Chapter 516 - 508: Please Be My Partner

Chapter 516: Chapter 508: Please Be My Partner

"In my clan, I’m completely different from my brothers and sisters. Just like my appearance, I’m an Outsider. I can’t sense the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, I have no power, and even my movements are sluggish."

"I have no parents, no siblings. No one wants to be with me, or even look at me. They all ostracize and bully me."

As it spoke, it covered a wound on its elbow with a huge hand, its voice trembling. "I don’t know where I came from, what purpose my existence serves, or what future I have."

"Tell me... if my existence is meaningless, then why do I even exist in this world?"

’The same words, the same grievances. But from Mu Chen’s perspective, Xiaohai’s expression and state of mind seemed much calmer than his own had been. No, it wasn’t because its mentality was superior. It was because when Mu Chen had endured all of this, he at least had loving parents by his side and Bing’Er, who had always protected him. But... what did it have?’

’Even if it cried, it had no one to confide in. No matter how much pain it suffered, in a place rife with discrimination, ostracism, and schadenfreude, who could it rely on? It could only choose to bury everything deep inside its heart, licking its wounds alone in the dead of night...’

’Without a doubt, if Mu Chen were in Xiaohai’s shoes, he would have chosen to leave this world without a second thought.’

"No one’s existence is meaningless, and the world will not abandon anyone."

Suddenly, Mu Chen felt a prickling in his nose. ’This scene... how similar it is to that day on the back mountain of the clan! It’s like an overlay! This situation, this conversation—it’s as if history is repeating itself! Except now, the person in my role is Xiaohai... and I’ve become the Profound Old Ghost.’

"Xiaohai... do you want to change your destiny?" Mu Chen suddenly straightened his back, stood up, and asked with a serious expression.

"Change... my... destiny?" Xiaohai said, stunned.

"Change this aimless, helpless life! Change this life of being scorned and bullied! Change this lonely, desolate, directionless life! Do you want that?" Mu Chen paid no mind to Xiaohai’s question, his voice booming.

As if infected by Mu Chen’s words, Xiaohai nodded vigorously. "I do! Not a day goes by that I don’t! But... do I have the power to change anything?"

Hearing this, Mu Chen smiled. "As long as you believe you have the power to change, you will have the power to change. And even if you don’t... I’m still here, aren’t I?"

"You?" Xiaohai suddenly stood up, sounding shocked. "You’re saying... you’re saying... you can help me!"

Mu Chen turned and said, "I can help you, because I was once exactly like you are now. Come with me. Come to my world. There, no one will despise you, no one will ostracize you, and no one will bully you. There, I will help you find your way forward."

"Exactly the same... How could anyone be exactly like me... I don’t believe you..." Xiaohai’s eyes turned red. It wasn’t that it truly didn’t believe Mu Chen’s words, but that more than three years of experiencing the world’s cold indifference had made it see through everything. It didn’t hate the world that had hurt it, or the clan members who had harmed it, but it felt a deep-seated revulsion. Toward everyone but itself, it felt only doubt...

But how could Mu Chen not understand its thoughts? ’After all, when I was young, who did I ever trust besides my parents and Bing’Er?’

"Take a look at this..."

As he spoke, Mu Chen suddenly released a wisp of Spiritual Power and sent it into the space between Xiaohai’s eyebrows. This wisp of Spiritual Power was not for attacking, of course, but for sharing—sharing his own memories. Although Mu Chen, being only at the Sect Realm, couldn’t use the memory-reading abilities of the Venerable Realm, his Spiritual Power was so immense that he had his own methods. The memory he shared was the period from his earliest recollections right up to the moment before he met the Profound Old Ghost.

As the Spiritual Power extended deep into Xiaohai’s mind, its eyes gradually filled with shock, pity, sorrow, and an indescribable sense of kinship.

"Is... is all of this real?" Two crystalline tears, shimmering like sparks, suddenly slid from the corners of Xiaohai’s eyes. It then looked at Mu Chen with a strange expression. "So I wasn’t alone. So there really was someone else in this world just like me. I finally, finally have someone to confide in... I finally don’t have to bury everything in my heart anymore. But... you really won’t despise me? My appearance... my weakness..."

But before Xiaohai could finish, Mu Chen knelt down, extended his right hand, and said, "I have already seen and heard everything about you. The words I’ve said to you were not spoken lightly; they came after careful consideration. Also, I’m not a Magical Beast. I’m a human, a human who came to Holy Beast Mountain to find a Magical Beast partner... Would you be willing to be my partner?"

"Partner?!" This was the first time Xiaohai had ever heard that word. But as for humans, it was not completely ignorant. Although it was often pushed around within its clan, its resource allocation was not much different from its peers. It had still been exposed to a great deal of knowledge and learning.