Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog were both startled, and they looked at each other at the same time.
The human and the dog gazed at each other in dismay and were somehow feeling helpless.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming did not object to the idea. It was evident that the big yellow dog was a reserve arranged by the elders, and he did not know what the consequence would be if he rejected them.
Ni Jingtong said, “You’ll be staying together tonight to connect and form a mutual understanding. The Chaos Cave is quite dangerous, so you must be careful tomorrow.”
Ou Yangming hesitated before he said, “Thank you for your concern, senior.” Afterward, Ni Xuetian went forward to rub the big yellow dog’s neck and instructed, “Big Yellow, tomorrow’s matter is extremely important. You’re a senior in our clan, so you must put the interests of the whole above everything else.”
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth. Although he knew that the big yellow dog had human feelings, it was somewhat strange and unacceptable for someone to speak to it like
that.
The big yellow dog barked softly, then jumped on the courtyard’s wall and swung its head at Ou Yangming.
Ou Yangming bowed at the three Supreme Great Ancestors after a moment of hesitation, and he left with the dog.
Once they were far away, Ni Jingtong suddenly asked, “What do you think about him?”
Ni Xuetian responded with a deep voice, “The young fella’s mental power is probably more powerful than we imagined it to be. Plus, he has the determination and is in the state of the integration of Heaven and man. Hehe, if even he fails, I really can’t think of anyone else who can find our ancestor’s Land of Inheritance.”
“It’s set then, I hope everything goes smoothly for him.” Ni Jingshen nodded.
When Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog returned to the side room, the dog drooped its head and jumped onto the bed unhappily.
Feeling stunned, Ou Yangming decided not to go onto the bed anymore after seeing the bed sheet that had turned yellow after the big yellow dog stepped on it.
Being an orphan, he obviously did not despise the soil on the dog’s paws, but he feared its teeth and sharp claws. If Ou Yangming was accidentally touched by the dog when they slept together, he would definitely regret it. Ou Yangming was feeling uncertain, but he decided to ask probingly, “Big Yellow, why did the great ancestors insist that you enter the Land of Inheritance? Is it because your body…”
He suddenly paused because the big yellow dog looked up at him fiercely as though it was warning him.
Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows a little, but did not flinch this time.
“Big Yellow, I know there are things that I shouldn’t ask, but we’re about to enter the Chaos Cave very soon. I feel that we should be honest with each other, or the search for the Land of Inheritance will be delayed if we have a misunderstanding in the cave. If that happens, it’ll be a big issue.”
The big yellow dog’s ears twitched as if it was considering Ou Yangming quickly struck while the iron was hot. “Your breathing is very powerful, which is an incredibly useful power. If we encounter an accident halfway through and I’m not aware of your ability, won’t it be such a waste?” The big yellow dog tilted its head to look at Ou Yangming distantly, but still remained silent.
Ou Yangming was helpless as he never imagined himself reasoning with a dog. Even though the big yellow dog was not an ordinary dog, a dog was a dog, and it was an unchangeable fact even if it was a half-spirit beast.
Seeing as the big yellow dog was stubborn and indifferent, Ou Yangming frowned and said, “Okay, since you’re not willing to cooperate, we’ll see how things go. But I promised the Ni family’s great ancestors, so I’ll definitely send you in if I find the Land of Inheritance.”
The big yellow dog’s ears twitched again, but this time, it seemed to be moved.
It jumped off the bed gently, then glanced at Ou Yangming before going to the side of the window, and lifted its leg to kick it open.
Following that, it opened its big mouth to spit out an earthly yellow gem. The sky had completely turned dark at that moment, but a bright and clear half-moon was seen hanging up there.
For some reason, the gem emitted a mysterious ray that resonated with the moonlight at a distance like there was an invisible power connecting them.
Ou Yangming blinked hard a few times as he wondered what the gem was, as it was able to interact with the moonlight.
Although he did not know the gem’s background, after witnessing the scene, even a fool could guess what it was for.
“Big Yellow, you have to place this item at the Land of Inheritance, am I right?” Ou Yangming continued slowly, “If I’ve guessed it right, the Ni family has a method to locate the land through the item, so they’ll be able to access the land freely in the future even without me.”
The big yellow dog hesitated before opening its mouth again to swallow the gem.
Subsequently, it jumped out of the side room and squatted on the ground to look up at the moon above.
Ou Yangming found it strange, and he pondered, ‘What is that fella up to this time?’
However, his expression changed wonderfully in the next instant.
This was because he saw a peculiar aura soaring from the big yellow dog’s body. It was an aura, and not a dazzling multicolored ray of light, but it actually had a strange and nearly unbelievable function.
In particular, the aura had a mysterious connection with the moonlight when it boiled. During that moment, the big yellow dog also seemed to have transformed its body into the mysterious gem, and was communicating with the moonlight in a certain way. Ou Yangming watched quietly for some time before he was suddenly struck with a thought.
“The big yellow dog isn’t taking the opportunity to display its cultivation method, is it?’
Needless to say, a cultivation method like this was very odd, and could not be understood by everyone.
Only by having mighty mental power and being in the state of the integration of Heaven and man could one sense the change in the big yellow dog’s body. At the very least, there was no suitable candidate in the Ni family for the time being On the spur of the moment, the big yellow dog turned to cast a scornful look at Ou Yangming. Strangely enough, Ou Yangming actually understood it.
‘I was actually belittled by a dog…’ His face changed as he scoffed, then he strode out of the room to squat beside the big yellow dog. Once Ou Yangming began practicing the martial-art squat, the essential Qi inside his body naturally circulated.
Nevertheless, he did not need to cultivate essential Qi at the moment.
When Ou Yangming released his conception and suppressed his essential Qi’s circulation, he realized that he could not gather his mental power no matter what.
After some consideration, he gave up controlling the essential Qi and let it circulate freely instead, but concentrated on his mental conception as much as possible.
Ou Yangming could transfer the mental power between his eyebrows, but the power was only applied on equipment smithing and when he controlled the Blood Flight Art.
He was clueless as to how he could cultivate it.
As he sensed the change in the big yellow dog’s aura, he gritted his teeth to release his mental power on a large scale.
This time, Ou Yangming did not control his mental power with the purple light’s assistance; he carried out the whole process through his mental conception. Under the conception’s restriction, the mental power transformed into a light beam, which was invisible to the naked eye, that shot up to the sky.
The instant the light beam left his body to arrive at the vast and boundless void, his eyes glowed.
Ou Yangming had a sudden feeling that he 'saw” an entirely different world.
There were countless lights and energies in that world, and they were like gold that were casually scattered around for him to collect.
‘If only I can use all these lights for m
yself…’
Ou Yangming dared not believe that his mental power could arrive at such a height.
The moment he was struck with a thought, the mental power in the form of a light beam began surging to absorb the lights around the moon.
Ou Yangming could clearly feel his mental power rejoicing, and each time he absorbed a light, his mental power increased.
As he felt an upsurge of emotions, he opened up the light beam to turn it into a black-hole-like vortex to absorb the lights as much as he wished…
Chapter 121 - The Chaos Cave
An obscure and orange autumn moon was probably the most adorable thing. It hung low in the velvety sky while emitting a mysterious yet mighty power.
The power was released to every corner in the world. Through the eyes of an ordinary person, the moonlight was just light for illumination that had no other purpose. However, when one’s mental power detached from one’s body on a silent night as such, one would realize that the moon’s luster was an energy that could be transformed into mental power.
Streams of energy gushed into Ou Yangming’s body at the moment through his mental power vortex. They nourished his body like a hot spring, where their effects in the spiritual world became even more obvious. Ou Yangming could even sense that his mental power had grown.
Nonetheless, he quickly furrowed his eyebrows because he realized something at the same time.
Ou Yangming’s mental power’s growth was not proportionate to what he had expected. Although he absorbed plenty of moonlight, very little of it was actually transformed into power for his own. If he had to describe it, less than a hundredth had actually converted.
“Woof!”
All of a sudden, he heard a loud and clear voice in his mind.
Yes, the voice was not sent through his ears, but it rang in his mind.
Ou Yangming was slightly stunned. He immediately curbed his thought, as well as the mental vortex.
When he opened his eyes slowly, he noticed that the sky had turned bright. Ou Yangming had learned from the big yellow dog, where he absorbed Heaven and Earth’s essence to improve his mental power. The entire process felt like it happened in a blink of an eye, but in actuality, the whole night had passed. Ou Yangming saw the big yellow dog as soon as he turned around.
The dog was looking deeply at him, and it wagged its tail before running into the side room.
Ou Yangming rubbed his eyes as he was dumbfounded. ‘Did I see it right? The big yellow dog actually wagged its tail at me.’
If a dog gave you a cold look while bearing its teeth, you must be careful because it might pounce on you at any time and bite you; if a dog wagged its tail at you, you could approach it without worries at all.
This was because it was cheerful and only had good intentions.
That said, the Ni family’s half-spirit beast was different, hence Ou Yangming dared not draw a conclusion so easily.
Someone sent them breakfast after a brief moment, but to Ou Yangming’s surprise, the big yellow dog’s breakfast was heartier than his.
Perhaps the big yellow dog sensed Ou Yangming’s look, it looked at its food, then at his. Following that, it gave a portion of its food to Ou Yangming. Ou Yangming widened his eyes at half of the golden roast duck given to him, then glanced at the big yellow dog, who was staring at him. At last, he reached out to rip off the duck leg and put it in his mouth.
The big yellow dog opened its mouth to smile adorably.
On the other hand, Ou Yangming had mixed feelings. ‘I actually shared food with a dog in the Ni residence. Will I be a laughing stock if people find out about this?’
Ni Xueshu came when they were halfway through their breakfast. “Big Yellow?” He could not help but exclaim when he entered the room.
He had no idea that Big Yellow was in the
room.
The big yellow dog looked at him indifferently, then continued enjoying its sumptuous meal.
Ni Xueshu was very sharp-eyed, so he shouted in disbelief when he noticed the roast duck in Ou Yangming’s hand, “Ou Yangming, y-you actually snatched Big Yellow’s food!”
‘As pathetic as I am, I don’t have to go so far as to snatch food with a dog, do I?’ Ou Yangming’s face turned dark, but when he looked at the halves of the roast duck in his hand and in the big yellow dog’s plate respectively, he could not explain himself.
Nevertheless, he was surprised when Ni Xueshu did not ridicule him but lowered his voice to ask curiously with a serious face, “Lil’ Ou, how did you do it?”
Ou Yangming was startled, and he asked in shock, “What?”
Ni Xueshu responded sternly, “Big Yellow only obeys the three great ancestors, and it never regards anyone else. In particular, it disallows anyone from touching its food, not even the great ancestors. How did you snatch its food from it?”
“I didn’t snatch it at all, it gave the food to me!” Ou Yangming twitched its mouth and replied to him angrily. “It gave it to you?” Ni Xueshu could not understand him. “How’s that possible? You’re not its kind, why would it give it to you?”
Ou Yangming inhaled deeply to suppress his dissatisfaction.
‘Can we even hold a happy conversation? What do you mean by its kind? I think you look quite like a dog, a lapdog to be exact!’
Seeing as Ni Xueshu was so astonished, Ou Yangming lost his appetite. It was only after Ni Xueshu looked at them for some time when he asked, “Lil’ Ou, the great ancestors have decided to send you to the Chaos Cave. Are you willing to go?”
Ou Yangming answered without hesitation, “Of course.”
“Alright, let’s go,” Ni Xueshu said with a smile.
When he stood up to leave the room with Ou Yangming, he noticed that the big yellow dog had followed them.
Ni Xueshu was struck dumb, but he said, “Big Yellow, I’m bringing Lil’ Ou to meet the great ancestors, you shouldn’t follow us.”
The big yellow dog looked at him in discontent without responding, whereas Ou Yangming laughed and thought, ‘I’ll respect you if you’re able to stop Big Yellow from following us.’
It was evident that Ni Xueshu could not handle the big yellow dog, so he shook his head and let the matter drift, then brought Ou Yangming to the big courtyard that he had visited the night before.
More than ten people had gathered in the courtyard at the moment.
Apart from the three top-notch Supreme Great Ancestors, most of them were the Ni family’s elders, but the most eye-catching ones were Ni Yunhong and his younger sister. Ni Yunhong openly displayed his killing intent when he saw Ou Yangming. ‘How dare this young fella take advantage of Younger sister, I must teach him a good lesson or I’m a useless elder brother.’
On the other hand, Ni Yinghong took a quick glance at Ou Yangming and looked away. She seemed like she was still mad. “Lil’ Ou, you’re here, come.” Ni Jingtong waved his hand and said, “We’ll be setting out soon, so prepare…” “Hey, you…” Ni Xuetian suddenly voiced out. He scanned Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog a few times before he remarked, “Why are your auras suddenly matching so well?” The other people were surprised, and they quickly looked at them.
Afterward, they vaguely sensed that even though Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog were casually standing there, for some reason, the human and the dog connected on a deep level with each other. It was as though there was an indescribable connection between them that linked them together.
Ni Yinghong blinked her beautiful eyes as she was amazed and delighted.
She clearly remembered that they were not fond of each other when they first met, but they had somehow become closer to each other.
Ou Yangming was baffled earlier as he was the person involved, but after receiving surprised looks from the crowd, he could not ignore it anymore.
He fixed his gaze on the big yellow dog and happened to be staring at its big and round eyes. It was unexplainable, but Ou Yangming indeed felt something different; he seemed to have sensed what t
he dog meant to say through its eyes.
It was expressing that it would cooperate well with him in the forbidden area.
‘Why can I understand it?’ Ou Yangming felt chills at that moment. A thought quickly crossed its mind, and he came to a realization that his cultivation at the moon last night was not as simple as it seemed.
While he had indeed grasped the method to upgrade his mental power, he did not know what the big yellow dog had done during the process that they suddenly shared a mysterious connection.
‘This big yellow dog isn’t merely an ordinary half-spirit beast…’
“Since Big Yellow is following you inside, it’s good to have a deep connection with each other.” Ni Jingshen laughed out loud, then clicked his tongue and commented, “It’s god’s will that you share such a connection.”
Ni Xuetian was still confused, but he figured after some thought that it was a good thing indeed, so he no longer looked into it.
“Great-grandfather, is Big Yellow going too?” Ni Yinghong suddenly asked.
“That’s right, Big Yellow is going too, so they can look out for each other. That being said, Lil’ Ou is still in charge.” Ni Jingshen nodded and looked at her lovingly.
Ni Yinghong went forward to hug Big Yellow’s head, and said softly, “Big Yellow, take care of that young fella when you’re inside. I’ll definitely cook the best food for you when you’re back!”
Big Yellow opened its mouth and nodded right away as it was excited. Ou Yangming wondered, ‘Is she really good at cooking?’ “Lil’ Ou, please excuse me.” Ni Jingtong then approached Ou Yangming’s and covered his eyes with a blindfold. Subsequently, the great ancestor flapped his sleeves before grabbing Ou Yangming’s arms, then rose to head outside the city.
Ni Jingshen and Ni Xuetian flashed to follow them as well, whereas Big Yellow ran behind them. Despite that, it was clear that the big yellow dog ran effortlessly without exerting all its force, but it was so fast that it overtook Ni Jingtong after just a brief moment.
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