CHAPTER 397: CHAPTER 388 SHE REGRETTED IT_1

The Priests of the Beast World are all servants of the Beast God.

Thus, when the Priests of the Golden Dragon Clan saw Han Shuang abandon Si Yan and rush towards that ugly old crone, their expressions turned exceedingly grim.

How could their highly esteemed Beast God be desecrated like this?!

"Han Shuang, have you gone mad?" one of the Priests roared angrily.

Han Shuang obstinately walked towards Jin Yao.

The other Beastmen cast sympathetic glances at Si Yan, who had been abandoned by her mother.

Even an elderly female tenderly said to Si Yan, "Child, you’ve suffered."

Si Yan didn’t care about Han Shuang.

Gently lowering her gaze, she helped the old female and smiled, "I’m not suffering. Thank you for your concern, Madam. Please, take a seat."

Si Yan noticed the dark circles under the old female’s eyes. She helped her to a seat and took the opportunity to check her pulse.

The old female was quite advanced in age. She probably wouldn’t make it through another Beast Era Year.

She discreetly lowered her gaze and said, "Madam, you worry too much, which is affecting your sleep."

Si Yan took out a warm, blue stone and handed it to her. "When you sleep, place this Blue Heart Stone by your head. It will help calm your mind and allow you to sleep well."

The old female looked at the gentle female in front of her.

Since her old age, no one had cared for her like this.

"Okay, okay," the old female accepted the stone. "You are a good child."

The new Dragon Princess was so approachable and gentle, creating no sense of distance with anyone.

Some Beastmen looked at Si Yan with delight. "Our Dragon Princess is truly worthy! In Myriad Beasts City, she dedicated countless pieces of knowledge and even constructed the Sage Bridge to save many Beastmen! She is indeed beautiful, wise, and gentle."

The Dragon Princess Si Yan is truly beautiful.

Quite a few young male Beastmen blushed.

Another young Beastman spoke indignantly, "Yes, unlike Jin Yao, who has always been domineering in the tribe. Let alone saving people, she’s two-faced with the Clan Leader and his family. She fools them completely, and we can’t say a thing."

In fact, the majority of the Beastmen in the tribe had not liked Jin Yao for a long time.

However, they wouldn’t go so far as to be intolerant of a Ground Dragon Beastman.

So, they all ignored Han Shuang rushing towards Jin Yao, instead feeling sympathy for Si Yan who had been treated unfairly.

"Mother!" Jin Yang and the others suddenly shouted, drawing everyone’s attention.

The situation on Jin Yao’s side had suddenly taken a drastic turn!

The ugly Ground Dragon female, Jin Yao, had seized Han Shuang. She gripped Han Shuang’s body, her sharp beast teeth pressed against her neck.

Han Shuang’s pupils dilated with shock, her face filled with disbelief. She felt a sting on her neck where blood had already begun to flow.

She cherished Jin Yao, but Jin Yao did not care about her at all!

"Nobody move!" Jin Yao roared.

Jin Hong, Jin Ting, and other Golden Dragon Beastmen immediately surrounded Jin Yao.

"Jin Yao, what are you doing? Why are you hurting your own mother?" Jin Hong said, his voice laced with pain.

Jin Yao glared at Jin Hong resentfully. "You’re no better!"

A Golden Dragon Beastman said furiously, "Jin Yao, you’re a madwoman! Even if Han Shuang isn’t your birth mother, she raised you for over twenty years! She even... even gave up her own biological daughter for you! Is this how you repay her? This is repaying kindness with ingratitude!"

Jin Yao’s terrifying gaze swept around. "Repaying kindness with ingratitude, me?"

"Don’t I have my own name? Don’t I have my own home? When I was brought to the Golden Dragon Tribe to be Jin Yao’s stand-in, did anyone ask for my opinion?!"

The beast teeth she had pressed against Han Shuang dug deeper.

"You’re the worst one here," Jin Yao said ferociously. "If you loved Jin Yao so much, why did you agree to let me take her place?"

"You lifted me up so high, only to let me fall so hard!" Jin Yao practically screamed.

Han Shuang was in pain and terrified. "Yao Yao, it’s not like that, it’s not like that."

Jin Yao shouted angrily, "She’s pitiful, but what about me? The identity, the status, the name I was given—does she get it all back just because she returned? Why?! What’s mine is mine! I am the Dragon Princess!"

"Han Shuang, I hate you! I hate you to death! Everything I’m going through now is your fault! You’re the main culprit!"

Jin Yao’s beast teeth grazed Han Shuang’s neck further as she malevolently pointed at everyone. "If I’m not going to have a good life, then none of you will either!"

A sharp pain pierced Han Shuang’s heart; she never knew Yao Yao hated her so much.

Her Yao Yao, the one she loved most, how could she possibly hate her?

"Move aside! All of you, move!"

"Jin Yao, don’t do anything foolish!"

Holding Han Shuang hostage, no Beastman dared to stop her. They all parted to make way.

The Corpse Soldier Shi Bo kept his head down, following closely behind Jin Yao. Whenever someone approached, Shi Bo would glare menacingly, as if ready to tear them apart at any moment.

"It’s so windy out here! Where are you taking Mother?" Jin Kun asked anxiously.

Jin Yao sneered coldly.

She wasn’t even afraid of death, so why would she fear the wind?

She leaned close to Han Shuang’s ear, feeling her tremble, and said coldly and cruelly, "It’s time you fulfilled your promise, Mother."

Having said that, she plunged headfirst into the hurricane.

The Golden Dragon Beastmen couldn’t just stand by and watch Jin Yao take Han Shuang away.

They had no choice but to follow her into the hurricane.

"Where is she going?"

"That’s the direction of the Beast God’s Ancestral Hall."

"I get it now. She wants the Beast God’s Legacy!"

Indeed, Jin Yao wanted the Beast God’s Legacy.

She had lost everything. Her only hope was Han Shuang’s promise to let her enter and receive the Beast God’s Legacy.

She was the Dragon Princess, blessed with great fortune. She was certain to be recognized by the Legacy! As long as the Legacy acknowledged her, restoring her appearance and regaining her prestige would be no problem!

This was her last chance to defy fate and change her destiny!

The hurricane reached its peak.

Han Shuang was already exhausted and disheveled. Now, with a fresh wound on her neck, she was forced into these Level 16 violent winds.

She felt as if the wind was about to lift her up entirely.

She didn’t know where Jin Yao found the strength to drag her through this raging hurricane.

The pain was extreme, and her consciousness blurred.

The raging storm before her eyes suddenly formed a series of images.

She suddenly recalled over twenty years ago, when she gave birth to her female cub, and how her family had gathered around the cub’s egg, full of anticipation.

Under the watchful eyes of all, the Golden Dragon Tribe held up the beautiful Dragon Egg, celebrating the birth of the Dragon Princess.

Later, after the egg hatched, she and Jin Hong looked at the adorable little female cub, exchanging joyful glances and holding each other in happiness.

What followed were fragmented memories. The adorable, newly-hatched cub was gone.

She completely panicked, frantically searching everywhere.

She broke down, clutching a piece of wood and crying out, "Yao Yao!"

Until a priest of unknown origin appeared before her, holding a wrinkled little female cub.

Without hesitation, she snatched the cub.

She actually knew this wasn’t her Yao Yao.

Yet, to alleviate her own distress, she selfishly gazed at this wrinkled face—so different from her own fair-skinned Yao Yao—and smiled, calling out, "Yao Yao, my Yao Yao."

She shifted all the guilt of losing Si Yan onto this "Jin Yao."

And so, she treated this "Jin Yao" well, while mistreating Si Yan.

All because she was afraid to face the Si Yan whom she had lost.

Han Shuang suddenly opened her dull, yellowish eyes. She looked towards the distant Si Yan, who was watching her coldly from within the wind.

Si Yan... Si Yan was her Yao Yao.

Her Yao Yao’s gaze was so indifferent.

Her Yao Yao had no place for her in her heart.

She slighted Si Yan and favored Jin Yao. She abandoned Si Yan and ran to Jin Yao.

And Jin Yao... Jin Yao turned out to be an out-and-out, ungrateful wretch who couldn’t tell good from bad!

In an instant, intense pain spread through her entire body.

Her eyes suddenly moistened.

She shouldn’t have done this.

She regretted it.