There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 269 Carelessness

After being put down by Tianlu, Haochen vigorously rubbed Tianlu's face, which made Bixie frown and want to step forward to stop Haochen's actions.

Si Bu Xiang held down Bi Xie and comforted him, "Don't worry, Bi Xie, Hao Chen knows how to do things and won't hurt your brother."

Hao Chen stopped when he saw that it was about time, and Tian Lu kept rubbing his face after breaking free from Hao Chen's clutches: "Hao Chen, you hurt me."

Seeing this, Bixie felt very distressed: "Tianlu, is your face alright?"

"I'm fine after the exorcism, it just hurts a little."

"Then I'll lick it for you."

As Bixie spoke, it stuck out its tongue to lick Tianlu's face, but Tianlu took a few steps back to avoid it, probably because Tianlu was embarrassed in front of so many beasts.

Seeing this, Bixie didn't press the matter further. He just glared at Haochen, as if to say, "You've bullied my brother. If you don't give an explanation, I'll never let you off the hook."

Hao Chen ignored the gaze of the evil-slaying beast and said, "Tian Lu, you deserve it. Who told you to set a trap to trick me and make me look bad in front of the oleander?"

Upon hearing Hao Chen say that he set the trap to play a trick on him, Tian Lu immediately became agitated: "That's not true at all, Hao Chen, you're wronging me! I was trying to catch a pig, you're the one who walked in here."

At this point, Tianlu suddenly felt wronged: "Haochen, not only did you ruin the trap I had set up for so long, but you also hurt my face without even asking why."

Upon hearing this, Hao Chen realized he had misunderstood Tian Lu, but he still stubbornly insisted, "But Tian Lu, you can't set up a second trap next to the first one. What kind of beast would do that?"

Hao Chen was very annoyed by his carelessness. He had originally wanted to take the opportunity of saving Oleander to make Oleander grateful to him and preferably become dependent on him.

But who would have thought that Tianlu would set up such a trap, setting another trap next to the first one, causing him to fall into it as well. Instead of gaining Oleander's favor, this incident became a stain on his reputation.

At this moment, Tianlu pouted and retorted, "Isn't this what you taught me!"

Upon hearing Tianlu's words, Haochen pointed to himself in shock: "Uh! I taught him?!"

Seeing Tianlu nod solemnly, he suddenly remembered that it seemed to be his own teaching.

When Hao Chen took Tian Lu out to play, he set up multiple traps in the same place in order to catch Peppa Pig and her family while they were out looking for food.

However, Hao Chen never expected that the boomerang he threw back then would eventually pierce his own body.

After realizing that it was his own fault, Hao Chen looked at Tian Lu's angry expression and suddenly felt a headache coming on.

If this isn't handled properly, Tianlu might give him the cold shoulder for several days, or even half a month.

The thought of not being able to touch Tianlu for several days made Haochen quickly grab Tianlu's paw and shake it repeatedly, saying, "Okay, Tianlu, don't be angry. It's all my fault, okay? Please forgive me just this once, just this once. I'll treat you to roast chicken later."

"Haochen, I can forgive you if you want." Tianlu couldn't help but drool when he heard Haochen mention treating him to something.

Seeing that there was a chance, Hao Chen immediately perked up. Making demands was good; it meant there was still room for maneuver.

"Tianlu, tell me quickly, how can you forgive me?"

"Haochen, I need two meals, no, five meals of roast chicken before I can forgive you." Tianlu said, gesturing with his five claws, as if this condition was already very difficult for him.

"No problem, deal." Hao Chen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Tian Lu's terms. He thought to himself, "I was wondering what kind of conditions Tian Lu would propose, but this is it!"

Seemingly worried that Tianlu might change his mind again, Haochen quickly said, "Tianlu, we've agreed, you'll forgive me if I give you five roast chickens."

After receiving Tianlu's approval, Haochen began to consider how to get the Four-Faced Beast to make him roast chicken.

After all, among their group of beasts, Tianlu's favorite food was still the cooking of the Four-Unlikes, and he often talked about the chicken stew with mushrooms made by the Four-Unlikes.

Moreover, with a ready-made chef, Hao Chen naturally wouldn't tire himself out.

"If I were to directly say that I want to eat roast chicken, the Qilin would most likely not agree, and even if it did, it's impossible for it to make five meals of roast chicken in one go..."

Just as Hao Chen was thinking about how to fool the Qilin, Tianlu suddenly stretched out its paw and waved it in front of Hao Chen: "What are you thinking about, Hao Chen?"

Hao Chen shook his head, deciding not to consider tricking the four-legged creature into cooking for the time being, and besides, Tian Lu might forget about it in a few days.

"By the way, Haochen, what are you guys planning to do? It seems like you're planning to come out of seclusion."

While chatting with Oleander, Four-Faced Beast learned that they needed to go down the mountain for some business, which made him quite curious.

The words of the four-faced creature immediately piqued Tianlu's interest: "Haochen, are you planning to go out for a nice meal? Can I come along?"

"You're overthinking it. I'm not like Rabbit Lord or his gang, I don't have any money!" Hao Chen spread his paws and said helplessly, "The animals in the mountains have become very clever lately, and I haven't had time to collect protection money, so I haven't had much income recently."

Hearing Hao Chen's words, Tian Lu was a little disappointed. He had been hoping to get a free meal from Hao Chen, but it turned out they were both broke. He decided to go back to catching pigs with Bi Xie.

"Bixie, let's go. Let's set up the trap somewhere else."

"Wait for me, Tianlu! Don't run so fast!"

"Hey, Xiaomei... Pixie, wait for me!"

Watching Tianlu, Bixie, and Sibuxiang leave one after another, Haochen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Tianlu didn't say he wanted to go with them, otherwise he would have had to find a way to dissuade him.

Hao Chen had already guessed what Oleander meant by the strangeness. It was probably because its original form was sealed in the underworld, and later it escaped by some twist of fate.

"Alright, Oleander, Tianlu and the others are gone. Let's take this opportunity to deal with the problem you mentioned." Haochen led Oleander quickly out of the mountain.

What Hao Chen didn't know was that Tian Lu came back after they left.

"Tianlu, aren't we going to catch pigs? Why are we following Haochen?" Bixie was a little confused. He wanted to enjoy more time alone with Tianlu.

Tianlu explained to Bixie, "Bixie, let's sneak up behind them. I have a feeling that Haochen's side is more fun, and I don't believe Haochen is broke. Maybe it's just an excuse he came up with to eat alone with Uncle Walnut."

Tianlu wasn't just saying that casually; he remembered finding many treasures that Haochen had hidden, and they tasted incredibly delicious.

Every time Tianlu saw Haochen's puzzled expression as he couldn't find the treasure, thinking that he had forgotten where he put it, he would run to the side and secretly laugh.

Even the golden rope he uses for hunting was found under Hao Chen's pillow. Although Tian Lu didn't know what the rope was, he found it to be very strong, and even he had difficulty biting through it.

Therefore, Tianlu concluded that the rope was a treasure, and more importantly, the rope could be controlled by his will. That's why Tianlu didn't eat the rope, but instead kept it.

Before long, Hao Chen discovered that colorful clouds had appeared around him. When his divine sense touched the colorful clouds, it did not penetrate them immediately, but was instead bounced back.

"What's going on? This colorful mist can actually block the detection of divine sense."

After Hao Chen noticed the anomaly in the colorful mist, he quickly called out to Oleander, "Oleander, be careful, we might not be in our original world anymore."

"Huh?!" Oleander was startled by Haochen's reminder and quickly looked around.

Soon, Oleander made an astonishing discovery: "Haochen, this seems to be a dream world, but it's a little different. It seems to be a dream world materializing."

Hao Chen frowned and asked Oleander what dream manifestation was, but Oleander looked conflicted and clearly didn't know how to express it.

Hao Chen was embarrassed: "Oleander, after this is over, I'll send you to school with Walnut. Let's try to become a knowledgeable mythical beast."

“???” Oleander looked puzzled like a cat (☉д⊙), clearly resisting Haochen’s suggestion.

Hao Chen then realized that it had been a long time since he had attended classes with the Xie Zhi.

Since instigating and threatening Qiongqi and Xiezhi to become partners, Xiezhi stopped keeping an eye on Haochen every day, which made Haochen forget about going to school for a while.

"Speaking of which, I really miss Teacher Xie Zhi!"

However, as soon as the thought crossed his mind, Hao Chen couldn't help but slap himself.

"Damn it, do I have masochistic tendencies?! Otherwise, why would I miss the Xie Zhi, that mythical beast that likes to poke other beasts' butts?"

Although the Pixiu doesn't have a skin like a swallow, the Xiezhi doesn't care about such things. It's purely conceptual; if you get poked in the butt by it, it can definitely make you shed physical tears, even the Diting can't avoid this.

Just then, Hao Chen suddenly felt a pain in his tail. He turned around and saw that Oleander was biting his tail.

"Oleander, what are you doing?"

Upon hearing Hao Chen's voice, Oleander quickly released Hao Chen's tail, but Hao Chen noticed the lingering fear on Oleander's face.

“Oleander, you…”

Just as Haochen was about to ask what was wrong with Oleander, Oleander suddenly hugged Haochen: "Haochen, I'm so glad you're okay. I saw you spacing out just now and I thought something had happened to you. I was so scared."

"It's alright, there aren't many things in this world that can hurt me." Hao Chen squatted down and gently patted the oleander's paw to comfort it.

He hadn't expected that his momentary lapse in concentration would cause Oleander such worry. Oleander's timid yet strong personality really made him want to protect her.

"No wonder Zhanhu was attracted to oleander in the comics, it makes sense."

Just as Haochen was admiring the beauty of the oleander, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw a knife tip sticking out from his chest.

"This……"

Hao Chen looked puzzled. Although he had focused most of his attention on the oleander, with his cultivation level, he shouldn't be completely unaware of any danger.

Only then did Oleander notice that Haochen was injured, and drops of crystal-clear blood dripped down the tip of the knife, startling Oleander into a sharp contraction of her pupils.

"Hao, Haochen, you're injured! What should we do? What am I supposed to do?!"

Seeing that Oleander was clearly flustered, Haochen laughed and said, "Alright, Oleander, don't be nervous. It's just a minor injury, nothing serious, it will heal easily... uh!"

Just as Hao Chen was about to shake the knife behind his back off, several more knives flew in from nowhere and stabbed directly into Hao Chen's limbs.

Even Hao Chen couldn't stay calm now. He had clearly felt fluctuations in the void, indicating that these blades had directly pierced through the void to attack him.

"The enemy knows spatial magic? Could they be an assassin or something?"

Before Hao Chen could think further, strange black divine patterns appeared on his wound.

With the appearance of the divine runes, Hao Chen was horrified to discover that his divine power was suppressed. He could no longer feel the divine power within his body, nor could he use any supernatural abilities or secret techniques.

"What's going on? Is this specifically targeting me?" Hao Chen wondered to himself, because the black divine runes clearly had a strong suppressive effect on his divine power, which made Hao Chen suspicious.

"Oleander, hurry up and run!" Hao Chen was a little annoyed. If he hadn't been so careless, he might not have been infected. The problem was that he had now put Oleander in danger.

Even the oleander, though foolish, knew she couldn't stay where she was. She bit Haochen's neck and put him on her back: "Haochen, just bear with it, I'll take you out soon."

As Oleander ran, Hao Chen discovered that beneath the colorful mist lay deeply hidden array patterns, which intertwined to form an unparalleled array.

They had clearly penetrated deep into the great formation: "Damn it, how come I didn't discover this great formation?"

Hao Chen gritted his teeth; if all else failed, he would have no choice but to use that power.