Chapter 383: Brothers
"If both of you are willing to accept me as a brother, then from now on, you two are brothers, the Holy Spring will be shared equally, no fighting allowed."
Yang Xiao glanced at the chimpanzee and the lion.
The chimpanzee pouted his lips, very reluctantly said,
"Being brothers with the lion would lower my IQ."
"Thump!"
The lion immediately fainted to the ground.
Damn, the dumb chimpanzee actually despises the lion for lowering its IQ?
Yang Xiao looked at the two intellectually challenged children, thinking, I haven't even complained about you two lowering my IQ yet.
Monk Ben Yin, Zhang Hai, Lan Xin, Zhi Ruo, and others felt their intellects inadequate, nobody expected that after worrying all night, they would see such a scene today.
Yang Xiao scanned everyone and knew that they rushed to the Desert Canyon today out of concern for his safety; he was touched and said:
"Sorry for making everyone worry."
The lion suddenly spoke:
"Yang Xiao, brother, you can't let them hunt in the canyon."
Yang Xiao was stunned, he asked:
"Why?"
"The canyon is limited in size, as is the number of mutant animals, if you hunt them all, what will we eat later?"
Yang Xiao nodded, the lion and the chimpanzee were at the top of the food chain in the canyon, from their simple survival perspective, naturally, they saw the problem after the ecosystem was destroyed.
If it were before, Yang Xiao wouldn't have cared, but now, being made a brother by the chimpanzee and lion, it was impossible not to care.
It's like raising a dog and having to take care of it every day, let alone two King Phase mutant monsters that can talk and have certain emotions.
"Zhi Ruo, don't hunt in the canyon anymore, try to take care of my... two brothers."
The last few words were really hard to say.
Everyone, including Monk Ben Yin, burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Zhang Hai laughed and said:
"Yang Xiao's brothers are naturally our brothers too."
Zhi Ruo laughed:
"They're your brothers, not ours."
Then they heard the lion say to Zhi Ruo:
"You have hunted many of our brothers in the canyon, I haven't even troubled you yet."
Zhi Ruo immediately retorted:
"Don't you also eat many of your own brothers every day?"
Lion: "..."
The chimpanzee disdainfully glanced at the lion and said:
"Don't talk, you lower my IQ whenever you open your mouth."
Lion: "@#¥%"
Yang Xiao laughed:
"Alright, stop arguing, take me to see your Holy Spring."
The lion nodded, immediately leading the way with the chimpanzee, and Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin and others followed.
Although Yang Xiao's evolution level wasn't as high as that of the chimpanzee and the lion, the chimpanzee got Yang Xiao's help in defeating the lion and reclaiming the Holy Spring, and the lion, originally defeated and even in life-threatening danger, got reconciled by Yang Xiao, thus regaining half of the ownership of the Holy Spring, so both respected and were grateful to Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao found these two intellectually challenged children quite amusing.
The group walked several kilometers more and saw a huge funnel-shaped depression in the canyon, over a hundred meters in diameter.
"This is the place, this is the Holy Spring."
The chimpanzee pointed to the depression and said.
According to the chimpanzee's description to Yang Xiao, this depression was supposed to be the impact crater from a spaceship crash, and at about one-third of the way down at the bottom of the pit, there was clear spring water.
The chimpanzee said that the spring water used to overflow and flow into a nearby stream.
Yang Xiao had also seen that stream, which was formed because the canyon was a hundred meters below the desert surface, creating a natural underground river that runs through the entire canyon.
Everyone did not know what was going on, and they all looked at Yang Xiao, asking:
"Is this the Holy Spring?"
"I'm not sure either, I only heard it from the chimpanzee, perhaps it's just a spring they like."
Yang Xiao did not dare to reveal that the spring water here could enhance the Genetic Evolution speed of the chimpanzees and lions, because he did not yet know if the spring water could also enhance the Genetic Evolution speed of humans.
If the spring water here could enhance the Genetic Evolution speed of humans, he guessed that the entire Desert Canyon would be trampled flat by the swarming crowds.
The chimpanzee was about to brag about something when Yang Xiao glared at him sharply, causing him to swallow back his words.
Yang Xiao thought to himself, this silly chimpanzee wasn't so dumb after all, at least he could understand his glare.
Zhang Hai and the others looked around the scenery of the canyon, while Yang Xiao walked around the edge of the pit and suddenly saw a metallic object on the slope of the pit, emitting a faint metallic luster.
Yang Xiao couldn't see clearly what it was, but it had already been buried in the sand, with only a little bit showing.
Yang Xiao was interested in studying it, but with dozens of people watching here, it wasn't easy for him to do anything. After thinking it over, he said to Monk Ben Yin and the others:
"I appreciate everyone's concern for me, but I'm fine now, and that's all there is to this canyon. The journey is long, let's hurry back to the Genetic Store base before we run into the Sand Demon which could be troublesome."
Everyone nodded, if they could not hunt Monsters in the canyon, there was no point in staying here, better to go out and fight Monsters.
The chimpanzee did have some affection for Yang Xiao, and when he heard him say he was leaving, he seemed a bit reluctant.
"Yang Xiao, brother, stay, and have some roast meat."
Yang Xiao smiled and said:
"The salt is almost out, I'll bring more back for you when I return."
The chimpanzee immediately laughed hey hey and said:
"Yang Xiao, brother, good!"
Yang Xiao then said to the lion:
"You and the chimpanzee are brothers now, don't fight in the future, this place is your home, you need to stick together."
The lion nodded and said:
"As long as the stupid monkey doesn't annoy me, I promise not to hit it."
"Annoying lion, who are you calling a stupid monkey?"
"Whoever is the monkey here is the stupid monkey."
...
Yang Xiao watched the pair of fools silently while patting their bodies, signaling them to stop arguing.
Both the chimpanzee and lion respected Yang Xiao greatly and immediately ceased their quarrel.
Everyone continued towards the exit of the canyon, with the chimpanzee and lion following behind Yang Xiao, chatting nonstop.
As they approached the entrance, they ran into Zhang Jian from Wudang with a few apprentices who were hunting Monsters, excitedly collecting lots of Genetic Balls.
Suddenly seeing Yang Xiao appear in front of him, Zhang Jian was startled.
"Brother Yang, are you okay? We were so worried about you yesterday, especially Lan Xin and Zhi Ruo, they didn't sleep all night..."
Yang Xiao glanced at Lan Xin and Zhi Ruo beside him; both of their faces were slightly blushing.
Lan Xin laughed:
"You're exaggerating a bit."
"Just so, we were just chatting yesterday."
Zhi Ruo also chimed in.
Yang Xiao smiled faintly,
"Thank you all for your concern, Zhang Jian, let me introduce to you, these two,"
Yang Xiao gestured towards the chimpanzee and lion behind him.
Zhang Jian was suddenly startled upon seeing the two Giant Beasts behind Yang Xiao, quite frightened, but seeing that everyone was alright, he relaxed.
"These two are my...brothers, Black Jinkang and Lion."