233: Chapter 233 "I don't want to see it!"

Tang Ruan was skeptical after hearing Heng Zhou's words.

"Will Jiao Luo believe what you say?"

Heng Zhou: "She will definitely believe it."

"Why?" Tang Ruan didn't believe him.

"Because she has no choice but to believe me." Heng Zhou's tone was nonchalant.

He peeked and saw that Tang Ruan hadn't figured it out, so he explained further, "In the legends of the Jiao Clan, the Beast God has 'one'—and only one—faithful servant.

And the only one she can come into contact with is me.

Although she has doubted Fen Tian's identity and doesn't understand why his blood also contains the Power of the Beast God...

...she doesn't dare to go and ask Fen Tian.

If she really did go to him, both of us would be saved..."

Tang Ruan listened to him say these half-joking words in a helpless tone.

She suddenly felt that the current moment was particularly suited for giving Heng Zhou a patch of lawn.

If he were free, he would surely be lying lazily on the grass with his arms behind his head, legs crossed, and a blade of grass in his mouth while talking to her.

"Pretty much."

Heng Zhou's voice pulled Tang Ruan back from her imagination.

She blinked in confusion.

"The way I used to be was pretty much as you imagined."

She knew he had peeked at her thoughts again.

Tang Ruan was just about to say something in anger.

Suddenly, she found that she couldn't make a single sound.

Heng Zhou continued: "Add a little girl to my left.

Yes, just like that.

Wearing a white dress, hair down, with a face a bit rounder than Guo Guo's, and black eyes.

Gazing at me..."

"On my forehead—she gave me a kiss.

And sweetly called out—'Brother'..."

Following Heng Zhou's voice...

...a harmonious and beautiful scene began to move in Tang Ruan's mind.

It was as if he could truly see it.

He appreciated it quietly, not speaking again for a long time.

Suddenly, Tang Ruan's thoughts continued to imagine uncontrollably.

The girl grew up: twelve years old, sixteen, eighteen...

She chased after Heng Zhou, running across the meadows of Beast God Mountain.

She sat on the back of a monster, looking down from the sky, searching for his shadow.

She found him at the edge of a cliff.

He was looking down the cliff with disgust at the monsters killing each other.

"Little A-Wu, the Beast God was right; I shouldn't have emotions.

If he hadn't discovered that I possessed emotions...

...he wouldn't have forced us into the cycle of reincarnation.

It's all my fault!"

Tang Ruan said angrily, "It's not Brother's fault!

Even if the Beast God doesn't want us to have emotions...

...you, I, Duan Shi, and Fen Tian—we just can't help but care about each other!

It's not something one can just stop doing because they want to.

Besides, in the Illusion Void, you weren't the only one who exposed your emotions.

At worst, we'll just be together again after we reincarnate."

Heng Zhou slowly turned around.

He took both of her hands.

"But by then, you will have forgotten me."

"I will fall in love with you all over again."

"Like you love your brother?" There was a hint of bitterness in his tone.

"Yes!" Tang Ruan's voice was incredibly firm.

"Then can we change the way..."

The scene before her eyes suddenly plunged into darkness.

Tang Ruan reached out her hand and waved it in the dark.

Her vision gradually cleared, and her five splayed fingers appeared.

Behind her fingers was Heng Zhou, his face full of nervousness.

Just now, he had intended to manipulate Little A-Wu's thoughts to tease her.

But unconsciously, he had implanted his own thoughts and accidentally reenacted something that had actually happened between them.

"Change it in what way?" he heard her voice press.

Heng Zhou couldn't help but shudder, his fists clenching tight.

Tang Ruan: Why did the images in my head just now feel a bit ambiguous between the two of them?

Could she really have had something with Heng Zhou?

Is that why he's been so obsessed with her, even wanting to have a Cub that's the 'same model' as her?

Heng Zhou opened his mouth, "Change the way, to be free from the Beast God's control.

Kill the Beast God and regain our freedom!"

He raised his voice and finished it all in one breath.

Tang Ruan: So that's what he meant.

"You guys did it."

"We did it together."

"No wonder Fen Tian wants to be the Beast God so badly." Tang Ruan was lost in thought.

"Fen Tian wants to be the Beast God?" Heng Zhou was somewhat surprised; in his memory, Fen Tian didn't seem like such an ambitious beastman.

He was just an oversized Cub who clung to Little A-Wu all day.

"Yes," Tang Ruan nodded, "Before, I thought he just liked the feeling of controlling Energy.

But after those images surfaced in my mind just now, I understood.

Those were things that actually happened, right?"

She saw Heng Zhou nod.

Tang Ruan continued: "In my understanding, whoever possesses the most Power of the Beast God can become the Beast God."

Heng Zhou: "It can be understood that way."

"After the Beast God died, the Power of the Beast God scattered across the Beast World.

From the looks of it, only the servants of the Beast God have the ability to collect that power again.

However, it can't be ruled out that a beastman might suddenly master the ability to collect it and, by accident, become the new Beast God."

Heng Zhou nodded slightly; it was possible, because the Beast God they killed was born exactly like that.

Seeing him nod, Tang Ruan continued, "Both you and I were sealed, and I don't know if Duan Shi has reincarnated yet.

So, only Fen Tian can collect this Power of the Beast God.

He wants to hold all of the Beast God's Energy in his own hands.

Only by becoming the new Beast God can he ensure we never become puppets again.

Only then can he protect us."

Heng Zhou faced Tang Ruan's direction.

Although Tang Ruan couldn't see his eyes, she could feel that he seemed somewhat shocked.

After the Beast God died...

...he and Fen Tian had died to save Little A-Wu.

His soul had drifted through the Beast World.

He had seen Duan Shi, who had found the reincarnation of the Female Beastman he loved.

He had encountered Little A-Wu; she was looking for him and Fen Tian, but he had no way to communicate with her.

He had thought about reincarnating early to meet her again.

But at the thought that she would eventually return to Fen Tian's side after awakening, he became despondent.

In the end, he simply drifted with the tide.

Anyway, he had nothing he wanted to do...

Later, he was accidentally captured by King Jiao. After being reborn, he only thought about dying quickly to regain his freedom.

He was the oldest among them.

Yet he had never thought about collecting all the Power of the Beast God to become the Beast God and protect everyone.

The one who could consider everyone's well-being turned out to be Fen Tian, whom he considered the least intelligent.

Suddenly, Heng Zhou gave a small smile.

"He is well-deserving of being the Beast God."

Tang Ruan: I think so too.

Fen Tian is truly amazing; he is a kind beastman born out of slaughter.

"You love Fen Tian very much..." Heng Zhou said faintly.

Tang Ruan said confidently, "Of course!

And Fen Tian has also accepted my other Beast Husbands now. He is just too—"

"Wait!" Heng Zhou interrupted her, his voice trembling slightly.

"You have other Beast Husbands?"

"Yes! Didn't you see?" Tang Ruan asked curiously.

Heng Zhou felt as if he'd been struck by lightning.

He could guide a beastman to recall content he wanted to know and manipulate it.

But as long as the beastman didn't recall it, he couldn't see it.

He carefully recalled the things Little A-Wu had thought about over the past few days:

How to escape?

How was Guo Guo doing?

When would Lang Lie bring back Fen Tian?

Had Fen Tian come to find her with Yan Qing?

She had even dreamed of Yan Qing and Lang Lie bowing to Fen Tian, shouting, "Long live the Beast God! Long live, long live, long live!—"

So, he had assumed those two beastmen were Fen Tian's servants...

Suddenly, Heng Zhou turned toward Tang Ruan in anger.

"What are you thinking?"

Tang Ruan: ...

Tang Ruan had an innocent look on her face.

"I figured you were definitely peeking at my thoughts, so I'm letting you take a look at your youngest brother-in-law, Hu Che."

Heng Zhou clenched his fists.

"I don't want to see it!"

"Are you done chatting?

If you're done, hurry up and take the blood!"

Suddenly, Princess Jiao Yi's voice came from behind.