"It's strange. The Green Bamboo Sect captured us, but didn't kill us. They're slowly keeping us alive with drugs. What are they up to?" These were the words of the Gu Master.
Shen Miao said calmly, "Because we need to raise them to feed the corpse fish."
The group of people all stared at her.
Shen Miao then recounted how she almost became a meal for the corpse fish, and introduced the expert to them. After everyone had met, Qing Chen thanked him for saving Shen Miao.
The expert's expression was complicated. In fact, he didn't want any thanks. What he wanted more was to learn from Shen Miao how to tame the demon wolf.
However, Shen Miao seemed unwilling to say more, so he didn't press her further.
Seeing that the person had been rescued, the demonic wolf emerged from Shen Miao's body. Apart from Shen Miao and the expert, everyone else was startled again, watching in disbelief as a giant wolf appeared before them.
"I'll explain this to you later," Shen Miao said to them, then asked the demon wolf, "What are you planning to do next? The Green Bamboo Sect is almost destroyed, so I believe they can no longer imprison you. You are free."
The demon wolf glanced at her and said indifferently, "It's not over yet."
"Hmm?" Shen Miao wondered, thinking that the demonic wolf was going to exterminate them all, leaving no one alive?
The demon wolf said, enunciating each word clearly: "There's also a corpse fish; I'm going to tear it to pieces!"
Shen Miao didn't know what grudge the demon wolf had with that thousand-year-old corpse fish, but she knew how powerful the corpse fish was and was afraid that the demon wolf would not be a match for it, so she couldn't help but advise, "That corpse fish can only live in water. You can kill it anytime. There's no need to rush."
"I can't wait. Only one of us can live."
Now that she had said that, Shen Miao knew that there was no point in trying to persuade her further, so she could only say regretfully, "Alright then, be careful. If things get really bad, your life is the most important thing."
As soon as she finished speaking, she knew something was wrong. Sure enough, the wolf glared at her angrily and strode away.
He didn't look at anyone else once from beginning to end.
The expert watched longingly, extremely envious, wanting to step forward and say a few words, but couldn't get a word in edgewise.
After the demon wolf left, he said with a dreamy look, "As expected, the demon wolf has a personality just like in the legends."
Shen Miao was speechless and rolled her eyes.
That's not called having a personality, that's called having a bad temper.
The expert, unaware of Shen Miao's thoughts, had his eyes almost glued to the demonic wolf. In the end, he simply followed it. Shen Miao called out to him, asking, "Are you going to go with it?"
"No," the expert said guiltily.
Seeing his expression, Shen Miao understood immediately and reminded him, "The Demon Wolf has a really bad temper. Even if you want to follow him, just take a quick look and don't disturb him."
"I know." The expert waved his hand dismissively and left in a hurry.
Shen Miao shook her head, met the complicated eyes behind her, and shrugged. The beasts and people she had encountered were all a bit strange, but they were all of good character and could be of help in crucial moments.
"Let's go back too. We've been out for so long, the kids must be worried."
Jiuying still hadn't woken up, so Shen Miao went to find their night horses, helped Jiuying onto one of them, and the group set off home.
Before leaving, Shen Miao set a fire, thinking that such a sinful place as the Green Bamboo Sect should not be allowed to remain.
No one stopped her; everyone hated this place.
The Gu Master parted ways with them halfway through because they were on different paths. Shen Miao earnestly invited him to visit the Beast Realm, and Lin Shousheng also invited him to live in the Beast Realm.
The Gu Master refused, saying he would think about it first.
Shen Miao still felt some regret.
She hoped that there was such a talent in the Beast Realm, so that even if another case of being poisoned by a Gu occurred in the future, they wouldn't be completely clueless.
The group hurried back to the Beast Realm at dusk.
When they were still some distance from their house, the children came running up, calling out "Daddy!" and "Mommy!" But when they got closer and saw the group's disheveled appearance, they stopped and asked in surprise, "Mommy, what happened to you?"
Because they were in a hurry, none of them had taken good care of themselves, and they looked like a group of wandering orcs, as disheveled as could be.
"I'm going back now." Lin Shousheng said goodbye and went home first, taking Jiuying with him as well.
Having suffered too much at the Green Bamboo Sect, Jiu Ying's current physical condition is very bad and needs to be properly treated. Fortunately, Lin Shousheng is a veterinarian and can prescribe the right medicine.
Shen Miao led the children back, saying, "It's nothing, look, we're all fine, don't worry unnecessarily."
The kids didn't say it aloud, but they were thinking to themselves, "This is hardly good; they're practically beggars."
They had seen beggars before, who couldn't afford food or clothes, had messy hair, and lived off handouts; they were incredibly pitiful.
Seeing that the children were still looking at her and Qingchen pitifully, Shen Miao had no choice but to use her trump card and change the subject. She deliberately said in a light tone, "This time when Mother came back, she brought you gifts. Did you see those night horses? They are the gifts Mother brought you."
Shen Miao lied without blinking.
She knew her children's personalities well; once they had something new, they would quickly forget about what they were currently concerned about.
There are many animals in the Beast Realm, but no horses yet, especially these night horses, which are much shorter than the horses she saw in her previous life, and the cubs can play happily.
"Wow, those little dwarfs? Are they really a gift for us?" Erbao exclaimed.
Shen Miao was shocked by the nickname "little dwarf," but Ye Ma was indeed short, and she didn't know what breed he was.
She smiled and said, "Yes, those four horses are all yours now, one for each of you. Go play, but no fighting or arguing, or I'll take them back."
The babies all ran out in a swarm.
Shen Miao breathed a sigh of relief. She was so tired. The journey was tiring, the fight was tiring, and now she was tired of taking care of the child.
She longed to lie down and rest, but she couldn't. She was filthy, and she could smell the stench. To make the journey faster, they had kept everything simple, and she didn't know how they had managed to get through those days.
Shen Miao pulled Qing Chen along, "Let's go soak in the hot springs."
There is a hot spring in the Beast Realm, near the foot of the mountain. It was discovered by Shen Miao, who built it up with stones. When she had nothing to do, she would come and play there for a while. Qing Chen, who originally didn't know what a hot spring was, also fell in love with it.
The two soaked in the hot spring for most of the day, and the lazybones who had been soaking for so long finally crawled out and leaned against the pool wall, almost falling asleep.
Qingchen woke her up, but Shen Miao still had her eyes closed. Qingchen held her hand and led her home, swaying as she went. Once home, she lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
She slept soundly until the next day, undisturbed, until she woke up on her own after a good night's sleep.
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