Loli and Giant Beast? Wrong! It Was Loli and Giant Beast!

The wind swept across the lake, stirring fine ripples and fluttering the hem of Lin Qing's clothes.

He could sense that the Sky Azure Bull Python was deep in thought.

After a long while.

The Sky Azure Bull Python—Da Ming—slowly lowered its enormous Bull Head, its deep azure eyes staring at Lin Qing from close range.

That gaze seemed capable of piercing through flesh and reaching the depths of the soul.

"Human, Lin Qing."

Its voice rolled over the lake like Muffled Thunder, slow and heavy.

"Everything you have said concerns time and the future. It is far too inconceivable. I cannot fully believe you based solely on a single scale and your words."

Two streams of white vapor carrying moisture puffed from its huge nostrils.

"Unless you can bring the child you spoke of—Big Sister Xiao Wu's daughter, Lin Wu'er—here, so I may see her with my own eyes and personally confirm it."

Hearing this, Lin Qing steadied himself inwardly and instead felt relieved.

As long as they had demands, things could be worked out. What he feared was someone who refused to budge no matter what.

"That won't be a problem."

"I came this time precisely because I hoped to earn your trust, so that I could bring Wu'er to see you later. She misses you two uncles very much as well."

"Uncles..."

The Sky Azure Bull Python's expression shifted.

It suddenly felt something strange.

Having played the emotional card to this extent.

Lin Qing immediately changed the subject and raised a practical difficulty.

"However, Da Ming, I hope that you can meet us when I come next time."

"I don't have a single Soul Ring right now, and my strength has been greatly reduced. Bringing Wu'er alone into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest would be far too dangerous."

He was telling the truth.

On his way here, he had needed to carefully take many detours to avoid those terrifying Soul Beasts over seventy or eighty thousand years old.

Bringing a child along would truly have kept him on edge.

"Fine."

The Sky Azure Bull Python agreed with almost no hesitation.

It turned to look at the Titan Giant Ape beside it, who was still fuming and did not quite understand the situation, and instructed:

"Er Ming, you will escort him out of the forest later. As for the rendezvous point..."

It shifted its gaze back to Lin Qing.

"You decide. Once you have chosen it, tell Er Ming."

Joy immediately appeared on Lin Qing's face.

With Er Ming, the "King of the Forest," personally seeing them off and picking them up, his sense of security would be maxed out!

At least within the Star Dou Great Forest, probably not many Soul Beasts would dare to come looking for trouble.

"Then it's settled."

Time flew by.

Another seven days passed.

At the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, a figure entered with three tiny shadows in tow.

It was Lin Qing, returning after his departure.

This time, however, three exquisitely adorable little lolis—Rou Rou, Qing Zhu, and Wu'er—chattered noisily beside him.

"Dad, the trees here are so tall and huge! They're way, way bigger than the woods behind the academy!"

Lin Rourou blinked her curious big eyes.

She looked left and right, filled with wonder at everything around her.

Lin Qingzhu, meanwhile, quietly followed at Lin Qing's side, one small hand clutching the hem of his clothes as she warily observed the dim surroundings.

She softly asked, "Dad, what exactly are we here to do?"

Lin Qing held Qing Zhu's hand and answered with a smile.

"Mainly, I brought you here to obtain your First Soul Rings. There are many types of Soul Beasts here, so we can find the ones most suitable for you."

He paused, lowered his head to look at Lin Wu'er, who was bouncing about on his other side, and rubbed her little head.

"Of course, there is also a special task. Wu'er, do you want to see your Uncle Da Ming and Uncle Er Ming?"

"Uncle Da Ming? Uncle Er Ming?!"

Lin Wu'er abruptly stopped and lifted her Small Face, her expression full of surprise and delight.

"Really, Dad? We can really see the uncles? Now? Here?"

She had always thought she would have to return to the "future" before she could see the two uncles again!

Lin Qing smiled mysteriously and pointed deeper into the forest.

"Come on. You'll find out when we get there."

Based on the direction he had arranged with Er Ming earlier.

Lin Qing led his three daughters toward the concealed rendezvous point.

It was a small clearing located within a valley.

Towering cliffs and ancient trees surrounded it, making it relatively secluded.

As they approached.

They could see from afar a pitch-black figure like a small mountain, sitting idly atop a massive boulder in the center of the clearing.

The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, had clearly sensed their approaching presence as well.

Its enormous head immediately turned toward the direction Lin Qing and the others had come from.

Its previously lazy eyes instantly became sharp and vigilant, while a faint but ferocious Aura emanated from its body.

But when it saw that the newcomers were Lin Qing, especially the three little girls beside him.

When it accurately caught the familiar and intimate aura emanating from Wu'er—the girl with the Scorpion Braid and lively features—its terrifying Aura suddenly froze.

And when Lin Wu'er saw the Titan Giant Ape.

She was stunned at first.

Then an incomparably radiant smile bloomed across her face.

She broke free of Lin Qing's hand and ran toward that "black mountain" like a joyful little deer.

As she ran, she waved her little hand, her clear shout echoing through the valley:

"Wow! Uncle Er Ming! It really is Uncle Er Ming!!!"

The little girl's voice was filled with pure joy and the delight of reunion.

The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, visibly stiffened in its enormous body.

It lowered its head.

Its lantern-sized eyes stared blankly, unblinking, at the tiny figure cheering as she ran toward it.

Those features, that smile, and Xiao Wu's unique, familiar aura... though it was much fainter now and mixed with a human scent.

Yet the core feeling was unmistakably Big Sister Xiao Wu!

She... was the child Big Brother had spoken of?

Er Ming's limited brain capacity processed this information.

Its huge head tilted in confusion, and for a moment, it did not know how to react.

Looking at the tiny little thing that had already run to its feet and was now gazing up at it with a smile.

Er Ming lowered its body with extreme care and gently laid its giant palm, as large as a house, flat on the open ground before Lin Wu'er.

The movement was so gentle that it hardly seemed like the Forest Overlord whose slap could shatter a small hill.

Lin Wu'er was clearly extremely familiar with this routine.

With a cheer, she climbed onto Er Ming's palm using both hands and feet, its surface covered in thick calluses and coarse hair.

After standing firm.

She happily waved at Er Ming's enormous face as though she were standing on level ground.

"Uncle Er Ming, it's me, Wu'er! Look, I've grown a tiny bit taller!"

Her familiar and affectionate attitude completely dispelled the last trace of doubt in Er Ming's heart.

She really was Big Sister Xiao Wu's child!

She knew him!

She was not afraid of him!

Though this was his first time meeting her, she felt extraordinarily close to him.

A strange mixture of sorrow, joy, and tenderness welled up in the Titan Giant Ape's simple mind.

It could not speak.

"Roar..."

It could only make several low rumbles from its throat, no longer containing any anger. Instead, they sounded somewhat clumsy and gentle, like a Giant Beast's response.

Lin Rourou and Lin Qingzhu also widened their eyes at this moment.

Their little mouths hung slightly open as they stared in shock at the strange scene before them: "loli and Giant Beast."