Transmigrating to the Beast World and Raising Cubs with a Black Panther

On the stone bed inside the cave, Bai Ze lay quietly with his eyes closed. The redness on his body caused by the high fever had faded, and his thin face was pale with illness.

Mo picked up the bowl, took a mouthful of the grayish-green medicine, and, as before, bent down to feed it to Bai Ze.

He went outside and said to Jue, who was washing dishes, "Watch over your father."

Jue nodded: "Mm."

The medicine prescribed by the Great Shaman will take several days to drink, and the food for the Needle-tailed Beast at home is already gone, so Mo plans to go and get some more.

A short while later, Xi arrived. After calling out "Jue," she ran into the cave inside, knelt by the bed, touched Bai Ze's hand, and whispered, "Bai Ze, you need to get better soon."

Jue followed him in, wiped the water off her hands on her animal skin clothes, and then placed them on her father's forehead; they were warm.

Xi asked, "When will Bai Ze wake up?"

Jue: "The Great Shaman said it will be soon."

It was very cold. A fire had been lit inside the cave, very close to the bed. The two children added some firewood and sat beside the bed, watching over Bai Ze.

The snow was still falling, and the howling wind echoed through the empty mountains and forests. Every household in the tribe had installed doors and animal skin curtains, keeping them tightly closed.

There were very few orcs outside; only a few orcs occasionally appeared in the vast white expanse.

On the bed, Bai Ze's brows suddenly furrowed, his fingers clenched into a fist, and tears streamed down his face, quickly soaking the animal skin cushion beneath him.

Jue jumped to the bedside, her expression tense: "Father-in-law?"

Xi hurriedly wiped away Bai Ze's tears with her hands, worried sick: "Is Bai Ze feeling very sad? He's crying..."

"I'm going to find the Great Shaman." After saying that, Jue turned around and rushed into the snowstorm. However, after running only ten meters or so, she bumped into Mo, who was returning.

Seeing Jue's anxious expression, Mo's heart immediately jumped: "What happened?"

The little black panther cried out anxiously, "Father suddenly started crying, I'm going to find the Great Shaman."

Mo hurriedly ran into the cave, the door was pushed open with a "bang", and when he got to the bedside, he realized that he was covered in snow.

He took off his outer robe, and with his rough hands, he pulled Bai Ze into his arms through the animal skin blankets, his voice deep and resonant: "Bai Ze, I'm here."

"Xi, please boil some water for me."

"Okay!"

Mo kissed Bai Ze's wet eyelashes and stroked his back repeatedly.

"Mo..." A dry, faint voice rang out.

Mo suddenly looked up and saw that Bai Ze had woken up at some point, his red eyes filled with tears, which welled up like a spring.

With calloused palms, Mo wiped the moisture from Bai Ze's face, his brows furrowed: "Are you feeling unwell?"

Bai Ze stared straight at him, his azure eyes swirling with sorrow.

Mo was heartbroken: "The Great Shaman will be here soon—"

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Ze suddenly hugged Mo tightly, pressing his forehead against Mo's chest. At first, he was just whimpering softly, but then his voice grew louder and louder until he burst into loud sobs.

Mo had never seen Bai Ze like this before, and helplessly hugged his trembling body: "What's wrong? Bai Ze, what's wrong?"

"Mo...aren't you tired...?" Bai Ze cried, almost breathless, his words broken and fragmented. "I'm...I'm back..."

Mo paused, then said, "Bai Ze, you—"

"I saw it, I saw it... I remembered it all..."

Seeing Bai Ze's face turn red, Mo grasped his shoulders and made him look up at him: "Bai Ze, don't cry, speak slowly."

"Eight years... how did you get through it all...?" Bai Ze became more and more heartbroken as he thought about it, and tears streamed down his face again.

Mo cupped Bai Ze's face, kissed his eyes, licked away the tears on his face, and said with a sob in his voice, "It's all over now. I've waited for you."

"How could I... how could I forget you... I'm so sorry..."

"It's not your fault."

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Upon hearing Bai Ze's voice, Xi also began wiping away tears at the door, hugging her knees, and sobbing uncontrollably by the fire.

When Jue returned with the Great Shaman and saw this scene, he thought something had happened to Bai Ze. A cold sweat broke out on his back, and he stopped abruptly just as he was about to rush into the cave.

"W-what's wrong..." Xi sniffled as she walked over.

Jue quickly covered his eyes, turned her back, and raised her voice: "The Great Shaman is here."

Bai Ze's lips were wet and red as he breathed heavily, separating from Mo. His eyes were swollen like red plums.

Mo got up and gave up his seat, while he stood by the bed, his hand being held tightly by Bai Ze.

The high shaman walked over, puzzled, and asked, "Why are you crying? What's wrong?"

Bai Ze shook his head: "No, I just had a dream."

The high shaman didn't ask any further questions. After checking over, he smiled and said, "It's alright."

"However, you still need to take the medicine for two more days to fully recover."

No sooner had the Great Shaman left than Yan and Qing arrived, carrying two croaking beasts.

Yan shook the animal hide he was using to block the snow at the doorway, hung it on the rack next to the fire, and rubbed his hands together: "It's really cold outside."

Qing asked Jue, "How is your father?"

Jue filled two bowls with hot water: "Father-in-law is awake, and he's inside with Father-in-law."

Yan turned his head: "Bai Ze is awake?!"

Xi hugged Qing's arm and said happily, "The Great Shaman came to see and said Bai Ze is alright now!"

Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's alright, it's alright."

Bai Ze emerged from the cave and smiled at them: "You've come."

Qing quickly stepped forward: "How are you feeling now?"

"not bad."

Yan asked in surprise, "Bai Ze, what happened to your eyes?"

Did Mo hit you?

"It might be because it burned for too long." Bai Ze was too embarrassed to say that he was crying, so he just made up an excuse.

Mo pressed Bai Ze down to sit by the fire, then went inside to get a fur robe and wrapped him up tightly, leaving only his fluffy head sticking out.

Qing sat down to chat with Bai Ze, while Xi pulled Jue along, chattering to her father about the events that happened on the way to exchange salt.

Mo and Yan dealt with the Giggle Beast at the cave entrance.

After a while, Xing and Li arrived, bringing a large stack of firewood and a quacking beast.

Everyone was surprised, since the two of them didn't live close to each other.

Xing emerged from under the animal skin and hugged Bai Ze with joy: "You're finally awake! We were all so worried!"

"Just like you said, the fruit cakes have developed a lot of white frost, and the pickled wild vegetables are ready too..."

With Xing and Xi around, the cave suddenly became lively.

Li put down the firewood on his back, hung the snow-shielding animal hide together with Yan and the others, and handed over the Gaga Beast: "Time to work."

Jue has a bit of OCD. When she sees that pile of firewood, she can't help but walk over and arrange the pieces neatly against the corner of the wall.

To celebrate Bai Ze's recovery, everyone decided to have a nice meal together that evening.

When Mo and the others went to the storage room to get things, Bai Ze noticed that there were many more items inside.

Especially that huge basket of white radishes, and the overflowing dried seafood, fruits, wild vegetables, eggs of all sizes, and animal hides...

Mo: "Some were distributed within the tribe, and some were given to us by everyone."

Qing said, "After you left, some tribes came and wanted to trade with us for woven baskets and spice powder."

"The clan chief had some of the things set aside for you."

Li said to Bai Ze, "The clan chief said that we were able to get so much salt this time thanks to you, so you should take more."

Bai Ze felt a warm feeling in his heart.