126 Side Story: Elder (1/2)

”Woof!”

”Awooo!”

Several bestial calls echoed though a certain part of a lush green valley. A pair of pitch-black baby wolves rushed out of the brush, crying out, and running as if their life depended on it. They were part of the same litter that Chen Wentian rescued and raised in his sect. Since arriving at the sect, they had grown rapidly under a diet of rich spiritual beast milk until they were now as big as a medium sized dog.

The pair, one male and one female, looked at each other in fear as they continued to dash towards the mountains. Their brothers and sisters were nowhere in sight because they had already been captured by the unspeakable beast!

The smaller female wolf cub tripped over a branch and tumbled to the mossy ground. Her brother turned and tried to help her, whining softly in encouragement. But her hind leg had been injured and it was now bleeding. She could only manage a slow limping gait. The male tried to pull her along but it was no use…

Woosh!

The wind gusted and leaves flew as the terrifying beast final arrived!

”Hey cuties! There you are, you two are quite fast! Aww, baby, you hurt your leg!”

The pair cowered in despair in front of their captor, not knowing when they could escape again.

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Chen Wentian watched Jasmine flew back with two aforementioned giant dire wolf cubs in her arms. He smiled slightly, happy that she had found something to occupy herself. He was also glad that Jasmine was keeping an eye on those ten cubs as they were growing very fast and becoming uncontrollable.

He had hired some people with experience raising dogs to care for the baby wolves but they had already outgrown their caretakers. Their parents were powerful spiritual beasts after all and they were quite intelligent and rebellious even at a young age. They had already ruined more than a few herb farms and constantly bullied the horses and oxen around the valley.

Jasmine flew overhead and dumped the two cubs into a pen she had built where the other eight were. She scolded the pack for a long time before feeding them some treats and leaving them be.

”Still not behaving?” Chen Wentian asked as she flew back to his side.

”Snort, it's only been a few days. They are still in their rebellious stage. And why do I have to train your dogs for you?” Jasmine said in a huff, although her wagging tails belied her true feelings.

”Haha, stop trying to deny it, you like them.”

”You! It's only because you won't let me play with Momo.”

Chen Wentian chose to ignore that. Of course, he couldn't let her play with his shadow fox all day! Chen Mo was the bait that reeled in the big fish. If he wanted to achieve certain goals… he had to develop Jasmine's relationship with him, not the shadow fox…

He pulled out a brand-new sect badge and handed it to Jasmine. ”Here, a jasmine flower carved out of ocean diamond. From now on, you are officially an immortal elder of Ten Thousand Flower Valley.”

Jasmine took it and imprinted her own spiritual energy into it before putting it away. She then stuck a finger into his chest, ”First elder!”

Chen Wentian chuckled, ”Whatever, by seniority, you're my ninth disciple. If my first disciple ascends, she will be first elder.”