Chapter 10 Fated encounter?

Qing Yan woke up for the 3rd time in the past 24hours, she frantically looked around her, looking for signs of Ye Zheng, to her dismay however, there was none. She immdediatly panicked, she didn't have the time to even consider how she had survived that, it didn't matter, all she knew was that she was separated from Ye Zheng, and that it is important to find him and to make sure he was ok.

Qing Yan sat down, after finding out that she was in total darkness. Her eyes tearing up, although the near death experience had allowed her to mature a little, and understand some things she previously hadn't, she still a 15 year old girl at heart, Ye Zheng was her shining beacon of safety and her best friend. It was natural for her to feel at lost without him.

Suddenly Qing Yan felt a rough hand on her head, stroking her head with gentleness. A male voice whispered into her ears "Don't cry pup, I've saved you from that human, you are safe now." Qing Yan could feel the warm breath that was slightly moist blowing against her ear, any other person doing this would have come off as creepy, however to Qing Yan the voice was like a warm fire in the middle of a raging snow storm, giving her warmth and security. She turned around and was met with a pair of eyes in the colour of red, slightly startled she fell backwards, but before she hit the floor, she was carried into the air, Qing Yan couldn't see the person's face, only his glowing red eyes could be seen in the darkness of the cave."You can't really see me in the dark now can you, well my bad, here" he snapped his fingers, and a bright ight illuminated the cave.

Qing Yan could finally see the person carrying her, she could not help but blush, the person holding her was a youth in his early 20s, he had silver hair that was down to his shoulders, his features were refined like jade sculptures of immortals, his crimson eyes, and his now sligtly lifted lip,giving a hint of a devilish charm."handsome..." Qing Yan couldn't help herself. If this man were to appear in her village, all the females will immediately be charmed by him, not excluding already married people."Poor thing..." the man furrowed his eyebrows and brushed her hair. "it seems like you were illy treated by those humans, to think that they will stoop low enough to seal your cultivation and make your remain as a female human, brainwashing you until you find those hairless monkeys visually appealing." " What...what seal?" Qing Yan asked with a confused expression, the man's faced twitched as his anger peaked, "Those...THOSE DAMN HUMANS, NOT ONLY DID THEY SEAL YOUR CULTIVAION, THEY ALSO ERASED YOUR MEMORIES!" roaring with anger the man almost droped Qing Yan.

Qing Yan was startled by his outburst, being so close to him, she could feel the rapid inhaling and exhailing of his chest, and his beating heart. similar to when she was with Ye Zheng she felt serenity. She raised her hand and placed it on his chest, "Don..Don't be angry,it isn't healthy.." seeing her face full of concern, the man calmed down and his eyes were filled with warmth as he placed Qing Yan gently on the ground. "Sorry for my outburst just now..I..I was don't like humans very much, so when I realised what they did to you I..I just couldn't hold it back." The man's expression turned sad an apologetic. Qing Yan shook her head qucikly and spoke "No! Its ok I was just suprised."

The man sat down next to her and sighed, 'No, Its my fault, I shouldn't have let my anger take over.. let me explain to you what I meant.I am a wolf beast, that has cultivated for hundreds of years, you see like humans we beasts can also cultivate, our levels are Common beast, which is your average animal, then rank 1 spirit beast, which is roughly as powerful as a 9th stage body tempering human, though it varies from specicies to species and from individuals to individuals, then there is Rank 2 spirit beast, which is equivilant to a apprentice realm cultivator, again the actual power depends on the beast, then comes the Rank 3 spirit beast in which the beast is equal to a master realms cultivator, it is during this stage tha the beast can transform into a human, for reasons unknown to anyone,and though it pains me to say..the humans do have much more usefull hands."

"ofcourse the levels do not stop here, there is then rank 4 spirit beast, equivilent to a grandmaster cultivator, it seems like your cultivation was at the early stage of a rank 3 spirit beast, beore your cultivation was sealed, I can sense your seal because I am a Rank 4 beast, and I can see that there is a seal that is quite powerful inside of you." The man stopped talking and looked at Qing Yan for her repsonse. "But I remember being with my parents since I was very young, and back then I was already human..." she was confused and her heart felt heavy she didn't know why. "There is no mistaking your identity as a spirit beast, I can smell that you are not human, as for your memories, they might have been manipulated somehow, I am not familiar with that kind of spells, but they do exist."

"I...I" Qing Yan was struggling to speak, as tears flowed out of her eyes , she was confused and at lost, afterall everything she knew previously is said to be a lie, acording to this man, though a stranger, she could feel that he was genuine and not lying. she felt a gentle pair of hands wipe the tears off her face, and stroked her head." I know it's hard to take all this in, how about you eat something first." With that he stood up and left, coming back shortly with roasted meat. the aroma filled Qing Yan's nose, her stomach grumbled in response, and her face turned as red as a tomato, causing the man to laugh, "haha, its ok pup, eat up, in fact wolf it down." He then laughed more to himself, seemingly at a joke.

Once Qing Yan finished eating she felt much more at ease, "Mr, You said I am a beast, what..what kind of beast am I?" she was genuenly curious now that she had calmed down. "You are a wolf spirit beast just like me, though Your smell suggests that you have a much stronger bloodline than me." "Bloodline?" "Yes, we spirit beasts are varied in specieses, some of us have bloodlines from spirit beasts in the primodial eras, those beasts were much stronger than the spirt beasts today, some bloodlines grant abilities, mine is a silver metal winged great wolf, as a result I have silver hair, red eyes and I am also able to sprout wings and fly, though it is useless after I became a rank 4 beast, since I can use spirit energy to life myself, my bloodline isn't that old, I believe my ancestor was a rank 6 at his peak, I can't tell your bloodline, but it is for sure much more powerful than mine."

Qing Yan didn't respond for a while, then she claped once, 'Ah! I get your joke about wolfing down the food now! I thouhgt you were laughing at me for eating like that." The man's eyes widened as he hadn't expected this response, then bursted out laughing to the point of tearing up. 'Hahaha, out of all I said that is what you got out of it?" He felt that this pup in front of him was truly cute and lovable. "Ah I havn't asked for your name yet!" Qing Yan embarrisingly spoke as she remebered. "Haha, no worries, My name is Tie Ya (Iron tooth), yours?" "ah, my name is Chen Qing Yan! Nice to meet you!" she beemed as she smiled at him.