I was terrified! Raising a colossal star beast in the Beast Taming World

Chapter 166 The Reason for Becoming Stronger

With Meng Tianxiang looking like she'd seen a ghost, Xue Youyou and Lu Yutang deftly slipped into the cave.

Meng Yanqing lifted her foot to follow, but was stopped by Meng Tianxiang.

"Stop meddling. What does this have to do with you?"

Meng Tianxiang's tone was erratic, but her gaze remained fixed on the direction of the cave entrance, her eyes filled with deep surprise and doubt.

"Come back to floor 1996 with me, I have something to tell you."

She didn't give Meng Yanqing any chance to argue. She glanced one last time at the retreating cave entrance, then decisively grabbed Meng Yanqing's wrist. Meng Yanqing, looking utterly unwilling, was practically dragged back to Meng Tianxiang's own garrison post.

Returning to this place so familiar from her childhood, Meng Yanqing could no longer contain herself and blurted out, "What exactly did the Alliance Leader want with Lu Yutang?"

Meng Tianxiang was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, her voice much lower than usual.

"Resurrection—it is one of the most precious abilities in the world."

"Those powerful and wealthy people who have lost their loved ones, those scientific madmen who want to rewrite the world, those churches who want to borrow the power of the legendary beast tamers in their faith... There are far too many people in this world who covet the ability to resurrect."

She sighed, her eyes revealing a rare weariness and tenderness.

"For example, if I could, I would very much like to resurrect your mother."

Meng Yanqing opened her mouth, but her throat felt like it was blocked by something.

"But……"

Her voice was hoarse: "Yu Tang told me that the legendary secret of Qing Nang Tang Xian, the Balance of Salvation, requires sacrificing oneself and the Beast Tamer to revive a person."

"No matter what, we can't sacrifice a living person to bring back the dead, can we?"

"You can think that way because Lu Yutang is your friend."

Meng Tianxiang looked at her, her eyes calm but heavy: "But for those who have nothing to do with her, they wouldn't think that way at all."

Meng Yanqing was speechless.

Only at this moment did she belatedly realize why Lu Yutang had never mentioned Qingnang Tangxian's resurrection ability to everyone. She also finally truly understood how hard-won this victory was and how heavy the price Lu Yutang had silently paid behind the scenes was.

It turns out that she had been keeping the most dangerous secret to herself all along.

Since that's the case—

"Then...then I, Meng Yanqing, swear that from this day forward, I will definitely protect the personal safety of my friend Lu Yutang!"

Meng Yanqing spoke with absolute certainty.

Meng Tianxiang glanced at her sideways, her tone utterly impolite: "You think you can?"

"If a true master comes knocking, one more of you is just a buy-one-get-one-free deal. You don't actually think you're invincible just because you've learned the 'Return to Sheath' technique, do you?"

She snorted coldly and continued to pour cold water on her enthusiasm: "If being able to be invincible just by returning to the sheath could make you invincible, then that old bastard Lin Yan would have dominated the alliance long ago. But what's the reality? She's only slightly stronger than me. Let alone the alliance leader, even if it's Marquis Nine Netherworld Manzhu or Marquis Evil Thunder Lei Ying, they could all completely crush her."

Meng Yanqing immediately retorted, her face flushed, "I learned Perfect Sheathing! The one Lin Feiyan used to defeat Gu Xingling! When I fought Lin Feiyan, it just so happened that we were on the Iron Blood Arena, a fast-paced map, which is why I didn't have much room to maneuver!"

She was now incredibly arrogant, her mind racing with calculations—Lin Feiyan had defeated Gu Xingling, the third seat of the Ten Heavenly Kings, while she and Lin Feiyan had fought to a draw. Rounding it up, wasn't that practically the same as her personally killing Gu Xingling?

"Oh?"

Meng Tianxiang was slightly taken aback, somewhat surprised, but then shook her head: "That's not enough. Lin Feiyan has indeed become much stronger, but compared to Manluo, the chief of the Ten Heavenly Kings, and Lei Ying, the second-ranked, she is still far behind."

"As for you..."

She paused deliberately, giving Meng Yanqing a once-over: "In terms of raw strength, she's probably not as good as Lin Feiyan yet, right?"

"Huh? How could this be..."

Meng Yanqing's previously brimming confidence deflated like a balloon punctured by a needle. Her pride and arrogance, fueled by the knowledge of returning to its sheath, were shattered in that instant.

It turns out that she thought she had reached the threshold of becoming a strong person, but she had only just begun to see the light through the crack in the door.

Seeing her like this, Meng Tianxiang's lips curled into a slight smile, and she teased, "What's wrong? You can't handle it already?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Yanqing jolted awake. Her grandmother was trying to toughen her up and strengthen her resilience.

She clenched her fists, her voice filled with an unyielding stubbornness: "Anyway... no matter what, I will protect Lu Yutang! After all, Lu Yutang put herself in such a dangerous situation for our victory. Even if it costs me my life, I will never allow anyone to hurt her in front of me!"

She raised her head, and her eyes regained their light.

"Grandma, what can I do to become stronger?"

Looking at her, Meng Tianxiang finally showed a relieved smile.

After all these years, this was the first time she had felt genuine satisfaction with her granddaughter.

Her painstaking efforts in training and shaping her were not in vain; this girl has finally begun to resemble a promising future beast tamer.

In this way, she can confidently entrust the "inheritance" to Meng Yanqing.

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Xue Youyou once again stepped into the 2000th floor of the Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts.

As soon as she landed, she looked around. The empty space was silent, and the thinly dressed, barefoot girl who had led the way was nowhere to be seen. Xue Youyou clicked her tongue in regret, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes.

Lu Yutang noticed her unusual behavior and curiously leaned closer: "Youyou, what are you looking for?"

Xue Youyou didn't hide anything and said frankly, "There's a mysterious young girl who guides us here. I thought I'd see her again this time. But it seems she hasn't shown up."

"The mysterious girl who led the way?" Lu Yutang's eyes widened in surprise.

Based on her memory, Xue Youyou roughly described the other person's appearance to Lu Yutang—slender figure, thin clothes, and a sense of detachment from the world in her every move, as if she were an existence that existed in the gap between reality and legend.

Lu Yutang listened with amazement, her eyes filled with wonder.

Xue Youyou added, "I even went to ask Leader Bao, and she said she had never heard of such a person."

"Huh, we've never even seen the alliance leader before?"

Lu Yutang had no doubt about Xue Youyou's words. She believed that Xue Youyou would not speak without reason; if she said such a person existed, then he must exist.

After all, in her mind, a beast tamer who can form a contract with a divine beast is an incredibly fortunate being, and it is not surprising that he encounters anything.

Moreover, she noticed a detail that Xue Youyou herself hadn't paid attention to—Xue Youyou seemed to be able to open the 2000-floor quick entrance, which even Meng Tianxiang couldn't open, without needing the bracelet's identity verification.

Lu Yutang smiled, her tone tinged with a mix of mischief and certainty: "That's very likely. That reclusive girl only wants to see you. Maybe she's right here right now, but just doesn't want to appear in front of me."

"is that so……"

Xue Youyou tilted her head and looked around, her eyes filled with a thoughtful expression and a hint of barely perceptible anticipation.