Chapter 412 - Let Go (1/2)

Chapter 412 Let Go

Woo Lejia sneered. “Brother Xi, if the spirit beast had pleaded loyalty to you instead, I’m sure there won’t be any problem, right?”

Xi Minghua’s face changed, and he asked furiously, “Brother Woo, what do you mean?”

Seeing as they were going to break out in a fight, the other people talked them out of it.

Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows. The men were sensible before the Humans’ disaster ended, and never had disputes with each other. Even when there were small disagreements between them, they could drop the matter as they considered the bigger picture.

Nonetheless, as soon as the crisis was resolved, the discontented people no longer kept quiet.

Honestly, Ou Yangming could understand where Xi Minghua was coming from. Being a local-bred Supreme Great Ancestor from Changlong County, he must have been greatly affected by the beast tide. In terms of the villages destroyed by the beast herd only, the total loss was inestimable. There would be many casualties and victims in a war, but native families would always be affected the most.

Therefore, Xi Minghua only suffered a psychological imbalance after seeing the spirit beast submitting to Ou Yangming.

Needless to say, given how reputable Ou Yangming had become, Xi Minghua and the others dared not openly express their dissatisfaction.

Ou Yangming sighed and spread out his hands. “Gentlemen, I know that fella caused many painful deaths in Changlong County, so it won’t be too much even if we were to peel off its skin and pull out its tendons. That said, it’ll be quite wasteful if we simply kill it.”

“Exactly. You’ll be wasting a natural resource if you don’t utilize its combat power,” Chen Yixian instantly remarked.

Another great ancestor from the capital agreed with them as well. “Yes. Besides, Master Ou has just subdued the beast. If we suddenly plan to kill it, I’m afraid that it’ll revolt, which will only put us in a terrible situation.” The other people were suddenly afraid. Although they had witnessed the strange seen earlier, the Soul-sucking Technique was too profound to be understood or imagined by them. Hence, they did not know Ou Yangming had actually gained absolute control over the Eight-armed Giant Beast. As such, they could not help but wonder about the consequences if the young fellow failed to control the giant beast, which might rebel without warning. Xi Minghua fell silent for some time, then he noted embarra.s.sedly, “It was only a casual comment; I didn’t mean to do anything to it.”

At the spur of the moment, a clear voice was heard. “You just want it to redeem itself by doing good deeds, right? Isn’t that easy?”

Wu Hanning walked out from the crowd. Wherever she pa.s.sed, the people made way for her.

She was not a Supreme Great Ancestor, but n.o.body had the guts to offend her at all. The young lady was unimaginably elegant.

“Your Highness, what do you suggest?” Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up as he asked.

For some reason, he just felt that Wu Hanning would not harm him no matter what.

The princess’s eyes gleamed as she responded, “Brother Ou, the Humans’ capital and the eight counties suppress the world, but a disaster is bound to happen every once in a century. Do you know what a disaster means?”

Ou Yangming slapped his forehead and laughed out loud. “Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness. I get it now.”

The other people exchanged glances and nodded too.

They knew they would be grateful if the Eight-armed Giant Beast was left in the forest and did not hara.s.s the Humans.

Nevertheless, since the giant beast surrendered itself to the Humans, someone would inevitably bring up its past evil deeds. If the matter was not resolved, though the beast and Ou Yangming would not be very affected, the gossip would eventually be an issue.

On the other hand, if the Eight-armed Giant Beast could perform an immortal feat for the Humans, anyone who attacked it could be punished without prior notice.

There was not only one such disaster; there were a total of four of them every once in a century.

In other words, on average, every two counties would be attacked by a powerful spirit beast. The spirit beasts could be from different breeds, but they were similarly mighty. At the end of the day, the overall disaster would only be considered to be settled only when all four spirit beasts were slaughtered.

The people were in despair when they first saw the Eight-armed Giant Beast.

Since a high-rank spirit beast had descended in the immense forest, what about the other areas?

Perhaps they could take out a high-rank spirit beast if they worked together, but how could they deal with four high-rank spirit beasts?

However, the situation became entirely different after the Eight-armed Giant Beast pleaded its loyalty. Xi Minghua fell silent for a while, then he shook his head with a bitter smile. “Ah, I can’t believe the other counties will be benefiting from our hard work.”

Wu Hanning pondered and noted, “Don’t worry. I’ll report to Father so that the best treatment will be given to Changlong County and Linlang County for 100 years, starting from now. I won’t let your counties suffer losses.”

Upon hearing that, Xi Minghua and the great ancestors from the prefecture smiled brightly. They knew Her Highness’s promise was by no means insignificant, and she could certainly secure huge benefits for them. At the back of the crowd, He Liangce watched everything quietly. The G.o.d-favored child from Linlang County laughed after the people were done discussing.

He took a long and deep breath, and he did it slowly but it seemed like he could go on until the end of the world.

The people around him were immediately alarmed by his unusual act. Due to his special ident.i.ty, they dared not touch him at all, and they jumped away as though they were avoiding a plague. Soon enough, many people were attracted by the disturbance, so much so that even Ou Yangming and the others turned to look too.