There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 57 Walnuts Appear, Xie Zhi Becomes a God

Hao Chen felt a surge of excitement when he thought about what the courier, Xiao Shao, had just said about transporting live animals.

"Although I don't know why Walnuts arrived before Fuzai, now that it's in my hands, I can't miss it."

"Since the Four-Unlikes isn't here, I'm in charge of the Deer Man Shop now. Little Walnut, be a good boy and let your uncle give you a good petting session."

Hao Chen, who was so engrossed in petting the beast that he completely forgot that he was actually younger than Walnut, saw Hao Chen tear open the tape on the package with trembling paws.

"boom!"

As Hao Chen expected, a white kitten with black spots and stripes emerged from the box; it was the Mengji Walnut that Hao Chen had been thinking of.

As soon as Walnut came out, before she could even see who was standing in front of her, she opened her arms to Haochen and happily shouted, "Hey! Mom and Dad, you're back!"

However, after Walnut finished speaking, he suddenly realized that the person standing in front of him was not his parents, but a puppy about the same size as him.

"Oh! It's just a puppy. By the way, who are you?"

Hearing the little brat Walnut call him a puppy, several veins popped out on Hao Chen's forehead. However, thinking that he would want to pet the other's body later, Hao Chen suppressed his displeasure and put on a friendly expression.

"Hello, my name is Haochen, welcome to Deer Man Shop, little kitty!!!"

In retaliation, Hao Chen deliberately emphasized the words "little kitten," and Walnut was clearly unhappy that Hao Chen called him "little kitten."

Walnut frowned and said, "Hey, Walnut is Mengji, not a kitten."

Hao Chen laughed and said, "Hehe, I know: Mengji, with its two tails like a leopard, can enter dreams and hide well, and its cry is Mengji. Am I right?"

Walnut nodded blankly, then looked around and, not seeing his parents, decided to retreat back into the box.

However, Hao Chen had no intention of letting Walnut go back into the box so easily. Hao Chen pretended to be puzzled and said, "Walnut, what are you doing? Why are you hiding in the box?"

Walnut, who is still quite naive, said directly, "Walnut is playing a 'goodbye game' with Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad say goodbye to me before they leave, and I wait for them in the box. When they come back, they open the box and call me."

Then, Walnut instructed Haochen, "That's it, don't open my box again."

But before Walnut could crawl back into the box, Hao Chen quickly said, "Wait, Walnut, listen to me, this time it's really 'goodbye'. Your parents sold you to me, and you'll never see them again."

Hearing Hao Chen's words, Walnut was devastated and cried as she said to Hao Chen, "Liar, Mom and Dad would never abandon Walnut. I'm not going to be friends with you anymore."

After saying that, Walnut angrily crawled back into the box, wiped away her tears, and whispered, "Mom and Dad, do you really not want Walnut anymore?"

Seeing Walnut's expression, Hao Chen realized he had gone a bit too far and quickly said from outside, "Alright, Walnut, I was just joking with you. Your parents have some things to take care of, so they'll let you stay here for a while and then come back to pick you up."

Hearing Hao Chen's words, Walnut in the box breathed a sigh of relief: I knew Mom and Dad wouldn't abandon Walnut.

However, Hao Chen saw that Walnut was not planning to come out yet. Just as he was about to open the box and pull Walnut out, his mobile phone suddenly rang.

Hao Chen took it out and saw that it was a call from Si Bu Xiang: "Huh, wasn't Si Bu Xiang playing mahjong? What's the matter with him calling me now? Is he asking me to play mahjong?"

Without thinking too much, Hao Chen pressed the answer button. A strange voice came from the phone: "Hao Chen, come to the mahjong parlor. I need your help with something."

Without waiting for Hao Chen's agreement, the four-legged creature hung up the phone. Hao Chen shook his head: "This four-legged creature didn't explain what it was about. Let's go take a look."

Hao Chen then looked at Walnut's box and thought that leaving Walnut alone here didn't seem right. What if Walnut ran away?

So, Haochen opened the box and, to Walnut's astonishment, grabbed Walnut by the back of the neck and pulled him out of the box.

"Let go of Walnut! Walnut is waiting for Mom and Dad here!"

With a "bang," Hao Chen instantly grew larger, then placed the walnut on his back: "Why wait for Mom and Dad? Your parents won't be back anytime soon. I'll take you to do something fun, so hurry up."

The next moment, Hao Chen darted out like a gust of wind, startling Walnut on his back, who clung tightly to Hao Chen's fur: "Ah~ slow down, Walnut is going to be blown away."

The mahjong parlor of the Four-Unlikes was not far from the Deer Man's shop, so Hao Chen arrived quickly. However, he did not see Rabbit Lord and the others, but only the Four-Unlikes standing in front of the mahjong parlor waving at him.

"Haochen, over here."

Hao Chen walked up to the Qilin and asked, "Qilin, why are you all alone? Where are Di Ting and Rabbit Lord?"

Because Hao Chen grew to a size similar to Tian Lu at maturity, the Qilin did not see the walnuts on Hao Chen's back.

The four-legged creature clasped its hands together and said to Hao Chen, "Hao Chen, could you please do me a favor and tear off the seal on the door of the mahjong parlor?"

After hearing what the strange creature said, Hao Chen turned to look at the mahjong parlor and found that it was now closed and sealed with a tape over the door.

Hao Chen felt a sense of familiarity upon seeing this scene, but couldn't quite place it, especially with the Qilin urging him on.

So, Hao Chen put Walnut, who had been scared unconscious by the feline stress response due to the excessive speed, into the arms of the Four-Faced Beast: "Four-Faced Beast, please take care of it for now."

The Qilin looked at the walnut in its hands and exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't this the divine beast Mengji? I heard it's very rare now. And it's a cub! Haochen, where did you steal it from?"

"I'll explain later. Let me tear off the seal for you first."

As he spoke, Hao Chen stepped forward and began tearing off the seal on the mahjong parlor: "It's pretty sturdy!"

But the next moment, a chill shot from Hao Chen's tailbone straight to his forehead, startling Hao Chen so much that he immediately turned around and saw a blue divine beast with long horns charging towards him.

"That's a Xie Zhi?! Oh no, wait... Awooo~"

The moment Hao Chen saw the Xie Zhi, he instantly understood why the mahjong parlor had been shut down, but it was too late.

Hao Chen was instantly poked in the buttocks by the long horn of the Xie Zhi. Even though he was a Pi Xiu and had no genitals, he couldn't help but shed physiological tears at that moment.

With tears of humiliation streaming down his face, Hao Chen demanded an explanation from the Four-Unlikes: "Four-Unlikes, look what you've done! Why didn't you say earlier that it was the Xie Zhi that shut down your mahjong parlor?"

The four-legged creature said somewhat awkwardly, "I thought you could tear off the seal when the Xie Zhi arrived, so I didn't say anything."

"You..." Hao Chen was furious, but the damage caused by the Xie Zhi was too terrifying. Hao Chen's size shrank back to his growth stage as a result.

With tears streaming down his face and his bottom covered, Hao Chen was forced to stand aside and receive a lesson by the long horns of the Xie Zhi. There, he also saw Rabbit Lord, Di Ting, Zhan Hu, Taotie, and Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao.

Seeing that they were all crying like him, Hao Chen knew without a doubt that they had all been subjected to the Thousand Year Kill by the Xie Zhi. But when he thought about how their body structure was different from that of the Pi Xiu, Hao Chen felt that his buttocks didn't hurt so much anymore.

"Hey, Mr. Rabbit, what's going on here?"

Rabbit Lord explained, "Wa Mao had to go back first, so we asked Taotie to play mahjong. But Taotie cheated and was caught by Xie Zhi, who then pierced him through."

Taotie, standing to the side, drew a crying emoji: "Nonsense, how can it be considered cheating if you weren't caught?"

Hao Chen ignored Taotie's words and wondered how he had managed to attract the Xie Zhi without being discovered.

Then Hao Chen looked at Zhan Hu: "Zhan Hu, what's wrong with you? I remember you don't know how to play mahjong."

With tears streaming down his face, Zhanhu said, "The Qilin asked me for help, so I was called here to assist, and this is how it ended up. By the way, what about you, Haochen?"

Hao Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Just like you, I was tricked by the Four-Unlikes."

At this moment, Jinjiao and Yinjiao cried out, "We're the unlucky ones! We didn't do anything, we just glanced at Fourth Boss and the others playing mahjong, and we got poked! Our butts hurt so much!"

Immediately afterwards, Hao Chen looked at Di Ting in its beast form. He didn't expect that Di Ting, who was always calm and composed, would actually tuck its tail between its legs and shed tears at this moment.

Di Ting was now somewhat regretful. He should have listened to Da Di and gone directly to the Master instead of playing mahjong.

Fortunately, he was poked in the waist by the Xie Zhi, rather than being hit squarely in the bullseye like the Zhan Hu.

Just as Hao Chen and the other beasts were talking, another unlucky fellow was brought over by the Xie Zhi.

Hao Chen looked closely and realized that the unlucky fellow was actually Tian Lu. It seemed that Tian Lu had been called to help because the Qilin was too afraid to tear off the seal on the Xie Zhi himself.

Tianlu, also forced to shed tears, said, "You damned Qilin, you tricked me again. Once I recover, I'm going to eat you up."

Hao Chen looked at Tian Lu's buttocks, which were tucked between its tails, and said, "Tian Lu, do you want to lick it? Licking it will make it stop hurting."

After hearing Hao Chen's voice, Tian Lu turned around and saw many familiar beasts, but they all had one thing in common: they were all crying.

Needless to say, Tianlu realized they had suffered the same fate as him: "Haha, Haochen, you got poked too?!"

Hao Chen: "..." Tian Lu, there's no need to talk about this.

Hao Chen and Tian Lu exchanged a glance and instantly had an idea. They said to Xie Zhi in unison, "I want to report this mahjong parlor. It's a quack brothel, and he's the owner."

And so, another beast appeared with its tail between its legs and tears streaming down its face. The Xie Zhi went berserk that day, becoming an undefeated monster. The only one left unharmed by the Xie Zhi was the adorable little Walnut.