novelhk Chapter 157 Digging
Chapter 157 Digging
Chapter 157 Digging
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he looked at the old wolf in his arms, who was almost dying. The wolf's eyes were still wide open, clearly unwilling to close.
At first, when the Digivice was flashing, Xiao Yan thought that there might be some special method that would allow him to convert the Snow Wolf Beast into his own Digimon after scanning.
But as the snow wolf beasts grew, Xiao Yan knew that it would only restore them to normal. In that case, he would at most have one on his head and one by his hand, which was acceptable.
But now, this old wolf, now in its twilight years, is about to close its eyes.
"Agumon, a million has gone down the drain. Luckily, it was Sect Master Ning who paid for it." Xiao Yan joked as he looked at Agumon, seemingly trying to steer the conversation away from the harsh topic of life and death.
When the little animal licked the back of his hand just now, he suddenly understood why so many people like to keep dogs. Dogs are affectionate and loyal.
It's fortunate that I didn't give the Snow Wolf Beast a nickname back then; if I had, I might have been even less able to accept the reality before me.
"One million? Is that a lot?" Agumon always just followed Xiao Yan around and watched him pay. To be honest, he didn't really have a concrete concept of how much gold soul coins were.
"Probably enough sweet potatoes for you to eat for over two hundred years," Xiao Yan said after thinking for a moment, and then said very seriously. Of course, after taking into account inflation and transportation costs, it would definitely be more than two hundred years.
But Xiao Yan felt that two hundred years would be enough for Agumon to digest.
"Ah, there are so many?" Agumon said, leaning closer with a hint of heartache, and mimicking Xiao Yan's gesture, patted Snow Wolfmon's head.
The old wolf didn't even have the strength to glare at him anymore.
Finally, in Xiao Yan's arms, she lost her warmth.
"Do you remember? Three years ago, when we first arrived in the North, a man mysteriously tried to sell me a fur coat, saying he urgently needed money and that I would definitely need it in this far north. But he didn't know that I had you by my side, so I wasn't afraid of the cold."
"That's right," Agumon said.
"But I later learned that what the local said was true, especially in the villages closest to the far north. Snow wolf pelts are common goods, but not rare. After all, mercenary groups have hunted too many, leading to an oversupply of pelts. However, the number of snow wolves running on the snowfield is getting smaller and smaller."
Xiao Yan continued talking to himself, then came to his senses, picked up the snow wolf in his arms, and prepared to walk towards the door.
"Xiao Yan, it's so late, where are we going?" Agumon asked curiously. The Tian Dou student dormitory was indeed unusually quiet. It was estimated that everyone except those who were cultivating their soul power was asleep.
"Find a place where no one has dug it up and bury him. I don't want anyone digging up his body and selling it for money."
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Agumon nodded and followed Xiao Yan.
The two quickly found an open space on the back mountain of the academy. The academy had a simulated cultivation environment, so most students preferred to stay in the academy, except for dating, and rarely came to the back mountain, a natural cultivation place.
However, just as Xiao Yan and Agumon entered the back mountain, a person who was sitting cross-legged cultivating seemed to sense something. He opened his eyes, then leaped onto a tree. Coincidentally, Xiao Yan and Agumon happened to be in an open space not far from him.
"Xiao Yan, there seems to be another aura around here," Agumon sniffed and whispered.
"They're probably training hard in the deep mountains. Although I think that students from the Heavenly Dou Academy, who are used to being pampered, shouldn't be training here, who knows? As long as they're not some wild beasts from the deep mountains, it's fine." Xiao Yan would come to the back mountain to train every now and then, so he naturally thought it was normal for someone to be there.
As for why it shouldn't be a wild animal, if there were a wild animal, especially one that eats carrion, it would definitely dig up the body that he had painstakingly buried, which is not the result Xiao Yan wanted.
Agumon nodded and stopped talking, but the person in the tree still noticed his slight opening and closing of his lips.
Even more terrifying is that he possesses hearing and a sense of smell that are even better than those of Agumon.
"Is that Xiao Yan? His soul beast, why can it talk?"
The person in the tree was shocked. At first, he couldn't understand why someone would bring a soul beast's corpse to the back mountain on such a dark night with the moon high in the sky, as if they were burying the body.
This action is actually quite inconsistent with the behavior of a Soul Master. After hunting Soul Beasts, ordinary Soul Masters either covet their Soul Rings or the parts on their bodies.
However, he was now deeply shocked by the fact that the soul beasts around Xiao Yan could speak.
"Nobody told me his soul beast could talk. Now I finally know why he used his martial soul to hide his soul beast—it's because it can speak. I'll have a chat with that yellow guy when I get the chance." The person in the tree made up his mind, then remained motionless on the treetop.
We mustn't disturb their activities right now; if they discover us, it won't be easy to explain.
"Go ahead and dig, Agumon. I'll treat you to something delicious later." Xiao Yan flattered Agumon and sent him away.
He and Agumon dug in the dirt in a half-hearted manner, and soon the dust kicked up covered his clothes, leaving both of them covered in dirt.
Once the pit was confirmed to be stable, the man and the beast worked together to place the snow wolf carcass inside.
He and Agumon covered the thick layer of soil they had dug up with their feet, then stepped on it to compact it.
After successfully completing their mission, neither the human nor the beast wanted to rest for long. They were just feeling a bit tired and longed to take a hot shower and then get a good night's sleep.
Xiao Yan didn't know why he went to such lengths to bury it. Perhaps it was because he had truly grown attached to it, perhaps it was because it was worth a million gold soul coins, or perhaps he didn't want to wake up to find the soul beast's corpse lying in his dormitory.
"Xiao Yan, I want to have a good meal tomorrow, the most expensive one in Tian Dou City. I'm exhausted today."
"No problem, but save me some effort." Xiao Yan smiled and rubbed Agumon's head, after all, the beast's two claws had been working very hard while digging in the dirt.
However, at this moment, the Tyrannosaurus Rex machine at Xiao Yan's waist, which had been silent, suddenly vibrated.
Xiao Yan was startled and stopped in his tracks. He turned around and took two steps back, the tremors becoming even stronger, until he reached the pit where he and Agumon had been buried.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and composed himself. If it weren't so late at night, he might have really started cursing.
What's wrong? You've already buried the beast's carcass, and now you're making a fuss again.
However, it's not fair to blame the Tyrannosaurus Rex for being unreliable. It was only much later that Xiao Yan realized this. After absorbing Xiao Yan's soul power and converting it, the Tyrannosaurus Rex also crashed, which is why it didn't give Xiao Yan any feedback for a long time.
Moreover, at this moment, not only was it vibrating, but the entire Digivice was emitting light.
"What is that thing? I've never heard Yu Tianheng and the others mention it." The person in the tree frowned. If he were some kind of royalty or nobleman, he might have thought it was a glowing soul tool based on his own understanding.
However, those in the trees had very little contact with him, so they naturally assumed that since the Agumon was the soul beast that accompanied Xiao Yan, then this glowing little thing must be Xiao Yan's martial soul.
Xiao Yan looked at the bright light at his waist and couldn't afford to be negligent. He looked at the somewhat pitiful Agumon and nodded.
"dig."