Cheng Bai and Yuan Heng had gone to search for and hunt Haiqiong. This Haiqiong resided in the deep sea. Many days had passed; they were probably already deep beneath the waves. The search party would not enter the water, making it nearly impossible to find them...
Furthermore, ever since the incident years ago where Father and A-die had died in a Haiqiong attack, Xi Ning had rarely permitted the city's beastman troops to hunt at sea. The warriors Cheng Li was leading didn't have much experience going to sea.
Even though Pan Yue and Cheng Li themselves possessed some experience at sea, they were just two people... Protecting his younger brother was not a problem, but the chances of locating the others were not great.
However... while these people might not find them, if Yuan Heng and Cheng Bai learned that Xi Yao had gone to sea and appeared on their own initiative, that was an entirely different matter.
Cheng Bai's tracking skills were first-rate; he was extremely sensitive to scents. Not a trace of a comrade's scent within a five hundred li radius on the sea surface could escape his notice. As long as he could detect Xi Yao's on the sea surface, the chance of him appearing voluntarily was quite high.
As for Yuan Heng, the ancient beastman was a legendary, rare beastman. Even Xi Ning did not know much about them. But that man had boasted in front of him, claiming he was very strong. Now was the time to see just how powerful he was... whether he was as keen as Cheng Bai, or whether he would detect Xi Yao sooner than Cheng Bai and appear even faster...
"Brother?" Wang Jin, seeing Xi Ning remain silent for a long time, called out tentatively from the side.
Xi Ning collected his thoughts and said: "If I said you won't find them, would you not go to sea?"
"That wouldn't happen. I will go to search for them at sea, whether they can be found or not," Wang Jin stated firmly, a guarded look rising in his eyes as if worried Xi Ning might retract his permission.
Xi Ning gave a helpless laugh: "Then why are you asking?"
Xi Ning sighed: "It's a pity I cannot leave Ning'an City... Yao'er, this time, for you, it might be a kind of experience..."
Xi Ning paused, looked at Wang Jin, thought for a moment, leaned close to Wang Jin and said in a low voice: "Yao'er, I know talking about beast taming will make you unhappy again, but this time it's different..."
Beast taming ability?
He wasn't unhappy about it. Could this be related to the original owner?
Wang Jin searched through the original owner's memories and suddenly remembered an incident related to beast taming that happened to the original owner when he was young.
The Xi family bloodline naturally possessed the ability to tame beasts. Every member of the Xi family, whether ger or beastman, could tame creatures, though the types of beasts they could command differed. Beastmen generally possessed stronger taming power than ger and were capable of subduing much higher-level creatures.
The original owner's father and brother had both been beast tamers of genius-level caliber. His brother's mount was a Xiu beast, the fearsome king of the jungle's predators. So ferocious was this creature that ordinary beastmen would tremble at the sight of it, yet it submitted obediently to pulling his brother's chariot.
And this was tamed by his brother when he was still a child. The Xi family's beast-taming ability strengthened with age, and Xi Ning had only grown more powerful since then.
But unlike Xi Ning, Xi Yao was extremely untalented in this area since childhood. When he followed his father to the jungle to learn beast taming as a child, he never succeeded. To the extent that his identity was always questioned by people in the city.
After all, anyone with Xi family blood could tame beasts...
The original owner became discouraged because of this. The original owner's parents and Xi Ning loved the original owner dearly, and the rumors were quickly stopped. However, the original owner had developed a deep-seated aversion to beast taming and consistently resisted learning the art.
The original owner's parents loved him and didn't want to force him, so he let him be... Until his father and a-die passed away, and Xi Ning, still young, became City Lord, busy all day long without a trace...
Xi Yao's beast taming skills had even less chance of being taught.
By the time he grew up, and Xi Ning regained control of Ning'an City, Xi Yao still didn't know the first thing about beast taming...
Wang Jin vaguely remembered that when they were in danger previously at the Danmu tribe, both the giant python and the giant lizard... hesitated for a moment before attacking him. Wang Jin had found it strange at the time, but now he suddenly understood... It must have been the Xi family bloodline that made those fierce beasts hesitate.
What a pity...
The original owner had such a powerful ability but didn't know how to use it and refused to learn.
"Yao'er, this trip to sea, although Cheng Li and Pan Yue will protect you, there's always fear of the unexpected. The sea is full of dangers. If you could tame beasts, I would feel much more at ease."
"......" But the original owner couldn't, right? Xi Ning couldn't not know that.
As if reading the silent Wang Jin's thoughts, Xi Ning spoke: "I know you still can't tame beasts now. But you must firmly remember, you are from the Xi family. The beast taming ability in your bloodline is innate. There is no one from the Xi family who cannot tame beasts."
"!" Xi Ning said this resolutely. Wang Jin was astonished.
Did Xi Ning mean that as long as he possessed the original owner's bloodline, he could also tame beasts?
That would be wonderful.
Xi Ning, seeming afraid that Wang Jin would mind his words, stole a glance at Wang Jin. Seeing his expression was normal, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The method... Father already taught you, so I won't repeat it. I've carefully considered why you can't use this ability, and I believe the problem isn't with the method itself—it must lie within you."
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