonous Beast silently shedding tears, the little dumpling couldn't bear it and patted her head.
She spoke softly, as if coaxing a child, "Don't cry, okay? Besides taking other people's life essence, is there any other way for you to survive?"
The Gluttonous Beast tilted its head and was comforted by a little girl patting its head, which was quite detrimental to its image as an ancient mythical beast!
"I don't know!" The Gluttonous Beast shook its head.
The Immortal of Fortune Fruit gazed intently at the Gluttonous Beast. He stroked his round belly, pondered for a moment, then frowned slightly, pointed at the Gluttonous Beast, and said firmly:
"You're lying! You're lying!"
The Gluttonous Beast and the Little Dumpling both looked at the Lucky Fruit Fairy with blank expressions.
The Immortal of the Blessed Fruit revealed a meaningful yet smug expression. He cleared his throat, preparing to express his thoughts.
He had barely opened his mouth when he felt he wasn't making enough of a show, so he climbed onto the chair with his legs crossed, and then climbed from the chair onto the table.
Finally, the Fairy of Fortune Fruit moved another candle to his side, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and said, "Alright, now you can begin."
The little dumpling yawned, "If you keep dawdling, I'm going to sleep!"
"Ahem, it's like this, how could he, as an ancient divine beast, slowly lose his beast essence? You can fool an ignorant child like Little Dumpling, but you can't fool this Fruit Immortal!"
Hearing herself called an ignorant child, the little dumpling angrily put her hands on her hips.
"Ancient divine beasts all have divine beast crystal beads protecting their bodies. With the divine beast crystal beads, their beast essence will not be lost, and you will not revert to your original form and die!"
Mythical Beast Crystal Beads? The little dumpling's eyes widened; it was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing.
The Fairy of Fortune Fruit pointed at the Gluttonous Beast and demanded sharply, "Speak quickly, what is your purpose in lying to us?"
The Gluttonous Beast's lips twitched a few times, and it said helplessly:
"Your reasoning was brilliant! It's a pity you got them all wrong!"
Huh? He misspoke? Fairy Fulingguo blinked blankly.
The Gluttonous Beast said, "Because my divine beast crystal was knocked out and taken away."
"ah?!!!"
The Fairy of Fortune Fruit was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped to the ground. "You are an ancient divine beast with millions of years of cultivation. Who could possibly take away your divine beast crystal?"
The little dumpling nodded. Although she only understood the gist of it, she knew that this kind of divine beast with wings that could steal other people's essence must be very powerful.
How could the divine beast crystal be stolen by someone?
Faced with their questions, the Gluttonous Beast sighed and said, "Have you heard of the Battle of the South China Sea?"
Suddenly, the fairy Fuling Fruit jumped three feet high, exclaiming in surprise, "You mean the legendary Battle of the South China Sea?!"
The Gluttonous Beast nodded.
Seeing the Fairy of Fortune Fruit's excited expression, the little dumpling was also filled with curiosity about the South China Sea battle. She quickly said:
"What South China Sea battle? Tell us quickly!"
Just as the Gluttonous Beast was about to explain, a series of noisy voices suddenly came from outside.
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