Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 13 The Greatly Nourishing Paludan
Rumble!
From the distant mountains and forests came a sound as if the earth were shaking.

Guo Fu looked up and gazed into the distance, unaware of what had happened. She only remembered Cha Nan's instructions to stay around the base and not wander too far.

A moment later, Cha Nan reappeared at the stronghold, his expression complex.

Bad news, Cha Nan is 'dead' again.

Yun Zhonghe was no exception; he had returned to the team and was just waiting to be transferred to the stronghold to revive and recover health.

Good news! Cha Nan now has an additional option when he dies in the Fantasy Beast World. He can choose to return to the Wuxia World and start over as a waiter at the Andu Old Shop, but Guo Fu and Yun Zhonghe will disappear from his base and team. Alternatively, he can respawn directly at the base and continue the storyline.

"The world of fantasy beasts has a base, so things have changed. Can a base be created in the world of martial arts as well?" Cha Nan had a certain grasp of his own unique characteristics, but he clearly hadn't fully understood them.

"You're back!" Guo Fu smiled broadly as she looked at Cha Nan, who had appeared at the stronghold.

Cha Nan's unusual behavior was nothing new to them.

Cha Nan nodded, still feeling lingering fear as she recalled the scene before her death.

He and Yun Zhonghe had a very unlucky trip. They hadn't gone far into the forest and hadn't found any resources or teleportation points. Instead, they encountered an enraged forest mammoth, a monster that could blend perfectly into the mountains and forests. Standing seven or eight meters tall, it was like a mountain god. With just a stomp of its foot, the earth trembled, and he and Yun Zhonghe were killed by the aftershocks.

Although both are mythical beasts, Cotton Youyou is worlds apart from Forest Mammoth.

In the realistic world of mythical beasts, the differences between different types of mythical beasts are much greater than imagined.

"Are you... alright?" Guo Fu asked worriedly, looking at Cha Nan, whose expression was changing as if she were imitating a face-changing act.

"I'm fine, I just need to rest a bit!"

"Oh, right, here you go. Let's start a fire and have something to eat!" It's still early before dark, so Cha Nan doesn't plan to go out treasure hunting again right away. The main reason is that Yun Zhonghe's health bar hasn't recovered yet, so they have to wait.

Cha Nan took out the chicken eggs she had collected earlier, intending to make a berry scrambled egg dish.

Guo Fu's bright eyes darted around when she saw the Pipi Chicken egg. Like a treasure, she took out the large blue egg and handed it to Cha Nan: "I found this while I was cutting down a tree. Do you think it's edible?"

Cha Nan was startled and quickly took the blue egg.

In his field of vision, the words 'Damp Palu Egg' were clearly marked on the large blue egg.

This means that this is a Water-type Palu's egg, and if it hatches, you will get a regular Water-type Palu.

The smile on Cha Nan's face lasted for less than a second before it vanished.

Because Chanan doesn't have an incubator for hatching Palu eggs. Not only does unlocking that thing require Ancient Technology Points, but manufacturing it also requires Ancient Civilization components as the core, all of which must be obtained by defeating bosses.

What is a BOSS? The Mammoth that Cha Nan just sent back to the stronghold to revive is a BOSS. Cha Nan is far from qualified to kill such a behemoth.

I shook the Palu egg in my hand, and I could clearly feel the egg liquid shaking inside.

He reached out and tapped the eggshell again. The sound was crisp but not very solid, so it should be crackable.

After thinking for a moment, Cha Nan said, "Go and bring over the stone slab, let's have fried eggs!"

Since it can't hatch, then just eat it. Anyway, the Palu that can hatch from a Wet Palu Egg will at most be some low-level Water-type Palu, maybe a little stronger than Cotton Yoyo, but only by a limited margin.

If it were an Ice or Grass type, Chanan might keep it for later, waiting until she unlocks the incubator to hatch it, since most Palus of those two types have some control skills. But there's not much need to keep a Water type.

Once Cha Nan is able to fight bosses, there's no need to train this low-level water-type Palu.

Guo Fu smiled broadly and happily went to fetch a stone slab, then took the initiative to start a fire and build a stove, without needing Cha Nan to give any further instructions.

Time hadn't left many marks on her face, but as a young woman in her early thirties, she naturally knew more than most things. For example, chopping wood, starting a fire, building a stove, frying eggs, and even wiggling her buttocks—Cha Nan didn't need to worry about any of these things; she would handle them perfectly herself.

Before long, the sizzling sound of frying eggs came from the stone slab, along with a rich aroma that attracted the mischievous cats in the woods to peek out, clearly harboring wicked intentions.

Seeing that something was wrong, Cha Nan released Mian Youyou.

At Cha Nan's command, Mian Youyou bleated twice, and the other Mian Youyous that were grazing nearby responded, looking around warily to keep the mischievous cats away.

The mischievous cats noticed the wary looks from the cotton dolls. Although they were baring their teeth in the woods, they dared not approach any further and abandoned their plans to steal the dolls.

In the opening chapter of the game World of Warcraft, the Paluri is the only carnivorous mythical beast, naturally opposed to the other two.

It can be said that the food of the mischievous cats is Cotton Yoyo, Pipi Chicken, and the eggs laid by Pipi Chicken. However, once the latter two grow up, they have a terrifying self-destruct ability, so the mischievous cats usually dare not provoke groups of Cotton Yoyo and Pipi Chicken.

The aroma of the Paru Egg quickly dissipated in Cha Nan and Guo Fu's mouths. As they swallowed the roasted egg white, Cha Nan had the illusion of eating seafood. The texture was similar to octopus legs, but without such a strong fishy smell.

As the protein is chewed and swallowed, a warm current rises from the stomach and begins to spread throughout the body.

Streams of vital energy actively flowed into Cha Nan's dantian, helping him to rapidly strengthen his inner strength.

In the blink of an eye, Cha Nan's internal energy expanded seven or eight times, equivalent to the accumulation of two or three months of training by an ordinary martial artist.

"This egg... is very nutritious!" Cha Nan thought in surprise, but not at all.

If mythical beasts were placed in the world of martial arts, they would belong to the category of wondrous beasts of heaven and earth. Their eggs would naturally have the effect of greatly replenishing one's essence and energy. Martial arts practitioners cultivate internal energy, and in the early stages, they refine essence into energy. Since internal energy is generated from one's own essence and blood, it is natural to need to nourish it through food.

The two shared a Palu egg, and Cha Nan ate more than half of it. Even though most of his energy was stored in his body and not converted into internal force, his internal force had grown a lot by now, enough for him to nourish one or two meridians.

"Wow, that's amazing! I've increased my internal strength quite a bit, saving me at least three months of hard work," Guo Fu said with delight.

She was also refining her essence while eating, trying not to waste any.

Now that his vital energy had been mostly transformed, he finally spoke.

Of course, this is also due to her limited talent. If she were more talented, she could have easily broken through to the second tier with this opportunity, let alone opened up a few more meridians.

"It's good stuff, we still need to collect more!" Cha Nan licked his lips. Although his stomach was satisfied, his appetite had been whetted, and he was filled with greed.

Cultivating internal energy is a very demanding process. Even with Guo Fu's "Water and Cloud" bond and the "Cheerleader" attribute that enhances work efficiency (i.e., talent), it's still impossible to raise one's internal energy to a decent level without three to five years of arduous training.

However, eating Paru eggs seems to be a shortcut, as they provide a vast amount of pure essence. If one can have a sufficient supply, one's internal energy cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds.

(End of this chapter)