Chapter 66 - Docile Beasts? (2/2)

“Ye Ping, get my father and grandpa to open the gates,” Ye Chen called out from afar.

The distance between Ye Ping and Ye Chen was only one or two meters away. To say that he did not see the ferocious Scarlet Sky Tiger and Stormphantom Panther would be a horrible lie. The image of a rank nine Unihorn Lizard attacking their home in the past remained vivid in his mind. It took a lot of wounded men to befall the said creature. As such, a rank nine beast was no laughing matter.

“Elder chief, why have you brought two rank nine beasts with you? It’s dangerous, you can’t let them into the castle grounds!” Ye Ping’s voice trembled as he was getting closer to the beasts. Ye Ping was a courageous man. Most lads at his age would have run for their lives the moment they saw such a creature.

Many beasts roam Lianyun Mountains but those that were rank nine were far and few. While journeying through the forest, the people knew of the horrors that awaited them should they encounter a rank nine beast. Most of rank seven and eight beasts usually end up getting devoured by rank nine beasts!

Ye Ping was now a few meters from the Scarlet Sky Tiger and the Stormphantom Panther. He could almost feel his heart skipping a beat.

Having noticed that Ye Ping was anxious, Ye Chen got down from the beast. “It’s okay, Ye Ping. This is Fluffy One and Fluffy Two. They’re good boys, they won’t harm you.”

“What in the world are you talking about Elder Chief? That’s a Scarlet Sky Tiger and a Stormphantom Panther! You better set them off back into the woods!” Ye Ping was close to bursting into tears. The elder chief was strong and had what it took to defeat these beasts but not the rest of the people. If the beasts went on a rampage in the castle, they could not possibly do a thing!

Ye Chen chuckled at the look of Ye Ping. Ye Chen realized it was not going to be easy to get his people to befriend these two rank nine beasts. Perhaps it was best if he heard what his father and grandpa had to say. Ye Chen responded, “Tell my father and grandpa that I have domesticated the tiger and the panther. They’re now my pets and they’re perfectly harmless.”

“Okay, I’ll go.” Ye Ping darted back to the Ye Castle at full speed.

Ye Changxuan and the rest who were on the wall were startled to hear what Ye Ping had to share.

“Little Chen said he had domesticated the Scarlet Sky Tiger and Stormphantom Panther and that they’re now his pets. What do you think?” Ye Changxuan looked to Ye Zhantian and the rest. Little Chen was always full of surprises. Just when they had finally calmed down, he was now getting involved with rank nine beast.

A domesticated beast turned pet? That was a little too far-fetched! There were stories of how people took home a beast’s cub to rear them. Over time as the cub lived with humans, their primal instincts gradually waned and they became receptive to human order and as such, they became domesticated. Even so, it would take years to domesticate a beast with a naturally ferocious nature and all of that came with occasional mishaps. Only the Royal Family of Xiwu Empire would rear such a beast and most of them were kept in cages. The Ye Castle did not have such a thing!

“If the tiger and panther truly obey Little Chen’s words, the clan would’ve two more rank nine combatants to the ranks.” Ye Zhanlong’s eyes shimmered. He was always the adventurous one.

“I’ll say forget it. If the tiger and the panther act up and start harming our people, we won’t be able to contain them!” Ye Zhanxiong protested as he found Ye Zhanlong’s opinion rather risky.

“Little Chen has always been full of surprises, some that I can barely comprehend. He’s pretty much an oddball in our clan. However, I’m willing to believe him if he says that he has the two creatures domesticated. If they weren’t domesticated, they wouldn’t be together. They would’ve been locked in a fight long ago!” Ye Zhantian had an idea. “For safety’s sake, we’ll get Little Chen to place both beasts below the castle wall.”

“Great thinking. We can do that first and observe if the tiger and the panther are truly harmless.” Ye Changxuan nodded in approval.