novelraw Chapter 199 - 196: He’s Not a Monster, but the Mountain God
Chapter 199 - 196: He’s Not a Monster, but the Mountain God
Chapter 199: Chapter 196: He’s Not a Monster, but the Mountain God"Whimper!"
The little lamb let out another mournful cry.
Numerous red filaments, like a spider’s web, sprouted from Sister-in-law Cui Fang’s soul, stretching towards the little lamb, wrapped around him, and dragged him back.
"Ah! No! Don’t want this!"
The proprietress, using a special method, refined Sister-in-law Cui Fang’s soul to control the little lamb.
The refining process was excruciating, akin to being gnawed by myriad ghosts and scorched by fierce fires.
Sister-in-law Cui Fang’s soul let out scream after scream.
The immense creature, with the head of a sheep and the body of a man, flailed his powerful arms backward, breaking apart some of the bloody filaments.
He could have run away if he wanted to, but hearing his mother’s screams of agony, he couldn’t help but look back and, with reckless abandon, sprinted towards her, heedless of everything.
Because she was his mother.
She was the first person he saw when he opened his eyes to this world.
Even if he was a monster, his heart was as pure as a blank slate, driven by instinct to protect his mother.
To protect his only kin, even though she detested him so much.
"Fool!" the proprietress sneered coldly, "She’s not worth all this from you!"
"Whimper, bleat, whimper!"
The large body shielded his mother’s soul behind him.
His clean, pure eyes pleaded with her.
Enraged, the proprietress’s aura became even more terrifying, "She caused the death of my child! She also caused the death of her own child, why do you still protect her!"
It had taken so long to find this wretched woman’s reincarnation!
She wanted her to lose everything, to taste nothing but misery!
But in the end, why was this fool still thinking of her, protecting her!
The crimson mist grew denser; the blood filaments turned into blood-red skulls devouring Sister-in-law Cui Fang’s soul.
The sanity in the little lamb’s eyes slowly faded, gradually becoming a bloodthirsty, violent, unfeeling creature, who would only obey others’ orders henceforth.
"Boom!"
The sound of a gong reverberated through the heavens.
Boom, boom, boom!
Several consecutive sounds directly interrupted the proprietress’s spell.
The Puppetry Technique gradually lost its effect, and the little lamb’s eyes regained their normal clarity.
He looked around, only to find that Sister-in-law Cui Fang was nowhere to be seen.
His eyes held such intense sorrow and loneliness, the little lamb foolishly looked towards the proprietress.
Then he foolishly asked, "Will you, will you be kind to me?"
This was his first sentence in human language, so awkwardly crafted, clumsily grasping for something, as if resigned to his fate, really believing that this woman would love him like a mother.
"Yes, I will."
The proprietress had been on guard,
"Lord Heavenly Master, I did it for revenge! In her previous life, she caused me such misery that even after death, I couldn’t reincarnate. I drifted for many years before I found a way to cultivate.
My poor child was immediately swapped out after he was born and then thrown into the river to drown! How could I not hate, please have mercy on me!"
The innkeeper begged, staring at Qin Zhao, hoping she would let her go.
Qin Zhao sneered, "Having cultivated to this point, taking revenge on a mere mortal should have been a simple matter for you. Yet you schemed to have her conceive a child with the Demon Race, and you wanted to refine this child into a Ghost Beast, under your command. Your purpose has long since strayed from mere revenge!"
Ghost Beasts were creatures that Heavenly Masters found very troublesome to deal with. Refining a Ghost Beast required a large number of tragically killed people to augment the Ghost Beast’s resentful energy—the more people died, the stronger the Ghost Beast became.
Successfully refined Ghost Beasts were not only incredibly powerful but also addicted to killing.
Thus, every time a Ghost Beast appeared, it was a major disaster, resulting in numerous mortal deaths.
The innkeeper’s intentions were correctly guessed by Qin Zhao, and she fell silent out of a guilty conscience.
After being able to cultivate as a soul, she not only wanted revenge but also craved ever-increasing power. She happened upon the injured and fallen Sheep God and tricked Sister-in-law Cui Fang into worshipping it, claiming it could make her pregnant.
Sister-in-law Cui Fang spent a night with the Sheep God, but both were unaware, thinking it was a dream.
After returning, Sister-in-law Cui Fang became pregnant.
She thought this would keep her husband, but when the child was born, the innkeeper assisted with the delivery, switching the baby and claiming it was a stillbirth.