A World Worth Protecting

“It’s you again!” Wang Baole grew frustrated again when he raised his head to take a look, after taking much effort to stabilize the cruiser again. He did not know if he had a ‘special’ affinity with this Diamond Ape, since it was the second time that he had bumped into him. It was obvious that it recognized Wang Baole’s cruiser, based on the Diamond Ape’s facial expression…

“I did not fly into the higher cloud layers, but this hairy monkey still attacked me. Is he bullying me because I’m nice!?” Wang Baole was furious, not wanting to brush off an issue like this. However, when he thought of the strong backing and the level of cultivation that the Diamond Ape had…

“I’ll bear with it!” Wang Baole gritted his teeth, planning to exit his cruiser before stowing it away. He thought about how he could not afford to provoke the Diamond Ape and that the Diamond Ape probably would not dare attack him further after he removed the cruiser from its sight.

However, even before he could step off the cruiser, the apparently experienced Diamond Ape with its glistening white teeth and a look of disdain suddenly charged toward Wang Baole’s cruiser, slapping it hard once again.

With a loud bang, Wang Baole screamed pitifully as his cruiser was hurled like a ball. Like before, the cruiser was thrown into the air, rotating several rounds midair before being stabilized forcefully. Wang Baole’s anger reached boiling point, but as he recalled the kind advice offered by others to never reprimand the monkey, he planned to swallow it down. However, he saw the ape continuing to contort its body into an offensive position, shaking its buttocks and baring its teeth at him.

That instantly tripped something in Wang Baole’s mind. He could no longer bear it and opened the cover of the cruiser, stood up, and shouted at the Diamond Ape while pointing at it.

“You hairy monkey! Annoying, sick monkey! You’re a bully! To hell with you! Do you dare wait and battle me after I breakthrough from the True Breath realm? If you dare not, you’re my son! You bear grudges? I’m someone who remembers grudges better than anyone else! There is no end to this matter between us!”

As Wang Baole was unleashing his wrath, he did not consider what it would mean if his son was really a monkey. Now, his loud voice began to spread.

On Upper Academy Island, disciples from the various pavilions noticed the exchange between the Diamond Ape and Wang Baole. They were originally just watching the show, but when they heard Wang Baole’s voice, their facial expressions changed instantly.

“Is this a newbie? Gosh! He actually dared scold the Diamond Ape! We have to run!”

“Doesn’t he know that once the Diamond Ape is offended, it will remember the gaffe, and the only way out of it is to be played by it three times. However, it would only be three times at most. It would pass if he bore with it. After that, the Beast Taming Pavilion will offer compensation!”

“Trouble’s brewing!”

The disciples from the various pavilions standing around all carried shocked expressions. They immediately retreated as if they would be safer the further they were from this place.

The Diamond Ape was pounding its chest and baring its teeth in midair. After it heard Wang Baole scolding it, it trembled all over and eventually stopped showing its teeth and pounding its chest. Its breathing grew rapid, and its eyes turned red with anger, as it suddenly roared furiously at Wang Baole.

The roar was deafening, immediately spreading in all directions. As the sound spread, the disciples who were fleeing felt that their heads were about to explode. They picked up speed, and some of them even retrieved their cruisers.

“Chaos incoming! Run!”

“The Diamond Ape is going to unleash its wrath!”

As they scurried away in shock, gasps also emerged from the Levitating Mountain where the Beast Taming Pavilion was located. Numerous disciples from the Beast Taming Pavilion were thrown into a flurry. They instantly retrieved their masks and put them on at the fastest possible speed. Despite that, some were still worried as they hurriedly searched for a protective chamber…

At the same time, Wang Baole got a shock due to the Diamond Ape’s angry, agitated howl. He felt strong gusts of wind blowing at him as the Diamond Ape turned extremely savage in the blink of an eye.

“Is there a need to be like this? I have only scolded you, not hit you! What a fragile ego you have!” Wang Baole facial expression revealed his surprise, and he was about to take action when suddenly, the Diamond Ape in the air turned around, its back facing Wang Baole after it threw an angry glance at him. It seemed like it was trying hard to control and restrain itself.

“That’s what I’m saying! This fella is reasonable. After all…” Seeing what had happened, Wang Baole heaved a sigh of relief. He thought that he should not provoke the Diamond Ape any further since it had a more ferocious temper than him, so he controlled his cruiser and dashed in the direction of his cave abode while the Diamond Ape still had its back turned against him.

However, just as Wang Baole drove his cruiser away, the Diamond Ape that was back facing him suddenly inhaled deeply. The suction force from its breath was extremely strong, such that a whirlwind appeared in the skies before him. Vegetation and other plants grown on the Levitating Mountain were also being pulled at an angle. The Diamond Ape slowly raised its buttocks as it took a deep breath.

Wang Baole, who was speeding away, was momentarily frozen with shock when he noticed what was happening. Dumbfounded, he stared with his eyes wide open.

“What’s going on?”

The instant Wang Baole opened his mouth, the Diamond Ape raised its buttocks even higher as it inhaled sufficient air to fill its stomach completely. In the blink of an eye, it forcefully contracted its muscles, and a deafening boom immediately emerged. As the sound was produced, a cloud of translucent fog spread, directly tumbling toward Wang Baole like an invisible wave.

Wang Baole’s mind instantly buzzed with activity. He had never expected that this highly-revered Diamond Ape would actually direct its fart toward him after being scolded!

“This… This…” Wang Baole was immediately thrown over the edge as he tried to avoid it.

The entire series of events, from Wang Baole scolding the Diamond Ape to it unleashing its most formidable retaliation, happened in the blink of an eye. As Wang Baole trembled and went crazy with shock, the flatulence had already tumbled toward him, instantly enveloping Wang Baole and his cruiser in it.

The fog seemed to be encompassing a unique force. The cruiser momentarily malfunctioned the moment the fog entered, and there was no way to prevent the fog from entering. It spread throughout the cabin, and Wang Baole screamed tragically after taking a whiff of it.

“This is definitely not a fart! It’s poison!” The smell of the fart was indescribably pungent. Wang Baole had never smelled something like that in his entire life. He was about to throw up with the fart shrouding him, but he did not dare escape from the cruiser seeing how concentrated the fog was outside. Therefore, struggling to stay conscious, he unleashed all his Spirit Qi while screaming painfully. After much effort, the cruiser emerged from the fog at high speed. As it emerged, Wang Baole did not bother controlling the cruiser anymore. The first thing he did was to jump off the cruiser.

However, even though he had escaped from the cruiser, the surrounding air still carried the pungent smell. As the fog spread, almost all the pavilions on Upper Academy Island were shrouded in it. Instantly, painful and angry screams erupted all around from helpless and furious students…

Wang Baole took a whiff of it and vomited as he could no longer control himself. He felt like he had been poisoned, and he raised his head, staring angrily at the Diamond Ape in midair.

Now, the Diamond Ape was soaked in glee. It pounded its chest again, and as it howled, it bared its teeth at Wang Baole, its eyes ridiculing Wang Baole.

Its teeth were extremely white, beautiful, and extraordinary. The way that it bared its teeth was like it was trying to show off. Wang Baole’s hatred toward it grew even more deep-seated.

“Just you wait!” Wang Baole gritted his teeth and was about to leave when suddenly, at this instant, a deep-sounding roar emerged from the Beast Taming Pavilion on the Levitating Mountain.

“Blackie, you’re being unruly again! This time, your punishment is to be locked in for three months! Return right away!”

The voice was thunderous, spreading in all directions. The Diamond Ape, which was in midair, suddenly trembled all over, fearful and slightly indignant. It lowered its head and glanced fiercely at Wang Baole before carefully turning around, dashing directly toward the Beast Taming Pavilion.

Wang Baole’s anger was still not appeased even though he saw that the Diamond Ape had been punished. He felt that the punishment was too lenient, but he had no control over it himself. Thus, he could only control his anger and look at his severely damaged cruiser that had been slammed onto the ground. He wanted to cry but could not produce any tears.

In his anger, Wang Baole took the cruiser back to his cave abode while gritting his teeth. He kept thinking about how to seek revenge, but even before he could think of a way, when his Armament Disciple Daoist robe arrived on the second day, an Armament Disciple from the Beast Taming Pavilion showed up as well, apologizing for the Diamond Ape’s behavior and presenting Wang Baole with compensation.

“Senior Brother Baole, please do not take offense. The Diamond Ape is so unruly that we are also troubled by it.”

Seeing the polite attitude exhibited by the disciple from the Beast Taming Pavilion, Wang Baole did not unleash his anger. He appeared to have forgiven the ape for what had happened on the surface, but he still silently held a grudge in his mind.

Sickening monkey! I, Wang Baole, will remember this! Wang Baole harrumphed coldly and buried the matter in his heart. After that, he continued his cultivation and studies on Upper Academy Island. His fame in the College Administrative Department also grew as news of what had happened in the market spread.

That was compounded by the fact that the Inspector main team that he was in charge of was extremely powerful. Therefore, in the days that followed, not only did the disciples from the Inspector main team report to him regularly, Wang Baole also had many visitors.

Gradually, Wang Baole’s name became more familiar in the minds of the disciples from the Dharmic Armament Pavilion.

At the same time, Wang Baole did not neglect refining Dharmic Artifacts. After completing the refinement of a perfect first-grade Dharmic Artifact, Wang Baole thought about trying to refine a second-grade Dharmic Artifact, even though the assessment for disciples did not require one to refine a perfect second-grade Dharmic Artifact but a third-grade Numinous Treasure instead. However, Wang Baole felt that it was crucial for him to build the foundation and decided to take steady steps toward that. Therefore, he put in a lot of effort into refining a perfect second-grade Dharmic Artifact.

As for the scabbard that Little Missy from the mask had suggested, Wang Baole also began to study how to refine it in this time period.

Days passed just like that, until one day, the Combat Pavilion made an announcement to the whole of Upper Academy Island. Commotion arose in almost all the pavilions of Upper Academy Island, and people’s eyes all lit up as they planned their next move.

That was especially so for the disciples from the Alchemy Pavilion and the Dharmic Armament Pavilion. After seeing the notice by the Combat Pavilion, they all grew exhilarated.