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

Not only was Ruan Xiyue bewildered, but the black and yellow dog tribes who came with the hyena tribe were also completely confused. Wasn't it because Wen Zhuzhe vehemently disagreed that they insisted on sending a male warrior for the marriage alliance? If it weren't for the lucrative bamboo salt deal, who would willingly bring their higher-ranking males for a marriage alliance? Lower-fertility females really don't have the same standing, okay?

However, the increased pressure from the three factions was a natural consequence of seeing Ruan Xiyue's growing pregnancy. In the long history of the beast world, it's not uncommon for females to experience delayed development.

The first test at the coming-of-age ceremony is conducted when most females have reached a certain age and six or seven out of ten have already reached puberty. Waiting any longer might mean missing the optimal mating season. Therefore, the coming-of-age ceremony is a reasonable timeframe chosen from the general maturity period of all females, suitable for both testing and early mating and reproduction.

A common approach is not necessarily applicable to everyone.

When everyone saw Ruan Xiyue's female belly, they immediately thought that there were similar examples in the beast world. Initially, the test results might not be good because the animal's body might have been deficient in nutrients or it might have experienced a major ordeal and been emotionally distressed. However, there were also cases where, with careful nurturing, the animal's fertility improved from low to medium or high.

Before, if everyone was just there to grab a piece of the lucrative bamboo salt prize, now, in their eyes, the female Ruan Xiyue is also a piece of lucrative prize. A female who can produce offspring for their outstanding descendants is far too important!

Everyone then looked at Qin Ye, a male of the Yellow Rank, standing next to Ruan Xiyue! Wow—how could any of the three factions not be envious? Who doesn't know that the higher the rank of a male, the harder it is to have offspring? But once a high-ranking male has offspring, they are usually of very high aptitude!

When everyone looked at Ruan Xiyue again, they couldn't help but reveal a determined look in their eyes.

Luo Qizhao was increasingly inclined to beat up the orc who had summoned Ruan Xiyue and then lock him in the Black Beast Cave for ten days. With such high fertility, wouldn't it be better for Ruan Xiyue to just bear cubs for the Cheetah Clan warriors? He was truly speechless!

Ruan Xiyue herself felt a bit uncomfortable; they were looking at her as if she were an expensive item with a limited number of uses. This made her want to jump up and slap them all on the head.

Ruan Xiyue smiled brightly at the three tribes, but in her mind, she was saying to Duoduo: "[Duoduo, let me tell you, if the reward for having babies this time doesn't include a special ability rank, I'll kill you! If I can't kill you, I'll stop having babies altogether! Look at them, what do they take females for! Huh? Look at Qin Ye, he never takes it for granted that I'll have babies for him; he only feels grateful and sorry for me!]"

【Duoduo—Stop playing dead! Talk to your grandma!】

The system, Duoduo, took a deep breath and said, "[My esteemed host, it's like this, could we just get pregnant with their babies, abandon them, and then collect the rewards... making their babies call someone else 'father'? Think about it from another perspective!]"

Ruan Xiyue laughed in exasperation. So, having babies is the most important thing, and her feelings don't matter? She's just a tool for having babies, and the cooperation is based on having children as a prerequisite, not on both parties working together in a comfortable and mutually agreeable manner.

Fine!

Ruan Xiyue asked in her mind, in a businesslike tone: "Does Cong Xian of the Lion Clan have any special bloodline? And who are Wen Zhuzhe and the Deer Clan planning to send for their marriage alliance? I didn't pay attention. Who are these random nobodyes? Do they all have any special bloodlines?"

"Here's what I'm thinking. My current beast mate, Qin Ye, has the rare bloodline of the Lingyue Leopard. And he's already at the Yellow Rank. If I were to choose my next offspring, assuming no other male beast has a hidden special bloodline, I would definitely choose to have cubs with my beast mate. What do you think? After all, it's cost-effective. What if I give birth to a cub with an ancestral bloodline?"

Duoduo could sense that Ruan Xiyue's attitude towards it had changed, but it didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it yet.

Duo Duo said, "[Honorable host, after Qin Ye broke through to the Yellow Rank, the rare Lingyue Leopard bloodline within his bloodline became even purer, and his beast mother's dragon bloodline also became slightly purer than before. Other rare and noble bloodlines from his ancestors haven't manifested yet. For now, among these marriage partners, only Cong Xian can barely compare to Qin Ye; compared to the other males, Qin Ye is indeed superior!"]

Ruan Xiyue was stunned. The Qin family's beast mother was a dragon? Huh? A dragon? Such important information, and she's only finding out now? Wow—

Ruan Xiyue asked excitedly, "Can you tell if there are any dragon babies in my belly right now?"

Duo Duo explained: "A male can only undergo bloodline purification once every time he breaks through a rank. When the host was pregnant, Qin Ye was still a green-rank male, and at that time, only the Lingyue Leopard bloodline was most prominent in his bloodline. The others were mixed and had no prominent characteristics at all, dear."

Ruan Xiyue understood now, and asked again: "Then what's the situation with Cong Xian? Does he have any other noble bloodline?"

Duoduo said, "Yes, besides the strongest white lion bloodline, he also clearly has the bloodline of the Holy Flying Lion."

Ruan Xiyue nodded knowingly and asked, "If I don't form a partnership with them, will they suffer any loss?"

Dodo paused for a moment, then said, "If his next partner doesn't mind, there's nothing to lose. If their next partner does mind, and their markings are erased after they mate, they might become stray beasts."

Ruan Xiyue was silent for a moment, then said, "[Duoduo, if you have no moral bottom line just because you're an AI, then I'll treat you the same way from now on. Is that what you want?]"

After hesitating for a while, Duoduo said, "I was thinking the host could try communicating with him. What if he agrees?"

Ruan Xiyue asked: "You're an AI, so let me ask you, based on the comprehensive big data of the entire Beast God Continent, what is the percentage of people who agree with this?"

Duoduo replied rationally: "It still accounts for about 20%. Females who have made mistakes in the female caves, females with low fertility who have difficulty bearing offspring, and females abducted by stray beasts—when they can't find a mate, they will all make such requests to high-quality males. Some males who are very eager for offspring will agree to such requests."

Ruan Xiyue was speechless for a moment before saying, "So, in general, males in tribes who have a normal desire to mate and don't want their future partners to be unhappy won't agree to a match, right? They'll try to mate with females who can bear them offspring and then go through the normal channels, right?"