Dibei Chen’s gaze landed on Baishi who was snuggling in Baili Hongzhuang’s arms, “Is this the demonic beast you got from the royal hunting feast?”
Baili Hongzhuang nodded softly, “Right, this is him. I named him Baishi (White Lion).”
“Baishi….. Nice name.” Dibei Chen rubbed Baishi’s head, “This little guy’s quite cute.”
Baili Hongzhuang patted Baishi’s head. Since Dibei Chen came back, his head has always been buried in her sleeves so you could only see its fluffy white fur, and couldn’t see him.
By Baili Hongzhaung’s touch, Baishi raised his head to look at Dibei Chen.
When Dibei Chen saw Baishi’s face, his extraordinarily handsome face turned shocked.
He touched the ‘王’ (King) character on Baishi’s head, the astonishment in his eyes slowly calming down, “This……. Is actually the Beast King?”
Seeing how both Dibei Chen and Moyun Jue said that Baishi was the beast king, Baili Hongzhuang was even more certain of Baishi’s identity.
“You know the Beast King?” Baili Hongzhuang raised her eyebrows, “I don’t know anything about this Beast King, can you explain it to me?”
Dibei Chen nodded his head, “Of course.”
Listening to Dibei Chen’s explanation, Baili Hongzhuang slowly understood what the Beast King status meant.
The Beast King actually only appeared a few hundered years ago, which explained why she didn’t know anything about it in her past life.
Hundereds of years ago, a great change had happened in the demonic beast forests. Many species of demonic beasts had gone extinct, along with the creation of many new ones.
The Beast Kings were one of the most powerful and special of those newly created species.
All demonic beasts would bow down to Beast King!
All demonic beasts would listen to the Beast King!
And the most special thing was that there was only one Beast King in their entire species. Only after the old one died could a new one be born!
As such, the Beast King was known to be an extremely frightning existance.
Normally speaking, it was impossible for the Beast King to become a contract beast, yet it just so happened to become Baili Hongzhuang’s. It was truly unimaginable!
“The Royal Family’s actually so generous?” Baili Hongzhuang raised an eyebrow, “The Royal Family themselves probably didn’t even know what demonic beast was under the seal, right?”
Dibei Chen nodded his head, “Who knows how many people would come rushing like ducks if they’d known that they could get the Beast King as a contracted beast. If the Royal Family had known, there’s no way they’d place it as a reward.”
Baili Hongzhuang laughed softly. Just one growl from Baishi’s throat could stop the entire Demonic Beast Tide. Baishi’s power was obvious.
If the Royal Family knew now, she was afraid that their intestines would turn green from regret.
Dibei Chen looked at Baili Hongzhuang’s uncaring appearence and couldn’t help but to emphasize, “You can’t let anyone else know about Baishi’s identity. If it gets known, others will definitely get jealous. Then at that point, you’ll be in danger.”
The ordinary man was innocent, but treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime.
With Baili Hongzhuang’s current strength, she still wasn’t strong enough to protect Baishi.
Seeing Dibei Chen’s earnst appearence, Baili Hongzhuang nodded.
“I understand.”
“Then what do you plan to do?”
Dibei Chen frowned slightly. Baishi was Baili Hongzhuang’s pet and usually followed her around. It was impossible to just have him stay at home all the time, right?
Baili Hongzhuang’s lips curved into an enchanting smile, “I have an idea!”
Dibei Chen glanced at Baili Hongzhuang suspciously, but Baili Hongzhuang always had a lot of unusual methods.
Since she said so, she probably already thought up of a solution.
Chapter 345
“After leaving, I also inquired a bit about the Lan family’s situation.” Dibei Chen said slowly.
Hearing this, Baili Hongzhuang’s eyes sharpened, pure charming face full of seriousness. “How was it?”
That piece of jade was the only proof of her identity. After knowing that she wasn’t Baili Zhentian’s daughter by birth, she had always worn that piece of jade around her neck.
Towards her own origins, she also wanted to understand.
Dibei Chen’s pursed his thin lips, a heaviness filling his handsome eyes.
“The Lan family had put a very tight lid on the situation. I sent people to look into it, but the people of the Lan family had their lips sealed when it came to this matter.”
“However, I was still able to confirm the matter of Lan Yunxiao turning against the Lan family. And…..this was exactly 15 years ago!”
Hearing this, Baili Hongzhuang’s expression changed. The timing coincides. Plus there was also the matter of the jade piece. If there were no other unexpected events, this might be the truth of her origins.
“Did you look into the reason why Lan Yunxiao and the family turned against each other and became enemies?”
Baili Hongzhuang had some doubts since Lan Yunxiao was the most favored son of the Head of the Lan family as well as the most likely candidate to be the successor of the Lan family.
And so……Lan Yunxiao had no reason to become enemies with his own family!
Dibei Chen looked at Baili Hongzhuang with a complicated gaze in his eyes. “On this matter, I’ve also inquired into it. The reason Lan Yunxiao became enemies with the family, I’m afraid……that it was because of you.”
Baili Hongzhuang was taken aback, “Because of me?”
Dibei Chen nodded, “That’s right.”
“The knowledge of this matter was hidden very well. I’ve tried inquiring about it numerous times, but still only managed to learn bits and pieces. However, when these were gathers and put together, I got a general understanding of the truth.”
“Do you remember about your shattered dantian?”
Waves appeared in Baili Hongzhuang’s eyes as focused, “So you mean that the reason why Lan Yunxiao and the Lan Family had a falling out was due to my shattered dantian? Could it be that….. I wasn’t born with a shattered dantian?
Baili Hongzhuang’s eyes sharpened as that idea appeared inside her heart. She had always believed that she was born with a shattered dantian.
All along, she had thought that her shattered Dantian was due to congenital complications.
After all, the world is vast and one could find all sorts of unique situations.
Though chances of being born with a shattered Dantian was low, it was not zero.
But if this was all due to human action, then the pain and suffering of the Baili Hongzhuang from before was all due to the other party.
“This possibility is great.” Dibei Chen’s expression sank slightly, a deep and unfathomable look on his face. “It was due to this that Lan Yunxiao left the Lan family with his wife and daughter.”
“Then following that reasoning, the person who shattered my Dantian is a member of the Lan family?”
How smart was Baili Hongzhuang? Even though Dibei Chen didn’t clearly state it, just one glance was enough to reason out the general picture of the situation.
If this was the truth, then she had unknowingly taken on the burden of hatred from the original owner of this body!
“At the time, I was only a child. How cruel was the other party to actually raise his hand against a child?”
A child still in the cradle had her Dantian forcibly shattered by another. How painful would it have been?
Exactly how deep was the other resentment to actually be cruel to this point?
“In regards to this matter, I have yet to look into it. After this is the top secret information about the Lan family. However, I will try inquiring again.”
Baili Hongzhuang nodded slightly, her entire appearance was beautiful like a cicada. With Lan Yunxiao’s position in the Lan family, to have thoughts of harming her means that the other party was definitely not low in the Lan family hierarchy.
Moreover, to a cultivation family like the Lan family, it was nothing less than a huge embarrassment that a child still in the cradle was a victim of such treachery.
She was only afraid that every member of the Lan family was silent on this matter, afraid to say even a word.