The bright sunlight shone on Koda’s head once again.
This time, he did not feel the heat; a Panda-brand sun hat was truly useful.
“A Yi, why can’t you just help me block the sun for a bit?
You don’t feel hot anyway.”
“A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi!!!”
The little panda clearly voiced its dissatisfaction, its body rocking back and forth on his head.
Its limbs could not find a foothold, and finally, its belly slipped, sliding from Koda’s head into the carrying basket.
“Sigh, and here I was thinking of letting you try my newly developed ‘Ultimate Invincible Delicious and Full of Love Small Round Rolling Energy Ball.’
What a pity.
It seems a certain beast isn’t destined to enjoy it.
Truly a pity!” Sigh after sigh escaped his mouth.
Hearing this, A Yi poked its head out of the basket.
The black ears on its white head twitched as if it had heard something incredible.
Then, its front paws quickly grabbed his shoulder, and it clumsily climbed back onto his head.
“Little guy, as if I couldn’t handle you!”
After a while, the little panda was swaying on his head again.
“A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi”
It roughly meant, “Where’s my energy ball?
Hmph!
You lied to me, you’ve defiled me!
If you don’t give it to me, I’m coming down.”
“Fine, fine, fine, here you go.
Look at how impatient you are.
Say something nice, and I’ll give you an extra one.”
“Master Koda is so handsome!
Mmm, mmm…” Unfortunately, its vocabulary was limited, and it really could not say anything else pleasant.
After humming for a while, it gave up.
After a long period of training by Koda, it was clear that the little panda had been raised to be exactly the way he wanted.
“Hmm…
I’ll count that as a pass…”
With a casual lift of his hand, two small energy balls condensed at his fingertips.
With a gentle flick, they flew into the air, and finally, the little panda looked up and caught them in its mouth.
The whole sequence of movements was as smooth as if they had practiced it beforehand.
A Yi let out a comfortable cry, its four legs stiffening.
After a moment, it seemed to go limp, and no matter how Koda called it, it did not respond.
“Did I give too much again?
No way, I’ve already tried my best to reduce the dosage.
I’ll give even less next time.”
This kind of thing had happened more than once.
Ever since the little panda had shrunk, the amount of Life Energy its body could withstand had also decreased.
At first, it wanted to eat according to the old ways, but after just one bite of wild fruit, it lost consciousness.
This led Koda to think the fruit was poisonous, and he spat it out without even chewing.
Later, he realized that A Yi had simply been knocked out by the “pleasure” of his Life Energy.
Koda had also unlocked a new wilderness survival method—the “A Yi Poison Testing Method.”
From then on, whenever he encountered an unfamiliar wild fruit, he would let A Yi try it first and then reward it.
If there was no adverse reaction, he would eat it himself.
The little panda seemed to enjoy this arrangement as well.
Anyway, this little panda was quite silly and usually let Koda do whatever he wanted with it.
Especially late at night, hugging such a hand warmer made for a very sound sleep, and he could even huff it.
Other people huff cats and dogs, but who’s as awesome as me?
I dare to huff a panda!
After walking for a while, he picked up the map in his hand and compared it to the terrain once more.
Before him was a large canyon with two possible paths, but the map marked this area as a lake.
“Why is it different from what’s drawn?
Has this place changed recently?
Or is this map fake?”
Three fatal questions immediately surfaced.
No matter which answer was wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Hey, hey, stop faking sleep.
Get up and work!” He pulled the little panda off his head with both hands and shook it, only to find it still looking completely wasted from the pleasure.
Sigh…
“I said, get up!”
He pinched the panda’s black ears hard and pressed its little nose, and it finally showed signs of waking up.
“A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi A Yi!!!!!!”
The little panda’s limbs flailed about, trying to push away the fingers pressing on its black nose, but its front paws were too short to reach.
It could only cry out in frustration.
“Resistance is futile.
Get up and work.
A ‘leek’ should strive hard and sacrifice everything, understand?
Come over and see if you can understand this map.
I think I might have gone the wrong way.”
“A Yi Now it’s my turn to show off my skills Hmph A Yi”
“I know, hurry up.”
Koda placed the map on the ground, held A Yi in his arms, and then squatted down to look closely.
“A Yi This map is completely wrong.
I know this area like the back of my hand, and the North and South directions on this map are flipped Hmph A Yi.”
“What!!!!!
I was scammed???”
“Uncle Lettuce, what happened to ‘at home rely on parents, away from home rely on friends’?
Is this how you cheat your good friend?
Even though I scammed you first, once you realized it, couldn’t you have said something?
My acting was so bad; there was no need to counter-scam me this hard.”
He really wanted to find Uncle Lettuce right now and give him a good thrashing.
Even if he returned to Omashu City immediately, he probably would not find a trace of the uncle.
People like that are always the same—they run after pulling off a scam.
He now seriously suspected that his gold necklace had not been sold for thirty silver coins at all.
Instead, the uncle had just taken out thirty silver coins to show him and fool him.
It turned out he had been played from the very beginning.
As expected of a merchant who had been around for years, he could lie through his teeth without blushing or his heart skipping a beat.
He had even acted for several days without Koda noticing anything unusual.
His own acting was the most pathetic.
The man had seen through it but did not call him out, instead using it to scam him.
The path he originally wanted to take to the South Pole had wound its way toward the North.
Looking back on the events now, there were indeed many suspicious points.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
“Now I can only find the next town to buy a new map.
Also, I really didn’t expect you, a panda, to have the hobby of collecting coins.”
That’s right, Koda had money now.
No, to be precise, it was the little panda’s money.
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There was no shortage of people dropping money or offerings from nearby villages.
Before they left, the little panda had dumped all that money on Koda, very generously.
At that time, it stood upright on its hind legs, with its other two paws on its hips, its eyes full of pride as it said, “I’ll support you from now on.
Take it and spend it.”
At that moment, Koda felt that within the panda’s silly nature, its figure had suddenly become bright and majestic.
He was indeed being supported by a panda now.
Guided by the little panda, the two of them quickly left the large canyon and saw a village from a distance across a mountain.
It could not quite be called a village; it was somewhere between the size of a village and a town.
It faced the sea in front and an endless expanse of land behind.
It was truly remote.
Merchant caravans did not pass through here at all, which led to the people living here in seclusion for many years.
Previously, because the canyon blocked the view, Koda could not see the sea at all.
As soon as he exited the canyon, the ocean immediately appeared.
One can imagine how remote the path he took was.
Without anyone telling him, he knew he had reached the border of the Earth Kingdom.
With the sea on one side and no strategic resources nearby, the Fire Nation had no intention of attacking this place.
That was why the people here could live in peace for so long.
War is always a source of suffering for the people; it is just that the flames of war had not reached here yet.
They had walked from A Yi’s home to the border, traveling day and night for a month, before they finally reached a place with signs of human life again.
Fortunately, A Yi could survive solely on Life Energy; otherwise, the food prepared for the journey would not have been enough.
In the evening, Koda finally reached the village and learned that it was called Qinwang Village.
Half the villagers came out, thinking the monthly caravan had arrived, only to see a child and a small Iron-Eating Beast.
Finally, with the introduction of a kind person, Koda found an inn.
Talking to the locals, he discovered that this village was not entirely unvisited.
Even the smallest bit of profit is still profit; there were still caravans willing to come for a meager gain.
However, they only came once a month, which was undoubtedly a great surprise to him.
The people in this village did not go outside, so there were no maps in the village.
But it would be different once the caravan arrived; he could follow them into a town and then buy a map.
According to the kind person, it would be another ten days or so before the next caravan arrived.
He could wait patiently.
“Two silver coins per night.
Stay or don’t, it’s up to you.
If not, go sleep on the street.
This is the only inn in the whole village.
Take your pick.”
Koda had thought that kind person was truly kind, but now it seemed he was working with the innkeeper to rip him off.
He really did not want to sleep outside anymore.
After giving the boss twenty silver coins, he entered the dilapidated room.
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