549: Chapter 549 Little Tiger's Troubles

The sun was about to set, and the sky was filled with purple clouds. Inside the forest, by a small stream, everything seemed so beautiful and pleasant.

"Hey, let's see who's here."

Three tiger cubs blocked Yuan Chenling by the stream. The largest one circled around him once.

"The stripes on your body are all crooked. You didn't draw them yourself, did you, you mutt?"

The slightly smaller tiger leaned in to sniff his mane, wrinkling its nose in disgust.

"So sparse, there's not even as much hair as on my tail."

The smallest tiger, who spoke with a bit of a lisp, was the first to clap its paws and start singing.

"Striped or not, tiger or not, Mom's gone and no one cares."

"Stripes are crooked, mane is bare, Dad would cry to see you there."

The three cubs laughed together, circling him again and leaving a ring of messy footprints.

The largest tiger started a new tune, and the three sang in unison.

"Why did your mom give birth to you? A mutt that makes everyone laugh."

"Tiger stripes drawn halfway, the brush was lost; only three and a half hairs on your mane."

One tiger laughed so hard it rolled on the ground, while another pounced to scratch its belly, the two rolling into a ball of fur.

The three tigers mocked Yuan Chenling so brazenly, while Yuan Chenling only kept curling his body up, trying to make himself smaller.

Seeing that Yuan Chenling did not resist, they lost interest in mocking him. They glanced at each other and then rushed forward to pin him down.

"Let's pluck this mutt's fur to help unify its color, hahaha."

Beneath the twilight, though there were clearly no monsters or ghosts, the moment felt incredibly oppressive.

In the quiet forest, only the laughter of the tiger cubs and Yuan Chenling's pained roars remained.

At that very moment, a shooting star streaked across the sky.

Pinned to the ground, Yuan Chenling suppressed his pain, his cloudy eyes fixed on the shooting star as he made a wish.

Shooting star, oh shooting star, please help me.

He knew the star would not respond, and he knew they would not stop, so he didn't even dare to say it aloud, only chanting it silently in his heart.

Because only in this way could he find a moment of relief while suffering the pain.

But for some reason, the shooting star grew larger and larger, until he could even see the flames generated around it.

Wait!

That wasn't a shooting star—there was a person inside!

From Yuan Chenling's perspective, there was someone above him, falling downward while standing upright with arms crossed.

Before he could cry out, the shooting star vanished, and he lost consciousness.

"Ugh, I'm still not quite used to four legs."

"I haven't even used a Dragon body many times, and now I have to control a Hachikō body?"

"Yuan Chenling" struggled to his feet, a move that startled the three cubs who had been bullying him, causing them to retreat.

However, seeing that he posed no threat and still looked pathetic, the three tigers breathed a sigh of relief, followed by even more ferocious expressions.

"You motherless little mutt, you still dare to play tricks!"

"Yuan Chenling" shook his head and stretched his limbs before looking at the lead cub.

"What did you just say?"

For some reason, when the leader looked directly into "Yuan Chenling's" eyes, a sudden flash of fear gripped its heart; it was as if a Lion was hidden in those eyes.

Wait, what is a Lion?

*Gulp.*

The leading cub swallowed hard but still forced a sneer.

"I said you have no mother, and your father doesn't love you. Did you hear me clearly, you little mutt?"

"Yuan Chenling" just looked straight at him and suddenly spoke.

"What is your name? And you two?"

Hearing this, the three tigers lost their previous hesitation and resumed their fierce demeanor.

"What? It turns out he's been beaten stupid."

"You actually forgot your Grandpa Wang Meng!" said the largest tiger in the lead.

"I am your Grandpa Wang Xiong!"

"I am your Grandpa Wang Li!"

The two tigers beside him also proudly announced their names.

"Yuan Chenling" just watched them, and after they had all finished announcing their names, he nodded seriously.

"I understand."

He looked at Wang Meng and pointed a front paw at him.

"Wang Meng, I [censored] your [mother]."

Wang Meng was instantly stunned, his small mouth hanging open in disbelief.

"You... what did you say?"

"Yuan Chenling" tilted his head in confusion and murmured softly.

"Is a tiger's hearing this poor? Or can this place not simulate a tiger's hearing?"

"Forget it, I'll say it again. Wang Meng, I [censored] you."

"And you two, Wang Li, Wang Xiong, same to you."

"Yuan Chenling" proceeded to point at the three of them and curse for five minutes. His rapid-fire speech, like that of a rapper, pushed the limits of what could be achieved in those five minutes.

Using the harshest, calmest, and most direct language, he provided a brief outlook and summary of observations regarding their intelligence, physical structure, future development, as well as greetings for their relatives and their relatives' future development.

Although the three cubs were professional bullies, they were only children at best. They knew how to spread malice, but they didn't know malice could be spread so efficiently.

This barrage of words left them completely dazed. When they finally snapped out of it five minutes later, all three tigers had teary eyes.

"How could you be like this!"

"You are simply too uncivilized! How could you use such dirty words!"

"Exactly! You bad mutt, we're going to kill you!"

"Get him! Ha!"

Having regained their senses, the three tigers hissed while sobbing and lunged fiercely at "Yuan Chenling."

"Still hissing?"

"I think you want to go for a swim!"

Three water spheres rose from the ground, trapping the three tiger cubs tightly.

They struggled to get out, but no matter how they thrashed, the water spheres only rippled; they couldn't even poke a single hair out.

After doing all this, "Yuan Chenling" patted his paws and stood up in a human-like posture.

"I didn't expect this kid to have experienced bullying. What kind of Heaven-Defying place is this, where any random tiger cub can bully Yuan Chenling?"

"Isn't Yuan Chenling's father very strong? If someone with strength and status can still be bullied, then is this White Tiger Tribe about to fall?"

"Even if he is out of favor, that's a family matter. Doesn't this just end up being an embarrassment for the tribe?"

*Pop, pop, pop.*

Three sounds of water spheres bursting rang out, and the three bullying tigers lay on the ground, soaking wet.

Looking at the three of them, "Yuan Chenling" shook his head helplessly.

If he were still Zhou Yan, he would naturally have delivered a heavy blow to these three bullies to teach them the meaning of truth, goodness, and beauty.

But now Zhou Yan was using Yuan Chenling's body, and Yuan Chenling wouldn't dare do much to them.

At this time, he was still in a state of extreme low self-esteem. Helping his 'good friends' take a swim was already pushing the limit.

Although he could successfully enter the other's Heart Demon Tribulation, he could only assist in this state of ghostly possession.

In reality, this body was still mostly controlled by Yuan Chenling's subconscious.

It was only because of his earlier cursing that Yuan Chenling felt a sense of relief and a spark of courage, allowing them to swim later, but that was the limit.

Manipulating wooden vines to hang the three tigers on the trees like laundry, Zhou Yan ignored them.

He had more important things to do now.

"At this time, does Yuan Chenling only have a Qi Refining level cultivation? It should be enough. After all, I could handle Long Tianxing's mess; there's no reason I can't handle yours."

Zhou Yan muttered to himself as he walked toward the edge of the forest.