That little beast seemed to have taken an especial liking to Bing'er. At her words, the expression in its eyes suddenly changed, revealing an unmistakable delight.
"Big Sis, I don't know anything about that Venerated Beast from the Upper Realm, and I don't know anything about that Kun Beast either. But when I saw you, Big Sis, I felt incredibly close to you, as though we'd known each other before. Since you call that person Big Brother, could you tell him not to roast me with that flame anymore?"
Hearing the little beast say this, Qin Fengming couldn't help smiling. This little beast truly seemed fated to Bing'er; otherwise, it wouldn't have said such things.
"Big Brother won't do that again. But you have to tell Big Sis how you came to be here."
Although Bing'er still possessed a child's nature, she was far from foolish. She knew that what Qin Fengming most wanted to learn was the little beast's origins—why it had appeared here and why it had transformed into that vicious form.
"I was captured by that hateful old man. Back then, I encountered him by accident in the Valley of Ten Thousand Cries. By the time I tried to hide and flee, it was already too late, and he caught me and brought me here."
The little beast had no guard up around Bing'er. Though its body still lay sprawled on the ground, the fear that had occasionally surfaced before was gone. It raised its little head and thought for a moment before speaking.
As for the old man the little beast mentioned, Qin Fengming knew without asking that it had to be Ghost Hand Venerable.
"After that old man captured you, did he use some powerful secret Spirit Restraining Technique or some method to make you