Chapter 32: The Duck-Leg Thief

The next stop for the Wanmin Vessel was Cangjiang City, adjacent to Weiyang City.

The farm’s current production was limited, making it impossible to let military guards across the country eat meat immediately.

But as long as they took it step by step, there would eventually be hope.

By next month, the farm’s yield would skyrocket, allowing even more people to eat meat.

Whenever Isaac and his partner’s assistance was needed on the road, they did so without hesitation.

But most of the time, the Wanmin Vessel simply provided a lavish meal to various locations.

Yet this simple action boosted the morale of every region beyond measure.

It brought unprecedented hope and motivation to many who were on the verge of giving up.

****

At this moment, the information inside Xi Yu’s special communicator was scrolling rapidly.

The communicator was divided into three main sections.

The most critical section was for local distress signals; currently, only B-class experts could view all the content, though now Xi Yu had been added.

The second section was the map of the various human forbidden zones Xi Yu had browsed earlier.

As for the final section, it was the national chat group.

And this chat group could be used by anyone with the corresponding clearance.

Usually, no one spoke in this chat group; no one had the time or energy to idle away here.

But today, this group was exceptionally lively.

Everyone now knew Weiyang City and Cangjiang City had successfully eaten meat.

Thus, their topic was singular: when would the Wanmin Vessel arrive at their locations?

Xi Yu couldn’t help but browse the messages in the group today.

The most active members in the group today were Mu Chengjiang of Weiyang City and Wei Chengfan of Cangjiang City.

They confirmed again and again to the others that they had indeed eaten the meat sent by the nation, which left those who saw the messages highly invigorated.

[Qingjin City Seat Bai Yihui: I’ve already told my children just now that they must hold out, and do their absolute best to survive. Otherwise, how regrettable would it be if they failed to eat the meat when the opportunity was right before them? Sure enough, once I said this, they all went wild with excitement, and their morale soared instantly.]

The group was filled with choruses of praise, everyone claiming they had learned a new trick.

Xi Yu was highly amused; he had only found out about this function of the communicator today after the screen was flooded with messages.

It just so happened that there was a matter he had wanted to discuss with Chu Luan. Now, he didn’t need to trouble him, as posting in this group was perfect.

[Divine Dragon Xi Yu: I currently possess a special item here that can increase the success rate of a C-class breaking through to B-class. However, the risks are unknown. Is anyone willing to volunteer and try? I guarantee there will be no life-threatening danger.]

The moment he sent this message, the chat group instantly descended into chaos.

Mu Chengjiang, Wei Chengfan, and other familiar names he had just seen, including Guan Zhang of Xincheng City, all volunteered immediately.

No one didn’t want to become a B-class expert.

No one didn’t want to increase their combat power, and no one didn’t want to make a greater contribution to the Middle Continent.

Soon, Xi Yu found his communicator ringing.

Chu Luan was calling him directly.

“Xi Yu, is what you just said in the group true?” Chu Luan’s voice trembled slightly.

“Of course,” Xi Yu said seriously. “But currently, the quantity is limited, and I can’t guarantee the success rate yet.”

“Alright, I understand,” Chu Luan took a deep breath. “I believe you; go ahead and act with a peace of mind. In a bit, I’ll transmit a list of candidates to you. They are all experts in the Middle Continent who have reached the limit of C-class but have been unable to break through for a long time; this might be of some use to you.”

“Alright, then I’ll thank the First Guard in advance,” Xi Yu smiled.

“Xi Yu, you truly don’t need to thank us; we are the ones who should thank you,” Chu Luan said seriously.

After hanging up, Chu Luan took a deep breath.

He truly couldn’t calm himself; Xi Yu was capable of bringing him unexpected ecstatic joy every single time.

At this moment, even if the Middle Continent gained only one more B-class expert, the impact would be extraordinary.

After a long while, Chu Luan’s excited mood finally settled, and he quickly prepared the list and sent it to Xi Yu.

There were far too many places in the Middle Continent that needed B-class experts, to the point where even he didn’t know which location was in most urgent need.

Thus, he offered no advice to Xi Yu, leaving the choice completely to him.

But since Xi Yu had said he couldn’t guarantee the success rate, he only hoped at least one B-class expert would emerge.

If two B-class experts were born, he would laugh in his sleep.

As for three, he didn’t even dare think of it; it was absolutely impossible.

[Divine Dragon Xi Yu: Everyone, do not fight over it; there will be opportunities in the future. If nothing else, I’m confident about allowing ten B-class experts to emerge in the Middle Continent this year.]

The chat group fell silent instantly.

Crack. Chu Luan failed to control his strength, stepping directly through his floorboard.

He must be hallucinating.

Chu Luan looked at the message in the group again; indeed, Xi Yu had written “ten.” He couldn’t help but swallow, collapsing into his chair.

Browsing the group, Xi Yu saw that no one was speaking indeed, and he couldn’t help but smile; everyone’s discipline was high, and they had stopped fighting over it.

***

In the distance, Mu Chengjiang stared blankly, the sea monsters before him momentarily forgotten.

Currently, his brain was completely blank. ‘Who am I? Where am I? What did I just see?’

“County Seat, the marine beasts are attacking!”

Seeing him in a daze, a guard nearby quickly nudged his shoulder.

Mu Chengjiang jolted back to his senses, and looking at the sea monsters covering the mountains and fields before his eyes, a massive surge of pride erupted in his heart.

Now that he had eaten meat and had hope of becoming a B-class expert, the fighting spirit in his heart was completely rekindled.

Seeing the chat group quiet, Xi Yu set aside the communicator.

As the dragon aura had continuously dissolved mutation traits over these past few days, he had successfully condensed three portions of Dragon Source sufficient for a C-class breakthrough.

Aside from those three full portions, there were some smaller fragments left, which he intended to keep for his own use.

At this moment, Xi Yu swallowed a pea-sized piece of Dragon Source along with an F-class Mutation Essence.

Recently, whenever he had time, he would swallow Mutation Essences; the F-class Mutation Essences he obtained from Augustus and his partners were now nearly exhausted.

But with the Dragon Source swallowed, Xi Yu quickly perceived a powerful warm current surging through his body.

After a moment, Xi Yu checked his Fate.

Comprehensive Grade: E-class
Mutation (E-class): 35 (73)
Soul Transformation (E-class): 7 (101)

With the assistance of the Dragon Source, his strength had increased once more, successfully ascending to E-class.

This was far faster than in his previous life, and this time, both his mutation and soul transformation had broken through simultaneously.

In his past life, his soul transformation had progressed faster, but under the accumulation of large resources in this life, the situation had actually reversed.

And thanks to his believer Cheng Liang, he felt his potential at E-class in this life was significantly higher than in his past life.

This made him want to recruit more believers.

However, his Fate Connection value had only increased by dozens of points recently, leaving him far from his 10,000-point goal, and to this day, he still didn’t know how this value increased.

For instance, he felt he hadn’t done anything on the farm, yet several people’s fates had actually connected with his, including Man Wenhuai’s. Xi Yu felt he truly needed to study how this value increased.

His strength had increased, but Xi Yu felt no physical difference.

The draconic instincts hadn’t exerted any influence on him for several days, and currently, he had not a single point of discomfort in his body.

Looked at this way, his strength upgrade seemed to have no practical use for now.

But this gave Xi Yu some motivation; he wanted to reach D-class as quickly as possible, ensuring the influence of the draconic instincts in this life couldn’t keep pace with the rate of his strength upgrades.

Regarding this, Xi Yu was highly expectant, determined to prevent the instincts from affecting him again.

Ideally, he would ascend to A-class in one go.

He wondered what expression Ding Ren would wear if he broke through to A-class before the man’s eyes; just thinking about it, Xi Yu was quite expectant.

***

On the other side, Ding Ren also stared at the messages in the chat group for a long time, speechless.

He suddenly didn’t want to announce the news of his B-class breakthrough anymore; with B-class experts about to appear in batches, his B-class seemed to carry no weight.

Shaking his head, Ding Ren began to focus on the tasks before him.

He had left Xincheng City for several days, and was currently in another city in Xichuan Province: Zhousheng City.

The population of this city was relatively small—only several hundred thousand people—which was only slightly more than a normal county. Since Zhousheng City was located relatively in the center of Xichuan Province, it was safer, and the number of military guards was small, only numbering in the hundreds.

Zhousheng City rarely encountered threats from ghosts; on the contrary, there were many minor matters, which was why Ding Ren had been delayed for several days to resolve everything.

Actually, Ding Ren could have resolved the situation in Zhousheng City much faster, but he had intentionally dragged things out.

The [Heart Eye] had performed admirably.

In truth, Ding Ren had always been both fond of and wary of the Heart Eye.

The Heart Eye allowed him to handle many things—especially those involving people—with absolute ease. But if not for the current crisis-ridden era, he truly wouldn’t have wanted to use this ability, lest he become dependent on it, which wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing for him.

But currently, he wanted to map out the situation in Xichuan Province as quickly as possible, and then begin his work, so he had to utilize the ability.

As a result, he actually discovered a major fish belonging to [Underworld] in the small Zhousheng City.

According to what Xi Yu had shared with Chu Luan, the Underworld rose to power after learning how to ascend to S-class from the [Divine Arena]. But in reality, the Underworld had existed long before, simply remaining hidden in various nations without being exposed.

Actually, regarding the Underworld’s existence, the Middle Continent also possessed some awareness, but the organization was far too secretive, and since they hadn’t committed any major crimes, the nation’s information on them was limited.

And the Underworld only began committing heinous crimes after discovering how to ascend to S-class from the Divine Arena in the future.

The leader of the Underworld was called the King of Hades, with two Temple Masters below him, and ten Yama Kings below them.

And the one Ding Ren discovered this time was precisely one of the ten Yama Kings: the [Black King of Hades], a future A-class powerhouse and currently an unknown B-class expert in the Middle Continent.

Upon discovering him, Ding Ren didn’t act rashly, staying in Zhousheng City for a few days to trace their connections, finding a dozen members of the Underworld in one go.

This alarmed Ding Ren; the Underworld’s ambition was truly not small.

This was only one city; there were likely more of their accomplices in other locations.

But because of this, Ding Ren grew increasingly cautious.

He determined that since he had discovered the [Black King of Hades], he had to find a way to locate the Underworld completely and wipe them out all at once.

Even though Xi Yu had provided some information, because the Underworld was far too cautious, they had never revealed their true faces, leaving the Middle Continent with no way to act.

Originally, they had planned to use the arrival of the [Divine Arena] to conduct a search. At that time, any powerful experts who suddenly appeared without explanation would highly likely be members of the Underworld, and they could find them by filtering.

He hadn’t expected to run into their trail so easily now.

But because of this, Ding Ren didn’t dare be careless.

He had only encountered the Underworld’s trail by luck; if he accidentally lost the connection this time, he truly wouldn’t know how to find them in the future.

But currently, Ding Ren already knew from their hearts that they were planning a major event, which brought him a sudden wave of joy—perhaps the opportunity to wipe them out all at once had arrived.

***

Xi Yu read the message Chu Luan sent immediately.

There were actually a dozen experts in the Middle Continent who were on the verge of ascending to B-class, but they were ultimately a bit short of the threshold and couldn’t break through.

After some thought, Xi Yu extended invitations to Mu Chengjiang of Weiyang City, a C-class expert from the Northeast named Miao Hongzhong whom he didn’t know, and Guan Zhang, whom he was very familiar with.

The main reason he selected them was because they were older.

Currently was their best chance to break through; otherwise, it would only grow increasingly difficult in the future. As for the others, they were still young; if they couldn’t do it this month, there was next month, and if not next month, then next year.

When Guan Zhang received the message, he was deeply moved.

He hadn’t expected Xi Yu to care for him so much. He wanted to head to the Star-Dream Farm immediately to seize the opportunity to break through. It took Guan Zhang a long time to control his excitement; this breakthrough required him to wait for Miao Hongzhong and the others to arrive first, and they all had to find people to take over their positions, so they would arrive a few days late.

Once the candidates were decided, Xi Yu had nothing else to do for the time being, so he focused on perceiving the farm’s situation.

As it turned out, in less than half an hour, he actually detected an anomaly; the small meat thief from before had finally returned.

When it couldn’t suppress the agony of the dragon aura mark and slipped out from the Dimensional Black Abyss, it was caught red-handed by Xi Yu.

Without hesitation, Xi Yu transformed into the small white dragon and vanished.

Before long, he returned to his residence carrying a small creature.

Looking at this fellow in his hand, the white dragon found it very familiar, as if he had heard of it somewhere. After a moment, he finally remembered—wasn’t this the [Shadowless Rat] Guan Zhang had mentioned when introducing Xincheng’s crisis?

At that time, Guan Zhang had listed it alongside the Lamp-Skull Tree, the Star-Dream Jellyfish, and the Ghost Crying House. It was only because the Shadowless Rat hadn’t caused any damage that it hadn’t been formally introduced.

He now recalled Guan Zhang’s description of it: “comes and goes like a shadow.”

Indeed, the rat lived up to its name; being able to travel freely between two worlds was an exceptionally powerful ability.

Especially since the rat originated from the [Dimensional Black Abyss], a world he was very familiar with.

At the thought of the Dimensional Black Abyss, the white dragon’s heart grew heavy.

That was a terrifying, absurd, and chaotic world.

Any world containing Mutation Particles could enter the abyss, and through the abyss, one could reach all other worlds; Xi Yu even suspected the abyss might be the source of all worlds, and Kun Star’s current state was absolutely related to it.

In the abyss, anything could happen, and anything could exist.

However, the abyss wasn’t easily entered, and once lost inside, one could easily become trapped; even so, many existences still wished to travel to the abyss.

Sha Ren and his partner whom he had just met had desperately wanted to head to the abyss in his past life.

The abyss was indeed dangerous, but due to its bizarre rules, entering it could easily bring opportunities to become a Sequence 3 or Sequence 2 entity.

In his past life, Xi Yu had once suspected the white dragon originated from the abyss, only to end up falling onto Kun Star and being found by the Drance Federation.

And the Divine Arena descending in six months was actually located within the abyss.

To be honest, Xi Yu had some history with an expert from the [Aurora Sea] in the abyss, and he actually wanted to go see him now.

But to Kun Star, the abyss was absolutely a nightmare.

In his past life, half of the most terrifying entities that appeared in the Middle Continent originated from the abyss. And before his rebirth, those fellows had brought a final, massive disaster to Kun Star, and that was just from the lingering effects.

By comparison, the threats from the Ogaso and the Three Great Catastrophes weren’t much.

However, to travel to the abyss, aside from specific methods, only unique life forms originally native to the abyss could do so.

The passage between the abyss and Kun Star had opened because of the [Divine Arena] in his past life; he didn’t know if he could prevent its descent in this life.

Xi Yu had no confidence.

The descent of the abyss was too bizarre; anything could happen, and even without the Divine Arena, it might descend due to other reasons.

And many existences were searching for ways to enter.

Ultimately, strength was the only way to face these crises. If the Middle Continent had A-class experts everywhere, they wouldn’t have to fear the descent of the abyss.

***

The Shadowless Rat wasn’t actually weak; it was a Sequence 6 Animosity Class entity, equivalent to a human C-class. But it currently looked very pitiable, its aura weak, and its body shivering. The little fellow looked at him with pleading eyes.

The white dragon was unmoved; this fellow was extremely cunning, and currently, it was only being obedient because it had no other choice. Otherwise, given a chance, it would surely vanish without a trace.

Xi Yu was currently considering how to handle it.

This little thing had thrown the entire farm into a panic, even making several B-class experts look foolish, so he couldn’t let it off easily.

Furthermore, he had taken a liking to the rat’s ability.

He wanted to use the rat to travel to the abyss, and if the rat could work for him, he could use it to make a trade with Sha Ren and the other.

After some thought, the white dragon produced a pile of duck legs and placed them before the rat.

“Little fellow, I can release you, and even give you duck legs to eat, but you must stay by my side and do some work for me in the future, how about that?”

The rat nodded frantically, completely able to understand his words.

The white dragon nodded. “Very well, I’ll trust you this once. But let me warn you: the abyss and this world will eventually connect. If you break your word, I will catch you sooner or later, and I won’t be so easy to talk to then.”

The rat quickly shook its head, not daring to. An entity as terrifying as the white dragon was rare even in the abyss, and it had been possessed to provoke such an existence.

The white dragon withdrew the trace of dragon aura from the rat’s body and turned back into a human.

Once the aura dispersed, the rat squeaked excitedly.

Having survived, the little fellow’s eyes darted around as it looked at Xi Yu, appearing to be scheming.

Xi Yu smiled at it.

Although he wanted to go to the abyss, it wasn’t an absolute necessity right now; if this little thing dared to trick him, he would make sure it regretted its decision.

The rat wasn’t stupid; on the contrary, it was highly intelligent.

It had no thoughts of escaping; it was just incredibly curious about how the white dragon could turn into a human.

However, it didn’t dwell on it; the existence before it was powerful. Moreover, he hadn’t killed it immediately, appearing easy to get along with, and staying with him was definitely right—most importantly, there were duck legs.

The rat had been tormented by the dragon aura, and its strength had dropped to D-class; currently, it was in urgent need of energy.

It quickly ran to the duck legs, but then hesitated.

Raw?

But cooked tasted better.

The rat pointed at the duck legs, then gestured upward with its hand to mimic steam, indicating it wanted to eat them cooked.

Xi Yu laughed; it was quite clever.

“Alright, follow me, I’ll take you to eat cooked ones.”

Xi Yu stored the duck legs back into his space, then extended his hand to the rat.

The rat immediately jumped onto his palm.

Its body was shivering from weakness.

Xi Yu stroked its body, bringing it to the kitchen and having Fang Jianbo prepare a few braised duck legs for it. Soon, the rat was chewing on a large duck leg with immense satisfaction.

“Xi Yu, is this the meat thief?” Fang Jianbo looked at the rat curiously.

It was only the size of a palm, yet its appetite was so large.

However, this little thief was very beautiful, crystal clear all over, and its body faintly glowed, with a massive tail that made it look like an exceptionally cute little squirrel.

“Mhm, this is the fellow,” Xi Yu smiled. “Prepare some food for it in the future.”

“Little thing, you aren’t allowed to steal food in the future, do you hear?” Xi Yu patted the rat’s head, and the little fellow continued to eat, as if completely unaware of the tap.

“Come find me once you finish eating.” Xi Yu turned and left.

“Xi Yu, won’t it run away?” Fang Jianbo asked.

“It’s fine, let it be.” Xi Yu waved his hand.

The rat was clever, and he had no intention of locking it up, letting it go wherever it pleased.

Since the rat didn’t plan to escape, he could indeed use it to travel to the abyss now, which made him quite expectant.

The terrifying entities in the abyss were numerous, but there were many wealthy ones, and he planned to sell pure meat directly in the abyss.

He was currently short of food, and there were many wealthy masters in the abyss.

Additionally, if he could locate the [Divine Arena] in the abyss in advance, that would be even better.

But traveling to the abyss was indeed no small matter; he had to prepare well, at least waiting until Guan Zhang and the others broke through to B-class before leaving. And now that he had the rat, he could make a trade with Sha Ren and the other; they would surely want to go with him, though he didn’t know if they would dare return to his farm.

While the Sand King and his partner hadn’t appeared, the Star-Dream Farm welcomed other guests.

Early in the morning, Xi Yu received a call from Guan Zhang, and upon hearing his request, Xi Yu nodded immediately. “Of course, but the price won’t be cheap.”

“Of course. Charge them more; be ruthless,” Guan Zhang hung up with a laugh.

Guan Zhang wanted to ask if the citizens of Xincheng could pay to eat meat at the farm, and Xi Yu had agreed without hesitation, telling them to come in three days.

The call from Guan Zhang served as a reminder; since his farm could do business with ghosts, the Middle Continent’s own business could certainly be done as well.

Although the lives of most citizens were difficult, there were still those with some resources; earning their wealth felt completely justified.

But since they could come, the people he truly cared about could certainly come as well.

Xi Yu opened his communicator.

[Divine Dragon Xi Yu: Star-Dream Farm will officially open for business in three days, and everyone is welcome to visit. Star-Dream Farm offers a fifty percent discount to all personnel of the Realm Guards, Military Guards, and City Suppression Office.]

[Divine Dragon Xi Yu: Star-Dream Farm purchases all processed mutated poultry and livestock, paying with half the weight in pure meat. The deadline for purchases is seven days, and pure meat will be delivered five days after the purchase date.]

[Divine Dragon Xi Yu: Please note that since pure meat also attracts ghosts and beasts, to avoid accidents, please exchange for pure meat within your capacity. All pure meat received must be consumed on the same day; it is recommended to exchange in multiple batches. B-class jurisdictions are exempt from this restriction.]

[Qingjin City Seat Bai Yihui: Received. Thank you, Lord Dragon.]

[Weiyang City Seat Mu Chengjiang: Received. Thank you, Lord Dragon.]

…

Once Xi Yu’s message was sent, the chat group was instantly flooded.

They all wanted to go, but couldn’t right now, but the news of Xi Yu purchasing mutated poultry and livestock had made them boil with excitement.

Xi Yu looked at his name and felt helpless. He couldn’t change it himself; he had told Chu Luan, but the man acted as if he hadn’t seen it, refusing to change it.

His nationwide purchase of mutated poultry was to prepare for his journey to the Dimensional Black Abyss, stocking up on items just in case.

And the official opening of the Star-Dream Farm was indeed necessary.

The Wanmin Vessel wouldn’t travel to every part of the Middle Continent, and now that the farm was open, people from other regions could come to eat meat as long as they had the opportunity. Furthermore, eating at his farm guaranteed their safety, allowing them to eat to their heart’s content.

Although his intentions were good, Xi Yu knew that of the three major organizations, very few actually had the time to visit.

Although he had set three days, people from Xincheng had already rushed to the farm today.

Since they were willing to pay, Xi Yu was naturally happy to earn.

However, the price would certainly be several times more expensive, though he wasn’t too greedy.

When purchasing, he traded two pounds of grain for one pound of mutated meat, and now he sold it at ten pounds of grain for one pound of meat; even if the Realm Guards came, they would still have to pay five pounds of grain.

Currently, most transactions in the Middle Continent relied on bartering, with gold serving as the common currency. Xi Yu felt trading with grain was better, as they couldn’t bring much grain with them, which prevented people from overeating at his farm.

On the third day, when the farm officially opened, Xi Yu didn’t hold any opening ceremony; in fact, he made almost no moves.

The reason he set three days was simply to let the farm staff prepare.

Once the time arrived, the farm became even livelier; hundreds of people arrived at once, and from that day on, people continued to pour in.

As for the Military Guards or Realm Guards, none had appeared, or perhaps they had come but hadn’t revealed their identities, so Xi Yu didn’t know.

It was Xi Yu’s first time realizing that there were actually many people with stored grain around him.

But as a result, the farm’s staff was no longer sufficient; the cooks were simply not enough. Xi Yu had Augustus and his partners fill in first, then asked Guan Zhang to continue finding people for him in Xincheng.

The allure of pure meat was far too great; since the opening, the business had remained highly active, showing not a single sign of cooling down.

Not only from Xincheng, but people from further away also arrived.

Probably because everyone knew the divine dragon was at the farm, which made them feel very safe. After arriving, many didn’t want to leave, wanting to find work at the farm, but currently, the farm lacked vacant positions, and the cooks had already been hired.

Thus, they simply camped outside the farm, setting up tents.

Some even began to clear land outside to plant grain, and some actually fought over these spots.

These matters caught Xi Yu a bit off guard; although he could handle this, if he got involved, he likely wouldn’t be able to stop in the future.

He quickly called Ding Ren over.

As the person in charge of Xichuan Province, these matters were perfect for him to handle.

Ding Ren arrived quickly, which made Xi Yu very happy.

Although he had wanted to avoid Ding Ren previously, seeing him arrive now made him welcome him happily. Ding Ren’s face remained calm, but he was highly pleased.

In truth, even if Xi Yu hadn’t called him, Ding Ren had planned to visit the farm over these past few days.

Upon meeting Xi Yu, Ding Ren didn’t hesitate, quickly telling him about [Black King of Hades].

The plan he had uncovered earlier was for them to head to the Star-Dream Farm.

In truth, Guan Zhang’s call to Xi Yu was due to the guidance of the Underworld members.

Regarding this, Ding Ren had confirmed that Guan Zhang was completely unaware; it could only be said that the Underworld’s hidden strength was too powerful, to the point where even someone of Guan Zhang’s level had been guided without knowing it.

This news surprised Xi Yu, but he wasn’t shocked.

Such a thing was bound to happen sooner or later.

The allure of pure meat was enough to attract even A-class ghosts like the Sand King, let alone ordinary people.

But he truly hadn’t expected the Underworld members to arrive at his farm so early. If not for Ding Ren, he might have been kept in the dark.

In truth, some of the people causing trouble outside the farm were members of the Underworld. They hadn’t intended to cause a commotion, but sometimes things were simply beyond their control.

“The Underworld members truly have guts, actually running under my nose,” Xi Yu couldn’t help but admire them.

If S-class ghosts like the Sand King and Cat King hadn’t dared to come initially had they known his identity, the Underworld actually dared to play these small tricks.

They were truly bold and reckless.

But he had to admit, even if he was prepared, finding them wouldn’t be easy.

But what they didn’t know was that he had Ding Ren.

After telling Xi Yu about this matter, Ding Ren went to work.

And Xi Yu pondered for a moment, unable to help but feel a bit amused. It just so happened that they had delivered themselves, saving him the effort of finding them in the future.

Although he was currently the white dragon, he wasn’t omnipotent, but combining his power with Ding Ren’s was truly invincible.

He naturally knew Ding Ren possessed an ability akin to mind-reading; otherwise, he would have lived his past life in vain.

Ding Ren’s various strange reactions at the core of the Ghost Domain had allowed him to guess what kind of Food Sacrifice ability the man had manifested. But as long as Ding Ren didn’t speak of it, he would act as if he didn’t know; only in this way could they interact without awkwardness.

He had originally intended to have Ding Ren clean up his farm one day.

He hadn’t expected to have him act so soon.

He believed the Heart Eye ability would truly shine this time, making its name known throughout the Middle Continent.

‘Come, let them come. The more, the better.’

‘Capture one by one, capture a pair for every pair that comes.’

The more Xi Yu thought about it, the more amused he felt.

He suddenly discovered the feng shui of the Star-Dream Farm was indeed excellent; first, A-class ghosts delivered themselves, and now a terrorist organization had thrown itself into his net.

And now, he was only missing those future A-class super-criminals of the Middle Continent.

Xi Yu currently had a strong intuition that he would surely run into them at the farm sooner or later.

Just thinking about it, he was quite expectant.

***

Ding Ren was currently very busy; he had to ensure not a single Underworld criminal escaped. Unfortunately, the leader he had hoped for most—the King of Hades—hadn’t appeared yet, though two more Yama Kings had arrived.

He couldn’t help but marvel; the magic of Xi Yu’s farm was indeed powerful.

Although busy, Ding Ren was currently very relaxed.

The few Underworld members had already been identified to Xi Yu, and once Xi Yu looked at them, they couldn’t escape. Even he, when prepared, didn’t have the confidence to escape before Xi Yu, let alone these people who had no idea they had been exposed.

Currently, he didn’t need to do anything extra, simply waiting for the prey to deliver themselves.

At this moment, the entire farm staff had no idea their Lord Dragon and Ding Ren had woven a massive net, waiting for the prey to arrive.

They were extremely happy anyway.

The farm was increasingly lively, like a festival daily, and everyone was relaxed. With the divine dragon present, this was the safest place in the world, and they no longer had to remain vigilant at all times.

Increasingly more people wanted to settle at the farm, which brought them unprecedented happiness and peace of mind.

Some even hoped Xi Yu could establish some stalls at the farm so they could do business.

Xi Yu felt this was quite good, as it would make life on the farm richer.

However, the stalls were no small matter.

Over time, they would surely lead to conflicts. If handled well now, there wouldn’t be so many issues in the future. Thus, he had Fang Jianbo and the others see if they could formulate a perfect plan. If not, Ding Ren was here, and he could handle it; Xi Yu acted completely as a hands-off boss.

On the fourth day of the farm’s opening, Zhang Qingyuan, Isaac, and his partners returned to the farm on the Wanmin Vessel, bringing along Miao Hongzhong from the Northeast and Mu Chengjiang from Weiyang City.

Originally, Xi Yu had intended to return the Wanmin Vessel to the Middle Continent, but Chu Luan felt the matter of letting Miao Hongzhong and the others break through to B-class was of paramount importance, so he had Zhang Qingyuan bring Miao Hongzhong back on the vessel.

It just so happened that Xi Yu was currently purchasing mutated poultry nationwide, and his intention was to let Xi Yu use it first.

The second Wanmin Vessel in the capital was nearly modified, so they weren’t in a rush to use this one.

Miao Hongzhong and Mu Chengjiang were both extremely excited to see Xi Yu for the first time.

They had always felt the divine dragon’s existence was too unreal, and even though they had seen Xi Yu speak in the chat group, they still didn’t quite believe it.

Now that they had seen the true dragon, it felt even more like a dream.

Guan Zhang was an old acquaintance, and he had calmed down significantly by now. However, at the thought of his impending B-class breakthrough, he was also unable to remain composed.

The three were a bit dazed.

Since the three C-class experts had arrived, Xi Yu didn’t delay, taking out the Dragon Source for them to swallow once they finally calmed down. To ensure success, Xi Yu transformed into the white dragon to monitor their states.

After about an hour, everything went smoothly, and the Middle Continent was about to gain three more B-class experts, which filled Xi Yu with anticipation.

Just then, Xi Yu was taken aback; why had all the events caught up with each other today?

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