The yellow ox was engraving words, unwilling to leave, its attitude very determined.
The big black ox wanted to beat it up, thinking it was too late to be dawdling. It seemed deep in thought, glancing at the yellow ox, finding it strange, wondering why it was lingering.
"Chu Feng saved my life, I want to repay him. Before I leave, I will pass on all my skills to him!" The yellow ox said with wide eyes, lying.
It still wanted to persist, unwilling to leave until it saw the seed sprout and bloom, feeling extremely reluctant.
"No need, you have nothing left to teach. Just go!" Chu Feng countered.
The yellow ox was in tears, refusing to leave, looking very sad. In fact, it was just angry with Chu Feng!
But it couldn't lose its temper in front of the big black ox, so it had to pretend, pulling Chu Feng, wiping away tears, and showing reluctance.
"Too sappy, I can't stand you!" The big black ox, angry, turned and left.
Seeing it disappear, the yellow ox immediately pounced on Chu Feng, starting a fight, "tears" still wet, angrily battling.
Chu Feng fled, not wanting to suffer a loss. The yellow ox, after another evolution, was too strong, far beyond his match.
In fact, the yellow ox wanted to directly carry away the large wooden bucket and wait for it to take root and sprout on the way, but it feared the big black ox would know the truth and compete with it.
Relatively speaking, it still trusted Chu Feng more, mainly because Chu Feng couldn't beat it.
As for going to Kunlun, Chu Feng had no such plans. His parents were extremely anxious, calling several times a day to ask where he was.
Before this, he had already said he was very close to Shuntian City. If he didn't return, he feared the old couple would worry so much they would fall ill.
Chu Feng went to the cold weapons workshop to see Old Master Zhao. Without the Great Thunder Sound Bow, he would likely have died in the Taihang Mountains.
"Old Master Zhao, how is your body feeling?" Chu Feng asked. He had peeled a pine seed and given it to Old Master Zhao, not daring to give more, fearing any accidents.
"My whole body is full of energy, feeling like I have endless strength, as if I've become twenty years younger, no, even stronger than when I was in my prime!" Old Master Zhao was very excited.
He had already closed the door, fearing others would overhear, temporarily suspending business.
Old Master Zhao's white hair, about an inch long, had turned black, his body more robust, his strength several times greater than in his youth.
Chu Feng whispered, peeling four more pine seeds, all purple and fragrant, like translucent purple diamonds.
Old Master Zhao opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Chu Feng stopped him, telling him to be quiet and eat them immediately.
Chu Feng had discussed with the yellow ox, estimating that ordinary people would undergo a transformation after eating five pine seeds.
After all, even the yellow ox, so strong, showed no significant effects after eating the tenth purple-gold pine seed, no longer changing.
Let alone ordinary people who had never undergone any transformations.
Sure enough, that day Old Master Zhao underwent a transformation, his strength surging, a layer of purple scales appearing on his skin, impervious to blades and bullets, which he could control at will.
Zhou Quan, upon learning this, was in tears, wondering why other mutants could freely control their abnormal traits, but his horns could not, always remaining.
The yellow ox informed him that this was the "permanent" power, a more thorough transformation!
"To hell with the permanent, I want to transform freely!" Zhou Quan howled.
Chu Feng was generous, giving Zhou Quan a few more pine seeds, thinking that the two he had eaten last time didn't achieve the best results.
Zhou Quan was both delighted and fearful but eventually ate them.
Sure enough, he could still evolve.
However, the next day he cried, coming to find Chu Feng and the yellow ox.
"Tricked me, I don't want to live... Why is my evolution different from others!" Zhou Quan was in tears because a fourth horn had grown!
This one grew on the back of his head, pointing backward, just like the one on his forehead, a straight horn!
Chu Feng was also surprised, Zhou Quan's transformation giving him abilities completely different from Old Master Zhao, with distinct characteristics.
Zhou Quan's horns could spray fire, while Old Master Zhao had purple scales and immense strength.
"The direction of evolution depends on the mysterious factors hidden within the body," the yellow ox engraved.
"What do you mean, are you saying my ancestors evolved from oxen?!" Zhou Quan was furious.
The yellow ox nodded seriously, thinking it was very likely.
"I'll fight you!" Zhou Quan, angry, felt humiliated by the yellow ox, but was immediately pinned to the ground by a black hoof, unable to move.
"Ox King!" Zhou Quan, frightened, shrank his neck as the big black ox mysteriously appeared, silently.
In fact, the big black ox had been monitoring the yellow ox for the past two days, thinking it was strange, but found nothing unusual.
The yellow ox was very slippery, knowing the old trickster was hard to deceive, so it had resisted the urge to go to the wooden bucket.
Of course, it still knew whether the seed had taken root and sprouted.
"Good, a fine seedling!" The big black ox released Zhou Quan, looking him up and down, very satisfied.
"Four-horned lineage, very good, you will follow me from now on, and I will teach you well." The big black ox looked at Zhou Quan differently, very satisfied.
Zhou Quan was terrified, feeling no pressure being with the yellow ox, after all, it was just a calf, even if it was bad, it couldn't be that bad.
This old ox was different, who knew how long it had lived. Zhou Quan already knew its background through Chu Feng, a monster from Kunlun Mountain, already enlightened before the world changed.
In fact, Chu Feng even suspected that this big black ox was one of the "ferocious beasts" spoken of by Tibetans.
In Tibetan legend, Kunlun Mountain was said to be the resting place of some auspicious beasts, as well as some ferocious beasts!
Was the big black ox an auspicious beast? Chu Feng never thought so!
If it had a background, it was definitely a ferocious beast, his firm judgment, unshakable, though he wouldn't let the big black ox know he thought so.
"Good, from now on, you will be called Holy Child." The big black ox valued Zhou Quan, even giving him a title.
"What the hell?" Zhou Quan jumped up, his body covered in goosebumps, knowing the Holy Child was the Red Boy from Journey to the West, a name he would never accept, as it had no good outcome.
"Do you have a problem with it?" The big black ox glared.
"I..." Zhou Quan opened his mouth but didn't dare to oppose, truly fearing the big black ox, which had dared to offend the White Snake and escaped unscathed.
"Don't you have a brother in a city in the west? Come with me, and I'll take your family to reunite. I'll pass by there when I return to Flame Mountain," the big black ox said.
This was a typical mix of threats and inducements, first intimidating Zhou Quan, then offering a tempting reward.
Zhou Quan's parents had always missed their eldest son, and now the big black ox could take them to the city in the west.
The strength of this ox was hard to gauge, but at the very least, it was a beast king, capable of traversing the world, ensuring their family's safety on the journey.
"Alright, I'll go with you!" Zhou Quan made up his mind.
"That's the right decision." The big black ox extended a hoof, patted his shoulder, and grinned.
"But can I not be called Holy Child?" Zhou Quan asked.
"No way!" The big black ox glared, saying, "Do you know what's most important in this world? Destiny! It concerns whether I can become a sage in the future. From now on, you will be the Holy Child, symbolizing the offspring or disciple of a sage."
He cursed in his heart but didn't dare to speak up.
Chu Feng and the yellow ox exchanged glances, confirming that the big black ox, the trickster, was monitoring them, otherwise, how would it know about Zhou Quan's family? They became more cautious.
"We're going to slay the dragon, the West is opening its arsenal, ready to use forbidden thermal weapons!"
"Big things are about to happen!"
In the evening, explosive news spread worldwide.
In the past two days, the West had mobilized large-scale military forces, using missiles and other weapons, but failed to kill the Black Dragon King.
It couldn't hide like the White Snake in underground rivers hundreds or thousands of meters deep, but it could still evade.
Just like in the Taihang Mountains, many mysterious ancient mountains appeared, and the same was true in the West.
In the famous mountains and rivers of the West, many similar massive mountains also appeared, with some even believing they were ancient Western divine mountains reappearing.
The Black Dragon King fled into a mysterious mountain range in Northern Europe, shrouded in mist, with a primordial aura, undetectable by satellites, making it impossible to lock onto.
The Western military, of course, didn't believe in evil, and various armored vehicles and missile units were directly dispatched, determined to slay the dragon!
Now, many mutants in the West were shouting, eager to see who could bathe in the Black Dragon King's blood and become a dragon slayer, recreating the heroic deeds of ancient myths.
However, after the tanks and armored vehicles entered, they suffered heavy losses, facing a significant defeat.
Planes that entered were directly lost!
"Monsters, all monsters!"
The mutant army fled, suffering a crushing defeat.
The mist-covered mountains were filled with various monsters, fierce birds, and beasts, attacking them under the Black Dragon King's command.
Although they knew the mysterious mountains were home to various powerful creatures, the military initially didn't think they were unmanageable.
Reality was harsh, with venomous insects everywhere, fierce birds in the sky, and monsters all around. Entering was like entering a new and unfamiliar world, and they suffered heavy casualties.
The most terrifying was that these monsters obeyed the Black Dragon King's commands!
"Long-range bombardment, use the most powerful thermal weapons, flatten the area!" A high-ranking military official in the West gave the final order.
The arsenal was opened, and they decided to use heavy weapons to level the mountains in one battle!
They spared no expense, even if it meant waste, determined to flatten the area and kill the Black Dragon King.
"Let all the monsters and ferocious beasts go to hell!"
The Western world was in turmoil.
Chu Feng was also watching these reports, thinking the Black Dragon King was likely doomed.
The yellow ox shook its head, disagreeing.
The big black ox also came, now with a communication device, which it had forced Chu Feng to buy for it. After seeing the yellow ox constantly poking at it, it was influenced and wanted to keep up with the times!
Two oxen with communication devices were not a good thing.
"Delusional, thinking this can kill the Black Dragon King, no chance," the big black ox sneered.
"Do you think their forbidden thermal weapons can flatten the area? Too naive. Do you know what lies behind these mountains and how vast it is?" The big black ox, after reading the reports, showed a look of disdain.
"Folded space, endless." The big black ox informed.
What does that mean? Isn't it just a mountain range, a few dozen or a hundred mountains? How can there be no boundaries? Chu Feng was confused.
"Take the Taihang Mountains as an example. Do you think only hundreds or thousands of primordial mountains appeared? Have you ever reached the end?" The big black ox asked.
"No." Chu Feng shook his head.
"Let it tell you." The big black ox pointed at the yellow ox.
The yellow ox, reluctantly, engraved the words.
Worldwide, wherever new primordial mountains appeared, they were connected to mysterious areas, either vast lands or expansive oceans, with no end in sight.
"Really?!" Chu Feng was stunned.
"Do you know where the White Snake is now? It also entered the primordial mountains and became a dominant force, now impossible to track from the outside." The big black ox said.
Recently, it had been on guard, fearing the White Snake would come to attack it.
But the big black ox found that the White Snake had entered the primordial mountains.
"This..." Chu Feng was speechless.
The world had grown, but far more than he imagined, seemingly endless!
"Actually, the world has always been this vast; you humans just didn't discover it in the long past." The big black ox said.
"What's really going on?" Chu Feng asked seriously.
The big black ox took a piece of white paper from his desk, folding it smaller and smaller, then squeezed it into a small ball.
"See, the original world was folded and squeezed, becoming the world you see every day." The big black ox said calmly.
"Now, if you slightly pull, the hidden area of the world will be revealed." It said, stretching the paper.
"However, this is a rough analogy, not entirely accurate, with significant issues." The big black ox discarded the paper ball.
Then, it pointed to the sky, saying, "From a human perspective in the high sky, the world hasn't changed much, still similar to before."
"But isn't it much larger now?" Chu Feng was confused.
"You think it's larger because you're including the folded space. It has always been there, just unseen before, now partially perceptible. It's a complex issue, hard to explain clearly." The big black ox didn't want to elaborate.
A few more days passed, and no one in the West was shouting about slaying the dragon. No one was calling for it anymore.
Because they had suffered unprecedented defeats, wasting a large number of missiles and even forbidden weapons, which, when launched into the mist-covered mountains, had no significant impact.
They realized that the area behind must be incredibly vast, connected to unknown spaces.
The only relief was that, apart from the Black Dragon King, a local beast king, other fierce birds and beasts seemed locked in that space, burning and dying if they dared to break out.
Whether the White Snake or the Black Dragon, they were creatures of this world but had evolved into kings of mutants, terrifyingly powerful, capable of dominating a region even in the depths of the primordial mountains.
It was clear how significant the impact of the mutation was, allowing creatures to become so powerful so quickly.
The White Snake was one thing, as it had mythological significance and had lived for countless years.
But the Black Dragon was originally just an old lizard, far from its current strength.
Chu Feng had been pondering, the mutation had changed the world, but it was too rapid. The appearance of mutants and the rise of various creatures had all happened in the shortest time.
"Yellow Ox, tell me, what's really going on!" He wanted to know.
The yellow ox was very cautious, hesitating for a long time, finally deciding to tell him, engraving: A transformation unseen in millions of years!
"I risked my life to come here? To become a sage and a patriarch!"
The yellow ox frankly told him, then buried its head, writing line after line.
"This sealed land will undergo a shocking transformation!"
The yellow ox continued writing.
Why Chu Feng could achieve so much in the shortest time, it informed, was because he had caught this transformation unseen in millions of years, the same for other mutants.
Otherwise, how could it be possible.
As for the disciples of Shakyamuni, the White Snake, the Black Dragon King, and others, their strength, and their ability to dominate even in the depths of the primordial mountains, were all due to the world's mutation, rapidly elevating them.
"What kind of place is this?" Chu Feng's mind was restless, knowing there was a great secret here!
Countless fierce birds and beasts in the primordial mountains wanted to come here to transform.
So far, only the yellow ox had succeeded.
"This world is..." The yellow ox continued engraving.