The Yuan En Family's Past (2)

"Senior, may I presumptuously ask you a few questions?" Yuanen Yehui suddenly asked midway through the journey.

Er Ming was very easygoing. He patted his chest and said there was no problem at all, telling the little girl not to have any reservations and to ask whatever she wanted.

"All right. You know our family surname is Yuan En, but do you know why we have that surname?"

At the mention of this, a trace of sorrow flashed through Er Ming's eyes. "If you want the truth, then it will be an extremely sad story..."

"When I first met your grandmother, I was actually in my Soul Beast form. When she was gathering things in the forest, she gave me a peach. Later, when her village was destroyed, I saved her."

"I thought that would settle things between us. Who would have thought that this little girl was so clingy? Before long, she said she wanted to marry me, claiming she wanted to repay me for saving her life."

As he spoke of this, the dignified Beast King actually blushed unconsciously. "You all know what happened after that. Don't be fooled by my high cultivation—I was very simple when it came to love."

"I gave her the name Yuanen Ming back then. It meant nature's primal blessing, while Ming came from my own original name, Er Ming."

Yuanen Yehui nodded seriously. It was indeed the same as the secret accounts passed down within the family.

It was just that the details were nowhere near as thorough as this Senior Er Ming's account. After all, those events had happened long ago. It was not that the family did not value them; they simply had not put that much effort into investigating them.

"Then let me ask you another question. Why did