Chapter 12: Disdain, Too Weak

Nan Yuan accepted the courtesy from Pei Ziqing.

From now on, this would be the cub she raised, and she would watch over this child. Therefore, she could bear such a grand gesture.

The child’s eyes were bright, indicating a good mood.

Nan Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly. Was it really necessary to be so happy about just a name?

Suddenly, a thought crossed Nan Yuan’s mind. She scrutinized the child from top to bottom and expressed her disdain: “Too weak. You better cultivate well in the future.”

The little freak looked at her with a confused expression.

Cultivate?

This word seemed too distant for him.

Before, he couldn’t even have a full meal. How could he talk about cultivation?

He didn’t miss the blatant disdain in the woman’s eyes, feeling a bit upset.

Just a moment ago, she seemed to pity and like him, and now she was showing disdain again?

truly a fickle woman.

“If you want to stay by my side, you can’t be too weak. Look at Xiaotang, small in size but strong.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaotang swiftly leaped onto the table, leaving only a white afterimage.

The little freak, Pei Ziqing, was extremely surprised. His proud speed couldn’t even match this meatball-like spirit beast?

Xu Xiaotang, with its eyes the size of soybeans, looked at him humanely and gestured for him to look at it.

Then, the little creature raised its cute little paw and let out a mighty “squeak!” as it forcefully slammed it on the table.

The valuable purple sandalwood table didn’t shatter, but it gained a paw print.

A small paw print went straight through the thick table.

The fluffy creature raised its head, almost tiptoeing, and casually strolled past him.

Pei Ziqing: …

It was clearly a spirit beast, yet its expression was more diverse than a human’s.

And the power of that paw print—

If it were to hit someone on the head, it would probably cause their head to blossom like flowers.

Pei Ziqing was secretly shocked, and when he looked at Xiaotang again, his gaze had changed.

Just one spirit beast was so powerful; wouldn’t the woman in front of him be even more terrifying?

Lost in thought, a book suddenly flew towards him, and Pei Ziqing quickly caught it.

The book was covered in dust, and he wondered where the woman had dug it up from.

Choking on the dust from the book cover, he looked at the woman, puzzled.

Nan Yuan explained, “Cultivation manual; try following the methods in it.”

She could see that the child had spiritual roots and could become a spiritual cultivator.

This world wasn’t much different from hers, so the cultivation manual should be applicable. She was too lazy to teach the child personally, so he would have to comprehend it on his own.

Pei Ziqing flipped through a few pages and looked at the densely packed characters, his expression somewhat strange.

Someone of his birth couldn’t possibly know how to read.

Was this woman deliberately humiliating him?

Xiaotang chirped on the side, reminding them. Nan Yuan then realized and said, “My mistake. You’re not Xiaotang.”

Although Xiaotang was still a cub, being a member of the Void Beast clan, it had impressive capabilities, including literacy. It could inherit knowledge from its predecessors, so this little creature not only knew how to read but also recognized various scripts from different worlds.

After some consideration, Nan Yuan was about to say, “Forget it,” but seeing the child looking at her with bright and hopeful eyes, she swallowed the words and changed her mind, saying, “In that case, starting tomorrow, I’ll teach you how to read.”

Pei Ziqing blinked his eyes, and his thick eyelashes trembled. Suddenly, he grinned, nodding heavily at her.