CHAPTER 224: CHAPTER 215: POOR LITTLE SNAKE BEASTMAN_1

Si Yan, having newly acquired a pet, was in good spirits, so the next day when she went up the mountain to gather herbs, she also brought the little black cat along.

In the forest, the little black cat strutted proudly, walking with a light step ahead of a female and two silly dogs.

Seeing Si Yan start to dig up herbs, he leaped onto a tree, looking down arrogantly at these foolish beastmen.

Before long, Si Yan arrived at the place she visited the day before. She had just dug up a herb that clears heat and detoxifies when she heard the sound of a fight nearby once again.

When she went to look, she saw the same scene she had witnessed yesterday.

Several White Eagle beastmen were beating up a small purple snake beastman.

The snake beastman was covered in wounds, with large and small injuries layered upon one another. He looked very weak and was on his last breath. He looked extremely pitiful.

But even with his pitiful state, Si Yan couldn’t muster a shred of sympathy.

Upon seeing Si Yan, the White Eagle beastmen greeted her respectfully, "Miss Si Yan."

Si Yan walked over and asked, "What’s wrong with him?"

The White Eagle beastmen replied, "This cold-blooded snake beastman tried to enter White Eagle City. We stopped him. He doesn’t seem to realize, being a cold-blooded snake beastman, how foolish it is for him to even think of entering Eagle City."

Si Yan inquired, "What’s wrong with being a cold-blooded snake beastman?"

The White Eagle beastman explained, "Miss Si Yan, you might not know this, but eagle beastmen and snake beastmen are natural enemies, incompatible with each other."

Si Yan was a bit curious. "So snakes naturally dislike eagles, and eagles inherently despise snakes?"

The White Eagle beastman nodded.

Looking at the small snake beastman trembling and curled up on the ground, Si Yan said, "Leave him to me, you can go."

Lying on the ground, very weak, the snake beastman’s fist clenched slightly tighter. What did her words mean? Would she let him stay?

The White Eagle beastman said, "Miss Si Yan... this... you might not know, he is a troublemaker... isn’t this somewhat inappropriate?"

Si Yan responded, "Haven’t you already beaten him so he can’t move? What does it matter?"

After all, Si Yan was the beloved disciple of Bai Feng, so the White Eagle beastmen didn’t dare to defy her too much.

Eventually, they said, "All right, Miss Si Yan, just be a bit careful when you touch him."

Little Si Yan nodded and said, "I understand."

After the White Eagle beastmen left, Si Yan squatted beside the snake beastman who was on his last breath.

Should I kill him?

Si Yan’s eyes narrowed.

He was a bad person, a very, very bad person. Logically, the best choice was to kill him. Killing him would prevent so many innocent beastmen from dying in the future.

The cold-blooded snake beastman lying on the ground felt an ominous premonition.

Could it be that this young female didn’t intend to offer him sanctuary by having him stay? Was his existence as a snake beastman so abhorrent to others?

It was then that Tai Seng suddenly called out, "Si Yan!"

Si Yan stood up.

Tai Seng ran over. "Si Yan, how did you get here?"

While speaking, he glanced sideways at She Wang.

"Who is he?"

"I saw him being bullied by the White Eagle beastmen, so I rescued him," she explained.

Tai Seng asked, "What should we do now? Take him back with us?"

Si Yan shook her head. "No."

The snake beastman clenched his teeth.

He had thought that his wretched and pitiful state would elicit at least a trace of compassion from this young female. This female... Why could she keep a Black Tiger beastman, yet despise him so much?!

Si Yan looked down at the snake beastman. For some reason, even though she knew he would be a bad person in the future, his appearance still evoked a pang of pity in her.

It was as if she should have known him from somewhere.

Tai Seng also nodded. "Indeed, it’s better not to bring back beastmen from outside whose origins we don’t know."

After a short while, Yin Hong and the haughty little black cat also found their way to them.

Si Yan turned and walked a few steps, then looked back at the snake beastman, a flicker of reluctance in her eyes, before following her companions away.

The cold-blooded snake beastman lying on the ground listened to their conversation, his fist clenching in unwillingness.

A miscalculation. Infiltrating White Eagle City turned out to be not as easy as I had imagined. With all these wounds, if I can’t find a place to recuperate, they’ll likely get infected. Coupled with the impending earthquake, the time ahead will be very difficult to endure.

He watched the young female and her companions leave.

The snake beastman slowly stood up, dragging his battered body to find shelter under a nearby rock.

It was slightly shaded here, offering a bit of concealment.

He bowed his head slightly and licked his wounds.

Soon, it started to rain.

He looked up at the sky, squinting a little.

It really was a bit of bad luck to have rain at this time. Fortunately, that young female intervened with the white eagle beastmen for me today. Although it was just a casual remark, today, those white eagle beastmen probably won’t come looking for trouble with me anymore. Otherwise...

Currents of electricity ran through the snake beastman’s body.

He really would have lost control and killed them.

「...」

Inside the Divine Temple, Si Yan was enveloped in a dense white light.

Two little snake beastman cubs and a young Golden Dragon Beastman walked into the Divine Temple.

"Uncle Tai Seng seems to have come this way," Bei Ji said, running a few steps and then adorably looking back at Xi Qing and Jin Tong.

Jin Tong crossed his arms and strolled through the hall. "A Divine Temple, huh? My family has one too. This one here isn’t even as big as ours. Tch tch tch. That old man really loved to waste resources."

Little Xi Qing also ran over, speaking as he did, "Bei Ji, slow down. It seems there’s not just Tai Seng’s scent here."

Bei Ji ran a few steps and sniffed, then ran a few more before his eyes shone with excitement.

"Third brother, I can smell Mother’s scent!"

Xi Qing took a careful whiff too. Seeing Bei Ji excitedly dash ahead, he followed suit.

Come to think of it, it had been over three months since they last saw their mother. He missed her, yearned for her!

He didn’t show excitement like Bei Ji, but his heart was pounding furiously.

During this time, whenever he missed Mother deeply, he would touch his own mask. Bei Ji had been envious of him for a while because he had Mother’s mask, while Bei Ji could only long for her with his beast skin kilt and the button carved with ’Bei.’ No matter how tattered it was, he never discarded it.

Indeed, this silver mask carried too many of his yearnings.

There wasn’t a moment he didn’t miss his mother.

"Bei Ji!"

Xi Qing saw Bei Ji suddenly stop and ran over to him. They reached the center of the great hall.

Xi Qing and Bei Ji, the two cubs, looked at Si Yan in the air, encased by a white sphere, her belly large as she floated there, her long black hair chaotically dancing within the sphere.

Bei Ji didn’t dare to act rashly. "It’s Mother... but..."

He asked Xi Qing, "Third brother, what’s wrong with Mother? Why is she up in the sky? Mother’s belly is so big, did she eat too much? Could it burst?"

"Idiot," Xi Qing said incredulously. "Mother hasn’t eaten too much, she’s pregnant."

Bei Ji: "Mother is pregnant?"

His mind filled with question marks. "Then why is Mother floating in the sky??"

Bei Ji was somewhat worried. He wanted to rush forward and save Si Yan.

But at that moment, Jin Tong quickly pulled the two cubs back.

"Don’t go over there. This is a Beast God inheritance."

After all, the former Beast God was a Golden Dragon, so not only was there an inheritance here, but their Golden Dragon clan had one too.

Jin Tong was not unfamiliar with this.

Xi Qing, sensing that the situation seemed dire, anxiously asked, "Uncle Jin, is our mother in danger?"

Jin Tong shook his head. "No. But..."

Jin Tong lifted his gaze and stared at Si Yan in the sky for a while. Then, he felt a faint stirring in his bloodline.

A sense of connection and intimacy came through.

Looking at Si Yan aloft, he was taken aback.