Lei Kunlun saw that the wild man his sister had brought along actually dared to glare at him, and his anger flared instantly. “Brat, who are you glaring at, huh?!”
He actually yelled at me!?
Shengnan was furious inside, but she couldn’t lash out.
Leng Xue reminded her to stay calm—this was Huang Quan’s body right now. If they really got into it with Lei Kunlun, they’d be the ones at a disadvantage.
Huang Quan couldn’t help snickering off to the side. Lei Kunlun probably had no idea that the person he was yelling at was actually the sister he doted on so much!
“Brat, is this abyss monster your tamed beast?” Lei Kunlun asked bluntly.
At that, Shengnan turned to look at Huang Quan, as if to say, Is it or isn’t it? Give me a hint!
“Brother, it really is a tamed beast. Look, it hasn’t shown any intention to attack this whole time.” Huang Quan hurried to smooth things over.
Si Lingfei, who hadn’t moved because she’d stepped on a landmine, overheard their conversation and immediately denied it. “Young Master Lei, aren’t you mistaken? He’s just a student with no background. How could he possibly own a lord-level monster?”
Even for the scions of powerful established families, owning a monster from the abyss was harder than reaching the sky.
That’s because most monsters from the abyss were extremely savage. Once you encountered one, it was usually a fight to the death—let alone a lord-level monster.
Lei Kunlun also thought it made sense. “Xue’er, did you get it wrong?”
Huang Quan rolled his eyes internally. She was Huang Quan—how could she be wrong?
He immediately leaned close to Shengnan, who was in Huang Quan’s body, and whispered in her ear, “Quick, call that Ghost-Faced Ape over!”
Shengnan directly waved at the Ghost-Faced Ape. “Get over here!”
But the Ghost-Faced Ape completely ignored her. Sure, she had the master’s face, but she wasn’t the master—so why should it bother being nice to her?
Seeing this, Si Lingfei couldn’t help but laugh. “Young Master Lei, didn’t I say so? How could he be the Ghost-Faced Ape’s master?”
The others chimed in as well:
“Yeah, this Ghost-Faced Ape must have been tamed by some expert. Their strength has to be at least above Great Awakener—probably already infinitely close to level six or seven!”
“And to tame this Ghost-Faced Ape, they definitely had to do it before it became a lord-level monster.”
“The training costs and effort required during that time aren’t something a wild brat like him could manage! We’d better figure out how to clear the mines under our feet first!”
…
And that was exactly the effect Huang Quan wanted. Shengnan sensed something was off and quickly asked Leng Xue for her opinion.
Leng Xue replied: This Huang Quan is using us!?
Shengnan was startled. “What do you mean?”
Leng Xue: Literally. There should be a soul contract between Huang Quan and the Ghost-Faced Ape. The moment he arrived, the ape sensed it.
Sure enough, just as Leng Xue said, the Ghost-Faced Ape was also bewildered by the situation in front of it.
Why had its master suddenly changed sex—and even produced a person who looked exactly like its original master?
It could rack its ape brain all it wanted and still not figure it out.
At that moment, Huang Quan waved at the Ghost-Faced Ape. “What are you standing there like an idiot for? Hurry up and come greet your master!”
As soon as Huang Quan’s voice fell, the Ghost-Faced Ape came bouncing over, as if deliberately avoiding the landmines.
Huang Quan looked satisfied, while the others were dumbstruck. A lord-level monster hopping around like an idiot—it was a real eye-opener, to say the least.
The landmines underfoot were very damaging even to Awakeners, but for a thick-skinned Ghost-Faced Ape, they’d at most singe some fur. There was no need for this!
What they didn’t know was that the Ghost-Faced Ape had its own grievances. It had stepped on a landmine before, and Huang Quan had nearly killed it!
If it hadn’t been somewhat useful, it would have become ape stew long ago.
What shocked them even more was that the Ghost-Faced Ape actually listened to Lei Aoxue so obediently. Could this ape have been raised by the Lei family?
Yeah!
The Lei family absolutely had the power and resources. Lei Zhenyuan was famous for doting on his daughter, and he was a level-seven Awakener. Catching a fourth-tier Ghost-Faced Ape would be as easy as turning his hand.
Others might not have the ability to give such a huge gift, but the Lei family definitely did.
Then Huang Quan waved at the Ghost-Faced Ape again. “Just stand there and don’t move. Your master will have something for you to do in a bit.”
The Ghost-Faced Ape obediently sat there, staring blankly at the group.
Such clumsy acting made everyone roll their eyes. By now, even an idiot could tell who the real master was.
This Huang Quan had clearly been brought out as a shield.
After hearing Leng Xue explain the reason, Shengnan’s expression turned absolutely awful. She wished she could kill Huang Quan on the spot.
Not far away, Ming Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes at the scene and swore inwardly: A woman as outstanding as Lei Aoxue—he absolutely had to have her!
With her, he’d not only gain the Lei family’s support—every night would be like living as an emperor!
Si Lingfei snorted coldly. “Young Master Lei, so after all this, this minefield and the mist formation outside were set up by you people!”
She was also trying to figure out what the Lei family meant by this.
They’d called them here to fight, then released a lord-level monster like this—what were they trying to do? Show off their muscles to the Sky Blue Guild?
But Lei Kunlun, at the center of the whirlpool, was completely baffled. His gaze swept back and forth between the Ghost-Faced Ape and his little sister.
“Xue’er, you…”
“Brother, I’m really not its master—Huang Quan is!” Huang Quan said with an innocent look, using Lei Aoxue’s body.
Seeing this, Shengnan almost couldn’t resist slapping this “herself” to death right then and there!
My god, why is it that when a man acts cute, he’s even sweeter than a woman?!
Leng Xue couldn’t help but sigh in admiration: He really is more suited to being a woman than we are. This innocent little white lotus act—it’s hard to imagine it comes from a man.
Lei Kunlun quickly figured something out and said with a face full of affection, “You’re afraid we’ll object, right, Xue’er? I want you to know—no matter what you two do, your brother will support and protect you.
Never mind raising one Ghost-Faced Ape—even if you raised ten or a hundred, I wouldn’t have the slightest objection. If you want more, I’ll go catch them for you!”
Hearing this, Huang Quan was deeply moved. Was this what family felt like? If Lei Kunlun weren’t a man, he’d have loved to give him a big hug.
Shengnan and Leng Xue fell silent after hearing that. They’d been angry at Lei Kunlun for yelling at them, but now all their anger had vanished.
But the others didn’t see it that way.
Si Lingfei in particular had a twitching mouth. What did the Lei family mean by this? Were they trying to tell them that producing ten or a hundred Ghost-Faced Apes like this was no problem at all?
