Chapter 369: Chapter 369

"You thought I didn’t know you activated your Space and Wood dual special abilities? You think I don’t know what you’re capable of?"

Si Yan snorted. Changing the subject, she folded her arms and said seriously, "Wang is good. He can’t compare to the Dark Saint."

Ming Ji replied, "I get it, I get it. I know your man is capable, happy now?"

Si Yan’s eyes narrowed as she asked, "Did you guys really not plan to actually kill me?"

"Kill you, my ass," Ming Ji took several deep breaths. "Would I have raised you for over twenty years if I wanted to kill you?"

Si Yan folded her arms and asked, "Then why help Jin Yao?"

Ming Ji scoffed lightly. "Did I help her?"

Ming Ji shook his priestly staff, which even held Si Yan’s fate bone from Jin Yao’s body. "Oh, Shi Bo became a corpse soldier. All his fate energy came into my hands. Is this helping her? Don’t overthink it."

Ming Ji, tired from the argument, found a stone and sat down.

Si Yan stated, "Following the script, you would let the Silver Wolf Tribe die and also kill all the serpent Beastmen of the Delusional Domain."

Ming Ji admitted, "That’s right. According to the plot of the Heavenly Book, the Silver Wolf Tribe will die, and the serpent Beastmen of the Delusional Domain will die as well. Not to mention, we want the World’s Heart of the entire Beast World. The entire Beast World will perish. So, I said it, didn’t I? Ming Jiu and I are the bad guys. We have killed many."

Ming Ji looked up at the sky and said, "Our sins are not light. The Divine Temple’s Judge will come to take us back sooner or later."

But before being taken back, he had to complete everything he wanted to do.

Si Yan watched Ming Ji, her eyes suddenly reddening again.

She didn’t know how to describe her emotions at that moment. If Ming Ji had explained everything to her while they were still on Earth, she might have immediately abandoned goodness to join their group and help them resurrect their family. Family—she understood how important family was. But they had singled her out. Unknowingly, she had chosen to protect the Beast World. Now, her bonds with the Beast World had grown deep. Her standing could no longer be the same as theirs.

With a hoarse voice, Si Yan asked, "Then wouldn’t it be fine if we just stayed enemies? Why did you bring me here now?"

Ming Ji hesitated for a good while. "Indeed, there’s something... but you must be tired from talking so much today. How about we discuss it later?"

A huge thunderbolt suddenly struck down right in front of Ming Ji, startling him. Si Yan glared at him fiercely. "I’m telling you to speak!"

Ming Ji, intimidated by her bloodshot eyes, hesitantly said, "Fine, I’ll speak."

Ming Ji sighed, stepped forward, and his cold, somewhat rough fingertips gently brushed over her eyelids. "My sister has done too well. Our invasion of the Beast World has already failed. We were even squeezed out from our position in the heavens. Brother can no longer send lightning to strike you."

Si Yan continued to glare at him.

Ming Ji said, "Ming Jiu and I discussed it for a long time; finding another suitable world isn’t easy. Ten World’s Hearts could help us recreate our world. But now, we don’t want to recreate that world anymore. We thought, if you become the new Beast God and bring us into the Beast World’s Heart, we can place the other nine World’s Hearts alongside it. If the Beast World’s Heart guides the operation of the other nine, perhaps the Beast World can be preserved. We could also resurrect our relatives."

Ming Ji looked down at Si Yan, his eyes flickering as he said, "This is the only win-win solution."

For so many years, they had raised Si Yan, never imagining that one day they would have to ask her for help. Ming Ji felt a sense of helplessness, like an aging father with no options left, forced to bow his head and ask his own child for help.

Si Yan relaxed her body and began to contemplate the feasibility of this plan.

"Why do you think I can become the Beast God?"

Ming Ji replied, "Half of the Beast God’s inheritance is already within you, isn’t it? Si Yan, you’ve already gained part of the Beast God’s divinity."

Seeing her tense expression, Ming Ji couldn’t help but say, "Take your time to think. There’s no need to rush your answer."

Si Yan looked up at him. Though she hadn’t forgiven him, she still said seriously, "I will consider it carefully."

She felt that what he said was true. A part of her also wanted to trust him. But the World’s Heart was a major matter, after all. If anything went wrong, the Beast World could be destroyed. This was something she had to discuss properly with the current Beast God, the gecko.

They argued for a long time, until the sky had completely darkened. Ming Ji was about to gather some firewood to keep the fire going when, just as he took a couple of steps, he suddenly felt the ground shaking.

Beastmen were shouting in the tribe.

"Avalanche! Avalanche! Find shelter, quickly! Hurry!"

Si Yan immediately stood up, her gaze sweeping over the vast expanse of white. On the towering, snow-covered mountain, a huge sheet of thick snow was collapsing.

Si Yan felt her face flush and a wave of dizziness.

Ming Ji grabbed Si Yan’s wrist and pulled her inside a cave.

"This snow mountain often has avalanches. You’ll be fine if you hide in the cave."

The cave was backed by the snow mountain, where the snow lay thick, frozen solid.

Even inside the cave, Si Yan could still feel the ground vibrating. She felt a bit dizzy and sat down on the bed.

Ming Ji said, "It might be that our argument just now was too loud, and the sound waves reached the snow mountain, triggering the avalanche."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Ming Ji noticed Si Yan’s face seemed a bit flushed.

He immediately approached her, his large, distinctly-jointed hand once again touching her forehead.

"Si Yan, you have a fever."

Ming Ji immediately picked her up, laid her gently on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and tucked her in.

Ming Ji said disdainfully, "So delicate. Getting a fever just from an argument."

Si Yan, though weak, was speechless. "If you find me so delicate, then don’t bother with me! You all wanted me dead from the start, anyway. Just let me die."

Her voice was weak, lacking its usual force.

"Alright, alright, you’re right. I want you dead. I freaking want to strangle you right now. If it weren’t for you, we would have obtained the Beast World’s Heart long ago. Maybe I would have already revived my family and taken you to our world by now."

"Who wants to go to your world!"

Seeing Si Yan was about to flare up again, Ming Ji said, "Okay, okay, we won’t go. Sweet sister, get some sleep. When you wake up, your head won’t hurt anymore."

Si Yan drifted off into a groggy sleep.

She could feel Ming Ji nearby, boiling water and occasionally wiping her forehead and neck with a warm cloth. When she felt cold, Ming Ji placed a hot water bottle beside her. She hugged it and quickly fell back asleep. Dıscover more novels at novèlfire.net

Si Yan also felt she was being delicate. Ever since arriving in the Beast World, her head had been broken, she had been injured, disdained by the cubs, and all sorts of things had happened, yet she had never once fallen ill. The moment she saw her brother, all the nerves that had been pulled taut in her body suddenly relaxed, and her body, in turn, became delicate.