Chapter 1183: Chapter 9: Taking a Disciple

For someone of unknown origin from the Wuji Continent’s Human Clan, they were actually willing to offend the town mayor and the half-beast doctor. Such a thing was something the people in the civilian cave couldn’t even dream of.

So, the help village chief and the villagers all placed the blame on Yingying’s mother and daughter.

"That half-beast doctor has already issued a bounty order, searching for the whereabouts of the woman perpetrator. The town is now full of pictures of that woman. If someone sees her entering here and reports it, everyone will face doom. This time, it’s truly your family that brought us to death," the village chief said with a sullen face.

"Village chief, our wife and daughter must have been deceived by that woman. I will immediately go back and drive her away," Yingying’s father was utterly flustered upon hearing this.

"Do not go; you fool. If you go back and make a fuss, won’t it alert the snake? We need to capture that woman and send her to the town. This way, we will not only get the reward but also build good relations with the half-beasts. Perhaps, we can even seize this opportunity to gain a special permit to enter the town," the village chief’s mind was far more intricate than Yingying’s father’s.

Yingying’s father hesitated, considering that she was, after all, their family’s savior.

But if he didn’t agree, their family would have no place to stay in the civilian cave in the future.

Yingying’s father could only grit his teeth and agree.

The village chief and the others wanted to capture Doctor Yun. Yingying’s mother hid outside, listening anxiously.

No, absolutely not. Doctor Yun was their mother and daughter’s savior, and it was because of them that she was involved with the civilian cave. Yingying’s mother dared not think further.

Panicking, she was about to notify Yun Sheng.

Who knew, distracted, she tripped over her own feet, making a noise.

Inside the house, the village chief and others were immediately alarmed.

The villagers looked outside and saw Yingying’s mother staring at them in horror.

"Wife, what are you doing here? Did you hear everything just now?" Yingying’s father saw his wife eavesdropping and turned pale with fright.

"How can you repay kindness with enmity like this? I won’t let you capture Doctor Yun," Yingying’s mother retreated a few steps, but the villagers were even faster, and quickly surrounded her.

"Hmph, if you let that woman escape, you’ll pay with Yingying’s life. If you don’t want anything happening to your daughter, pretend you heard nothing tonight. By tomorrow morning, you must act according to our plan," the village chief, seeing the situation exposed, simply tore off all pretense, threatening harshly.

Hearing her daughter would be implicated, Yingying’s mother turned pale with fear. She opened her mouth, but couldn’t say a word.

Shortly after dawn, Yun Sheng and Yingying got up.

Inside the house, a sweet aroma of porridge wafted through the air.

"Food’s ready!" Bo Bo the sheep, over the past few days, had been ordered by Yun Sheng to eat only one meal a day to accelerate its absorption of the King-level Soul Stone, spending the rest of the time fully digesting it.

Poor Bo Bo was left starving between meals.

In recent days, staying with Yun Sheng in the tile kiln, it was already famished.

Now, at the mere scent of food, Bo Bo’s eyes glinted ravenously and, without a second thought, fluttered its meat wings towards the stove.

Yingying’s mother was busy at the stove.

On the stove was a big pot of porridge and several coarse grain buns.

Living conditions in the civilian cave were sparse; an ordinary pot of porridge was already a luxury for this impoverished family, let alone the buns.

"Mother, is there something delicious?" Yingying joyfully ran out, flitting about her mother like a little bird.

Yun Sheng also walked in, and when she smelled the porridge, her brow furrowed.

This smell isn’t right; Yun Sheng, having smelled hundreds of herbs, knew the porridge certainly contained some kind of sedative herb.

Was Yingying’s mother plotting against her?

Anger surged in Yun Sheng’s heart.

Using such underhanded tricks against her, these villagers were truly foolish.

Before Yun Sheng could speak, Bo Bo had already flown over uncontrollably, and by the time Yun Sheng tried to stop it, Bo Bo had gulped down a whole bowl of porridge.

Yingying’s mother, seeing Yun Sheng, appeared somewhat embarrassed.

"Doctor Yun, our family is poor, nothing good to eat, please make do," she said, serving a bowl of porridge and handing it to Yun Sheng, her hand trembling.

Unfazed, Yun Sheng took it, glanced deeply at Yingying’s mother, and brought the bowl to her lips.

Yingying’s mother suddenly snatched the bowl from Yun Sheng’s hand.

"Dear master, Bo Bo... its eyelids... so heavy." "Thud," Bo Bo the sheep toppled over.

"Mother, what’s wrong?" Yingying was startled by her mother’s sudden action, and seeing Bo Bo’s state, her face turned pale.

"Doctor Yun, I’m sorry. I heard from the village chief, after you injured someone at the clinic, they threatened to use Yingying’s life against me to poison your porridge. You must leave quickly; before long, the village chief will bring people to capture you," Yingying’s mother burst into tears; she couldn’t bring herself to harm her savior.

The corner of Yun Sheng’s mouth lifted; fortunately, Yingying’s mother hadn’t let her down.

"Mother, why would you do that? How could you treat Sister Yun like this," Yingying also cried, and mother and daughter wept together.

"Miss Yun, take Yingying with you. I didn’t follow the village chief’s orders, and they won’t let us go," Yingying’s mother sobbed, pushing her daughter towards Yun Sheng.

Yun Sheng was momentarily speechless; she did like Little Yingying, but after all, she wasn’t from the Bahuang Continent, and traveling to the Sky Fox Tribe, it wasn’t suitable to bring someone as powerless as Yingying with her.

"Yingying’s mother, I won’t deny that Yingying and I have a bond, but I’m just a passerby. Can you really entrust your daughter to a stranger like me?" Yun Sheng asked with difficulty.

"Doctor Yun, if I’m not mistaken, you’re not from the Bahuang Continent, are you? You’re not a Pureblood Sky Fox, you should come from a place where humans reign supreme. I can’t bear to part with my daughter, but if she stays with me her whole life, she’ll follow in my tragic footsteps," Yingying’s mother, though a simple village woman, wasn’t stupid.

Especially after this incident, she realized, leaving her daughter here would only lead to a grim future.

She had also seen that in recent days, Yingying was much happier with Yun Sheng and Bo Bo than she had been in years at the civilian cave.

As parents, who doesn’t think about their children’s future?