Chapter 651 - 200: The Treacherous Ingrate
(Uh, sorry, still delayed until night!~~I’m guilty~~)
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Chapter 200 [The Backstabbing Traitor]
"Oh my! Brother 135 is back!!"
"My gosh! What did you bring back...?"
"Hahahaha! Come and see! Brother 135 actually brought back this big beast!!"
"Move aside, let me take a look... Amazing, little brother!! This guy has ignored everyone in the wild for years, and you actually brought it back?!"
When Chen Yan walked into the Brotherhood’s base, he immediately became the center of everyone’s attention.
But the real focus wasn’t on him, it was... Big White!
The bald brother who gave Chen Yan the map, his eyes were filled with curious sparkle. He sidled up to Big White, looking like if Big White hadn’t let out a dissatisfied whimper, the bald, burly man would have hugged him.
Around them, many brothers from the Brotherhood gathered, pointing and marveling with amazement.
Big White seemed a bit uncomfortable with the scene, letting out a low growl of agitation, sticking close to Chen Yan, circling around him, with its long tail raised like a whip, gently swaying — a posture of vigilance.
Chen Yan bent down and patted Big White’s head, signaling it to squat down.
"Alright, alright, disperse, don’t scare the new pet our brother Chuyi just acquired."
In the crowd, the proprietress Ruyi smiled and made her way through the people to Big White. She didn’t get too close, stopping a couple of steps away, bent down to look at Big White, and couldn’t help but sigh: "Such beautiful fur."
Big White immediately glared over, seemingly understanding the statement, baring its teeth at Ruyi.
"Ha! It’s got quite a temper." Ruyi waved for everyone to disperse but she slowly approached, extending a slender, jade-like hand to cautiously pet Big White on the head.
Big White was clearly displeased, but with Chen Yan nearby, it only shook its head in discontent.
"Brother Chuyi." There was eagerness in Ruyi’s eyes: "Sell me this pet, name your price."
Chen Yan raised an eyebrow.
"Don’t misunderstand, I’m not after its fur." Seeing Chen Yan’s look, Ruyi hurried to explain: "A senior member in my family is having a birthday, and such a spiritual Immortal Beast would be perfect for blessing the house. I was thinking..."
"Sorry Sister Ruyi, it’s my partner, not a pet. Not for sale." Chen Yan answered firmly.
Ruyi was taken aback.
Chen Yan knew she wanted to say something, so he added: "In the wild, we rely on each other, and in battle, we share life and death. It’s not my pet; it’s my partner!"
Ruyi sighed, seeing the seriousness in Chen Yan’s eyes, and nodded: "Alright, it was presumptuous of me."
Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
The Brotherhood treated him well, and Ruyi wasn’t bad to him either, so he cut her off before she finished speaking and refused her outright — he didn’t want to ruin their relationship.
Luckily, Ruyi was reasonable, and many brothers in the Brotherhood also had War Pets. When hunting, these pets really were life partners, with a unique bond, and they knew it was not wise to insist.
After being refused, Ruyi didn’t bring it up again, having someone bring Chen Yan some food, she toasted with him, and then swayed away.
Chen Yan sat at a dining table in a corner of the hall, eating, with Big White lying at his feet. Every now and then, he picked up some food from the table to feed it, but Big White seemed uninterested, only sampling before lying on the ground to nap.
Occasionally, brothers from the Brotherhood would come to toast with him. Chen Yan knew he had to maintain good relations with these people, so he mustered the energy to engage, drinking over a cask of wine during the meal.
He heard some stories about Big White.
Big White was quite famous among the guys who went hunting near the Evil Land Mountain!
It’s said that — no one knows what year — anyway, quite a few years ago. The "Bounty Hunters" from Snow Cliff Pass, going to Evil Land Mountain, saw Big White’s traces here and there on the Snowfield or Evil Spirit Sea of trees.
Big White is a rare Spiritual Immortal Beast, and this level of Immortal Beast would fetch sky-high prices in the Domain Realm’s major cities like White Jade City or Yellow Capital. Having such a Spiritual Immortal Beast as a partner would greatly enhance a bounty hunter’s combat strength.
So, naturally, many people had designs on Big White.
However, Big White, despite its intelligence, was very clever and cunning, seemingly able to distinguish those with malicious intentions.
Those bounty hunters who had tried to capture Big White could neither trap it nor lure it close.
Among them, a few went too far, and in Big White’s fury, it killed some of them.
Afterward, Big White ventured further and further into the Evil Spirit Sea of trees, reportedly becoming a rare sight east of Evil Land Mountain. Occasionally, bold hunters dared to cross the gorge and go west, claiming to have seen Big White there, but sightings were exceedingly rare.
Gradually, Big White became a legend among this group of bounty hunters.
Not only bounty hunters, but even in the Thunder Beast Cavalry at Snow Cliff Pass, there were legends of Big White — it’s said that in previous years, whenever the cavalry clashed with the Fierce Beast Race on the Snowfield with sled teams, Big White would also make an appearance.