Red Envelope Group of the Three Realms

Before he left, Chen Xiaobei poured out Great Priest Beans from a bag and turned them into soldiers.

The Bean Soldiers could collect the Beast Cores of the beasts he killed last night. Even though they were all only at the Black Steel level, he still did not want to waste them.

The Bean Soldiers returned with 51 Beast Cores. That could increase his health and combat power by about 300.

…

After that, Chen Xiaobei followed the white fox deep into the canyon, towards the Armored Ape’s nest.

Once the Armored Ape had been taken care of, all the Demonic Beasts who did not wish to join the battle could go away in peace and the Northern Wilderness soldiers outside the canyon would be then safe.

That way, Chen Xiaobei could return home for the Duanwu festival worry free.

As they walked, the White Fox talked. “The beasts in this land actually hate fighting. The Demonic Beasts are not from here. If we can eliminate them completely, then Silver Plume planet would be peaceful and safe forever and ever!”

Chen Xiaobei asked, “If that was such a simple solution, then why didn’t the Temple do anything? They could have nipped it in the bud.”

“I don’t know either…” The white fox shook its head. “But, our Demonic Beast Elder surmised that the Temple itself might have been the one who brought the beasts here!”

“It can’t be… The Northern Wilderness Temple have been recruiting soldiers to protect each and every one of the planets! It just doesn’t make sense! Why would they bring the Demonic Beasts in and then try to protect the planets at the same time?”

“The elder reasoned that there were thousands of planets in Northern Wilderness Starfield and one Temple alone should not been have enough to take care of all of them. So, in order to protect their ruling political power and to prevent the planets under their rule from becoming too strong thus leaving its government, they brought the Demonic Beasts to each planet! The never-ending war between the Demonic Beasts and the Natives exhausted their resources and nearly wiped out the entire population. Without people to rule over, the Temple’s dominance over the planets would be meaningless. The Temple wanted to keep both the people and the Demonic Beasts. So, they figured out a way to balance the situation – recruiting soldiers!

“The Temple recruited young prodigies from the lower starfields to become their soldiers! These young people were not strong enough to completely annihilate the Demonic Beasts but were strong enough to protect the citizens. Thus, an indestructible, balanced ecosystem was formed! And because of that, the Temple was able to keep their control over these planets and even consolidated their grip on them! Each planet relied heavily on the Temple for protection. By being under the Temple’s wings, the planets avoided destruction by the Demonic Beasts! On top of that, during the annual martial arts competition, the Temple would choose one outstanding super soldier, thus killing 3 birds with 1 stone! So, while this decision cost them a lot of money, it anchored them to a ruling position for thousands of years! That itself was enough proof that this method was worth the price!”

The white fox’s explanation was clear. It was an articulate explanation of the relationships between the Demonic Beasts, the natives and the Northern Wilderness’ soldiers!

These 3 were like the pillars of the Northern Wilderness Temple, maintaining each other’s balance and safeguarding the Temple’s rule, which had not been shaken for thousands of years!

“Mmm…” Chen Xiaobei pondered and said, “Your dissection is well-founded… I believe almost 90% of it… I believe that it must be as you said it is!”

“Yeah…” The white fox nodded. “If the humans hear of this, I’m sure many of them will believe it. But because of language disparities, I am able to tell it only to you…”

“It’s useless even if they believe it. Just like you said, all the planets cling to the Temple for survival like chicks under the hen’s wing. Leaving the tower would only mean being left to die! No one would dare cause mutiny!”

“I know that. That was why I hope you can kill the Armored Ape so that we can have peace here in the canyon!”

“That’s where we’re headed!” Chen Xiaobei nodded.

Listening to the white fox’s explanation had caused Chen Xiaobei’s disgust for the Demonic Beast to deepen.

If the Temple had a hand in all of this, then the Demonic Beasts were the madness that the Temple had unleashed upon the natives!

Against such bloodthirsty creatures, reasoning was useless.

To avoid getting bitten, the only way to make them back off was to kill them!

…

Noises emerged from inside of a large cavern in the center of the large canyon.

“Servant! Liquor! Bring me more liquor!” Armored Ape ordered, its right eye smeared with ointment and wrapped in gauze.

Its spirits had recovered a lot in one night.

“My king… We have no more liquor… The liquor we took from the Northern Wilderness soldier’s Storage Bracelet…. Its all gone…” A smaller Armored Ape said in a low voice.

It was apparent then that the liquor, the gauze, and the medication… These things were all looted from the Northern Wilderness soldiers’ Storage Bracelet through battles.

If they did not wage wars, they would never have had these things.

“It’s all that idiot’s fault!” whined Armored Ape. “If he hadn’t spoilt my plan, all 18,000 Northern Wilderness soldiers would already be dead bodies by now! I would have an abundance of supplies! I could be eating roasted human flesh and be drinking their blood…. But all is lost now!”

“Yeah! That idiot is too hateful!” Armored Ape Soldier said through gritted teeth. “We’ll get him next time. We’ll make him pay and we’ll devour him, every chunk of bone and every slice of meat on him!”

“I will! I will catch him myself!” Armored Ape ground his teeth and roared, “I will make him suffer! And then I’ll eat his flesh, while he’s alive, piece by piece. And I’ll chew on his bones until they become like sand…”

“You’re already blind in one eye yet you don’t know when to stop!”

A voice came from the entrance of the cavern.

“Who is it?”

Armored Ape got up from his seat abruptly. The Ape Soldiers next to him were startled.

“Didn’t you want to eat me? I’m here to deliver your meal! Bro Bei’s delivery service. Delicious and flavorful. But first, we’ll have to see if you can live to eat it!”

Chen Xiaobei walked in, a black saber in his hand.