Chapter 123 - 121: The 4 Little Ones’ First Meeting
Xuan Jin had brought Nan Zishi to the forest to train today.
Chi Xiao, who had just joined the family, was still a little reserved at first.
But after seeing Nan Zishi actually train, the High Mountain Fire Red Eagle Beastman, Chi Xiao, became completely fired up.
"What? The female master isn’t a High Mountain Fire Red Eagle Beastman? She can transform into a Bird Beastman because of a superpower?!"
"What kind of superpower is so ridiculously overpowered!"
"Turn into a bird, not some snake! Birds can fly! You stinking snake, your training method is wrong! Watch me!"
Xuan Jin was so annoyed by his shouting that after a bit of bickering, he ended up getting into a fight with Chi Xiao!
While being trained, Nan Zishi felt like her head was about to explode! AHHHH!!!
Nan Zishi, who originally only had to endure training from one Beast Husband, was suddenly being trained by two!
The laid-back Beast Doctor, Nan Zishi, was being pushed to her limits by her two Beast Husbands, who were competing to see which of them was the better teacher.
’Oh my god!’
’I want to die!’
...
At the cave entrance, Lanxing had caught a lot of fish, and Hu Bai was building a fire to cook.
Huo Jun, Fox Qi, She Yang, and Little Fu—the four little ones—were gathered together for the first time, getting to know one another.
Huo Jun stood ramrod straight, a full head taller than his younger siblings.
Seeing his younger siblings for the first time, he was both happy and nervous. "Hello, little brothers and sister. I’m Huo Jun. Mother said I’m the oldest."
Fox Qi grinned. "Big Brother, I’m Fox Qi."
Fufu spread her arms. "Fufu."
She Yang hissed twice. *Big Brother, my name is Yang’er.*
Fox Qi asked curiously, "If Brother Huo Jun is the oldest, what about the rest of us? Who’s older and who’s younger?"
She Yang hissed twice. *The little sister must be the youngest.*
Fufu shook her head. "Fufu is not the youngest."
Huo Jun smiled and said, "Little Fu might not be the youngest, but she has the youngest mental age."
"So how do we rank ourselves?" Fox Qi asked.
She Yang hissed. *Brother Huo Jun is the oldest. Brother Fox Qi should be older than me. Fufu is the youngest.*
Fufu continued to shake her head. "Fufu is not the youngest."
She Yang hissed, his eyes curving into a smile.
*Does that mean I’m the youngest?*
The little ones burst out laughing.
Fox Qi said, "Big Brother, little brothers and sister, let’s play a game."
It was Huo Jun’s first time playing a game with kids his own age. He asked happily, "What game should we play?"
Fox Qi said, "We’re by the sea. Why don’t we have a shell-collecting contest?"
She Yang’er’s eyes lit up, and he let out a stream of excited hisses.
Fox Qi added, "Little Fu is a mermaid, so we definitely can’t beat her."
The three big brothers looked at Little Fu dotingly, and she blinked her eyes.
After they had decided how to play, Fox Qi shouted to his father, "Dad, can we play around here?"
Huo Jun also called out, "Dad Bai, we won’t go far! I’ll take good care of my little brothers and sister!"
She Yang hissed, and Fufu called out too.
Hu Bai watched this scene with a smile.
’Having a lot of people has its downsides. But it has its upsides, too.’
’For example, Fox Qi now has so many siblings. He’ll never be lonely again.’
Hu Bai shouted, "You can, but don’t run off too far! We’ll be eating soon, so everyone needs to come back and eat together!"
The four little ones shouted in unison, "Okay!"
The four of them scurried away like a swarm of bees.
Lanxing couldn’t help but smile at the sight.
Hu Bai readied the firewood and prepared everyone’s food.
The little ones would be back to eat soon. He also had to prepare an extra portion for Lanxing to take to Nan Zishi and the others.
Lanxing got busy helping Hu Bai.
Lanxing looked worriedly toward the jungle. "I wonder if that snake and that eagle can train Sister properly. Sister’s training has been so intense these past two days. I feel bad for her."
Hu Bai replied, "I feel bad for her too. But Xuan Jin is right; this world isn’t safe. The female master needs to grow stronger."
...
Each of the four little ones carried a small wooden bucket and collected shells nearby.
Even Fufu had come out of her water bucket. She was at the ocean’s edge, splashing in the seawater while picking up shells.
Little Fu had lots and lots of shells in the sea. She’d never thought collecting them was fun before, but now, doing it with her brothers was so interesting!
Fox Qi exclaimed in delight, "I found a huge one!"
Huo Jun couldn’t see, but he still nodded with a smile. He used his sense of smell and perception to find shells, but he didn’t collect very many.
Little Snake Yang was using his mouth to carry his wooden bucket while collecting shells. When he had gathered a lot, he stealthily picked up his bucket and poured the shells he had collected into Huo Jun’s.
Huo Jun was a little surprised, but he didn’t say anything and pretended not to notice, accepting his little brother’s kindness.
’This family is really different.’
’This home is completely different from his home in the Bird Clan.’
Being with siblings his own age felt comfortable, happy, and natural.
Just then, four Eagle Beastman cubs, around ten years old, flew down from the sky.
The Eagle Beastman cubs landed in front of Huo Jun.
Little Fu recognized them. They were the cubs from the Ying Meng Family—the same bad kids who put rocks in Big Brother’s tree hollow!
Fox Qi, She Yang, and Little Fu all stopped what they were doing. Fox Qi picked up Little Fu and ran to Huo Jun, and Little Snake Yang also scurried over to his big brother.
The oldest of the Eagle Beastman cubs looked at the four siblings before him and curled his lips into a scornful smile.
"Young Master Huo Jun. Oh, wait, you’re not a young master of our Bird Beastman Tribe anymore."
"How could you debase yourself by playing with a Cold-blooded Snake Beastman?"
"You’re blind, so I guess you have no choice but to huddle together for warmth with a friendless Cold-blooded Snake Beastman."
Fox Qi found their words grating and said angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
Huo Jun stepped in front of Fox Qi, protecting his younger siblings. Judging from their voices, he asked, "Cubs from the Ying Meng Family?"
The four Eagle Beastman cubs were taken aback for a moment. Huo Jun’s hearing was really sharp.
But since he had already left the Bird Beastman Tribe and was blind, they weren’t afraid.
"So what if we are?"
"You’ve really fallen, Huo Jun. Playing with this bunch of weirdo stinking cubs. Aren’t you afraid of tarnishing the reputation of the High Mountain Fire Red Eagles?"
"Then again, you’re blind and can’t even fly. You probably don’t care about that stuff anymore."
"A blind eagle, a crippled snake, a weak fish, and a dumb fox."
Fox Qi said angrily, "How can you talk like that!"
Huo Jun blocked Fox Qi and took a step forward. "Cubs of the Ying Meng Family. You’re good at throwing your weight around, but you have no actual skills. You’re first-rate at causing trouble—just a bunch of incompetent trash."
He said proudly, "But my little brothers and sister are not only kind and generous, but they’re also incredibly talented—far more outstanding than you!"
The Eagle Beastman cub said furiously, "Huo Jun, how dare you provoke us like that! The four of you are just ordinary cubs. But two of us have already awakened as Beast Warriors."
"You’re not a young master of the Bird Beastman Tribe anymore! Don’t think anyone is going to come out and protect you!"
The other Eagle Beastman cubs chimed in, "Beat him up! Beat them all up!"
The Eagle Beastman cubs flapped their wings and charged, and two of them really had awakened their Beast Patterns! They were Beast Warriors!
On Huo Jun’s side, even though none of them had awakened, the cubs had a lot of backbone and didn’t back down. As a descendant of the High Mountain Fire Red Eagles, Huo Jun was very strong. He flapped his wings and lunged forward to fight the other cubs.
Seeing this, Fox Qi and She Yang refused to back down and charged in to join the fight.
It was four against three, but Huo Jun, Fox Qi, and She Yang showed no signs of being at a disadvantage.
The Little Mermaid, Little Fu, took a few steps back, summoned a Little Water Column, and launched it at the enemy Eagle Beastmen!