The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 147 Father Killing and Mother Murder

"Who?"

She turned around in the water, looking back at the swaying water plants not far away. Her gaze was sharp, and her psychic abilities were like a huge net, covering that spot from all directions.

The gently flowing stream suddenly rippled, and a person suddenly emerged from the water.

After Ling Chengen clearly saw his outline, he stopped his attack in time.

The person who emerged from the water was none other than Yuheng, who should have been in the secluded land.

He was like a water sprite, his white robes floating on the water's surface, even his long black hair was spread evenly on the water's surface, with some strands unruly wrapping around his waist.

Yu Heng casually brushed the water droplets from his face, tucked the strands of hair that were sticking to his forehead behind his head, and frowned slightly as he looked up at Ling Chengen: "Are you taking a shower?"

Ling Chengen said speechlessly, "Are you blind?"

Is it really necessary to ask again when the situation is so obvious?

"Turn around." Ling Chengen was too lazy to waste words with him, and his expression was not good.

Yu Heng glanced at her face, and just as Ling Chengen was getting impatient, he turned his back at the perfect moment, floating in the water, looking up at the night sky above him, with the sound of rushing water and his feet hitting the rocks behind him.

"How did you end up here?" Ling Chengen asked as he put on his clothes.

Just as Yu Heng was about to turn around, he was scolded by the person behind him: "Don't turn around."

Yu Heng stopped in his tracks, somewhat annoyed, and said, "You really are domineering!"

"Didn't you offend me first?"

Yu Heng scoffed and lay on the water's surface: "I didn't do it on purpose. I left a mark around here, but I was afraid it would be easily destroyed if I put it on the riverbank, so I left the mark underwater. That's why I came from underwater when I came from Youdi. I didn't expect you to be bathing here."

Ling Chengen sat on the rock, turned to the side and pulled her wet hair in front of her, about to wring it out, when she heard his voice again: "Aren't you dressed yet?"

"All right."

Ling Chengen lowered his eyes, pinched the ends of his hair with both hands, squeezed out all the water, and then touched the roots of his hair. He felt that this bath was a waste of time and he hadn't gotten clean at all.

Yuheng turned around and saw her looking angry. She walked to the shore with wet clothes on her body. Her skin was as white as a ghost under the blue moon and starry sky, but her lips were bright red. She ran her fingers over her body and the water disappeared completely, and her clothes became dry in an instant.

"When did you get back?" Yuheng asked curiously.

Ever since Shi Lin was ambushed by those people last time, he knew that they couldn't deal with him. So they took their anger out on Shi Lin, who was easy to bully. He couldn't control those people's thoughts and actions, so he could only come over more often to make sure that Shi Lin wouldn't be wiped out by those wicked bastards.

He frequently traveled between Youdi and Shilin, so he was well aware that Ling Chengen and the others had not been home during this period.

Tonight's plan was to do the same as usual: after getting out of the water, check the safety of the area, stay in the treehouse for the night, and then have breakfast at the Stone Forest restaurant tomorrow morning before heading to the Hidden Land.

“Just now.” Ling Chengen glanced at the orange-leaf fig tree with two pots of succulents hanging from it, then looked up and noticed the insect-catching plant that had somehow grown under the tree. “Have you been living in the treehouse lately?”

"Occasionally."

Yuheng stood by the water, barefoot, his fair and bony ankles repeatedly washed by the stream. He lowered his eyes and scrutinized her for a long time, until the person in front of him was already impatiently frowning and about to speak. Suddenly, he asked, "Do you want to be my partner?"

Ling Chengen looked up and glared at him: "You've been staring at me for so long, is that all you wanted to say?"

Yuheng was merely weighing the options.

To say that he liked Ling Chengen that much would be an understatement.

He was just a little curious about her.

He also found her to be an interesting female, and that they shared a common enemy and rival. For her alone to contend with the entire south, or even the Southern Beast Plains, might require a lifetime of effort, and success was not guaranteed. But if the two of them joined forces, perhaps they could shorten that time, allowing him to return and completely eliminate the enemy.

"I have a partner."

Ling Chengen had no idea what he was thinking.

Although the main quest given by the system is indeed to win over Yuheng, I dare not easily establish a deep connection with him before figuring out his background and purpose.

Yu Heng and Bai Qingyu are different.

Although Bai Qingyu is smart and capable, she is very pure in matters of the heart and would never betray her partner. She can entrust her back to him with peace of mind, but Yu Heng... she really doesn't dare to.

Yuheng's strength is unfathomable, and his origins are shrouded in mystery. He acts entirely on whim, and has no family or friends, meaning he has no ties or weaknesses. The system can check personal favorability ratings, and Yuheng's favorability rating towards her... isn't even as high as that of any member of their Stone Forest tribe!
"Isn't it normal for a female to have several partners?" Yuheng suddenly leaned down and got close to her.

Ling Chengen loosened her fingers from the ends of his hair, looked up at him quietly, and said, "It's normal, but you're not."

Yuheng suddenly smiled and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"Your background, your past, your abilities, your enemies, everything about you... I know nothing about you, so why should I believe you?"

"Can't I become your partner if I can't gain your trust?"

Yu Heng placed his hands on his knees and lowered his eyes, saying, "But even the most trusted family members might betray you. Isn't shared interests more convincing than such an ethereal emotional bond?"

Ling Chengen: "This is based on the premise that we have the same interests, and it must be based on the premise that I still have value."

What if she loses her usefulness?

While she doesn't need to have multiple close relationships, a true team is one that is entirely based on shared interests, which is truly fragile. Once interests are not evenly distributed or disagreements arise, the first thing to be dealt with is the former partners who shared interests.

She'd seen this kind of thing too many times, so she didn't intend to go down that path. Yu Heng reached out and pinched her chin, the smile on his lips vanishing. He looked at her intently for a long time, then suddenly his expression turned wicked, and he said with a playful tone, "You're so young, why are you so wary? Has someone hurt your fragile heart?"

Ling Chengen slapped his hand away and couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Get lost!"

Seeing Ling Chengen get up to leave, Yu Heng reached out and pressed her shoulder, straightening up and saying, "Weren't you going to take a bath?"

"You continue washing, I'm going back to the treehouse first."

Ling Chengen watched him walk away, looking completely bewildered.

Is this person sick? They always do things on a whim.

……

After returning to his treehouse, Yuheng looked at the empty house and the omnipresent darkness, then turned around and went outside to bring the potted light grass back into the treehouse. He then sat cross-legged on the empty ground.

Jiaojiao deftly removed his earrings, transforming into dangerous vines that guarded the entire house. Then, the dog sneaked in through the window, peeking out a few leaves and shaking its head, saying, "You really are interested in that little female. I told you before that you were just being hypocritical, but you kept arguing back."

Yuheng placed the light grass aside, lay back on the floor, put his hands behind his head, and looked at the crisscrossing wooden planks above him: "I don't have those kinds of feelings for her. We just happened to bump into each other and I wanted to tease her, so I just said it like that."

Knowing she wouldn't agree, he spoke quite frankly.

Jiaojiao asked curiously, "What if she had agreed just now?"

“No, she’s not that shallow.” Yuheng said with certainty, letting the warm light of the light grass fall on his face, his long eyelashes fluttering twice. “But I’m still a little annoyed that she rejected me without hesitation.”

Jiaojiao couldn't help but complain, "Are you asking for trouble?"

Yuheng tilted his head and looked up at the windowsill: "Yes."

"Have you ever thought about actually becoming that little female's mate? Once you have a partner, you'll have a home and won't have to drift alone on this land. Plus, things will be much better when the breeding season comes," Jiao Jiao asked.

“My mother and father were also partners. She once thought she had a family, and even stopped looking for other partners for my father’s sake. But what happened after her identity was exposed?” Yuheng’s voice deepened.

Jiaojiao didn't say anything.

Yuheng's mother was a deep wound in his heart.

He lost his mother when he was very young, and his father later found a new partner. The saying "where there's a stepmother, there's a stepfather" applies to the beast world as well, so his childhood wasn't easy. However, because he inherited his mother's talent, he managed to survive the hardships and grow up.

He knew from a very young age that he was different from the other beastmen in the Upper Aomori Valley. The other cubs awakened their abilities very late, and even if they did, it was very difficult to improve them.

However, he was born with wood-type superpowers, and improving his superpowers was very simple, as natural as eating and drinking.

When he realized that his father disliked him and that his father's new partner also showed rejection towards him, he began to consciously hide his true abilities. However, at that time, he was too naive in everything he did, so he left many traces, which led his father to discover that he had the same constitution as his mother.

It was only when he was grabbed by his own father and sent to the forbidden area of ​​the Forest Valley that he discovered... his mother was not dead, but was being kept like livestock by the old nobles of the Upper Green Forest Valley. They tortured her through various means and forced her to accelerate the growth of her symbiotic alien plants, using these alien plants that were with her through life and death to provide medicine for the entire Upper Green Forest Valley.

Amu was a member of the Fuqing tribe, the sole masters of Shangqing Forest Valley. Later, the Fuqing tribe, believing they were acting out of kindness by rescuing outsiders, inadvertently invited trouble, leading to the extinction of the entire tribe. The Fuqing people live alongside exotic plants from a young age, awakening their special abilities at a very young age. Due to their symbiotic relationship with these plants, their entire tribe consists of wood-type beastmen.

However, to be precise, the Fuqing Clan and the Wood-type Beastmen are still different. The Wood-type Beastmen can never establish a connection with the alien plants, let alone communicate with them, so they naturally cannot sense the powerful and vibrant life force of the alien plants.

Jiaojiao is a top-grade exotic plant—the King Vine.

Like humans, heterophytes possess consciousness.

However, apart from the Fuqing tribe, other beastmen are unable to communicate with them at all.

Having self-awareness means that the symbiotic plants accompany them like friends and family. Forcibly exploiting and repeatedly stimulating the growth of these plants, and profiting from their bodies, will provoke strong resistance. The old folks in Kamishiromura Valley clearly knew this characteristic of symbiotic plants, yet they still allowed Amu to continue exploiting them and feeding them with her own flesh and blood.

In this way, the alien plants cannot live without the flesh and blood of the Fuqing tribe. As long as their appetites are satisfied, they will become obedient and docile.

But the price for this was that Amu was devoured by the alien plants and became neither human nor ghost, and she could not die because the people of Kamishō Mori Valley would not allow her to die. So she was tied to the mother tree in the Mori Valley Forbidden Area like a dog.

In the Forbidden Zone of the Forest Valley, there is a sacred tree that was once the mother tree of the Fuqing Clan. As long as one stays under the mother tree, one's injuries will heal faster.

The Fuqing tribe was wiped out by these foreign beastmen, but the mother tree was not cut down; instead, it became a shackle that tormented his mother.

After his abilities were exposed, he was sent to the Forbidden Zone of the Forest Valley, becoming the second animal to provide the entire Forest Valley orcs with energy-enhancing drugs. To further exploit the Fuqing clan, they even forced him to enter his reproductive period prematurely, hoping to use him to perpetuate the Fuqing bloodline.

When he saw his mother, she was already delirious, parasitized by the accompanying alien plants, and had completely become the blood soil that nourished the bloodthirsty alien plants. He had never experienced maternal love since birth, but when he was pressed under the divine tree, he felt maternal love for the first time.

During her brief moment of lucidity, Mother allowed her symbiotic vine to devour the completely mutated alien plant on her body.

She gave him the ability to escape Moriya by sacrificing her own life and the death of her symbiotic plant.

After Jiaojiao devoured the strange plant that fed on flesh and blood, its power increased.

He was also affected, his superpowers surged uncontrollably, and he went on a killing spree after stepping out of the forbidden area.

It's also possible that he never intended to control it and only wanted to destroy that disgusting place called Moriya.

He killed his father and mother, and slaughtered a large number of nobles in a short period of time, becoming a demon that everyone in Kamishomoriya wanted to kill.

He relied on the ability to twist and enhance his powers in a short time to travel from south to north, growing rapidly in the process of being chased and counter-killed. Finally, he chose to enter the Northern Wilderness to recuperate from his injuries.

He couldn't imagine what Jiaojiao's home looked like.

But he was very clear about one thing.

He didn't want to become a second mother, nor did he want to give anyone the opportunity to hurt him.