Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 6 Target Cotton

"A very nice place. It seems I can choose this as my first base." Cha Nan looked at the open valley in front of him and couldn't help but show a satisfied expression.

Two low hills stand on either side of the flat river valley. These are the black stone mountains that can produce some Paru ore fragments. In the low-lying areas of the valley, there are some dark brown open-pit iron ore deposits. The reserves are not large, but if you dig deeper, there may be quite a lot. Not far away, there are lush forests, which are also full of red berries.

A group of half-human-sized, round-bodied, black-faced cotton yuyus leisurely graze by the river, occasionally bleating softly, looking gentle and soothing.

Cotton Yoyo is a relatively friendly mythical beast. Although they have a deadly move called 'self-destruct' that can lead to mutual destruction, most of the time, as long as you don't provoke them, they won't attack you on their own initiative.

If it's a mischievous cat, it might just rush up and scratch you.

Cha Nan's original intention was not to capture Mian Youyou as the first magical beast, but to capture Mischievous Cat.

After all, among the three opening pets of the Mythical Beast World—Pipi Chicken, Cotton Yoyo, and Mischievous Cat—Mischievous Cat has the most work skills, which can better assist in the early stages of many tasks.

Of course, that's no longer necessary. Guo Fu is more useful than Mischievous Cat, and to be honest, Guo Fu really can cause trouble.

He tried aiming the Paluk at Cotton, which was facing away from him, but the success rate was only 21%, even lower than when he captured Guo Fu. Unless he had a stroke of luck, the probability of capturing her in one shot was not high.

It seems that Cha Nan still needs to lure a cotton-haired creature over, beat it half to death, and then capture it.

Instead of summoning Guo Fu to carry out the operation, Cha Nan calmly walked into the Mianyouyou group, chose a good location in the center of the valley, and began to make the Palu terminal.

Along the way, he had already collected enough stones and some large trees that might have been knocked down by a passing large magical beast, thus obtaining a sufficient amount of wood.

It seems that Chanan's luck has improved since capturing Guo Fudangparu.

At this moment, as Chanan activated the Palu terminal manufacturing, a dark blue energy began to emanate from Chanan's hands. As the countdown began, the sky-blue, semi-transparent Palu terminal slowly took shape.

During this process, Cha Nan could not move his body and was frozen in place. At the same time, he felt that he was closely connected with the ground beneath his feet. With the Palu terminal as the core, within a radius of thirty-five meters, he gradually gained an extraordinary sense of control.

He even felt that, given enough materials, he could accomplish many incredible feats, like divine magic, within this area, rather than simply building structures or setting up workspaces for magical beasts.

"Finally! I have my first stronghold. This will surely be recorded in the history books of both the fantasy and martial arts worlds." Cha Nan put his hands on his hips and gloated for a while. Then, standing in front of the Palu terminal, he placed Guo Fu, who was in the team, directly on the Palu workbench inside the stronghold.

The only available space was immediately filled with Guo Fu's image. In an instant, Guo Fu, who was still chopping wood on a distant hill, appeared before Cha Nan with a small amount of timber she had cut.

She was clearly still not fully recovered; she was a little dazed and didn't understand how she had covered at least a thousand meters and run so far in an instant.

Although there are masters in the martial arts world who can achieve "the ends of the earth are within reach", those are all legends. Even her father, the great hero Guo Jing, could not do it.

"Put your work aside for now, let's dig a trap. You can attack a Cotton-like creature and lure it into the trap!" Cha Nan said without hesitation, not caring at all whether Guo Fu, who was already looking a bit disheveled from diving for treasure chests and then cutting down trees, was dissatisfied.

After all, Guo Fu is a martial artist, so she should naturally take on more responsibilities if she has the ability.

If she doesn't go, are you going to send Cha Nan, a fragile college student?
Guo Fu glanced at the docile and adorable Mian Youyou and didn't find the job difficult. She just asked in confusion, "Is it really necessary to go to so much trouble to catch a sheep?"

She glanced at the cotton goats again and continued, "Although compared to regular goats, they are indeed taller, fatter, have more fur, are more succulent, and taste better... *slurp*"

After a hard day's work, I get hungry very easily.

The roasted dried fruit that Cha Nan gave me before could satisfy the body's so-called need for fullness, but it couldn't satisfy my taste buds at all, especially since that was several hours ago.

Seeing so many plump sheep, she couldn't help but salivate.

How can you eat sheep when they are so cute?
I'm sorry, but she's already a thirty-year-old woman. She's ruthless and heartless, and she's lost all the innocence and naivety of a young girl.

“Then you go and try!” Cha Nan stepped back into the woods and gestured to Guo Fu.

Now that the stronghold has been established, even if he dies, at least in the world of fantasy beasts, he will not return to the initial place of his journey, but will be reborn in the stronghold. Moreover, the supplies stored in the stronghold will not be lost when he dies. Cha Nan is full of confidence.

As for Guo Fu, if she were in real danger, he could take her into the Palu Ball at any time to protect her.

Before assigning the task, Cha Nan had already moved Guo Fu back to the team from the work list at the outpost.

Guo Fu, having received Cha Nan's instructions, strode off with her head held high, her eyes filled with longing for the food. A few breaths later, Guo Fu, who had been knocked away by the sheep's skill 'Rolling Fur Ball', escaped back to Cha Nan's side, her face covered in blood, thanks to her relatively good lightness skill. She wiped the blood from her nose, her swollen face revealing a horrified expression.

"How...how can they be so powerful?"

"It seems stronger than an ordinary tiger!"

Guo Fu's teeth were probably a few loose, causing her to speak with a slight lisp. Her originally plump figure appeared even more exaggerated due to the swelling.

If we used to call her Guo Caifu, we should now call her Guo Yifu.

Mian Youyou has such power; she truly deserves to be Cha Nan's number one mythical beast, with immense potential for development!
This sheep is terrifying!
Cha Nan glanced at them politely, then explained, "These are not ordinary sheep, but mythical beasts that resemble sheep and possess extraordinary abilities. We should not underestimate them."

Guo Fu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Although she was a bit slow on the uptake, she wasn't really stupid. After so much time had passed, she had already realized that such a miraculous experience might not be a regular interdimensional portal.

It's very likely that we've arrived in an even more wondrous world.

And all of this happened because of the man beside her.

Thinking of this, Guo Fu looked at Cha Nan with a complicated expression.

At the same time, she realized that this man still hadn't told her his name.

They had clearly already shared life and death.

Upon realizing this, Guo Fu's eyes involuntarily reddened, and her SAN value inevitably dropped by a few points. She then began to feel sorry for herself.

Cha Nan noticed her low spirits and handed her a piece of dried fruit.

"Want one?"

"I won't eat it! None of it tastes good! I... I want to eat mutton!" Guo Fu turned her face away, her watery eyes no longer filled with grievance.

"Okay! Let's eat mutton! If we can't catch it, we'll kill it and eat it. You can have the sheep's head and its rump too," Cha Nan said with a smile, trying to appease him.

"No! I want lamb leg!"

"I'll eat all four legs!" Guo Fu wiped her cheek, her nosebleed and tears mixed together, covering her face. If it weren't for her stunning looks, even Yun Zhonghe would shake his head at her appearance.

"You can have the legs, but the lamb kidneys must be left to me," Cha Nan said solemnly, feigning deep thought.

Upon hearing this, Guo Fu blushed, reached out and pinched Cha Nan's lower back, then said softly, "Pah!"

The sheep didn't chase after her too far. As Guo Fu disappeared from sight, the lead sheep bleated twice and then gathered together again, lowering its head to graze, returning to its original leisurely and docile state.

Cha Nan's gaze swept over the dozen or so cotton-haired creatures, recalling their behavior from their reaction to the attack on Guo Fu.

Mythical beasts all have attribute modifiers, which are essentially passive skills.

Right now, Cha Nan needs a Cotton Yoyo that can fight and withstand attacks. If she catches a monster with negative traits like being timid or a shut-in, it would be a waste of her Palo Ball.

Cha Nan doesn't need god-level or gold-level affixes; she would be satisfied with just one or two positive white combat affixes.

If a negative red entry appears, it's definitely a huge loss.

“It’s you I’ve decided on!” Cha Nan said, pointing to the cotton-haired girl who had been the first to rush out and hit Guo Fu.

Although the impact of this cotton-haired creature wasn't strong enough to cause Guo Fu much damage, indicating that its attack power was relatively low, it was fast and willing to fight, so its attribute stats should be acceptable.

(End of this chapter)