Shen Miao smiled bitterly. She didn't want to plead for Lü Zhu, but it was rare for the children to make a request of her. If Shen Miao didn't agree, it would hurt the children's feelings too much.
“Yes, I will plead for her,” Shen Miao finally said.
"Why?"
Shen Miao thought for a moment and smiled faintly, "Probably because I also have a baby."
The Ice Tiger Clan elder shook his head. "No, Shen Miao, I cannot grant your request. Green Pearl's actions have harmed our entire tribe. If she is not executed, it will be difficult to quell the tribe's anger."
"Elder, did Green Pearl really hurt you?" Shen Miao suddenly asked.
The Ice Tiger Clan elder was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Shen Miao continued, "She didn't. She didn't even really harm the tall tree. According to the rules, she shouldn't have been executed."
The elder hadn't expected her to change her attitude so suddenly, and was momentarily stunned, stammering, "But she really is..."
“That’s called an attempted crime!” Shen Miao interrupted her again. “An attempted crime can be dealt with leniently. Originally, it was against the rules for you to forcibly enter our tribe. It was our chief’s magnanimity that allowed you to enter. Elder, shouldn’t you return the favor?”
The Ice Tiger Clan elder stared at Shen Miao, speechless. Despite his advanced age, he had been completely bewildered by this female beast. Yet, for some reason, he dared not refute her.
Shen Miao met his gaze, and although she was smiling, there was no hint of backing down in her eyes.
The Ice Tiger Clan elder finally relented, agreeing to spare Green Pearl's life, but on the condition that he take one-third of her tail feathers.
When Green Pearl heard that her tail feathers were to be taken away, she made a huge fuss and refused, until Shen Miao calmly said from the side, "You can choose between being executed or having your tail feathers taken away."
Green Pearl immediately fell silent.
The removal of the tail feathers was a major blow to Green Pearl. The peacock beastmen's spiritual power was stored in the tail feathers, and for the beastmen, losing their spiritual power was worse than death.
Therefore, although Shen Miao saved Lü Zhu's life, Lü Zhu was not grateful at all; instead, she resented Shen Miao even more.
She felt that Shen Miao was doing it on purpose, deliberately proposing to take away her tail feathers and cripple most of her spiritual power in order to humiliate her.
After returning home, Green Pearl threw a tantrum.
She was still injured and looked ferocious as she went berserk. Ya Ling was taking care of her when Green Pearl pushed her away and cursed, "Useless thing! You see your mother being bullied and you don't even know how to help. What use are you?"
Ya Ling sobbed softly.
"Cry, cry, all you do is cry. You might as well cry yourself to death." Green Pearl was annoyed and turned over to sleep.
When she woke up, Ya Ling was still by her side. Green Pearl looked at the little cub and remembered how Ya Ling rushed over to hug Shen Miao. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind.
"Yaling," Green Pearl called to Yaling.
Ya Ling was flattered; her mother hadn't spoken to her so gently in a long time.
Green Pearl patted Ya Ling's head, her gentle voice making Ya Ling feel a little panicked: "Ya Ling, I'm sorry for what I did to you before, but I won't anymore. I still love you."
"Yaling loves her mother too," Yaling said timidly.
"Good boy." Green Pearl pulled Ya Ling to her side and coaxed her, "I knew you were a good boy. Do something for me."
"What is it?" Ya Ling asked, looking completely bewildered.
Green Pearl smiled and said, "Come, give your hand to Mother."
Ya Ling obediently stretched out her hand, without the slightest resistance.
Green Pearl was very satisfied. She closed her eyes and murmured a string of incomprehensible words. An invisible aura flowed into Ya Ling's body through their clasped hands.
Thanks to Ya Ling's cooperation, the spell was successfully planted.
Ya Ling felt a strange sense of restlessness within her, making her desperately want to vent it. Her once clear eyes were now filled with hostility.
Green Pearl was very satisfied. She patted Ya Ling's hand and said, "Go find Qing Mo and the others to play."
Ya Ling obediently agreed and went straight out of the house, heading towards Shen Miao's house.
Ya Ling walked very fast. She usually walks very slowly and is of a gentle nature, but today was different. She walked briskly, without looking to the side, and in the blink of an eye, she arrived near Shen Miao's house.
"Aww!"
The snow wolf, which had been lazily lying in its den, suddenly seemed to sense something, raised its head sharply, leaped out of its den, and howled loudly towards the door.
At the same time, Jiuying also came out with a solemn expression and patted the snow wolf's head: "You felt it too?"
The snow wolf nuzzled his hand.
With a cold expression and exuding a murderous aura, Jiuying strode out.
The snow wolf followed closely behind.
The further you go outside, the thicker the deathly aura becomes.
Then, they saw Ya Ling walking straight towards them.
Jiuying shouted sternly, "Stop!"
Ya Ling ignored him and continued forward.
Jiuying released its spiritual power, forcing Yaling to stop.
Meanwhile, at Green Pearl's home.
Green Pearl sat on the bed with her eyes closed, her hands forming a hand seal. She was almost there; just a little longer and she would be able to unleash her magical attack.
At that time, the entire Shen Miao family will die at her hands.
No one dared to oppose her again.
The spiritual power released by Jiuying struck the ground in front of Yaling, creating a large crater.
Ya Ling acted as if she hadn't seen it, and took a step forward.
She is increasing her speed.
Jiuying pursed her lips and continuously released spiritual power towards Yaling, causing craters to be blasted out around her.
Seeing that Jiuying could not stop Yaling, the snow wolf joined in, opening its mouth and spewing out a burst of spiritual power. Under the suppression of the human and the wolf, Yaling was blocked at the door.
But at this moment, she was not afraid of spiritual attacks at all. As long as the spell was not broken, she would keep rushing in.
"Yaling, what are you doing?" Da Bao asked, both shocked and furious.
"We saved your mother, and this is how you treat us?"
"Yaling, I hate you. I'll never play with you again."
"Yaling, you're a bad boy, don't come to my house."
Ya Ling's eyes were lifeless, and she didn't even glance in the direction of the little ones.
The children were all shocked and couldn't understand why Ya Ling would do this.
Shen Miao noticed something was wrong and said to Da Bao and the others, "Yaling is not right. She has no consciousness of her own now. She can't understand what you are saying. It's useless."
The children were shocked: "Why is this happening, Mother? We don't want Ya Ling to be like this. If she dares to do anything to harm our family, we will kill her."
For the little ones, there is no one better than their father and mother. Even though Ya Ling is their friend, she has to take a backseat.
Ya Ling's hair suddenly stood up, and the animal skins all over her body bulged out.
"Oh no, the spell is starting!" Jiuying shouted.
He and the snow wolf's spiritual energy output was almost exhausted, and they could barely hold on, but they could not retreat. If they did, Ya Ling would definitely break in.
At that time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
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