Chapter 526: Chapter 525: It Was Always Me Who Didn’t Want You

The two Winged Tiger cubs said with tears in their eyes, "You’re our Mother! Everyone in the whole Winged Tiger Tribe can prove it. We came out of your belly!"

Not just the two of them, another pair of Winged Tiger cubs pushed their way forward. "Mother, can you really bear to leave us?"

Ding Yin found it ridiculous. She turned, looking coldly at the four Winged Tiger cubs, and scoffed, "The people of the Winged Tiger Tribe can also testify to just how much you didn’t want me as your Mother.

Because you had a mother as ugly as me—a female any male could bully—you were utterly ashamed and couldn’t hold your heads high in front of your friends.

When you threw stones and split my forehead open, making it gush blood; when you doused me with ice water; when you stole the food I worked so hard for just to survive; and when you bossed me around, ordering me to do your chores—did you ever once think that I was your Mother and that I deserved your respect and protection?

No!

So, now you’re demanding that I stay for you? Or perhaps asking to come with me to the White Elephant Tribe?

You’re just as shameless as your fathers. From now on, the Winged Tiger Tribe won’t need to repair its fences; you can just guard the perimeter with your thick faces!"

Her current demeanor left many people in a daze. The proud, short-tempered, and unyielding Black Antelope female who had been under the protection of Jing Jiang and the others had returned.

The cubs were rendered speechless by her rebuttal.

"Furthermore, my only cubs are Jing Qi and Jing Lin, the two winged lion cubs. They were born from a union with the male I loved.

As for you... Hah. You thought you were the ones despising me, refusing to accept me as your Mother. But you had no idea that from the very beginning, I never considered you my cubs.

Your fathers forced themselves on me. If they hadn’t taken turns guarding me every second while I was carrying you, I would have found a hundred ways to ensure you were never born!"

Words like these were undoubtedly cruel for the cubs to hear.

"Impossible! There’s no mother in this world who doesn’t love her own cubs," the Winged Tiger cubs argued, growing flustered. "You must just hate our fathers, so you’re saying these things to hurt us on purpose."

"That’s right! You always did so much for us. How could you possibly not love us?"

Ding Yin’s lips curled. "Then think back. Was there a single thing I did for you willingly? Every time, you threatened me using Little Qi and Little Lin."

"That... that’s because you favored them! We were jealous, and it felt unfair..."

"That’s right, Mother! And there’s no cub in this world who doesn’t love his mother..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"I’m old and ugly. How am I fit to be your Mother?" Ding Yin asked coldly.

The Winged Tiger cubs exchanged a glance. A moment ago, their fathers had pushed them forward to block their Mother. They didn’t want her leaving to enjoy a good life in the White Elephant Tribe either.

Now, they recalled what their mother looked like: her hair half-gray, one of her eyes ruined, three hideous, raised scars on her face. She was stick-thin with dark, rough skin and carried a gloomy, silent air. ’Who could possibly like a female like that?’

They truly were ashamed of a mother like that.

But the woman before them now, dressed in new clothes with her face veiled, seemed like a completely different person.

"You’d better think this through. If I stay, you will have to revere me as your Mother and obey my every command. You’ll have to tell all your friends that this ugly monster is your mother.

When you’re courting females in the future, you’ll have to introduce me... And if you displease me in the slightest, the White Elephant Tribe won’t let you off.

The members of the Winged Tiger Tribe have always been selfish. Do you really think they’ll protect you if they can avoid a war just by handing you over? Will they spare you?"

The expressions on the faces of the Winged Tiger Tribe beastmen turned grim. They would never admit to being selfish, but if a situation like that truly arose, they would indeed hand over the cubs who had abused their mother and leave them to the mercy of the White Elephant Tribe.

In this regard, they were no match for the Winged Lion Tribe.

The Winged Tiger cubs pictured the scenario Ding Yin described, and their faces went pale with fright. Forcing them to acknowledge such a disgraceful female as their mother was no different from admitting they themselves were hideous.

"You... you should just hurry up and leave! Stop embarrassing me here!" the youngest one shrieked, his face twisted in disgust. He couldn’t keep up the act any longer.

The other Winged Tiger cubs fell silent, a stark contrast to the crying children who couldn’t bear to see their mother go just moments before. It was as if they were different people entirely.

Ding Yin snorted sarcastically. "So, from now on, don’t you dare tell anyone who your mother is, and I will only ever claim to be the mother of my two winged lion cubs!"

With that, she turned and walked away without the slightest hesitation.

Jing Qi and Jing Lin smiled, flanking their mother with light steps, one on her left and one on her right.

After leaving the Winged Tiger Tribe, Ding Yin paused. Without looking back, she tilted her head up to the azure sky. The few thick clouds couldn’t dampen her spirits.

The feeling of breaking free from her cage, of gaining her freedom and a new life, made her tremble slightly.

Jing Qi shifted into his Winged Lion Beast Form and gently nuzzled Ding Yin. "Mother, let me carry you."

As a five-year-old cub, he had no trouble carrying Ding Yin.

Ding Yin nodded, smiling as she patted his head and settled onto his back.

Jing Lin also shifted into his Beast Form. "Lord Ji Nuan, I’ll carry you!"

Sweet Ring hissed with laughter and, with a single bound, leaped from Mother’s wrist onto Jing Lin’s back. "Let’s go..."

Meanwhile, Si Shuo sat on Yin Jiang’s back, and the whole family set off for the White Elephant Tribe.

The White Elephant Tribe and the Horned Deer Clan were located on opposite ends of the Far East Land, one to the south and one to the north. The Far East Land was so vast that it would take even Yin Jiang a full day and night to fly across it.

The Winged Tiger Tribe was situated between the two. Xu Chi had visited the surrounding tribes with his Father when he was young, so by using Teleportation, they managed to cut the remaining distance in half.

「At the crack of dawn」

Si Shuo woke, bleary-eyed, in Wei Ce’s arms. She nuzzled against him affectionately and lazily nibbled on a Dust Cleaning Talisman. Only after she felt refreshed did she realize they were still flying.

She couldn’t resist stroking Yin Jiang’s feathers. "Yin Jiang, have you been flying all night?"

Yin Jiang replied with a chuckle, "Yes, Shuo’er. I’m not tired, and we’re almost there."

Si Shuo turned to look at the winged lion cubs keeping pace right behind them. She was surprised the two little ones hadn’t fallen behind.

Wei Ce wrapped his arm around her waist, the Protective Shield he’d formed with his Spiritual Power blocking the chilly autumn wind. Noticing her curiosity, he chuckled. "They each inherited more than three times their Father’s cultivation. I heard that when Jing Jiang was killed in that ambush, his cultivation was at Level 14. That means they are now at the Peak of Level 14. With that much Spiritual Power, it’s not difficult for them to keep up."

Si Shuo froze for a moment, then grabbed his arm to look back again. However, the two cubs were in their Beast Form, so she couldn’t see the Beast Patterns on their necks...