Chapter 232 The Legacy of the Guardian Beastmen
Chapter 232 The Legacy of the Guardian Beastmen
Lin Ni realized that she was a sucker for good looks. She really liked Ye's appearance. He was almost as handsome as Yao. The three most handsome men in the Beastman Continent were Yao, Tian Tian, and Ye!
After a long period of sweet talk between Ye and Lin Ni, Ye suddenly said, "Lin, I have also received the inheritance of being a guardian beastman."
"The legacy of the guardian orcs?!"
Ye's words clearly surprised everyone, including Xuan and Ling, two level-nine beastmen who had been guardian beastmen for a long time. It was the first time they had heard that guardian beastmen had a lineage.
Night said, "Yes, the guardian beastmen must not only protect their own area, but also protect the beastman continent together with the beast god."
"Protect the Beastman Continent?" Xuan and Ling exchanged a glance: Aren't they only supposed to protect their own territory? Why do they also need to protect the Beastman Continent?
After thinking for a while, Ye began to recount the legacy he had received from the guardian beastmen:
As guardian orcs, they must activate the guardian stele of their respective area with their blood every sixty years to dispel the evil aura of that region and cleanse the orcs' hearts of malice. Otherwise, the malice in their hearts will accumulate, generating an evil aura. If the evil aura on the orcs resonates with the evil aura of the outside world, a cursed land will be born. For example, Night is the guardian orc of the Azure Dragon Stele, and his area of responsibility is the Rainforest Swamp. Whenever the volcano in the Central Forest erupts, the four guardian orcs must first activate their respective guardian stele and then fight alongside the Beast God.
This is the inherited mission of guarding the stone tablet.
We need to fight alongside the Beast God? The group exchanged bewildered glances. Ling asked, "Where will we fight? And who will we fight?"
Ye shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Why didn't Xuan and Ling receive the inheritance as guardian beastmen? Could it be because they haven't reached the Heavenly Rank yet?
Linni thought it was because they used the wrong name. They were called Xuanling, which was obviously wrong; it should be Xuanwu! The person was right, the blood was right, and the level should be right too, but because they forgot the correct name of the guardian beastman, what should have been done once every sixty years became once a year. Hmm, that's pretty unlucky! However, given the lifespan of beastmen, under normal circumstances, they should only need to do this once or twice in their lifetime. Perhaps that's why everyone lost their lineage long ago? Only the long-lived turtle clan still barely maintains the corresponding legend.
Furthermore, Xuan and Ling's father beast perished unexpectedly, so he was unable to guide them in their growth. In other words, their father beast has been dead for nearly two hundred years. So, was it the last Heavenly Rank beast that perished two hundred years ago while fighting alongside the Beast God?
While Lin Ni was sorting out her thoughts, Yao brought her a glass of warm water and a plate of washed fruit, placing them on the table. Lin Ni picked up the glass and drank a large glass of water; she had been talking for a while and was genuinely thirsty.
After drinking the water, she thought of what Yi had said back in the Tiger Beast Tribe: the Cursed Land originated from the curse of the females. But according to Ye's inheritance as a guardian beastman, that statement was wrong.
Perhaps because the lineage of the guardian beastmen had been interrupted for too long, and no guardian beastmen were there to purge evil thoughts, the number of evil beastmen increased. Around that time, the incident of females cursing wandering beastmen also occurred, leading people to believe that the creation of the Cursed Land was due to the excessive killing of ferocious beasts. Because if forcing females would turn them into ferocious beasts, the rainforest and swampy lands, with their many wandering beastmen vying for females, would have long since become a world of ferocious beasts. How could the Cold-Blooded Alliance still exist?
Linni picked up a sliced peach from the table and took a bite. This was all the information she had gathered so far. As long as the guardian beastmen and the beast god were still around, nothing would happen to the beastman continent. But how could this inheritance be broken so easily?
Unable to figure it out for a moment, Lin Ni leaned against Ye's chest and ate the fruit Yao fed her.
Seeing that she wasn't thinking about anything else, Xuan asked, "Little Linni, are we going to the vast North Sea next?"
Lin Ni looked up at Xuan and saw that he and Ling were looking at her expectantly. She said, "But the Xuanwu Stele in the vast North Sea has always been protecting the vast North Sea! That is to say, the Xuanwu Stele does not need me to activate it. The reason why you and Ling need to activate the Xuanwu Stele once a year is probably because you are using the wrong name. You just need to correct it."
Ling said, "But Xuan and I are still at level nine. Why don't you come with us to the Xuanwu Stele? As long as we receive the blessing of the guardian stele, we should be able to advance to the Heavenly Rank and become Heavenly Rank beastmen."
Linni thought for a moment and said, "Alright. Then once you reach the Heavenly Rank, we'll go back to the Tiger Beast Tribe in the towering mountains to awaken the White Tiger Stele, and then head to the Central Forest to awaken the Beast God." After she finished speaking, she suddenly looked up and asked Yao, "Yao, I want to know, am I pregnant now?"
Yao nodded and said, "Of course she's pregnant. It's only been a little over ten days, so you don't need to worry."
Linni touched her flat stomach. It had only been a little over ten days, so of course she didn't feel anything. She asked a little nervously, "Whose is it?"
She didn't know what happened that night, only that it was crazy and chaotic. Just thinking about it made her feel ashamed to face the orcs.
Yao smiled and said, "It's white, and it has two babies."
Linni was a little disappointed. She really wanted to have a baby with Yao, and if she were to leave him, she wanted to leave him something. But Yao clearly didn't care about that at all. Perhaps he still couldn't let her have his baby? Yao's smile didn't comfort Linni, but when she met Bai's complicated gaze, she still managed a smile: "Bai is going to be a father too, are you happy?"
Bai blinked, concealing his complicated expression, then smiled and said happily, "Of course I'm happy! I'm overjoyed that Lin is willing to have my baby. I will definitely treat them very well in the future, and I will raise them to be the most powerful orcs on the orc continent."
Linni understood Bai: what he cared about wasn't the babies, but her departure. He was telling her that even if she were gone, he would take good care of the two babies and that she shouldn't worry. Linni lowered her eyes, forcing away the tears, took another sip of water, and then asked, "So, when will my baby be born?"
She has to give birth to the two white tiger cubs before she can awaken the Beast God. Otherwise, if she were to return to the modern world—if she could—and give birth to two white tigers in a hospital, it would be terrifying. Making the news would be the least of her worries. What if she were accused of harming a nationally protected animal? Would she go to jail? Uh, I'm overthinking it again.
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