Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 281: Can reconciliation be possible?
Recently, Du Yi has been working hard to become stronger.

Eat more, practice more. After receiving guidance from the God of Wisdom, Du Yi felt that he had understood everything—he didn't need any fancy moves or dazzling skills. He only needed to build the strongest body itself, which would be enough to crush everything.

The strongest body brings the strongest soul, the strongest soul brings the strongest consciousness, and the strongest consciousness drives the strongest body, thus creating perpetual motion.

"Yes! That's it! That's how it should be!"

At this point, Du Yi had completely ignored everything else. All he did every day was eat, sleep, and exercise to burn off the excess nutrients. With this exercise, Du Yi's body, which was originally a bit soft, began to become noticeably stronger—but this strength was not a stiff one, but rather a soft yet powerful one.

Power—Du Yi felt power clearly for the first time.

This is probably what he's been looking for. It's essential to defeat that so-called God of Life—and the boost in confidence he's gained is even more significant than the power itself.

Although he still didn't know what methods the God of Life in the starry sky would use to deal with him, he was gradually starting to stop caring about it. After all, no matter what the methods were, as long as he had the power and strength to fight back, it wouldn't be a problem.

"Come on, hurry up... let me see what tricks you have up your sleeve!"

Du Yi, who had been rather lazy all along, now actually had some of the aura of a so-called strongman.

Unfortunately, the god of life did not come today either.

So Du Yi could only carry this momentum with him and begin today's training.

Since Tatunbuto's food production has gradually caught up, the supply of meat that can be delivered to him has also increased considerably—although for Du Yi, this amount of meat is still a drop in the bucket, snakes don't digest food that quickly.

As a result, a large amount of meat was consumed, and a large amount of excrement was excreted. This excrement was used by the people of Tatunbhu as waste, thus enabling another bumper harvest of fruits, vegetables, and grains.

Some people have started calling Du Yi "Lord of Abundance," but Du Yi neither acknowledges nor objects to the title, since he is currently too preoccupied with such trivial matters.

After eating, he continued to exercise.

First comes the most basic training, walking on the ground to loosen up the body and do the most basic warm-up. Of course, recently, obstacle training has been added, which means not to crush the nearby mountains. After all, many mountains are good hunting grounds for the people of Tatunbhuto, and crushing them would be a loss.

After the warm-up, it was time for formal training. Du Yi chose a battle rope that was similar to a long whip—but with his snake body that had no hands or feet, it wasn't so easy for him to swing the battle rope.

Therefore, Du Yi's choice was to treat himself as a battle rope.

Using the force from the waist and abdomen to swing the long tail, and then using the force from the neck and abdomen to swing the waist and abdomen, is almost like using a weapon, only without creating a sonic boom like a long whip.

Although Du Yi had considered giving it a try, he ultimately decided against it, considering that half of the people in Tatunburi would probably be killed by the shock.

"Let's wait until this afternoon to talk about it."

After a morning of training, Du Yi thought to himself.

Then he began his second meal of the day.

They ate beef in the morning and mutton for lunch. Over a thousand sheep sounded like a lot, and even with Tatunbto's current strength, supplying them would be quite a challenge. But for Du Yi, it was just enough to fill his stomach. As for the afternoon, he would take a regular nap. This wasn't the deep sleep like hibernation; it was just temporarily closing his eyes to allow the nutrients to flow through his body. Yes, from a physical repair perspective, deep sleep would definitely be better, but with external enemies still at hand, how could Du Yi possibly fall asleep?

During this short rest, Du Yi was not idle. With his eyes closed, he sank his consciousness into the Netherworld—this vast expanse between life and death was the place where he could truly shine.

Although his body was just a spirit, he had all the necessary parts. So, Du Yi waved his long tail and practiced all the attack methods he could think of. Even though these attack methods were ultimately just about swinging his long tail to strike, the angle of the strike, the force of the strike, the pre- and post-swing, how to attack continuously, etc., still needed to be practiced to become proficient.

Of course, besides these most basic exercises, Du Yi, as the new God of Death, can also choose another method.

That is, simulated warfare.

The previous God of Death left behind two powers: the power of life, which nourishes the soul, and the power of death, which grants wishes. Du Yi's current wish is to find a powerful enough expert to be his sparring partner.

Thus, in that incredibly realistic environment, Du Yi fought giants, dragons, immortals, and alien spaceships... Wielding his long tail, he battled every powerful being he could imagine.

He only emerged from the underworld when he felt utterly exhausted, even in his consciousness.

"What a fulfilling day."

Du Yi couldn't help but sigh.

Dinner was fish, and the large fish were all caught from the river. This was one of the few meals that Du Yi could be relatively satisfied with—mainly because the portion of fish was much larger than the beef and mutton he had during the day. Obviously, fish grow faster than beef and mutton.

"Perhaps we could let them develop the seafood industry more vigorously... After all, all I need now is to eat meat, and it doesn't matter what kind of meat it is."

After grilling all the fish until they were crispy and fragrant, and then swallowing them whole, bones and all, Du Yi thought to himself.

After finishing the fish, it was nighttime. This was Du Yi's true time to rest, not the kind of nap he took in the afternoon, but a relatively deep sleep—even with his current body, he wouldn't need to sleep anyway. But Du Yi still insisted that the self-discipline of going to bed early and getting up early would make his transformation stronger more effective.

But at that moment, Du Yi suddenly saw a familiar figure.

He remembered that little giant whose body was covered in rot.

"Is it finally here?"

Feeling his current exhaustion, Du Yi had to admit that the so-called God of Life had indeed seized a good opportunity.

But it's okay, he wasn't completely unprepared. That dinner that night was all for this moment.

Just as Du Yi was about to launch his attack, the rotting little giant suddenly knelt down on the ground.

“Great serpent god, my lord, the god of life, sent me to ask you.”

"Can we reconcile?"

(End of this chapter)