Beastmaster

Chapter 311: Debate in the World

On the way back, Lingteng Dog limped and looked at Jing Cangming and said, "Boss, what did you mean by cherishing and respecting just now?"

Jing Cangming said, "I absolutely recognize this guy's strength and talent. There is nothing inappropriate about him being my rock and earth beast king."

"Then why..." asked the Qinglin Spider.

"This guy doesn't know how to cherish his companions, and doesn't know how to respect life. If he doesn't even understand these two points, no matter how talented he is, he is not worthy!" Jing Cangming said to everyone word by word.

The three beast kings nodded when they heard this and said, "Boss, I'm sorry, we embarrassed you."

Jing Cangming looked at them and said seriously, "There is no such thing as shame. I hope that next time you make a decision like this, you must ensure that you are able to protect yourself. If you feel that I am embarrassing you by helping you, that's fine. At least you have to protect yourself!"

Jing Cangming said "protect yourself" twice in one sentence, which shows how much he doesn't want them to lose their lives by acting on their own will.

If Jing Cangming was a Wanxiang-level master now, he might not be so angry about their behavior, because after reaching the Wanxiang level, dead war beasts can be resurrected, but now that they are dead, they are really dead.

The three beast kings all lowered their heads in shame, and no one said another word.

Jing Cangming continued, "If something like this happens again next time, you won't have to be the Beast King anymore! If you don't even know how to protect yourself, how can you be qualified to lead all the beasts as the Beast King!"

After saying that, Jing Cangming quickened his pace and left the grass area, not giving them a chance to continue explaining.

It can be seen that Jing Cangming was really angry this time. A guy who doesn’t know how to protect his own life is not worthy of being his helper!

The three plant-type beast kings looked at each other in shame and said, "Go back and practice!"

At Lingteng Dog's command, all the plant-type war beasts shouted together, "Okay!"

In the magma area, Jing Cangming landed gently on the ground and came to the middle of the gathering.

Jing Cangming was not in a good mood. He found a place to sit down without saying a word.

When everyone saw Jing Cangming's condition, they knew that something was wrong.

Everyone gathered around and asked Jing Cangming what had happened.

Jing Cangming looked up at everyone and said, "Why didn't you go to help or tell me when such a big thing happened in the Vegetation Region? And you even made up a lie to deceive me?"

Xiaojiu, Xiaoyi and the others were stunned. "Plant and tree system? What's wrong? We don't know anything about it?"

Not only Xiaoyi and Xiaojiu were confused, but also Xiaowu, Jingui and Duye Chiyunhu.

Jing Cangming waved his hands at them, "Fire type, magma type, retreat, dark type, ocean type, ice type, come forward!"

Everyone looked at each other, but still did as they were told. The Queen, Bingbing, and Dark Mist stepped forward.

Bingbing and Anwu looked ashamed, only the Queen remained neither humble nor arrogant.

Jing Cangming asked angrily, "Why don't you three help the Plant Department?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the Magma and Fire Departments were stunned. They had no idea what they were talking about, but it was not a good idea to interrupt and ask questions in this situation. So they just listened first.

Bingbing immediately lowered her head, and Anwu did not dare to look directly at Jing Cangming. Only the Queen spoke, "Cangming, it's not that we don't want to help, it's that the Lingteng Dogs found me at the beginning and told me not to take action. They also told me to tell An Hei and Han Bing."

Jing Cangming sighed, "Then why didn't you tell me? They almost died in the battle of the rock and soil system!"

The Queen said, "Because they also told us not to tell you. They want to solve this matter themselves."

"But they didn't solve the problem and almost lost their lives!" Jing Cangming shouted angrily.

Jing Cangming's majesty made everyone's heart tremble, but the queen remained calm and composed, "Cangming, how long are you going to protect them? How can they grow without experiencing life and death?"

Although Jing Cangming wanted to refute, he was so shocked by the Queen that he didn't know how to start.

Seeing this, the Queen continued, "Haven't you discovered yet? They are indeed working hard in their training, but ask yourself, apart from the Lingteng Dog, who among the other two has the talent to be worthy of the title of Beast King? Blindly protecting them will only cause them to suffer from rumors and be stabbed in the back!"

Dark Mist came over and said, "Boss, the Queen is right. Although I have been your war beast for a short time, I have been born and grown up with you in your world of consciousness. I have seen everything about the plant and tree systems. I know that you contracted them not for their strength but for their character. To be honest, if this were a peaceful era, this starting point would be fine, but now is an era where the winner is king and the loser is a bandit. They are limited by their talents and will never be able to catch up with you in this era!"

Jing Cangming fell silent after listening to what Dark Mist and the Queen said. He couldn't refute it. What they said was indeed reasonable. When he contracted the Blue Scale Spider and the Broken Wood Wolf, he was impressed by their character and friendship, but ignored their talents.

But does talent really matter?

Jing Cangming stood up, looked at the two and said, "I understand what you mean, but why in this era, character must be overshadowed by talent? It doesn't matter if you lack talent, you can do everything you can to break through and grow through hard work! But what about character? In other words, if any of you has a problem with your character today, even if you are very talented, can I trust you?"

“In troubled times, shouldn’t trust be above strength? Should character be overshadowed by talent? If I don’t trust you and your character is not good, can you guarantee that you will not abandon me on the battlefield? Of course, your character is up to standard now, so you can firmly say no.”

Jing Cangming walked around the two of them and came in front of Xiaojiu, looking at him seriously, "I don't know if Xiaojiu still remembers what happened in the outside world when he was still an egg."

Jing Cangming turned around and looked at everyone. "When I got Xiaojiu, she was still an egg. At that time, she stayed in the world ring of a small minion. I don't know how he got Xiaojiu. That person was arrogant and domineering. He summoned a war beast and wanted to take away everything from me. But what happened later?"

Xiao Yi said at this time, "Boss, I remember that after I came out, that guy's war beast ran away, and no matter how we called it, it was unwilling to come back to rescue its master."

Jing Cangming nodded, and Xiao Jiu continued, "I remember it too, although not very clearly, but I can feel that the war beast never came back after leaving the World Ring, and then you took me away."

"Well, I ask everyone to think about it. If one day, I am facing life and death, and my war beast abandons me and runs away, how sad and desperate will I be? I trained it as a partner! It is not a fighting tool, it is my partner!" Jing Cangming said with a broken heart.

At this time, An Wu nodded and said, "I remember that part too."

Jing Cangming looked at the Queen, "Queen, I understand why anyone here would say something like that. That's the kind of despair you've experienced!"

The queen also fell silent, even a little sad. Yes, she had been abandoned by her relatives.

After the queen suffered such harm, she began to believe in strength. She thought that in the face of strength, no one would have the courage to betray her.

After a while, the queen raised her head, her eyes were tearful, and she said, "I'm sorry."

The Queen's voice sounded aggrieved and trembling.

Jing Cangming also knew that his words were a bit harsh, so he quickly walked over and hugged him in his arms, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that, I just hope you don't take strength and talent too seriously, you are not my fighting tools, you are all my partners! Putting aside the fighting, isn't it character that we look at when we make friends?"

The Queen snuggled in Jing Cangming's arms and nodded, "I know I was wrong, I'm sorry~"

"Cangming~" Bingbing's voice came weakly. At this time, Jing Cangming's appearance made her a little afraid to speak.

Jing Cangming looked back at Bingbing, who looked aggrieved, and said, "I'm sorry, I scared you."

Bingbing shook her head stubbornly and said, "In fact, Queen Sister has been to the grass and tree areas many times. She still cares about them."

Upon hearing this, Jing Cangming turned around and looked at the aggrieved empress in his arms, not knowing what to say.

The Ice Hell is in the northwest, the ocean area is in the north, and the grass and rock area is in the west, so every time the Queen goes to the grass area, she can feel the huge ocean energy.

"I'm sorry, can you forgive me?" Jing Cangming said gently to the queen.

The queen snuggled in Jing Cangming's arms, nodded, and then looked at Jing Cangming.

"If you want to help them, help them improve their strength and practice more. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish," said the Queen.

Jing Cangming nodded and said with a smile, "I understand."

At this time, everyone sighed and smiles appeared on their faces again.

Having said that, no one was wrong in this matter, it’s just that everyone’s experiences and past have created different mindsets.

The Lingteng dogs are eager to show off because they are not very strong.

The Queen had been abandoned, and by her own family, so she believed that strength was the only qualification that mattered. But that didn’t mean she didn’t care about the weak. Her many visits to the grassy areas proved that the Queen was still worried about them.

Jing Cangming was the same. He knew too little about the details of the matter, and he didn't want everyone to think that talent was the foundation, because in his eyes, Jing Cangming, no one was a lifeless fighting tool. On the contrary, each of them was an indispensable part of his life.

We all need to grow, not only in strength, but more importantly, in mentality.