Chapter 11 Chapter Eight: The Beast Master

In the mountains, the light morning mist is lingering, and the grass and wild flowers wet by the morning mist are under the feet. On the muddy path, several people were galloping fast, zigzagging along the road, passing through several woods, and turned into a valley. The wind was blowing from Dugu Ba's feet, agitating the dark energy of the fire element to form an invisible fire wind behind him, pushing himself forward quickly.This is the technique of using dark energy that Dugu Ba has explored for many years. Although it does not have any offensive power, it is the most practical. Among the several continuous peaks, the hill on which this valley rests is the smallest one, but no one knows that this is one of the strongholds of the new alliance, and the entire mountain has been hollowed out.

Compared with other strongholds of the new alliance, the manpower stationed here is the least, but this is the most worry-free stronghold for Dugu Ba. Rex followed closely behind Duguba, his handsome and tough face was a little nervous, but full of anticipation.Being able to enter this secret stronghold, it is obvious that his status in the new alliance...or in other words, his status in Dugu Ba's heart has improved again. This is one step closer to his dream. Now he can't wait to return to the family immediately and rescue his master Duguqi.This not only made a great contribution, but also with Duguqi as his backing, his position in the new alliance will be more stable.Of course, that damned half-brother Leo must also be arrested and dedicated to Lord Dugu Ba, and let him deal with it.

Dugu Ba stopped at the entrance of the valley, and a dozen pairs of green eyes appeared at the same time among the surrounding rock piles and the nearby woods.More than a dozen ferocious beasts, which could not be identified as dogs or wolves, showed their heads at the same time, sizing up Dugu Ba's group fiercely, apparently treating them as uninvited guests. Seeing Duguba stop in his tracks, several people behind him also stopped at the same time.Although Dugu Ba is the leader of the new alliance, he also fully respects every veteran in the new alliance, so he did not rely on his status to break the rules and forcefully break in.

Although the life field fluctuations released by more than a dozen ferocious beasts are stronger than ordinary beasts, they are obviously nothing in the eyes of powerful beast warriors like Rex.Rex believed that within ten breaths, he could kill all these beasts like a whirlwind. However, the eyes of these ferocious beasts falling on Rex seemed to be burning with fierce hostility, but it also made Rex's scalp tingle involuntarily. Dugu Ba stood still, and soon, two people ran over in the valley, each holding a bamboo knife about 1.5 meters long. There were many incongruous dark red spots on the yellowed bamboo knife. It looks very dazzling.

The two shouted a few words, and the fierce beasts that were eyeing a tiger retreated quickly like a tide. Several beasts caught a glimpse of the dark red spots on the bamboo knife, and even screamed in panic, appearing to be very frightened.Obviously, the uncoordinated dark red spots on the bamboo knife are the blood spattered by the two of them when they beat these beasts hard when they usually trained them. Over time, they became dark red. The two chased away the beast, and then called out "Lord Leader", kneeling on the ground with their heads bowed respectfully. Duguba's gaze swept over them, and he didn't spend any more time on these unknown little people, striding past them.

When Rex passed by the two of them, he stared at them coldly.These two people are just ordinary ancient humans. Judging from the reaction of the energy field, they are not even third-rate. They dared to let themselves and others wait at the mouth of the valley. It is really bold. If you have the opportunity, you must teach them a lesson. Of course, with Dugu Ba around, it wasn't Rex's turn to speak.A group of people walked into the valley without hindrance. Dugu Ba walked towards the entrance leading to the interior of the mountain with ease, and everyone he met along the way knelt down respectfully to Dugu Ba, showing the supreme authority of Dugu Ba in the new alliance.

There is a neat granite road in the mountain, and there are bright lights every tens of meters. The whole mountain does not look dark and gloomy at all.The road is well-organized, and the functions and uses of each room that the road passes are marked, full of modern technology, and those who don't know it think they are entering a certain scientific research base. A base like an ant's nest was built in the hollowed out mountain. There were more than two hundred houses, and Dugu Ba stopped in front of a room when he walked all the way to the center. Duguba stood in front of the door and glanced at a monitor at the top. The door opened automatically. Duguba walked in first, and Rex also walked in. The others automatically stayed outside and stood up. Come on.

Passing through a large studio-like room, Rex's eyes suddenly brightened, but he walked into a huge and empty cave, and bright and soft sunlight was pouring in from the hole at the top. The stone pillars in the center of the cave are surrounded by colorful flowers and plants.The intoxicating aroma wafts through every corner of the cave.Rex has some knowledge. These flowers and plants grow so coquettishly, it is obviously not a good idea. Rex glanced around in the cave, and saw some simple tables and chairs, and a stone bed that seemed to be used by the owner here to sleep.Not far from the bed was an alchemy stone platform, on which some bottles and jars were scattered.

Mushrooms that emit fluorescent light take root in dark corners of the cave that are not well lit, making the entire cave visible at a glance. Naturally, Rex saw the owner here, because the person was sitting with his back facing him, so Rex could only see the short and thin back of the person, giving people the feeling of dead wood. "Your Majesty's presence here is truly glorious." The shrill voice spoke politely, but there was no intention of standing up to greet him. Dugu Ba didn't care at all, walked over steadily and said: "Dou Lao, I'm so excited." Although Rex was dissatisfied with this old guy who didn't know how to respect the leader, he still walked behind Dugu Ba.

When Rex got closer, he realized that this short, skinny old guy who looked like a rotten piece of dead wood was feeding the fish.In front of him is an artificially excavated pool, the water is groundwater seeping from the mountain, but the fish in the water look quite strange, and they swim extremely fast underwater, rushing out with a flick of their tails Several meters away, when they robbed food, they showed fine and interlaced sharp teeth, all of which showed their fierce life characteristics. "My lord, if you ask me for nothing, you will definitely not come to see me. If it is a trivial matter, you will not come in person. It must be a big matter. But I owe you a favor when I organized the invasion of the tripod god world in Taohuayuan last time. , I have already returned it to you, and all the beast masters I gave you are dead, do I still owe you anything?" The old guy who was called Dou Lao by Dugu Ba blocked Dugu with a single mouth. The possibility of bully speaking.

Before Duguba came, he had already thought of these possibilities.In his new alliance, this old man is the only ancient human with a special status, but he can gain a firm foothold among a circle of rebellious new human powerhouses, not by virtue of being gentle, courteous and frugal, but by virtue of being beyond the ordinary. strength. Of course, if you want to persuade this old man, Dugu Ba is still sure, just talking about it is not enough, you have to show real benefits, coupled with your majesty as the leader, presumably this old man will not refuse . Rex stood behind Duguba, Dou Lao's rudeness made him feel very angry, he suppressed the anger in his heart, his face turned red.He wished he could kick the old guy sitting on the thick green carpet into the fish pond in front of him. A fish got stronger when it was grabbing food, and suddenly jumped out of the pool. Its palm-sized body was covered with black scales, the scales glistened in the sun, and its mouth full of sharp teeth opened wide. It looked extraordinarily fierce. At this moment, a huge snake head suddenly appeared under Dou Lao's body, it popped out like lightning, and swallowed the fierce monster fish into his mouth in one bite. Rex opened his eyes wide, only to realize that the thick green blanket under Dou Lao turned out to be a big python. Dou Lao patted the giant python's head, and there was a sound of "russling" scales shaking, and the green carpet that was originally spread on the ground immediately turned into a round body. The green python moved slowly, and turned around with Dou Lao on his back. Rex was swept over by the eyes of fighting tigers and wolfs, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his back. Dou Lao put his eyes on Dugu Ba, and said with a smile: "Bring a strange junior to me, why?" Dugu overbearingly said: "Old Dou, I need your help with something very important." Dou Laopi smiled and said: "Leader Dugu, although you are the leader, you still have to abide by our original agreement. I don't owe you anything, and I am so old that I haven't made a move in person for many years. Well, my old bones can't stand the toss. At the beginning, I gave you many potential beast masters, but they all died. Now I haven't cultivated a few qualified disciples in this cave. what." "Naturally, there are enough benefits this time, so I dare to ask Dou Lao to take action." Dugu Ba said with the same expression, "And this time is about the life and death of our new alliance. If there is no skin, how will Mao be attached? " "Will it be so serious?" Dou Lao sneered, "Young leader has merged with the ancient mythical beast Fire Crow. Although the earth is big, who else is the opponent? Leader Dugu, don't exaggerate." Duguba said solemnly: "I also thought that Duguqi had no rivals on earth, but he was defeated in the battle with Lanhu on the top of the world. The news I got is that there are a few new humans The strongest of the younger generation helped Lanhu defeat Duguqi, and now Duguqi is still in Lanhu's hands, I hope Dou Lao can make a move." Dou Lao said emotionally: "There is such a thing! The new alliance expanded too fast and there were many enemies. Now that Duguqi has been arrested, our new alliance is indeed facing great danger. But since Lan Hu can defeat Duguqi, I will With the old bones, I am afraid that even if you make a move, you will not have any chance!" Dugu Ba spoke out his plan: Let Rex go to the Lei family as an internal response to find out the situation.If there is a chance, Duguqi can be rescued first; if there is no chance, then recruit people to destroy the Lei family, and finally get Duguqi back. Dugu said arrogantly: "I know Dou Lao has always wanted to get a few drops of Huoya's blood for experimentation. Huoya and Duguqi have merged into one, and I can promise that I will draw a bottle of fresh blood from Duguqi's body and give it to me." how are you?" Dugu Ba had a leisurely smile on his face, he knew that this was irresistible to the other party.Dou Lao has been obsessed with alchemy all his life, and he is also proficient in beast control. He cannot resist the blood of the fire crow. Even if Duguqi's blood is not really the blood of the fire crow, it at least has the characteristics of the fire crow. Sure enough, Dou Lao's entire old face glowed with brilliance, and the greed in his eyes was obvious, without any concealment at all.Under Dou Lao's urging, the green python under him swam up in front of Dugu Ba with its huge body, and Dou Lao standing on the python's head almost stuck to Dugu Ba's body, greedily said: "One bottle is not enough, and Dugu Qi's The blood is not pure fire crow blood, you have to guarantee that I need it whenever I need it, and you can supply it to me at any time. You have to guarantee this, and I will agree." "Hmph!" Duguba said contemptuously, "Old Dou, my Duguqi is not an ordinary person. Even if there is no Fire Crow, he is one of the strongest. Don't you know how precious blood is? Besides, the strong have their own strength." The dignity of the master, if you are at your beck and call, what is the difference between you and your slaves?" Dou Lao glared at Dugu Ba, the two refused to give in to each other, staring at each other like fighting cocks. After a while, Dou Lao was discouraged and said: "Okay, but at least three bottles must be given to me, and each bottle must not be less than 200 milliliters, otherwise this matter will not be discussed." Dugu Ba said happily: "Then it's settled! Dou Lao, please leave everything to me, I've wronged you to be Rex's guard for a while." "It's nothing, I have already dedicated everything to alchemy, including my dignity." Dou Lao showed his yellow teeth and laughed. "Boy, I will ask you to take care of me for a while." Rex only saw the opponent move, and the huge green python had already come in front of him in an instant, and Dou Lao's old face was close at hand.Rex was horrified, so he forced a smile and said, "Your Excellency, you are too polite. I will respect you like a teacher in the future." "Smart boy." Dou Laopi said with a non-smiling smile.But he seemed to remember something, and shouted, "Oops, I almost forgot to feed my little baby." Dou Lao patted the green python on the head twice, and the green python understood his intentions, flicked its tail, turned around and swam towards a wall.Dou Lao pulled a rusty ring on the wall, and the wall rose, but it was a disguised stone door. Both Rex and Duguba looked at him with interest. The space inside the door is not large, about ten square meters, and there are two big dogs lying inside, their fur is messy and a little dry.The big dog seemed extremely honest, lying there motionless.Dou Lao grabbed a bucket, grabbed two big chunks of bloody beef, and threw it in through the gap between the arm-thick steel cages. "Little boy, eat quickly, don't be hungry." Dou Lao's kind voice made Rex's scalp tingle. Rex felt very disdainful in his heart, but they were just two big dogs, so what's so strange, they should be regarded as treasures?When the two big dogs lazily stood up, Rex screamed as if seeing a ghost: "It, it...it has two heads!" It turned out that there were no two dogs, there was only one two-headed dog in the cage! As soon as the two-headed dog stood up, a menacing aura filled the air.The two dogs opened their mouths wide and rushed forward, tearing two large pieces of beef fiercely.For a moment, flesh and blood splattered, giving people the illusion that it was devouring living creatures brutally. The vicious guttural voice kept rolling, as if warning the few people in front of them not to act rashly. In just a short while, the two-headed dog devoured two large pieces of fresh beef weighing fifty catties. The two-headed dog seemed to have more to say, sticking out its tongue to lick the blood on the ground, making a creepy sound of "rustling". The veteran Dou put his hand into the cage, the two-headed dog seemed reluctant, but finally leaned his head over.Dou Lao stroked its dry and forked dog hair contentedly, then turned to look at Rex and said, "I've never seen such a cute animal, look at its shape, its razor-like teeth, this is my Its latest achievement is a two-headed dog. However, it still needs to be further improved, and its ferocity is still not satisfactory to me. It really disappoints me that it is afraid of this." At some point, Dou Lao held a bamboo knife in his hand and struck on the iron cage, making a "popping" sound.The fierce two-headed dog showed obvious fear, opened its mouth, and assumed a posture of attacking. A bamboo knife is a weapon made of bamboo.To make materials, choose bamboo that has grown for several years, split the bamboo tube, and bake it in a specific environment for more than ten days to remove excess water and make it tougher, and then select four pieces to form a bamboo knife.Bamboo slices also require a lot of processing, such as counterweighting, straightening, planing, and polishing. After this series of processing, the specific parts are wrapped with cowhide, and finally fixed with nylon ropes. Dou Lao sighed, threw away the bamboo knife in his hand and said: "It shouldn't be afraid, it is so strong and fierce, it should be fearless, even death." This two-headed dog obviously suffered a lot during the training. He didn't know how many times he had been beaten by the bamboo knife. Therefore, when he saw the bamboo knife, he reflexively felt fear. Dou Lao glanced sideways at Rex and said, "Boy, don't be surprised. As a master of alchemy and beast control, this is really nothing." But Rex stammered: "No, no, there is a two-headed dog in our family's crest, which is the symbol of our Lei family." Dou Lao said casually: "I can't see that your family still has such insight... What, the symbol of your family is a two-headed dog?" Rex nodded affirmatively. Duguba said in pleasant surprise: "It's God's will. With Doulao's two-headed dog, Rex, you can enter the Lei family with a legitimate name, and you will definitely receive preferential treatment because of it." Dou Lao also gave a strange laugh, apparently quite happy with the smooth progress of the matter. Dugu Ba Su Rong said: "Since that's the case, it's not too late. Dou Lao, you two should go immediately. At present, Lan Hu is still in the Lei family. Once the person who takes care of him arrives, he will be transferred immediately. If he is transferred to If it is within the territory of the Eastern Federation government, then we will be in trouble." Standing next to the Lei family's dog farm, I asked, "Leo, why does your family keep so many dogs?" Leo said: "Dogs are the most loyal animals, and they have excellent senses of smell and hearing. Especially these dogs have been improved and bred for dozens of generations, and their sense of smell and hearing are far superior to ordinary dogs. You Look, our family's castle is located in the mountains. At night, we only need to let these trained dogs out. We don't even need to arrange guards to keep the castle safe. As long as one dog notices something and barks, the other dogs will also There’s an immediate warning bark and we’re able to respond in a fraction of the time. These dogs can save the family a lot of money on guards.” I smiled and said, "You guys are really careful. But you can see that they are very afraid of me. I'm afraid they have a natural fear of any pet beast." Leo said cheerfully: "You take it for granted. They are afraid of you only because your dog wolf is the king of beasts. Although they also have some fear of other pet beasts, they will not be like this now. Otherwise, Do you think the efforts of our family for decades have been in vain?" Leo said again: "It is not that simple to cultivate good mountain dogs. Look at the facilities in the venue, it is to ensure that they can always maintain sufficient physical strength. A real mountain dog has to go from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain in a day. Run back and forth a few times, so as to maintain strong physical strength and not degrade their own functions. It is impossible for the mountain guard dogs in our family to run from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain every day, so we need to rely on these facilities to train them to ensure that their functions will not regress In addition, some methods must be used to ensure their ferocity so that they will not be afraid easily. On the other hand, they must know how to obey orders and not indiscriminately hurt people. There is a lot of knowledge in this, but it is not that simple of." I sighed: "That's true, it's really not easy. When I have my own residence, I'd like to ask you for a few mountain dogs. You know, I also like this loyal animal very much." Leo patted me on the shoulder and said boldly: "Of course it's no problem, pick whatever you want! You can pick your favorite, and I'll give them away. Would you like to go in and have a look?" "Okay!" I said happily, "I can't wait." Leo said: "Let me show you around our Lei family's kennel. I can assure you that it is difficult for you to see such a professional kennel in other places." Fengrou and I followed behind Leo and walked from the hillside to the entrance of the dog farm. When the kennel watchman saw Leo, he showed his respect early on, and humbly invited the three of us in. The kennel is very large, more like a ranch, with a row of kennels standing around the wide training ground.When I passed these kennels, the instincts of the mountain dogs trained to be more sensitive immediately caught me exuding the power of the beast king, which made them lie on the ground and whine in fear. "Hey, who let you in? Leo, you are only the first in line heir, not the real patriarch of the family, this is my territory, you must get my permission to come in! Look at these mountain dogs, they are The treasures of our family cannot be freely visited by outsiders, don’t you know?” A man suddenly came towards us angrily and roared. "Leo, I will sue you at the family meeting! You idiot is not qualified to inherit the family's important responsibilities!" The visitor continued to shout without any scruple.