Loves Beast Milk More Than Anything!

"Phew, phew, phew..."

Long Ling took quite a while to calm down, the excitement in her heart gradually fading.

She let go of Chu Zisheng, wiped her face, looked at him, scrunched her nose, and smiled.

"Little guy, we're safe now. Oh, right, what's your name?"

"Chu Zisheng."

"Zisheng... what a nice name."

Long Ling repeated it once, then asked, "What about your family? Did you get separated? Sigh, it's all because of this Beast Tide..."

She looked worriedly toward the depths of the dense forest.

No one knew what strange change had occurred in the core region of Star Dou Forest last night, but a vast number of high-level Soul Beasts had fled toward the outer regions as though they had been scared mad.

The Soul Beasts in the outer regions had been jolted by the terrifying auras of those overlords and had fled in panic toward the human cities as well.

That had caused a small-scale Beast Tide of Soul Beasts.

Since it had happened so suddenly, many Soul Masters who had still been in the forest had been caught up in the beast tide.

This poor child had most likely been separated from his family during that disaster.

An eight-year-old child, all alone in Star Dou Forest, surviving until she found him—he had truly been blessed by the heavens.

But...

Chu Zisheng shook his head and answered decisively.

"I don't have any family."

"Huh?"

Long Ling froze for a moment. Her expression immediately fell, and she said sympathetically in a low voice.

"Then... then you're an orphan? How pitiful."

"?"

Chu Zisheng frowned at her.

Damn it, do you know how to talk?

Though it was true, wasn't that a little too blunt?

If not for the fact that she had risked her life to protect him, he would have slapped her head swollen.

But Long Ling clearly did not understand what he was thinking. Instead, she hugged him tightly with heartache, then rubbed his head again.

"It's okay, it's okay. There are plenty of orphans in this world."

She deliberately made it sound casual, as if it were something ordinary, so Chu Zisheng would not be sad.

But... those words...

Chu Zisheng stared deeply at her chest... and after a long while, let out a faint sigh.

The old saying was indeed right...

Big breasts, no brains.

With them being that big... it would be strange if she had any brains at all.

No wonder she believed in a god who would never answer her.

Still... considering she had hugged him just now, he forgave her.

Chu Zisheng lowered his head. "Oh."

"Mm-hmm..."

Long Ling looked him over from head to toe again. The more she looked, the more she felt that not only was this child handsome, but he was also fair and clean, with lively brows and bright eyes.

Though his face was still youthful, the steadiness in his eyes was rare.

Even after everything he had just gone through, he had not shown the slightest panic.

When he grew up, he would probably captivate countless people.

Then she thought of herself at his age. If she had encountered something like this, she would probably have been scared out of her wits already.

Who knew what this child had gone through? He must have suffered greatly.

Long Ling smiled. Her two little fangs, paired with that wild beauty of a face, gave her an indescribable feral charm—beautiful and sexy.

"So... would such an adorable little brother like to follow your big sister from now on?"

Chu Zisheng looked up and asked, "Are there benefits?"

Long Ling: "..."

"You're so worldly at such a young age."

Long Ling laughed at his words and reached out to pinch his cheek.

"Mm... putting everything else aside... if you follow your big sister, I guarantee you'll have milk to drink every day!"

"?"

Chu Zisheng froze. His gaze slowly traveled down from her face, landing briefly on that astonishing softness. Then he calmly looked away and asked as if he did not care at all.

"...What kind of milk?"

"Beast milk, of course. It's very nourishing."

Long Ling said seriously, "I drink it every day. I'm not lying to you."

So it was beast milk. I thought...

Chu Zisheng was somewhat disappointed.

Still... was beast milk really that nourishing?

Uh... he could not help turning his head to look again.

It did seem... pretty nourishing...

Seeing that Chu Zisheng said nothing, Long Ling thought he did not believe her. She huffed.

"Don't look down on it! Do you know that there was once an unbelievably, unbelievably, unbelievably powerful expert who grew up drinking beast milk every day? In the end, he swept aside every enemy in the world and fought across the nine heavens and ten lands until no one dared call themselves supreme!!!"

By the end, Long Ling's eyes were already filled with pride and admiration.

It was as if that powerful expert who loved drinking beast milk were herself.

Chu Zisheng: "..."

Why did that sound so familiar?

"...You've read too many novels."

"Hey! You little brat!"

Long Ling glared after being choked by his words, but she could not bear to actually pinch him. She could only angrily poke his forehead.

"I'm telling you, without your big sister protecting you, with that tiny body of yours and barely any meat on your bones, you wouldn't even be enough to fill a Soul Beast's teeth!"

Chu Zisheng: "..."

"Mm... if you really don't want to follow your big sister, then be good. Once we get out, I'll take you into the city..."

At that point.

Long Ling pursed her lips, and her voice suddenly lowered.

"That city has been needing children lately."

"Hm?"

"I don't know what's going on. I only heard that quite a few wealthy families are arranging to adopt children. Some have even spent large amounts of Gold Soul Coins to go into villages and look for children from poor families..."

Long Ling did not continue. She looked at him again, and her tone turned serious.

"With how lovable you look, plenty of good families will definitely fight to take you in. I'll carefully find you a kind and good family."

"Then you'll have a home! Aren't you happy?"

After saying that, she smiled first herself, as if she were genuinely happy from the bottom of her heart that Chu Zisheng would finally have a home and would no longer be a lonely orphan.

"..."

Chu Zisheng had already accepted that she was an idiot. The things meant to grow in her head had all grown in the wrong place, and he could not even be bothered to argue with her.

He merely looked at her, his gaze shifting slightly.

A city that desperately needed children.

Why did that sound so wrong?

Where would there be so many good families these days, rushing to adopt strange children?

If he had not witnessed Long Ling's kindness and enthusiasm along the way, he would have thought she was some second-rate human trafficker.

"Let's go."

Long Ling patted the dust off herself. After resting for a while, she could barely move again.

She did not know what had happened to those two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but they might return at any moment, so this was not a place to linger.

"It'll be dark soon. Your big sister will take you back to the village first and get you something good to eat."

"Once the Beast Tide settles down, your big sister will take you into the city."

Chu Zisheng looked at the hand she extended, then at her wild but bright eyes, so full of gentleness.

He reached out and took her hand.

"Mm."

Long Ling smiled, scooped him up in one motion, and carried him on her back.

"Let's go—home we go—"

Dusk gradually deepened.

With Chu Zisheng on her back, Long Ling walked lightly toward the village.

Chu Zisheng lay against her shoulder, closed his eyes, and quietly listened.

From the forest far away, he could faintly hear the furious roars of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and high-level human Soul Masters fighting.

A Beast Tide of Soul Beasts...

It seemed to have happened because of him?

It was not over yet.

However, that direction was exactly where Bibi Dong had gone.

There was a Spirit Hall Branch there, with a large number of high-level Soul Masters stationed within it.

As long as no high-level Soul Beasts at the hundred-thousand-year level attacked the city, if it was merely an ordinary Beast Tide of Soul Beasts...

They should be able to stop it easily.

After all, this was not Spirit Hall's first time dealing with something like this.

If they could not even handle this, Spirit Hall might as well disband on the spot.

Chu Zisheng rested against her shoulder and suddenly reached out, pulling out the arrowhead pendant and holding it before Long Ling. He still gripped the chain in his hand, but the triangular arrowhead dangled straight into the abyss.

Chu Zisheng: "..."

Fuck!

Long Ling did not mind. With one hand supporting Chu Zisheng, she rummaged around in front of her chest with the other, took out the arrowhead, and handed it back to him with a reminder.

"Hold on to it. This is an arrowhead once used by the Azure Hunt Goddess. It can bring you good luck!"

She had always kept that item close to her body.

She had given it to Chu Zisheng today and had no intention of taking it back.

This poor little fellow—may he have good fortune all his life.

"The Azure Hunt Goddess? The Azure Hunt Goddess you mentioned... who is she?"

"Huh? You don't know? Oh, right. Very few people remember her now."

Long Ling was startled, then raised her brows slightly. A reverent light appeared in her eyes as she spoke proudly.

"The Azure Hunt Goddess... was a benevolent goddess."

"A very, very, very long time ago, when our human race was still weak and Soul Beasts were savage, ravaging the land..."