41: Mother

"Didn't it succeed?"

Nan Zhisui asked, puzzled: "How could it not have succeeded? I clearly saw six beast markings... although later... the beast markings disappeared one by one..."

White Fox shook his head and explained: "Aqi was forced into an Awakening of his Bloodline by the Formation, but the Ancient Bloodline is not so easily awakened. What you saw before was merely a fleeting illusion that appeared within the Formation."

If the Ancient Bloodline were so easily awakened, White Fox's lineage wouldn't be the only one where White Fox was the only beastman to successfully Awaken.

"But..." Nan Zhisui was still puzzled.

White Fox explained: "I have notes left by my ancestors, and there were also beastmen among them who tried to use this Formation to awaken their Bloodline. An illusion of Bloodline Awakening appears within the Formation, but once they leave the Formation, there is no Awakening."

"Aqi is still young; his Physical Body and abilities have not yet reached the level required to awaken his Bloodline. There is no need to rush now."

Nan Zhisui understood. "Then does the forced Bloodline Awakening Formation have any effect on Hu Qi?"

"Forced Awakening is very painful." White Fox stroked Hu Qi's cheek tenderly. "But other than that, there is no major impact. With proper care, he will be able to recover."

Nan Zhisui touched little Hu Qi with a heart full of pity. "Aqi, I will give you delicious food and drinks to help you recover."

Hu Qi smiled brightly at White Fox and Nan Zhisui. "Mm! Thank you, Mother."

Hearing this "Mother" while relaxed, Nan Zhisui suddenly felt sweet inside.

Although it still felt a bit unfamiliar, it felt unexpectedly wonderful.

This was the cub she had given birth to.

How cute!

She smiled at Hu Qi with curved eyes.

Afterwards, she pointed to the wooden board and said: "White Fox, look at the description on this wooden board. In the future, with this Formation, will your Bloodline problem be solvable?"

White Fox shook his head and smiled gently: "This is a Stabilization Formation, which is indeed useful for me. However, it only acts as a stabilizer after using Bloodline abilities. It cannot solve the root problem."

His Physical Body was too weak to bear the power of his Bloodline. If he used his abilities again, it would still easily lead to the collapse of his Physical Body.

But with this Formation, his life at least had an extra layer of protection.

Nan Zhisui felt a little regretful.

White Fox smiled tenderly: "Aqi and I are both alive, and our family is reunited. I think this is already the best outcome."

Nan Zhisui nodded with a smile. "Mm, that's true!"

After speaking, White Fox asked her with concern: "female master, what about you? You were also forced to Awaken?"

Nan Zhisui smiled: "Yes. But there is no rush regarding my situation. I will tell you about it slowly later."

Nan Zhisui checked Fox Heart's corpse again, and after confirming there were no omissions, she said: "Let's clean up the scene first, then leave this place."

Although it was Fox Heart who wanted to kill them and ended up being killed by them in return, they belonged to self-defense, and they were in the right logically.

But Fox Heart was the village chief of Stone Village after all, and Nan Zhisui didn't want to expose the matter of White Fox and his son's Ancient Bloodline. So, she didn't intend for the events here to be known by Stone Village.

In other words, everything here had to be buried.

Originally, to prevent others from discovering her crimes, Fox Heart had found the most remote Cave and intended to use this heavy rain to cover up her monstrous crimes.

This provided the conditions for Nan Zhisui to bury the events here.

White Fox and Hu Qi supported each other as Nan Zhisui took a large amount of spring thunder, likely explosive material, out of her space.

A large amount of spring thunder, likely explosive material, piled together formed a significant amount of explosives.

Nan Zhisui set fire to the inside of the Cave, then ran far away after lighting the fuse of the spring thunder, likely explosive material, and lay on the ground with the father and son.

The explosives detonated, the Cave collapsed, and the already dead Fox Heart and her family, along with Hu Zi and her family, were completely buried.

The rain poured down.

Not far outside the Cave, the Wolf Pack and its subordinates were waiting excitedly.

Nan Zhisui touched the Wolf King's head and took ten bags of dog food out of her space to give to the Wolf King.

"Thank you all so much today. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have found Aqi." Nan Zhisui patted the Wolf King's head and praised: "good dog!"

"Awooo!" the Wolf King howled, and the wild wolves began to howl one after another.

The Wolf King let its subordinates take the dog food back, while it remained to accompany Nan Zhisui.

The rain was very heavy and getting heavier. Nan Zhisui frowned and said to White Fox: "The terrain of our Cave is too low. Will it be flooded in such heavy rain?"

The words "our Cave" made White Fox's brows lift. He answered briefly: "Yes."

Hu Qi also tugged at Nan Zhisui's hand and said: "Mother, our home's terrain is the lowest in Stone Village. It is very easy to flood whenever it rains. Whenever it floods, Father Beast takes me up the mountain to find a place to hide from the flood."

Nan Zhisui rubbed little Hu Qi's head. "You have really worked hard all these years. It seems we still have to find a Cave on the mountain to wait for the rain to stop."

The Wolf King sniffed on the ground and ran forward. Nan Zhisui supported White Fox, held Hu Qi's hand, and carried the Little Wolf Cub and Little Snake Yang in her arms as they followed the Wolf King.

They found a clean, ownerless Cave not far away.

With limited conditions, no one was picky.

After finding some dry wood, Nan Zhisui started a fire. She didn't avoid White Fox anymore; she found a cotton quilt from her space and spread it on the dry ground of the Cave.

She also found an iron pot, collected water, and started boiling it over the firewood.

White Fox's gaze followed Nan Zhisui and did not look away.

After Nan Zhisui gave Hu Qi a bath, she let him crawl into the cotton quilt. Nan Zhisui felt that her whole body was covered in a mixture of blood and rainwater, which was also very uncomfortable.

She set up a small portable tent inside the Cave and took a bath inside the tent.

The clean Nan Zhisui still had heat radiating from her body. She walked up to White Fox wearing her coral fleece pajamas.

The Female in front of him had just taken a bath and was wearing soft coral fleece pajamas, giving off a gentle feeling.

White Fox felt his heartbeat slightly accelerate. The pale cheeks of the Male Fox Beastman slightly flushed.

She was so beautiful and so gentle.

She truly made him happy.

Even just looking at her like this, he felt full and warm inside.

"female master... sorry, originally these chores should have been done by me."

Nan Zhisui burst into laughter.

White Fox didn't know why his words made her laugh.

Nan Zhisui asked him with a smile: "White, you have wounds on your abdomen; can you wash yourself? Do you need my help?"

White Fox paused, his ears turning red, and his heart racing.

He tried to calm himself down, but his words were a bit stuttering. "These are just small injuries... I, I can certainly do it."

While White Fox was bathing, Nan Zhisui fed the Little Wolf Cub and also fed some convenient food to She Yang and Hu Qi.

Little Hu Qi hadn't liked the Little Wolf Cub when he didn't know Nan Zhisui was his mother.

Now that he knew Nan Zhisui was his mother, seeing a wild wolf cub occupying the most prime position on his mother, he was even more unhappy.

Just as Nan Zhisui finished feeding the Little Wolf Cub with a syringe, Little Hu Qi immediately placed the Little Wolf Cub on the bedding to the side, while he turned into a little White Fox and curled up in the most comfortable position in Nan Zhisui's arms.

The Little fellow's tiny paws gently tugged at his mother's soft pajamas. Raising his head, his little head rubbed gently against Nan Zhisui's bosom, and his fluffy tail flicked lightly.

"Mother~"

Wow.

The Little fellow was so cute and soft; she was so happy!

And Little Hu Qi buried himself completely in Nan Zhisui's arms.

This was his mother. His mother's body was so soft, completely different from Father Beast.

His mother's embrace was so comfortable; he was enjoying it so much, he was so happy!

That's great, little Aqi has a mother now, and she is the best mother in the whole world.

When White Fox came out wrapped in a beast skin, Nan Zhisui handed the instant noodles cooked in the fire to White Fox.

She smiled and said: "You can eat."

"Mm."

Nan Zhisui and the others had already eaten, so she rested her chin in her hands and watched her beast husband, explaining: "White, I have a space where I can store things. So you will see me often producing items; in fact, I am just taking things from the space."

"The space is not very big, and it is not inexhaustible. So, I only put emergency supplies in it."

Just before, she had already given the Wolf Pack nearly twenty bags of dog food, and the space had already cleared a large area.

But this dog food was worth giving, and Nan Zhisui didn't feel bad about it.

White Fox looked at Nan Zhisui suddenly.

She was explaining her own affairs to him.

Did this mean she trusted him?