Chapter 590 - 273: I Want to Be a Champion Like Brother Chen Yuan!

December 17, clear skies.

Morning.

Chen Yuan didn’t have a restful sleep, frowning deeply as he clung tightly to Cola beside him.

Last night, they put in unimaginable effort to satisfy the Abyssal Giant Mushroom’s hunger.

The mushrooms collected and stored by the two main tribes were far from sufficient, especially since they shared part of them with the Fungal Pet Beast. They had to mobilize all the Pet Beasts present to temporarily search for food.

From the simplest tree fruits to the rare and hard-to-find Spirit Plants, all became meals for the Abyssal Giant Mushroom.

After much toil, the Abyssal Giant Mushroom finally fell into a deep sleep, and everyone was so exhausted they almost collapsed.

The journey imagined as a leisurely and pleasant search for mushrooms inexplicably turned into figuring out how to feed the Abyssal Giant Mushroom, leaving Chen Yuan feeling amused yet helpless.

Fortunately, the deeply asleep Abyssal Giant Mushroom was extremely well-behaved and didn’t cause trouble, but the thunder-like snores made it difficult for Chen Yuan, even with earplugs, to fall asleep. He tossed and turned until finally, with the help of the Twin Flower Concubine, he fell into a deep sleep.

It’s just that Sweet Fragrance is indeed the savior of insomniacs, but one must be cautious with the dosage; otherwise, one might accidentally sleep for several days.

When the still-sleepy Chen Yuan woke up groggily, Li Junyue had already managed to get the toxin-producing Fungal Pet Beast tribe to obediently cease their harassment of passing Beastmasters. They promised never to steal food from Beastmasters again.

Chen Yuan yawned and curiously asked, "How did you communicate with them? They’re so obedient?"

When it comes to tribal interests, Pet Beasts won’t easily back down.

Unless like with the Sweet Bee Queen, getting the little ones to fiercely drive away the Attendant Bees that inhabited the valley through forceful means.

Wait.

This group of fellows seemed to have been beaten up yesterday too.

As the thoughts flashed by, Li Junyue’s voice slowly rose, "It’s simple, I told them if they continue attacking innocent passing Beastmasters, you would come and deal with them."

"The Blazing Heaven Falcon has a natural suppressive force on them."

"Woof woof woof?"

Upon hearing this, Cola looked at Li Junyue with a touch of hostility and barked rapidly a few times.

Yesterday, the big sister head didn’t do anything, it was clearly Cola me who made them behave!

Chen Yuan laughed and patted Cola’s head, warmly reassuring, "Yes yes yes, our Cola is the best."

Hearing this, Cola no longer cared about Li Junyue’s nonsense, instead proudly lifted his head high, full of satisfaction, "Woof woof!"

Master understands things!

After successfully putting the Abyssal Giant Mushroom to sleep and resolving the Beastmaster’s food theft incident caused by the toxin-producing Fungal Pet Beast tribe, everyone planned to leave.

"The mushrooms are eaten, next is climbing the snow mountain."

Early in the morning, Jiang Wenning’s voice was bright like the sunlight slanting into the pine forest, she waved her fist, full of enthusiasm.

"I... I and Ru want to say goodbye to them." Duoji pointed to the non-toxic Fungal Pet Beasts.

Chen Yuan nodded with a smile, "Alright."

With Fluffy Mushroom atop his head, Duoji quickly walked into the non-toxic fungal tribe, instantly surrounded by lively Fungal Pet Beasts.

Some hugged his legs like smooth dolls; others tried to leap onto his shoulders, but were sternly stared at by Fluffy Mushroom asserting sovereignty, the mushroom cap shaking wildly, emitting urgent cries, "Mushroom mushroom mushroom!"

Don’t come near him!

Watching Duoji with their warm interactions, everyone smiled, packed up their supplies, and prepared to leave.

With Duoji familiar with the local environment leading the way, plus everyone being tired of mushrooms, they sped along and returned to Longda Village within a few hours.

Returning to Longda Village, Li Junyue directly found Director Liu to discuss the matter of long-term mushroom supply.

After the discussion ended, Director Liu tightly shook Li Junyue’s right hand, speaking emotionally, "Captain Li, thank you so much."

After hesitating, he turned to look at the well-behaved Duoji standing beside him, full of emotion, "Duoji is a good child, it’s just that his family suddenly faced misfortune, and we have limited capability, unable to give much help."

"Now with Captain Li’s help, he’ll surely get better and better."

"Duoji, quickly thank Captain Li." Director Liu waved to Duoji.

Duoji came forward to the four, first bowing deeply to Li Junyue, "Thank you, Mr. Li."

Then, Duoji turned to Chen Yuan, clenched his fists quietly, eyes blazing, "Brother Chen Yuan, I will definitely become a champion like you in the future."

"Mushroom mushroom mushroom!"

The Fluffy Mushroom atop his head also shook its mushroom cap, but when its bean-sized eyes saw the grinning Cola, it suddenly looked panicked, body stiffening, color fading, camouflaging as an ordinary mushroom.

Director Liu was taken aback, "Huh? Champion?"

Leaving the office had already reached noon, Li Junyue bought basic gear for climbing the snow mountain in the village and immediately led the three towards Pudaxue Mountain.

On the way, Chang Yuhuan asked, "Don’t we need a guide?"

"I remember climbing snow mountains needs a guide to lead the way."

Li Junyue turned, smiling, seriously explaining, "That was before."

He extended his hand pointing toward the magnificent snow mountain standing far in the sight’s end, speaking leisurely, "Follow this trail straight and you’ll reach the base camp at Pudaxue Mountain’s foot, starting the climbing journey."

Chen Yuan looked into the distance, over layers of dense forest and vast alpine meadows, clearly seeing a snow mountain shrouded in mist.

"Pudaxue Mountain has A and B routes, with signposts along the way, you won’t get lost. Even if you can’t recognize directions, you can accompany other climbers, and won’t get lost in forests like when collecting mushrooms."