Insufficient balance

  Xiao Xiu has left, now in the room are only Zheng Feng and Fan Lao.

  Before meeting Zheng Feng, this white-haired old man looked at him with kindness, and naturally had a sense of closeness.

  "Can you really let me see Yatou sister?"

  Zheng Feng would never forget the purpose of his visit, and seeing that this was the old man Xiao Xiuxiu had mentioned, who could let him meet Yatou, he hastily asked.

  Fan's kindly face smiled at Zheng Feng, but didn't immediately answer his question. Instead, he walked up to Zheng Feng and stroked his long silver hair with his weathered hands, saying: "You're the younger brother that Lian'er told me about, you two do give me a similar feeling."

  Zheng Feng immediately lifted his head as soon as he heard the news about Ya Tou, and tightly grasped Fan Lao's withered left hand with both hands. Under his silver hair, his eyes stared at Fan Lao and shouted: "Have you seen Sister Ya Tou? Where is she?"

  Fan Lao saw Zheng Feng's anxious appearance and smiled: "In this regard, you are different from that girl. She didn't torture my old body like you did."

  Zheng Feng could no longer bear the old man's evasive answers and shouted loudly: "Where is Sister Ya Tou?! Where is Sister Ya Tou?!"

  "I promised that girl, as long as you can see me, I will take care of you for her."

  After finishing this sentence, Fan Lao told Zheng Feng about the scene of meeting with Ya Tou. Two years ago, the Tianlong Empire first planned to reassign a new identity to the 10-year-old Ya Tou, and the best way was to let Ya Tou become the adopted daughter of some dignitary.

  Fan Lao was eighty-eight years old and had no children, Lin Lie thought that this foster father's identity suited him the most, he didn't object either, thinking to himself that he already had one foot in the grave, and didn't know how many days were left. It was time to cultivate an heir, and he was also very satisfied with the young girl he had seen.

  But after learning about the matter and Fan Lao's identity, she resolutely refused to be adopted and instead asked Fan Lao to adopt Zheng Feng. After all, Fan Lao's child couldn't be a nobody with no talent, right? In the end, Fan Lao agreed to Ya Tou's request, as long as Zheng Feng could meet him, he would adopt him. It's not easy for an ordinary child from an orphanage to meet Fan Lao, unless they have exceptional talent like Ya Tou, or else they might not even get to see Fan Lao once in their lifetime. Fan Lao also knew this, and perhaps due to some other coincidence, they could meet, which would be considered fate between him and the child, so he agreed to Ya Tou's request.

  Then, Yatou was adopted by another noble.

  Zheng Feng's talent did not dazzle the eyes of the crowd, but only dazzled Lin Lie's, and that was enough. That night, when Lin Lie mentioned Zheng Feng to Fan Lao, Fan Lao knew it was time to fulfill his promise to Yatou.

  Zheng Feng initially continued to make a big fuss, but Fan Lao's words seemed to have a kind of infectious power that could affect others, and as a child, Zheng Feng was no exception, and slowly began to listen.

  When he heard that the girl was finally adopted, Zheng Feng couldn't help but interrupt and ask: "Who adopted the girl?"

  "You don't have the qualifications to meet her now."

  Fan Lao looked at the child in front of him who kept asking about Ya Tou's whereabouts, but still shook his head and didn't tell Zheng Feng where Ya Tou was.

  Zheng Feng's face turned bright red with rage as he shouted at Fan Lao, "Why?!"

  "Your strength is still too weak, you can't go where Ya Tou is."

  Fan Lao expressionlessly replied to Zheng Feng, his voice no longer as gentle as before. He was not satisfied with Zheng Feng's current impulsive behavior. No matter what time it is, one must try to maintain their own rational clarity, this is the necessary mentality to become a success.

  Zheng Feng saw Fan Lao say that he was very weak and strongly refuted: "I'm not weak, I've already become a Beast Soul Master!!"

  The cat heard the master's call, "Meow!" came out from Zheng Feng's chest, jumped onto his right shoulder, and narrowed its eyes to stare at this strange old man in front of it.

  Zheng Feng saw that his soul beast had responded to his own roar, and he was even more ecstatic, proudly showing off his soul beast to Old Man Fan.

  Fan Lao's face, as iron-green as ever, gazed at Zheng Feng's arrogant attitude. His sharp and spirited eyes stared at him, his dry lips curled into a cold smile, saying: "At which stage have you cultivated your beast soul?"

  Zheng Feng was stared at by Fan Lao's sharp eyes, and instantly lost the invincible appearance he had just now. He didn't dare to exchange gazes with Fan Lao's sharp eyes, so he turned his head sideways and replied: "The Beast Tamer."

  Fan Lao's iron-green face didn't improve, his eyebrows which had been dyed white were raised, and he sternly rebuked Zheng Feng: "Do you know that a Beast Tamer is only the lowest level of a Beast Soul Master? Just the weakest Beast Soul Master!"

  Zheng Feng has been protected by his teeth for the past two years, and as a result, he has become feared by the other children in the orphanage. He has slowly become arrogant, but only because he doesn't want to be the ruler of the orphanage. Seeing them bully those weaker than themselves makes him think they are extremely ugly. He looks down on the other children and doesn't bother competing with them. He can't understand why his sister had wanted to rule over this group of ugly people in the first place, and thinks it would be better to just let them fight each other to the death.

  But he never thought that the self who could dominate in an orphanage was just a beast controller, a weakling who was nothing in the eyes of the strong.

  Yes! I'm just a beast controller, the weakest of all beast soul masters. As someone weak, I've been taking pride in bullying those even weaker than me. What does that make me now? He suddenly felt ugly, no different from those psychologically twisted people in the orphanage, except they were stronger than those they bullied, and I'm stronger than them. But the nature is exactly the same. If Xiaotou saw me like this, how would she look at me?

  Zheng Feng was afraid, he also regretted, he began to understand why Ya Tou wanted to rule them. It was because she didn't want to see those ugly people, and even more so, she didn't want to become like them herself. But after Ya Tou left, he still changed unknowingly.

  Now, Zheng Feng was scolded by Old Fan and suddenly came to his senses. He thought of the past two years in the orphanage, where he had seen many oppressed children but did nothing to help, instead watching indifferently from the side. He knelt on the ground, unable to control himself as he wept bitterly, his head in his hands. The others were shocked and panicked, surrounding Zheng Feng and calling out to him, but this could not stop his tears.

  Fan Lao watched with a mixture of relief and satisfaction as the child in front of him let out a pained cry, his pale face finally regaining some color. He knew that this child was now fully awake, otherwise he would have had to continue.

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  That night, after talking to Lin Lie, Fan Lao decided to adopt Zheng Feng and would certainly investigate his situation. After the investigation, he saw that Zheng Feng's inner state was not as calm as it seemed on the surface. This was no surprise, as this 'innocent' child had lost his 'protective umbrella' in the Imperial Capital Orphanage, where the chances of being unaffected were extremely low. So he deliberately arranged for this scene to awaken him. The result also satisfied him, and his first enlightenment about Zheng Feng had already come to fruition.

  After a long while, Zheng Feng finally stopped crying and saw the dog running around him. He stretched out his hands to slowly pick up the dog's fluffy body and hugged it into his arms, saying "I'm sorry."

  The tooth didn't know why its owner was crying just now, but suddenly hugged itself like this, and it didn't find the feeling unpleasant.

  Zheng Feng raised his head, his gaze firmly fixed on Old Man Fan, and said in a deep voice: "I'm not worthy of seeing Eldest Sister now. I will become a strong person! A true strong person!!! Definitely will!!!"

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