Chapter 19: Beating the Golden-Haired Lion, Occupying the Magpie's Nest

Mengchen withdrew his momentum, the Cave Heaven dissipated within his body, and looking at Xiyao before him, he said: "Fairy, you are not lightly injured!"

"Mm!" Xiyao nodded shyly, possessing a unique charm.

Mengchen's gaze was clear and his expression was sincere: "Does the Fairy disdain me? If you do not, I shall protect you while you heal. With me here, others will find it difficult to come even an inch near you."

"Your strength is transcendent, your natural talent is outstanding, and you just saved me from danger; how could Xiyao have such thoughts?"

Xiyao's face flushed, her eyes cast downward, her gaze flickering incessantly, her hands intertwined and gripped tightly; clearly, she was very nervous at this moment.

Although her voice was kept very low at this time, it was still as pleasant to the ear as heavenly music.

"That's good! Then come with me; we shall find a secluded place, and I will stand guard for you."

Having said this, Mengchen walked toward one direction.

Xiyao took steps to follow quietly behind him, her head bowed, not saying a word along the way.

Mengchen knew she was seriously injured and her pace was not fast, so he walked very slowly, maintaining a distance from her at all times that would allow him to instantly intervene to resolve any crisis.

In just this short time, the entire secret realm was buzzing with Mengchen's glorious battle record.

Tens of thousands of Primordial Remnants were frantically spreading the word; they were all the creatures Mengchen had rescued from the hands of Wudao.

That was a god-like bald youth, dressed in bright and shiny orange clothes, unstoppable.

There was a bald youth, he was boundless in his divine courage, and it was already known to almost everyone.

……

They passed through a range of hills, and Mengchen discovered a hidden cave in a secret forest.

He walked toward it.

Once he reached the cave entrance, he shouted loudly into the cave: "Creatures inside, come out quickly; this cave dwelling will be taken over by me."

Upon hearing this, Xiyao behind him was instantly dumbfounded, her look of astonishment very out of place.

She thought to herself, this is too rash and overbearing! What if he encounters a great beast, what should be done?

Now, he was likely on par with that person from the Divine Flame Sect earlier; although this overbearing nature was all related to her, the starting point and purpose of the two were completely different.

"Who dares to spout such nonsense! Are you tired of living?"

Before seeing the person, one heard the voice; cursing sounds came from within the cave.

Following that, a burst of incomparably heavy footsteps came, causing the ground surface to tremble slightly.

Something walked out from within.

Soon, the true form of the creature inside the cave was revealed; this was a Jinmao Shizi. It had a coat of golden fur, a body like an elephant, limbs thick and powerful, a massive lion head that was unusually fierce, and the thick, long mane around its neck was very spectacular.

This was a Primordial Remnant, and its strength was not weak.

"Roar...!"

As soon as it appeared, it roared at Mengchen and Xiyao, the lion's roar shaking the heavens.

The power of its roar was immense; two large rocks outside the cave were instantly torn into fragments.

Now that Xiyao was injured, she naturally could not resist; at the critical moment, Mengchen took action, blocking the shockwave for her.

"Still not shutting your mouth, what are you waiting for!" Seeing the sound wave about to continue, Mengchen swung a brilliant punch containing mysterious Runes.

"Boom!"

The fist slammed into the Jinmao Shizi's blood-filled maw, causing its teeth to shatter instantly, blood to flow, and its massive body to fly backward several meters, crashing down at the cave entrance.

"A mere human, how could you injure me to this extent with one punch." The Jinmao Shizi was incredulous.

It was a Primordial Remnant with a powerful physical body; it was actually heavily injured by a single punch from a human boy. However, ever since it entered the secret realm, it had dived straight into this cave to cultivate, so how could it know of the bald youth's current fame?

"I'll let you keep yelling!"

Subsequently, Mengchen charged forward, mounting the Jinmao Shizi to begin a beating session.

"Ah! I surrender!"

"I won't dare to do it again."

Unable to endure the lethal pain, the Jinmao Shizi began to beg for mercy.

Under Mengchen's barrage of punches, the lion's head swelled up, nearly doubling in size.

After a long while, Mengchen withdrew his hand, jumped from its back to the ground, and rubbed his fists, saying: "This cave is mine now; do you have any objections?"

"Ah no, none!" The Jinmao Shizi, with a look of extreme fear, hurriedly spoke up.

"Very good, you wipe clean the blood you left on the ground; I am going to send the Fairy into the cave," Mengchen instructed.

The Jinmao Shizi dared not disobey, and according to the instructions, it cleaned up the blood it had left in a flash.

Afterward, Mengchen put away his previous fierce posture and looked at Xiyao with a gentle smile, signaling for her to enter the cave.

This series of operations left Xiyao dumbstruck; no matter how she looked at it, he did not seem like a good person.

Yet his attitude toward her was exceptionally gentle and attentive, making her unable to bear categorizing him among the bad guys.

Xiyao looked at the Jinmao Shizi, her expression a bit complex, feeling a bit of hidden unease in her heart, feeling a bit sorry for this poor lion.

But since the kindness was hard to refuse, under Mengchen's repeated gestures, she had no choice but to suppress the reluctance in her heart and step into the cave.

Seeing that Mengchen was also about to step into the cave, the Jinmao Shizi tensed its limbs, ready to flee.

But alas, plans could not keep up with changes.

Just at this moment, Mengchen's footsteps stopped abruptly; he suddenly remembered that since he was standing guard for the Fairy, he was afraid he could not leave even half a step, needing to protect her at all times to avoid accidents, so he still needed someone to act as an errand runner to find food.

Of course, there was no one else here, so he could only set his target on the Jinmao Shizi.

Thus, Mengchen turned around and threatened: "You stay here and wait for my instructions; if you dare to run, I think you should know the consequences."

Hearing this, the Jinmao Shizi was instantly startled; it was over, it was over, running was no longer an option. When he comes out later, won't he beat me up again!

"Heaven preserve me, please don't let me get beaten again; my small frame can no longer withstand his fists." The Jinmao Shizi curled its legs and knelt down, beginning to pray silently to the heavens.

The cave was quite tidy; Xiyao sat cross-legged, took out a Spirit Medicine she had collected beforehand and swallowed it, and immediately the rosy light around her body grew stronger, as she had already begun to heal.

Mengchen retreated out of boredom, and just as he exited the cave, he saw the cowering Jinmao Shizi.

Mengchen spoke to comfort it: "Don't be afraid. As long as you are obedient, I will let you walk sideways here, and I guarantee no one will dare to bully you."

"Mm-mm-mm!" Jinmao Shizi nodded repeatedly in response.

"Go! I need to guard the Dharma here; you go find some fresh food."

Jinmao Shizi dared not delay, flashed out, and disappeared into the jungle.

It discovered many fruit trees in the jungle, but like a monkey stealing peaches, it picked and chose, throwing away all the smaller ones it had previously gathered whenever it saw a larger one.

Because it kept secretly warning itself that if the fruit it picked wasn't big or tasty, it feared it wouldn't be able to avoid a brutal beating upon returning, so in order not to get beaten after going back, it had to take this seriously and could not be careless.

In this short amount of time, it ventured deep into the jungle and encountered many passing creatures, from whose conversations it overheard shocking secrets.

Among them, the secret regarding a mysterious cave was the most intriguing.

(End of this chapter)