C36 Piggy with a Thick Skin!

Swish!

He spent another 10 dragon qi points.

Now, he only had 81 Dragon Qi points left.

After the shopping spree, he closed the system interface.

Zhan Tianming jumped down from the Crimson Flame Ape's shoulder.

His stomach rumbled.

He spent the entire day focusing on increasing his strength and had completely forgotten about food.

Right now, Zhan Tianming was famished.

The system space had a lot of ingredients.

So, Zhan Tianming sat on the ground and immediately activated his culinary skills.

"Cooking."

"Ding dong! Cooking failed. Proficiency +1."

"Cooking."

"Ding dong! Cooking failed. Proficiency +1."

"Cooking."

"Ding dong…"

Zhan Tianming did not care about the numerous failures and continued to cook with the ingredients that were in the system space.

Soon, he decided to treat himself to a barbecue.

Failures increased the proficiency of the skill he was practicing, but it had no affect over the activation time. So if he wanted to shorten some skills' activation time, he had to buy something called maps from the system shop.

Sadly, the system shop accepted one form of currency: dragon qi points.

Now, it needed no saying but getting dragon qi points was hard.

Fortunately, those low-level maps only required 10 dragon qi points.

It was only because of the supposed cheap price that Zhan Tianming didn’t go bankrupt in a world where that concept didn’t even exist.

What was even more infuriating was that the system shop only sold stuff and didn’t buy anything.

Initially, Zhan Tianming wanted to sell all his junk to the system shop and earn some dragon qi points.

Now, he only had two ways to earn dragon qi points: killing and completing missions.

Throwing the troubling thoughts to the back of his mind, Zhan Tianming focused on his culinary skills.

Before long, the entire area was filled with the fragrance of the roast.

He ate some himself, gave Little Purple some, and then threw the rest to the Crimson Flame Ape.

The Crimson Flame Ape was also hungry and wolfed down its food.

Maybe it was because it had never eaten such delicious food before, the Crimson Flame Ape thumped its chest at Zhan Tianming happily.

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

"Humph…" Little Purple snorted disdainfully.

"Little fellow, in a few days, Master will kill you. Your bloodline will be mine then."

All this time, Little Purple never once forgot about the real treat: the Crimson Flame Ape’s blood.

As long as it could drink it, it would be able to level up.

After all, it was a Divine grade Demonic Beast, yet he was so weak—it was humiliating.

After consuming the blood, it could become a first-stage beast.

And once that happened, it could activate its abilities as a divine beast.

"Bajie, I'll sing a song for you," Zhan Tianming suddenly said.

"Hmm?"

Little Purple was startled.

"Master, you can sing?"

"Of course. Back when I used to frequent KTVs, I was a celebrity-level singer," Zhan Tianming said proudly.

"KTV? Celebrity? " The Little Purple did not understand and looked at Zhan Tianming suspiciously.

"Ugh… Don’t sweat the small stuff you.”

"Just listen."

"Pig~~ You have two holes for nose~ Yet you snot like a cow when you catch a cold~

"Pig~~ You have dark eyes~ Yet you can't see the end even in broad daylight~

"Pig~~ Your ears are so big~ Yet you can’t even understand that I’m calling you an idiot~”

Hearing this, Little Purple curled her lips.

A look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

Zhan Tianming did not care and continued to drink.

"Oh?"

"Pig head, pig brain, pig body, pig tail~ Sleep until the sun shines three times a day~ Never brushed your teeth, never got in a fight~…”

After singing the Pig's Song (https://www.echinesesong.com/zhu-zhi-ge-%E7%8C%AA%E4%B9%8B%E6%AD%8C-song-of-pig/), Zhan Tianming laughed and asked, "How is it? Not bad, right?"

"Hmph, Master, are you calling me stupid?” Little Purple said unhappily.

"Eh, you could understand it?" Zhan Tianming laughed.

"Hmph! I'm angry!" Little Purple turned its head away, not looking at Zhan Tianming.

"Hahahahaha!!!!!" Zhan Tianming laughed.

After laughing for a bit, he calmed down.

Then, he sent a sound transmission to Bajie, "Bajie, sometimes you're pretty smart. So, Why are you so silly all the time?"

"Hmph! I’m ignoring you!" Little Purple did not even turn around.

"You're really ignoring me? Okay, then I’ll just throw all this demonic beast essence away," Zhan Tianming said. After that, he took out the demonic beast essence and waved them as if he were about to throw them away.

Little Purple suddenly regained her senses.

‘Demonic beast essence?!’

Suddenly, Little Purple's eyes went wide open.

"Master, don't throw it away. Those are all my lifeblood!"

"Huh? Weren’t you ignoring me?"

"Master, I was wrong! I was bad! Esteemed personas like yourself should care about stupid things like Little Purple.”

Little Purple nudged the corner of Zhan Tianming's pants with its nose, admitting his wrongs with a perfectly apologetic attitude.

It had forgotten entirely about what happened back then.

Previously, when Zhan Tianming had killed hordes upon hordes of demonic beasts using Hundred Beasts Extermination, he had harvested their blood essence. So, even if he didn’t kill the ape, he still had enough essence for Little Purple to break through and become a first-stage beast.

"Such thick skin," Zhan Tianming said with disdain.

"That's right, that's right. My pigskin is the thickest, especially around my face," Little Purple agreed shamelessly.

"Ugh…" Zhan Tianming was left speechless.

‘Fine.’

‘Divine level pigs are indeed different.’

‘Their face is even thicker than the city walls.’

"Forget it. Seeing that you've admitted your wrongs, I'll reward you with blood essence."

With that, Zhan Tianming threw all those demonic beasts over to Little Purple.

"Gulp…"

"Gulp!"

Little Purple excitedly drank all the essence.

Soon, purple rays continuously flickered around its body.

"Master, I'm going to sleep."

After saying that, Little Purple went back to the War Pet space and fell asleep.

"Alright, continue sleeping."

Zhan Tianming brought the Crimson Flame Ape and continued his search.

Soon, the time limit for Beast Control came.

So, he tamed a bunch of beasts again.

Surprisingly, when he tried to control the Crimson Flame Ape, he found that the rate of success had increased to five percent. It was probably because of the food he shared with the ape.

To Zhan Tianming, it was an unexpected but welcome surprise.

Before long, the night passed.

Zhang Tianming and the Crimson Flame Ape were still awake, sweeping the nearby beasts and Vicious Beast.

Once Zhan Tianming obtained enough fur and ingredients, he used the system to increase his cooking and tailoring level.

The morning sun shone down.

A few light spots fell to the ground through the branches and leaves, specks of light appearing.

It was an incredible sight.

Under the illumination of the sunlight, the fog in the forest gradually dispersed.

Zhan Tianming took a deep breath and felt the refreshing taste of the morning dew.

Zhan Tianming's gaze shifted towards the Wolf Valley.

Although he wasn't too clear on the specific location of the Wolf Valley, he still knew the approximate location.

At most, they had to walk another five kilometers before reaching the Wolf Valley.

Whoosh!

Zhan Tianming jumped onto the Crimson Flame Ape's head.

"Let's go!"

Zhan Tianming pointed to Wolf Valley.

"Roar!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Crimson Flame Ape thumped its chest as flames erupted from its fists.

From that spectacle, it was easy to conclude that it a trace of Fire Attribute. Every time it swung its hands, blazingly solid energy erupted.

The tranquility of the forest was also broken by the Crimson Flame Ape's roar.

However, no beast was disturbed as there were none left.

They had all been killed long ago.

Right now, only the smell of blood filled the air.

Taking a step that shook the earth, the Crimson Flame Ape walked towards the Wolf Valley.

Wherever its mountain-like body went, trees would be turned upside down.