God of Pets

Chapter 342 Loss of Lifespan
Zhang Chunxiang was also taken aback when she saw her pet turn into two, staring wide-eyed in disbelief.

Yang Hu was overjoyed: "There really is such a treasure as the Treasure Bowl in the world! Boss, we're rich!"

Fu Tianji said calmly, "We've only found it now. Whether we can take it with us is still unknown. We can be happy after we actually get our hands on it."

"Yes, yes, boss, hurry up and subdue them." Yang Hu nodded repeatedly and summoned the two burrowing demons back.

The two burrowing demons also obeyed the summons and returned to Yang Hu's side. He looked around excitedly and said, "With such a treasure, it won't be difficult for us to unify the Divine Land in the future. The ten great families are nothing but a fart in front of this divine object."

What he said makes sense. War is essentially about resources. With this treasure trove that can be replicated and cloned, they can have whatever resources they want, as many as they want. If that's the case, then the ten great families are indeed nothing.

“You…” Zhang Chunxiang was originally looking at the two burrowing demons. She saw that they were making various movements under Yang Hu’s command, and they were real, not illusions.

Just as she was marveling at the sight, she looked up at Yang Hu, and that glance immediately horrified her.

Yang Hu originally looked to be in his early twenties, in the prime of his youth. The Yang Hu that Zhang Chunxiang had seen before was also a vibrant young man.

But now, Yang Hu's black hair has turned gray, the wrinkles on his face are so deep they seem to trap mosquitoes, his skin is dry and dehydrated, covered with many age spots, and even his back has become hunched.

Yang Hu was completely unaware of these changes and was still controlling the two burrowing demons.

Hearing Zhang Chunxiang's voice, Yang Hu frowned and looked over, then coldly shouted, "What's all the noise about... If you keep making noise, I'll kill you..."

As soon as he spoke, Yang Hu was stunned. The youthful voice that had been full of energy just moments before had become hoarse and weak, like that of an old man on his deathbed.

"What's going on..." Yang Hu subconsciously looked at his hands. Seeing his hands, which were as withered as chicken claws, he took two steps back in fright, his eyes widened, and he stared at his hands, rubbing them together as if trying to make sure that this was just a dream.

"Why did you come back... What happened... Did you do this... Make my hand back... or I'll kill you..." Yang Hu angrily walked towards Zhang Chunxiang.

"It has nothing to do with me. This should be the price you pay for using the Treasure Basin to create the Drilling Demon." Zhang Chunxiang said, taking out her personal makeup mirror and pointing it at Yang Hu so that he could see himself in the mirror.

The moment Yang Hu saw himself in the mirror, he retreated as if he had seen a ghost, falling to the ground with a thud. Zhang Chunxiang would probably never forget that terrified expression.

"Boss, what happened? Why did I become like this?" Yang Hu got up, staggered to Fu Tianji's side, grabbed Fu Tianji's arm, and asked excitedly.

"Using any secret treasure comes at a price, and the price varies depending on the treasure's power."

Fu Tianji looked at the treasure basin in the air and said, "It's like when you use a knife to cut vegetables. It seems like the knife is not worn out at all, but in reality, it's just because the wear and tear is so small that you can't see it. Moreover, when you use the knife, you also expend effort as a price."

"I think the price of using this treasure bowl is the cost of your lifespan. The burrowing demon is your pet. It was cloned and copied, and that cost you your lifespan."

"What should I do? I can't live like this... Send the cloned burrowing demon back... Make it return my lifespan." Yang Hu's eyes were filled with tears, snot was running down his face, and his body was trembling violently with terror. He stood up, wanting to order the burrowing demon back into the treasure basin.

"Stop." Fu Tianji slapped the burrowing demon away, preventing it from flying into the treasure basin.

"Boss, I have to live!" Yang Hu cried, tears and snot streaming down his face.

“Precisely because you need to live, you can’t send it in. If it goes in, it will be cloned and replicated again. Not only will it not return your lifespan, but it will also absorb your lifespan again to complete the new clone replication. At that time, you will die immediately,” Fu Tianji said coldly.

"Boss, am I doomed?" Yang Hu stood there dumbfounded, his heart filled with despair.

“I don’t know much about the Treasure Basin. I didn’t know that using it would come at such a price. But now that it’s been used, there’s probably no way to reverse it.” Fu Tianji paused, then continued, “At this point, there’s only one way left.”

"Boss, do you have another idea?" Yang Hu was overjoyed.

Fu Tianji looked at Zhang Chunxiang beside him: "Your lifespan has just been taken away, and your body is not truly aging. If you replenish your lifespan now, even if you can't fully recover, you can recover about 70 or 80 percent."

Zhang Chunxiang's heart skipped a beat, and she involuntarily took two steps back.

Yang Hu understood Fu Tianji's meaning and looked at Zhang Chunxiang. He was very excited at first, but soon became fearful: "She is a descendant of Zhang Tianwang and is so favored. She must be a core member of the Zhang family cultivated by Zhang Tianwang. If we touch her, Zhang Tianwang will not let you off. We cannot touch her."

As he spoke, Yang Hu backed away, saying, "Boss, I can still hold on. We'll find someone else after we get out. I'm fine, I can wait."

“Yes, yes, we can find someone after we get out. There are plenty of people outside,” Zhang Chunxiang quickly replied.

Fu Tianji shook his head: "It's too late. If an apple has already started to rot, the longer it sits, the more rotten it will become, and soon it will be inedible. If you replenish your lifespan now, you can recover about 70 or 80 percent. But if you wait until you get out, I'm afraid you won't be able to recover even one ten-thousandth of it."

As he spoke, Fu Tianji raised the soul-summoning banner in his hand.

Zhang Chunxiang immediately turned and ran, but it was as if she was under some kind of restraint, and she ran like an ordinary girl who had never practiced cultivation, and she couldn't run fast at all.

“No… Boss… Last time you offended that Heavenly King… the price you paid was already too high… Now if you offend Heavenly King Zhang again… you might even lose your life…” Yang Hu grabbed Fu Tianji’s hand that was holding the Soul-Summoning Banner.

Fu Tianji smiled and said, "In my life, I, Fu Tianji, have never bothered with so many things. You have recognized me as your brother and followed me to explore the world. You have never betrayed me, so how could I betray you?"

As he spoke, he waved the soul-summoning banner in his hand, and immediately streams of black energy shot out from within, instantly passing through the void and wrapping around Zhang Chunxiang's body.

(End of this chapter)