A Guide to - 34

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34. Edgar Makes Clarification


The Beastman Empire already had the technology of inter-planet network, but it took an immense amount of manpower and physical resources to maintain the star network. Therefore, a remote planet was unlikely to be connected to the star network and would mainly rely on establishing various information points within the interstellar to transmit information.
 
The speed of such an information transmission was very slow. If the information point was damaged, the information might even be lost. If there was any emergency, such as being invaded, using the point to deliver the news was obviously unsuitable. Afterwards, the military used a new technology to set up a military emergency communication channel.
 
This kind of communication channel was usually closed off. It took a lot of energy to open each time, but it allowed the capital star’s military department of video communication to directly receive the signal from a remote planet, which was very handy.
 
Edgar himself was on Gass planet, and the fastest way to contact the capital star was undoubtedly to use the military communication channel.
 
Justin had never used this communication channel and would never use it. On the contrary, Edgar had been serving in the military. He also had such a communication channel on his warship and had even used it several times, so he was very skilled in using it.
 
Watching Edgar swiftly go into the communication device’s energy pad to input the password, Justin, holding the manual that he still hadn't read clearly until now, was rather stupefied.
 
So as to prevent others from finding out that he was actually incapable of using this communication channel, he lightly coughed and put the manual away where he could not see it.
 
"Come over here, I want to scan your pupils." Edgar said to Justin.
 
He also had to sign in? Justin quickly went over to scan his pupils. Watching the complex machine switched on at last, he breathed a sigh of relief. He felt like he was practically the same as a country bumpkin . . . .
 
No, he was not that bad. The sub-beastman brought by the crown prince was the real country bumpkin . . . . Glancing at the sub-beastman who was rather dull, a feeling of superiority sprung up unbidden in Justin’s heart.
 
Shu Shu was indeed the number one country bumpkin here. Not only was he unable to make sense of all kinds of things he saw here, he was even unable to make sense of what these people said.
 
Of course, what he did not understand the most was why the disciple brought out by himself seemed to understand everything?
 
Why was there such a big difference between daemons?!
 
Maybe . . . Edgar actually wasn’t an ordinary daemon? Looking at Edgar's confident appearance, Shu Shu started to ponder over this matter seriously.
 
Indeed, Edgar was a mythical animal, ah! A mythical animal! It was said that, by nature, as soon as a mythical animal was born, it developed intelligence and even had the golden core in defiance of the natural order of the domestic animal that had to cultivate to reach that stage!
 
Maybe there was someone who had taught Edgar all along . . . . As for why he had stayed alone in the forest, maybe he had been abandoned because he had not been able to become a human?
 
Shu Shu’s brain hole was getting bigger, and at this time, Edgar was already waiting for the call to be connected.

Meanwhile at the capital star.
 
The Imperial family scandal three days ago had been getting more and more intense in the past three days because the Imperial family had not come out with any explanations for the cause of it. After people discovered that they could not find the fallen beast who had injured a sub-beastman, they got even angrier because they suspected that the Imperial family had started to do a cover-up.
 
It was at this time that the medical treatment of the bullied and humiliated sub-beastman came to an end, and the condition of his injuries was completely made public.
 
This sub-beastman had been violated by a snake beastman in his beast form, resulting in a damaged body. From now on, the sub-beastman would not be able to have children anymore. At the same time, he had also suffered severe psychological trauma and might not be able to live normally in the future.
 
The masses’ emotions that had been brewing for three days could no longer be suppressed and spurted out like a volcanic eruption. For a time, the Imperial family was fiercely questioned by the people.
 
The emperor and the empress clearly knew about this matter, but they still had not stepped forth to explain because they suspected that the beastman who had injured that sub-beastman might truly be Edgar, and because they didn't know where exactly Edgar was.

Now though, they had no choice but to stepped forth.
 
The Imperial family held a press conference especially to explain this matter.
 
"What can we say at the press conference?" The empress of the Beastman Empire was called Ian. He had once been a military doctor. He had met Emperor Chris in the army and eventually gone out with him.
 
After marrying into the Imperial family, he did not give up his own career. Not only did he open a hospital focusing on charitable cause, he would also perform surgeries frequently. He was a very strong sub-beastman.
 
But now, he looked particularly fragile.
 
"Everything. We tell them the truth." Emperor Chris said, his expression was a bit ugly. After Edgar’s disappearance, he had spent a lot of effort searching for Edgar. He originally thought that it was going to be a simple matter and didn’t expect that it was really not the case. Even more, he didn’t expect that . . . someone would take advantage of Edgar’s disappearance to come up with this kind of thing.
 
"If we tell them the truth, they will know that Edgar has disappeared for half a year and might has become a fallen beast. His name will be dragged through the mud!" Ian said. How his son was, he knew best. He couldn’t be sure of the fallen beast incident this time, but in no way those incidents of bullying new recruits and framing up classmates had ever happened.
 
"The people who planned this thing come prepared. If we tell a lie, people will only grab it to be used against us. We might as well tell them the truth!" Chris said. He had dispatched some people to investigate the brains behind this incident. Upon investigation, he had even found some clues already . . . . Unfortunately, he had no evidence yet. And now, he had to stand up and give an explanation to the masses.
 
"Your Imperial Majesty, it’s almost the time." Someone outside said.
 
Chris stood up, straightened out his clothes, and reached out to pull his partner up: "Let's go."   

The two men were about to walk out of the room when the communication device on Ian's hand suddenly rang.
 
"It's a message from Jones. I’ll leave after I read it." Ian subconsciously wanted to stall for time.
 
Chris also came to a halt, waiting for Ian to read the message.
 
Opening the message, Ian was pleasantly surprised at first, but soon after, his face was white.
 
"What happened?" Chris immediately asked.
 
"Jones said Edgar was on Gass planet." Ian said: "Edgar is still alive and has not been controlled by someone nor has he hurt someone, but he did become a fallen beast."

The light that appeared in Chris’ eyes on account of Ian’s first sentence almost instantly disappeared without a trace, and the wrinkles that had unexpectedly appeared on his face in the past six months were a bit deeper.
 
"Edgar said that we could announce the news of his death." Ian's hands started to tremble.
 
"Now, this is actually a good way." Chris said. "But he’s my son. Since he’s still alive, then he should stay alive and should not die!"
 
"We tell them the truth then?" Ian asked.
 
Chris nodded. "Correct!"
 
After speaking, Chris walked forwards in large strides. He walked a few steps and then said, "My son isn’t someone whom all can slander. I will certainly investigate this incident until the truth comes to light! And those betrayers, I will definitely make them pay the price!"
 
Hearing those words, Ian’s expression relaxed a little. The two men, an emperor and an empress, held hands and walked out of the door.
 
The place the Imperial family used for holding a press conference was an auditorium in the Imperial palace. They had announced quite a lot of news here, but their mood at those times was never as bad as their mood today.
 
Looking at the seats below which were packed with reporters and their various shooting equipments, Ian had an urge to break into a run and leave, but he still stayed in the end.
 
"Today, all of us are standing here for Edgar’s case. I will try to explain about it." Chris regarded the people below.
 
The reporters heard these words and immediately calmed down. Chris had always been a respected emperor. Even though Edgar’s incident made a very big noise, but the people still loved and respected the emperor.
 
In fact, Edgar . . . if he had not become a fallen beast, it was estimated that the masses wouldn’t have fully believed such accusations.

However, there had not been any news about Edgar, the Crown Prince, for the whole six months. Now that something bad happened, there was also no explanation all along . . . . Even if people wanted to trust him, there was nowhere they could place their trust in.
 
The reporters had quieted down, but some people didn't want to be quiet.
 
"Please explain, Your Imperial Majesty. Are you going to help Edgar absolving himself?" A young beastman stood up and asked loudly.
 
Many people had not known this beastman before, but nowadays, there wasn’t many people who didn't know him. He was one of the people who really stood up and accused Edgar.
 
This man was very gifted and had been admitted to the Empire’s Imperial College as a commoner. He was already a seven-star beastman now, yet he expressed that he should have had a better development. At the Imperial College, Edgar had been jealous of his innate skill and had framed and suppressed him several times, making him miss many opportunities. He should have already advanced to eight-star beastman then, but up until now, he still hadn’t advanced.
 
He was a tiger beastman, tall and handsome. Having become a seven-star beastman in such young age, his strength was also not bad. As a result, he had many fans now. After he stood up, some reporters immediately looked over with deep concern for fear that he would be too forthright and provoke the Imperial family’s anger.
 
"Could it be that the Imperial family hold this press conference only because you want to help Edgar get away from his crimes? If this is indeed the case, I will be thoroughly disappointed with the Imperial family!" This beastman stood in the audience and looked up straight at the emperor and the empress, not shrinking back in the slightest. And his action was broadcasted live through the webcams. After it was seen by people who were concerned about this incident, of course their anger started to ignite once again. Furthermore, countless netizens posted their supports of him.
 
The whole audience was silent.
 
"Your Imperial Majesty, I also want to get an answer." Just then, a sub-beastman sitting in a wheelchair opened his mouth. This sub-beastman was the one who had been violated by the snake beastman a few days ago.
 
"There was a set of Imperial Guard uniform on the hand of the fallen beast who has violated me. He was so unscrupulous and dared to do such a thing to me . . . . Is he your son after all?" The sub-beastman asked again.

This sub-beastman looked very pretty, but now, sitting in a wheelchair with tears in his eyes, he looked extremely weak. And yet, he was facing upward and looking at the emperor on the stage without showing any weakness.
 
Under his weak appearance, he had a strong heart! Two contradictory characteristics appeared in one sub-beastman, making him even more radiant. Watching the live broadcast, the beastmen were full of anger, while the sub-beastmen already shedded tears of sympathy because of his tragic experience.
 
"No!" Chris answered without the slightest hesitation.
 
"Who is he? Who exactly is this brute that you have been protecting? I called the police at once, why could he still escape?" The sub-beastman in the wheelchair started to shake. He clenched his fists and raised his head to face Chris, exposing his slender and alluring neck: "What about Edgar? Have him come out and tell me that it’s not him!"

After the sub-beastman said that, he suddenly burst into tears. Chris, however, frowned.
 
He didn't expect that this man would come and question him, which actually made this case become more difficult to handle.
 
It was impossible for Edgar to come out and explain since he had already become a fallen beast.
 
Let’s say Edgar, who was a fallen beast, come out and explain the incident right now . . . . In all likelihood, even if Edgar was currently on Gass planet, everyone would still insist that the fallen beast who had violated this sub-beastman was Edgar.
 
As for the fact that Edgar was not in the capital star at present . . . . Presumably, everyone would think that he was running away.
 
Moreover, Edgar had been missing for six months. During the whole six months, the Imperial family had never announced the matter of Edgar having become a fallen beast or sent Edgar to the fallen beast planet. How would they explain this?
 
Should they say that they actually had not found Edgar before? Who would believe it?
 
Chris suddenly realized that telling the truth was not feasible at all.
 
"Your Imperial Majesty, did Crown Prince Edgar really become a fallen beast?"
 
"Your Imperial Majesty, the crown prince hasn’t posted any message since half a year ago. His social account has also never been logged in. Has he already become a fallen beast six months ago?"
 
"Your Imperial Majesty, regarding this sub-beastman who has been violated by a fallen beast, what do you think about the fact that said fallen beast has not been caught yet?"
 
"Your Imperial Majesty, is the Imperial family harboring the fallen beast?"

. . . . . .

The reporters asked in unison, and Chris didn’t have time to answer all the questions.
 
Standing beside Chris, Ian’s expression showed both grief and indignation.
 
"Don’t talk rubbish! It’s impossible for His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince to do such a thing!” A member of the Imperial Guard suddenly shouted in anger. "His Imperial Highness is not here, so everyone pounces on him?! His Imperial Highness is so powerful; did he need to snatch other people's opportunities in school? As for the sub-beastman, so many sub-beastmen throw themselves at His Imperial Highness, but he doesn’t want them all. Why would he still take liberties with a sub-beastman? His Imperial Highness won’t do this kind of thing even if he becomes a fallen beast!"

The masses who didn't know the actual facts could be misled by some things on the Internet, but those who had been with Edgar all believed in him. This member of the Imperial Guard was one of them.
 
He just said those words in support of Edgar, but nevertheless, he was called into question straightaway.
 
The sub-beastman sitting in a wheelchair turned towards that guard: "So, you said I framed him?"
 
"Who knows where you came from!" The guard instantly replied. "Do you have any evidence that the fallen beast who violated you is His Imperial Highness?"

"Evidence? You asked me for evidence? Since you think I’ve framed Edgar, you make him come out and confront me!" In anger, the sub-beastman tried to get up from the wheelchair and stand, but he quickly fell back onto the wheelchair again because of his depleted strength. "You think I paid such a big price just to frame him?"

The sub-beastman looked really pitiful. The member of the Imperial Guard then remembered that the sub-beastman was said to be incapable of giving birth anymore and suddenly felt that some of his words were excessive. "It’s not necessarily you who has framed His Imperial Highness; maybe it’s other people who want to frame His Imperial Highness. You’re just unlucky."
 
"If he has been framed, why hasn’t he come out with explanation during the past three days? Could it be that he has disappeared just like that fallen beast?" The sub-beastman in the wheelchair sneered.
 
That member of the Imperial Guard was at a loss for words for quite a while.
 
Chris glanced at the sub-beastman with a profound look. Edgar had been framed, but in the current situation, Chris was literally unable to clear his own son’s name.
 
He took a deep breath and changed his mind. He, following Edgar’s idea, was going to say that Edgar was already dead.

His son had already become a fallen beast; in any case, he couldn't let him be questioned repeatedly by these people.
 
However, although he had made up his mind, but he was still unable to say the words—that his son was already dead. Chris glanced at Ian, and both of them had hesitation in their eyes.
 
At this time, someone suddenly ran in from the outside. "Your Imperial Majesty! Your Imperial Majesty! There’s a military emergency communication from Gass planet!"

"Gass planet?" Chris’ expression was unchanged, but his heart actually jumped. Could it be Edgar?
 
"Yes, Your Imperial Majesty, it’s a call from His Imperial Highness.” The man holding the communication device wore a happy expression on his face.
 
The vast majority of the military officers were very worshipful towards Edgar, but unfortunately, there were still a few vermin inside who had seized some so-called evidence to accuse Edgar . . . .
 
Now that their Imperial Highness was back, let’s see what those people would do!
 
The Beastman Empire only had one Imperial Highness, and that was Edgar. Edgar called from Gass planet? The reporters all looked over, and the webcams responsible for the live webcast also aimed at that messenger.
 
“Is it Edgar?” Ian asked in a low voice.
 
"Let’s see." Chris replied.
 
In this situation, it was impossible for him not to put this call through . . . . Chris thought about it and quite straightforwardly connected the communication device to the wall-mounted computer behind him.
 
Both he and Edgar had a clear conscience, and inevitably, there would be a day when the truth of this matter came to light!
 
After the communication device was connected to the computer, the screen behind Chris and Ian flashed, and then a figure appeared on it.
 
It was . . . Edgar!
 
All the people present were shocked, most especially Chris and Ian. Hadn't Jones said that Edgar had become a beast? Why was he now standing in front of them without rhyme or reason?
 
Ian was so emotional he almost cried looking at his alive and well son on the screen.
 
The military communication channel could guarantee that video call was possible. Edgar glanced around and immediately understood his parents’ situation. "Emperor Father, what did you say?" If his emperor father hadn’t had time to say anything, it was best. If his emperor father had already said something about his situation, or said that he was already dead, then he had to think about what he was going to say next.
 
Chris more or less understood Edgar's meaning straightaway and showed his first smile of the day: "I haven't had time to say anything."
 
"Because these people are hopelessly muddled?" Edgar asked.
 
All the people at the press conference had a feeling of being scrutinized by Edgar, and they immediately felt very embarrassed.
 
They thought that Edgar had become a fallen beast and violated a sub-beastman, so they came running to question him. As a result . . . said man was obviously fine!
 
"I encountered a bottleneck six months ago, so I have been staying in Gass planet to practice in the past six months. The news here is lagging behind, and the news from the capital star takes three days to arrive." Edgar stated to the people on the other side of the screen. "I was just informed today that when I was training on Gass planet, I also violated a sub-beastman in the capital star at the same time. "

The people at the press conference were even more embarrassed. Some people even lowered their heads and did not dare to face Edgar squarely.
 
"I apologize for opening the military communication channel without permission. I will bear the necessary cost of this opening." Edgar added: "But I think it is essential to use this communication method to explain."
 
"Your explanation is very timely." Chris said. A moment ago, he had still doubted whether this man was an impersonator, but now he was already convinced that this was his son, and he immediately felt great.
 
"It's thanks to Governor Justin." Edgar turned towards Justin.
 
Justin promptly squeezed up, wanting to show his face to the emperor. Unfortunately, he was too fat. Although he could show his face, but he couldn't show his whole body. "This is what I should do! It’s my duty! It’s a pity that our news here is lagging behind. His Imperial Highness has just known about this troubling news, and he didn’t even change his clothes in his eagerness.” Therefore, you had better connect the Gass planet’s network to the star network quickly, ah!
 
Hearing Justin’s statement, only then did everyone realize that Edgar was actually dressed in a nightwear.
 
On the star network, everyone was crusading against Edgar, but when Edgar suddenly appeared, the wind direction changed completely.
 
"His Imperial Highness was obviously fine. So, who said that His Imperial Highness has become a beast?"

"Isn't there a soldier who swore that His Imperial Highness has become a fallen beast? Who is it again?"
 
"Are they people who want to frame His Imperial Highness? Those people are too odious; I simply can't stand them!"
 
"His Imperial Highness is so handsome!"
 
. . . . . .
 
Of course, there were always some people who were still struggling. "Maybe this is just a trick that the Imperial family comes up with. Can you be sure that person is really Edgar?"
 
"Previous poster, is His Imperial Highness that good at pretending? Also, if it’s really a pretense, sooner or later it’ll be exposed. Would the Imperial family do a stupid thing like this?"
 
"I searched for Gass planet, and that fatty is indeed the governor of Gass planet. You can see the news about Gass planet on this website. Of course, the latest news is three days ago."
 
"There’s a three-day news lag between Gass planet and the capital star, and spaceships need even longer time for a round journey. It’s totally impossible for that fatty to be on Gass planet three days ago and then, three days later, ran off to the capital star to assist His Imperial Highness putting on a play."
 
"His Imperial Highness is so handsome!"
 
. . . . . .

Before, everyone had sympathized with that sub-beastman, but now, they actually began to sympathize with Edgar. Just staying quietly in a remote planet yet still being wrongly accused, His Imperial Highness was really pitiful!
 
As for why everyone was so sure that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince was being wrongly accused . . . . Since he did not become a fallen beast, which sub-beastman didn’t fancy him? Was it necessary for him to snatch a sub-beastman to violate?
 
The netizens thought so, and the reporters on the scene naturally thought so as well.
 
The sub-beastman sitting in a wheelchair had been talking about wanting to seek Edgar out to confront him. Now that Edgar had really came out, the sub-beastman’s complexion actually became very ugly. But soon, he started to cry and cover his face.
 
The beastman who had hollered that Edgar had bullied him in the Imperial College, his eyes were spinning now. Then he gritted his teeth and suddenly shouted: "Edgar, you didn’t become a beast. The recent incident of a fallen beast hurting a sub-beastman was not your doing, but when you wielded your status to rob me of my opportunities because you’re jealous of me, that’s true!”

When this person’s words came out, people were stumped.
 
Yes, ah, apart from the recent incident of Edgar becoming a fallen beast and hurting a sub-beastman, there were also many other "crimes" done by Edgar.
 
For example, bullying classmates, forcing some sub-beastmen, and also beating up new recruits . . . .
 
However . . . looking at Edgar who was so tall and handsome in his nightwear, many people thought that these accusations were not true . . . .
 
"Guys, I’m not good at evaluating, but I think the sub-beastman who stood up and said that His Imperial Highness had forced him before was most likely lying . . . . I look better than him. His Imperial Highness doesn’t need to force me; I’m willing to follow His Imperial Highness. Unfortunately, His Imperial Highness doesn’t come and look for me . . ." There was a sub-beastman who posted such words on the star network, and the post quickly got so many likes.
 
Edgar didn't know about the ruckus on the star network, but in the face of doubt, he immediately said: "I also saw other accusations concerning me. I will return to the capital star right away and explain everything clearly!"

“Everything must wait until I return." The military communication channel could not be opened for too long. After this sentence was spoken, Edgar turned the channel off.
 


TL’s notes:
那些脏水就都要被泼在他身上了= dirty water will be splashed on his body = his name will be dragged through the mud

他竟是洗不干净被泼在自己儿子身上的脏水 = he actually can’t wash clean the dirty water splashed on his own son’s body = he’s literally unable to clear his own son’s name

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A Guide to - 33

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33. I’ll Teach You to Bathe

 
After Edgar's backside disappeared from the line of sight, Justin immediately turned his body around and latched onto Jones: "Dr. Jones, when exactly did His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince arrive in Gass planet? Why didn’t you tell me about such important matter?"

Edgar had been struck by lightning continuously, and Justin hadn't had time to care about these things. Nevertheless, he remembered about them now.
 
He actually hadn’t known that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince had come to his planet. How could it be?!
 
There were so many people on the scene, and Jones was absolutely the most shocked one. He had just examined Edgar the day before, and he was sure that Edgar’s magic core had truly been shattered. Then today Edgar had went through thirty-six lightnings, and after getting struck for several rounds, the scales on his body had changed, his fallen beast had actually awakened the bloodline, and he had even become a human!
 
This was unscientific!
 
However, even though Jones thought it was unscientific, but he did not show any of it. He blinked and put away all his astonishment before he faced Justin: "I also don't know when His Imperial Highness came to Gass planet. He only came to me two or three days ago.”
 
“Why didn’t I know that His Imperial Highness came two or three days ago?” Justin asked again. The degree of recognition of Edgar’s face was so high. It was impossible that he could arrive quietly, ah!

The Imperial crown prince was still single and also powerful . . . . Every day at home he saw his own sub-beastman son stare obsessively at the crown prince’s poster as his beastman son watch the crown prince’s video to learn some fighting skills. Even if Justin couldn’t recognize the emperor, it was impossible if he couldn't recognize the crown prince.
 
"When His Imperial Highness arrived, because he was about to awaken the bloodline, he could only stay in his beast form. So everyone regarded him as a fallen beast." Jones explained with a smile. "Didn’t Jeress and his men bring back a fallen beast and a sub-beastman from the forest a few days ago? It was His Imperial Highness and the sub-beastman who was protected by His Imperial Highness just now."

Although Gass planet was a planet, but its population could not even compare with that of a district of the capital star. Justin was very familiar with everything here, and he also knew everything that happened here. He knew Major Jeress, and he also knew that Jeress and his men had brought back a sub-beastman from the forest.
 
At that time, even when he had heard of it, he had thought that handing over such trivial matter to Jones to deal with was good enough. He hadn’t expected it to be nowhere near a trivial matter, ah. It was clearly a monumentally major event!
 
Indeed, since the beginning of history, the crown prince was the highest ranked person who had ever come to Gass planet! He wanted to apply for having multiple public spaceships come to Gass planet one trip a year, so he was going to rely on the crown prince for this undetermined matter!
 
No, now he was not satisfied with one trip a year. He should ask for multiple public spaceships to come twice a year. That’s better!
 
"So it’s like that . . . . Oh, by the way, His Imperial Highness was struck by lightning just now, *cough, cough*, did you take a video of the awakening of the bloodline? You must upload it to the official website of our Gass planet! Hahaha, His Imperial Highness awakened the bloodline in our Gass planet. Later on, there will certainly be a lot of strong people coming to our Gass planet to cultivate!" Justin suddenly turned towards the secretary behind him.
 
"It was videoed. I also found the full version of the video copied from people who came here early. As long as the editing is done, it can be posted on the official website for publicity!" The secretary immediately answered. He was as excited as Justin.
 
After they uploaded the video to their official website, was there any possibility that the capital star over there would connect Gass planet's internet to the star network in order to watch the video?

With only an intra-planet internet, one could not go to the star network to read the latest news or shop online, and all kinds of news of the capital star also lagged behind. It was really inconvenient.
 
No wonder many people now sent their children to remote planets to guard their children against internet addiction . . . .
 
"Let’s make some preparations now. If all goes well, then we can find His Imperial Highness and ask for instructions about this matter." Justin said. The crown prince was scorched from head to foot; Justin reckoned that the prince would spend a lot of time resting and recovering. At that time, he would come find His Imperial Highness and ask for instructions.
 
Justin left, but there were still many people staying there such as Jeress and his men.
 
They more or less heard the conversation between Jones and Justin, and now they were totally horrified.
 
"That fallen beast is actually the crown prince! Isn't he just a fallen beast?" Jeca's voice was a little unsteady.
 
"From start to finish, he has never said that he was a fallen beast. We only assumed so." Jeress replied. His face was expressionless, but inside, he was already driven mad.
 
He had thought that the fallen beast was the sub-beastman’s father, and he had even run to the fallen beast to tell him that he would take great care of the sub-beastman . . . . And in the end? The snake beastman was the crown prince, ah! After being struck by lightning just now, the crown prince had also kissed the sub-beastman!
 
He would surely get beaten up for fighting over a sub-beastman with the crown prince!
 
"It turns out that he’s not a fallen beast at all. So many things finally make sense now. When we first met him, his suppression power was so strong. Which fallen beast can achieve it?" Another man from Jeress’ team spoke.
 
"Yeah, the crown prince is truly worthy of being a crown prince. At that time, he didn’t even touch us. So many men, and he just suppressed us all. I was speechless!"
 
These people had been talking about the crown prince while sighing with much regret. They admired the crown prince endlessly. As for the cute little sub-beastman . . . . Wasn’t it just like breaking up? They were used to it!
 
It was at this time that they were suddenly surrounded by their comrade-in-arms.
 
"Jeress, I heard that you’ve been keeping company with His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince. How did that come about?"
 
"Jeca, is His Imperial Highness very powerful?"
 
"Jeress, is that the sub-beastman His Imperial Highness has chosen as partner? Will we have a crown princess?"
 
"Do you know how exactly His Imperial Highness awakened the bloodline?"
 
. . . . . .

Jeress: I really don't know anything at all! I’m still worrying that I’ll get beaten up!! 
 
On this side, countless people were gathering. On the other side, Justin was leading people for urgent editing of the video of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince awakening the bloodline. He was also directing them personally: "His Imperial Highness was receiving such heavy injuries here. This is the focus, so you must magnify it. Let people know what His Imperial Highness has paid in order to be stronger!"

"The heroic disposition of His Imperial Highness protecting the sub-beastman must be preserved as well!"
 
"Right, focus on the final moment! The scene of His Imperial Highness kissing the sub-beastman was very touching; I even wanted to cry watching it. The music must be poignant to match it!"
 
. . . . . .

"Rest assured, sir, I promise to complete the task!" The person in charge of the editing was full of excitement. His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince was his idol. Before, he had only been able to ogle the crown prince’s photo from out of date news. Now that he could actually edit the video for the crown prince personally, he was so excited to the point of being dazed!
 
Seeing that his subordinates had already started to get busy, and finding out that the crown prince had entered the house and said that he wanted to rest and no one was allowed to go in, Justin felt like taking advantage of the idle moment to handle some official business.
 
However, he simply couldn't calm down to deal with various kinds of things right now . . . .
 
"By the way, has the news from the capital star arrived? Show it to me." Justin suddenly asked.
 
"Sir, it has just arrived! There seems to be some major events happened in the capital star. The news this time was particularly numerous." Justin’s secretary promptly answered. Then he decompressed all kinds of news sent from the capital star on the computer.
 
The news decompressed, and the first one to appear was "His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince Became a Fallen Beast and Bullied and Humiliated a Sub-beastman."

"What the hell?! When did His Imperial Highness become a fallen beast? I’ve just seen with my own eyes him awakening the bloodline!" Justin exclaimed. Saying that the crown prince had bullied and humiliated a sub-beastman was actually a little too sinister when he had only taken advantage of an unconscious little sub-beastman to stealthily kiss said little sub-beastman . . . .  At that time, Justin had even specifically taken a photo of the scene to show his sub-beastman son, so his son would stop his wishful thinking of entering the crown prince’s household.
 
"The news here is all related to the crown prince. It also said that the crown prince has attacked many people after becoming a fallen beast . . ." The secretary read the news on the computer and was speechless.
 
“The fastest spaceship from the capital star needs more than ten days to reach us here. The crown prince supposedly bullied and humiliated a sub-beastman in the capital star a few days ago, and then yesterday he came to us here to awaken the bloodline?” Justin abruptly stood up. "This is a frame-up. Someone wants to frame His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince! We must inform His Imperial Highness about this situation as soon as possible and then help him to clarify!"
 
Picking up the computer, Justin moved his fat body and ran out at once: "Aircraft! The aircraft!"

The people outside were all worried about Edgar’s condition. After carrying the little sub-beastman to return to the house where they lived, the first thing Edgar did was sealing off the whole house. After that, he began to examine the little sub-beastman’s condition.
 
The final strike of the heavenly tribulation had been very powerful and almost struck him to death. But after it had finished, an immense spiritual power had entered his body. The spiritual power had made him recover from his injured condition in a flash, made him possess the beast core again so he could become a human once more, and also made the little sub-beastman restore his body to peak condition.
 
The little sub-beastman was fully recovered now, and there was no problem at all. Seeing that he had not woken up yet . . . it seemed like he had fallen asleep.

Edgar withdrew the spiritual power that had been used to examine the little sub-beastman’s physical condition and cautiously called: "Shu Shu, Shu Shu."
 
The little sub-beastman’s name sounded really pleasant . . . . Having been calling it so many times in his heart, and having thought it was a name that couldn't be called out for a lifetime, Edgar felt his heart warming up. He couldn't help but want to kiss the sub-beastman in front of him one more time.
 
Speaking of which, the little sub-beastman’s clothes had long been destroyed by the lightning strike. Although the little sub-beastman was wrapped in a piece of clothing now, but he was naked inside . . . . Edgar couldn’t help but think of that time when he had seen the little sub-beastman’s body, and straightaway, his own body inevitably reacted.
 
His own self was totally a beast! After circulating the spiritual power to make himself clear-headed, Edgar opened his eyes again and then saw that the little sub-beastman on the bed had already woken up.
 
When Shu Shu woke up, he found that he had returned to the residence that Jones had prepared for him.
 
The lightning tribulation was finally done? He didn't need to suffer anymore? Shu Shu confirmed this one point and suddenly felt that the room that had made him uncomfortable before was very cozy now. Afterwards, he realized that there was also a stranger in the room in addition to himself.
 
It was a very handsome man indeed!
 
Shu Shu had been with many owners, and most of them were women. Naturally, they all liked handsome guys, but their esthetic perception differed from each other.
 
Even so, Shu Shu believed that if this man was seen by those owners of his, for sure they all would think that this person was a handsome guy!

This man was very good-looking. He had a pair of long legs and perfect body proportions. The outlines of his face were European or American, but his hair and his eyes were black. Those deep eyes suddenly opened, and when they looked at him, there was even a feeling that he was deeply loved . . . .
 
Stop! The description of the content of a romance novel had better not come out. They were both men; how could one big, handsome guy fall in love with him?
 
The crucial point now was . . . who the heck was this person, ah? What about his disciple?
 
Shu Shu sat up and looked under the bed, hoping he might see his disciple that had become a child at the bedside, but there was nothing there . . . .
 
"Hello, my name is Shu Shu. What’s your name?" Shu Shu used the  language of the Beastman Empire he barely learned to ask.
 
"Shu Shu, I’m Big Snake." The big, handsome guy smiled at Shu Shu.
 
"!!!" Big Snake? This handsome guy was his own disciple, that snake? Shu Shu stared incredulously at the man in front of him. After studying the man properly for a while, he had to admit that it should be the truth.

The smell of the man before his eyes was the same as that of his disciple.
 
How could this be?! Why could his disciple become so tall while his own height was so short? Just because his prototype was very small while his disciple's prototype was very big?
 
This was not fair!
 
Shu Shu felt extremely depressed, but unfortunately, he couldn’t do anything about it. Looking at his disciple, he could only grit his teeth resentfully. At the same time, he at last understood why this man’s appearance looked so good.
 
It hinged on him, ah! Daemons were basically good-looking. He had helped this man to become a daemon, so this man naturally looked good.
 
Thinking of this, Shu Shu was somewhat proud of himself: "Big Snake, it turns out to be you, ah! Did you pass through the tribulation well?"
 
Passing through the tribulation referred to the matter of being struck by lightning before, right? Edgar nodded.
 
"Not bad, not bad. But this time you also made a mistake, you know?" Shu Shu said while looking at Edgar: "Going through the tribulation is a thing that you do by yourself. Why on earth would you pull me into it? Causing me to get struck by lightning again . . . . When I went through my own tribulation, I didn’t even get struck so many times and so violently!" The more he spoke, the more he felt wronged. Since the disciple in front of him was not snake-shaped anymore, he became fearless . . . .
 
Outrage gave birth to courage. Shu Shu, whose teeth had already been itching, suddenly bit the hand of the disciple standing at the bedside.
 
The little sub-beastman unexpectedly sucked on his fingers . . . . Edgar’s heart shook, and he almost forgot to interpret what the little sub-beastman  had said.
 
Of course, he, in the end, still caught on to what the little sub-beastman had said . . . . What the little sub-beastman meant was that if only he had gone through the lightning strike by himself, then he would have been fine? So . . . his action of carrying the little sub-beastman to "flee" at that time had actually implicated the little sub-beastman?
 
"I'm sorry." Edgar was very remorseful. The little sub-beastman had lost several layers of skin at that time; it surely had been very painful . . . . Which other sub-beastman suffered such pain?
 
"It doesn't matter. I also didn't explain clearly about this matter at the beginning." Shu Shu opened his mouth to speak and released his disciple's hand, which simply couldn't be bitten. He felt a little sorry for his own teeth.
 
He was really brain-dead. In normal times, he did not sharpen or grow his teeth long, and he had actually thought to rely on them to bite the body of a mythical animal . . . . 

Shu Shu was depressed for a second and then became happy again—he had actually accepted a mythical animal as a disciple; it’s really so impressive, so wonderful!
 
Edgar felt it was a pity that the little sub-beastman didn't bite his hand anymore and then asked, "How did I become like this?"

"You cultivate to become a human, ah! Later, you’ll be the same as those people outside!" Shu Shu answered and gave praise simultaneously: "Disciple, you’re really awesome. You’ve just become a human, yet you can speak so smoothly. You’re just like me!"
 
"It's all because of your good teaching." Edgar admitted, readily accepting Shu Shu’s viewpoint.
 
"Of course . . . . Right, as your master, I haven't conferred a name on you . . ." Shu Shu very much wanted to play the master role but then found out that he was too awkward to make it work. He stopped playing and, looking up at that handsome face, said: "I’ll give you a name, OK? What’s a good name for you? Shé Shé? Shé Shè?"

Being a hopeless name giver and having to choose a name were really a pain. Shu Shu wondered if there was a name generator software in this place . . . . He was very much at a loss.
 
"My name is Edgar," Edgar suddenly said.
 
"Ah?" Shu Shu was a little perplexed.
 
"My name is Edgar." Edgar repeated once more.
 
"Edgar? This is a foreign name, right? What do you mean, ah . . . . But everyone here uses this kind of name, so using such name is fine . . ." Shu Shu kept repeating the name and decided to let his disciple be called by a name he had chosen himself. "Then your name is Edgar, OK! Edgar, let's bathe!"

The body was full of dirty things, and Shu Shu was extremely uncomfortable. He was itching to take a shower, and naturally, if he wanted to wash, his disciple also wanted to wash.
 
Such a handsome guy yet wearing such an explosive hairstyle!
 
"You wash first." Edgar quickly said.
 
"No need, no need. Let’s wash together. I’ll teach you to bathe." Shu Shu said. Although his disciple looked very big, but he had just become a human. Surely there were many things he had not learned to use and activities he had not learned to do. Shu Shu would definitely help him.
 
Teaching to bathe?! Edgar was stupefied, and the body reaction that had been pressed down before arose again.
 
"Let's go!" Shu Shu dragged the man into the bathroom. Then, with a rustle, he directly pulled off the clothes draped over his shoulders.
 
The clothes fell from his body along with some blood scabs, exposing his naked body and fair skin, which looked very attractive.
 
Edgar was staring straight ahead, and unfortunately, Shu Shu from the start didn’t obstruct the view and even reached out to pull the clothes encircling his disciple’s waist.
 
Leaping up in a flash, Edgar ran away without looking back.
 
If he continue to stay in the bathroom, he certainly wouldn’t be able to control himself from doing some irreversible things!
 
He and the little sub-beastman were not married yet, so he shouldn't take advantage of the little sub-beastman.


"Is he shy?" Looking at the backside of his disciple, Shu Shu was a bit puzzled, but he did not give chase.
 
He was feeling very uncomfortable now. Since his disciple had run away, he would just take a shower first.
 
Thinking that way, Shu Shu started to take a shower. He sang a song while washing.
 
Passing through the lightning tribulation was really amazing. Before, he had been dying, but after passing through the entire lightning tribulation, he had recovered completely. Not only recovering, his body was also much better. His skin had become better as well; from head to toe, he actually couldn’t find any pores.
 
If his former owners saw his current skin, they would definitely be jealous to death!

Needless to say, they would definitely envied him even more now that he could eat anything without getting fat, hahaha!
 
Taking out a few chestnuts from his food pouches, Shu Shu nibbled on them while taking a shower. At the same time, he was also pondering over having to find a job soon and earn a lot of money to buy some food to put into the food pouches. Oh, that’s right, his disciple had to go to work! This guy was so big, and his strength was also great. At that time, he might earn even more money than he did.
 
Shu Shu, thinking of various kinds of delicious foods he had eaten before,  swallowed the saliva in his mouth and scrubbed himself thoroughly one more time.
 
Shu Shu loved to be clean and also liked to bathe. After washing himself squeaky clean, his mood had also improved. Now he was ready to go out and call his disciple to come and wash up.

But when Shu Shu came outside, he found that his disciple had actually washed himself and had even changed into the nightwear Shu Shu had bought before.
 
That nightwear was so big he had even thought of using it as a quilt to cover himself. But now . . . worn by his disciple, it was, to his surprise, conspicuously too small!
 
Shu Shu frowned while taking a few glances at his disciple; there was some disequilibrium in his heart. However, every time he was unhappy, he could never keep it up for long. Looking at his disciple who had grown to be very handsome, he couldn't help but smile: "Disciple, you’re really awesome! You’re handsome, not to mention smart. You don’t even need to be taught to use the bathroom."
 
Hearing these words, Edgar was naturally a bit embarrassed. Up until now, this little sub-beastman still believed that he was just a snake. Should he explain about this?
 
He was mulling over how he was going to explain it when he suddenly heard Justin’s voice from the outside: "Your Imperial Highness the Crown Prince! Your Imperial Highness! Something major happened!"
 
Edgar had sealed the house. He knew that someone like Justin knew how to read a person’s expression, and he was sure that Justin would not come and disturb him at this time just for some trivial matters. Yet Justin was coming now . . . .
 
He was afraid that, as Justin had said, there was really something major happened.
 
"Whose name is Your Imperial Highness?" Shu Shu also heard Justin's words, but his face looked blank.
 
Edgar heard the misgivings in the little sub-beastman voice and was even more embarrassed, but he still stood up quickly and opened the door.
 
Damned if he did, damned if he didn't. Some matters, the little sub-beastman would know sooner or later.

Edgar barely opened the door, and Justin, who was sweating profusely, already ran inside and quickly placed a computer in front of Edgar: "Your Imperial Highness, there was an unfortunate incident at the capital star.  Someone has framed you!"
 
Edgar, having heard what had been said, frowned and instantly thought of the matter of himself being plotted against six months ago.
 
Before, he had become a fallen beast, suffering injuries and trapped in the forest. Even if he had wanted to wrest control of authority, he had been unable to do anything. He had had no other choice but to put his hope on his emperor father and empress mother. However, it was different now.
 
If someone in the capital star was framing him . . . . Were those people who had tampered with his mech and who wanted to make him lose his life the same group of people?
 
After taking the computer, Edgar looked up.
 
Shu Shu had used Chinese to talk with Edgar, but now these people used the language of the Beastman Empire to talk. Shu Shu absolutely didn’t understand what was being spoken. He was bewildered, but at the same time, he secretly admired his disciple even more.

His disciple was really amazing, ah. Several days of effort, and he had already learned so many words . . . .
 
Moving closer to Edgar’s side, Shu Shu looked towards the computer. As a result, he discovered that he was completely unable to make sense of what he was looking at . . . . He totally didn’t recognize those letters. Why did his disciple seem to be able to understand what he was reading? Why were these people so respectful and courteous towards his apprentice?

Shu Shu faintly felt that something was wrong. At this moment, he suddenly saw his disciple open a video, in which a snake was chasing after a sub-beastman.
 
"Ah! This snake looks like you!" Shu Shu said. "But there are still some differences. The scales under your heads look different!" He explained, pointing at the scales on the snake’s body.
 
When Edgar saw the snake in the video, he thought that the other person looked too much like himself. He himself could even get confused; no wonder so many people misrecognized that snake . . . .
 
Under these circumstances, there was a part he was slightly unclear about though. The little sub-beastman actually made out the distinguishing marks on him and that snake and even noticed the difference on the tiny scales . . . . Edgar’s heart was sweet and happy; this feeling of being taken seriously was really great.
 
Of course, the most important thing now was not this. Rather, Edgar had to think of a way to settle the matter in the capital star where some people were framing him.
 
This news would undoubtedly put great pressure on his parents. Moreover, all of this was a matter of three days ago. In the past three days, his parents had probably encountered things he could easily imagine without thinking too much.
 
Letting go of the computer and getting up, Edgar then told Justin: "Open up the military communication channel immediately. I want to contact the Imperial family over there."

He was still alive. He had not become a fallen beast. He had even awakened the bloodline. As a matter of fact, he wanted to take a look at what those people behind the scenes could still proclaim!
     


TL’s notes:

皇后 (huáng hòu) = empress; imperial consort
太子妃 (tài zǐ fēi) = crown prince imperial concubine = the principal wife of the crown prince = crown princess
Since there’s no female in beastman world, I’d just use empress and crown princess to refer to the emperor or the crown prince’s male partner.

Shé Shé = 蛇蛇 = snake snake
Shé Shè = 佘赦 = surname She; to pardon (a convict)
Shu Shu’s naming skill sucks（￣□￣；）

起名废 (qǐ míng fèi) = to name; to christen; to take a name | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste
I don’t know how to translate it. Based on context, I translate it as “name giver”. Anyone can help?

伸头一刀缩头也是一刀 literally means to stretch head a knife, to pull back head also a knife. I guess it's the same as "damned if you do, damned if you don't".

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32. Having Cultivated into a Human
 

Surrounded by everyone in the middle of the square, the crown prince, after a little bit of rest, would endure one lightning strike after another. Justin watched this scene, his body trembling and the corner of his eye twitching unconsciously.
 
All the scales were gone from getting struck by such powerful lightning. Only thinking about it already hurt . . . . The crown prince was indeed amazing!
 
Were we going to inform the Imperial family about the crown prince now? Justin thought about it but still gave up in the end.
 
If the emperor and the Imperial consort knew that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince was getting struck by lightning here, their mood would definitely not be anywhere near good . . . . He had better wait for His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince to be all right before notifying them . . . .
 
Thinking so, Justin was even more concerned about the situation right now.
 
Jones knew that Justin would definitely not speak out about the matter here. As for the next time . . . the moment Justin found out that Edgar had become a fallen beast, Jones would threaten him. With this man’s courage, he would certainly choose to keep the secret . . . .
 
The crown prince had become a fallen beast and was struck by lightning on Gass planet. Justin definitely wouldn’t want to let people on other planets know about this kind of news.
 
Standing together with Justin, Jones continued to watch both Edgar and Shu Shu.
 
As Shu Shu had expected, this time his disciple indeed met the most difficult heavenly tribulation. According to legend, it was the four-times-nine heavenly tribulation, which amounted to thirty-six lightnings.
 
The first eighteen lightnings of the four-times-nine heavenly tribulation struck quickly and almost ended Edgar’s life. The eighteen afterwards, however, took their time one after another. Although each of them was getting more and more powerful, but since Edgar and Shu Shu had a good rest, they still relied on today’s tribulation to refine their bodies. They actually felt that it was easier than before.

Of course, they also dragged it on for quite a long time. When the lightning struck for the thirtieth time, those people encircling them had already started eating the next day's breakfast.
 
The scales on the huge snake’s body had been struck off by lightning several times, and the scales that came off were scattered all around Shu Shu and Edgar. In fact, the scales that came off first had already been struck by lightnings and become black ashes.
 
At present, the scales on the huge snake’s body had completely turned golden. Its four clawed feet also looked sturdy and powerful. The area on its head that had been struck by lightning repeatedly had had no scales, exposing a bloody hole, but two lumps were currently growing out of the hole. It seemed that two horns were going to sprout out . . . .
 
The huge snake was no longer a snake now. It looked like it was turning into . . . a jiaolong?
 
Shu Shu stared at his own disciple, and apart from being in pain, he was rather amazed. According to the information provided by the red bead, a snake that grew four feet was indeed a jiaolong. When a jiaolong levitated heavenwards, it might become a dragon.

Of course, not all snakes could become jiaolong. Generally, they needed to have the corresponding bloodline. It was because of the dragon blood retained within the body that, under the heavenly tribulation, a snake was able to transform into a jiaolong . . . . His disciple’s original bloodline was very good; it was a descendant of the mythical animal. No wonder it could develop intelligence and managed to cultivate so fast!
 
Although Shu Shu was afraid of snake and recoiled from its scales, but the golden-bright and dazzling scales in front of him made him like them a little . . . . He even wanted to reach out and touch and stroke them. Meanwhile, the thundercloud in the sky once again condensed.
 
This time, after the thundercloud condensed, the lightning inside was slow to fall, but at the same time, it also brought an unprecedentedly big pressure.
 
It went without saying that the people around who were watching the scene couldn’t approach at all. After the thundercloud gathered up, they even started to unconsciously draw back. Retreating and retreating, Justin, the fat governor, had even dropped the meat patty held on his hand because of this urgent retreat.
 
"This is really the last one." Shu Shu said. After getting struck by lightning for thirty-five times, every inch of flesh on his body was charred, and the pain was overwhelming. At long last, everything would be over now . . . .
 
Shu Shu had cried before, but at this final moment, he, on the contrary, did not cry. Taking a deep breath, he began to cultivate again. Edgar, however, raised his head and looked up at the sky.
 
This time, the lightning would be stronger and bigger than any of the previous ones. It was going to be rough. It even made Edgar have a gut feeling that this lightning strike would leave him with torn body and crushed bones, but he still didn’t shrink back. Instead, he faced the lightning head-on, uncoiling and rushing over. At the same time, he used his body to protect the little sub-beastman well.
 
This lightning was indeed very, very strong, and Edgar simply couldn't do anything to defeat it. Actually, having been struck down by lightning, he was already helpless, not to mention the little sub-beastman. Although he had protected the little sub-beastman thoroughly, but the little guy was still affected and somewhat suffered. Shu Shu now was already black; his flesh was lacerated, and he had completely lost consciousness.
 
Must not let anything happen to the little sub-beastman! Edgar didn't want to think about it; he just sent his spiritual power into the little sub-beastman’s body.
 
The heavenly thundercloud slowly dissipated, and the area struck by the thunderbolt had become a pit. A huge snake had coiled its body around a sub-beastman, and both of them had already lost consciousness.
 
Edgar didn't know how long it took to wake up.
 
The thundercloud was scattered; he was fine, and the little sub-beastman was also fine. The only difference was that he had sprouted four atavistic legs.
 
But even if he had become an atavism now, he was also just a beast.
 
Being exposed like this in the public place with numerous people, his identity could no longer be hidden. Everyone knew that the Crown Prince Edgar had become a fallen beast.
 
The people around him looked at him with sympathy. At the same time, the soldiers on duty were alarmed and started to guard him closely. Everyone was worried that he would be violent and injure somebody.
 
Jones told him that the little sub-beastman was fine, but he could not see the little sub-beastman. However, his emperor father and his Imperial consort mother had rushed over from the distant capital star to this place.
 
The matter of him becoming a fallen beast had been on the news. People felt sorry for him, but they all thought that he should be sent to the planet where the fallen beasts lived. He wanted to stay on Gass planet, but because he was too powerful, this request was immediately rejected.
 
It was at this time that he got the news about the little sub-beastman. The little sub-beastman and that lion race beastman had confirmed their relationship, and the two men was going to become partners!
 
When he left Gass planet and was sent to fallen beast planet, the little sub-beastman finally appeared in front him and looked at him with fear.
 
The little sub-beastman was so afraid that he stood far away from him, making him fully suffer a sharp pain in his heart.
 
"His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince . . ." The little sub-beastman looked at him cautiously and, trembling and looking like he was going to run away at any time, said: "You, don't come to find me again. I beg you . . ."
 
Not like this, the little sub-beastman should have not been so afraid of him. Moreover, he knew that although his little sub-beastman was afraid of him, but he did not detest him. The little sub-beastman would certainly not state that he should not find him again.
 
This thought suddenly flashed through Edgar’s mind, and he realized that everything he had experienced was disjointed, and the gaps were practically everywhere.
 
It seemed like he had entered a space similar to a virtual fantasyland?
 
The thought flashed through his mind, and then Edgar opened his eyes and instantly felt that something was wrong.
 
He seemed to be pressing against something . . . . Edgar looked down to his body and saw that the little sub-beastman was being pressed down by himself. He just thought that he might crush the little sub-beastman when he suddenly found himself shrinking.
 
No, he was not shrinking; he was turning into a human.
 
He became a man again!
 
What exactly was going on? ! Edgar instinctively used his spiritual power to check the little sub-beastman’s condition and found that the little sub-beastman was not in life-threatening situation. Only then did he breathed a sigh of relief. Then, looking at his own hand again, he kept staring blankly at it.
 
Edgar had a feeling of incredulity and immediately wondered whether he had gotten caught up in a virtual fantasyland again or not.
 
Compared with the previous fantasy, this fantasy was really too lovely. He was thinking that he didn't want to wake up at all . . . .
 
The clothes on the little sub-beastman’s body had long been destroyed by the lightning strike. Although every inch of the body was charred black, but it was also bare, and Edgar was being pressed against it . . . . He couldn’t help but go down and kiss the little sub-beastman’s mouth.
 
Right at this moment, there was something covering his body. Edgar lifted his head just to see Jones’ shocked look.
 
It’s really not good to be seen stealing a kiss from the little sub-beastman, even if this was just a fantasy . . . . Edgar’s expression was a little awkward, and then he saw a fat man pushing Jones aside: “Your Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, how do you feel?"

"You are..." Edgar turned towards the fat man. He completely didn’t recognize this person.
 
"I am the governor of Gass planet, Justin. Your Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, are you all right?" Justin gazed at the crown prince with a smile and then glanced furtively at the incomplete view of the little sub-beastman who was being pressed down and covered by the crown prince.
 
Could it be that this was the sub-beastman the crown prince chose as his crown princess? He seemed a little small, ah . . . .
 
Edgar looked around carefully and at last saw that those people who had been far around before were already near now. He abruptly realized that everything was truly not a fantasy.
 
As for why he could become a human now . . . . Edgar suddenly remembered what the little sub-beastman had said before.
 
The little sub-beastman had made him cultivate properly on more than one occasion, saying that he could become a "human" after cultivating. He had not understood the meaning of "human" at that time and had even thought that the little sub-beastman had been talking about being able to become a sub-beastman after cultivating. Consequently, he had been very confused. Now . . . it seemed that what the little sub-beastman had meant was that when he cultivated properly, he could become a beastman as well!

Edgar tried to get a feel for the spiritual power within his body and, sure enough, discovered that he once again had a beast core in his body. This beast core was a bit different from his previous one, but there was no doubt that it was indeed a beast core.

"Dr. Jones, can you give me another piece of clothing?" Edgar turned towards Jones. The clothes covering his body now were given by Jones, but only one piece of clothing clearly couldn’t cover two people.
 
Jones hadn't had time to move yet when Justin directly took a piece of clothing out of his space button and gave it to Edgar: "Your Imperial Highness, this is new; I haven't wear it yet."

Justin's size was much bigger than Jones’, so his clothes were also big. Edgar picked up the clothes and quickly wrapped up the little sub-beastman in his arms. Only then did he find out that his physical condition was better than ever.
 
He had been seriously hurt by the lightning strike, but now, to his surprise, the condition of his injuries was already fine!
 
Of course, now was not the time to study the condition of his own injuries . . . . Edgar smiled at Justin and said: "Many thanks."
 
"You’re welcome." Justin showed a big smile to Edgar. He was looking at Edgar like he was looking at a huge gold mine.

This was indeed a gold mine, ah. Although the current Imperial family’s power was not as big as that in ancient times, but neither was it small. Not to mention the existence of the special Imperial Corps, the Imperial family’s private property was even more overwhelming . . . .
 
“This time, because I wanted to improve my strength, I came to Gass planet and caused trouble for you." Edgar said again. He didn't intend to tell these people about the matter of him having already become a fallen beast beforehand, assuming that Jones would also help him to keep it secret.
 
As for Jeress and the other men . . . . He had never told them that he was a beast, had he? He had only suffered some injuries and had had no choice but to stay in beast form, that’s all.
 
"No trouble, no trouble, it’s no trouble at all." Justin at once replied. How could this be trouble? This was clearly a good thing, ah!

The crown prince had awakened the atavistic bloodline in his planet; his planet would surely become very famous!
 
Seeing that Justin had been swayed, Edgar smirked. Carrying the little sub-beastman in his arms, he walked over to the house Jones had arranged for the little sub-beastman beforehand.
 
Having walked a few steps, he suddenly remembered one thing—the little sub-beastman had known that he would become a human, therefore the clothes and utensils that the little sub-beastman had bought should be for his use, right?
 
Thinking of this, Edgar's walking pace immediately sped up, wishing he could go back already.
 


TL’s notes:
- 蛟 (jiāo) = jiaolong = a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
I keep it in pinyin because I want to differentiate it from (real) dragon. Read the Wikipedia entry for more info.
- I changed Cas 加斯 (jiāsī) into Gass.

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31. Four-Legged Snake
 

Each time, the huge snake would take the initiative to let the thunderbolt fall on its head, but Shu Shu and the huge snake were cheek by jowl, so naturally, there was no narrow or lucky escape for him. After the arrival of a new round of thunderbolts, his external skin had already been charred. When he moved a little, a flake of charred skin fell from his body, exposing the bright red flesh inside, and it was extremely painful.
 
When the next lightning fell, those bright red flesh would get charred again . . . .
 
Shu Shu felt that his current appearance might not look human anymore.

But he didn't want to die; he still wanted to keep on living . . . .

Shu Shu had read some true cultivation novels. When the characters in the novels went through the heavenly tribulation, they often had some magic items and formations, but until now, he had never had anything at all.   

Because of this, when he had gone through the heavenly tribulation, he had just curled up and resolutely endured. Now Edgar was going through the heavenly tribulation, and once again, there was nothing he could do.

However, he could make himself feel a bit better.

Sitting cross-legged and smelling the burnt aroma emanating from his body, Shu Shu began to circulate the weak spiritual power within his body. He was trying to find a way to make himself forget the pain on his body.   

Shu Shu was very much in pain, and Edgar also wasn’t feeling better at this time. When he had lost a few scales before, he had been very anxious. And now, his scales were falling out at light speed.   

The originally ugly snake was all scorched now, and it looked even uglier.   

Without them being aware, the heavenly lightning had already fallen eighteen times, and the thundercloud still did not dispersed. Clearly, the thundercloud had been brewing for a good while, yet the nineteenth lightning had not fallen. It meant they could get a short break.
 
Edgar seized the moment to recover. At the same time, he finally had time to pay attention to the situation around him. Only then did he find that there were planes flying back and forth in the sky. They were even throwing something towards the thundercloud, probably wanting to destroy it. However, it was quite clear that they were doing useless deeds.
 
This thundercloud was certainly not a simple thundercloud . . . .   

Edgar’s cultivation speed was extremely fast. Now that the spiritual power around him was sufficient, his previously drained spiritual power was almost instantly brought up to full.   

At this time, thunderbolts were flashing inside the thundercloud. The third round of lightning tribulation would arrive in a moment. 

The people outside were watching the thundercloud that had gotten bigger instead of getting smaller. They gaped at it and totally couldn’t figure out what was going on.
 
This lightning was too wicked; how could it last for so long and strike relentlessly? And even aimed the strike at the snake beastman?
 
They had some ways to dissipate the black cloud and divert the thunderbolts. The two planes above had already thrown a lot of things into the black cloud, but these things unexpectedly hadn’t had any effect.   

What the heck was going on here?   

Under the doings of the planes flying above the square, the abnormal rain that had come down in the background finally stopped. Jones wiped the rain water off his face, his expression exceptionally solemn, and finally made up his mind: "Fire some rockets at the black cloud!"   

They hadn't dared to use offensive weapons before; they just wanted to disperse the black cloud. But those methods had had no effect at all, and now they could only try other methods.
 
Jones’ voice barely fell when the planes fired rockets into the thundercloud.   

Several artillery shells streaked across the sky at high speed, penetrated the thundercloud, and then exploded in succession. Unexpectedly, the thundercloud that was going to drop the nineteenth lightning scattered.
 
Upon seeing this, Edgar was exultant and proceeded with his cultivation. At the same time, the heavenly thundercloud slowly started to converge again. Obviously, it was not willing to dissipate so easily since the lightning strike was not done striking down. However, it just gathered together when some artillery shells unexpectedly exploded in the middle of it for the second time. Thus, it could only regroup once more.   

After waiting for a good while, the thundercloud still didn’t come down with anything, and Shu Shu felt rightly puzzled. Opening his eyes, he saw this scene and immediately had an unspeakable feeling.   

He had just learned some facts about the thundercloud from the red bead. According to the red bead’s statement, the thundercloud could not be scattered. If you used spiritual power to scatter it, the spiritual power would quite likely get absorbed by it, making it become bigger and bigger.   

However . . . these people did not use spiritual power to scatter the thundercloud. Rather, they used bombs. In this way, not only the thundercloud was scattered, it also would not become bigger and would become smaller instead . . . .
 
As it turned out, using high-tech weapons to scatter the thundercloud was also possible? 

Edgar was cultivating, and Shu Shu did not have any way to fight over the spiritual power with his disciple. He might as well watch the thundercloud in the sky cohere and then disperse over and over.   

His disciple’s turn to go through the lightning tribulation was certainly very, very interesting.   

Right when Shu Shu was thinking such thought, he suddenly discovered that some spiritual power was entering his body. After a closer look, he found out that it was actually the huge snake putting its tail on his body to help him treat his wounds.   

The disciple he had accepted was really good. While going through the tribulation, it still thought of him. If only it hadn’t brought him along on the run and made him have no choice but to follow and go through the tribulation together . . . .   

Shu Shu had once gone through the lightning tribulation after all, so this time, he already had some immunity to it. Therefore, after the spiritual power entered his body, he immediately started to recover at an extremely rapid pace.
 
The charred blood scabs naturally came off, revealing the fair skin beneath. Since his clothes had long disappeared, it could be said that his naked body was sitting in a small circle formed by the huge snake’s coiled body.
 
Feeling uncomfortable, Edgar moved his gaze away. Shu Shu, however, spoke without the slightest awareness: "You’re really my good disciple! I’ll definitely teach you more carefully later."   

At present, he was within reach of the huge snake, but in a rare moment, he was not afraid of it. Each time, the huge snake would take the initiative to face the lightning strike, all in order to protect him. The huge snake, without doubt, wouldn’t hurt him.   

Nevertheless, it would be great if the huge snake was not a snake . . . .   

Thinking that the huge snake would be able to become a human after the lightning strike was over, Shu Shu was naturally happy. Right at this moment, he suddenly found some incongruity showing up on the huge snake’s body.   

"Disciple, you grew some limbs!" Shu Shu pointed at the huge snake’s abdomen in astonishment.
 
Edgar was helping the little sub-beastman treat his wounds when he suddenly heard the little sub-beastman’s words. He immediately looked at his own body and, sure enough, saw two clawed appendages sprout out of his  abdomen, one on the right and one on the left.   

No, not only these two, likewise, there were also two clawed appendages growing out of his lower abdomen.   

Being a snake, he had always felt inconvenienced and hoped that he could grow a couple of legs. And now, he really grew two pairs of legs . . . .
 
Shu Shu and Edgar took notice of Edgar’s situation, so, of course, those people outside who had been watching them saw it too.
 
"That snake, he suddenly grows two pairs of legs?" Jeca looked at Jeress incredulously: "Boss, that’s obviously a snake, right? Why does he grew four legs?"   

"I also don't know." Jeress frowned.   

"I’ve never heard of a snake constantly growing and even being able to sprout out legs." Jeca said again.   

"No, some snake beastmen originally could sprout out legs." Jeress said.   

"What?" Jeca stared at Jeress, perplexed.   

"Do you still remember the design of the school badge of the Imperial College in the capital star? It is a snake with legs." Jeress explained.
 
Jeca had never gone to the Imperial College to study, but he, nevertheless, had seen the school badges of various schools. He had even studied them specially because these school badges were said to have originated and evolved from the ancient totems, which were of historical significance. And on the Imperial College’s school badge was indeed a four-legged snake.
 
Of course, the four-legged snake mentioned above was golden and had a noble and threatening air. Yet the four-legged snake right here was dark and countless scales on his body were missing from the lightning strike, making him look extremely terrible.   

"I heard that the beastmen of the Imperial family used to be snakes with legs, but don’t know what happened afterwards, they don’t have legs anymore." Jeress said. Although he made a supreme effort to stay calm, but he was actually greatly astonished.   

Could it be that the beastman father of the sub-beastman was a member of the Imperial family? If it was true, could it be that the little sub-beastman was also a member of the Imperial family?   

Didn’t the Imperial family always lack children, often only one per generation? How could a fallen beast from the Imperial family suddenly emerge?
 
If the sub-beastman was a member of the Imperial family, he certainly wouldn’t be able to catch up to him . . . . All at once, Jeress was a bit distressed. 

In addition to Jeca and Jeress, other people also saw the snake beastman’s situation. Likewise, they started to talk about it, and some of them also mentioned the Imperial family. 

Although those people mentioned it, but they were also not sure if the snake beastman was a member of the Imperial family. They were only curious about his identity. Jones was watching from the sidelines, and his mood was immeasurably complicated.
 
Edgar's innate skill was very, very good, but Jones had not expected that his innate skill could actually be so good to the point of awakening the atavistic bloodline . . . . It was a pity that a beastman with such unsurpassed innate skill had unexpectedly become a fallen beast.   

"Dr. Jones, that black cloud was very strange; it didn’t scatter after our hit. Do you want to shoot at it again?" Someone asked.   

"Keep on shooting, don’t let it hurt people!" Jones ordered.   

The artillery shells were fired one more time, scattering the thundercloud in the sky once again. 

At this time, Edgar's clawed legs had grown some.   

Edgar’s mood was particularly complicated after finding out that he was actually an atavism. Over ten thousand years ago, there had been only a few members of the Imperial family who had showed up as atavisms. And these few people, each of them had been very very powerful. Edgar had not expected that he could become one of them. Not only had he not been born as an atavism, but he also underwent the atavistic process after becoming a fallen beast . . . .   

With a bitter laugh in his heart, Edgar turned towards the little sub-beastman in front him just to see a flake of charred, dead skin fall from the little sub-beastman’s nose tip, exposing a fair and tender nose.
 
Shu Shu felt a little itch on his face and reached out to rub at it, wiping off more dead skin. Then he turned towards the huge snake: "How’s your recovery?"   

Edgar used his tail to pat his own body and knock off the top layer of dead skin and scales, revealing the newly sprouted golden bright scales inside.
 
"If you’re fine, let the lightning tribulation come down, OK? We definitely must endure all of it, only then will we be alright." Shu Shu said with a bitter face.   

Those lightnings had to continue for them to be alright? In that case, how could he manage if he was not careful and hurt the little sub-beastman again?   

Edgar didn't want to let the little sub-beastman get hurt, but Shu Shu was quite clear that he had to endure the lightning tribulation today: "The sooner the lightning strike finishes, the sooner this matter is over! When we can't stand it, they can help scatter the tribulation cloud. Let's rest a bit, and then we had better continue!"   

Edgar more or less understood Shu Shu's words. After confirming that those lightnings could not be avoided, he thought about it and eventually lifted up his tail and started to gesticulate.
 
"He’s writing!" The people around finally took note of the movement of the snake beastman's tail. They also understood the point he wanted to convey. 

Don't fire the artillery shells again? Wait a moment and then continue to help scatter the cloud? Jones glanced at Edgar who was targeted by the thundercloud and, in accordance with the other party’s wish, told the people on the planes above not to fire the artillery shells again.   

The thundercloud soon gathered together, and the long-delayed third round of the lightning tribulation was eventually brewed to fruition. Impossibly, a bucket-thick thunderbolt struck down, coming right into the face of the two people below. When it fell below, it even split into two. The big strike was heading towards Edgar, while the small one was heading towards Shu Shu.
 
"Ah!" Shu Shu cradled his own head. Although this lightning was small, but it was still bigger than the biggest lightning he had endured before!   

He was certainly going to die! Shu Shu wanted to cry, but just like before, the lightning didn't fall on his body—the huge snake blocked the two lightnings without exception.
 
Disciple, you were a good person, and you had to keep on fighting! Shu Shu sighed heavily. Then those tiny electric sparks scorched him once again.

Edgar's tail was tapping the ground. Seeing this scene, Jones gave orders to the planes above, letting the people on the planes proceed with scattering the thundercloud.   

The thundercloud, which originally should’ve persistently and quickly struck one man and one snake below into charcoals, was once again scattered by the hot weapons. In the end, it could only struggle to resume its agglutination.   

Edgar continued to cultivate, repairing his body and conveniently absorbing the thunderbolt’s power in the vicinity. He could sense that these thunderbolts brought him lots of benefits.   

Even though the heavenly tribulation could strike people to death, but if you didn't die, you could get huge benefits from it. Edgar now had enough time to mend, enabling him to get more benefits. Even Shu Shu himself felt that he was getting stronger and stronger . . . .

Once the both of them had rested well, Edgar sent out a secret signal, and the planes above stopped harassing the thundercloud. It didn't take long before another lightning struck down.   

Edgar blocked the lightning just like before and then began to mend and cultivate again . . . .   

In this way, the heavenly tribulation that could strike people to death became a tool for cultivation . . . . Didn’t know whether this thundercloud would feel unwilling and wronged or not.   

"Jones, what the heck is going on here?" The governor of Gass planet, Justin, dragged his plump body over and asked loudly even before he got near. 

Initially, the situation here was only known to the people in the barracks and was not spread outside, but Jones had people prepare so many artillery shells at a time, so it was impossible for Justin to not know the matter here.   

"Some things happened." Jones said.
 
"What’s the thing that will make you call for so many artillery shells? Jones, although you have a powerful backer, but you also can't run amok!" Justin frowned.   

"I’m here to save people." Jones replied.   

"To save people by using so many artillery shells? Can’t you just make them go inside?" Justin had heard about some of the situation here, but he simply didn't believe that there was a black cloud that needed the utilization of bombs—wasn't it just a black cloud? The blowing wind was enough to disperse it!   

While saying so, Justin turned towards the two people underneath the black cloud.   

The sub-beastman was in the middle of the snake beastman’s coiled body, only his head could be seen, and the snake beastman on the outer side . . . .
 
"A snake with clawed legs?! This . . . this . . . Imperial family? His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince?" The crown prince had suddenly disappeared half a year ago. Many people knew about this news, and Justin also knew a little.   

At that time, he had thought that if he could find the crown prince, then he would definitely get a lot of rewards. But he also hadn’t hoped too much. After all, it was impossible for the crown prince to turn up on such a remote planet where the birds didn’t shit. But now . . . what did he see? Could it be that it was the crown prince?
 
One heard that Dr. Jones’s relationship with the Imperial family was special. He definitely must’ve already known about the crown prince, so he dared to mobilize so many bombs at once . . . . Justin thought about it and immediately patted his thigh: "Isn’t it just using some artillery shells? Use them! As many as you want to use! By all means, don't use it sparingly!"

Jones gave Justin a quick look. He knew what this man was thinking, but at this moment, he didn’t have the spirit to say anything to him.   

Whatever it was, it could wait until this thundercloud was dealt with. 



TL's note: I dunno why the author like names that start with J so much. Jeca, Jeress, Jared, Justin.... (・_・ヾ

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30. Struck by Lightning Together
 

How did this pressure resemble the one from that time when he had been going to go through the tribulation? Shu Shu was a bit confused. Before long, he thought of something and quickly turned towards Edgar.
 
Staring at Edgar for a while, Shu Shu then broke into a run. He ran outside and saw a thundercloud in the sky. At once, he shouted excitedly: "Lightning tribulation! It’s the lightning tribulation!"

Rolling in the sky, that cloud looked completely different than ordinary cloud. That . . . was indeed a thundercloud, ah!
 
He knew that his disciple's lightning tribulation was about to arrive, but he had never expected that it would actually arrive so fast!
 
His disciple was going to become a human? !   

Shu Shu was both startled and delighted. At this time, Edgar had also come outside and raised his head to watch the sky together with Shu Shu.
 
How could an enormous black cloud suddenly appear in the sky?
 
Looking at the lightning that flashed from time to time in the black cloud, Edgar felt that a thunderbolt would inevitably strike their house down .   

"Big Snake, you must go through the tribulation. You go outside and go through the tribulation, I’ll be waiting for you here . . ." Shu Shu got a lot of genuine general knowledge about cultivation from the red bead. Included among these was that you had to go through the tribulation by yourself, otherwise it might make the lightning tribulation become very formidable and very difficult to endure. This point was the reason why the huge snake had to definitely leave the house. 

However, before he even finished speaking, the huge snake suddenly rushed over and used its tail to roll him up and then quickly fled towards a spacious and empty area in the distance.
 
The little sub-beastman seemed to want to say something, but Edgar had no time to listen to him speak—the lightning in the sky was going to strike them down, he had to quickly escape with the little sub-beastman!   

Carrying the little sub-beastman, Edgar slithered faster than ever before and soon brought the little sub-beastman to a spacious and empty playing field a short distance away.   

A spacious and empty area like this was suitable to be used for evading thunderbolt . . . . Edgar breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to put the little sub-beastman down, but he suddenly discovered that the thundercloud actually followed them and was now staying on top of the spacious and empty square. Moreover, it was also a little bigger.   

He would still be struck by lightning here! Edgar had no time to think too much; he rolled up the little sub-beastman and continued to move forward, fleeing. 

"Put me down!" Rolled up by the snake tail and carried away at high speed, Shu Shu felt that the food he had swallowed down to his belly before were all going to be jolted out. The lightning tribulation was about to begin, and if he was not let go, then it would also count him in and make him struck by lightning together with the huge snake, ah!   

He had been struck by lightning last time, and it had been very, very painful. He didn't want to be struck again now!
 
Hurry up and let him go, ah!   

Edgar clearly didn't know what Shu Shu was thinking. He faintly felt that the thundercloud in the sky was exceptionally dangerous. Now he was even more determined to take the little sub-beastman away and run for their lives.   

He fled at extraordinary speed, and soon he arrived at another spacious and empty spot.   

The thundercloud followed them closely until it gathered above them once again.   

There wasn’t enough time to talk or to think too much; Edgar changed direction and continued to flee.   

Edgar was running so fast to the extent that when Shu Shu opened his mouth to speak, the wind rushed into his mouth, and he could hardly speak. However, no matter how difficult it was to speak, some words still had to be spoken: "You . . . you’re so stupid, ah!"   

His disciple was truly an idiot, ah. The thundercloud was coming; his disciple should have stayed put, rested well, and made a careful preparation, only then would it be all right when facing the lightning tribulation. To his surprise, it carried him everywhere instead, fleeing in a vain attempt to hide from the lightning tribulation. Really, it was downright stupid!   

How come there was such a stupid creature in this world? !   

Shu Shu was rolled up by the snake tail, and he vaguely sensed that the lightning tribulation seemed to have included himself. He felt like crying but had no tears.

How dare the huge snake dig a hole for him like this! Fine, presumably, he couldn't put all the blame on the huge snake. Today could be like this, he also had a hand in it. Blame him for not explaining clearly to the huge snake about the matter of going through the tribulation early on . . . . But the huge snake hadn’t been particularly able to understand his words before, so he had been at a loss to explain about it, ah . . . .   

Furthermore, he really hadn’t known that the lightning tribulation could actually come so fast, ah! At that time, when he had sensed that his lightning tribulation would come, he had waited for one day before it had truly arrived. Who knew that Edgar’s tribulation would actually come so fast?   

Seeing the thundercloud in the sky getting bigger and bigger and begin to produce thunder and lightning, Shu Shu momentarily wanted to cry.   

At this time, the hustle and bustle had also attracted other people’s attention. 

Jeress and the other men’s vacation was not over yet, but since they had already returned, they did not go out hunting again. Rather, they stayed in the camp to continue training.   

They were originally telling others about all kinds of things they had encountered this time, conveniently taking out photos for others to see. Then they discovered the sudden appearance of a black cloud in the originally sunny and cloudless sky. 

"What’s that thing? Didn’t the weather forecast say that there’s no rain today?" Jeca, looking at the black cloud on the horizon, asked in confusion.   

"Even if it’s going to rain, it’s impossible that there’s only a single dark cloud." Someone on the side replied, frowning and wondering why the black cloud looked abnormal.   

"It seems that there are also thunder and lightning inside the black cloud?" Another man said. 

They all watched the black cloud in confusion. Jeress looked at the direction of the black cloud’s location and then said with a frown: "Let's go take a look!"

Jeress's voice barely fell, and the other men had already run toward that direction in a hurry . . . .
 
Just like Jeress’ group, there were many people who rushed to the same direction. Jones had even run earlier, but they all unexpectedly couldn’t catch up with the black cloud—that fleeing black cloud was really formidable.
 
"Crap! This cloud shouldn’t be alive, right? Its escape route is really amazing!" Jaka couldn't help exclaiming. Right at this moment, a muffled sound blasted from between the heaven and earth. Soon after, thick and solid lightning bolts streaked out together from the inside of the black cloud and struck the ground.   

The people present all saw the lightning, but it was truly the first time they saw such dazzling lightning, and all of them were quite shaken.   

At this time, the black cloud at long last stopped moving.   

Everyone’s footsteps stopped, and then they immediately ran to that direction.   

They soon arrived underneath the black cloud, and only then did they find out that the lightning seemed to have struck someone . . . . Was that the prototype of a snake beastman?
 
That man was really stupid, ah! When the black cloud came, he actually stayed underneath it to get struck, unaware that he had to hide!   

The people present were somewhat sympathetic to the beastman who was struck by lightning. Right at this moment, they saw another lightning in the sky striking down and struck the beastman on the ground once again. 

They were too late to tell the beastman to stay away from the lightning. The other party was once again hit by the lightning strike, his whole body emitting electric sparks. At this moment, someone suddenly yelled: "There’s a sub-beastman there!"

Just now, when the second lightning struck down, the snake beastman took the initiative to face the falling thunderbolt. Taking the initiative to get hit by the lightning strike, he then exposed the head of a sub-beastman who was rolled up in the middle.   

There was actually a sub-beastman under the black cloud!   

"Quick, go save them!" Jeress immediately ordered. He naturally recognized the fallen beast and the sub-beastman whom he had brought back himself. At this moment, he wanted to run towards the area where the snake beastman and the sub-beastman were.   

However, he had only ran a few steps and then could not continue to move forward—a formidable pressure locked him into place, unexpectedly making him unable to move a single step.   

Jeress was speechless for a while. Then he looked around and discovered that the beastmen around him seemed to have run into the same problem—they could not go under the cloud.   

"Call on a few planes to come and scatter that black cloud!" Jones ordered while watching the black cloud. He stood farther than Jeress and the others, yet he already couldn’t go any further.
 
Although Jones was a doctor, but his military rank was not low. As soon as the words came out, someone promptly went to get the planes. At this time, the third lightning streaked out from the black cloud and struck down.
 
Seeing that there was another lightning falling down, Shu Shu couldn't help but curl his whole body into a ball.   

Getting struck by lightning was really, really painful. Although two lightnings had been blocked by the huge snake, but some lightning sparks more or less reached his body. Presently, his hair was already scorched, and his clothes were already scraps.   

If this continued, his whole person would get scorched. At that time, maybe he would give off a tempting barbecue aroma . . . . The more Shu Shu brooded, the more he felt miserable. He could not help but choke up with sobs.
 
Edgar heard the sobs, but he did not dare to get distracted. He raised his head high, facing upward, and charged into the thunderbolt. They met head-on. First, there was a sharp pain on his head. Soon after, the lightning sparks coursed through his body, making him hurt from head to tail and weakening his whole body. 

Fortunately, the little sub-beastman was all right . . . . A quick look confirmed that although the little sub-beastman was affected, but his life was not in danger. Edgar breathed a sigh of relief, and right then, another lightning strike was coming down.   

Covering the little sub-beastman with his body and tail, Edgar once again faced the thunderbolt with his head.   

His scales were very, very hard, but his head had been struck so many times now, exposing scorched, black skin and flesh. If not for the cultivated spiritual power in his body healing his wounds, Edgar felt that he might have been killed by the lightning strike.

It’s just, how could lightning suddenly came and struck him?   

The lightning came so fast, and it struck very, very quickly too! Watching the thunderbolt in the sky, Shu Shu was a little stunned. At that time, after one lightning had struck him, the interval for the next one to arrive had been a half hour or even an hour. Why, when it was his disciple, the lightnings were linked together and arrived so rapidly, ah!   

More and more black clouds were gathering above them. In the vicinity, the rain quickly started, and the surrounding beastmen who were watching the scene got drenched. At the same time, the thunderbolt went on one after another and continued to strike the huge snake’s head.   

Each time, the huge snake took the initiative to face the thunderbolt squarely. Therefore, from start to finish, Shu Shu had never faced the lightning tribulation directly. However, lightning could be transmitted. Not to mention that every inch of his body was scorched black, it also hurt very, very much.
 
It was fine if there was a talisman to block the thunderbolt, but unfortunately, he had nothing.   

However, the red bead also said that having the thunderbolt strike the body was advantageous. Thunderbolt could be used to forge the body, making the body become extremely hard and strong . . . . His disciple had been quite strong before, and after going through the lightning tribulation, it would most likely become stronger. Maybe he could also become a little powerful.
 
"The ninth lightning! After this lightning falls, then we’ll be OK!" Shu Shu excitedly said while watching a thunderbolt as thick as a thigh brewing within the black cloud.   

It was said that when two people went through the tribulation together, the lightning tribulation would become very, very difficult to endure. But it seemed that the current tribulation was not so bad—although this lightning tribulation was much, much stronger than the one he had encountered, but it looked like his disciple would not be struck to death.   

Edgar’s flesh had been lacerated by eight consecutive lightning strikes. He was lying prone on the ground and happened to hear the the little sub-beastman’s words. Naturally, he was quite amazed. 

The little sub-beastman knew about what these black cloud and thunderbolts were all about? Then . . . why the hell would they be struck? Also, why couldn't they hide from those things?   

"Ah ah ah! You, concentrate!" Shu Shu promptly said. The lightning strike was coming towards him, ah!   

Edgar raised his body, facing upward, and rushed toward the lightning again. This lightning would be more difficult to endure compared to the previous eight. It struck his head, and then blood splattered everywhere. Fortunately, he had been bracing himself.   

Somewhat, Shu Shu also suffered a little. He was momentarily paralyzed by the electric current. After a while, the pain dulled to some extent. Then he immediately said to Edgar: "You . . . you quickly . . . quickly cultivate." After going through the tribulation, it was best to quickly consolidate the cultivation . . . . But . . . why was the heavenly thundercloud still here?   

Edgar subconsciously began to circulate his spiritual power. One cycle, and the injuries on his body immediately began to improve at a speed visible to the naked eye. Vaguely, he even felt that his strength was a bit stronger.   

After being struck by the thunderbolts, his muscles and bones seemed to have become harder—this lightning actually gave him a lot of benefits!   

Edgar was thinking of doing a proper study, but he suddenly realized that the pressure from the black cloud on top of his head did not decrease. In contrary, it increased, and at the same time, another thunderbolt struck down.   

"Why there’s more?!" Shu Shu gazed at the thunderbolt stupidly. Wasn’t it over after the full nine lightning strikes?   

Just when Shu Shu was both anxious and depressed, the red bead within his body gave him the answer.   

Daemon who wanted to form the daemon core and transform into a human shape had to go through the heavenly tribulation. Among the heavenly tribulations, the least was nine lightnings altogether. These nine lightnings would not be too strong, and getting through them was easy enough. For example, the one he had gone through before. This kind of heavenly tribulation was intended for those daemons with inferior innate skill and poor aptitude.   

However, if the daemon who went through the tribulation had outstanding innate skill and great strength, it was clearly impossible to only get struck by nine lightnings. In fact, after the full nine strikes, the lightning might come nine more times, and nine more, and nine more times . . . .
 
Of course, considering that it was only to form the daemon core and not to ascend to heaven, at most, the heavenly tribulation would be four times nine, which equaled thirty-six.
 
His disciple was quite powerful, and its cultivation was very, very fast. Moreover, it also brought him along. Since the situation was like this . . . his disciple wouldn’t get struck by thirty-six lightnings, right? 

If his disciple really had to get through so many lightnings, could it stay alive? Shu Shu glanced at the huge snake whose head had no scales, and his lips started to tremble.
 
Edgar got through another lightning, and this lightning was even stronger.   

But this time he was a little more at ease than before because he had calmed down now, and because his body was stronger, and also because he had discovered the function of the spiritual power within his body.   

Using the spiritual power to protect his head, Edgar looked at the black cloud in the sky, his eyes full of firmness.
 
In any case, he would not let this lightning hurt his beloved little sub-beastman. 

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