Chapter 26: Profiting Beyond Imagination

Though the yellow essence was important, the pouch used for storing items, the Mustard Seed Space, was clearly far more valuable.

This was a world where monsters possessed magical abilities, and Lu Fei didn’t think his idea was impossible at all.

He had already observed the rabbit demon in front of him closely. He knew the creature had nowhere to conceal objects, yet where did the yellow essence spirit medicine come from? And why did the rabbit demon deliberately turn his back when retrieving the yellow essence? Clearly, he wanted him to see.

Thus, Lu Fei had reason to suspect that this rabbit demon harbored a treasure capable of storing items.

He had long desired a pouch with such storage abilities. He’d asked the more knowledgeable crow demon, but even he knew nothing. Now that he had this opportunity, he wouldn’t let it slip easily.

“Which one are you talking about?”

The rabbit demon frowned at Lu Fei’s words, “I didn’t hear you clearly.”

Lu Fei enunciated each word, “That thing you used to store the yellow essence—what is it? Take it out!”

This time the rabbit demon understood and his expression relaxed, “I can take it out, but you must promise this is the last thing.”

“Otherwise…” The rabbit demon’s gaze turned fierce, “Even if I can’t beat you, I won’t let you off easily!”

“So there really is something!” Lu Fei’s heart leapt with joy at the rabbit demon’s words. He nodded, “Just this one thing, I promise.”

The rabbit demon said, “Fine, I hope you keep your word. Otherwise, even as a ghost, I won’t let you go.”

Faced with the rabbit demon’s threat, Lu Fei scoffed inwardly, “Would I, a monster, fear ghosts?”

After his words, the rabbit demon stepped forward and reached to place his hand atop Lu Fei’s head.

Lu Fei, currently in his original white wolf form, changed expression, immediately retreated, baring his teeth, “What are you trying to do?”

“Teach you…” The rabbit demon replied, his gaze quickly turning amused and mocking, “So you don’t understand, after all.”

“The thing I use to store items is my innate magical ability. If you want it, I can only teach you.”

Lu Fei felt his knowledge expand again at the rabbit demon’s words. He asked, “Aren’t innate magical abilities unique to oneself? Can they be taught to other monsters?”

Though accustomed to the wolf demon’s ignorance, the rabbit demon couldn’t help but mock this opportunist, “Of course they can be taught, and you can even learn other monsters’ innate abilities from them.”

“But since you were born in Wild Wolf Mountain, it’s normal you don’t know these things. That place is just barren hills and wicked wolves.”

“But innate magical abilities are notoriously difficult to learn. You’d better be prepared.”

"Otherwise, if you fail to learn it, you can't blame me..."

Facing the rabbit demon’s cold mockery, Lu Fei’s expression didn’t change at all. He stepped forward, “Go ahead…”

He extended a leg.

He would never let the rabbit demon, who was so hostile toward him, touch his head so freely—it would be a foolish thing to do. If the other had any malicious intent, regret would come too late.

Seeing Lu Fei’s action, the rabbit demon was amused, shaking his head, “What are you afraid of? If anything, I should be the one worried…”

With that, Lu Yao reached out to grasp Lu Fei’s forepaw, saying seriously, “Guide a thread of your monster energy into my pouch and sense the structure and flow of my magical energy there. I’ll give you this one chance—whether you learn it or not, our deal is done. You must let me go.”

Lu Fei nodded, “Of course. I have enough credibility for that. Didn’t you hear the Third Lord say? We’ll be companions from here on.”

“I have no wish to be companions with a wicked wolf bandit like you…” the rabbit demon sneered, then continued, “Alright, release your energy and follow mine…”

Soon, after Lu Fei’s energy circulated through the rabbit demon’s pouch formed by innate magical ability, a virtual prompt suddenly appeared before his eyes:

[You have learned the magical ability: Within a Square Inch]

“It’s done. As agreed, you’ve experienced my magical pouch once…”

Seeing Lu Fei’s bewildered expression, the rabbit demon said smugly, “If you didn’t learn it, you can’t blame me…”

But as the white wolf remained silent, afraid he would get angry and renege, the rabbit demon quickly added, “This innate magical ability is very hard to learn. You need to remember everything I just showed you, then practice slowly to master it…”

Her words were not finished.

Lu Fei suddenly looked up and said, “You can leave now.”

“Huh…”

Hearing Lu Fei’s voice, the rabbit demon feigned confusion, then immediately darted into the nearby forest, vanishing from sight.

“Heh…”

Lu Fei grinned as he watched the rabbit demon’s swift departure, then turned and slipped into the forest behind him.

“This time, I’ve truly struck it rich…”

Weaving through the trees, Lu Fei thought to himself.

At first, he had no intention of letting the rabbit demon go.

But after witnessing with his own eyes how the two lords of Snake Coil Mountain and Wild Wolf Mountain were humbled, and with the new black-faced lord intervening, Lu Fei dared not kill the rabbit demon. Making her surrender her treasure was just him copying the intimidation tactics the black-faced youth used on his own former lord, the wild bull demon.

Unexpectedly, the rabbit demon had given him a huge surprise.

Setting aside the value of the yellow essence spirit medicine, the magical ability “Within a Square Inch” that he learned from the rabbit demon—akin to the Mustard Seed Space—was priceless.

Especially since the system allowed him to easily learn the magical abilities of other monsters.

Having learned the rabbit demon’s innate ability today, he could naturally learn those of the crow demon, the red-skinned pig demon, and other monsters as well.

This showed just how powerful and valuable the system’s gift was.

As for the information from the rabbit demon about “Yellow-rank Low-grade Spirit Medicine Yellow Essence,” magical abilities, and learning from other monsters, those were just minor gains in comparison.

All in all, extorting the rabbit demon today had been massively profitable for him.

Yet it was also this exchange with the female rabbit demon that made Lu Fei realize just how little he understood about this world and the demon race—his knowledge was shallow, almost nonexistent.

But that was fine. He could learn slowly as he ventured to the Great Wilderness Mountain mentioned by the new lord.

“Ah, I forgot to ask the rabbit demon’s name…”

Lu Fei suddenly thought. Given her knowledge and experience, she was far more informed than the crow demon. He would need to interact with her more in the future.

But since they were about to head to the Great Wilderness Mountain together, there would be plenty of chances to learn her name.

Thinking of the Great Wilderness Mountain, Lu Fei felt a surge of anticipation.

Though he hadn’t been in Wild Wolf Mountain long, he’d never heard the crow demon mention spirit medicines.

But from the rabbit demon’s account, spirit medicines—though rare and precious—could always be found on Snake Coil Mountain.

By comparison, Wild Wolf Mountain truly was, as the black-faced new lord said: barren, desolate, and devoid of life.

At that moment, voices sounded ahead.

Lu Fei immediately stopped, moving cautiously toward the source.

Soon, hiding behind a thicket of brambles, he saw:

His third brother, the red-skinned pig demon, stood battered and wounded beneath a towering tree. Opposite him, a white-striped tiger over three meters long was eyeing him hungrily.