Chapter 186 Luo Cihe's Dark History

"Our tribe grew increasingly powerful, and the chief claimed that this was all due to the appearance of the mother beast, so he crowned her the tribe's saint. Later, the father and mother beasts came to Beast City. The mother beast said she wanted to accomplish something great, and the father beast fully supported her. The mother beast then built a cub school in Beast City, which has now been in operation for two hundred years..."

"Later, they fell in love and had me. When I grew up, I went to school at the Cub School."

Xia Yueke nodded, "Actually, your father must love you too, but the feeling of missing someone is too painful, so he decided to go first."

Xia Yueke looked at Qi'an's painful expression and still said something to comfort him.

Qi'an nodded. "I know. Later, when I grew up, I took over the cub school. Sometimes I would also take care of the affairs of the Beast City. A hundred years have passed like this. Time really flies!"

Xia Yueke nodded, and thought of Luo Cihe as her eyes moved.

She thought to herself that there seemed to be a close connection between Qi An and Luo Ci He, but the way they got along was so subtle.

Judging from Qi An's expression when he mentioned him, there must be a lot of stories behind it. Luo Cihe was also a unique existence in Beast City. His appearance and powerful strength always made people want to take a few more glances at him.

Now I heard that they were once taught by Saint Bai in the same group. I really don’t know what happened during that period that led to their current bad relationship.

She asked:

"Then what's your relationship with Luo Cihe? It seems like you don't have a very good relationship. I heard that you were both educated by the White Saint Girl!"

Qi'an couldn't help but smile when he thought of Luo Cihe.

"After I started attending the cub school, my mother insisted on fairness and justice, so she wouldn't let me tell anyone I was her child. So, in the school, she treated me like any other cub. Her love for me seemed subtly restrained, never overtly so she would always secretly feed me some dried meat."

"At that time, Luo Cihe was the smartest of all the cubs, and he also had the most natural animal strength. I don't know what he was thinking at the time, but after seeing how kind the Saint was to me, he always felt that she was partial! He began to feel dissatisfied and secretly compared himself to me. Even after we grew up, we still had some conflicts!"

When Qi'an recalled the past, a smile appeared on his face.

Xia Yueke's mind flashed with the image of young Luo Cihe, secretly competing with Qi'an every day. The more she thought about it, the more amusing it became. She couldn't help laughing and said:

"So Luo Cihe has been so competitive and conceited since he was little! Hahaha, he must have been really pissed off back then, right?"

Qi'an also responded with a smile: "That's right, he even asked me if the female beast didn't like crows, because he was originally a little crow."

Xia Yueke's eyebrows curved, and she nodded vigorously with a bright smile, "So what other interesting things have happened between you? Tell me about them quickly. Now we can be considered friends who know each other's little secrets!"

Xia Yueke was jumping up and down, the worry and fear that had lingered in her heart at first had long since disappeared.

At this moment, she knew Qi'an's secret, and her heart was full of confidence, even a little proud.

She thought that with this "handle", Qi An would not easily do anything against her. In this way, the days in this strange place would not seem so difficult. Maybe she could even dig up more unknown and interesting things through her friendship with Qi An.

Qi An looked at Xia Yuke like this and shook his head helplessly, but there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Interesting things? There were quite a few. One time, the academy organized a field training. Luo Cihe was so eager to prove himself better than me in front of everyone that he accidentally fell into a trap set by a hunter. I had to pull him out. He looked so miserable at the time, it was hilarious, but he still insisted that he was checking the trap's structure."

Xia Yuke was stunned at first, then burst into loud laughter, laughing so hard that she couldn't straighten her back.

"Hahahaha, did he really say that? He's too stubborn! He fell in and refused to admit it. How can Luo Cihe be so adorable?"

She laughed and wiped the tears from her eyes with her hands. "Did he thank you later? Or did he continue to compete with you?"

Qi An shrugged, "He won't give in easily. Although he didn't say anything after getting out of the trap, he still refused to give in. He worked hard on the subsequent training missions to save face.

Later, while searching for rare herbs, we stumbled upon his hiding place. Surrounded by guardian beasts, we couldn't defeat him alone, so we had to team up. Our rapport in battle shifted slightly, and that's when our impression of each other changed. But after returning to the academy, he remained the same, indifferent yet secretly competitive.

Xia Yueke asked: "What about now?"

Qi'an sighed:

"When we grow up, we'll work together on big things, like defending against an invasion. He'll face the enemy head-on, and I'll attack from the flank. We both complete the mission brilliantly, but we'll still argue about who did the more credit afterwards. Even when we're together, we can't help but compare. We're like a pair of enemies, but it's also fun."

Next, Qi'an told a lot of exclusive black history about Luo Cihe.

This made Xia Yueke laugh out loud, and she was satisfied only after she understood the story between the two.

"Okay, now that you've heard our story, we should hurry and find a way out!"

Qi'an looked at Xia Yueke, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes. In fact, if it weren't for this accident, he didn't intend to ask Xia Yueke about those things.

He thought that since Xia Yueke didn't want to act special and just wanted to live an ordinary life, he would pretend not to know.

Xia Yueke smiled and said, "Alright, let's go now. We can't go on like this. Besides, you're injured, and I don't know how serious your injury is."

Xia Yuke looked at the wound on Qi'an's arm with concern. After being bandaged yesterday, there was a little blood seeping out of the outside. She wondered what was going on inside!

"It's okay, I'm glad you're not hurt."

Qi'an suppressed his smile and became his cold self again.

Xia Yueke curled her lips and muttered softly, "You already know my origins, and you still want me to copy some beastly rules? That's too much!"

Qi An lowered his throat and looked away, "It's just to train you! Okay, okay, let's go!"

The two walked along the path of the dark valley, gradually moving towards the higher ground on both sides.

As they moved forward, they could clearly feel the slope becoming steeper, which was undoubtedly a sign that they were about to leave the dark valley.

But because the road was too steep, the two could only move forward slowly.

Just as they continued to move forward, a huge eagle beast suddenly swooped down from the sky, bringing with it a strong wind.

The eagle's wingspan was several feet wide, and its feathers still gleamed with a cold metallic luster in the dim valley, like sharp blades. Its sharp eagle eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, and its pointed beak seemed to be able to easily tear its prey apart.

Xia Yueke was startled, and Qi An quickly protected her behind him.

The eagle beast landed not far away and transformed into a sturdy orc.

He looked at Qi'an and Xia Yueke and said:

"Don't panic. I'm here to take you away from here, entrusted by Wizard Luo Cihe."