dognovel Chapter 223: He lived until the day he died of natural causes.
Chapter 223: He lived until the day he died of natural causes.
Lin Ni recalled the time she first went to the White Tiger Stele to pray for blessings in the winter of the Tiger Beast Tribe. Zhi, who had said that Feng would be her first companion, proudly told her, "So what if you have a level nine beastman as your companion? You still don't have a fire fox skin to wear. You know, fire foxes are very hard to find!"
Unexpectedly, this summer, in the bear tribe of the Eastern rainforest, the black and white bear Tiantian brought this rare fire fox pelt to him.
Lin Ni reached out and stroked the soft, smooth fur of the fire fox. She looked up at Tian Tian and said, "Tian Tian, there's something else I need to tell you. Now that the Beast God has been awakened, I might not be able to stay with you for much longer."
Tian Tian looked at Lin Ni with a firm and solemn expression and said, "From the moment you laughed and pounced into my beastly body and hugged me, I became your partner. I don't care how long you can stay with me, it doesn't matter."
Lin Ni looked at him solemnly and asked, "Then I want you to promise me that even after I'm gone, you will live well and live until the day you pass away naturally. Can you promise me and do that?"
Tian Tian looked intently into Lin Ni's eyes, then nodded seriously and said, "Okay."
Linni smiled, tiptoed, and kissed him on the corner of the lips: "Then I'll say it too: Okay."
That evening, Linni and her group had dinner with Tiantian's parents, grandparents, and his brothers (Linni only then realized that Tiantian was the third child in his family; she had always thought he was the eldest). The food and wine were prepared by Tiantian's mother. They explained that this was the rule of the Bear Beast tribe: all the spoils of a single male before he mates belong to his female beast. When he mates, his female beast will prepare a grand mating ceremony for him. Because the Bear Beast tribe operates on a collective economy, they don't rely on their offspring for old age, so from then on, everyone basically lives independently.
Grandma was clearly very reluctant to part with Tian Tian. During the meal, she kept holding his hand and saying that after they became a couple, he must take good care of Lin Ni. Lin Ni felt as if she was saying to her: "After you become a couple, you have to be good to our Tian Tian!" No wonder he was raised by his grandma.
Tian Tian's mother told Lin Ni that Tian Tian had always been good at being spoiled and lazy, and that she must discipline him properly, scolding him if he didn't do things right. Lin Ni thought, "Isn't this because she's afraid I'll bully him? After all, her partners are all at a higher level, and Tian Tian is too weak here. It's normal for her to be afraid of being bullied."
However, after this meal, she really felt like she was getting married.
When they had almost finished eating, they worshipped the Beast God in front of everyone. Lin Ni worshipped with A Zhi, Tian Tian, Xuan, and Ling, a total of five people.
The people of the Bear Beast Tribe used to worship the stone tablet in the east, but after Linni's lectures, everyone knew that the Beast God was in the Central Forest. So they first bowed three times to the Central Forest, and then bowed once to the Azure Dragon Tablet, thus completing their mating ceremony.
These little six, seven, eight—and nine? They were considered to have been married into the family. After paying respects to the Beast God, they bid farewell to Tian Tian's family and left Tian Tian's mother's house together.
Lin Ni was a little tipsy, but she didn't black out, and she slowly walked down the mountain with everyone. At this time, it was drizzling, and Yao said, "It's raining, let's go back quickly, it's not good to get wet."
Lin Ni smiled and shook her head: "It's just a light rain, it's fine. I can just take a hot shower when I get back."
Their lodgings were located in the southwest of the mountain. As Lin Ni walked, she recalled the events at Tian Tian's house, and then remembered the scene of worshipping the Beast God with Feng, Yan, and Ye in the Tiger Beast Tribe. Come to think of it, she hadn't worshipped the Beast God with Yao and Bai yet, but Bai hadn't mentioned it, nor had he suggested joining in, so he probably didn't mind the ritual. Yao—Lin Ni understood why Yao hadn't wanted to worship the White Tiger Stele in the Tiger Beast Tribe; even the Vermilion Bird Stele refused to accept his blood and returned it to him. His identity was clearly special, so he couldn't just worship anyone. But was he really Him?
Thinking of the Beast God, thinking of the Beastman Continent, and looking at the four full moons in the sky, the eastern full moon is a pale blue, representing the Azure Dragon; the southern full moon is a light pink, representing the Vermilion Bird; the western full moon is a bright white, representing the White Tiger; then the northern full moon must be dark blue.
Lost in thought, Lin Ni found herself back in her room. She hugged Xuan and Ling each, gave them a kiss, and waved goodbye. Since there wasn't enough room here, they decided to stay over there; she planned to get to know A-Zhi and Tian-Tian as partners for the next couple of days.
Xuan and Ling reluctantly said goodbye to her.
Lin Ni didn't meet their deep gazes, afraid she wouldn't be able to resist softening her heart. She just smiled at them and said, "Xuan, Ling, goodnight!"
After saying that, he went back to his stone house with Yao and the others.
Once inside, Yao asked Ye to get Lin Ni a towel to wipe her face first, while he went to prepare bath water for her.
While Ye was wiping Lin Ni's face and hair, Bai went to get Lin Ni's toiletries and find her clothes. A-Zhi and Tian Tian were a little at a loss, not knowing what they could do to help, since everyone seemed to be taking good care of Lin Ni.
Yao called Azhi and Tiantian into the bathroom, then whispered to them, "Lin is very clean, you two must shower before sleeping with her every time." He glanced at Azhi, adding, "When she comes in to shower later, you should find a place to shower yourself. Also, she's physically weak, so you two need to control yourselves when you're intimate..."
When Lin Ni came in to take a shower, she saw A-Zhi and Tian-Tian standing obediently to the side, their faces flushed, listening to Yao speak. But as soon as she entered, Yao stopped talking, and she had no idea what they had said. Surely Yao couldn't be scolding them, could he? Yao didn't seem like the type to bully people.
Yao said to them, "Then you may leave now."
A-Zhi nodded and said, "Okay." Then he smiled at Lin Ni and said, "Lin, I'll be back soon."
Lin Ni responded with a smile, "No need to rush, I need to wash for quite a while, I still need to wash my hair."
Ah Zhi smiled at Lin Ni and Yao, said okay, and left with Tian Tian.
Linni asked Yao curiously, "Yao, what did you say to them?"
Yao smiled and said, "I'm teaching them how to take care of you."
Uh... when she and they were praying to the Beast God and preparing for their wedding night, he taught them how to take care of me, is that what he meant? Lin Ni blushed and said, "Oh, oh! I'm going to take a bath."
Yao said, "I'll wash your hair before we go out, but I won't wash your body, otherwise you'll accuse me of flirting with you again."