136: Will you be very disappointed?

The sky gradually darkened.

When Nan Zhisui and Xuan Jin were both fast asleep, Little Lu Ming cautiously walked up to Nan Zhisui and squatted down, looking at her gently.

"Mother."

His small hand lightly touched her head, and a layer of soft white light swirled around her body.

The Little fellow looked at her with a smile: "You've finally come."

"But you're too late; Father is dead."

...Five years ago, the Eastern Mining Area was still a lush, ancient forest.

In the deepest part of the forest, an elderly Sacred Beast White Deer knelt piously to the side.

The young beast god sat upon a throne formed from the gnarled roots of ancient trees.

Silver threads condensed from moonlight flowed down from his forehead.

He slowly picked up his Nine-Colored Deer Cub, who was not yet a year old.

His voice was gentle, "cubs, Father's death tribulation has arrived. Father won't be able to stay with you as you grow up."

Beneath his snow-white skin, the faint light of the forest flowed.

The infant, not yet a year old, wanted to hug his Father.

He said softly, "Remember, your mother is a very good person. She has never wronged anyone, nor has she wronged you or me."

"After Father dies, don't be sad. Be strong, and wait for your mother."

"Father's only glimmer of hope lies with your mother; only she can possibly resurrect Father."

"Yi yi ya ya, Father..." the adorable baby waved his chubby hands.

At this moment, the oldest aura of silence from the deep forest permeated his surroundings.

The deity slowly leaned in, and the beast god's kiss landed on his forehead.

The inheritance of the Nine-Colored Deer was poured into his young body without reservation.

Little Deer was enveloped by a vast power and fell into a deep sleep.

"Old Deer, take good care of him."

"This old servant understands!"

The pious Sacred Beast Old Deer carried the Little Cub in his mouth and leaped away.

He didn't dare look back, running desperately until the great battle behind him had completely subsided; only then did he leap back with the Little Deer in his mouth.

"Master!!"

When he was very young, the tiny Little Deer Cub did not understand the meaning of death; he followed behind Grandpa White Deer without a care, hopping around and asking for grass to eat.

While giving him fresh grass, Old Deer said, "Little Deer, you must remember that your Father Beast is the beast god. You are the beast god's only heir."

"You must remember that he suffered betrayal; he was backstabbed by the person he trusted most, which is why he fell."

The Little Deer Cub tilted his head adorably and asked, "Grandpa, what is betrayal?"

Old Deer's eyes grew moist. "Little Deer, Grandpa is also going to die. After Grandpa dies, what will you do?"

"Grandpa..."

Later, Grandpa stopped moving. That was the first time Little Deer faced death directly.

He buried Grandpa inside the valley.

He chose to stay in the Eastern Mining Area.

"Where did this Little Deer Cub come from? He has grass in his hand, such green grass!"

A Criminal Beast from the Eastern Mining Area stepped on him, pinning him to the ground. "Little Cub, you don't deserve such good things. Hand it over!"

"You can go get grass yourselves, why are you stealing mine! You bad beastmen!"

Little Deer was kicked, and he clutched his stomach in pain.

"Kid, where do you think you are? This is the Criminal Beast Mining Area! Do you think everyone here is a good person?!"

"When I tell you to hand it over, hand it over. Stop talking so much!"

Little Deer's grass was easily snatched away, and he was kicked a few more times.

"Look at that cubs. No father, no mother."

"I'm going to go tease him."

"Little Deer, hand over the Ore bag in your hand!"

Little Deer: "..."

Inside his small Cave, Little Deer knelt upright.

He piously asked his beast god Father.

"Father, why did Grandpa White Deer say that we Nine-Colored Deer are born kind? What exactly is kindness?"

"Is kindness useful? Can it stop me from being bullied?"

"Father, I when will I grow up? When will I finally wait for Mother?"

As Little Deer grew day by day, he knelt in the Cave and said:

"Father, I don't want to be a weak Little Deer anymore."

"I don't want to cry helplessly anymore."

"If kindness causes me to be bullied, then I shall discard it."

The next day,

"You actually stole our meat!"

"Nonsense, we didn't steal your meat!"

"That meat over there is ours! This is the mark we made!"

"What else is there to say? Beat them up!"

The beastmen from the two factions fought until they were bloodied and bruised.

No one noticed that the beastmen from both factions were all those who usually liked to bully this inconspicuous Little Deer.

Calmly holding some fresh, delicious grass, he wandered around the entrances of both factions before returning to his Cave.

He tilted up his dirty little face, but his eyes were bright,

"Father, I've avenged myself. One day, I will be able to protect myself completely, and no one will ever be able to bully me again."

"When I'm a bit older, I will wait for Mother, I will resurrect Father, and I will kill my enemies!"

Inside Nan Zhisui's Cave.

Lu Ming's hand dropped gently, the words he had spoken today still echoing in his mind.

[Pretty Older Sister, look at me. Do you think you like me?]

[What, do I need to like you to adopt you?]

[Yes, you have to like me, otherwise I won't go with you.]

[I like you, I like you, okay?]

Mother, if you knew your cubs had become a bad cubs, would you be very disappointed?

I won't acknowledge you for now... Early the next morning, the beastman Leopard Fly inspected the mining situation in this area as usual.

As he passed by and saw Lu Ming mining alongside Xuan Jin, he stopped and looked twice in surprise.

"Strange, isn't this that Little Deer who always keeps to himself? He actually chose to join a Family?"

The Little Deer Cub was a weak beastman and very scrawny.

He had been in the Mining Area since he was very young, and the beastmen there didn't know which Criminal Beast he belonged to. When asked, he would simply say his Father Beast was innocent.

Eventually, people stopped asking.

Leopard Fly had once thought of sending him out of the Mining Area, but the Little Deer Cub refused, saying, "My Father Beast is buried in the Mining Area. I want to stay here with him."

To investigate whose cub he was, Leopard Fly had specifically checked all the Deer Beastmen who had died in the Mining Area over the last few years, but found nothing.

Such a small cubs, being not a Criminal Beast himself, did not have to mine.

But to fit in, the Little Deer Cub would mine a little every day.

Leopard Fly had considered helping him before, but the Little Deer Cub had always rejected it.

This Little Deer Cub was quite remarkable. No matter how harsh the weather, he could grow grass. He never wanted the grass distributed by the Mining Area, always growing his own to eat.

All of this left a deep impression on Leopard Fly.

This Little Deer Cub had actually found a Family he wanted to join?!

Sigh, this world really does admire the strong. So many Wandering Beastmen worship Xuan Jin, and even a Little Cub like this, who yields to no one, chose to follow him.

Leopard Fly didn't realize he was doing it for Nan Zhisui.

After sighing, he looked ahead and saw the black-haired, black-eyed Female Nan Zhisui sitting lazily, waiting for her beast husband to dig stones for her.

Leopard Fly: Dammit... it's only been one day, and there's already trouble!

Leopard Fly braced himself and stepped forward, earnestly persuading Nan Zhisui just as he had yesterday: "Female Master Nan, you have to understand that you are the Guilty Female, so you need to mine. Please, just go and do some digging. Even if it's just a symbolic bag of stones like yesterday, that would be fine. Otherwise, I really can't account for it."

Nan Zhisui said, "Are you ordering me around?"

"How can you call this ordering you around? Do I look like I'm ordering you? I'm clearly begging you."

Nan Zhisui almost lost her composure.

The Black Snake Beastman, who was honestly mining nearby, directed a cold killing intent at Leopard Fly.

Goosebumps rose all over Leopard Fly's body. He braced himself and said, "Fine, do whatever you want. I'm afraid of you guys!"

If the work wasn't finished, at most some rations would be docked, but if he tried to force it, he might lose his life!

Suddenly, Nan Zhisui felt a wave of anxiety.

Strange, why do I feel so flustered?

She clutched her chest and rubbed her head.

Leopard Fly was about to leave, but then he suddenly wondered if this Female was lacking Males to serve her.

So he turned back and asked Nan Zhisui, "Female Master Nan, a new batch of Criminal Beasts is about to arrive. Do you want to go and pick some?"