From a Slave to a Overlord, My Experience with the Beast World

He rushed to the cave entrance and looked around, only to find that there was no sign of Yanli. He panicked and was surprisingly angry. He didn't know what he was angry about. The only thought in his mind now was to capture Yanli and punish him severely after catching him.

Li Mingsheng forced himself to calm down, then entered the cave and planned to change his clothes and go outside to look for someone. When he walked to the entrance of the empty cave, he heard the sound of breathing inside. Li Mingsheng looked inside and found Yanli lying on a piece of animal skin and snoring.

His anger suddenly subsided. Looking at Yanli's expression, he must have thought that she was still not over what happened yesterday. Now she seemed to be planning to sleep separately from him.

Although Li Mingsheng was a little annoyed about this, he could also understand it. There was no need for two grown men to sleep together all the time. In winter, they could still keep each other warm, but in summer, sleeping together would make them even hotter.

Neither of them had suggested sleeping separately before, and they tacitly continued their habit during the snow season.

Now Yanli was out and sleeping separately, which was actually a good thing, but Li Mingsheng felt upset and he didn't understand why.

He shook his head, deciding not to think about things he didn't understand. He suppressed his emotions, and seeing that everyone was fine, he went to prepare breakfast.

By the time Li Mingsheng was ready, Yanli had also gotten up and washed up. He came to the dining table as usual, ate the exotic beast meat prepared by Li Mingsheng and drank the wild vegetable soup cooked by Li Mingsheng, but he just ignored Li Mingsheng.

Seeing that Li Mingsheng seemed like an air man, no matter how slow-witted he was, he knew that Yanli was unilaterally refusing to communicate with him.

The conclusion is that Yanli started a unilateral cold war with him.

This strange and eerie atmosphere made Li Mingsheng feel a little restless the day after Yanli's unilateral cold war. He decided that he must have a symposium with Yanli and have a good talk. This couldn't go on any longer.

At night, the midsummer sky was twinkling with stars. It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in this world, and the moon in the sky was big and round.

There were two figures sitting opposite each other in front of the cave, one was tall and the other was a little thin.

These two people were Li Mingsheng and Yanli who was brought here by Li Mingsheng.

They each held a coconut in their hands, with a thin bamboo stick stuck in the coconut, which was prepared by Li Mingsheng. When they came back from the beach, they still had a few left after drinking on the way.

A symposium cannot be without snacks and drinks, so he not only prepared coconuts, but also some berries. He picked these when he went hunting alone today. He knew that Yanli liked to eat them, so he brought them back to please him.

Ever since the other party had a cold war with him two days ago, Yanli no longer followed Li Mingsheng. Seeing that Yanli did not go to Wugui Mountain, Li Mingsheng let him go.

"We need to talk!" Li Mingsheng considered how to start.

"How do you want to talk?" This was the first sentence Yanli said in the past two days.

"I thought you were mute. You ignored me these two days!" Li Mingsheng couldn't help but tease him when he saw that the other party was willing to speak.

Yanli couldn't bear to see the other person laughing, so he got up and walked into the cave.

Li Mingsheng quickly grabbed him and pressed him to his position, then he said submissively, "Okay, okay, it's my fault, I won't tease you anymore."

Then Li Mingsheng sat down, he put away his smile and looked serious. Seeing him like this, Yanli couldn't help swallowing. Even though he looked serious, Yanli still felt a little scared.

During the two days of the cold war, he kept thinking about who was right between him and Li Mingsheng, but he could not convince himself that the rules of survival that he had learned since birth were not so easy to abandon.

"What do you think?" Li Mingsheng asked seriously. He wanted to know what Yanli was thinking. When two people live together and their thoughts are out of sync, it is a very dangerous signal.

"Are you still unwilling to talk?" Li Mingsheng saw that Yanli had no intention of speaking, so he raised his eyebrows slightly and stared into the other's eyes.

The two stared at each other for about five minutes before Yanli gave in, turned his head away, cleared his throat, and spoke.

"I'm not wrong!" Yanli's eyes expressed his emotions firmly.

Li Mingsheng: "I'm not saying you're wrong, but when there is still a solution, we don't need to hurt others for the sake of a possibility."

Li Mingsheng: "We become strong not to plunder, but to protect ourselves and those around us, and protection does not mean killing innocent people."

Li Mingsheng earnestly conveyed his meaning to Yanli.

The other party seemed to have listened.

He continued, "Of course, what I said today is not to ask you to tolerate blindly. When others hurt us, we must fight back. I will not offend others unless they offend me."

Li Mingsheng: "If that sub-orc had done something bad to us and wanted to deal with us, I would have killed him without you having to do anything, but he didn't!"

Yanli: "But if we let him go now, who knows if he will bring other beastmen to capture and attack us. In this beast world, kindness is a fatal weakness."

Li Mingsheng: "I understand your concerns, but the fact is that this thing has not happened yet. I can't make a move based on a possibility, and neither can you. If the final result is what you want, then I will deal with him myself!"

Li Mingsheng has never been a saint, and his hands are stained with the blood of many people, but the only thing he can do is to live up to his conscience.

Seeing that Yanli seemed to have listened to what he said, he patted the other person's shoulder with satisfaction.

Yanli did understand Li Mingsheng's meaning and principles to some extent, although he did not agree with them completely. His deeply rooted survival philosophy could not be easily abandoned, but he was willing to accept Li Mingsheng's request of him.

If it weren't for Li Mingsheng's kindness, he would not have been rescued, would not have followed him, and would not have seen so many unique things.

In fact, he had thought about Li Mingsheng's origins many times in his heart, and some very bold ideas had occurred to him, but he had never confirmed it with Li Mingsheng. He hoped that one day Li Mingsheng would tell him on his own initiative.

Seeing that Yanli's attitude had softened, Li Mingsheng attentively handed the berries on the table to Yanli's mouth.

Yanli hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and took it in his mouth. This bite symbolized the end of the Cold War.

The flickering fireflies outside the cave seemed to be witnesses of the melting of ice and snow between the two people.

"You're not angry anymore, are you? Then can you come back to sleep tonight?" Li Mingsheng didn't know why, but he suddenly brought up this topic. When he wanted to take it back, the words had already been out. This is probably what they mean by "spilled water cannot be taken back".

Yanli: "Hmm..."

He nodded slightly.

Seeing that Yanli agreed, Li Mingsheng actually breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Mingsheng gave two reasons for his mood. First, he was used to sleeping together and would feel uncomfortable without anyone around. Second, he and Yanli were good brothers who had shared life and death together and would feel at ease sleeping together.