She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

When the chieftain sent someone to invite Ruan Xiyue over, he hadn't expected her belly to be so large. He then remembered that the shaman had told him that Ruan Xiyue, being female, seemed to be pregnant with four children.

However, he thought that there had been females who conceived four or five pregnancies before, but because the female herself couldn't provide enough nutrition for the pups, the pups competed for nutrients inside the female's womb, and in the end, it was fortunate that only one or two pups survived. In some cases, because the pups competed for nutrients with each other, not a single pup survived.

Looking at Ruan Xiyue's belly, his first thought was that this was definitely her third or more children. So he started calculating, considering his own descendants and those of collateral branches…

But when he turned his head, he was shocked to find that the lions, deer, and hyenas were all staring at Ruan Xiyue's belly with envy.

The clan chief wanted to slap himself on the head. Who was the fool who sent the message?

Seeing that Ruan Xiyue was two months pregnant, couldn't you have come back and said that Ruan Xiyue wasn't feeling well and couldn't come? What an idiot!

"Clan leader, you wanted to see me?" Ruan Xiyue asked frankly.

The chieftain nodded and said, "It's like this. Your elder sister was once engaged to the Lion Clan, the Deer Clan, the Dog Clan, and our Cheetah Clan. However, your Iron-Eating Beast Tribe suffered a great calamity, so your elder sister brought you to seek refuge with our Cheetah Clan. Later, as you know, not long after your elder sister's marriage, she became pregnant. And then..."

The clan chief continued, "After your elder sister passed away, I originally thought that since they knew about it and hadn't come looking for us, the marriage was off. I never expected that they would only arrive now."

A handsome middle-aged man from the Lion Clan snorted coldly and said, "Luo Qizhao, you don't need to beat around the bush. You're just trying to say that our Lion Clan didn't arrive in time because we didn't take this marriage agreement seriously. I don't believe you don't know the actual situation!"

“Although we are far from the Iron-Eating Beast Tribe, after the incident, we dispatched a team specifically to hunt down and slaughter the stray beasts of the Iron-Eating Beast Tribe! We are naturally grateful that you took in Ruan Xiyao and her sister, but what we did should not be any less of a favor than what you did by taking in the two females, right?”

“We have already killed more than a dozen orcs from that group of wandering beastmen. We have also rescued some females, including two from the Iron-Eating Beast Clan.”

A seemingly simple-minded middle-aged man from the Deer Clan looked at the Lion Clan in surprise, his face saying: "Didn't we agree that our three clans would form a united front to carve out a piece of the lucrative bamboo salt industry from the Cheetah Tribe? Why are you going it alone? You have no sportsmanship!"

The handsome uncle leading the lion tribe clearly had no intention of continuing to pay attention to the deer tribe. He stared intently at Ruan Xiyue for a while, then looked at the handsome young man standing behind him and couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

Ruan Xiyue followed his gaze and looked at the handsome young man who was about 1.85 meters tall. He was indeed sunny and handsome, but she wasn't really attracted to him! It was like when she saw many good-looking male celebrities in her previous life, did she want to have a bite of every single one of them? Impossible.

Seeing that Ruan Xiyue was sizing up the male lion, the deer quickly explained with a smile, "Our deer tribe wants to expand from a medium-sized tribe to a large tribe, so it's understandable that we've been busy lately, isn't it? Besides, the Holy Female Test, which takes place every five years, will be held in our deer tribe next year. Of course, we're busy preparing for these things!"

"It's understandable, it's understandable. We hope Ms. Ruan Xiyue will be more forgiving." The middle-aged leader of the deer tribe spoke with a hint of arrogance and boastfulness. It was as if his unique way of using words and phrases could immediately demonstrate the special relationship between the deer tribe and the beast city, and how the deer tribe was different from other tribes.

Chief Luo Qizhao of the Cheetah Clan pursed his lips and laughed heartily, "Look at what you're saying! Next year, when we escort the Holy Maiden to the test, we'll have to trouble your Deer Clan to take good care of us!"

Luo Qizhao then said to Ruan Xiyue, "Xiyue, listen to your uncle's advice. The Deer Clan is indeed busy with important matters in our southwest. For your uncle's sake, please don't be angry that they didn't come sooner!"

Ruan Xiyue smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course I wouldn't be so insensible."

Upon hearing Ruan Xiyue's choice of words, the leader of the deer tribe couldn't help but glance at her again.

The original owner of Ruan Xiyue's body was from a branch of the tribe's chieftain, so she was naturally worldly-wise. She even vaguely remembered visiting the Beast City when she was a child! Therefore, her use of somewhat literary language didn't seem out of place. It's like how some people feel that people from the countryside speak differently from city dwellers.

This time, the dog tribe sent people from the hyena tribe, the yellow dog tribe, and the black dog tribe.

Some tribes are formed by combining several sub-tribes. The Cheetah Tribe is no exception, with Cheetah, Black Panther, and Clouded Leopard tribes all together, as well as some sub-tribes like the Moon Leopard and Dark Moon Leopard, which cannot even form separate tribes on their own.

Because the natural environment of the Beast World is harsh and there are many stray beasts causing trouble, beastmen will die very quickly if they don't stick together for warmth.

Although the Dog Tribe had sent representatives from three parties, it was a male hyena who spoke first. He had a somewhat gloomy face, and when he opened his mouth, he revealed two rows of yellow teeth: "Our Dog Tribe is naturally upset because we know about Ruan Xiyao's situation. Which tribe around here doesn't know that our chieftain's youngest son, Wen Zhuzhe, is deeply in love with Ruan Xiyao and escorted her all the way to the Cheetah Tribe, only leaving after placing the betrothal gifts?"

Luo Qizhao quickly said, "In that case, we..."

The gloomy man pressed his hand, indicating to Luo Qizhao that there was no need to rush: "Since ancient times, if a brother or sister is unable to complete a marriage engagement due to an unexpected death, then the younger brother or sister will accept the betrothal gift to complete the marriage."

“I don’t…” Wen Zhuzhe said anxiously, looking defiant.

Ruan Xiyue's eyes lit up. She genuinely respected the custom of smearing yellow on one's teeth to highlight one's ethnicity, but she didn't accept it. She quickly said, "It's precisely because my elder sister and the son of the noble chieftain made their engagement out of love." Wow, she really felt sorry for her original elder sister, who was clearly forced to accept the engagement by being relentlessly pestered.

After mentally preparing herself, Ruan Xiyue added, "I absolutely cannot get involved. It's obviously too expensive..."

Just as Wen Zhuzhe was rejecting Ruan Xiyue, his eyes suddenly lit up. His expression was one of utter astonishment: "She's so special! She actually rejected me! She's different from other females! She doesn't care about my family's status or wealth! I like this special female!"

So Wen Zhuzhe quickly said, "I agree! I agree to be your partner!"