Unorthodox beast control

Chapter 286 The secret of the sky-high black wood

The news that Xinghuo Nursing Shop not only provides excellent washing and care services, but also has amazing foster care and sparring services, spread like wildfire that night, causing a small stir in Yaomu City.

It's a pity that Xu Ran's completed stage tasks can no longer show the popularity of Yaomu City's Spark Nursing Home, otherwise he would find that the popularity, which has exceeded 50%, is still rising at an extremely fast speed.

And all this fermentation was revealed on the second day.

Even before the Xinghuo Nursing Home opened, the door was already lined with customers who came here with admiration.

The difference from before is that among these customers, there are no longer only those who come for bathing and care, but also new customers who come for foster care and sparring services.

They stood on the street in the morning light, chatting quietly with each other. From time to time, they looked at the closed door of the Xinghuo Nursing Home, hoping to see the young but mysterious owner of the foster care shop as soon as possible.

However, they are doomed to be disappointed.

Because inside the store door that everyone was waiting for and slowly opened, it was not Xu Ran who walked out, but a new unfamiliar face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Spark Nursing Home~" the newly promoted system store manager said loudly in a smooth broadcasting accent, "I am the acting store manager of the nursing home. Today's business officially begins!"

Although they felt a bit weird from the other party's tone, no one was in the mood to care about this issue at the moment.

They just want to know where Boss Xu is.

For a while, voices asking about Boss Xu's situation kept coming and going outside the store.

"The boss is out for business. Today, the other two clerks and I will serve you wholeheartedly." The system store manager smiled and pointed to the two clerks behind him.

"We are all here for Boss Xu's craftsmanship. If he is not here, do you also have such a level?" A customer couldn't help complaining, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have queued up today."

"Yes, yes. Boss Xu is not here, so I'd better come tomorrow."

"I also…"

Many guests couldn't help but make a sound. After seeing the host of the foster care shop changed, they felt discouraged.

"Please rest assured, since the boss handed over the store to us, he naturally thinks that we have enough ability to maintain the store." The system store manager spoke loudly, and then winked at a clerk behind him.

The system clerk nodded slightly, stepped forward and said quietly, "You're here, why not give it a try?"

For some reason, after hearing the clerk say the words "We're all here," everyone's original intention to leave suddenly wavered.

Yes, you are here, why not give it a try?

The guest who had just said he wanted to leave was not so determined now.

The system store manager secretly gave a thumbs up to the clerk and then spoke.

"Everyone, please come in. From today on, Xinghuo Nursing Home will provide care services 24 hours a day, and other services will be expanded accordingly."

“We will provide the best service to every guest!”

wow~

Upon hearing that the services of Spark Nursing Home have been improved and expanded, the guests' eyes quickly lit up with excitement.

At this time, they no longer cared about the replacement of people in the foster care shop, and swarmed in one by one.

Seeing this, the system store manager snapped his fingers.

"start!"
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On the other side, Boss Xu, whom the guests had longed for, had already arrived in front of the city gate of Yaomu City, which was low compared to other secondary towns, wearing casual clothes and taking three little ones with him.

Whether it's Xu Ran who is sitting on Xingchen's back, looking calm and relaxed, or Ziyun and Cancan who are also sitting on Xingchen's back, or Xingchen who is carrying these two favorites, his eyes are full of richness. of curiosity and anticipation.

Because, today they will go on a short trip without a destination, visit as many wild extraordinary creatures in the Yaomu Domain as possible, and take a good look at them for the first time after coming to the Yaomu Domain for almost ten days. neighbors.

This idea was not something Xu Ran came up with by patting his head early in the morning.

In fact, on the first day when he came to the Yaomu Domain, he had already had this idea in his mind when he looked down from the air at the Yaomu Domain, which was obviously much more peaceful and harmonious than other areas in the Beast Domain.

Naihe had mainly been running a store before. Although he went out once in the middle to look for the Thunder Dragon Stone found by Cancan's expedition, his purpose was too strong and he missed a lot of scenery along the way.

Now it is not easy... no, it is very easy to complete the task of making Yaomuyu Xinghuo Nursing Store famous. With three new system clerks to maintain the operation of the new store, Xu Ran can also take a break and do some things besides opening the store. thing.

Although it is still early in the morning, the gate of Yaomu City is not deserted. A large number of beast masters and ordinary people are leaving the city through the gate in an orderly manner. At the same time, there are also many wild extraordinary creatures from outside the city. .

Although more wild extraordinary creatures like to enter the city from the Yaomu Market, there are also many wild extraordinary creatures whose destination is not the market, but other places in the city. At this time, the city gate is also a good choice.

After taking a look around, Xu Ran quickly took his three little ones and stood behind the crowd leaving the city.

However, he was recognized before leaving the city.

"chatter?"

The leader of the raccoon clan who had just entered the city stood next to Xu Ran and the three little ones, tilting his head and making a questioning expression.

It came to the city today just to go to Xinghuo Nursing Home to look for Xu Ran and ask for something. Unexpectedly, as soon as it entered the city, it unexpectedly found the person it was looking for.

"Eh? You are here, Chief of the Dihuxiong Clan." Xu Ran smiled and waved his hand, looking at the slightly strange look in the other person's eyes, and suddenly felt like he was caught fishing for fish at work, "I am going to leave the city today, and the store will be handed over to me. employees.”

"chatter!"

The head of the Earth Raccoon Clan nodded understandingly.

That's what happened.

However, are there any employees at Spark Nursing Home? Why haven't I seen it before?

Forget it, let’s get down to business.

"Lu~"

The leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan stretched out a hand to stop Xu Ran who was about to leave the city, and then made a series of sounds and gestures to communicate with Xu Ran.

"Uh...celebration? Festival? Invitation?"

After a lot of guessing, Xu Ran finally understood exactly what the other party meant.

"Today our raccoon clan and other nearby extraordinary creature races are going to hold a celebration ceremony for the new members of their respective clans, and do you plan to invite me to participate?"

"chatter!"

The leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan nodded heavily, with a bit of a smile on his face.

For wild extraordinary creatures, it is more difficult to reproduce than ordinary creatures. Because of this, for a race of extraordinary creatures that live in groups, every newly born member of the group is very important.

Every year, the raccoon clan, together with several neighboring races that are friendly with them, holds celebrations for the newly born members of their respective clans. This is not only a ceremony to celebrate newborns, but also a bridge to maintain friendship between different races.

Now, seeing that this year's celebration was about to begin, the head of the Dihuxiong clan suddenly thought of Xu Ran.

These are the few humans who can be recognized by it.

Therefore, it wanted to try to invite Xu Ran to see if the other party was willing to go to the appointment.

Originally, the leader of the local raccoon clan was worried that his invitation would affect Xu Ran's operation of his store. Now it seems that at least this worry can be eliminated.

"Is it such a coincidence?" Xu Ran also had a bit of surprise on his face.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I had some free time, I would catch up with the other party's celebration.

According to Di Raccoon, in addition to the two races that Xu Ran was already familiar with, including Di Raccoon and Earth Rock Rat, there were also many races that he had never dealt with before.

This also made Xu Ran instantly interested.

The three little ones looked at each other and quickly reached a consensus of one person and three pets.

Go check it out!

"In that case, let's go and have a look together." Xu Ran said with a smile, "Thank you for the invitation, but..."

His voice changed slightly, "You have to wait for me for a moment. I need to go back and get some things."

When invited to attend someone else's celebration, you can't just show up empty-handed. At least you have to bring someone to eat with you.

It's not dishes and chopsticks, it's toiletries.

The celebration described by the Di Raccoon Clan Leader was somewhat similar to the baptism of a newborn in Xu Ran's memory. In this case, he might be able to put his expertise to some use in the process.

Think of it as a thank you to these ethnic groups who invited you.

By the way…

You can also go back to the store to see how well customers accept the three new clerks.

Xu Ran's expression suddenly became a little weird when he thought that the three new clerks had the same style as their predecessors.

"Lu~"

The leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan nodded slightly, indicating that there was no problem.

Although it didn't know what Xu Ran wanted to get, it had plenty of patience. After all, there was still a long time before the celebration started.

Looking at Xu Ran's leaving figure, the leader of the Di Huanxiong clan thought for a while and walked towards the small market near the city gate.

Before Xu Ran comes back, let's buy some human candies and snacks at the market. These groups of people like to eat these things.

Especially the kind with nuts.

On the other side, under Xingchen's haste, Xu Ran quickly arrived at Xinghuo Nursing Home.

Looking at the long and orderly queue at the door of the store, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that despite his absence, the three new clerks still maintained order in the store very well.

Xu Ran's appearance also made the customers queuing in front of the store a little excited.

"Boss Xu is back, are you here to maintain the store?" One of the customers couldn't help but ask.

Although the acting store manager just now promised that their service would not be inferior to Xu Ran, in the minds of these customers who have not tried it yet, Xu Ran is obviously the most reliable.

Hearing this, other guests also cast expectant glances.

"Um, I'm sorry." Facing the expectations of the customers, Xu Ran coughed lightly and cupped his fists slightly towards them, "I have other things to do today, and the management of the store will be handed over to three employees."

"But there is no difference between their service and mine. You can choose with confidence and trust our Xinghuo Nursing Store." Xu Ran said sincerely, and nodded towards the system store manager who walked out after hearing the sound.

With Xu Ran saying this himself, everyone had a little more trust in the words of the talent agent store manager.

Although it was still regrettable that Xu Ran was not serving their pet beast today, the guests were also very reasonable.

Since Boss Xu is busy, let him go about his own business.

Hmm... If the guests knew that Xu Ran's so-called "occurrence" was to go out of town to play, then I'm afraid their minds would change a little.

After calming down the guests, Xu Ran signaled the three little ones to wait at the door, and then quickly walked into the store.

"Hello, boss." The acting store manager smiled respectfully at Xu Ran, then cast a puzzled look.

Didn't you say that they should be responsible for today's business? Why is the boss back?

"I'll take out a spare set of toiletries." Xu Ran explained, and then waved to the acting store manager, "You go to the sparring area and do your work. There should be a lot of sparring business today."

After Qingzhou City and Qieyun City, Yaomu City is the third system store manager. His main business is sparring.

In this way, the three store managers are responsible for different contents, and the resources provided to Xu Ran by the three stores can complement each other to a certain extent and achieve a balance.

After all, the system store manager only collects 20% of all profits, and provides Xu Ran with much more resources than the 50/50 store clerk.

"Indeed, there are a lot of sparring customers today." After hearing Xu Ran's words, the system store manager turned around and left, no longer paying attention to Xu Ran's movements.

Walking straight into the washroom and saying hello to the "I'm here" clerk in charge of washing, Xu Ran quickly rummaged through and found a set of spare toiletries.

Unlike the previous toiletries that were prepared on-site for different pet races, this set of toiletries is a special style that is common to all pet races.

Because it is universal, the cleaning and care effect is not as good as that of tailor-made products, but with Xu Ran’s cleaning and care techniques, it won’t be much different.

It is more than enough to clean and care for newborns.

Putting the necessary things in a small box, Xu Ran walked out of the store again, waved goodbye to the reluctant customers at the door, and then quickly disappeared in the place under the speed of the stars.

When he came to the city gate again, where the leader of the raccoon clan was meeting, he happened to see the leader of the raccoon clan returning with a sack bigger than his body on his shoulders.

"Let's go." Xu Ran, who guessed the contents from the label on the sack, smiled and suggested considerately, "There are so many things, let Cancan help me later."

"Cha~" (No problem!)

The pocket version of Cancan, who was sitting on Xingchen's back, glanced at the sack, which was several times bigger than it was at the moment, and waved its paws without any pressure. With no other things to delay, one person, three pets, and the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan left the city side by side. After walking a distance from the city gate, Cancan jumped off the back of Xingchen, and his body shape suddenly changed, quickly changing from the pocket-sized body just now to a length of tens of meters. .

Although the body shape has not completely returned to its original state, Cancan is quite satisfied with this body shape.

It shook its head excitedly, then grabbed the sack in the hands of the raccoon leader, threw it behind its back, and then signaled the raccoon leader, Xu Ran and the other two little ones to come up quickly.

Once you leave the city, it’s a glorious world!

"Xilu~" (Sure enough, my original hunch was right.)

Xingchen neighed and shook his head helplessly.

After Cancan's burrowing skill was upgraded to three stars, turning into a wandering earth pond and able to lead people, he had a premonition that his position as a mount in the team was threatened.

Now, this premonition has become a reality.

In some special circumstances, Cancan is indeed more suitable to carry everyone than it.

"Let's go." Xu Ran smiled, "Cancan, don't dive too deep, we can take a look at the scenery."

"Cha~" (Understood!)

Cancan nodded his head, and when everyone came up, an earthy yellow halo flashed around it.

The next moment, its huge body began to sink slowly.

Not completely sinking into the earth, Cancan only sunk its limbs and the lower part of its scale shell into the soil, leaving its head and the upper part of its scale shell exposed.

In this way, everyone sitting on the scale shell can see the surrounding scenery normally.

"Lu~"

A look of envy appeared in the eyes of the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan.

It can be seen that although the skill used by Cancan at this moment has an effect similar to that of Hidden Earth, it is definitely a higher-level skill than Hidden Earth.

Hidden soil can only allow the earth-type pet beast to sneak into the ground itself, and cannot carry too many things. For example, the sack carried by the raccoon just now cannot follow it into the ground.

But Cancan can do it with this skill, and can even lead people.

If you master this skill yourself, it will be much more convenient in your daily life.

Of course, it can only think about it.

After all, not everyone can upgrade the skills of pet beasts like Xu Ran. For ordinary extraordinary creatures, it is only possible to give it a try when evolving.

"Cha!" (Let's go!)

After stabilizing the height of his body, Cancan shouted and began to set off at full speed towards the location of the celebration under the guidance of the leader of the raccoon clan.

Although it is at full speed, Cancan's speed is obviously not comparable to that of the stars, but this is a good thing for Xu Ran and the other two little ones.

After all, they planned to see more of the situation in Yaomu Domain during their trip.

Walk slower and you can see more clearly.

Fortunately, there is a local guide like the raccoon beside me.

As Yaomu City got farther and farther behind him, Xu Ran, who entered deeper into Yaomu Domain, also saw the sky-high black trees gradually enlarging in his sight.

This is probably the largest one among all the extraordinary creatures Xu Ran has ever seen.

It was so big that it exceeded Xu Ran's understanding of extraordinary creatures.

On its thick main trunk, which is tens of thousands of meters high, the lush canopy grows horizontally and spreads for dozens of kilometers, as if it is holding up the entire sky. There are also countless branches hanging down to the ground, digging into the soil, and becoming new ones. branches.

On the body of the sky-high black wood, you can also see some wild supernatural creatures moving in the forest.

The phrase "a single tree makes a forest" has become a reality for Motian Xuanmu.

Even if Cancan uses Mustard Seed Sumeru to expand his body to its maximum size, there is still a big gap when comparing his body size in front of the sky-high black tree.

"Cha~" (It's really big...)

While Cancan was amazed, a bit of anticipation appeared on his face.

My body shape will be greatly improved with each advancement.

If it is improved a few more times, will it be as big, or even bigger?

When the time comes to press down with one paw, any opponent will be a scumbag, right?

Thinking of this, Cancan couldn't help but have a little more imagination in his eyes.

Xu Ran's expression was also filled with wonder. He turned to look at the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan on the side, "Has this Beast Emperor always been this big?"

"Lu~"

The Raccoon Clan leader thought for a moment, then shook his head and made gestures in the air.

"Until now, it has been expanding every year?" Xu Ran couldn't help but be speechless when he heard Di Raccoon's answer.

Isn't this Beast Emperor Mo Tian Xuan Mu satisfied with his current body shape?

It is actually still expanding and extending its body.

Could it be that he wants his body to cover the entire Demonic Wood Domain?

Thinking of this, Xu Ran couldn't help grinning.

If that were the case, the Beast Emperor's size would have to be expanded at least dozens of times.

That's a bit exaggerated.

"Lu~"

Different from Xu Ran's exclamation, there was a hint of worry and loss in the eyes of the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan.

"What's wrong?" Sensing the other party's emotions, Xu Ran couldn't help but ask, "Does the Beast Emperor's body expand, are there any side effects?"

Hearing this question, the ground raccoon hesitated for a moment, and then started gesticulating again.

Combined with the changes in the tone of "Lulu", Xu Ran quickly understood what it was about to say.

The Beast Emperor's huge size is not without side effects.

When the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan first came to the Yaomu Domain, the Yaomu Domain had just been built. At that time, the sky-high black trees were only a thousand meters tall. Although they were huge, they were far less exaggerated than they are now.

At that time, the sky-high black wood could respond to the demands of every extraordinary creature in the monster wood domain.

The leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan knew very well that the Earth Raccoon tribe that came here at that time was very grateful for the protection of Motian Xuanmu, so they would send part of the collected resources and other items to each other every day.

Each time the other party would branch out a branch, accept these gifts, and at the same time give something of equal value to the raccoon tribe as a thank you.

When the raccoon tribe encounters trouble, they seek help from Motian Xuanmu and they can always get it resolved as quickly as possible.

However, as the size of Motian Xuanmu gradually expanded, all this gradually changed.

The frequency of Motian Xuanmu responding to the calls of other creatures began to decrease.

In the past, I would get a response every time, but instead of getting only one response several times, I got almost no response at all.

The leader of the Dihuxiong clan, who has experienced this change throughout the process, knows very well that this is not because Motian Xuanmu is no longer willing to respond to and help all living beings.

It's that it can't be done.

Obviously, this is the price of Motian Xuanmu's expansion.

Its huge body makes its perception of the outside world dull.

But now, the sky-high black wood and even the black wood dew that are born naturally on weekdays can no longer sustain their birth.

If it continues to expand, the final outcome of Moten Xuanmu may be...

"Just..." (How scary.)

Cancan couldn't help but shrink his head.

If this is the cost of getting bigger, then never get bigger again!

"You won't be like this." Xu Ran gently touched its head and comforted, "The Sky Xuanmu became like this because it forcibly expanded its body to an exaggerated level that its own strength could not cover."

"Your body size increases naturally with your growth levels. This is your original body size, so there will be no such problem."

"Cha~" (That's good.)

Cancan breathed a sigh of relief, and his face looked a little more happy.

It also thought that if it continued to grow, it would become like a sky-high black tree.

After comforting Cancan, Xu Ran turned to look at the leader of the Raccoon Clan.

He already understood the problem of sky-high black trees by combining his knowledge of tree-like extraordinary creatures and the description of ground raccoons.

However, there is another very important question.

"Felt Xuanmu himself, couldn't he feel that there was something wrong with him?" Xu Ran asked confusedly, "If it wanted to, it should be able to control its body from expanding, or even shrink it back to its original size, right?"

"chatter…"

Upon hearing Xu Ran's inquiry, the eyes of the Dihuxiong Clan Leader dimmed a bit.

They naturally thought of this issue.

About a few decades ago, when Motian Xuanmu could still occasionally respond to everyone, countless extraordinary races in the Yaomu Domain who discovered the strangeness of Motian Xuanmu gathered together and had some exchanges about the problem of Motian Xuanmu.

Finally, each race sent representatives to call for the Sky Black Tree together.

They want to try to dissuade Motian Xuanmu from continuing to expand his body.

At that time, the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan was not the leader of the tribe, but he happened to be the representative sent by that Earth Raccoon Clan.

It experienced that scene personally, and it is still fresh in its memory until now.

The sky-high black trees responded to them.

Its attitude is still friendly, but it is very determined in the face of persuasion from representatives of various races.

Stopping the expansion is impossible.

Naturally, the race representatives at that time could not be persuaded by Beast Emperor Motian Xuanmu's simple response.

After all, their stable life at the moment relies on the sky-high black trees.

If something goes wrong with the skyscrapers, their lives may no longer be stable.

Whether it is because of worries about Motian Xuanmu or their own selfishness, they need to do their best to make Motian Xuanmu give up the idea of ​​expansion.

Finally, with the efforts of all the representatives to persuade him, the leader of the local raccoon clan saw the angry Motian Xuanmu for the first time.

With just a wave of its branch, it pushed back all the race representatives at that time, including several beast kings, by tens of thousands of meters. If it had not been merciful, the leader of the Earth Raccoon Clan had no doubt that this wave alone would have been enough to kill them on the spot.

And as the Sky Black Tree retracted its branches and ignored the representatives, the persuasion to gather all the wild extraordinary creature races in the Demonic Wood Domain finally came to nothing.

"Didn't Motian Xuanmu say anything at that time?" Xu Ran couldn't help but ask.

Motian Xuanmu's words and actions seemed a little abnormal.

It knows that forcibly expanding its body in this way will cause it to gradually become dull. In the end, it may even cease to think and turn into an exaggerated corpse, but it still wants to follow this path.

In fact, even the voice of dissuasion was not heard at all.

This is obviously not what an emperor-level extraordinary creature with normal thinking and intelligence not inferior to humans should do.

Therefore, there must be some hidden secrets in this matter.

Maybe the Beast Emperor deliberately didn't mention it, or maybe the raccoon ignored it.

"chatter?"

What did the Beast Emperor say?

A look of memory and thought appeared on the ground raccoon's face.

Soon, his eyes lit up.

Ferris Xuanmu usually responds to everyone with only the movements of branches and no words.

But when it was dispersing the representatives that day, it seemed to vaguely sense the transmission of an idea.

"Born to Death...Order..."

(End of this chapter)