Rounding up or down is really a wonderful thing. It’s an extension of human thought, much like the novels and stories we read.
Of course, you could replace Aragaki Yui with Rimi Ishihara here, or even Cai Xukun or Guo Degang, and so on."
"So what exactly are you trying to say?" Bai Mansheng asked.
Tang Xian mentioned some names in his example, none of which she had heard of.
"You’re overthinking it. If I were in the Human World, I wouldn’t have the time or the means to make eye contact with you, the moon would just be the moon."
In an instant, Tang Xian saw Bai Mansheng’s favorability rating drop by 2.
Then the lady in white stopped talking.
But it wasn’t long before Tang Xian brought up a new topic and the two of them started chatting again.
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After a long walk and chat, the night had grown deep. Even the temporary workers toiling away in the mining area wouldn’t stay up until now.
Finally, Tang Xian and his group had walked out of the borders of Southern Amara Continent and entered a vast and expansive blue region.
This area had the highest number of hunters. But at night, there were very few.
After killing a large number of Hell Flame Wolves, Tang Xian’s sense of smell had become radar-like.
Finding an experimental prey was easy for Tang Xian.
Hell Flame Wolves were almost extinct in this area, but there were still a few bone hyenas.
After they left the safety zone far behind, Tang Xian had Tang Feiji transform into a dragon and start flying north.
In Tang Xian’s sea of consciousness, there was actually a mysterious pattern.
It was as if there were countless cards.
The appearance of this pattern first occurred when the Hell Flame Wolf was killed by Dong Ran.
Originally, the pattern of the cards was quite blurry, but now, it appeared very clear in the sea of consciousness.
Besides, there were many more creatures.
Such as iron can pigs, bone hyenas, great tengus, three-tailed foxes, Shiling Beasts, ember dragons, and many deep-sea creatures.
But there were none for Tang Feiji and Qing Jiuyu, Bai Mansheng.
Tang Xian speculated that it probably recorded the creatures he had killed.
And the clarity represented resistance.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt he might have really been to the mining area before.
Those cards seemed to be unveiling the types of creatures in the mining area, lurking in his sea of consciousness all along.
Quietly waiting for him to unveil them one by one.
Tang Xian shook his head, no longer dwelling on these irrelevant thoughts.
At this moment, his sense of smell picked up the scent of a Hell Flame Wolf.
Now he obviously didn’t need to smell the disgusting dog urine.
With two powerful bodyguards, he didn’t have to worry about any risks.
The Hell Flame Wolf also possessed a strong sense of smell; sensing the threat, it began to sprint wildly.
But Tang Feiji and Bai Mansheng were much higher levels than it.
Even in human form, they could easily hunt the Hell Flame Wolf.
In a huge cave, the Hell Flame Wolf was finally caught by Tang Feiji.
It took Tang Xian about ten minutes to follow the scent to the cave.
This place was like another lair for the Hell Flame Wolf, filled with some dry, flammable white roots.
It was just like the time when Tang Xian took Dong Ran to find the Hell Flame Wolf’s lair.
"It really is a night for nostalgia."
Tang Xian came to the terrified Hell Flame Wolf that was too afraid to move.
This was, after all, only an elite boss creature; when facing a calamity-level boss creature and a disaster-level boss creature, it didn’t dare to resist.
After realizing the absolute difference in speed, it had given up on escaping.
But the Hell Flame Wolf became even more afraid when it saw Tang Xian.
After killing creatures, Tang Xian’s resistance and damage would increase, as would something called Prestige.
Nowadays, canines, upon seeing Tang Xian, instinctively felt fear.
[You too are a powerful being, why do you attack me?]
"Even the lines are nostalgic," Tang Xian commented.
"I didn’t attack you. In fact, if you hadn’t run, my companions wouldn’t have chased you."
[If you don’t chase me, why would I run?]
This was like a police officer asking a thief why he ran, and the thief responding by asking the police officer why he was chased.
Tang Xian didn’t bother with the logic of this three-headed Husky. He took out a Zudun Sacred Tree fruit from his prop bag.
At this moment, all three heads of the Hell Flame Wolf extended their long tongues, drooling uncontrollably.
Bai Mansheng frowned slightly; she felt disquieted once again. She turned her head away, not looking at the fruit of the Zudun Sacred Tree, suppressing her own desire to eat it.
Tang Feiji’s reaction was calmer, but he also showed some interest.
"What is this? It looks delicious," Tang Feiji said.
"The fruits of the Ancestral Holy Tree are said to grant evolution to living beings, it seems they are indeed attractive to the innate nature of myriad beasts."
Tang Xian observed the expressions of Bai Mansheng, Tang Feiji, and the three-headed Husky.
He also sensed through his breath that a vast number of creatures were recklessly approaching his location despite the danger.
Even with catastrophic and calamitous beasts present, the creatures that sensed the scent of this fruit were still approaching rapidly.
"It seems that the higher the level, the better they resist the temptation of this fruit."
Tang Xian felt more and more that there was something wrong with this fruit.
In fact, there has been such a debate about the Bible.
The incident of Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden has always been controversial.
Should the snake that tempted Eve be blamed, or should Adam and Eve themselves be blamed?
A minority also believes that the forbidden fruit itself bears responsibility, and even God, who forbade eating the fruit, is not without blame.
The latter, of course, is a tremendous sacrilege against the Bible.
For some reason, these thoughts suddenly came to Tang Xian’s mind; he shook his head slightly, took the fruit of the Ancestral Holy Tree, and said:
"Do you want it?"
After all, the three-headed Hell Hound is an elite-level boss, possessing some intelligence compared to the rest of the creatures surging crazily in the distance.
This intelligence allowed it to retain a sliver of rationality.
It nodded furiously, struggling to resist the urge to pounce and snatch away the fruit.
Tang Xian said:
"It’s yours."
[Truly… really?]
The three-headed Hell Hound was ecstatic; Tang Xian could not understand this joy.
He threw the fruit out, and at that moment, the Hell Hound could no longer hold back.
It lunged like a dog seeing a flying disc, instinctively trying to jump up and catch the fruit in its mouth.
Then it swallowed it down with several woeful howls.
Bai Mansheng turned to see what changes would follow.
Tang Feiji also fixed his gaze on the Hell Hound.
Tang Xian never took his eyes off it, committing every action of the Hell Hound to memory.
After swallowing the fruit of the Ancestral Holy Tree, the Hell Hound appeared satisfied.
It even began to wag its tail at Tang Xian as if a ferocious creature had turned into a cute pet.
Tang Xian felt somewhat disappointed; was the fruit ineffective?
But this Husky indeed showed a strong desire.
It was obviously something at the level of the Soul Crystal that was attracting it and the other creatures around it.
As Tang Xian wondered, an unexpected change finally occurred.
The ensuing scene made Bai Mansheng and Tang Xian feel somewhat uncomfortable.
The three-headed Hell Hound suddenly let out cries of agony.
What was originally showing friendliness to Tang Xian by wagging its tail was now rolling in pain over some sort of transformational anguish.
Inside its body, it seemed as though some creature was violently colliding with its physical form.
With each collision, the Hell Hound’s body grew more enormous.
What was most shocking was that two of its three heads, like fruit that had been sucked dry, began to slowly wither.
But the eyes, reminiscent of a Husky, became more animated, more fierce and violent.
The dog’s barking gradually turned into wolf howling.
The giant body began to shift the necks without dog heads into oddly shaped muscles.
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Tang Xian watched this scene silently.
This was indeed an evolution.
The three-headed Hell Hound was evolving into a Hell Flame Wolf.
If the Hell Flame Wolf evolved further, it would become a Tengu.
But the evolution brought about by this fruit was too unstable.
If not for the eyes and howling, Tang Xian wouldn’t have believed this was a Hell Flame Wolf.
It was very different from the Hell Flame Wolves he had seen on the island of Jin Lu.
This one was larger, but extremely irregular.
It was like a child playing with clay, arbitrarily molding a bizarre and vaguely recognizable shape.
The Hell Hound continued to transform painfully and torturously into a Hell Flame Wolf.
Tang Xian then said to Bai Mansheng:
"It has indeed evolved, but like the fruit studied by Shang Lu, there is not a moment of regularity; the evolution brought by this fruit, or rather the fruit itself, is utterly chaotic. Do you still want to eat it?"
Bai Mansheng shook his head and said:
"I do not wish to become such an ugly creature."
Tang Xian nodded and continued to watch the Hell Hound, wanting to see to what extent this three-headed dog would evolve.
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(That’s 4,000 words for today, let me rest a bit, my condition is really not good today, I am not forcing myself anymore, I will continue to burst write in a couple of days.)