Chapter 181 part2

Zhou Ji mixed truth with falsehood and told him about himself.

While he spoke, he concealed some things that he didnt want Xiong Ye to know and also made some minor modifications to the rest.

He felt that Xiong Ye would likely believe him.

Xiong Ye did indeed believe him. After all, there was no need for Zhou Ji to lie to him.

After I became the Beast G.o.d, I went back to the Big Bear Tribe, but there was n.o.body there. Later on, I encountered you and taught you that cultivation method. Zhou Ji said.

Thank you. Xiong Ye said. That cultivation method was very, very important to him. If he hadnt had the cultivation method to make himself stronger, the Big Bear Tribe might not exist by now.

Theres no need for thanks. I owe you a life-debt. Zhou Ji said. You also know that the people of the Beast G.o.d Temple treat me as the Beast G.o.d. I was worried that they would realize the truth, so I could only pretend to be the Beast G.o.d all these years and remain at the Beast G.o.d Temple Im really very happy to be able to see you and the people of the Big Bear Tribe.

The people of the Beast G.o.d Temple are holding you there? Xiong Ye was a little distressed for his sake.

Zhou Ji smiled and said, Not like that. Its just that Im not as free to do as I like Xiong Ye, s.h.i.+ Li seems to feel that I deliberately destroyed the relations.h.i.+p between the two of you

I know you didnt. Xiong Ye said. There had already been big problems between him and s.h.i.+ Li even before Zhou Ji appeared.

Thank you for believing me however, Im really happy that you two separated. Ive been alone for all these years, staying here by myself in the Beast G.o.d Temple. I dont even have anyone to talk to. When I heard that you wanted to find someone to spend your days with, I was suddenly very excited. Zhou Ji gave Xiong Ye a kiss.

Xiong Ye: He was certain that the person in front of him wasnt the Beast G.o.d now!

All beastmen were children of the Beast G.o.d. The Beast G.o.d definitely wouldnt do such a thing!

Xiong Ye, I really like you. Im not aiming for your status or strength. I just like you as a person I hope that you wont reject me because of my ident.i.ty or some other reason. Zhou Ji said.

Xiong Ye really couldnt refuse him.

Before, he had actually been a little doubtful and suspected that Zhou Ji was with him because he was a Beast King.

After all, Zhou Ji had suddenly come to find him and get close to him after hed become a Beast King.

But now He no longer had such doubts.

Zhou Ji was much stronger than he was. It was impossible for him to have approached him on purpose just because he was a Beast King.

All of the things that Zhou Ji had said and done for him before came from his heart.

Xiong Ye suddenly felt rather overwhelmed.

His relations.h.i.+p with s.h.i.+ Li had been relatively equal, even if he had contributed a bit more. As for other people who courted him, they usually did so in order to ask something of him.

Now that there was a person who simply liked him for himself, the situation left him a little confused.

At the same time, all of the things that hed been confused about recently were all explained.

The people of the Beast G.o.d Temple were so nice to him because of Zhou Ji, right?

Zhou Ji was always able to make delicious food for him because of his status and ident.i.ty, right?

As for Hu Yue being unable to find any information on Zhou Ji it would have been strange if shed been able to find anything! Zhou Ji was regarded as the Beast G.o.d by the Beast G.o.d Temple and was served by the entire temple!

Xiong Ye, shall we go pick mushrooms together? Zhou Ji finished explaining and switched back to discussing proper things.

Alright. Xiong Ye subconsciously agreed, then suddenly thought of something elsewhat was going to happen with s.h.i.+ Li?

He and s.h.i.+ Li had known each other for many years. Even if they had had many unhappy quarrels, there would still be some leftover feelings. Xiong Ye didnt want to see anything happen to him.

However, he couldnt bring himself to plead with Zhou Ji.

s.h.i.+ Li had wanted to kill Zhou Ji. If Zhou Jis strength hadnt been so good, he might have already lost his life by now. Under such circ.u.mstances, how could he ask Zhou Ji to be lenient?

Xiong Ye ultimately chose not to say anything.

Zhou Ji could guess what he was thinking, but he didnt take the initiative to bring up what he planned to do to s.h.i.+ Li He grabbed Xiong Yes hand and pointed in a direction before saying, There are mushrooms over there.

Zhou Ji pulled Xiong Ye in that direction, not letting go of Xiong Yes hand as they went.

Xiong Ye just felt that his hand was getting hotter and hotter. After a while, his hand was covered in sweat

The two of them picked a lot of mushrooms and also collected some other plants.

Zhou Ji even managed to obtain some strawberries for him to eat.

Xiong Ye was a little uncomfortable at Zhou Jis behavior, but also a little happy He finally couldnt help but ask, Zhou Ji, why do you like me?

Why cant I like you? Zhou Ji laughed, I wanted to spend a lifetime with you when I saw you.

Xiong Yes heart sped up involuntarily, but he was still a little hesitant.

Zhou Ji could understand his hesitation. The time that theyd spent interacting together was still too short

Xiong Ye, weve only been getting to know each other for a short time, and I dont expect you to give me an immediate reply. I wanted to go back with you to the Big Bear Tribe and live like an ordinary person. We could have let our feelings grow naturally for a while before confessing. Today, I only exposed my ident.i.ty because s.h.i.+ Li attacked so suddenly. Zhou Ji said, I can wait for you.

Xiong Ye looked at Zhou Ji gratefully.

Zhou Ji let out a secret sigh of relief.

Xiong Ye was really quite easy to fool.

Hed concealed his ident.i.ty and gotten close to Xiong Ye. If this was during modern times, he would certainly be treated harshly by his other half, but Xiong Ye forgave him so easily.

How nice!

Zhou Ji led Xiong Ye back to their residence and began to cook a grand mushroom feast.

Some mushrooms were well-suited for soup, while others could be fried lightly. There were others that could be cooked with ricefried rice was a very magical food. Many types of things could be added to it!

The people on the Beastman Continent generally didnt eat mushrooms.

Not only were many types of mushrooms poisonous, they also werent good for staving off hunger!

Xiong Ye had never eaten mushrooms before. Back when Zhou Ji had first brought it up and said that he would pick mushrooms for him to eat, hed even advised Zhou Ji not to do so in order to avoid being poisoned.

Someone in their tribe had once eaten mushrooms that looked similar to the ones Zhou Ji picked and had ultimately died from diarrhea!

However, even if he felt that these mushrooms might be poisonous, he still ate them after Zhou Ji had prepared them.

This was something that Zhou Ji had put effort into. He had to give it a try.

Besides, he was a Beast King and couldnt be killed by most poisons.

Mushrooms were delicious, and this wasnt an exception.

No, these mushrooms werent just delicious!

This bowl of mushroom soup tasted even better than anything hed ever had before, and those fried mushrooms gave off a tantalizing fragrance.

Reasonably speaking, this kind of food shouldnt taste better than meat, but Xiong Ye felt that these mushrooms were more delicious than meat!

Zhou Ji wasnt surprised at all.

He didnt know if there were such fragrant mushrooms on Earth, but he knew that if they existed on Earth, they would definitely fetch a high price.

As for the mushroom soup, hed used a common mushroom, but hed added a bit of sun-dried seaweed powder to it.

This seaweed, which was something hed found accidentally, tasted very delicious and probably contained something like sodium glutamate, which was MSG.

Previously, he would use a bit of it when he cooked roasted meat. However, the seaweed powder was black, so he hadnt used it because it wouldnt look good in cooked dishes. Mushroom soup however because the soup was made with slightly pickled salted vegetables that were dark in color, it wouldnt show up at all, so hed added some in.

Salted vegetable mushroom soup was very tasty. After seaweed powder was added for more flavor, it became even more delicious

Xiong Ye originally didnt much like watery soup or foods that werent very filling, but this time He drank until he had a whole bellyful of soup.

Zhou Ji saw this and grinned as he started roasting some meat. He set it on a large plate and handed it to Xiong Ye, Youll definitely get hungry at night. This roasted meat is for you to eat in the evening.

Alright. Xiong Ye said. He suddenly asked, You ate less than I did. Will you be hungry?

Ill have something else to eat later. Zhou Ji said. He could just grow some plants to eat if he got hungry later.

Xiong Ye shot Zhou Ji a thoughtful look.

Zhou Ji had been cooking for him for over a month now.

Over the past month, Zhou Ji had always eaten less than he had and had always given him the delicious things to eat.

He hadnt concerned himself over this before and felt that Zhou Ji had done so because he couldnt eat that muchordinary people couldnt eat very much normally.

But now, he knew that Zhou Ji was actually very strong.

If that was the case, Zhou Jis appet.i.te should be as large as his, or even bigger.

Which meant that before, Zhou Ji had never had enough to eat but had still given him good food

When he and s.h.i.+ Li had decided to be together, s.h.i.+ Li had once said that he would give him the best meat in the future and never let him starve. However, s.h.i.+ Li had failed to do so in the end.

On the other hand, Zhou Ji had always been doing so quietly.

Xiong Ye, who had originally wanted to ask about s.h.i.+ Lis situation, ultimately didnt say anything.

This time, it was s.h.i.+ Lis mistake. In fact, it wouldve been normal if Zhou Ji killed him directly. And now Xiong Ye sighed and decided to ask the High Priest about it tomorrow.

After Zhou Ji left, Xiong Ye flipped back and forth on the bed and slept restlessly.

As for Zhou Ji, he hadnt actually gone to sleep. Hed gone to find s.h.i.+ Li instead.

s.h.i.+ Li was being kept in a cell at the Beast G.o.d Temple. He felt very uneasy.

Before, when hed felt like he was being framed by Zhou Ji, hed spoken rudely to Zhou Ji out of anger. He immediately regretted it after he was locked up and began to feel fear.

He was afraid that he would be left to die quietly here.

Zhou Ji was the Beast G.o.d. Even if he killed him, the others wouldnt be able to say anything he mustnt allow such a thing to happen!

He didnt want to die!

All kinds of thoughts flashed through s.h.i.+ Lis heart. When Zhou Ji appeared in front of him, he almost immediately began to beg for mercy, Zhou Ji no, Beast G.o.d please let me go

Ill let you go. Zhou Ji said.

s.h.i.+ Li had an ecstatic expression on his face.

However, Im going to take away the strength that Ive given you. Zhou Ji continued.

s.h.i.+ Li froze, The strength you gave me?

I was the one who gave Xiong Ye the cultivation method that you used. Back then, it was Xiong Ye who begged me to let you cultivate. That was why I carved it into a cave so that you could cultivate together. Zhou Ji said.

s.h.i.+ Li stared fixedly at Zhou Ji. Zhou Ji had already been hooking up with Xiong Ye from such a long time ago? He hadnt even known

My strength is something that I cultivated for myself. How could you say that it was given by you s.h.i.+ Li tried to reason. However, he could feel the energy in his crystal core draining away quickly even as he spoke.

Zhou Ji had almost had his crystal core swallowed up by Xiang Tian back then, but after studying the method, he had learned how to absorb the energy from other peoples crystal cores.

Of course, he had never done this before. After all, this was harmful to others.

However, he didnt feel that there was a problem with doing this to s.h.i.+ Li.

Who knew what s.h.i.+ Li would do in the future if he was released with his Beast King strength intact?

Based on s.h.i.+ Lis personality, there was a possibility that he would go after the weak and slaughter them in anger.

Since that was the case, it was better to make s.h.i.+ Li weaker.

Zhou Ji finally left s.h.i.+ Li with the strength of a junior level Beast Warrior. This was enough to live, but it would be impossible for him to find somewhere where he could be a tyrant with just that.

No, you cant do this! s.h.i.+ Li shrieked.

Zhou Ji didnt say much else. He stared at s.h.i.+ Li, Look at me.

s.h.i.+ Li subconsciously looked at Zhou Ji.

Beastmen had very weak spiritual strength, and it was very easy to control them.

Zhou Ji didnt like doing this and had never done such a thing before, but he still knew how to control others.

Of course, he didnt plan to control s.h.i.+ Li now. He just gave s.h.i.+ Li a mental hint so that he would forget the cultivation method.

He made this suggestion very powerful. Under normal circ.u.mstances, it would be impossible for s.h.i.+ Li to remember this cultivation method in his entire life.

If s.h.i.+ Li really encountered a one in a million unusual situation and remembered it Based on his current age, it was already too late for him to cultivate all over again.

And he had always been selfish, so he probably hadnt been willing to teach others.