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

As soon as Ruan Xiyue returned to the house, Chu Jiayun arrived. Ruan Xiyue was surprised to see her with her large pregnant belly and quickly pulled her to sit on the animal skin rug.

"What are you doing? It's been over two months, why are you still running around everywhere?"

Chu Jiayun looked at her with concern and asked, "Are you planning to chase after them?"

Ruan Xiyue asked, puzzled, "Why would you think that?"

"Although we haven't known each other for very long, I can sense that you're planning to catch up with him."

Ruan Xiyue lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and asked, "Is it that obvious?"

Chu Jiayun shook her head and said, "Those who know you and pay attention to you will definitely be able to guess. But I advise you not to go."

Ruan Xiyue asked, "Why?"

Chu Jiayun held Ji Wu's hand and said, "The Holy Mother has great power. I'm not worried that whatever you do will bring disaster to the entire tribe. I'm worried that something might happen to you!"

Ji Wu nodded and said, "I won't go out. But I feel that the Holy Maiden has ill intentions. What do you think would happen if she told the stray beasts that our tribe has females with healing abilities?"

Chu Jiayun's lips trembled, her face pale, as she asked, "No way? A female wouldn't harbor such malice towards another female, would she? The point is, you didn't provoke her..."

Ji Wu's smile was faint; this was the worst-case scenario she had imagined. Ever since she learned that healing abilities were rare, she had considered many ways the other party might harm her. This was the most likely possibility.

Qin Ye had been unusually quiet these last few days. She knew he had plans, but he hadn't told her.

Qin Ye only said, "If something goes wrong, it's not a good thing if many people know about it. It will implicate us."

Ruan Xiyue repeatedly stated that she was not afraid of being implicated, but Qin Ye did not tell her how to deal with this Holy Female.

Chu Jiayun left with a worried expression, but then the Qin family's beastly mother arrived. She wanted Ruan Xiyue to accompany her during childbirth, which was only a matter of a day or two.

Ruan Xiyue had no choice but to agree and stay at the Qin family's beast cave.

The Qin family's beast mother gave birth to a big, fat baby boy who was able to transform into a golden leopard cub the day after his birth, which greatly excited the Qin family's beast husbands.

Whether the leopard cub had high potential or not, Ruan Xiyue was definitely the second person to know, because the first was Duoduo. As soon as the leopard cub was born, Duoduo told Ruan Xiyue: [Congratulations, host, for successfully helping another female give birth. Beast-type leopard, male, Purple-rank ability. Reward: 10 points. Five sets of seamless underwear.]

Ruan Xiyue accepted the reward with a smile. In her mind, she silently asked Duoduo: "So, when other females give birth to cubs with different ranks, the points I get are only one-twentieth of what I get from my own cubs, but I still receive reward items every time?"

Duoduo replied: "No, giving birth to a no-rank cub earns 1 point, while a white-rank cub earns 5 points. Only giving birth to a rare cub doubles the points."

Ruan Xiyue nodded to indicate that she understood.

While everyone's attention was focused on the Qin family's beast mother, Ruan Xiyue finished packing her things and asked Duoduo, "Can my cubs be kept in one square meter of space?"

Duoduo said seriously, "Are you really planning to go after Qin Ye? You're not capable enough to protect yourself right now. Going out will only cause trouble. Host, can you please wake up?"

Ruan Xiyue said, "I come from the battlefield of national destiny. Aren't you underestimating me?"

Duo Duo sighed and said, "Then you should go through the back mountain; it's safer there. Qin Ye also has a backup plan for you."

Ruan Xiyue's eyes widened: [What's going on? Qin Ye knows you exist? You've been contacting him behind my back?]

Duoduo was speechless: [Don't you want to listen to what you just said? I can only be bound to one host, okay? I can unfold the map and see what's around me, honey.]

Upon hearing this, Ruan Xiyue opened the map and asked, "Why can't I see it?"

Duoduo: [My own authority is certainly broader than yours, because I've used my own energy, dear. Want to expand your scope, host? I'll offer 10 points for an upgrade, dear.]

Ruan Xiyue said speechlessly, "After deducting the loan, the annual map subscription, and the money for buying daggers and bows, where am I supposed to get 100,000 points?"

[Please note that loans are not accepted for this purchase.] Of course, Duoduo knew that Ruan Xiyue had over 70,000 points remaining.

Ruan Xiyue narrowed her eyes, thinking that Duoduo probably wouldn't harm her, and then walked towards the back mountain.

There were no strange places shown on the map, except for a gray-level orc icon at the exit of the back mountain.

"Does the Cheetah Tribe have any gray-tier orcs?" Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but ask.

No, the highest-ranking orc in the Cheetah Tribe is only orange-tier.

Ruan Xiyue stopped and turned around, just then the gray-level orc suddenly moved.

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"Do you really want to kill me?" The Holy Female said, swinging her feet as she sat on Qin Ye's back.

"I advise you not to do this, but thinking about it is fine. I love the way you hate me so much you want to grind your teeth, yet you still have no choice but to submit to me."

"I guess you all think I'm really ridiculous, a brainless female, right?"

"Dare to provoke you when I need your protection on the road?"

"hehe--"

How do you know I didn't do it on purpose?

"By the way, you wouldn't send stray beasts to kidnap me or kill me, would you?" The Holy Female suddenly spread her five fingers in front of her mouth, feigning surprise.

"Tell me, if I told the wandering beastmen that if they kidnapped a little female from the Cheetah Tribe who has healing abilities, I'd be willing to have their babies indefinitely, what do you think they would do?"

Qin Ye continued walking forward in silence.

Cong Xian and the others frowned more and more as they listened. They were genuinely worried. They cautiously observed their surroundings, fearing that what the Holy Mother had guessed was exactly what Qin Ye would do.

Although they had no liking for this holy woman, they couldn't allow her to get into trouble within their escort area. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be the Cheetah Tribe that suffered the consequences.

Unfortunately, Qin Ye didn't say a word. Even when the Holy Mother released flames from her hand and pinched Qin Ye's ear, he didn't utter a sound.

The others couldn't stand the Holy Mother's behavior any longer and turned their heads away.

"Why don't you speak? Aren't you afraid of suffering more?" The Holy Mother became even more interested in Qin Ye's silence.

Cong Xian frowned and said, "Holy Mother, are you deliberately bullying the Cheetah Tribe to provoke their resistance and thus have a reason to send troops to deal with the Cheetah Tribe?"

As soon as Xian finished speaking, the people of both the Deer and Dog tribes became alert. The younger ones might not have grasped the meaning behind his words, but the older male leader was no fool!