Volume 1: Plateau Winds and Clouds Chapter 36: Breakthrough and the First Step

  Kao'er's eating speed was very fast, a large bowl of roasted meat was quickly devoured by him. Liu Yu chatted with Kao'er for a while and then picked up the wooden basin to leave. In Liu Yu's plan, he must first gain Kao'er's trust and let Kao'er come out of the mountain, letting him re-control the cannibalistic demons in the camp, and then find ways to persuade the beastman kingdom's high-level officials to agree to support Kao'er's tribe to annex other cannibalistic demon tribes on the Kodila Plateau. Finally, a foodie demon clan with Kao'er as its chief would make contributions to the kingdom.

  But the current situation seems to be unfavorable for his plan. The cannibals are a race that relies on gathering fruits and hunting for survival, and opening up land and building wooden houses is not their forte. And the beastmen currently have in their hands the cannibals who were captured in the midst of slaughter, and they naturally harbor hatred towards those who killed their people.

  But the development of the Desa Mountains required a large labor force, and Ptolemy I would not let the strong Ghouls go to waste, so he ordered the Bimon warriors to use whips to drive the Ghouls to open up the land, and those who did not work well would be flogged.

  With new hatred added to old, the cannibal demon's hostility towards Bi Mung grew with each passing day.

  Whether it was out of sympathy for the whipped cannibal or for his own plans for the fourth tribe, this was not a situation he wanted to see. He secretly decided that Korga must be let out as soon as possible to regain control of the tribe and eliminate the enmity between the two tribes.

  "It's better for you to give up, it's a waste of time." Liu Yu had just walked out of the wooden house when he heard a voice behind him. He turned around and saw Tuo Le Mi standing there, who was naturally the one speaking. Liu Yu and Tuo Le Mi were close friends, and he had told Tuo Le Mi about his plan to subdue the man-eating demon long ago. However, Tuo Le Mi didn't quite agree with this plan, thinking that it would be too difficult to execute, so he repeatedly advised Liu Yu to give up.

  "Give me a little more time, I believe I can succeed." Liu Yu said sincerely.

  "I'm worried that spending too much thought on this will affect your cultivation, let those who have achieved success in their cultivation worry about the affairs of the kingdom." Ptolemy expressed his own concerns.

  "Is my current cultivation speed slow? Moreover, the kingdom has been trapped on this plateau for over a thousand years. Besides subjugating new tribes to join our forces, I couldn't find any way to change the situation."

  "Are you willing to let the kingdom continue to exist in such pain and struggle, are you willing to let the mouse people go hungry forever? Not to mention that it's not my turn to worry about these things yet. I am the prince of the kingdom, the eldest grandson of the family that has dominated for ten thousand years. These things are what I must worry about." Liu Yu said as he turned and left without giving Ptolemy a chance to argue.

  "I hope you're right and I'm wrong." Ptolemy didn't follow, but muttered to himself as he walked away like his own shadow.

  On the training ground, two auras clashed: one red and one gold. The golden aura was clearly more powerful, scattering the red aura with each collision, while the golden aura continued to attack its opponent. The two auras were emitted by Lava Bimon and Gold Bimon, who wielded sharp swords and attacked each other. Gold Bimon had the upper hand, while Lava Bimon struggled to counterattack.

  The Dou Qi wave attack was a very Dou Qi-consuming way of attacking. After exchanging blows for a while, the two Bamons stopped and sat down on the ground to rest casually.

  "Hmm, your dual-system hybrid fighting spirit is way too powerful for me, I'm at a huge disadvantage like this." Lianhua spoke up first, and the two of them were naturally Liu Yu and Feite.

  "Otherwise, how can we say that the power of a hybrid Dou Qi is greater than that of a single system Dou Qi?" Liu Yu returned with some pride.

  "Mainly because your cultivation speed is too abnormal, if I were one small boundary higher than you, I would definitely be able to fight you to a draw." Fite was somewhat unconvinced. After hearing this, Liu Yu could only smile wryly at his own cultivation speed, which he also found strange.

  It's already been three years since he arrived at the camp, and more than five months have passed since the Beast God Festival. According to Liu Yu's mother, Naya, Liu Yu was born shortly after the Beast God Festival, so now Liu Yu is sixteen years old and an adult in age. He only lacks one month before passing the departure test and returning to Earthfire Fortress to hold a coming-of-age ceremony, which would make him officially an adult.

  Fite was at this time last year when they were practicing outside the camp, a battle broke through to the fourth-order Da Dou Shi. According to the larger division, Fite became a mid-level fighter after breaking through, and the gap between the four and three levels is still very large, and the future cultivation will naturally become more and more difficult.

  Feng Fei spent two years to reach the late stage of 4th rank Great Warrior, but Liu Yu was still at the late stage of 3rd rank Great Warrior last year when he fought against the Man-eating Demon. Now, after just one year, he has caught up with Feng Fei and also reached the late stage of 4th rank Great Warrior.

  What made Liu Yu even more strange was that his spiritual power cultivation had also made great progress during this year. A year ago, he was still a mid-term fourth-stage Great Law Master, but now he had broken through to the middle stage of the fifth-stage Demon Master, with three breakthroughs in between, which made Liu Yu feel like there was no bottleneck at all.

  In just one year, Liu Yu's Dou Qi magic cultivation had improved by more than one level. At this speed, even Tolemmy praised him several times for his diligent practice, but Liu Yu himself knew that he wasn't much faster than Fite.

  In addition, his magical combat strength was only at the mid-tier level. Elder Tuo had told them that the advantage of practicing both magic and martial arts would only become apparent when one's strength reached the seventh tier. It was clear that they hadn't reached that point yet. The possibility of going against the accumulated experience of the Mong tribe over tens of thousands of years was too low, and his own talent wasn't that of a genius, so it couldn't be attributed to good talent either.

  Liu Yu, who couldn't figure it out, could only assume that the Beast God was taking care of him. After all, having a faster cultivation speed and stronger strength was a good thing, not a bad one.

  "Time's almost up, I still have things to attend to, you continue practicing." Liu Yu glanced at the sun that was almost at its peak and stood up, preparing to leave.

  "You're going to deliver food to that fat guy again." Fei Te was still very familiar with Liu Yu's daily routine.

  "Hmm, it's almost over, and there's no progress." The last sentence Liu Yu said in a very low voice, and Fei Te didn't even hear what he said.

  Inside the large wooden house where Kaul was being held, Liu Yu stood in front of Kaul, watching as the big fat man devoured a bowl of roasted meat with gusto. It had been over a year since he started delivering meals to him, and Liu Yu and Kaul had become friends, so he didn't have to worry about his safety when standing close to him. For some reason, however, Liu Yu's gaze at Kaul today seemed to carry a hint of melancholy.

  "I'm about to leave soon, if you have any requests, speak up and I'll try my best to make it happen, like going out for a walk or something." Liu Yu was the first to break the silence after half a day of contemplation.

  "Hmm" Having heard this, Kou Er Ge, who was originally eating happily, immediately stopped and quietly looked at Liu Yu, as if wanting to see something.

  On the other hand, Liu Yu did not expect Kao Er's reaction to be so big. For more than a year since Kao Er discovered that his strength had greatly decreased, his eyes had always been dull and dim. Coupled with his obese physique, Liu Yu often felt that he was very stupid and suspected how he could cultivate to the peak of Dou Huang and control the entire tribe. But now his eyes suddenly became very sharp, just like the eyes Liu Yu felt in the cave a year ago, which still had a hint of depression.

  "This fatty has been pretending all along." Liu Yu instantly came to a conclusion in his heart.

  "Can I trust you?" Kao Ge put down the roasted meat he was holding with both hands and straightened up, adopting a negotiating posture. Seeing him like this, Liu Yu became even more convinced of his conclusion that he had been deceived by this guy before.

  "There's a play" trying to calm down his excited emotions, Liu Yu wanted to seize this opportunity.

  "Do you have any other choice besides believing me?" Liu Yu did not want to give Kao Ge a chance to turn back.

  "Haha, yes, I indeed have no extra choice to leave this place, but if I can't achieve my goal, I'd rather not leave at all, or you can just kill me." Kao Ge seemed to be indifferent about life and death.

  "Alright, say what you want."

  "What can you give me."

  "Let you go out and re-grasp your tribe, heal your wounds and let you recover your strength, and then make your tribe the strongest cannibal tribe. All of these I can give to you." Since it's all been said, Liu Yu might as well say everything he wants to say.

  "You can." Hearing Liu Yu's words, Kou Er Ge's eyes became even brighter, but he still seemed hesitant.

  "Of course, I am the prince of our tribe, the future Beast King. My words can represent the opinions of the entire Beast Kingdom." At this point, Liu Yu directly chose to blow up the cowhide first and talk later. He wanted to be the Beast King in a few decades when the next generation of Beast Kings was selected, but now is not the time to discuss this. This fat guy could deceive him, so he could naturally also deceive this fat guy.

  "Hmm, last year your leader wanted to kill me. You were able to stop those guys who are far stronger than you. Prove that you really have some status." Kaul's words made Liu Yu very surprised. Last year when Louis ordered the execution of Kaul and the cannibal magic user, in his impression this fat guy was clearly unconscious, yet he still got deceived.

  "Alright, you've figured it out, I won't say much either, state your conditions."