"Giggle, Baozi didn't do anything! Master is going to bully Baozi again! Waaaaah, poor Baozi!" Seeing Shitou rushing towards it, Baozi decisively started to fake cry. Actually, it had already thought about how Shitou would react to all this, but it deliberately didn't warn Shitou; it just wanted to see Shitou get angry.
Hehe, it's so cute to see your owner all puffed up!
Stone really, really wanted to tear the steamed bun into tiny pieces, swallow them whole, and then poop them out with a "whoosh" sound, turning the steamed bun into real crumbs!
Trash!!!
Why is the stone so angry? The reason is simple.
In a dense forest, there stands a giant tree. Walk to its base and gently part the vines wrapped around the trunk. You'll find a small hole at the bottom. Slowly crawl into the hole, and you'll be even more surprised to discover a hidden world inside. Walk about a hundred meters along the tunnel beneath the tree hole, and a dark entrance will appear before you. Beside that entrance is a button. Just press it lightly with your finger, and congratulations! A simple elevator will appear and greet you with a welcome message.
Damn! You ask why the stone knows so clearly? Because it came up from below!
"Damn it, you little dumpling! You're not going to tell me that the artifact you're talking about is in the Dwarf Kingdom, are you? Or maybe the artifact you're talking about is just the giant hammer Daddy gave me? Damn it, dumpling, if you don't want to live anymore, just tell me, and I'll send you on your way right now!" Suddenly enraged, Stone grabbed Dumpling (thankfully Dumpling had already reverted to her dumpling form), slammed her to the ground, and then stretched out her stinky feet, kicking her relentlessly…
Stomp! I stomp! I stomp hard!
"Gah... Baozi is going to die!" After being stomped on by the stone more than ten times, Baozi's weak voice came from under the stone's feet: "Master, remember to collect Baozi's corpse!"
"You still want to collect the corpse? Do you still want me to leave you a whole body? You wish! This time, this princess will make sure you die without a complete corpse!!!" Stone was truly furious. A person... no, a steamed bun shouldn't act like this!
If Baozi had told Shitou from the beginning that they were going to the Dwarf Kingdom to find the artifact, Shitou might have objected, but maybe she would have agreed! Anyone would be annoyed if Baozi had set a trap for Shitou like this!
"Gah, no... cough cough, Baozi... I'm going to die..." Baozi struggled desperately as a stone choked him: "The artifact... Master's artifact... it's not a hammer..."
"Huh? Not a hammer?" Stone suddenly let go of his hand, asking excitedly, "Not a hammer? Then what is it? Does the Dwarf Kingdom have other divine artifacts? Wait, I remember..."
Suddenly, Stone remembered that Baozi had once told him that there were only two true divine artifacts in the world. One was the giant hammer that Steel Hammer Daddy had given him, and the other was some kind of sword from some empire?
"You scumbag! You're messing with me again?!"
Before Stone could make another move, Baozi, now smarter, decisively transformed into the black diamond, lying motionless on the ground and calmly saying, "Hehe, Baozi definitely won't tell Master that there are two kinds of artifacts!"
"Two kinds? What two kinds? Which two kinds?" Hearing Baozi's words, Shi Tou's heart itched again. With a shameless grin, Shi Tou squatted down, put the black diamond in his palm, and asked ingratiatingly, "Baozi, just tell me! Which two kinds are they?"
After coughing twice, Baozi put on airs before speaking: "Hehe, divine artifacts, as the name suggests, are weapons forged by the gods! So there are only two true divine artifacts: one is the Great Iron Hammer of the Dwarf Kingdom, the Wrath of the God of Slaughter, and the other is the Bodhisattva Tia Divine Sword that you, Master, gave to the Fallen Nether Empire!"
At this point, Baozi paused, waiting for Shitou to become impatient and start to explode again before slowly speaking: "Hehe, but later, people discovered that two divine artifacts were simply not enough! So, people began to learn from the designs of the divine artifacts and forge their own! Bards often say that elves are the darlings of heaven, but Baozi thinks that humans are the darlings of heaven!"
Envious and jealous glances swept over the stone, and Baozi said with a sour look, "Humans are so powerful! They can actually create weapons that are even more powerful than real divine artifacts! In the beginning, in order to distinguish between weapons created by gods and weapons created by humans, weapons created by gods were called divine artifacts, while super powerful weapons created by humans were called quasi-divine artifacts!"
"So, what you're taking me to is a quasi-divine artifact?" Stone was no longer angry. If the so-called quasi-divine artifact was more powerful than a real divine artifact, then why was she still angry?
"Hehe, you could say that! Master, do you remember that you used to be a grandmaster forging? You forged countless sub-divine artifacts, but you kept the best one. Do you remember?" Baozi's tone was full of obvious anticipation.
Unfortunately, the stone was destined to disappoint it. How could something that wasn't original possibly remember events from hundreds of years ago?
Seeing Shi Tou shake his head, Baozi would be lying if he said he wasn't disappointed: "Hehe, Master doesn't remember anything, but Master won't let Baozi tell Master about the past! What should I do? I'm so sad!"
Looking at Baozi, who was speaking sadly but had an incredibly bright expression on her face, Shi Tou felt a wave of nausea: "Baozi, I feel like throwing up..."
"Huh? Master, are you going to have another little bun?" At first, the bun just stared blankly at the stone, but when it realized what was happening, it immediately perked up. With a "bang," the diamond exploded, and a plump, pink, tender bun appeared right in front of the stone: "Great! Little bun, the bun's favorite little bun~~~"
"Go give birth to your own little bun if you want!" Stone quickly took a few steps back, looking at the large bun that had turned into meat filling with a fearful expression: "Where's your skin?"
The steamed bun trembled and trembled, trembling incessantly, like it was having an epileptic seizure: "Giggle, the bun's skin, filling, and soup, they all love the little steamed bun~~~"
Wow! Wow my foot!
"You disgusting bun! Get away from me with that awful look! And where's the artifact? No, where's the sub-artifact? What kind of sub-artifact is there in the Dwarf Kingdom?" Stone looked at the lump of flesh in front of her with disgust. She swore she would never eat a meat bun again in her life. The filling looked really... disgusting.
"Gaga, a sub-divine artifact! A sub-divine artifact! Baozi will never tell Master that the sub-divine artifact in the Dwarf Kingdom belongs to Master, and that Master crafted it himself!" Baozi continued to tremble, but slowly the filling got smaller and smaller, the soup was squeezed out, and the skin was wrapped up little by little again: "Baozi will also never tell Master that the sub-divine artifact is a ring!"
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A ring?! Could it be the legendary spatial ring?!
Chapter 80: I, Stone, am back.
It was already late at night. Although the Dwarf Kingdom was underground, the dwarves had good sleep habits. For one thing, Stone had never gone to bed later than eight o'clock in the past, and he was always woken up before eight o'clock in the morning.
Resignedly boarding the makeshift elevator, Stone was suddenly overwhelmed by a sense of absurdity. Just over ten days ago, she had left the Dwarf Kingdom with Steel Hammer and her older brother Flame, but tonight, she had secretly returned to the Dwarf Kingdom with Baozi and Rice Noodles.
"Gaga, Master, hurry up! Baozi will take you to find the sub-divine artifact!" Baozi happily rushed into the stone's arms, looking forward to the journey ahead.
If it weren't for the simplified elevator, Stone would probably be just as excited. Unfortunately, this girl is terrified of such thrilling activities. In her past life, let alone bungee jumping, she wouldn't even dare to ride a pirate ship.
Tragically, the rudimentary elevator was far more thrilling than the pirate ship.
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"Giggle, Master! Baozi is a little scared!" Compared to its previous loud cries, Baozi was much calmer this time. Except for its constant attempts to burrow into Shitou's clothes and its bumping against Shitou's slightly chubby chest, it kept saying, "Rice Noodles, are you scared? Baozi is so scared!"
Shi Tou stiffly turned his head to look at Mi Fen'er, and what he saw almost scared her to death!
Mi Fen'er stood pale-faced beside the stone, trembling uncontrollably, her lips shaking as she said, "Scared! Scared! I want to go down! I want to jump!"
Just as Mi Fen'er decided to jump, Shi Tou shouted, "Don't move!" Why did "hands up" suddenly pop into Shi Tou's head at such a crucial moment?
"I'm scared!" Rice Noodles exclaimed, startled. Her face contorted with fear, "I'm so scared! I'll jump!"
If you jump, what will happen to my million purple gold coins?! ￥_￥
However, Mi Fan didn't consider Shi Tou's wallet. Once she made up her mind, she suddenly jumped!
"Rice Noodles!" Luckily, Shi Tou had been watching her the whole time. He grabbed her and pulled her back. But just then, the big bun in Shi Tou's arms was violently thrown away!
"Baozi..." Shi Tou watched helplessly as the plump, white steamed bun slowly disappeared in an arc before his eyes: "Mifen! You're dead!"
Rice Noodles looked at Stone with teary eyes: "I want to go down!"
Get down, my foot!
Stone was furious. Just then, the elevator was almost at the bottom, and Stone saw that it was less than a meter from the ground. Suddenly, he kicked out, swiftly sending Rice Noodles flying down!
"Awooo!" With a scream, Mifen'er crashed to the ground. Shitou jumped down from the elevator and immediately stared wide-eyed at the steamed bun who dared to explore the mysteries of free fall in another world.
"Baozi? Cute Baozi? Where are you?" Even though he knew that no one from the Dwarf Kingdom would come here at this time, Stone still crouched down and tried to search for Baozi as quietly as possible.
The unfortunate rice noodle, seeing that Stone ignored her, could only pat her bottom, wipe her tears, and follow behind Stone dejectedly.
After searching for a long time, the big steamed bun was still nowhere to be found. Stone looked around in confusion. When the bun fell, although the elevator was some distance from the ground, it couldn't have flown that far!
Baozi once said that if it strayed too far from the stone, it would passively fall into a deep sleep. Last time, the stone lost it, and it was Mifen who found it and brought it back. Later, after repeated testing, the stone discovered that Baozi really hadn't lied to it. Perhaps its former owner had done something to it; in any case, after leaving its owner, Baozi could only turn into a dark diamond.
Could it be that steamed buns have been forced to turn into diamonds?!
Stone scratched his head, but that didn't make sense! He had already explored the entire small cave, so there was no reason for Baozi to still be asleep!
unless……
"Rice Noodles, have you noticed anyone around here?" Stone suddenly stopped and turned around, asking seriously. Elves belong to the forest, but they are particularly sensitive to other races and can easily detect any unusual presence in their surroundings.
Therefore, Stone thought that this elf was really like a puppy. Ugly enough, absolutely loyal, a bit dim-witted, and with a keen sense of smell.
Rice Noodles, who was being treated like a puppy by Stone, was taken aback for a moment, then obediently replied, "Yes."
Wow, there really is!
Stone's facial muscles twitched involuntarily. She remembered the first day she received Baozi, when Fat Mom took Baozi away. Moreover, generally speaking, Baozi was unwilling to acknowledge her in the presence of outsiders, and she didn't know how it developed this strange habit.
"Who? Oh no, how many people?" Stone wanted to ask who it was, but she remembered that Rice Noodles wasn't from the Dwarf Kingdom, and she didn't know the dwarves.
Mi Fen'er counted on her fingers, looking very serious, before hesitantly holding up three fingers: "Two!"
puff!
The stone sprayed out spectacularly.
Girl! Did your math teacher teach you PE?
Stone was speechless with emotion. The steamed buns were gone, and the rice noodles were unreliable, so now he had to rely on himself.
But what will happen to the magical artifact without steamed buns?
The tragically unfortunate Stone, along with Rice Noodles, was deeply saddened. No steamed buns = no magic weapon. Heavens above, she truly is the child no one cares about.
"Stone, Rice Noodles is hungry!" After walking around for more than thirty laps, Rice Noodles finally couldn't hold back anymore and plopped down on the ground, refusing to get up no matter what.
Shi Tou looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and had no choice but to compromise.
Well, since we're already in the land of dwarves, we might as well take this opportunity to visit Fat Mama! At least, Mama has good food...
Having convinced Mi Fen'er to come home with him, the two walked carefully down the deserted streets, making no sound. At that moment, Shi Tou was filled with a sigh of relief. Luckily, the Dwarf Kingdom was studded with Radiant Stones everywhere! Otherwise, without Baozi and without any Radiant Stones, she would have been completely lost.
The familiar square, the familiar front door—Shi Tou suddenly hesitated. Was this the feeling of being apprehensive about returning home? He pursed his lips, mustered his courage, and pushed open his front door.
The door was still unlocked. The dining room contained exactly ten tables and chairs, no more, no less. One chair stood out particularly—a delicate pink color and a small, charming design. Tears welled up in Shi Tou's eyes instantly. He sniffed, and under Mi Fen'er's questioning gaze, Shi Tou forced a smile and said, "This is my home."
“Home?” Mi Fen’er repeated, but judging from the expression on her face, she didn’t seem to understand at all.
Shi Tou had no intention of explaining to Mi Fen'er; he simply took Mi Fen'er's hand and gently led her to the door of his room.
Is it still the same inside?
After hesitating for a moment, Shi Tou pushed open the door. Although he hadn't been back for over ten days, the room didn't seem dirty at all. The bedding was neatly folded on the bed, a pair of fluffy slippers lay under the bed, and a small oil lamp sat on the bedside table. The oil lamp was lit now, just like when Shi Tou usually slept—so warm, so sorrowful…
"Stone?" Mi Fen'er looked at Stone, who was suddenly bursting into tears, and panicked. "Don't cry, don't cry, Baozi! Come back!"
Mifen'er thought Shitou was crying because the steamed buns were missing, so she stammered as she tried to comfort him.
"I'm fine. It's almost dawn, let's rest here for a bit. Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to see my dad and mom." Shi Tou wiped his face haphazardly. "Hurry up and rest for a while, we still need to find Baozi when it's light!"
He dozed off for a while, feeling tired and sleepy, but Stone didn't sleep soundly. So when the door to the room was pushed open, Stone woke up with a start.
"Mom!" Shi Tou was lying in bed when he opened his eyes and saw his chubby mother standing at the door, speechless with shock: "Mom, I'm back."
"Stone, stone?" The plump mother opened her mouth, her voice as if floating, without any weight: "Are you a stone?"
Stone blinked, trying to hold back his tears: "Mom, you've lost weight! That's wonderful! You look so beautiful!" Even though they'd only been apart for a little over ten days, his chubby mom's once-thick waist had slimmed down, and you could almost see her S-shaped figure. Her round, chubby face now had a pointed chin, showing how heartbroken she must have been these past few days.
"Stone!" The plump mother finally came to her senses and rushed over, pressing the stone hard against her chest.
Stone finally realized that even if some women successfully lose weight, their voluptuous figures can still suffocate them.
"Oh my God! My Stone! You're finally back! Oh, my baby!" The plump mother was so excited that she couldn't speak coherently, rubbing the stone up and down with her chubby hands.
Shi Tou Mo, well, aren't you getting a little too excited?
"Mom, what are you doing in Stone's room? Breakfast is ready!" A voice called from outside the door, followed by footsteps slowly approaching. Then Stone heard a loud gasp.