The Spiritual Awakening Array's light faded, revealing the treasures strewn all over the place. Only the winner, the fat and strong panda, strolled around unscathed.
Li Mo was stunned for five minutes.
Even he was wrong this time. This guy was the first to attack and also the first to fall. Li Mo thought it was out of the game, but who knew it had other plans. It laid on the ground and played dead, waiting to reap the spoils of war.
'This intelligence isn't a problem, but isn't it too treacherous?'
In Li Mo's mind, the best choice was the medium sized panda. It had an unyielding fighting style and was fearless. It even used the Ten Divine Beasts Skill twice.
The red panda wasn't half bad either, quick and fierce. If it wasn't for its weight, the winner would've been hard to say.
The others weren't half bad either, at least showing some of the bloodline of the ten ancient beasts.
'But this guy …'
Li Mo frowned for a long time, then relaxed. Survival of the fittest. Being able to stand out from its own kind was proof of its excellence.
Though it was a bit low.
"Fine. You and I are fated. You it shall be."
Li Mo pointed at the panda's forehead.
The Spiritual Awakening Array was only a temporary increase in intelligence, while the Spiritual Awakening Art was a permanent one.
With a finger, the panda's cloudy eyes became clear. It scratched its head and looked at Li Mo with doubt.
"Let's go."
The panda followed behind Li Mo, turning its head from time to time as if reluctant to part with its companions.
"This is your choice. Don't worry about them, they won't be in danger. And with the Spiritual Awakening Array's baptism, their intelligence is much better than others."
The panda suddenly turned around and ran towards its companions.
Li Mo was startled, "It seems you don't want to leave. Fate can't be forced, so stay …"
"F * ck!"
Li Mo thought the panda was reluctant to part with its companions, but then he saw the panda lying on top of an unconscious panda, wiggling its butt …
Li Mo: …
'This isn't about being reluctant to part with its own kind, it's forced mating!'
A minute later, the panda got off the unconscious panda and ran to Li Mo's side.
Li Mo rubbed his forehead.
It was normal for wild beasts to act when they had just gained sentience.
Li Mo tried to convince himself.
"Wuuuu —"
When they left Daliang Mountain, the panda stood up and let out two unintelligible roars.
"You used to be a beast, so it's fine for you to do beastly things. But you're not a beast anymore. You're a spiritual beast, and spiritual beasts can't do such things …"
"Woo?"
"That's what you just did."
"Wu wu?"
On the way, Li Mo tried to talk to this guy, only to find him confused.
Although it had gained sentience, its IQ was still very low. If it wanted to improve, it would have to learn like a human.
"Think about it yourself!"
Li Mo put a finger on the panda's forehead, but this time he didn't pull it back. He was getting impatient. If he slowly taught it, who knew how long it would take for it to understand the rules of an intelligent being. He might as well teach it everything he learned in childhood and let it digest it on its own.
As Li Mo's memories poured into it, the panda's eyes went blank.
If it wanted to completely absorb these memories, it would probably take several days. As for fully understanding them, it would probably take even longer.
"It's too big to take on a plane. Here I have it."
Li Mo took out an ancient painting from his Star Ring. On it was a pond of clear water and a few lotuses. He grabbed the panda and shoved it into the painting.
The panda took up a third of the painting's space due to its huge size.
This painting was different from a spatial ring. The world inside was similar to a time-space rupture world. As long as one knew how to open and close it, one could put anything inside, be it living or dead. But entering the ancient painting world came with a certain amount of danger, like being burned, drowned in water, destroyed, and so on. If the painting was destroyed, everything inside would be destroyed as well.
Li Mo saw this painting in the black market and bought it for only ten thousand.
"My trip to Chuan Province was quite fruitful. I have most of the body refining materials, the Eight Directional Spiritual Gathering Array, a Shadowed Deity Protector, and this … beast …"
Li Mo recalled the panda's heavy breathing and found it hard to call it a sacred beast.
Li Mo booked a flight to Feng City at noon the next day.
Li Mo thought he would be back in three to five days, but because of Earth Traveler Sun Yinzheng's magical art, he was delayed by half a month.
Li Mo got home at three in the afternoon and saw Du Fei diligently cleaning the yard.
The front and back of the house were clean and spotless.
"Bro Mo, you're back. I missed you so much."
Du Fei was excited to see Li Mo.
Li Mo asked, "Didn't you have any special training?
Why are you sweeping the yard? "
"I trained a few days ago and now I'm free. Since I have nothing to do, I came to help you clean the yard and check on your sister, Qingyi."
Du Fei was a bit shy.
Li Mo was startled.
"Bro Mo, you're back!"
Su Qingyi ran out of the house with a strange gait.
Li Mo was shocked, "You two know each other?"
Du Fei answered, "I met her half a month ago. Qingyi is a good girl, hardworking, kind, and gentle. I've never seen such a good girl."
Su Qingyi smiled emotionlessly, "Brother Fei is great too."
In half a month, Su Qingyi's Corpse Control Art showed no improvement, nor did her soul possession.
In terms of cultivation, she really had no talent at all.
"Time's up. I have to go home. See you tomorrow, bro Mo!"
Du Fei threw the cleaning tools and ran out.
"What's wrong with him?"
Li Mo was puzzled as he watched Du Fei disappear without a second glance back.
"I made a rule with him that he can't come here for more than half an hour or I'll get angry. He's afraid I'll get angry."
"Ah?
Why can't it exceed half an hour? "
"Because after half an hour, I … Ah …"
Before Su Qingyi could finish her sentence, her spiritual body flew out of her body and fell to the ground.
Her Corpse Control Art couldn't last more than half an hour. That's why she made a rule with Du Fei.
Li Mo was startled then smiled, "He likes you."
"Brother Fei is a good person, but his eyes are strange. They're always … always …"
"Looking at things he shouldn't?"
"He wouldn't be Du Fei if he wasn't like that."
"But lust is human nature. Thinking is one thing, doing is another. You've known Du Fei for so many days. Has he ever done anything to her?"
"Not even once. And every time I look at him, he's too shy to look me in the eye."
"En …"
"Let's go."
"En."
Su Qingyi tried to control her body, but it was like a puppet. She moved a few times but couldn't move a single step.
"I'll do it."
Li Mo picked Su Qingyi up.