Chapter 962: Chapter 959: Dragon Plateau

“Why aren’t you running away?”

Li Chen clapped his hands and looked at the Lightning Weasel inside the cage.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

The Lightning Weasel looked at Li Chen with terror, showing its shiny teeth and continuously making “squeak” sounds.

“Wow, so cute!”

Seeing such an adorable Lightning Weasel, Ximen Qingxue’s eyes gleamed with delight and love.

There’s no resisting, women have basically zero resistance to cute pets.

It’s true for Ye Chuxue, Lin Xuanfei, and Ximen Qingxue too.

But really, this Lightning Weasel’s fur is snow-white, its eyes bright and lively, resembling the smiley earth angel Samoyed. When it acts cute, it’s irresistibly adorable. Especially when it shows an ‘unfortunately pitiful’ look, it’s heart-melting.

Seeing Ximen Qingxue’s expression, Li Chen casually pointed at the Lightning Weasel and asked, “Do you like this thing?”

Ximen Qingxue nodded her head energetically, like a chick pecking at grains.

Li Chen nodded along and said, “I also like it very much. This weasel’s meat is very tender; it should taste good if used for hot pot!”

Upon hearing the first part of Li Chen’s sentence, the Lightning Weasel’s eyes brightened, naively thinking it would be spared.

However, after hearing the latter part, it began to tremble in fear once again, filled with dread.

Ximen Qingxue initially thought Li Chen wanted to express his fondness for cute pets like the Lightning Weasel. But when he mentioned the tenderness of the weasel’s meat for hot pot, her face changed dramatically in an instant.

“The weasel is so cute, how could you eat it?”

While saying this, Ximen Qingxue pouted, adding a hint of playful disdain to her words.

Li Chen felt indifferent to cute pets, but he had little resistance against cute girls.

Especially girls like Ximen Qingxue, with perfect beauty and matchless charm.

Li Chen casually replied, “If you like it, then let it become your spiritual pet!”

Ximen Qingxue was delighted at Li Chen’s change of heart, knowing that he wouldn’t stew the cute weasel for hot pot.

“I always knew you were the best to me!”

Li Chen did not respond, merely shrugged his shoulders and headed elsewhere.

Ximen Qingxue went forward to comfort the Lightning Weasel, saying words like “You can follow me from now on, I won’t mistreat you.”

The Lightning Weasel had spiritual wisdom and was quite proud, generally not easily submitting to humans.

However, Li Chen’s words earlier had scared it so much that it lost its courage.

Of course, Ximen Qingxue’s comforting also played a crucial role.

Thus, the process of taming went exceptionally smoothly.

The Lightning Weasel showed no resistance at all, even actively cooperating with Ximen Qingxue to seal their spiritual pet contract.

As a spiritual pet, the Lightning Weasel’s wild nature was significantly subdued, jumping obediently into Ximen Qingxue’s embrace.

To show sincerity, it even reluctantly offered the half-bitten thousand-year-old snow ginseng.

Ximen Qingxue held the half-eaten snow ginseng and quickly walked over to Li Chen, timidly asking, “There’s only half of the snow ginseng left, what should we do?”

The Lightning Weasel was deeply afraid of Li Chen, so when Li Chen glanced over, it shivered in fear and burrowed into Ximen Qingxue’s embrace.

“Why are you glaring at it? It’s so timid, you’ll frighten it again!”

Ximen Qingxue comforted the weasel in her arms as one would a child, and took the opportunity to complain to Li Chen.

Li Chen scoffed and said, “Daring to snatch things from me, it’s not that timid!”

Though the Lightning Weasel couldn’t speak human words, its wisdom was no less than that of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, able to understand Li Chen’s implications. It trembled again, uttering pitiful and sad “squeak, squeak” sounds as if apologizing to Li Chen.

Li Chen wasn’t bothered to fuss with the small creature, so he casually threw the half-eaten snow ginseng back to it.

“You keep the half-eaten thing for yourself!”

The Lightning Weasel’s eyes brightened upon seeing the thousand-year-old snow ginseng.

Just as it was about to munch on the snow ginseng, it suddenly remembered something and held the ginseng up to Ximen Qingxue, indicating for her to eat.

Ximen Qingxue, touched by the little creature’s thoughtfulness, adored it even more.

“So well-behaved. I won’t eat it, you can keep it yourself!”

Confirming that Ximen Qingxue wouldn’t eat its ginseng, the weasel felt relieved and happily munched away.

Moreover, while eating, the little creature noisily smacked its mouth, clearly enjoying the flavor, amusing Ximen Qingxue to the point of laughter.

Three days later, Li Chen and Ximen Qingxue emerged from the Northern Territory, arriving at the buffer zone bordering the Demon Domain.

Dragon Plateau!

From high above, the plateau appears like a dragon coiled upon it, hence the name Dragon Plateau.

To the north of the plateau was the Northern Territory, belonging to the Human Clan.

To the south of the plateau lay the Demon Domain, territory of the Demon Clan.

To avoid direct contact, which might spark conflict and lead to large-scale clashes.

The Demon Clan and Human Clan, after agreeing to a ceasefire, withdrew from this area, making it a buffer zone between them.

However, due to this fact, many Demon Beasts, humans, and even some Barbarian tribes unable to survive in their regions gathered in this ungoverned plateau.

They formed bands and took refuge in the woods, somewhat resembling Earth’s Black Triangle, turning the area into a haven for criminals.

In fact, it truly is.

Here, there are no rules, morals, or etiquette; everything is dictated by strength.

If your fists are strong enough, you can do whatever you wish. Even if you publicly frolic with a stray dog, you’d be praised for character.

“Here at Dragon Plateau, it’s an ungoverned zone, often frequented by evildoers. It’s quite chaotic, so we must stay careful!”

Being born and raised in the Northern Territory, Ximen Qingxue was naturally aware of the Dragon Plateau’s horrors.

Moreover, she had been here several times before. However, she only lingered at the plateau’s fringes, never venturing deep.

Li Chen gazed across the Dragon Plateau, appearing somewhat contemplative.

He stood watching for a while and noticed Ximen Qingxue looking slightly anxious, he smiled easily and said, “Don’t be so nervous; it’ll be fine!”

Finishing his sentence, Li Chen strode into the depths of the plateau, intending to traverse this treacherous Dragon Pond.

Ximen Qingxue, influenced by Li Chen’s relaxed confidence, lost her tense unease.

She called to Li Chen’s back, “Don’t go so fast, wait for me,” and quickly chased after him…

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I spent time with my family today, hence only one update. Happy May Day to all!

In May, Little Le will strive to write diligently!