JSCMU-Chapter 62: Beastmen, Will Never Be Slaves

At this moment.

Ling Fei, with a disciple in tow, walked over to the Iron-Eating Beast.

The Iron-Eating Beast was quite close to this caretaker and immediately began whining pitifully.

Ling Fei gently patted its head and then examined its body.

“Iron-Eating Beasts are naturally lively. It exerted too much force during its frenzy and is now injured. It needs further treatment. Go bring my silver needles, I need to tend to its wounds,” Ling Fei said.

He had lived his entire life for these spirit beasts. Though he had cultivated to Soul Transformation Stage, he never learned any offensive secret arts. Instead, he specialized in calming the mind and healing techniques, all so he can take better care of the spirit beasts.

The Iron-Eating Beast originally nodded obediently.

But then.

The surrounding spirit beasts’ gloating voices rang out.

“Hee hee, I want to see the Iron-Eating Beast get poked!”

“Me too! It’s rare to see it down on its luck!”

“But I’ve been pricked by the caretaker’s needles and it didn’t seem to hurt.”

“It doesn’t matter, I still want to see the show.”

The spirit beasts all started chirping noisily.

The Iron-Eating Beast’s expression visibly changed!

Damn it, it didn’t want to be the center of attention!

It clutched the hem of Ling Fei’s robe, whining pitifully.

Ling Fei tried to sense what it was feeling.

He had been able to understand beast speech since young, but spirit beasts and ordinary beasts were entirely different.

The spirit beasts’ language was too complex. It was as if the Heavenly Dao placed a barrier between spirit beast language and human language. A spirit beast had to reach Fusion Stage to be able to transform and speak human words. Before that, no matter how much one studied, the two languages were not mutually intelligible.

This can only be explained as a restriction of the Heavenly Dao.

Although Ling Fei is capable of simple communication with spirit beasts, he couldn’t truly understand what they said. He can only infer meaning based on their behavior and emotions.

Just like now, he could sense fear and anxiety from the Iron-Eating Beast.

Ling Fei assumed it was afraid of being pricked by needles and gently patted its head. “Don’t worry, my technique is very good. It won’t hurt at all.”

The Iron-Eating Beast grew even more anxious, “That’s not the problem! I just don’t want them watching!”

But to Ling Fei, these were all meaningless sounds.

He could only sense the beast’s growing panic and patiently continued to soothe it.

Soon, the disciple returned with the silver needles.

The Iron-Eating Beast cried out even more frantically.

Ling Fei could only say, “Iron-Eating Beast, your injuries are serious and must be treated right away. Otherwise, you may suffer lasting damage. Be good, I’ll be gentle. I promise it won’t hurt.”

Seeing that it couldn’t communicate with him, the little Iron-Eating Beast flopped onto the ground and began rolling around.

Wuwuwuwu…

Even as a spirit beast, it has its own pride!

It would rather die than let the others watch!

Seeing its stubbornness, the other spirit beasts tried to persuade it.

“Iron-Eating Beast, we were just joking. Be good and get treated. We promise not to laugh.”

“Yeah, being hurt is really painful.”

A bunch of spirit beasts chimed in to comfort it.

But the Iron-Eating Beast grew inexplicably more stubborn, twisting and turning, refusing to yield.

It waved its little paws and shouted, “Beastmen, will never be slaves!”

“I, the great Iron-Eating Beast, shine upon all things!”

“I! The Iron-Eating Beast! Will never surrender!”

Yun Jin listened to these over-the-top catchphrases and chuckled.

That’s it. No need to choose anymore.

This Iron-Eating Beast was clearly tailor-made for her.

Her eyes lit up, and she walked forward.

“Junior Sister Yun!” The disciple accompanying her panicked. “Senior Ling doesn’t like strangers getting close to the spirit beasts!”

Even though Ling Fei granted Yun Jin the permission to choose any spirit beast, the proper procedure was to go step by step, not barging in like this.

Ling Fei heard the commotion and looked over.

Seeing it was Yun Jin, he paused and said, “Wait for a moment. I’ll come see you after I finish treating these spirit beasts.”

“Senior Ling,” Yun Jin said with a smile, “Since I’m about to form a contract with a spirit beast, I should learn how to take care of them first. Why not let me help you this time?”

Her offer to help demonstrated her serious attitude towards her future spirit beast. Ling Fei’s initial displeasure at her sudden approach faded.

He thought for a moment and said, “That’s fine too. I’m about to treat this Iron-Eating Beast with needles. You can watch.”

That said, he was also a bit troubled.

If the Iron-Eating Beast keeps throwing a tantrum, it would slow things down.

Seeing someone new approach, the Iron-Eating Beast grunted twice.

“What a skinny human, I can flatten ten of you with one punch.”

Yun Jin pretended not to hear. She asked, “Senior Ling, may I have a word with it?”

Ling Fei hesitated, then agreed, thinking that since he’s watching over them anyway, it should be fine.

Yun Jin smiled slightly, bent down, and approached the Iron-Eating Beast.

For some reason, the Iron-Eating Beast suddenly grew nervous, its body tensing up.

Yun Jin leaned close to its ear and whispered very softly, “Beastmen, will never be slaves.”

The Iron-Eating Beast: “!!!!!!!”

It instantly stopped throwing a tantrum and stared at Yun Jin with a completely stunned expression.

When it met Yun Jin’s half-smiling gaze, a wave of shame surged over.

The Iron-Eating Beast was about to cry!

It doesn’t understand!

How could this human understand beast language?

Saying those things to other childish spirit beast companions made it look cool and powerful.

But…

If a human heard those words, it just felt a bit cringey.

The Iron-Eating Beast flipped over, planting its face flat on the ground.

Guys, who can understand this pain?

It. The mighty Iron-Eating Beast completely doesn’t want to meet anyone.

Ling Fei paused at the Iron-Eating Beast’s strange reaction. He looked at Yun Jin in surprise. “You seemed to have said something to it?”

Out of politeness, he didn’t eavesdrop. But now, he was truly curious.

“Not much. It’s just a bit shy. When I got close, I felt like I could hear the voice in its heart. It said: ‘Beast—’”

Before Yun Jin could finish.

The Iron-Eating Beast suddenly sat upright and even gave Ling Fei an urging look.

Hurry, hurry up and give it the shot!

It would rather get the shot than die of embarrassment!

Now Ling Fei was genuinely stunned.

He couldn’t help but glance at Yun Jin.

What exactly did this disciple do to be able to make the Iron-Eating Beast so obedient?

“Xiao Jin, what did you hear it say?” Ling Fei quickly asked.

Yun Jin’s smile grew even more radiant. She glanced at the Iron-Eating Beast. It looked utterly dejected.

It’s over. Social death was now inevitable.

But in the next moment.

It heard the human say: “It seems it wants to get the shot in a private room. It felt embarrassed being treated in front of so many other spirit beasts.”

“So that’s what it was!” Ling Fei understood.

The Iron-Eating Beast looked at Yun Jin’s smiling face.

Yun Jin grinned back at it.

The Iron-Eating Beast suddenly lowered its head in slight embarrassment.

This human… Maybe she wasn’t so bad after all?