Chapter 510 - 332: The Tigers and the Elephant Herd Take Their Places
Chapter 510: Chapter 332: The Tigers and the Elephant Herd Take Their Places
A Yunnan Province netizen, "@Snow Mountain Flying Fox," posted a pipe-smoking emoji and commented: "This migration route is even more orderly than that wild elephant herd back in ’18. And there’s even a rare white elephant among them, with skin like jade—a true White Jade Elephant. So majestic!"
A popular science blogger, "@AnimalWorldVJ" (who posted a comparison map of Asian Elephant habitats), commented: "This is too abnormal! Elephant herds in the Lancang River basin usually move toward the southwest rainforests. This time, they’re heading north across three climate zones, and forestry departments along the route actually pruned a 20-meter-wide vegetation buffer zone in advance (over 10,000 likes). This is clearly backed by a national-level ecological plan!"
A netizen from Yunnan Province, "@LovesHandRubbingGreenTheMost," "slammed their desk in excitement": "Latest leak! When the elephant herd passed the highway near my house this morning, the traffic police actually closed the road to escort them, and a truck brought three tons of pineapples to feed them!"
The news even spread to international forums.
A Japanese netizen: "Is China secretly training a giant war elephant corps? I heard the White House spokesperson is demanding transparency on ecological data!"
A Laotian netizen: "That White Elephant is clearly from our country! I think I’ve seen it somewhere before. How did it end up in China?"
A European environmental organization questioned: "The elephant herd consumes several tons of food daily, yet there are zero reports of them trampling farmland they pass through. This is highly suspicious! Please disclose the source of the food they’re being fed. Is it genetically modified?" (Attached: Satellite imagery comparing vegetation changes).
This news became a hot topic, so naturally, many bloggers came to ride the wave of popularity, livestreaming as they followed the elephant herd. And you know what? They got a ton of traffic. Their streams had at least a thousand concurrent viewers, with some hitting tens of thousands.
When Yao Yao heard about it, she asked Li Xiang for instructions. Consequently, Eternal Night Media also sent people over to livestream, but their real purpose was to secretly escort the herd and guide its direction.
The ones who came were Lei Xiaonan and Han Qifeng, along with two newly signed, attractive streamers.
On one blogger’s livestream, the majestic White Jade Elephant suddenly curled its trunk around a wild fruit and precisely tossed it at the drone’s camera. The chat instantly exploded with "Tribute confirmed!"
A traffic officer’s laughter was heard from off-camera: "That little rascal secretly drank two barrels of rice wine last night. Now it’s throwing fruit at everyone it sees!"
In the end, the elephant herd "settled down" on another mountain in Li Family Village. With Panda Mountain in the center, Tiger Mountain and Xiang Mountain were now on its left and right, respectively, sparking even more heated discussions among netizens.
"Whoa, they actually went to Li Family Village?"
"What the heck is over there? How is it attracting so many ferocious beasts to flock to it? Is the feng shui just that good?"
"There’s a rumor going around that the village chief of Li Family Village, the huge influencer Li Xiang with over sixty million fans, is the global Mysterious Armored Man."
"For real?"
"I don’t know either. It’s a rumor on the foreign internet. I had to use a VPN to see it."
"Damn, so foreigners know about it, but we’re the only ones in our own country who are kept in the dark."
"Isn’t that the truth? Foreigners even know how big our warships are, but we don’t."
With these two new attractions in Li Family Village, even more tourists came to visit and take pictures.
After all, of the five tigers, three were abnormally large and globally rare. Even the two Mortal Tigers were huge compared to ordinary ones.
The Tiger Mother weighed eight hundred kilograms, and seeing her up close was incredibly intimidating. People doubted whether the high walls could actually contain them.
In truth, of course the walls couldn’t hold them. If they wanted out, it would take them mere minutes. However, Li Xiang had ordered them not to descend the mountain, so they obediently stayed put day after day. They had food and drink, and more time for their Cultivation.
As for Xiang Mountain, high walls were erected there as well.
In reality, these high walls were mainly to prevent tourists from trespassing, not to confine the tigers and elephants.
Meanwhile, Li Xiang was enjoying himself with Chiba Yuki on Mount Fuji. Back home, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui taking turns still couldn’t withstand his advances, so he had come to Japan.
The main reason was also to see how Chiba Yuki’s preparations were coming along.
Chiba Yuki had bought a plot of land on Mount Fuji, intending to build a Shelter. Li Xiang used his Earth Superpower to help her construct the main structure inside the mountain’s belly. With Li Xiang’s current strength, it was a matter of minutes.
Back in his home country, he had handed the Shelter’s construction over to a company, partly to provide job opportunities and stimulate domestic demand. But in Japan, there was no such need, so he just did it himself.
Chiba Yuki was extremely satisfied with this mountainside Shelter, especially since Li Xiang had also designed several hot spring rooms, constructing channels from deep underground to draw in the natural hot springs of Mount Fuji.
The rest of the renovations and the construction of the buildings outside were left to Chiba Yuki.
Some tactless men, seeing the beautiful widow Chiba Yuki, tried to make a move on her. Naturally, they were all taught a harsh lesson. Some were beaten so badly by the White Hidden Master that their tendons were torn and bones broken; they would likely spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs.
Li Xiang felt that Chiba Yuki was still too soft. If it were him, he would have just killed them.
Chiba Yuki had previously been Tier Four. Over the past year or so, she had advanced another two tiers on her own and was now Tier Six, with six Shikigami.
The Twin Gouyu had also reached Tier Four.
Li Xiang’s visit this time lasted five days. For the first two days, he helped Chiba Yuki with practical matters: building the Shelter, organizing the warehouse, replenishing supplies, and teasing the Twin Gouyu, that pair of adorable, porcelain-like little girls. For the last three days, Chiba Yuki devoted herself entirely to serving Li Xiang, and the two of them never left the secret hot spring deep underground.
Chiba Yuki was left as pliant as flower-pressed clay, so exhausted she couldn’t even stand. But the benefits she received were also immense. Through this session of Dual Cultivation with Li Xiang, she broke through another two tiers, becoming a Tier Eight Extraordinary Being.
She was truly gifted. She had actually gained a new Shikigami for every tier she broke through, giving her eight in total: Aoi Monshou, Red Wisdom, White Hidden Master, Moon Night Viewing, Jintongzi, Profound Chi, Garuda, and Yellow Springs.
Among them, Jintongzi was the Blood Flame Tyrant: a red-haired youth, bare-chested, with dark red demonic horns piercing the skin of his forehead. His right arm, wrapped in a Soul-locking Chain, was tattooed with the Night Parade of Hundred Demons.
Profound Chi was the Weaver of the Vast Oceana Mist: a woman in black robes with hair like a waterfall, the tips of which dripped with the never-drying Wangchuan Water.
Garuda was the Celestial Soaring Wind and Thunder Master: a handsome monk, the human form of a Golden-winged Bird, whose snow-white kasaya was adorned with Buddhist Mantras.
Yellow Springs was a stooped old woman wearing a Noh mask called "Grandma’s House," her branch-like hands holding a Soul-Guiding Lantern. She could summon illusions of the Night Parade of Hundred Demons.
These latter few Shikigami each possessed unique skills, immense combat power, and strange techniques, but they weren’t particularly beautiful, and some were even male. Therefore, when Chiba Yuki served Li Xiang, she only summoned the most beautiful and alluring ones—Aoi Monshou, Red Wisdom, and Moon Night Viewing—to attend them.
As for the White Hidden Master, although female, she looked like a silver-haired young man and was androgynous. Chiba Yuki knew Li Xiang wasn’t into that, so she didn’t summon her either.
Even though Chiba Yuki had advanced to Tier Eight, possessed eight Shikigami, and could be considered the most powerful woman in Japan, she felt Li Xiang’s immense and unfathomable power even more keenly during their Dual Cultivation. Her heart couldn’t help but fill with even greater adoration for him.
The Twin Gouyu couldn’t resist peeking again with the Glimmering Moon Ice Mirror. This time, before Li Xiang had to act, Aoi Monshou appeared in their room, stopped them, and coaxed them to sleep.
But how could they possibly sleep? They whispered to each other under the covers, full of admiration.