Chapter 182 There is a Bear
But the saliva dripping onto the stone made a soft pattering sound, which could not escape Shan Wu's notice. He narrowed his eyes, immediately stood up, stared at the stone where the two bears were hiding, and shouted: "Fellow Daoists inside, come out! We heard you!"
The bear inside the stone remained silent.
Shan Wu and Ji Rong exchanged a glance, their eyes questioning each other. Ji Rong immediately transformed into a magic bird and nodded to Shan Wu. Shan Wu then transformed into a magic tiger and roared at the crack in the rock.
"Bang!" Just as Shan Wu's head approached the crevice in the rock, a spear was suddenly thrown out like lightning, heading straight for Shan Wu's brow.
The mountain, hairless and bristling, tucked its four legs in and flipped onto the ground. It turned around, stretched out its claws, and slapped the butt of the spear. The force of the spear was deflected and shot towards the earth and rocks in front of it. With a "crack," the stone hit by the spear shattered instantly.
Upon seeing the gun, Ji Rong immediately knew who wielded it.
"What immense strength! To wield the Demon King of the Waves' spear with such agility!" Ji Rong exclaimed inwardly, marveling at the wonder of fate. She hadn't gone to find Zhan Shi, but this bear had delivered itself to her doorstep.
Seeing that Shan Wu was about to crouch down and go into the crevice, Ji Rong called out, "Uncle, come back. There should be an old friend inside."
Shan Wu said, "Nephew, that fellow inside is very slippery. He even used dirty tricks. If it weren't for your quick reaction, you would have been left with at least a large piece of flesh by now."
"Let me go in and fight him head-on, capture him, and then we'll talk about other things."
Seeing that Shan was unwilling to retreat, Ji Rong had no choice but to speak up: "Is that Senior Zhan Shi inside? We've come to find you! A dragon said you're a good bear and sent us to find you."
A soft gasp came from inside, followed by a steady voice asking, "Who sent you?"
"Jue Jun".
"Jade Lord?" Zhan Shi's brain raced, and soon he matched the Jade Lord with the dragon-horned jade.
"Could it be that he used some unorthodox method to devour his brother and enhance his bloodline?" Zhan Shi was filled with doubt and suspicion, but he still asked, "You said he sent you to find me, did you bring any token?"
“A token? What token? He just said you're a good bear and told us to come find you.”
Also, that spear of yours belongs to the Demon Emperor Pingbo.
Ji Rong rolled her eyes and said, "We heard in Da Dan City that your Western Expeditionary Army was exhausted by the powerful clans. We were worried about whether you were alive or not. If you don't believe me, then we're leaving."
After saying that, she placed a simple storage ring on the stone and said, "We heard the sounds you just made. This storage ring has no restrictions, and there is some food and drink inside. You can use it. Uncle, let's go."
Shan Wu let out a long roar into the crack in the rock, then turned around, picked up Ji Rong in his mouth, and put her on his back.
The mountain roar, radiating the aura of an emperor, terrified the black bear in the stone, which was at the Profound Spirit Realm, causing it to tremble.
Zhan Shi stared at the light shining through the crack in the rock. The simple storage ring sat quietly on the rock, reflecting some sunlight and scattering a dazzling seven-colored light that shone into his heart.
Zhan Shi kicked the black bear with his paw and said, "Go out and take a good look at the contents of that storage ring. If it's really edible, then chase after them and tell them that they can't go any further."
The black bear nodded and walked out. After a short while, it called out indistinctly, "General, it really is food. I tried it, and it's not poisonous."
Then, the black bear stuffed the storage ring into the crevice in the rock and said, "General, I'm going to chase after them now."
Zhan Shi glanced into the storage ring and found a dozen or so third- or fourth-grade spirit fruits, a bushel of spirit grain, and several hundred spirit crystals.
The black bear quickly returned, accompanied by Ji Rong and Shan Wu.
Zhan Shi ate eight spirit fruits and then emerged from the crevice in the rock. He handed the storage ring that Ji Rong had given him to the black bear and said, "Yue Tu, go ahead and eat. I've already eaten." The black bear took the storage ring with its paws and devoured the remaining spirit fruits inside.
Ji Rong looked at Zhan Shi, while Zhan Shi looked at Ji Rong and Shan Wu.
Seeing that neither side was speaking, Shan Wu simply lay down on the ground and waited.
After a while, the black bear behind had finished eating. He wiped his mouth, grabbed a spirit fruit, and handed it to Zhan Shi, saying, "General, I'm full. You can have this."
Upon seeing this, Ji Rong thought to himself with pride, "Luckily I was smart. If I had come to seek refuge with this bear from the beginning, wouldn't I have been starving with him?"
But she said, "I brought a lot this time, do you want more?"
"Yes, yes!" The black bear behind Zhan Shi immediately stood up and raised its paw in response, only to be snarled back by Zhan Shi, who bared his teeth.
Ji Rong pointed at the stone with her wing and said to Zhan Shi, "Let's not just stand there. Since we've run into each other, let's have a chat."
Then, she spread her wings and blew the dust off the stone. She then took some spiritual fruits and nectar from her storage ring and placed them on the stone. She said to Zhan Shi, "Call your subordinates and come along."
Zhan Shi walked to the stone and sat down, saying in a deep voice, "Let him keep watch."
"Very well." Ji Rong tilted her head, pointed to the sky with her wing, and addressed Shan Wudao: "Uncle."
When the mountain stood still, the people stood up and created an isolation barrier that enveloped the three of them.
"Senior Zhan Shi," Ji Rong asked, "how many soldiers do you have left?"
Zhan Shi popped a spirit fruit into his mouth, then poured himself a sip of fine wine and said, "It's just that brat outside. The others are either dead or scattered, they're all gone."
Ji Rong remained silent. Let Zhan Shi eat and drink to his heart's content. When Zhan Shi had almost finished the spiritual food on the stone, she would replenish it with some more. After replenishing it three times, Zhan Shi finally stopped eating.
Then, he patted his round belly and said, "What did that cunning dragon want you to come to me for? Tell me, I ate a full meal from you, so I should repay you."
Ji Rong shook his head and said, "We have no demands. My elder brother only told me that you are a good bear and that if I come to Liangzhou, I can seek refuge with you."
As she spoke, Ji Rong covered her mouth with her wings and laughed loudly. After she finished laughing, she looked at Zhan Shi seriously and said, "Senior, do you want to join me now?"
Zhan Shi had eaten and drunk his fill, and the bear was relaxed. He said in a deep voice, "He only said one nice thing to you, and you dare to come looking for me. Aren't you afraid I'll eat you?"
Ji Rong looked at Zhan Shi, who was covered in dust, and pointed at Shan Wudao with her wing claws: "With your uncle here, you can't eat me."
Zhan Shi sighed, "I am from the Temple of War Gods. Now, even if I wanted to go with you, I can't."
Ji Rong's eyes darted around, and he said, "Senior, how about we travel together in Liangzhou? We have business in Liangzhou, but we're not familiar with the terrain. You can lead the way for us, and I'll provide you and that black bear with a full meal every day. How about that?"
“Okay.” Zhan Shi replied with a grin, then stepped out of the isolation barrier and called to the black bear, “Yue Tu, come and eat.”
Then the black bear came running over excitedly.
As soon as Shan Wu removed the barrier, the black bear squatted in front of the rock, as if it hadn't eaten for a month. It used its paws to scoop up the spiritual food, hurriedly put it into its mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and then swallowed it.
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