Shen Miao jumped down from the roof and patted each of the children's heads, finally feeling less depressed.

A few days later, one night, when everyone in the family was asleep, Jiu Ying suddenly sat up in bed, looking towards the window. At that moment, the wind picked up outside, blowing against the window and making a clattering sound.

After watching for a while, Jiuying got up barefoot and prepared to close the window.

Just then, a huge black shadow loomed over. Jiuying sensed something was wrong and hurriedly tried to retreat, but the black mist enveloped him and pulled him away.

The snow wolf in the next room seemed to sense something. It ran to the window to look out, but all it saw was darkness outside. However, it smelled a very strange odor.

The snow wolf's expression changed slightly. It lowered its head and thought for a moment, then shook its head. Impossible. It couldn't be that person. There must be something wrong with its sense of smell.

However, when Snow Wolf woke up the next day, he heard Shen Miao's anxious voice outside, "He didn't even take his shoes with him, he definitely didn't leave on his own."

"Maybe not, perhaps he just had an urgent matter to attend to and was going out for a while," Qingchen tried his best to reassure him.

Shen Miao couldn't put her mind at ease. Her intuition told her that something had happened to Jiu Ying. She waited at home until the afternoon, but Jiu Ying still hadn't returned. She couldn't wait any longer, so she got up and walked out. "No, I have to go find him!"

Shen Miao searched every place she could think of—the beast realm, the mountains, all the large and small tribes nearby—but still found nothing.

Shen Miao was getting a little agitated.

No one understood why she was in such a hurry, because Jiuying was very powerful. Even if he was captured, as long as he found an opportunity, he would definitely be able to launch a counterattack.

What they didn't know was that Jiuying's madness hadn't been completely cured. Lin Shousheng had secretly told him that the best solution was to kill Jiuying.

She didn't listen. Is this karma?

Seeing Shen Miao's anxiety, the snow wolf hesitated before approaching and offering a piece of information: it had smelled the scent of the Beast God last night.

Shen Miao is now extremely sensitive to the term "Beast God." Upon hearing Xue Lang mention "Beast God," she almost jumped up, exclaiming, "What did you say? Beast God? Xue Lang, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Snow Wolf said solemnly, "I can't be mistaken. The aura of the Beast God is very unique. It's coming on strong, and it should be about to be resurrected."

Shen Miao and Qing Chen exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with suspicion.

"Could it be that the one who came to kidnap people yesterday was actually the Beast God?" Shen Miao pondered.

She had fought the Beast God once before, and the Beast God's strength was beyond doubt. If he really wanted to do something, Shen Miao would be no match for him.

Qingchen slowly said, "At present, the Beast God is the most suspicious."

Upon hearing this, Shen Miao felt a bit flustered, as if the worst thing had finally happened.

"I'll go find it!" Shen Miao bit her lip and suddenly spoke.

She was able to persuade the Beast God last time, she'll definitely be able to this time too.

Qingchen spoke coldly, without a trace of mercy: "Are you going to your death?"

Shen Miao paused, understanding Qing Chen's meaning, but she couldn't just leave this matter unresolved. If she didn't care about Jiu Ying's reputation, who would?

Qingchen walked up to Shen Miao, his expression more serious than ever before: "Have you thought this through? Don't do something that will backfire just because you're reckless. If you can't save Jiuying and you anger the Beast God, you'll only end up dead."

“I can use other methods.” Shen Miao’s eyes darted around.

Qingchen sneered: "Trying to reason with the Beast God? Let me tell you, it's impossible. You were lucky last time and managed to persuade the Beast God, but it's absolutely impossible this time. Don't forget what Lin Shousheng told you."

Lin Shousheng said that the Beast God had taken a liking to the Nine-Headed Serpent's body...

Who would give up their own body?

Shen Miao had no choice but to abandon the plan for the time being, knowing that Qing Chen was right.

"Tell me about the Beast God."

Qingchen told Shen Miao everything he knew. According to Qingchen, the Beast God was indeed powerful. Shen Miao thought to herself, "Luckily, I didn't insist on my own way, otherwise I wouldn't even know how I died."

She felt a bit scared and began to work harder to gather more information about the Beast God.

There's a saying: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

Just as Shen Miao was working hard to improve her strength in hopes of defeating the Beast God as soon as possible, bad news came: ten days' journey to the east, the land was in serious trouble, and the fertile black soil had turned into red soil.

Crops could not grow on it, wild vegetables had disappeared, and even the wild animals in the nearby mountains had migrated away in batches.

The orcs had no choice but to leave their homes and seek a way to survive.

Some people ran to the Beast Realm, and the orcs from nearby tribes took them in. This news also came from them.

The arrival of these orcs made the atmosphere in the beast realm tense, as everyone feared that the strange land problem would spread to their side.

When Shen Miao heard this news, her heart sank. She inexplicably connected this matter with the Beast God.

“It’s possible that the Beast God will be resurrected, and all living beings on earth will have to make way for him,” Qingchen said slowly.

Will this situation continue to spread?

Qingchen looked at her and shook her head very slightly: "It's hard to say, after all, they're not that far apart."

Shen Miao felt a sense of impending crisis.

The Beast God was not as insignificant or merely a source of anomalies as she had imagined; the anomalies it brought were enough to destroy the lives of some people.

The seriousness of this matter far exceeded her previous understanding.

From then on, Shen Miao began to practice her skills even more diligently. At the same time, she also dragged Qing Chen and the other children to practice together. She didn't want to wait until tragedy struck before she regretted it.

Several days passed, and the discussions among the people in the Beast Realm grew increasingly heated. Everyone was pessimistic, believing that the Beast God had brought down punishment and that they were going to die.

Some people do nothing but sit at home all day waiting to die.

When Shen Miao saw this absurd scene, she almost lost her temper and went up to beat the person up.

But Qingchen told her that this wouldn't solve anything.

"Then how can we solve this problem? Tell me!" Shen Miao was somewhat agitated.

Qingchen, on the other hand, remained calm throughout. "There is a way. If you'd like, you can go and take a look at the land where the problem occurred."

Upon hearing this, Shen Miao's eyes lit up. Yes, this was the solution. What she heard from others was just hearsay; to know the specifics, she had to go there herself.

Shen Miao immediately straightened up again. She handed Xuan Ran's army over to Huo Hu to manage, sent the cubs to the cat-beastmen for their care, and, along with the snow wolf, embarked on the journey eastward with Qing Chen.