Chapter 37: The Eight Great Beast Kings

  "Sū Dōng! What are you doing!? You dare to chop down even the Eight Great Beast Kings?!"

  This sentence was not spoken by someone else, but was shouted out by Old Man Hui Yu. At the same time, Su Dong suddenly discovered that Hui Yu and the one-eyed man had both stopped in their tracks, looking at him with curiosity.

  It's all over...

  Su Dong's heart secretly cried out "not good", it was very clear that these two were originally not enemies but friends!

  Many times, the better friends they are, the more they like to play-fight, meeting each other with a punch, as a sign of their good relationship. Now, Old Man Hui Yu and this one-eyed dragon must be just like that.

  Two people were just fooling around, Su Dong didn't know and directly took out the knife, still wanting to take drastic measures! This made Hui Yu and the one-eyed dragon very annoyed.

  Su Dong's brain turned quickly, and it was too late to withdraw his hand now. Su Dong hastily raised the broken knife and struck the one-eyed dragon's head with a loud crash.

  In an instant, the lone-eyed dragon's face changed drastically, his eyes almost spewing fire, while Old Man Gray Feather's mouth was agape, clearly shocked out of his wits.

  *sigh*

  Su Dong took advantage of the momentary distraction of the one-eyed dragon, retreated a few steps back to Lao Tou's side, held up his broken sword horizontally and shielded Lao Tou behind him. In a low voice, he said: "Don't be afraid! I'll protect you, let's go!"

  Su Dong's majestic and awe-inspiring appearance at that moment not only shocked the one-eyed dragon in front of him, but also made it unwilling to attack Su Dong again. Even Old Man Hui Yu's nose was a bit sour, fortunately he didn't shed tears on the spot.

  Su Dong is just a young man after all, yet he's going to protect Hui Yu and retreat? Isn't that too arrogant?!

  Haha ~ Hahaha ~

  Hui Yu burst out laughing and patted Su Dong's shoulder, saying with a smile: "Young man, you can take action to protect me, the old man is very pleased, but this one-eyed dragon is not an enemy, he is my friend."

  "Really?" Su Dong feigned surprise and asked, turning his head back.

  "Really, his name is Gu Ling, one of the eight great beast kings of our spiritual beast clan, the Wolf King." Huī Yǔ nodded.

  The man opposite the solitary ridge touched his head, looking at Su Dong with a mixture of anger and amusement, and said to Hui Yu: "Where did you find this kid? Fortunately, my clansmen didn't see him, or I would have lost face big time."

  He let out a deep breath, and Gu Ling looked at Su Dong with profound meaning: "Our spiritual beast clan values loyalty the most. You were able to sacrifice yourself to join the battlefield and protect Lao Hui. As a human, it's not easy to achieve this. Alright, I'll spare you this time."

  Su Dong felt a huge stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and he hastily went to pay his respects to the Wolf King of the Beast Clan.

  The Wolf King Lang Ling signaled Su Dong and Hui Yu to sit down, continuing to work on dissecting the two-hundred-jin-heavy domesticated deer.

  "What a great thing! The reindeer from White Head Mountain are the most delicious this season. Luckily, Hua Ying isn't here, or else she would have to fight us for eating deer." Gray Feather Old Man said with drool.

  Soon, Gu Ling started a fire and roasted the large reindeer on it. Su Dong took out his own spice powder at the right time and was praised by Gu Ling, and the distance between the two people also narrowed a lot because of this.

  Hui Yu told Gu Dong about how Xiao San Dao of the Blood Shadow Temple was killed, and Gu Ling immediately looked at Gu Dong in a different light. He cut off a front leg and handed it to Gu Dong, saying: "Little brother, I've never liked humans, but you're an exception. You're young and daring enough! To dare to pursue and kill someone from the Blood Shadow Temple, and still protect Old Hui at critical moments, is truly rare."

  "These are what I should do, stabbing a friend in the back is nothing." Su Dong said with a bite of venison.

  The Wolf King Lone Ridge, although having only one eye and looking very ferocious, was a sentimental spirit beast. He laughed loudly and patted Su Dong's shoulder, excitedly saying: "Good! Enough righteousness! You human friend, I've made up my mind!"

  Hui Yu Old Man took the opportunity to say: "Su Dong is indeed different from other humans, and also has a deep connection with our spiritual beast clan. The two little guys who ran out of White Head Mountain were also rescued by Su Dong and are currently living in Han Winter City, where Su Dong personally takes care of them."

  Sometimes things are just so strange, originally Su Dong only unintentionally knew Bai Qing and Bai Xiao Ya these two little foxes, but afterwards unexpectedly benefited one after another because of this. First was that self-proclaimed White Golden Arm Yue, now even the Wolf King Gu Ling among the eight great beast kings is also intimately close to Su Dong like brothers, this is probably just fate.

  Su Dong took a sip of water and curiously asked Hui Yu: "Old man, Lone Ridge is the Wolf King, what king are you?"

  Before Grey Wing could speak, Lone Hill blurted out: "He is the Eagle King."

  Hui Yu took another look and thought that it was impossible to deceive Su Dong any longer, so he frankly nodded in acknowledgement.

  Su Dong was slightly stunned, but the gains from this trip were not small. He had obtained precious mother jade and made friends with two of the eight great beast kings. It seemed that traveling around was quite beneficial after all.

  After eating roasted reindeer, Gray Feather let out a satisfied belch and glanced around at the foot of Whitehead Mountain, saying: "Have you seen everything on site?"

  Gu Ling nodded and said, "I've seen it. The White Spirit clan suffered heavy losses, but that's not what I'm really worried about. What I'm worried about is the opening of the Heavenly Gate, and the reincarnation of the Goddess and the Great Demon King."

  Huiyu's face was shrouded in worry, and she nodded lightly. Su Dong, on the other hand, was taken aback, thinking to himself: "The heavens are collapsing, a goddess, a great demon king... he couldn't understand it at all."

  Gu Ling looked at Su Dong and said, "You should know that our Spirit Beast clan has two gods, right?"

  Su Dong nodded and said: "I know, the goddess of wisdom Ziya, and the god of strength Todd."

  "Hmm, do you know that our Ling Shou clan has two gods, one representing wisdom and the other representing evil, and they are both immortal. Every few thousand years, they will reincarnate." Gu Ling said calmly.

  Su Dong hastily shook his head, he had never mentioned these things to Bai Xiao Ya and Bai Qing before.

  "You are a friend of our Spiritual Beast Clan, so I won't hide it from you. In the Spiritual Beast Clan, there are Eight Kings and Twin Gods. The Eight Kings refer to us, while the Twin Gods refer to Ziya and Todd."

  "Our eight great beast kings rely on inheritance, my grandfather passed the wolf king's throne to my father, and my father passed it to me. The Gray Feather clan is also like this, while the two gods remain unchanged, forever being the fox tribe's Zi Ya and the ape tribe's Todd."

  "Every time the glacial period begins, humans on the forgotten continent will fall into the shadow of the snow demon, and our beast tribe will also welcome the rebirth of two gods. I suspect that the heavenly vault has opened, and our two gods have successfully reincarnated." The Lone Ridge Wolf King said calmly.

  Su Dong was taken aback, and curiously asked: "I don't understand, what's Tian Ku? Isn't the rebirth of the two Beast Gods a good thing? Why are you still worried?"

  Ash Feather wrapped his cloak tighter, and smiled bitterly: "The arrival of the Ice Seal period is because the northern sky has opened. You humans will face the trial of the Snow Demon, while we, the Spirit Beast clan, must choose a camp - whether to fight for the Goddess of Wisdom or the God of Power, it's also a catastrophe."

  "The same thing has been repeated for many, many epochs." Grey Feather raised his head and looked at Lone Ridge opposite him, saying: "By then, it's not even certain whether the two of us will be enemies or friends."

  Gu Ling lowered his head, which was tantamount to acknowledging Hui Yu's words.

  "Why? What are you fighting for?" Su Dong asked in confusion.

  "I don't know, anyway we must choose our own camp and then fight to the death, this is fate." Gu Ling said calmly.

  ……

  That night, Su Dong slept very restlessly, not because of the strong wind on the mountain, but because of Gu Ling and Hui Yu's words.

  Why does the sky open every few thousand years? Why do you want to bring the mainland into the ice age? Why do the spiritual beasts fight for reasons they don't even understand themselves?

  These issues Su Dong couldn't think clearly about; after all, he was a modern person and couldn't understand the stubborn yet simple thoughts of these spirit beasts.

  Su Dong would kill people, and even annihilate an entire family without hesitation! But that was always with a purpose, either to punish enemies or protect his loved ones.

  Fighting for some inexplicable god? Su Dong couldn't understand at all.

  After breakfast, Gu Ling took Su Dong and Hui Yu to check the scene where the Bai Ling tribe was slaughtered. They walked along the icy road into the mountain cave, only to see countless white fox corpses lying on the ground, already frozen stiff, many of which had been torn apart by passing wild beasts. The scene was gruesome beyond endurance.

  Since entering the White Spirit clan's cave, Old Man Grey Feather's eyes had become incredibly bright. He was the Eagle King, with powerful eagle eye techniques, his vision far surpassing that of ordinary people.

  Hui's face grew increasingly unsightly as he walked, constantly glancing at the corpses that had died.

  Gu Ling and Su Dong both noticed something was off about Hui Yu's face and kept asking him what he had discovered, but Hui Yu refused to speak.

  At last, the two beasts arrived at the grand hall of the White Spirit clan. The pure white marble adorned the vast dome, and besides more corpses, there was an eerie silence that sent shivers down one's spine.

  The old man in grey robes suddenly became absent-minded, wrapping himself in a large grey cloak and sitting down at the corner of the great hall. One hand covered his forehead as he spoke in a low voice: "Gu Ling, you were mistaken. The White Spirit clan was not killed by the Snow Demon."