Qingchen didn't believe it, but Shen Miao was unwilling to say any more.
She went to Lin Shousheng and told him the method for removing the curse that the Bloodworm Clan leader had told her. Lin Shousheng thought there was no problem, so she tried it on herself.
After curing herself of the poison, Shen Miao also cured Qing Chen and the four cubs. When the tribe's beastmen heard that Shen Miao had brought back the method to cure the poison, they rushed to ask her to cure them.
Shen Miao helped them one by one according to the severity of their injuries. During this time, some orcs disobeyed and tried to cut in line, but Shen Miao refused and put them at the back of the queue.
The orc was indignant and wanted to attack Shen Miao, but before Shen Miao could say anything, the orc suddenly became cowardly and obediently retreated to the back.
Shen Miao turned around in confusion and saw Qing Chen standing behind her at some point, his face cold and menacing, like a demon god.
She couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile.
Suddenly I understood why the orc had run away.
After several days of hard work, she finally cured all the tribe's beastmen of the curse. However, Shen Miao couldn't rest and secretly took Xiao Sibao to the back mountain.
"Mommy, are we going hunting?" Little Sibao asked excitedly.
“No,” Shen Miao said seriously, “Mother wants to take you to meet a good friend.”
The good friend she mentioned was the white-horned beast.
After returning that day, the white-horned beast went back to the back mountain and made an appointment with Shen Miao to meet there two days later. It also asked her to bring Xiao Sibao. Shen Miao didn't understand why, but she still agreed.
Compared to two days ago, the white-horned beast was weaker, but it still smiled with relief when it saw the four little treasures.
"I brought Xiao Sibao with me, how are you?" Shen Miao was still worried about the beast's health.
The white-horned beast shook its head and said, "I can't go on. The curse of the Bloodworm Clan has begun to take effect. I won't make it through today. I've already said goodbye to my cubs. If you have time, go in and look after them for me."
Shen Miao felt extremely distressed.
"This little cub has the ability to devour, doesn't it?" The white-horned beast quickly changed the subject.
Shen Miao was slightly surprised: "How did you know?"
The beast chuckled and said, "I could tell, but she doesn't seem to know how to use it very well yet."
Shen Miao explained, "I gave her a beast crystal with the ability to devour, but it doesn't seem to be working. She still doesn't know how to activate it."
"Have you thought about teaching her?" The white-horned beast looked at Shen Miao seriously.
Shen Miao was actually very conflicted. She wanted her fourth child to be happy and carefree, but she also wanted her to be able to protect herself. These two things were essentially in conflict.
Once Xiao Sibao gains power, she will face many cruel things.
“Chen Miao, you need to think this through. If you want her to learn to devour, you should teach her as soon as possible. I don’t want to die like this. I’m willing to give the little one a chance to experiment.”
Shen Miao understood its meaning.
It turned out that the white-horned beast wanted Xiao Sibao to devour it, but she kept shaking her head: "No way."
The white-horned beast patiently said, "For me, this is a good thing. After being devoured by the Four Treasures, it feels like I'm still with you all. But if I were to die like this, I would truly have nothing left."
After repeated persuasion from the white-horned beast, Shen Miao finally decided to let Xiao Sibao devour it.
Making this decision left her in a daze, as if she were the executioner who had personally murdered her best friend.
Little Sibao had no idea what Shen Miao was doing. She happily ran around in the woods. She was just a little cub and had no idea about the concerns and worries of adult beastmen.
Shen Miao beckoned her over and explained to her how to devour and absorb. Xiao Sibao was confused, so Shen Miao told her to try devouring the white-horned beast.
At first, Xiao Sibao didn't know how and kept failing.
Shen Miao made her try again and again, and Xiao Sibao couldn't help but cry.
She cried out, "Mother, isn't this your good friend? Why should I devour it?"
Shen Miao had no choice but to harden her heart and answer her: "Because it is in a lot of pain right now, if you swallow it, you will be helping it."
At her young age, she doesn't understand why being eaten by her is still helping others.
She couldn't help but want to cry again.
Shen Miao was a bit overwhelmed and said sternly, "Little Sibao, pull yourself together! Your father is the strongest beastman in the tribe. Even though he lost his leg, he didn't give up. Why should you give up?"
As Shen Miao urged her on, Xiao Sibao cried, but suddenly burst out with boundless energy. She opened her mouth wide, and things with spiritual power around her automatically fed into her mouth.
The white-horned beast was already extremely weak and naturally could not resist Xiao Sibao's energy. The entire beast transformed into a stream of white spiritual energy and entered Xiao Sibao's stomach.
In its final moments before disappearing, it did one last thing: erased all of Xiao Sibao's memories of it.
"Burp." Little Sibao burped, looking somewhat bewildered.
Shen Miao squatted down, looking at Xiao Sibao anxiously, "Sibao, how are you? Is anything bothering you?"
Little Sibao shook his head. "No, Mommy, I'm fine. What's wrong?"
Shen Miao looked at her hesitantly, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't. The white-horned beast had said it would erase Xiao Sibao's memories of it to avoid causing psychological trauma to the little cub, but she didn't expect it to erase them so thoroughly.
She seems to remember nothing.
"Sibao, do you remember what you just did?"
"Just now, um, Mother just taught me how to devour. I followed Mother's instructions and devoured a ferocious beast." As Xiao Sibao spoke, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he asked, "Mother, do I have that ability now?"
Shen Miao patted her head, "Yes, Sibao, feel it. Do you remember the process of devouring... the ferocious beast? If you encounter an enemy in the future and can't beat them, use your ability to deal with them."
Little Sibao was very happy and nodded in agreement. Then she danced around excitedly, saying that she would no longer envy her older brothers because she would have abilities too!
Shen Miao reminded her, "Si Bao, don't tell your father and brothers about this for now. This is a secret between you and your mother, okay?"
Although Xiao Sibao was puzzled as to why she couldn't tell others about her abilities, she still agreed.
The secret she shared with her mother sounds really cool.
Shen Miao built a small mound of earth at the spot where the strange beast disappeared, and put up a wooden sign outside it, which served as the grave of the white-horned beast.
She planted some branches around the area, planning to bring tools to trim it when she went up the mountain someday.
After doing all this, Shen Miao took Si Bao down the mountain.
After returning home, Shen Miao acted as if nothing had happened.
As for Xiao Sibao, she went to play with her brothers as soon as she got back, completely forgetting what had happened on the mountain.
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