Destiny Beast Taming

Chapter 75 The Trapped Chosen One

Unexpectedly, the boy she had chosen suddenly became covered in purple marks when he was twelve years old.

These purple marks initially resembled bruises, but gradually they spread densely and layer upon layer on the skin, like paint, and could not be wiped off at all.

After a series of treatments failed to find the cause, the tall, thin man gave up on the boy.

They had slave tattoos on their faces and were thrown here as laborers.

Because of the purple marks on his body, the boy has been bullied for the past few years, and even his food has been taken away by others.

The tall, thin man knew perfectly well why the boy was being bullied.

Firstly, it's because the purple marks on my body are quite unsettling and could easily be mistaken for an infectious disease.

But the main reason was that these slaves harbored a deep resentment towards Green Field Tavern after being branded with slave marks.

After learning that the boy had once had the opportunity to be given an important position, he decided to take his anger out on the boy.

The tall, thin man never cared about this; he believed that someone who couldn't create value wasn't worth his time or effort.

"Alright, you guys, get the job done!"

"Tomorrow I'll transfer him to the mine as a bonus for our old clients, so he won't be an eyesore to you anymore."

"After I send him away, if any of you cause trouble again, I will not hesitate to take action."

"Green Field Tavern has no shortage of slaves. Anyone who causes trouble will be thrown out and beaten to death."

Upon hearing the tall, thin man's words, the slender figure curled up on the ground tightened his grip on his body.

If they weren't starving, who would bother picking up a dirty, grimy piece of dried food?

Upon entering the room, Zhong Yi's gaze fell upon the figure curled up on the ground.

I've been in the Beast Taming World for a while now and have figured out its timeline.

If the launch of this game was the inaugural year of Beast Taming World, then the current timeline of Beast Taming World is three years after the game's launch.

If Zhongyi wasn't mistaken, the boy curled up on the ground with his head in his hands was the person she was looking for.

The purple marks on his body were mostly due to the failure to awaken his soul foundation as scheduled, which caused changes in his body due to the influence of his natal beast.

The Chosen Ones represent the future of a city, and a Beastmaster Association is also established in the Lower City.

Free Soul Awakening is not only a right enjoyed by citizens of the Upper City, but also by citizens of the Lower City who can go to the Beastmaster Association to participate in the Soul Awakening Ceremony.

But no matter how bright the light is in this world, there will always be places where the light doesn't reach.

Furthermore, there are still many places where the light doesn't reach, and there are still many people born in the lower city who have their own destined beasts, but they haven't been able to get the chance to awaken their soul foundation.

However, those who failed to awaken their soul foundation will only have frequent dreams after the age of thirteen and will not be affected in other ways.

The influence of one's destined beast on a beast tamer is so profound that there is only one possibility.

That means this person's awakened beast was not an ordinary natal beast, but an order beast.

Furthermore, the rules that this Order Beast wields are extremely domineering!

"Since you're going to send him to the mine, why don't I take him away instead?"

"Name your price!"

The figure, who had been curled up on the ground without raising its head, suddenly looked up after hearing Zhongyi's words.

A pair of purple eyes met Zhongyi's gaze.

This was a face that Zhong Yi found hard to describe. The left half of his face was tattooed with the slave mark of the Green Field Tavern, while the right half was covered with layers of purplish-black marks.

These marks do not protrude from the skin's surface; they merely add layers of color to the skin.

Even so, this face can only be described as strange, but not ugly.

This person looked older than his actual age, but the crescent-shaped scar on his forehead and his purple eyes were a perfect match for Zhong Yi's target.

The tall, thin man had already prepared to give up on this boy whom he had once wanted to nurture again.

They were all determined to send the people to the mines to fend for themselves.

Now that I like it and am planning to buy it, I might as well spread my five fingers wide.

"If you want him, I won't refund the 10,000 Federal Dollars you already paid. Just give me another 5,000 Federal Dollars and you can take him away."

"Don't be fooled by the purple marks on his body; it's not some kind of infectious disease. Otherwise, I wouldn't have left him here to work."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yi immediately took out five thousand Federal Credits and threw them into the tall, thin man's hand.

Then he stepped forward and took out a tuna taco he had bought in the central city from his pouch.

"What's your name?"

"The dry rations you have are dirty, eat this instead."

The tart, made from the belly meat of a transcendent tuna, exuded a rich aroma. The tall, thin man's pupils constricted sharply the moment he saw the tuna tart.

As one of the managers of Green Field Tavern, the tall, thin man was quite knowledgeable.

In addition, the flesh of the tuna is a beautiful purplish-red color with uniquely shaped fat textures.

Anyone who has seen him before will recognize him at a glance.

This taco, made from the flesh of a round-the-loop tuna, would cost no less than 30,000 Federal Dollars, and possibly even more.

The boy who came to him to buy slaves actually gave such expensive food to the slaves he had just bought.

"I... my name is Shen Xuan... I..."

Zhong Yi felt that the thin boy in front of her looked like a wounded little wolfhound.

He kept swallowing, but dared not accept the food offered to him.

"Eat up, I've already bought you, and I'll take you away in a bit."

Shen Xuan has survived in this chaotic Green Field Tavern for seven or eight years.

It is very clear what slaves mean to the buyer.

Slaves are nothing more than things that the buyer pays money for; they can be disposed of at any time if the buyer is not satisfied.

But Shen Xuan could tell from the boy's eyes that the boy's gaze towards him was different from the way other buyers looked at slaves.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have given you this food that they'd never even seen before.

Zhong saw that Shen Xuan still didn't dare to take it, so he pulled Shen Xuan up from the ground with a forceful pull and then placed the tuna taco in Shen Xuan's hand.

Ignoring the tall, thin man and the other slaves, he pulled Shen Xuan and walked outside.

Feeling Zhong Yi's kindness towards him once again, Shen Xuan, driven by hunger, took a bite of the taco in his hand.

Shen Xuan could see the disgust and jealousy in the eyes of the other slaves as they looked at him.

Shen Xuan had become accustomed to this dislike, but this jealousy made him realize that his future life was about to change.

Shen Xuan's gaze involuntarily drifted to the profile of the boy beside him. Could someone like himself, born into poverty, ever be blessed by angels?

"Master, I'm dirty. Please don't get your clothes dirty. I can walk by myself."

"Don't let my scary appearance fool you. If you give me food, I'll work faster than them."

Zhong Yi sighed softly upon hearing this.

Zhong Yi was lamenting that Shen Xuan's life clearly had the potential to awaken into an Order Beast, yet he was destined to perish in this underground tavern.

Moreover, it seems that if I had arrived two days later, Shen Xuan would most likely have already been sent away.

As a game designer, the opportunities to design in games don't always just sit there waiting for someone to seize them.

This made Zhong Yi deeply understand a principle: the world with the same background as the game he designed was running every moment and would not stop for anyone.

Zhong Yi's sigh startled Shen Xuan, who was happily eating a tuna taco.

The new owner, who had spent a fortune to buy it, was somewhat dissatisfied with itself.

Those who have just witnessed the brilliance of sunlight are most afraid of returning to the darkness.

Just as Shen Xuan was nervously preparing to say something, he heard the young man in front of him speak softly.

"Your life is not just about doing these heavy physical jobs; you will soon find a new meaning in life."

Zhongyi's words initially left Shen Xuan, who was filled with fear, bewildered, before he fell into deep thought.

significance!?

Does life actually have meaning?

Shen Xuan had always felt that the meaning of life was to complete heavy work every day and earn a few pieces of dry food to fill his stomach.

Even though the hard-earned rations had been trampled and covered in mud, Shen Xuan didn't have many negative emotions.

After all, this has always been the life Shen Xuan has lived.

But now everything seems different!

As Zhong Yi led Shen Xuan out of the Green Field Tavern, she was also thinking about how to settle Shen Xuan.

She had two choices regarding Shen Xuanzhong. The first choice was to raise Shen Xuan by her side like Zhong Ling.

However, Zhong Yi couldn't trust Shen Xuan as much as she trusted Zhong Ling at the beginning.

Zhong Yi intended to parasitize Shen Xuan's soul base with a Soul-Imprisoning Gu Mother egg, just as he had done with Zhao Kai, in order to control Shen Xuan.

Another option is to tell Shen Xuan the meaning of the Chosen One.

After Shen Xuan participated in the Soul Awakening Ceremony and awakened his Soul Foundation to become a Chosen One, he was handed over to Lin Zhuo and Wen Tao.

Of course, this approach also means that Zhongyi is willing to give away the opportunities he has found.

After much deliberation, Zhongyi decided to have a proper talk with Shen Xuan when she got back.

This was clearly not a suitable place to talk to Shen Xuan, as the black crystal spider that had been clinging to Zhong Yi's sleeve had not yet left.

Since arriving at Green Field Tavern, Shen Xuan has never left it.

Shen Xuan's memories of the years before he was nine were already very vague. Walking with Zhong Yi outside the Green Field Tavern, Shen Xuan felt both curious and somewhat apprehensive. After eating half a tuna taco, the weakness he had been experiencing for a long time due to not eating gradually subsided.

Shen Xuan held the half of the most delicious tuna taco he had ever tasted in his life in both hands and carefully spoke to the boy beside him.

"I'll eat the remaining half tomorrow, Master. I can eat very little."

"Starting tomorrow, just give me the hard biscuits you don't eat, and leftovers will do."

"Don't let my thin appearance fool you, I'm very strong."

Seeing Shen Xuan's eagerness to prove himself, Zhong Yi took out a sweet and sour lemon apple pie to cleanse his palate.

"You're at the age where you're growing, how can you eat so little?"

"I have more here after you finish what you're eating."

"I've bought you. Although we are master and servant, you don't need to be so nervous in front of me."

"You won't be needed for manual labor anymore."

Zhongyi's words made Shen Xuan's anxious expression freeze for a moment, and then a warm feeling welled up in Shen Xuan's eyes.

This was the first time since he could remember that Shen Xuan had felt someone taking such meticulous care of him.

Shen Xuan was extremely fond of the kindness the young man showed him, but he was also extremely afraid of losing it.

Trusting someone requires mental preparation!

A person who has never received kindness from others also needs to accept and believe in the kindness of others.

Shen Xuan tentatively accepted the lemon apple pie that Zhong Yi offered, another food that Shen Xuan had never seen before.

The sweet and sour aroma wafting from above made Shen Xuan's stomach rumble again.

If Zhongyi gave Shen Xuan two portions of food, it was still within Shen Xuan's tolerance.

But Zhong Yi's next words brought tears to Shen Xuan's eyes.

"You should be about my age. I didn't participate in the soul-awakening ceremony when I was thirteen."

"I participated in the Soul Awakening Ceremony and awakened my innate beast less than a week ago, so it's not too late for you to awaken your Soul Foundation now."

"After you get home, you can rest for a few days and then consider awakening your soul foundation."

In Shen Xuan's mind, awakening his soul foundation was an immense blessing for a slave like himself.

Shen Xuan originally thought he had a chance to awaken his soul foundation, and that's what the man who had been kind to him in the Green Field Tavern told him.

But ever since these purplish-black marks appeared on his body, he has lost the chance to awaken his soul foundation.

Everyone who sees me thinks I'm a monster!

After so many years, can I awaken my soul foundation again?

Even after he boarded the beast-riding chariot driven by the raging lion, Shen Xuan still seemed somewhat dazed.

Seeing that Shen Xuan had finished the lemon apple pie, Zhong Yi took out a bottle of melon juice from her pouch and handed it to Shen Xuan.

"You haven't eaten much in a long time, so it's not advisable to eat so much on your first try."

"I don't know if you prefer sweet or sour drinks. This honeydew melon juice has some sour apricot juice added, which is very refreshing. See if you like it."

.

After Shen Xuan accepted the melon juice from Zhong Yi with both hands, a sudden surge of courage welled up within him for some reason.

She looked at Zhong Yi timidly, but asked in a very serious tone.

"Master, can I follow you forever from now on?"

"There may be some things I don't do well, but I will definitely try my best to make you satisfied."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yi glanced at the black crystal spider on his sleeve but didn't say anything more.

"Shen Xuan, if you're willing to follow me, then of course there's no problem."

"When we get there, go downstairs first, and take a good care of yourself when you get home."

"Then go to the wardrobe in the leftmost room on the second floor, pick out any clothes, change into them, and wait for me to come back."

The driver of the Furious Lion in front, listening to Zhong Yi and Shen Xuan's conversation, imagined a scenario where a young master from the central city went to the lower city to buy slaves and then had a sadomasochistic relationship with them.

The key point is that this slave not only had slave markings on his left cheek, but his entire body was covered in what looked like purplish-black paint.

The driver couldn't figure out what use such a slave would have.

Judging from this, this young master is even preparing to have the slaves bathe and change clothes.

Why does something seem off the more I listen to it?

Are young people these days really this open-minded?!