There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 325 The Newborn Sichuan Pepper

"wake up!"

A voice like a dragon's roar exploded in Huajiao's ears, instantly waking him up.

"What just happened to me?" Huajiao shook his dizzy head, thinking about what had just happened.

Huajiao quickly realized that he had just gone berserk. Fortunately, Haochen woke him up in time, otherwise he didn't know what he would have done in front of Haochen.

Thinking of this, Huajiao couldn't help but feel ashamed. Haochen had witnessed his crazy behavior and wondered what he would think of him.

Huajiao subconsciously glanced at Haochen, and only breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that Haochen didn't react in any particular way.

Hao Chen naturally noticed that Hua Jiao was looking at him, but in order not to embarrass the other party, he could only pretend that nothing had happened.

"So that's what happened to Huajiao. No wonder it became a knot in his heart!" Hao Chen sighed as he looked at what was happening in the secret room.

When I first read the comic, all I knew was that Huajiao was imprisoned because she trusted the scholar, and became a tool for the scholar to prolong his life and rise to prominence.

However, since the teacher did not describe it in detail at the time, Hao Chen, as a reader, did not think too much about it. He was just glad that Hua Jiao was able to escape to the deer shop and gain freedom.

However, in Huajiao's dream now, Haochen can clearly see the scholar torturing Huajiao.

Fearing that Huajiao would escape, the scholar ordered his men to lock Huajiao's neck with heavy iron chains and then forcefully pierce the exoskeleton horns on Huajiao's back.

In order to allow people to ride on Huajiao's back to prolong their lives, the scholar even chained Huajiao's limbs, forcing him to remain in a prone position on the ground.

Even so, the scholar was still afraid that peppercorns would hurt people, so he had peppercorns' teeth pulled out.

When Hao Chen saw Hua Jiao's teeth being forcibly pulled out, even though he knew it was just a dream and something that had actually happened, he was still incredibly angry.

But in order to help Huajiao resolve her inner conflict, Haochen had no choice but to continue watching, though he secretly accelerated the flow of time within the dream.

After capturing the peppercorn, the scholar used its power to help wealthy and powerful families prolong their lives, thus developing his family into a large clan.

Even though such a life has lasted for a century, the peppercorn in the secret chamber has not lost its yearning for freedom; on the contrary, it has become even more determined to run on the vast land.

One day, the door to the secret room was opened again. Huajiao opened her tightly closed eyes slightly and watched as the scholar led a twelve or thirteen-year-old child into the room.

Huajiao knew that he was being asked to extend the child's life. Although he was unwilling, he couldn't resist because his body was bound. So Huajiao simply closed his eyes and decided to ignore it.

The scholar didn't take it seriously. After carrying the child he brought on Huajiao's back to Yanshou, he left with the child without saying a word to Huajiao.

Huajiao was happy to oblige, but she didn't notice that before leaving the secret room, the child looked back at Huajiao, who was imprisoned, and a hint of reluctance flashed in her eyes.

A few days later, the child secretly ran to the secret room alone. Looking at the peppercorn lying on the ground, the child's childish voice rang out: "Are you the Chenghuang that was caught by Great-Grandfather? I'm sorry for locking you up like this, it must hurt a lot!"

Huajiao's eyes flickered as he quietly watched the child approaching him, without moving or speaking.

The child walked up to Huajiao, then reached out and tremblingly untied the rope from Huajiao's mouth. After rummaging in his pocket, he pulled out a biscuit and placed it near Huajiao's mouth: "Here, have this."

Instead of eating the biscuit, Huajiao flicked his head, sending the biscuit flying, and made a fierce expression at the child.

However, to Huajiao's surprise, he did not see fear in the child's eyes, but rather a trace of pity.

"He's pitying me?!" Huajiao couldn't help but laugh at his own thoughts. How could a human possibly agree with him?

When the child saw that Huajiao refused to eat his biscuits and even had a fierce expression, he didn't stay any longer and got up and left.

But as he was leaving, the child waved to the peppercorns and said, "I'll come back to see you next time I find something delicious."

Huajiao dismissed this, having already been fooled once, how could he possibly fall for it a second time?

Just a few days later, the child came looking for Huajiao again, and this time he brought Huajiao osmanthus honey: "I saw last time that you didn't have any teeth, so I specially brought you some honey. It's very delicious, you should try it."

The child left after putting down the honey. Huajiao looked at the honey on the ground; it smelled sweet.

Even so, I still have no desire to eat Sichuan peppercorns.

When the child came looking for the Sichuan peppercorns the next day, he found that the honey and Sichuan peppercorns he had put there the day before were untouched and remained exactly where they were.

The child didn't say anything, but there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

"If you don't like honey, I brought you chocolate today." After putting down the chocolate, the child left with the honey.

Huajiao still didn't eat the chocolate the child brought, but he felt a strange sensation in his heart, as if the child had a kind heart.

Moreover, having someone visit him prevents him from feeling forgotten, and he can talk to him next time.

Just as Huajiao was thinking this, the child did not reappear, which made Huajiao sigh. He had indeed been deluding himself.

However, Hao Chen, as an outsider, knew that the child didn't not want to go find the peppercorns, but rather that he couldn't.

The child wasn't ignorant; on the contrary, he was the most outstanding member of the scholar family in this generation. Otherwise, the scholar wouldn't have taken him to use Sichuan pepper to prolong his life.

After learning about the feud between Huajiao and his family through the family history books, the child went to beg his great-great-grandfather, the scholar, to release Huajiao.

The scholar had long considered the peppercorns his own property, so how could he possibly let him go, even if it was his descendants pleading for him?

Therefore, in order to dispel the child's ridiculous idea, the scholar directly used family discipline on a twelve or thirteen-year-old child.

Naturally, the child could no longer look at the Sichuan peppercorns, but this did not deter the child.

"Since you are unwilling to release him, then let me atone for my sins!"

Having made up his mind, the child pretended to be a prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf, thus gaining the scholar's forgiveness. He then secretly inquired about the location of the key that locked the pepper chain.

One dark and windy night, while still asleep, Huajiao suddenly felt his neck loosen. When he woke up, he found that the chains binding him had been unlocked and the door to the secret room was open.

With the chance to be free right in front of him, Huajiao didn't think twice. He broke off the horn on his back with all his might and rushed out of the secret room.

"They ran away in yellow!"

"Quickly, go and inform the patriarch! Don't let him escape!"

"Someone, come with me and stop him!"

The noise of Huajiao escaping alerted the scholar, who led a group of people to surround Huajiao.

"You won't survive if you try to escape now. Don't do anything foolish. Come back with me now."

The scholar wanted to persuade Huajiao, but upon seeing the scholar, Huajiao's resentment accumulated over a hundred years erupted instantly, and hatred filled her entire body, making her forget her fear.

"You lied to me!!!" With red eyes, Huajiao rushed towards the scholar, forgetting his fear and pain; all he wanted was to kill the scholar.

"Stop him! Don't let him get any closer!" The scholar was frightened as he watched the peppercorn rushing towards him.

Despite the swords and clubs raining down on it, Huajiao still charged desperately toward the scholar, biting down on his neck.

Even though Huajiao's teeth had been pulled, his intense rage still made him incredibly terrifying; he crushed the scholar's throat in one bite.

"Uh...uh..." The scholar covered his neck, looking at the peppercorns as if he wanted to say something, but the feeling of suffocation prevented him from speaking.

In the end, Shu died, and Huajiao, who was in a bloodthirsty frenzy, immediately charged at the people around him.

However, among the panicked crowd, there was one person who stood out from the crowd.

The child wasn't afraid. Even after being knocked to the ground by the peppercorn, he still smiled at it and whispered, "I'm sorry, you're free now. Please don't hate humans!"

Having avenged his great grudge, Huajiao calmed down. Looking at the fleeing humans and the scholar lying in a pool of blood, Huajiao felt a mix of emotions, and tears silently fell along with the blood at the corner of his mouth.

After escaping the scholar's house, Huajiao instinctively ran towards the Caiyun Mountains.

After seeing that Huajiao had safely left the dream, Haochen snapped his fingers and returned to reality with Huajiao.

After witnessing what the child did for him as an observer, Huajiao felt a sense of relief and ease, as if something had been put down.

But the next moment, a sense of worry arose in Huajiao's heart. He wondered how the child was after he bumped into him, whether he was alright, and whether he should go and check on him...

Hao Chen had no idea what Hua Jiao was thinking. He simply said to Hua Jiao, "The Tao is divided into Yin and Yang, and people have good and evil. Everything has two sides. Hua Jiao, you should let go of some things. Perhaps you will find something better."

"I understand, thank you this time." Huajiao said to Haochen, and at the same time he made up his mind to find an opportunity to see the child.

Suddenly, Hao Chen seemed to remember something and asked Hua Jiao, "By the way, Hua Jiao, I have a question for you."

Upon hearing this, Huajiao looked at Haochen curiously: "What is it? Tell me."

"Do you want to find a partner or something? I see you're all alone, which might make you seem out of place in Caiyun Mountain. Would you like me to introduce you to someone?"

"..." Huajiao was speechless. He couldn't understand how the topic had veered to dating, but he still shook his head to indicate that he didn't want to date right now.

Having witnessed Haochen's unpredictable nature, and fearing that he might say something shocking again, Huajiao quickly made an excuse to go get breakfast and ran away.

This left Hao Chen feeling disappointed. He had originally planned to use the excuse of helping Qing Huo find a partner to go to Di Ting, but now it seemed he would have to use another reason.

Hao Chen shook his head: "Forget it, let's not think about it anymore. Let's go find Zhan Hu for dinner."

Just as Hao Chen was wondering where to find Zhan Hu, Zhan Hu appeared in front of him.

"Hey Haochen, what are you doing here? By the way, what were you doing last night? I waited for you all night but you didn't come back to sleep."

"What I was doing... wait, who's on your back?" Hao Chen was about to explain why he hadn't gone back to sleep last night when he suddenly saw that there were other beasts on Zhan Hu's back.

Hao Chen squinted at the beast on Zhan Hu's back. It had a white head that looked a bit like a cat, yellow forelimbs that resembled tiger claws, and black fur on its hindquarters. The key feature was that its paw pads looked very pink.

It has to be said that the beast that Zhanhu brought back is so cute, it's exactly what Haochen likes. If you could pet it, the feel would be amazing.

"No, now is not the time to talk about this."

"You little rascal, Zhanhu! I only didn't look for you for one night, and you actually went out to find other cats. Luckily, you brought them back openly."

Hao Chen was very angry, feeling uneasy as if Zhan Hu had been taken away.

Then Zhanhu didn't tolerate Haochen's behavior and slapped Haochen on the head with his paw: "What are you thinking? This is a celestial dog. It was injured and unconscious, and Little Sparrow found it and asked me to take it to Boss Si for treatment."

Meanwhile, Little Sparrow, who had been standing quietly beside Zhan Hu for a while, finally stepped forward to explain after watching the show: "Because I couldn't move it, I happened to meet Zhan Hu, so I asked him to help take this Heavenly Dog to the Four-Unlikes for treatment. After all, I am the mountain god of Caiyun Mountain, and I can't just stand by and watch it die."

"Ha, I see. I'm relieved then." Hao Chen patted his chest, as long as it wasn't someone trying to take the Zhanhu from him.