CHAPTER 244: CHAPTER 235 GROWTH AGAIN_1

Si Yan looked at her ferocious expression, and the six-year-old cub calmly asked, "How many people do you think the flesh and blood of a snake Beastman can save?"

Bai Kui retorted, "How many can it save? No matter how many, you should save them! The flesh and blood of a snake Beastman can save at least a hundred people!"

Si Yan said coldly, "What makes you think that one snake Beastman’s life should be sacrificed to save a hundred Beastmen from White Eagle City? Even if these hundred White Eagle Beastmen are saved, what about the other Beastmen?!"

Bai Kui said fiercely, "Who said we need his life?! We just need his flesh and blood! Besides, a hundred lives are still lives; they should be saved! They must be saved!"

The six-year-old Si Yan gave a cold laugh. A hundred Beastmen, each taking a share of flesh and blood... wouldn’t that be enough to take She Wang’s life? His flesh and blood shouldn’t be so casually consumed by others!

"Trying to use others’ blood to satisfy your own interests. You are the truly greedy one," Si Yan said, her face icy as she looked at Bai Kui.

Bai Kui scoffed, "Si Yan, in your eyes, a snake Beastman’s life is indeed more important than the lives of our White Eagle Beastmen."

Si Yan replied, "So, you still don’t understand why the High Priest abandoned you."

Si Yan’s words stung Bai Kui, and she screamed, "The High Priest hasn’t abandoned us! It’s because of you! All because of you!"

Si Yan cruelly repeated the reality to her, "Bai Kui, the High Priest abandoned you because of your own actions."

Even though the child before her was only six, Bai Kui felt Si Yan’s words stung more than a slap to the face!

"Si Yan!" Bai Kui became frantic, looking like she wanted to tear her apart.

"Si Yan, aren’t you afraid I’ll reveal your secret? What do you think would happen if I did?"

"Are you going to give up that snake Beastman and let everyone consume him as witch medicine?"

Little Si Yan’s eyes gradually darkened upon hearing this.

She was kind and always wanted to help those in suffering. But she had her bottom lines, and some of them, she would never allow anyone to cross!

Watching Bai Kui practically jumping in front of her, Si Yan thought, Bai Kui is hopping mad in front of me. She probably doesn’t know how terrifying I am when I’m angry.

Seeing Si Yan’s angry expression, Bai Kui laughed twice. The feeling of having Si Yan under her thumb was wonderful.

"Si Yan, as long as you kneel before all the White Eagle Beastmen and kowtow to me, I won’t tell everyone that your little snake Beastman’s blood is actually witch medicine that can cure the plague. How about it?"

As if that weren’t enough to vent her anger, she continued, her voice tinged with madness, "Kowtow to me! Five times—no, no, ten times! A hundred times! Then kneel and apologize. Say you’re sorry to me! Say it’s all your fault the High Priest left White Eagle City! Otherwise, I’ll tell everyone your little snake Beastman’s blood can save lives! When that happens, everyone will capture that little snake Beastman, drink his blood, eat his flesh, dig out his heart, devour his liver... What do you... think then?"

Before Bai Kui could finish speaking, she suddenly looked down in astonishment. She saw Si Yan looking at her with eyes that held none of a child’s innocence. Si Yan raised her head, her eyes filled with icy determination. In her hand, a small snake scale plunged directly toward Bai Kui’s heart, striking with unerring precision.

"Si... Si Yan... you..."

At this moment, Si Yan seemed utterly incongruous with the sanctity expected of a Priest.

She took two steps back and wiped the blood from her face. "You’re mistaken. I really don’t like being threatened, especially when someone uses the people I care about to threaten me!"

Bai Kui looked down at her heart, which had been sliced open by the snake scale. Blood was gushing out.

"I... I’m a female... You can’t kill me... Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning...?"

After speaking, the light in Bai Kui’s eyes dimmed.

In the Beast World, when females fought, even at their most ruthless, they wouldn’t dare take another female’s life with their own hands. If they had to resort to killing, they would choose an undesirable male to do it for them. After all, no one wanted to endure divine retribution or heavenly lightning strikes.

Si Yan, her small face set stubbornly, looked at Bai Kui and said, "I did nothing wrong."

"I’m not afraid!"

She raised her head to look at the sky. It had grown dark, RUMBLING ominously as if thunder was about to strike.

In an instant, the cold-blooded snake Beastman guarding outside darted into the tree hollow.

A purple shadow flashed, and the young man unhesitatingly pulled Si Yan into his embrace.

Earlier, when Si Yan confronted Bai Kui, he hadn’t sensed any danger, so he hadn’t come in. But to his surprise, little Si Yan, six-year-old Si Yan, had actually killed a female to protect him?!

Even though his soul was that of an adult male, and even though he had killed far more people than she had, right now, the snake Beastman’s young heart was still pounding chaotically.

He looked up at the sky. Peering through an opening in the tree hollow, he could see storm clouds gathering, as if thunder was about to condense.

While observing the situation outside, he held her, gently comforting her.

"It’s okay, Yan Yan, don’t be afraid."

Little Si Yan nestled quietly in his arms and asked, "I killed a female. Is the sky going to strike me with lightning now?"

The young snake Beastman held her tighter, curling his body to shield her as much as possible within his embrace.

"It’s nothing, just some tribulation lightning."

He wasn’t afraid of lightning. Just a few bolts of tribulation lightning; he could help her withstand them.

The two little ones clung together for a long time, but after waiting quite a while, no heavenly lightning appeared.

"What’s going on?" She Wang asked Old Gecko.

Old Gecko cleared his throat and said, "She Wang, have you forgotten where we are? This is High Priest Bai Feng’s tree hollow. That fellow Bai Feng has done plenty of misdeeds himself... It’s not surprising he’d add a few protective barriers to his own tree hollow to evade heavenly punishment."

She Wang understood and said no more.

Seeing Si Yan still cowering slightly, he hugged her again.

Old Gecko looked at the long serpent with a speechless expression. "I say, kid, you know there won’t be any tribulation lightning, so why are you still clinging to my granddaughter? You’re just taking advantage of her because she’s small and cute, TSK TSK TSK."

"..." The snake Beastman slowly, eventually, let go of Si Yan.

The young man said softly, "Yan Yan, the heavenly lightning won’t strike now. But we still need to deal with this corpse."

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Si Yan took some time to come to terms with having killed someone for the first time. During this period, perhaps at She Wang’s instruction, her little friends Tai Seng, Yin Hong, and the little black cat took turns visiting to chat and keep her company. Once she had adapted and processed the event, she threw herself back into the work of developing witch medicine.

The snake Beastman asked in confusion, "With so many cruel Beastmen out there, do you still want to develop an antidote for them? Neither of us will be infected anyway. If you do get infected, I’ll just give you some of my blood to drink..."

Si Yan shook her head. "Back when it was peaceful, the world was actually very beautiful, She Wang. The world is just... sick now."

The world is sick. As long as I can develop the witch medicine, it will recover. Once the world recovers, it will surely return to how it was before.

Si Yan said, "Bai Feng prophesied that the plague will last for two months. Within these two months, I will definitely be able to develop the witch medicine."

"I believe. I believe I can do it."