104 Handsome (1/2)
”Xiao Lei,” Hei Gou muttered the name to himself. ”Xiao Lei... I have heard the name before. There was something about him, but I do not remember what exactly it was.”
”Perhaps there are some Primordial Beasts seeking revenge on him since he is a Primordial Beast Hunter, but somehow I cannot remember what exactly it was I heard about him.”
Hei Gou shook his head apologetically while Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders. It was no wonder that the Primordial Beasts had their own experts to hunt down Primordial Beast Hunters, as they were the bane of many a Primordial Beast that had either not reached maturity, a high enough rank of cultivation, or both.
”How old are you?” Xue Wei asked Hei Gou suddenly, and the black dog flashed a grin at his newfound friend.
”I am still very young, only thirty-four years old by now,” he said with pride in his voice. ”Primordial Beasts live much longer than humans, and they are considered kids until they turn thirty. From thirty to hundred is when they are youths, so on.”
”The body of a Primordial Beast takes a long time to mature, and thus it is impossible for a Primordial Beast to cultivate before it turns thirty years of age.”
”It has been four years since my beast core was created, which as you might know is what allows me to cultivate In these last four years, I have done pretty well considering the purity of my bloodline and the assistance I was given by my family.”
”You have lived more than twice as long as me,” Xue Wei said with shock. Hei Gou just shrugged his shoulders. ”I am young,” he said casually. ”I am a beast, so you can't compare our ages in the same frame of time. I will always have a longer lifespan than you, and thus I will age slower. In fact, if we were to look at you and me, I fear that I might be younger than you when it comes to my relative age with my own ilk compared to you and yours.”
He sighed deeply before he shook his head. ”Don't misunderstand though,” he said sheepishly, ”I am not a brat, nor am I childish. I am a true Celestial Dog!”
”Right,” Xue Wei could sense that this was something that truly mattered to Hei Gou, so he just agreed with him readily. He had no reason to try and start a discussion about seniority, as all he had wanted was to know about his companion's age out of curiosity.
”Well, now that my wounds are all healed, my energy is fully recovered, and my body is in a condition far better than it has ever been before, why don't you tell me what our plans are for the future?” Hei Gou said, cutting straight to the point.
”I am heading for Lingyun town,” Xue Wei said honestly. ”I need to see the village where I am likely to originate from. I have lost so much, I would like to at least know my origin.”
”After that, I have no actual aim in life other than strengthening myself. I have to take my vengeance against the Ice Harpy, and I need to avenge a friend of mine who sacrificed his life to save me when we tried to escape from the capital of this rotten kingdom.”
Xue Wei's eyes blazed with fury when he thought about Tie Haolong's sacrifice. He would never let this go unavenged.
”I see,” Hei Gou could feel that this truly mattered to Xue Wei, and nodded his head solemnly. ”So we have one more brother, and that brother is one I have never before seen, and never will. His sacrifice will forever be remembered, and his soul will live on in you.”
”Although the Kingdom of Heping is rather weak, it is still a kingdom. To get vengeance against a kingdom, don't you need to be at least a Saint? Perhaps a Heavenly Knight will also be able to get the vengeance you are seeking, but this is something that is far into the future.”
”The same goes for the vengeance against the Ice Harpy. Every Primordial Beast knows about the Ice Harpy Chu Huiyin.”
”She is one of the most dangerous beasts alive. She hates humans with a fervor that cannot be explained, but she does not shy away from killing beasts too if they step in her way.”
”Chu Huiyin is known as one of the few survivors of the Golden Age of Beasts, back when we held the world in our hands. She is an old monster who has lived for an eternity. In fact, no one knows exactly how long she has lived, and no one knows what exactly her goal is either.”
”She belongs to the upper echelons in the world of the Primordial Beasts, something that I have never been allowed to understand or hear anything about. Simple Primordial Beasts like myself know nothing of what the stronger ones do, what they think, and what their aim is. We are just given orders and have to follow them.”
”But Chu Huiyin is very famous. She has killed many a beast, and sometimes the parents used her as a way to scare their cubs and pups when they are small.”
Xue Wei's eyes had turned solemn. He nodded his head. ”So what you are trying to say is that Chu Huiyin is so strong that fighting her will be near impossible for us. That fighting her will require being stronger than even the kingdom that has killed my brother?”
Hei Gou hesitated for the first time before he spread out his arms. ”I do not wish to lie to you,” he said a little helplessly. ”I really think that Chu Huiyin is one of the strongest Primordial Beasts that exist. To have her as your goal, you will need to become the strongest human in the world!”
”Then I will become the strongest in the world,” Xue Wei said, his eyes blazing with determination. ”I will gain my revenge, or I will die trying!”