Cannon Fodder Cultivation Guide

Chapter 88 - All the Secrets Revealed

Perhaps it was due to being too shocked, or maybe it just couldn't believe it, but either way, it was in a terrible state. It no longer had any dignity that a ferocious beast should have.

"...You just realized this?"

Zhang Yiyi couldn't help but silently sigh. How slow was this dumb furball's reaction time? It had been so long, and they had talked so much, yet only now did it realize this issue.

A fearsome beast like this, being so clueless, made Zhang Yiyi almost certain that aside from Maoqiu, there were no adult spatial thunder beasts here. Otherwise, someone would have taught it better than this.

"How is this possible? How can you understand what I'm saying?!"

In utter disbelief, it even forgot to refer to itself as "this young master" and stared at Zhang Yiyi as if she were some kind of monster.

"How would I know? I just understand it, and we're having a pretty smooth conversation, aren't we?"

Zhang Yiyi spread her hands, showing she didn't really care.

In truth, she also found it strange, especially since the creature hadn't recognized her as its master.

Moreover, even if it had, communication between humans and spirit pets usually relied on divine sense, not like some built-in translator where they could each speak freely without barriers.

But strange as it was, Zhang Yiyi wouldn't dwell on it. As long as she wasn't losing out, it didn't matter.

"You... you even know I'm a spatial thunder beast?"

Maoqiu's voice was now clearly trembling.

"Yep, but it was just a guess earlier. Now that you've admitted it yourself, I'm fully certain."

Zhang Yiyi flashed a big smile, inwardly thinking how poor this little creature's sense of caution was.

When she threw those two punches earlier, she had also secretly placed a restriction inside Maoqiu, and it still hadn't noticed it.

It was lucky it lived in this isolated cave world; otherwise, it would have been tricked by outside cultivators long ago, and its body would have been left in ruins, tarnishing the legendary reputation of fierce beasts.

It instantly retreated further away, its little eyes locked tightly on the cunning human in front of it. Suddenly, it regretted using so much effort to bring her here—it was like lifting a rock only to drop it on its own foot.

"What's your connection with the ancient gods?"

It bared its teeth and asked warily.

In its inherited memories, only the ancient gods had the natural ability to communicate with spatial thunder beasts.

In fact, going further back in history, millions of years ago, their ancestor beasts had once served as contract beasts for the ancient gods.

Because of this, it's inherited memories held deep fear of the ancient gods. And now, this female cultivator could not only understand its speech but also suppress part of its innate abilities.

Could it be that this woman was really connected to the ancient gods?

"Huh, you actually know about the ancient gods?"

This time, Zhang Yiyi was genuinely surprised. She asked in return, "No one told you this, right? Could it be from your inherited memories? But you're so young. Have you already awakened your bloodline inheritance?"

Zhang Yiyi's confusion was understandable. After all, the ancient god clan had been extinct for countless millennia. Worlds had risen and fallen over the ages, and many had perished during the shifting of stars.

Of course, it itself was a mystery. Not only had this legendary spatial thunder beast appeared alive before her eyes, but it was also a lone cub. No one knew how it had ended up here.

"Hmph, stupid human cultivator, I—"

It almost referred to itself as "this young master" again, but stopped in time and reluctantly corrected itself. "I'm not an ordinary spatial thunder beast. From the day I hatched, my bloodline inheritance was already activated!"

When talking about its noble lineage, it couldn't help but feel proud. It even started looking at Zhang Yiyi with a mysterious air of disdain.

"Not an ordinary spatial thunder beast? Could it be a beast king?"

Amused by its pride, Zhang Yiyi continued to ask with interest.

Well, if its bloodline inheritance had been triggered the moment it was born, it must indeed carry the bloodline of a king beast, and that bloodline must be incredibly strong.

But it looked too pathetic to have any semblance of kingly majesty.

Wait a minute!

That wasn't the important part. What was important was what she had just heard!

Hatched?

What? Who was going to tell her that beasts could hatch from eggs like birds?

"Are you saying that spatial thunder beasts don't give birth to live cubs but lay eggs to hatch them?"

Amazed, she continued to question, "Why are you called spatial thunder beast and not spatial thunder birds, then?"

"You lay eggs! Your whole family lays eggs!"

It was enraged again and yelled at Zhang Yiyi, "Stupid human cultivator, who told you that I was hatched from an egg? I was just sealed in a sacred egg due to an accident before I was born."

"Oh, I see."

Zhang Yiyi wasn't offended and just smiled. "So, when did you break out of this sacred egg? Where's your home? Why is a lone beast like you here?"

Unknowingly, Zhang Yiyi had already coaxed quite a bit of useful information out of the foolish furball.

It turned out that it had been sealed in that sacred egg for hundreds of millions of years. Like the ancient gods, the spatial thunder beasts had also faced a catastrophe tens of thousands of years ago that nearly wiped out their kind.

Its father, the king of the spatial thunder beasts had sealed it in the sacred egg to preserve its bloodline, and with the collective effort of the whole tribe, they tore open space and sent the egg far from danger. This way, at least one bloodline of the spatial thunder beasts was saved.

The sacred egg had traversed countless worlds until it finally landed in the cave world of Jia Fang.

It had been in the egg for so long before it finally finished developing and hatched just as Jia Fang ascended.

Even now, it is only about three thousand years old, which is equivalent to a human child. Despite having awakened its bloodline inheritance and innate abilities, it was still just a cub with no adult spatial thunder beast to teach it, so no wonder it was so naïve and innocent.

Zhang Yiyi silently sighed. Perhaps it was now the last spatial thunder beast in existence, or maybe its race's crisis had already been resolved.

Either way, it would be extremely difficult for it to return to its homeland, to the place where it was truly born, or to ever see its parents and kin again!

Suddenly, Zhang Yiyi recalled the many mysteries surrounding the ancient gods' extinction. Could there be some connection between the two events?

"Squeak squeak!"

Only after Zhang Yiyi stopped talking did it realize it had spilled all its secrets to this detestable human cultivator.