"Do you know what 'Leaf' is?"
After descending from the Great Snow Mountain, Lu Chen watched as the ancient giant beast turned around and disappeared into the vast snowy mountains, leaving only Ah-Tu and Lu Chen standing at the foot of the mountain. Lu Chen asked Ah-Tu.
Atsu shook its head, indicating that it knew nothing about it.
Lu Chen felt a little helpless, so he turned around and walked forward. Atsu followed beside him. The snowstorm around them was getting weaker and weaker. The white faded away and the greenery gradually flourished. Unknowingly, they seemed to have walked into another world.
Recalling the past, recalling the inexplicable days spent in the Southern Wilderness, Lu Chen could only sigh and sigh with emotion. However, when the flourishing scenes of life reappeared before his eyes, the lush greenery and vibrant flora and fauna that were rarely seen in the Southern Wilderness, even though they were still in the dangerous depths of the Land of Chaos, Lu Chen still felt a sense of joy as though he was a wanderer who had returned home.
For many years, he had never felt such a feeling, but at this time, he unexpectedly experienced it. Perhaps no matter what, as a human, he could not give up the yearning in his heart. No matter how good the Southern Xinjiang Wilderness was, it could not keep his heart.
This time, the place they came out from was, of course, not the place that Lu Chen and Atsu had come to a few years ago. Back then, they were forced to jump into the Longchuan River and were finally washed to the Southern Xinjiang Wilderness by the river water. This time, it was mostly thanks to Atsu's cheap Giant Beast father. In any case, Lu Chen felt that Sirius probably did not want a rare descendant to die in the Land of Chaos.
Therefore, after Sirius brought them out of the Great Snowy Mountain, they arrived at a place that they had never been to or heard of before. It looked like a green grassland with many hills and was full of vitality. However, the monsters that lived here were obviously more gentle. There were rarely any ferocious and terrifying monsters that gave people headaches. Occasionally, one or two aggressive monsters would appear, but Lu Chen and Atsu managed to deal with them one by one.
Perhaps, this was the shortcut?
However, as he walked through this unknown grassland, Lu Chen soon discovered something unusual about Atsu. The most obvious thing was that the big dog's appetite had once again skyrocketed.
Atsu was desperately eating, and it only ate the flesh and blood of demonic beasts. Ordinary beasts and even weaker demonic beasts were obviously not worthy of its attention.
Lu Chen observed along the way. It seemed that the more powerful and vigorous the demonic beasts were, the more interested this big black dog was.
Every day, Atsu was in a state of hunger. It always wanted to eat more, and as it ate crazily, the black dog became fiercer and fiercer.
Atsu was getting stronger and stronger.
Lu Chen clearly felt this. He saw with his own eyes that a large number of monsters on this grassland, from weak to strong, from small to large, were slowly entering the menu of Atsu, and then in turn, stimulating Atsu to become stronger.
The strength of this dog was growing by leaps and bounds. Lu Chen had never seen any kind of monster that could have such a terrifying growth. Perhaps this was the power of the ancient bloodline?
Then, Lu Chen quickly thought of the strange things that he secretly saw Sirius doing to Atsu during those nights in the den of Sirius, and the dazzling and swaying rainbow light around Atsu.
Would this dog grow into a giant beast like Sirius in the future?
Lu Chen couldn't help but think so.
This terrifying rate of growth continued for seven days. It wasn't until the two of them had walked across the wide grassland that Ah-Tu's seemingly bottomless appetite finally began to slow down. It then told Lu Chen the reason why it had become docile — it was probably because it had eaten too much recently, so it was temporarily on an empty stomach and stopped hunting those unlucky demon beasts for no good reason …
Lu Chen looked back at the road they came from. Around the road that passed through the vibrant grassland, there were probably countless monsters that had fallen.
Atsu was two times fatter than when it first came down from the snowy mountain. Now, it was already a real huge black wolf.
Just by standing, Atsu's body had already exceeded Lu Chen's head. As it walked, it exuded an awe-inspiring aura — that magnificent aura made it look like the king of the grassland.
But it was no wonder. Along the way, almost all the big and small demonic beasts on the prairie had been harmed by Ah-Tu and Lu Chen. Even if there were some particularly powerful ones that Ah-Tu couldn't defeat for the time being, they were often defeated by Lu Chen, who was helping the tyrant, with all kinds of cunning tricks, and became Ah-Tu's "tonic".
Then, on the seventh day, they walked to the other side of the grassland. Immediately, they saw a large river appear in their field of vision.
The Dragon River.
At last they saw the river again.
…
The Dragon River was the dividing line between the most dangerous inner region and the central region of the Land of Chaos. As long as they crossed this river and continued north, they would most likely encounter humans like Lu Chen once they reached the central region of the Land of Chaos.
Of course, the people they met might not necessarily be their friends.
However, Lu Chen was still very happy and his mood quickly improved. As he stood by the riverbank and observed the situation of the Dragon River, he even had the mood to ask Atsu, who was standing beside him, "You're finally back. After crossing the river, do you have a destination in mind?"
This time, Atsu reacted quickly. It barked at Lu Chen and drew a few lines on the ground with its paw.
At first, Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh. He scolded Ah-Tu, "I don't really understand what you're saying. I was wondering when you would be able to cultivate to the level of that Sirius and imitate our human language."
Of course, it would not be easy to reach the level of Sky Wolf's ability to speak human language. In fact, it was very likely that this ability could only be achieved by reaching the peak of the Demon Beasts. Naturally, Atsu was still far from it.
However, when Lu Chen's gaze swept across the lines that Atsu had drawn on the ground, he found it funny at first. However, his smile suddenly froze as if he had seen something under Atsu's paw.
After a while, Atsu retracted its front paw and took a few steps back.
Lu Chen slowly walked over and squatted on the ground. He looked at the messy lines on the ground. After a while, he reached out a hand and gently drew on the soil.
Some were unnecessary lines, some were mistakes made by Atsu due to its inexperience, and some were not very obvious. However, as his fingers moved, a simple drawing gradually appeared on the ground.
The drawing was very simple. It was so simple that one could barely see the uneven and crooked lines formed by a few strokes. It looked like an undulating mountain range.
Lu Chen looked at it silently for a while and then raised his head. Atsu's head was not far in front of him, and it was also staring at him.
Lu Chen asked, "Do you want to go back to Kunlun Mountain first?"
Atsu nodded.
Lu Chen said, "Why do we go back? That place no longer welcomes us …" His voice suddenly stopped, and then there seemed to be a gloomy expression on his face. He looked at Atsu and sighed softly.
"So … you want to go back and see her again?" Lu Chen asked softly.
Atsu nodded and barked, "Woof!"
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