Chapter 68 Ferocious Beasts

“Don’t get worked up. Tell me slowly,” Chen Xiao said, quickly reassuring Chu Qingluan when he saw she was becoming incoherent. “I’m here. What are you panicking about?”

“Mr. Chen, you have no idea how terrifying this Ferocious Beast Forest is.” Chu Qingluan forced a smile. “This Ferocious God Forest is said to be a forbidden area of Joyful Island, but it’s also where the Joyful Island martial artists come to train.”

“Within this space, a martial artist’s strength is suppressed to the limit, but the strength of the ferocious beasts isn’t affected at all. With this increase and decrease, even the most ordinary ferocious beast becomes extremely dangerous.”

“Moreover, ferocious beasts often appear in packs, which multiplies the danger!”

“I heard my grandfather say that every time they train, the entire Joyful Island mobilizes, led by dozens of Martial Gods, and the training area isn’t the entire Ferocious Beast Forest, but only the outer areas.”

“But even so, every year during the Ferocious Beast Forest training, martial artists lose their lives.”

After saying this, Chu Qingluan became even more hopeless.

Chen Xiao was slightly surprised; this Ferocious Beast Forest was indeed unusually dangerous.

However, he wasn’t too worried. After all, he had many trump cards, and if he really couldn’t win, he could just run away.

But before that, Chen Xiao really wanted to test just how dangerous this Ferocious Beast Forest could be.

“Miss Chu, everything depends on human effort. For us, the most important thing now is to find a way to leave this forest. No matter how desperate or scared you are, it won’t help.”

“Yes, Mr. Chen, you’re right. I was just flustered for a moment…” After hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Chu Qingluan finally calmed down. Her expression wasn’t so hopeless anymore, and she even looked a bit ashamed.

Chen Xiao didn’t say much, but in his heart, he was thinking that most martial artists from these ancient martial sects were like flowers in a greenhouse. They had great cultivation, but they lacked actual combat experience and a resilient spirit, so they couldn’t be considered true experts at all.

True experts had to experience life and death, growing through the tempering of blood and fire.

Perhaps those old ancestors realized this, which was why they forced their descendants to train in this Ferocious Beast Forest.

After Chen Xiao calmed Chu Qingluan down, the three of them and the wolf continued on their way.

Perhaps because it had just been kicked away by a little rabbit, Da Hui’s confidence was greatly shaken, and it looked a bit listless.

Xiao Hongchan stroked Da Hui’s head and encouraged it.

“Da Hui, you have to cheer up. You’ve only experienced a small failure. Whose life—no, wolf life—doesn’t experience failure? Although you were defeated by a cute little rabbit today, as long as you cultivate diligently in the future, one day you will defeat that cute little rabbit…”

Xiao Hongchan’s precocious appearance made Chen Xiao and Chu Qingluan couldn’t help but smile.

Only a child like her would earnestly encourage a wolf like this… After all, Da Hui was just an ordinary wolf, while that little rabbit was a ferocious beast.

Even if Da Hui tried its best its entire life, it wouldn’t be a match for that rabbit.

Moreover, Da Hui didn’t understand anything about cultivation.

Of course, Chen Xiao and the others wouldn’t expose this. Letting children live in a naive and simple world was the duty of every adult.

But it had to be said that compared to ordinary wolves, Da Hui was very human-like.

Listening to Xiao Hongchan’s earnest teachings, it tried its best to make a whimpering sound from its throat and even affectionately licked Xiao Hongchan’s little hand.

This scene was very heartwarming, and Chu Qingluan felt a lot more relaxed, her tense mood temporarily relieved.

At this moment, Chen Xiao suddenly asked, “By the way, Miss Chu, why do you call them ferocious beasts? Shouldn’t they be called demon beasts? Or is it that people in your ancient martial world are used to calling them ferocious beasts?”

“Mr. Chen, you always call me Miss Chu. It sounds so awkward. If you don’t mind, why don’t you just call me Qingluan in the future!”

“Okay, then you don’t have to call me Mr. Chen in the future either. Just call me by my name.”

This wasn’t a big deal, but after hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Chu Qingluan felt a sweet sensation in her heart.

Because she felt that the distance between her and Chen Xiao had narrowed.

Afterward, she explained, “Chen Xiao, ferocious beasts are demon beasts, but not all demon beasts can be called ferocious beasts. Ferocious beasts are demon beasts that have had their demon cores removed.”

Chen Xiao frowned slightly, “Demon beasts that have had their demon cores removed? Doesn’t that mean they can’t transform?”

“That’s right.” Chu Qingluan nodded. “That’s why they are particularly ferocious and cruel, and hate humans to the bone. Of course, not all demon beasts that have had their demon cores removed are like this. Some will become very docile, like Huangfu Yan’s white-feathered golden eagle. It’s very docile.”

“So it became a human’s mount.” Chen Xiao said with a frown.

A good horse is ridden, and a good person is bullied. This principle is truly unbreakable.

In the God Realm of Chen Xiao’s dream, there were no such ferocious beasts.

Because demon cultivators were also a huge force, on par with human forces.

If humans dared to take the demon cores of demon beasts, those demon cultivator experts would never sit idly by.

The fact that humans dared to do this on Earth could only mean that the demon cultivator forces here were small and insignificant.

Otherwise, they would never tolerate such inhumane things from happening.

“Big brother, big sister, can you two not discuss these things?” Xiao Hongchan said with a sad face.

“Huh? What’s wrong, Xiao Hongchan? Are you scared?” Chu Qingluan was slightly stunned, not knowing why Xiao Hongchan would say this.

Xiao Hongchan shook her head, “Hongchan isn’t scared, but Hongchan feels very sad. It hurts here.” She pointed to the position of her heart.

Chu Qingluan’s eyes suddenly narrowed. She had heard some legends about逍遥谷 (Xiaoyao Valley).

It was rumored that there were demon cultivator experts in Xiaoyao Valley. She wondered if this Xiao Hongchan was a demon cultivator.

But looking at her innocent and lively appearance, she was completely just a little girl. Chu Qingluan shook her head and dismissed her doubts.

“Okay, okay, if Xiao Hongchan doesn’t like it, then sister won’t say it.” Chu Qingluan stroked Xiao Hongchan’s head and said with a doting expression.

“Hehe, sister, you’re so nice. Your hands smell so good.” Xiao Hongchan giggled, returning to her innocent and lively self.

“Ah—” Just then, a man’s scream suddenly came from ahead.

“Yamete, yamete… ah…”

“Ah…”

The shouting gradually became smaller, and after a long scream, the sound completely disappeared.

Chen Xiao’s eyes narrowed slightly. He waved his hand and said, “Let’s go, let’s go take a look!”