Chapter 586 - 582: Subjugation
Su Muyao nodded and said, "I’m just hungry, dumplings would be great."
"Snowy days are perfect for eating dumplings."
Perhaps because she lived in that era in her previous life, she inherently loved eating dumplings.
She always felt that eating dumplings had a special meaning and feeling.
It brought a warm feeling to her heart.
"Alright, let’s eat dumplings."
Xiao Jihan gently embraced Su Muyao, using his superpower to disappear with her like the wind from under the eaves, entering the house.
As for Da Bao, he was happily playing with his little friends and didn’t notice any of this.
Su Muyao couldn’t bear to disturb him either.
Inside, the dumplings in the pot were still warm.
Xiao Jihan was originally worried that Da Bao would be quite hungry after playing and had kept the dumplings warm in the pot, with the fire still burning under the stove.
The temperature was just right when served.
Su Muyao had been busy traveling, only eating a little on the way to stave off hunger, without properly having a hot meal.
Now, eating dumplings, Su Muyao felt her stomach and body warming up.
After eating, Su Muyao went to wash up and take a bath before returning to the room to talk to Xiao Jihan.
She briefly recounted the events that happened on the way to Xiao Jihan.
Xiao Jihan sat beside her, listening attentively without interrupting.
"I didn’t have time to go to the Xiao Family, but I entrusted someone to deliver some elixirs there."
"The Imperial Grandmother said that Grandma Xiao is in good health, and after taking those elixirs, her strength will surely improve."
"Moreover, with the arrangement from the Imperial Grandmother, there’s no problem in looking after the Xiao Family."
Su Muyao knew that what Xiao Jihan worried about the most was definitely the situation with Old Madam Xiao.
Xiao Jihan was gently brushing Su Muyao’s hair, and upon hearing this, his hands paused, and he softly said, "Wife, thank you."
Su Muyao replied, "There’s no need for us to say thank you."
"Also, the Xiao Family’s main house no longer exists. They were abandoned by the Spider Beastmen and were swallowed by other forces."
"So they no longer pose a threat."
Xiao Jihan’s vengeance for his grandfather and father was considered avenged.
Xiao Jihan understood that everything he had now was thanks to his wife.
Though she said not to thank her, he would always remember how she braved the danger and went alone to the Xiao Family to save her.
He loved her, wishing he could even give his heart to her.
At this moment, he just quietly watched her and listened to her speak, filling him with joy.
After finishing brushing her hair, Su Muyao handed over the Beast Taming Technique in her hand to Xiao Jihan, saying, "And here, this is for you."
"What is this?"
Su Muyao explained, "This is the Beast Taming Technique, a superpower that your Ice Wolf Clan’s ancestors once knew."
"Ten thousand years ago, your Ice Wolf Clan ancestors knew the Beast Taming Technique."
"I saw it on a mural under the Ice Wolf Clan’s altar, and Bai Shuang, the current leader of the Ice Wolf Clan, said it’s only visible to those with fate."
"I think it’s probably because you are my Beast Husband, so I could see these and hand the Beast Taming Technique to you..."
After Su Muyao explained, Xiao Jihan understood what the Beast Taming Technique was.
He naturally hoped to become stronger, so he could do more for his wife and protect them well.
"I don’t understand this anyway, and I don’t know how to use it, but I could memorize it and bring it to you."
"I’m sure once you read it, you’ll understand it."
Xiao Jihan opened the Beast Taming Technique and found the writings ancient and obscure.
But when he saw the initial writings, his whole head shook, and a pain followed.
"With the soul as the guide, tame beasts with the mind..."
The characters on the page seemed to come to life, turning into streaks of light and boring into his brow, automatically appearing in his mind. Xiao Jihan no longer found it obscure, instead feeling a surge of familiarity rising in his mind.
The next moment, his head was in sharp pain, and countless images blasted open in his mind, becoming intensely clear, as if he had personally experienced them.
In the hazy light and shadow, a blurred figure stood atop a peak, the aura around them cold and desolate but overwhelmingly powerful.
This figure didn’t speak, just moved their fingers, performing a bizarre and intricate gesture as if casting a spell.
That gesture precisely matched the superpower techniques recorded at the beginning of the Beast Taming Technique.
In his mind, the figure, after casting the spell, unleashed the Beast Taming Technique, causing the fierce beast lurking in the forest to rush out instantly, crouching at the figure’s feet.
The fierce beast’s eyes lost all ferocity, replaced entirely by submission.
The figure used the Beast Taming Technique to control this fierce beast in battle, and it truly began to fight.
Even more powerful spells could be performed following the Beast Taming Technique.
The figure’s fingertips lightly tapped, and the superpower’s aura turned into threads winding around the fierce beast, causing its body to swell abruptly, its fur sparkling with radiance, and its previously ordinary claws to become knife-like sharp, enhancing its combat explosiveness.
And gigantic, imposing mountain forest fierce beasts knelt and prostrated before the figure, submissive under the control of the Beast Taming Technique.
The scene revolved, displaying each action, each spell-casting method, and each way of controlling wild beasts within Xiao Jihan’s mind clearly.
Xiao Jihan didn’t need to memorize or study word for word; the application of the Beast Taming Technique, like an innate instinct, continuously flashed in his mind, allowing him to instinctively use it.
There were many other amazing scenes as well.
Unknown how much time had passed, the scenes in his mind gradually faded away.
Only then did Xiao Jihan slowly regain his senses, the palm of his ice ability exuding strands of light, like threads that could connect many wild beasts.
Su Muyao had been observing Xiao Jihan, and when she saw the radiating threads of light on his ice ability, she was also surprised.
Moreover, she noticed that there seemed to be a mark on Xiao Jihan’s forehead, resembling a totem, though she couldn’t comprehend what kind of totem it was.
"System, what is this?"
The system spoke, "This should be the Ice Wolf Beast God totem mark."
"Host, you may recall that in the Ice Wolf Clan, such marks were engraved on the temple door frames, being the totem mark of the earliest Ice Wolf Clan tribe, and the totem they worshiped during sacrifices."
"All Wolf Beastmen worship and kneel before the Ice Wolf Beast God during their sacrifices."
Upon hearing this, Su Muyao understood that Xiao Jihan could also become a god.
When Xiao Jihan opened his eyes, the aura around him seemed to become even lighter.
"How do you feel now?"
With a movement of his superpower, Xiao Jihan destroyed the Ice Wolf Technique in his hand, "It’s already automatically recorded in my mind, no need for this anymore."
The voice in his mind told him that the Ice Wolf Technique should not be seen by outsiders.
Even though others might not necessarily understand it, Xiao Jihan knew from what his wife told him about the Ice Wolf Clan Beastmen’s experiences that the Gray Rat Beastman wanted to obtain the Ice Wolf Technique.
Perhaps behind it were the plots of the Spider Beastmen or even the Insect Clan Beastmen.
But now that he mastered these, he would surely crush their schemes.
Moreover, with an additional ability, he could better protect his wife’s family.