Feng Xixi thought this way and decided not to buy those big items. However, since she had already brought the crystals, she had to buy something. Many things here were not available in other continents.

The orcs saw that the deal was off, but due to Qingcheng's pressure, they could only produce another pile of corpses. There were rabbit ears, fox ears, fox tails, wolf tails, mouse specimens, fawn horns, egret crowns, colorful tails, cat masks...

"Look, there are these."

Feng Xixi looked at the various small toys. Although they were not as domineering as the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Monsters or the Tiger-Headed and Lion-Tailed Monsters, her mother shouldn't vomit. She reached out and took a pair of white rabbit ears and placed them on her head. "Daddy Qingcheng, do you think they look like mother?"

Qingcheng nodded. Feng Xixi was already a bit like Feng Xiaoxiao, but she had inherited more of her father's looks and temperament, especially since her original form was a snake. With the bunny ears on, she actually looked more like her mother.

"Then I want this, and this fox mask, I can give it to Bai Xue ee, and this little hamster, I want to hang it on my bag." Feng Xixi looked at it and saw a small centipede specimen. "I want this one too."

Qingcheng didn't try to stop them. Instead, he was attracted by everyone's movements. "What are they doing?"

While helping Feng Xixi carry the selected goods, the orc replied, "The city lord and his men are going to pray for rain today. You outsiders probably haven't seen it before, so you can go and take a look."

Feng Xixi had already picked out a bag of things. When she heard this, she said, "Boss, how much crystals are needed to pack this?"

The orc had never heard this name before, and it felt a bit novel. "These, the green crystal in your hand is enough." He glanced at the purple crystal a few more times with some reluctance. It was a pity that this little female was not picky about those. However, no matter how valuable the crystal was, it was not as valuable as the beast crystal of a high-level orc.

Feng Xixi generously gave her the crystal stone, then carried the animal skin bag on her back, "Daddy Qingcheng, let's go take a look too."

Qingcheng had never seen these beastmen praying to the gods. He figured it was nothing more than a request to the Beast God, but the Beast God never cared about such things. The harsh environment of the Beast World was predetermined; otherwise, why would they be given supernatural powers? If they were truly in dire straits, even a divine beast like him wouldn't let them go.

At the altar in the center of the city, the statue stood not with the weathered appearance of a beast-god, but rather a snake-like figure with a human face, horns on its head, and two pairs of wings on its back. Why is it called a snake-like figure? Because the overall appearance is still dominated by the snake's body. Furthermore, judging by its appearance, the statue seemed recently constructed. Unlike the tribal beast-god statues that often appear weathered, this stone statue was delicate and new, giving Qingcheng a newly constructed feel.

The huge snake statue made the human-sized beastmen around him look very small and oppressive.

Feng Xixi, who is also a snake beastman, actually felt the pressure from the stone statue, especially the blindfolded eyes, which made it look even more mysterious.

Qingcheng frowned. This stone statue looked like the strange beast Zhukong recorded in the holy land. Who was enshrining this strange beast here?

However, there were not many orcs surrounding the altar. Compared with other continents, the orcs in the entire Stone City were still a little withered.

The one in the middle, with a snake tail, stalked the altar, adorned with a string of multicolored crystals, the largest of which was a black beast crystal. Its eyes were red, with vertical pupils. Qingcheng recognized this orc: the ancient orc tribe of the Western Continent—the Scarlet Snake Flower Python.

Feng Xixi just felt that she had been here for too long and felt uncomfortable all over. "Daddy Qingcheng, I don't want to watch anymore. Let's go find mother."

Qingcheng held Feng Xixi in his arms, covering her with a light layer of golden light, "Wait a minute, see what they are doing."

With the blessing of the golden light, Feng Xixi felt much more comfortable and looked around again, "That snake statue is so ugly."

"Yeah," Qingcheng agreed. He couldn't compare to the Beast God.

The city lord who was chanting a spell around the snake statue in the altar suddenly turned around and locked his eyes on Feng Xixi. A female snake cub was a rare sight - but how could he not see through the orc next to her? Was he of a higher class than himself?

Elsewhere, Feng Xiaoxiao and the others were cooking. The aroma of the rice emanated, attracting many orcs to gather around. However, none of them dared to get too close, instead greedily inhaling the fragrance in the air. The soothing feeling brought a little comfort to their weathered bodies.

Yi Ming looked at so many skinny orcs, each of them covered in gray, with exposed skin covered with scars. Why were these males so skinny? They were completely different from the orcs they had seen before.

"Xiaoxiao, look at them."

Feng Xiaoxiao naturally saw it as well, and frowned slightly, "They all seem so weak." The female they met before was much stronger than them.

"Yiming, go find someone and ask what happened to them?"

"Okay," Yi Ming walked over. The orcs did not move around, and their faces were a little numb.

Yi Ming talked to a few of them, then brought a thin old man over and said, "Xiaoxiao, they are the orcs from Stone City who live in the west of the city. They are the original inhabitants of the Western Continent."

Feng Xiaoxiao didn't pay much attention to where they went. At that time, she just thought that this area was empty and relatively quiet.

"Old man, why don't you go out hunting? Why are you in such a mess?"

The orc was surprised at Feng Xiaoxiao's strength. This person did not have that kind of power, but she could awaken her superpowers without absorbing beast crystals, and it seemed that she was pregnant.

"My name is Zhu Xiu, can you give me some water?" The old man looked at the bucket and his eyes were shining.

Feng Xiaoxiao nodded, and Yi Ming scooped a bowl for him. "Tell us what you know. What happened between you and those orcs in the city?"

Zhu Xiu quickly drank a bowl of water, feeling his blood moisturized. He licked the wooden bowl clean with reluctance before saying, "When you came in and saw those orcs, they all devoured the beast crystals of other orcs. Their abilities are far superior to ours. There's not enough food or water in the Western Continent, and we're being oppressed by them. We rarely find food, so we can only survive here."

"What?" Yi Ming was shocked. Devouring a beast crystal from their own kind... Didn't the mermaid who dug up the cold jade beast crystal not long ago also want to devour the beast crystal? Has this become the norm here? Cannibalism!

Feng Xiaoxiao seemed to understand. No wonder she'd felt a bit heatstroke when she'd taken her pulse, yet her body had become much stronger. She'd assumed all Western Continent females were like this, but she'd actually been absorbing the beast crystals of other beastmen. Thinking back to Chuqi, wasn't his beast crystal also stolen by his father, who then brought him to the Western Continent? Could this be the Western Continent's cultivation method? No, Qingcheng, a divine beast, wouldn't even know this...

"Then why weren't you killed?" Feng Xiaoxiao took a quick look. The system had already told her their levels. The strongest here was only a level 6 orc, and their qualifications were quite average.

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