The daily life of the crew of "Beasts".

Chapter 180 (Ancient Chapter 3: The Minor Misfortune)

After settling down in Claw Cave, the divine beast family entered the food storage phase.

"We should stock up on more food while we have plenty now." The three brothers returned from searching for food, and Bixie, carrying the evil spirit in his mouth, muttered as they entered the cave.

Tianlu followed behind, his mouth practically watering as he held Jinyu in his arms. "Really can't we eat this?"

He asked this question dozens of times along the way, and the answer he received was always the same.

"No, this is for emergencies. Bai Jie, keep an eye on Tian Lu, don't let him steal it."

“Alright!” Bai Jie, who was holding a string of fireflies, responded immediately, then fixed his burning gaze on Tian Lu.

Tianlu pursed his lips and buried his head in the cave. Fine, if they won't let me eat, then so be it. Why make Baijie watch over me like this?

The three brothers entered the house and went into the cave that had been specially built for storing grain. The fireflies of Dijiang, the water basin of Chaos, the gold and jade of the three Pixiu, and evil spirits were all there.

Bixie tied up the evil spirit he had brought, and nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the full granary. "That's about enough, that'll do for now."

Tianlu's eyes seemed to sparkle as he gazed at the mountain of gold and jade. Baijie tugged at him, "Stop looking! The more you look, the greasier you get. You'll end up eating all the gold balls you find."

Bixie's ears twitched, and he suddenly arrived in front of Jinyu Mountain. He bent down and picked out a few of the largest pieces, then called to his two younger brothers, "We've stocked up on enough food today, let's have a good meal."

Tianlu, who had been feeling a bit listless, perked up immediately upon hearing this, "Really? We can eat now!"

Bai Jie was overjoyed, "I've been craving it for so long, I can finally eat it!"

"Mmm, come out quickly, let's go outside and eat with Big Red and Big Pink."

……

With a deafening roar, Chaos Emperor Jiang returned home just as the three brothers emerged, a gigantic unidentified creature being tossed to the ground. Tianlu's mouth watered instantly.

Wow! What a huge piece of meat!

In front of Claw Cave, the family started their meal on the spot. Dijiang lay on the grass enjoying the sunshine, while Chaos and his three brothers surrounded the giant beast, feasting. The Pixiu would occasionally pick up a piece of gold and jade to take a bite.

Amidst this harmonious atmosphere, two pairs of eyes lurked in the shadows. In the grass not far from the cave, two figures quietly retreated.

after one day……

"All the food is gone!!" Tianlu's sharp, explosive voice echoed through the cave, startling the entire family who gathered in the side cave where the food was stored.

The spot where the food used to be was now completely empty, without even a single hair.

"Waaaaah, all the golden balls are gone..." Tianlu covered his mouth, tears streaming down his face.

Bixie was also furious. He went forward and took a look, quickly finding traces on the ground. "There's been an intruder! These must be their paw prints!"

The uneven stone ground was covered with a layer of dust, and two lines of footprints extended outwards from the cave.

"We must catch them!" Bai Jie gritted his teeth, tears welling in his eyes. All the efforts of the past few days had been in vain.

The family chased after him aggressively out of the cave. Chaos bent down, sniffed the claw marks, and then pointed with his claw.

"Over there, charge!" The three brothers, already enraged, rushed out simultaneously. Following the direction indicated by the chaos, they spotted the thief's tail sticking out from behind a boulder.

"It's definitely that guy! Bai Jie Bi Xie, let's take him down!" Tianlu shouted angrily, and the three brothers rushed forward without hesitation.

Meanwhile, behind the boulder, two mythical beasts in their growth stage, one red and one black, and the other yellow and one black, disdainfully tossed the gold and jade and the evil spirit, which they had bitten twice, to the ground. They were clearly Taotie and Qiongqi.

"Pah! What is this thing? It tastes awful!" The yellow-and-black-striped Taotie flung the evil spirit away, its red eyes filled with disgust.

"Seeing how much they enjoyed their food, I thought it was delicious! But it's just a rock! We've been fooled, ptooey ptooey ptooey!" The black-winged, purple-eyed Qiongqi spat out the crushed gold and jade, cursing incessantly.

The three brothers rushed over and saw that the food they had painstakingly collected had been ruined, and their already peak anger exploded.

"Aaaaaah! My golden ball!!" This was Tianlu's grief-stricken roar.

The three brothers launched an attack with lightning speed. Neither of the two ferocious beasts expected them to chase after them, and the Taotie was caught off guard and bitten squarely.

"Ouch! That hurts so much, get away!" He stood up and suddenly flung them away with all his might. How could the three young brothers possibly stand up to a divine beast in its adult stage? They were undoubtedly flung away.

The Taotie landed on its back, its nostrils flaring with angry breath. "You dare bite me? Looking for trouble! Well, today I'll wipe you all out!"

Qiongqi circled around from behind him and said, "They must be looking for their lost food. Tsk, they're quite clever, managing to find us by following the trail. But to come all this way for a few broken stones, they're really too poor! If I had known this, I wouldn't have bothered stealing."

The three brothers struggled to their feet, each glaring angrily at the two ferocious beasts.

Without a word, the Taotie charged forward, shouting, "If we kill you all, that thing will be ours!"

"That's right, brother! I'm here to lend you a hand! I'll take care of your rear; I'll be your strongest support!" Qiongqi shielded his brother in front of him, shouting as he followed closely behind.

As the two ferocious beasts approached the three brothers, Taotie suddenly leaped up, curled up, its fur bristling, and rolled towards them like a spiky ball.

However, at that moment, a figure suddenly appeared, and Dijiang arrived in time to block the three brothers.

Taotie felt as if it had crashed into a mountain, unable to budge it in the slightest.

The next second, another figure suddenly rushed forward, creating a gust of wind. It was Chaos. She suddenly swung out a claw, and the Taotie, powerless to resist, was slapped into the sky.

"Aaaaaaah!" With a series of screams, he turned into a speck of light and disappeared into the horizon.

The two thieves dealt with one of them, and all five pairs of eyes turned to the other one.

Qiongqi was so frightened that he jumped back repeatedly. Seeing what had just happened, he didn't dare to act recklessly anymore. "I, I was just passing by. I'm not familiar with that spiky ball, not familiar at all, really not familiar at all! These things are yours, right? You can take them back. I'll be going now, okay?"

Before he finished speaking, he turned and ran.

With a deafening roar, he ultimately couldn't escape and was sent flying into the sky by Chaos's slap.

"Ughhhhh! You just wait, I'll be back!"

The owner of the voice quickly flew away and disappeared.

Bixie looked down at the mess of stored grain and said sullenly, "Let's pack up and go home."

"Waaaaah, my golden ball..." Tianlu sobbed beside the ruined gold and jade. Baijie comforted him, "Alright, alright, don't cry."

……

The scene shifts, and Qiongqi pierces through the clouds a hundred meters in the sky. The power of Chaos Palm is gradually exhausted, its ascent slows down, and it begins to fall.

"Help! If I fall like this, I'll die from the pain, even if I don't die! I'm still so young, I don't want to die!" Qiongqi cried out, kicking wildly with its four claws, but its body still couldn't stop falling.

"Aaaaaah! Is this the end for me, the mighty Lord Qiongqi? Damn it! Why can't I fly... fly... wait, I can fly!"

He suddenly realized what was happening, and with a flap of his black wings, he hovered in mid-air. Gusts of wind blew by, ruffling Qiongqi's fur. He turned to look at his wings, feeling utterly embarrassed.

"How embarrassing! So embarrassing! I haven't used them in so long, I almost forgot I even had wings! Luckily, I wasn't seen..." He muttered to himself, then flapped his wings to return to the ground to find his brothers. But as he landed, he was drawn to the white clouds beneath his feet.

Above the pure white clouds, eggs, born of heaven and earth, lay piled together. Each egg had intricate patterns and shimmered with iridescent light under the bright sun.

……

All things are born from and nurtured by Heaven and Earth.

In the beginning of time, when the universe was first created, heaven and earth were separated. At that time, the relationship between heaven and earth was still strong, and they often created things together on a whim.

When the energies of heaven and earth merge, new life is born. Because the earth is dangerous, the heavens will shelter their children in the clouds until they are born.

But there are always some beasts that won't even spare their own brothers.

"I never expected there to be so many eggs hidden in the sky. This is truly a blessing in disguise. Come on, brother, I specially picked the biggest one from the clouds and brought it down. Let's enjoy it together!"

A red mythical beast egg was dropped on the ground by Qiongqi. Taotie's eyes lit up and it drooled.

"Slurp, you're a true buddy, I'll never forget you if anything good happens in the future."

"Stop talking nonsense. I haven't eaten for several days. I'll go get a few more after I finish this and have some strength."

The shadows of two ferocious beasts covered the divine beast egg. They held egg-opening tools in their hands and their faces were full of savage grins.

"Thank you for the gift of nature!"

"Crack!" Before they could do anything, the eggshell suddenly cracked on its own. The two ferocious beasts, who had been so menacing just moments before, froze, watching helplessly as the eggshell shattered completely, and a red, furry ball emerged.

Taotie: Premature infant, not fully developed.

"What is this thing?" Qiongqi grabbed the Taotie and squeezed it in its paws. "It's covered in fur, there's hardly any meat on it. How am I supposed to eat this?"

He said he even tried to pull harder, but unexpectedly, the Taotie got angry and suddenly opened its mouth, its body growing several times larger in the blink of an eye, swallowing his head whole.

"Hey hey hey I've been eaten! Bro, bro, save me, bro!" Qiongqi cried out in alarm, raising its upper body and frantically trying to pry open the food. Taotie quickly came up and grabbed Taotie, pulling it away forcefully.

With a pop, Qiongqi's head was pulled out. He lost his footing and fell, rolling away with a tumble. Taotie also fell to the ground with a thud. Seeing this, Taotie abandoned Taotie and quickly chased after it.

"Brother, are you okay?"

"It's nothing, just a newborn cub, it can't hurt me." Qiongqi wiped the drool from his face.

"What about that hairy egg?" Taotie breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that his brother was alright, but then looked at Taotie.

Qiongqi was about to suggest killing it when he suddenly saw Taotie in the distance wobbling as it got up and howled in their direction, looking quite timid.

"What's wrong? You're a coward now? You dared to try to eat me before." Qiongqi cursed irritably, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "This guy seems to have some ability. Let's keep him for now. If we encounter any danger, we can throw him out to buy time."