Chapter 70: It's a Beast Girl! Hehe!

If these Spirit Trees could grow up, they could also become a fighting force. When they had grown sufficiently, Zhai Guangyi would bestow Blessings upon them. That way, they could inherit some levels in Fruit-bearing and Healing from Zhai Guangyi, along with a certain level of Spirit Magic, allowing them to quickly become combat power to protect this place.

However, all of this was for later. These Spirit Trees still required a lot of time and care, and these matters were naturally left to Xiong Batian to arrange personnel to handle. Zhai Guangyi himself wouldn’t bother with managing them.

Besides developing agriculture, Zhai Guangyi hoped to advance housing construction. Honestly, the architectural skills of these Demon Humans were really poor; these houses were practically just piles of stones.

Back when Zhai Guangyi didn’t have an active body, he naturally didn’t think much of it, but now it was different. Of course, he wanted his own city to develop better, and since the Demon King could use real estate as a tangible benefit to offer, Zhai Guangyi also wanted to have something he could present.

Not to surpass him, but at the very least, he couldn’t let his own Followers be poached by the Demon King just because urban development was lacking. Moreover, his own Elven Body had already been targeted for recruitment by the Demon King. If other Followers were also lured away, he would suffer a great disadvantage.

The System controlled Zhai Guangyi’s Elven Body and successfully relocated all the Wyvern-kin. Just as the System intended to transfer itself away, it turned back to look toward the distant north—the center of the Forest, the Dragonkin’s habitat, land under the Dragon God’s protection.

The System controlled Zhai Guangyi’s Elven Body and walked directly into the Magic Circle, teleporting back to the eastern edge of the Mesopotamia Forest, which was within the range of Zhai Guangyi’s True Body.

On the northern mountain range separating the central and eastern parts of the Forest, at the heart of this continuous mountain chain, a massive circular fissure had now appeared. The edges of the fissure looked as if covered by lava. A huge Black Giant Dragon circled in the sky above the mountains. It watched as Hong Ren and a small, green-skinned old man stepped into a black spatial rift and disappeared.

“A bunch of despicable rats, why did they risk entering my Dragonkin’s territory, and now leave in such a hurry? Those youngsters said they saw someone with Soul Energy as vast as the Dragon God Honored One. Who could it be? Could they have already entered the ancestral land?”

The Black Giant Dragon did not pursue Hong Ren and the others further. Instead, it turned and swiftly flew toward the northern Forest.

Zhai Guangyi saw the System controlling his Elven Body emerge from the spatial rift and immediately transferred his consciousness into it.

Looking at these teleported Wyvern-kin, Zhai Guangyi couldn’t directly make them become Followers, even though some had witnessed the Blessings brought by his True Body. But after all, witnessing was one thing; getting them to fully pledge allegiance to the Spirit King Tree would likely take some time. Since they had come, Zhai Guangyi naturally had to treat them kindly and respectfully.

Xiong Er saw Zhai Guangyi teleport over and pulled Xiong Da along as she ran over.

“Zhai Guangyi, are you okay?”

Xiong Er directly called Zhai Guangyi by his real name. Her big mouth had long ago spilled the beans to Xiong Da about Transmigration and all these matters. She simply couldn’t keep secrets, and besides, they were all good buddies from before, and Xiong Da was his girlfriend from his Previous Life, so there was nothing to hide.

But there was still an unfamiliar Transmigrator here—Ladong. Zhai Guangyi hadn’t had time to discuss this matter with Xiong Er and the others, and now, Xiong Er’s big mouth had directly exposed it.

“Aren’t you called Luke?”

Ladong looked with confusion at the Beast Girl and Youth with bear ears running toward them. Seeing the lively and spirited bear-eared Maiden, Ladong felt as if he had witnessed true spring in this World, more excited than Wyvern-kin who had always lived in the northern snowy lands seeing the warm, blooming earth with gentle breezes.

The corners of Ladong’s mouth kept curling upward. Seeing this expression, Zhai Guangyi recalled the first time Ladong had seen him—that same lecherous look.

“A Beast Girl! Hehe!”

Hearing Ladong’s words, Xiong Er quickly stopped and looked at Zhai Guangyi’s constant blinking, then at Ladong’s lecherous expression, repeating Ladong’s words.

“Luke? Beast Girl?”

Luke, hearing someone call his name, turned to look at Zhai Guangyi and the others. They owed these people a debt of gratitude. He hadn’t expected to see this Spirit Tree again under such circumstances. Earlier, the Spirit King Tree had given them many strange fruits to eat, which tasted excellent and made their fatigue disappear.

He now held an extraordinary fondness for Elves. If Zhai Guangyi had any needs, he would naturally respond immediately, as this was, after all, his savior.

“It’s fine, Luke. Go rest over there for now.”

Zhai Guangyi waved at Luke, pointing to the Magic Mirror in his hand and signaling Xiong Er to read it. The Magic Mirror’s voice could be adjusted based on Magic Power and could also convert speech to text. Relying on the ‘World’ ability, Zhai Guangyi had tried to make it as convenient as modern communication devices for their use.

“I suspect he’s also a Transmigrator. His words and actions are a bit off.”

As soon as Xiong Er heard Zhai Guangyi’s words, she realized she had spoken carelessly—she shouldn’t have directly called out Zhai Guangyi’s name earlier. Normally, names in this World leaned more Western-style, and a Chinese name like Zhai Guangyi was too awkward.

“What do we do now?”

“There’s no choice. Don’t reveal your identities for now. Just bluff your way through. If my identity can’t be concealed, then so be it.”

Zhai Guangyi’s Elven Body had already caught the Demon King’s attention. If Ladong turned out to be someone with ill intentions, it wouldn’t matter if trouble came his way—just as long as it didn’t involve his True Body.

“By the way, didn’t you say your name was Luke? What’s this about Zhai Guangyi?”

Seeing Xiong Er walking toward Zhai Guangyi, Ladong turned to address him.

“Because I didn’t trust you. The name Luke was a lie.”

Zhai Guangyi wasn’t afraid of such minor troubles now. If he could uncover Ladong’s Transmigrator identity, that would be even better. He couldn’t help but sigh—were there perhaps too many Transmigrators?

“I thought so. How could I run into two Lukes at once? You say your name is Zhai Guangyi?”

“Yes, that’s right. Is there a problem?”

“Your name sounds a lot like a buddy of mine. Have you ever heard of the word ‘Earth’?”

Zhai Guangyi felt Ladong spoke very bluntly. Come to think of it, it seemed he never held back, always using his pre-Transmigration way of speaking, constantly exposing his identity.

“I’ve heard of it, that’s where I’m from. What was your name before?”

Zhai Guangyi raised an eyebrow, the High-Rank Fire Spirit floating above him remaining vigilant.

“Holy shit, you really are Zhai Guangyi! I’m Dazhuang, Wang Dazhuang, the class sports committee member from high school, remember?

No wonder your personality is just as impulsive as that idiot’s, always doing such unscrupulous things. I was already halfway up when you finally said you could fly me up.

If you’d said something earlier, would I have had to climb so damn hard?”