God of Pets

"Brother Eight, do you have something on your mind? If you have something to say, don't hold back," Chen Guan noticed that the Eight Great King Hall definitely had something up.

The Eight Great King Hall slapped his thigh upon hearing this, took off his glasses, and said, "Little brother, you're a straightforward person, so I'll speak honestly. Do you know why I set up this gambling game and invite people to bet here from time to time?"

"Why is that?" Chen Guan asked casually.

"That's because I have no choice. I need enough Good Karma to maintain my body's normal operation and not be harmed by the Power of the Secret Realm," the Eight Great King Hall slowly revealed a secret.

The Eight Great King Hall was not originally a Secret Spirit of the Beimang Mountain Blessed Land. Before that, it was a Secret Spirit of the Celestial Pillar Treasure Extreme Profound Celestial Secret Realm and once met a human Cultivator by chance.

That human Cultivator had brought some homemade good wine and was drinking by the river.

The Eight Great King Hall loved a good drink and, tempted by the aroma, floated out of the river, intending to scare away the Cultivator and take his wine for himself.

Who knew that human Cultivator wasn't afraid at all and even challenged him to a drinking contest.

This was exactly to the Eight Great King Hall's liking, so naturally, he didn't refuse and began to compete in drinking with that human Cultivator.

The wine was indeed superb, the best the Eight Great King Hall had ever tasted, but its aftermath was strong. By the time he felt unwell, he was really out of it.

When the drunken Eight Great King Hall woke up, he found his carapace locked at the end of the Yellow Springs River, right at the Netherworld Spring location, used to suppress the Netherworld City below, preventing the Secret Spirits within from escaping.

With the carapace locked, the Eight Great King Hall was also trapped there and could not escape, having to constantly deplete his Primordial Energy to suppress the Netherworld City.

Otherwise, if the Secret Spirits of the Netherworld City wanted to break out, they would inevitably break his carapace.

The Eight Great King Hall, using his power alone to suppress the Netherworld City, couldn't withstand the long-term consumption, even though he was a Grotto Heaven Secret Spirit.

And the ordinary Primordial Energy in the Blessed Land was hard to keep up with his consumption, causing his body's Primordial Energy to gradually deplete.

So the Eight Great King Hall thought of a method to lure people into participating in his gambling game.

Let those humans exchange their Good Karma for his treasures. The Secret Technique he cultivated was of the Good Karma Class, and Good Karma could not only restore the Primordial Energy he consumed but also further enhance his Secret Technique.

As for those human Cultivators who lost and stayed behind, he just had them help him find Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, or clear the Ghost Energy to assist him in suppressing the Netherworld Spring.

The Eight Great King's original plan was that once he absorbed enough Good Karma and his Secret Technique advanced further, he would be able to break the prohibition set on him by the human Cultivator and unlock the carapace's confinement.

However, he couldn't figure out what method that person used, no matter how much Good Karma he absorbed or how he cultivated the Secret Technique, his body remained tightly bound above the Netherworld Spring, his Power consistently suppressed within the Third Awakening, unable to shake off the restraint.

The Eight Great King Hall researched for years and finally discovered why he couldn't break free of the restraint here because the restraint itself was connected with the entire Secret Realm of Beimang Mountain.

That human Cultivator was really a genius; the prohibition he set was integrated with the Secret Realm. The rules of the Blessed Secret Realm inherently reject beings above the Third Awakening, and the prohibition also converted his Power to suppress Ghost Energy. So no matter how the Eight Great King Hall cultivated, it was impossible to overturn the entire Beimang Mountain Secret Realm with his power alone, leaving him perpetually suppressed.

The Eight Great King Hall has continuously absorbed Good Karma over the years, maintaining his carapace from being broken by the Secret Spirits of the Netherworld City.

"You mean to say that this Eight Great Royal Hall is actually your carapace?" Little Qinghua looked at the enormous palace and then at the body size of the Eight Great King Hall, and how it didn't match up.

The Eight Great King Hall said flatly, "My current body is in a retracted state. If I were to resume my true form, even a Kunpeng giant would be inferior to me by three levels."

"What can we help you with?" Chen Guan asked.

"Nephew, you are a person of great fortune. Could you help me deliver a message to a place? If you can help me accomplish this task, I'll even become sworn siblings with you, burning incense and kneeling together," the Eight Great King Hall said.

"Isn't it just delivering a message? Can't you just find anyone to deliver it?" Little Qinghua asked.

"No, no, no, ordinary Cultivators can't enter that place; only someone with great fortune like my young nephew has a chance to enter," the Eight Great King Hall shook his head repeatedly.

"What kind of place is this that other Cultivators can't enter? It must be dangerous, right?" Little Qinghua frowned and asked.

"The place I'm talking about is called the Profound Celestial Pillar Mountain, inside a Blessed Secret Realm; it's not dangerous per se, but only someone with great fortune can ascend the mountain. Without it, you wouldn't even see the mountain, let alone climb it to deliver a message. Only you, my little brother, can do this. If you help me accomplish the task, I will never shortchange you..." the Eight Great King promised a huge reward, anyway, as long as Chen Guan helps him deliver the message and summon someone to rescue him, Chen Guan can have anything he wants.

Chen Guan naturally didn't believe a single word of this empty promise, nodding along while not taking it seriously in the slightest.

As soon as he left the Eight Great Royal Hall, he didn't pay any attention to the Eight Great King.

"Brother... I know you don't believe me... Let me give you something... With this, you'll believe me..." the Eight Great King said as he handed over half a bead to Chen Guan, smiling faintly, "Later, show this to your elders, and if they recognize it, you will surely trust me."

Chen Guan saw the half bead given by the Eight Great King, resembling a pearl cut in half or some kind of jade bead, pure white all over, with a silky sheen on the surface.

He could sense some mysterious energy flowing inside but couldn't discern what type of energy it was, and it was very weak, barely useful.

In comparison, this half bead was nowhere near the Eight Great King's Inner Core.

When Chen Guan asked what the half bead was, the Eight Great King only mentioned for him to ask around, saying that he wouldn't believe it if told.

Outside, the gambling was still ongoing. The Eight Great King told them that to return here, they must ride the Spirit King Ship; otherwise, they would be hurt by the Ghost Energy leaking from the Netherworld Spring and advised them to wait for a while.

After the gambling ended, the Eight Great King did allow them to leave along with others who had won, with no intention of keeping them.

Before leaving, the Eight Great King even gave Little Qinghua many treasures that seemed quite valuable.

"This trick feels familiar... even the Holy Horned White Deer plays like this... This half bead is probably really good... but half won't be useful... I'll have to come back for the other half later..." Chen Guan thought to himself.