"So, White Depth Field, why are you crying?" Ning asked the little white cub.
"I ran away from ho and ca here to fight against the other beasts to get stronger," the little cub said.
"Oh, you wanted to get stronger, huh? Did you do it?" Ning asked.
"No, master. All I did was I ended up getting lost. Now I can't find my way back, and I… " the little cub started crying.
"Hey, hey, don't cry," Ning said. "I'm here, so you will be fine."
Ning took the little cub and petted it for a while. "Tell , why did you want to beco strong? You are so young, you have plenty of ti to get stronger."
"I need to do it fast, master. My cousins who are the sa age as , and started cultivating at the sa ti as are all at least 3 minor realms higher than ," the little cub said with a sad face. "They always tease , they call the trash of our family."
"I want to show them that I am not the trash they think I am," he said.
Ning couldn't help but smile when he saw the little cub's determination. A mischievous smile ford on his face as he thought of sothing that would keep him entertained for the next 40 or so thousand years.
"Do you want my help in getting stronger?" Ning asked.
The little cub looked up curiously. "Can you help , master?" he asked.
"Hehehe," Ning laughed as he moved his hands. Suddenly, 10 drops of crimson blood appeared in front of him. "Take this."
"What is this blood, master?" the little cub asked.
"I will tell you once you are old enough to know," Ning said and made White Depth Field ingest all the 10 drops of the blood through his forehead.
The little cub growled in pain but within a few minutes, he managed to get a handle on his pain. The black stripes on his white fur beca darker after combining the 10 drops of blood into his bloodline.
"Oh, you are quite compatible with the blood. I guess it's better since you don't have to evolve at all," Ning said. "All the other ones I had, Night, Aegis, and Blue had to evolve."
"Who are they, master?" the little cub asked.
"They are my friends," Ning said with a lancholic smile. "Just like you."
"Oh, we are friends?" the little cub asked.
"Yes," Ning said. "Now, since we are friends, how about I give you a small gift?"
"Oh, what is it, master?" the little cub got excited.
Ning smiled and brought out a book. "Here," he handed it over to young Depth Field. "It's a cultivation thod. Use it and you will improve very quickly."
"Oh…" the little cub's face darkened a little.
"What's wrong?" Ning asked.
"I can't read," the cub said.
"You can't read?" Ning asked. "Do beasts not read in this world?"
"They do, but not ," the little tiger said. "They tried to teach many tis, but I just can't read. The letters look jumbled to . Sotis upside down, sotis backward."
"Oh," Ning thought. "I didn't know beasts even had dyslexia. Wait, let get you a picture version that should help you a bit."
Ning changed the book to just pictures and with that, the little cub could now understand everything.
"Thank you, master," he said.
"Co on, your parents must be getting scared. Let's get you back," Ning said.
"But I don't want to leave, master," the little cub said.
"Weren't you scared because you could find a way?" Ning asked.
"Yes, but not anymore. I want you to stay with you," he said.
"I'm sorry, but you can't," Ning said. "But you can co to et from ti to ti. I won't leave this place for a very long ti, so you should be able to co to et ."
"Is that true?" the little cub asked excitedly.
"Of course," Ning said. "I can't leave just yet. Co, let's go."
Ning took the little cub back to the edge of the forest, where he could walk back to his family on his own.
He told the little cub to only co to et him again when he reached the next major realm.
Ning went back to his hut and stayed around for another few years, which was what it took for the little cub to reach the major realm before the one where they could properly use their Sea of Qi.
He talked with the slightly grown beasts and realized that he had beco strong. However, he was quite fascinated to learn that the little cub was actually hiding his abilities from everyone.
"Didn't you want strength before? Why do you hide it then?" Ning asked.
"I didn't want strength to be better than anymore," the now-adult White Depth Field said. "I simply wanted others to not look down on and treat as not their equal. You will be surprised how harsh our family can be to those that don't show potential."
"I see," Ning said. He was quite enjoying the current situation.
The tiger went back and Ning told him he would et him once he entered the Qi Condensation realm.
It took more than a few decades for the tiger to do so, but that was only because he was taking his ti with his cultivation. Any faster and he would be considered a genius, wherein he would have to take more responsibility than he would like.
The next ti he ca, Ning was happy to see that he had grown big.
"You are growing quite well. I almost didn't recognize you," Ning said.
They talked for a while, and White Depth Field even talked about a Lynx beast he had fallen in love with and was planning to marry soon.
"Would you like to co to visit our family, master?" White Depth Field asked.
Ning thought for a bit. "Sure, why not? I'm a little interested in your family as well."
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