Chapter 531: If I Had Known the Food Was This Good, I’d Have Become a Mount Sooner
【Ding! Detecting that the host’s scheming skills are reaching divine levels! The subordinate you dispatched, Ling Feng, has successfully tamed the Child of Destiny, Lu Shi Liu. Reward: Luck Points +6116, Cultivation Speed Boost (until Merging Stage ends).】
Bai Feng: “Huh?”
He looked at the system notification popping up, expression as unmoved as ever.
Honestly, after Water Xi Yu’s great purge of the Eastern Continent’s Child of Destiny, he’d become pretty desensitized to this stuff. What’s the big deal? Just taking a Child of Destiny as a little brother—what’s the fuss?
How did Ling Feng manage to tame a Child of Destiny as a little brother anyway? (gritting teeth)
Lu Shi Liu is the Child of Destiny! How can you be just a little brother to some random guy? Don’t you have any sense of dignity as the Child of Destiny?!
“Phew…”
Bai Feng took a deep breath. He’d really like to see what Ling Feng was up to in the Southern Region.
“Young Master Bai.”
Just as he was about to ask Qiao Qiao and the others about the situation in the Southern Region, Hu Yi Yi quietly pushed open the door, barely peeking her head in.
“Oh, it’s Hu Yi Yi. What’s up?”
He asked thoughtfully but already had a sneaking suspicion. Ever since he provided Hu Yi Yi with tiger feed, she only came to see him for one thing—nothing else. He even felt she had completely forgotten about seeking the tiger itself.
“I’m a little hungry. When can we eat?” Hu Yi Yi rubbed her stomach and asked.
“Didn’t I give you a day’s supply of tiger feed this morning?”
“Hehe… um, about that…” Hu Yi Yi scratched the back of her head awkwardly, “Accidentally ate it all. After I finished, I went into the Simulation Secret Realm for a bit, and now I’m hungry again.”
“Suddenly, I’m regretting my decision to feed you.”
Bai Feng sighed helplessly. Looks like he can’t just give Hu Yi Yi food for the whole day; this little pig-like girl, once she’s got food, she refuses to leave it behind. Not only that, she gets super energetic after eating—either training with Chu Chu or running around in the Secret Realm beating puppets.
“Um… I can do other things too,” Hu Yi Yi lowered her head, a little embarrassed. “I have great strength! Just let me do whatever chores you need!”
“There will be things for you to do when needed,” Bai Feng waved his hand. “From now on, come find me during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We’ll eat together.”
“Okay.”
Hu Yi Yi nodded without objection.
Honestly, Bai Feng’s tiger feed is so delicious and filling that for her, it’s no problem to search for him three times a day just for some tasty food.
A few seconds later, she looked up again and asked, “So… when do we start eating?”
“…Wait a moment. I’ll finish up what I’m doing, and then we’ll eat.”
Just as Bai Feng took out the Image Retainer, intending to ask about You Su Rong Rong, a graceful white crane strolled in leisurely.
As it opened its beak, seemingly about to speak, it suddenly realized it still looked like a white crane. It hurriedly transformed into a short-haired, heroic-looking woman.
“White Young Master, I’ve taken care of it.”
Bai Feng looked at the transformed crane, gently stroking his chin. “You know, I’ve suddenly become a little interested in mounts. How about you give me a few rides later?”
That sleek, soft-feathered white crane definitely must feel incredibly comfortable. Having been petting foxes and cats for so long, he was a bit bored, so trying out the white crane seemed like a nice change.
Ji Yi blinked and, suppressing her excitement, nodded with a tremor in her voice. “No problem! I promise to give Young Master Bai the best mount experience!”
Watching Ji Yi’s excited expression, Bai Feng still found it hard to understand her desire to be a mount.
Then he suddenly thought of something and asked, “By the way, has anything happened in the Southern Region lately?”
“The Southern Region actually has experienced some things recently,” Ji Yi said, taking out her communicator. She recorded the recent events. Even if Bai Feng didn’t ask, as a loyal mount, she wanted to be prepared to help him whenever possible. And this time was no exception.
“There’s been a clash between some subordinate monsters of the Great Monster Tribes and the Southern Alliance and the White Nine Alliance. I believe these events are backed by the big monster tribes.”
‘Wow, “White Nine Alliance,” huh…’ Bai Feng thought to himself, secretly snorting. That name clearly stems from Ling Feng’s White Family and the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe that joined.
Although it’s a bit plain, at least it beats “The Avengers.” Bai Feng never expected that when Ling Feng and the others were tossing around names, he jokingly suggested one—and it almost stuck as the organization’s name. He spent ages convincing them to drop it.
“Recently, the conflict with the White Nine Alliance seems to involve a monster called Yun Lu. Their former strength wasn’t weak, but unfortunately, they caught the eye of the twin-tailed monster tiger, and after that, the Yun Lu Clan surrendered to the twin-tailed tiger.”
Ji Yi continued explaining, “This plotline feels very familiar. It’s like a tribe forced into submission, encounters the Child of Destiny, and then, fighting alongside him, finds true kinship. Until the Child of Destiny helps them shake off a powerful enemy and joins their forces. The only weird thing is, now, that their ranks include the Child of Destiny too.”
Bai Feng internally mocked, now he understood how Ling Feng’s new little brother was recruited.
“Young Master Bai, should we do something?”
Beside him, Hu Yi Yi nodded eagerly. “Yeah! Yeah! Do you want me to go beat up that twin-tailed monster tiger?”
“…No need. Just watch and wait. They’ll handle it,” Bai Feng shook his head. “Let’s go eat. Ji Yi, you come too.”
“I… okay, thank you, Young Master Bai.”
Ji Yi almost immediately wanted to refuse, but then she remembered—being Bai Feng’s mount, him inviting her to dine with him meant he acknowledged her existence. Most mounts rarely eat with their masters, but some do, especially when the relationship is close. Eating together was a sign of mutual trust.
Thinking this way, Ji Yi puffed up her chest slightly—her efforts had paid off! She decided she’d work even harder from now on!
Bai Feng had no idea what Ji Yi was musing about. Right now, he was flipping through a recipe for Ji Tribe’s feed.
A few minutes later—
Ji Yi watched as Bai Feng presented a brown circular ball, roughly the size of a peanut, irregular and weird-looking.
If there weren’t other dishes on the table, she might have suspected that Bai Feng simply disliked her as a mount.
She reached out to pinch a small brown ball, but instead of putting it in her mouth, she instinctively looked over at Hu Yi Yi. She saw that Hu Yi Yi also had a similar dish, but her round ball was larger and more perfect.
“Another one!”
In a flash, Hu Yi Yi had finished her entire round ball, ignoring the others on her plate—this behavior was definitely unusual.
Ji Yi looked once more at her own plate. Although she was reluctant to doubt Bai Feng, she couldn’t help but think: Did he really make such weird food? Is this even edible?
But as a qualified mount… well, she clenched her nose and forced herself to eat it all.
Deep breath.
She shoved the brown ball into her mouth.
“!!!”
Wow… it’s delicious! What is this? Why does it taste so good?
She even felt her spiritual energy start to whirl inside her.
She picked up another brown ball, eating it eagerly, and finally realized why Hu Yi Yi had fixated on this dish.
She was not usually a glutton like Hu Yi Yi, but at this moment, she couldn’t help but think—If I’d known the food was this good, I’d have abandoned my pride and become Bai Feng’s mount sooner!
