Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 45 Flattening the Underground Cave
The two of them riding together were actually faster than when Cha Nan rode alone.

It must be said that Guo Jing was truly a master of horsemanship. Even with a special mythical beast like the wolf, once he became familiar with it and took over the reins, he was able to control it with exquisite precision.

Under Guo Jing's deliberate control and assistance, the wolf hunter's poor physical condition was well maintained and balanced.

In the past, Cha Nan would charge recklessly with his wolf mount, then stop to recover, and then charge again, repeating this cycle.

Guo Jing, on the other hand, stabilized the wolf's speed, preventing it from being pushed to its limits and keeping its recovery and consumption at a relatively balanced level. When encountering uphill sections, he knew how to reduce the wolf's burden and helped it maintain balance and accelerate easily when going downhill.

Therefore, the time it took to ride the wolf back to the stronghold was only half that of when Cha Nan ran away.

Along the way, Cha Nan also gave Guo Jing a brief introduction to the world of mythical beasts, letting him know that he had not arrived in another martial arts world through a dimensional gate, but had come to a special world unique to mythical beasts.

Guo Jing was quite receptive to this, after all, the gate had been open for ten years, and he had heard of many strange and unusual things, even if he hadn't seen them himself.

It can be said that people in the martial arts world today have a strong ability to accept the unknown.

Therefore, even if Cha Nan's various special characteristics are exposed in the future, as long as his 'immortality' is not revealed, his slight abnormalities will be regarded as special magic of a certain world, and will not be regarded as some kind of anomaly.

When they returned to the base, Cha Nan indeed saw that Yun Zhonghe and Shi Shugang had both 'died' back at the base and were unable to continue working.

On the contrary, the mischievous cats are still alive and well, but they seem a bit listless, clearly having lost a lot of SAN points.

A significant drop in SAN value, while not causing the mythical beasts to betray you, will affect their work performance, gradually leading to a lack of motivation and increased susceptibility to illness.

To solve this problem, we need to address the issues of food and accommodation.

Cha Nan glanced at the original workbench, which was now filled with low-level Palu balls.

I counted them, and there were a total of twenty-seven. This is an unprecedented abundance of Palu balls!

Cha Nan collected half of them and buried the other half in the ground.

There's no need to make wooden boxes. Wooden boxes made without technology have zero defensive capabilities in the eyes of magical beasts, so it's safer to bury them in the ground.

Using technology to unlock wooden boxes would be even more of a waste. Even if Cha Nan becomes rich in technology points in the future, he will start by making iron boxes.

After putting the resurrected Yun Zhonghe and Shi Shugang back into the work area, Cha Nan now only needs Yun Zhonghe to keep digging stones, chopping wood, and collecting basic materials.

Shi Shugang and Cha Nan, on the other hand, were more concerned about this.

"How's the cat taming going?" Cha Nan asked.

Uncle Shi rubbed his eyes and said wearily, "Yesterday it was almost done, but after it got dark, a cold wind blew by, and I lost consciousness after a short while. Today I'm afraid we'll have to start all over again!"

Upon hearing this, Cha Nan frowned slightly and said in a more serious tone, "Can you find a way to increase the speed?"

Whether Shi Shugang can tame the mischievous cat is crucial to Cha Nan's subsequent arrangements and plans.

This is the beginning of a snowball rolling downhill.

Even if the magical beasts that Shi Shugang has subdued can only exert one-third of their normal subdued combat power and have only one-quarter of their obedience, once there are enough of them, they can still be used in the future to form a swarm of beasts, helping Cha Nan to break through some powerful magical beasts and obtain the qualification to capture them.

"Then I need a lot of medicinal herbs, and manpower to help!"

“Master… my brothers, though slightly less skilled than me, are only a hair’s breadth away!” Uncle Shi’s words reminded Cha Nan that there were four more talents like him in the Ten Thousand Beasts Manor. “No rush, we’ll reunite you all!”

"You subdue him first!" After speaking with Uncle Shi, Cha Nan led Guo Jing directly to the underground cave.

Because the outpost and underground caves were both near the initial mountain range, they arrived at their destination quickly.

Guo Jing took the lead and walked ahead, while Cha Nan summoned Fang Dongbai to protect him behind him.

The three of them formed a line and walked into the dark underground cave.

This underground cave seems to have been a mine excavated by some kind of collective intelligent life. No remnants of Paru ore fragments can be seen in the cave, but some large chunks of black stone are embedded in the stone walls, still carrying a strong aura of primordial energy.

Compared to the mountains and forests outside, the concentration of primordial energy here is at least three times stronger.

This is one of the reasons why a large number of mythical beasts gather in underground caves.

However, precisely because the primordial energy here is relatively more concentrated than outside, the mythical beasts in the underground caves are relatively more territorial. Even the gentle Mian Youyou becomes more aggressive here.

"Uncle Guo! Watch out for those sheep, they can self-destruct and are quite lethal. You can take care of them remotely!"

"Of course, it's best not to kill him, leave him a breath!" Cha Nan said excitedly.

Although Mianyouyou is a low-level Palu, Chanan doesn't mind that they are weak.

Although Cotton is not strong and its potential is not high, once the breeding ranch is established, it can be called the father (mother) of all beasts.

Most common attributes can be obtained from Mian Youyou, and many powerful mythical beasts can be obtained by breeding Mian Youyou with certain other mythical beasts.

However, expecting to breed a mythical beast comparable to a divine beast by combining Cotton Yoyo with some low-level Palu is basically wishful thinking; there is no such possibility.

Guo Jing nodded, stretched out his hand, and unleashed a burst of palm power. In the dimly lit cave, a dragon of energy leaped up and flew toward the dozen or so phantom beasts along the way.

Whether it was Cotton Yoyo, the Earth-Dwelling Rat, or Lunati and the Sleep Demon, they were all thrown away, most of them seriously injured and fell into a coma.

Cha Nan excitedly stepped forward and, under Fang Dongbai's protection, kept throwing Paluk balls to capture the mythical beasts she wanted.

Previously, Cha Nan had only tamed three kinds of magical beasts: Mian Youyou, Mischievous Cat, and Hunter Wolf, which offered little choice or variety.

With Guo Jing's help, Cha Nan suddenly gained four more mythical beasts: Sleep Demon, Luna, Earth Rat, and Ye Nini. Among them, the Earth Rat's partner skill is very useful for finding ores. As long as the Sleep Demon is matched with a collar, it can summon an extra combat unit after summoning other mythical beasts. It does not occupy a normal summoning slot and can simply be in the team. It can be said that it is very valuable to cultivate in the world of mythical beasts.

boom! boom! boom! boom!
With the Qi Dragon swirling and the palm force soaring into the sky, and with Guo Jing leading the charge, the underground cave that Cha Nan originally thought would be almost impossible to conquer in the short term is now practically being swept aside.

Cha Nan whispered to Fang Dongbai, who was also looking shocked, "Can you tell what level of strength Uncle Guo has now?"

Fang Dongbai's face darkened: "Very strong... much stronger than me, definitely not just at the Innate level, very likely... a Grandmaster!"

Cha Nan glanced at Fang Dongbai with the same look she would give a warrior. How dare he, a mere first-rate warrior?

It can be said that if the defense of Xiangyang had not taken up too much of Guo Jing and his wife's energy, the mere fact that Fang Dongbai killed Yelü Qi would have been enough for Guo Jing and his wife to hunt him down to the ends of the earth.

(End of this chapter)