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

The Holy Maiden's Guard tensed instantly; they were now in the middle of an endless grassland. Everyone was on edge because of Cong Xian's words.

"Oh?" The Holy Maiden remained calm and composed, as if the tense atmosphere had not affected her mood in the slightest.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand." The Holy Mother tilted her head, puzzled.

"Could it be... that you made some kind of deal with the Cheetah Tribe that even Beast City considers highly profitable?" the Holy Mother asked.

Cong Xian, abandoning his composed and elegant demeanor, looked at the Holy Mother warily and said, "Why does the Holy Mother ask a question she already knows the answer to?"

"The Holy Mother hadn't shown much interest in Qin Ye until after they had lived in the Cheetah Tribe for a long time, when she suddenly asked Qin Ye to follow her as a male."

"Isn't it because they've set their sights on the female Xi Yue? The Iron-Eating Beast tribe to which Xi Yue belongs wasn't a medium-sized tribe, but it was one of the best among the small tribes."

"The Iron-Eating Beast Tribe has trade relations with various medium-sized tribes, and even some large tribes, involving bamboo salt."

"The sudden annihilation of the Iron-Eating Beast tribe is quite strange in itself. Female Iron-Eating Beasts don't have a high fertility rate, and the nomadic beastmen who raid tribes are always vying for the females within them."

"But the females in the Iron Beast Tribe have relatively low fertility, so why did the wandering orcs gather in large numbers to attack them?"

"I found this very strange at the time. Even though the Holy Female was targeting Qin Ye, who was male, and even guessed the worst outcome, she was still confident and handled it with ease."

"Let me think. Next, it won't be all three of our tribes, will it? But it won't be all dealt with at once; we'll have to find reasons to deal with them one by one, right?"

"No, it can't be too obvious yet. The female fertility rate in the dog tribe is high, so it would seem reasonable for wandering people to steal from them."

"And the Deer Clan has already been drawn into the struggle for the succession to the Beast City."

“Our Lion Clan wants to move into Beast City, which will definitely lead to clashes with other tribes. In this way, as long as the three tribes collapse in different ways, no one will suspect that bamboo salt and pottery jars are the culprits.”

"Clap clap clap!" The Holy Female clapped her hands with a coquettish laugh and said, "Your imagination is really amazing! Now that you've said it, I even believe it myself!"

"If what you're saying is just your own thought, then I think you should stop overthinking. Being too suspicious will drive you crazy!" the Holy Mother said with a smile.

"However, if you said these things because a male led you to think and say them, then... that person must be trying to sow discord."

Unfortunately, the Holy Mother's witty remarks did not dispel the other orcs' vigilance.

They even felt that the Holy Mother was trying to cover up the truth. Because Xian's analysis was so logical and well-founded, there was not a single logical flaw to be found.

"So, unless I release Qin Ye (male), you can't prove that I, a dignified Holy Female, haven't engaged in the schemes you're talking about?"

Looking at them, who were so paranoid and suspicious, the Holy Mother couldn't help but scoff. She parted her lips slightly and said, "Too bad, why should I care what you think?"

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Before Ruan Xiyue could run very far, the gray-level orc appeared behind her. Its beast form was a reptile.

Before she could even see clearly, she was entangled by a silvery-white tail with black stripes.

Ruan Xiyue was terrified. In her mind, she cursed Duoduo: "Are you crazy? What good would it do you if I died?"

Duo Duo took a deep breath and said, "[My esteemed little host, Duo Duo has warned you before, going out will only cause trouble for your beast husband.]"

Hearing Duoduo's words, Ruan Xiyue became furious and retorted, "Did I spend points to subscribe to the map for a year just to give you money? I followed the map, how could anything happen to me?"

"So, does this count as an accident?" Duoduo asked.

Ruan Xiyue was already angry, and then Duoduo's words left her speechless, making her almost explode with rage.

Duo Duo sensed that Ruan Xiyue's emotions were fluctuating too much and quickly said, "[One hundred kilometers is nothing to gray-rank or higher beastmen. You have wind-type abilities, don't you know how fast a blue-rank orc can go if they are skilled in wind-type abilities? Especially since he's gray-rank.]"

"I'm new here and only have a vague understanding of the superpowers in the Beast World. Couldn't you just tell me directly? Did you have to teach me such a big lesson? Are you sick? Huh? Are you sick?!" Ruan Xiyue said angrily.

Duo Duo replied, "But he's not a beastman who harbors ill intentions towards you. He was sent by Qin Ye."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Xiyue paused in her anger for a moment, but she was still very angry.

Ruan Xiyue shouted to the male orc, "Where are you taking me?"

"Can you put me down? I can come with you!"

"Hey! What's your name?"

The male orc seemed genuinely annoyed by Ruan Xiyue's chatter and said, "You're noisy."

Ruan Xiyue was stunned for a moment. She was stunned not for any other reason than that his voice sounded like Qin Ye's voice.

Then, the tail completely wrapped around Ruan Xiyue. Ruan Xiyue finally saw what kind of animal's tail it was.

She was now sitting on the tail of the first floor, a thick tail that wrapped around Ruan Xiyue in just three turns, preventing her from feeling any wind.

Ruan Xiyue gently touched the scales on the tail with her slender, fair fingers; they looked very sharp. Ruan Xiyue was a little scared. Was this the tail of a snake-beastman?

But why does the snake-beastman have a fish tail?

Fish tail?

Ruan Xiyue asked in surprise, "Are you a dragon?"

The male orc paused, and after a moment, he slowly lowered his tail.

Then he slowly released his tail and retracted it. Just as Ruan Xiyue shielded her eyes from the sudden brightness of her surroundings, the male orc swam up to her.

He asked in a voice very similar to Qin Ye's, with an icy tone, "Do I still look like a dragon to you now?"

Ruan Xiyue removed her arm from her eyes, finally seeing the beastman before her clearly. His entire body was pure white, like snow, his scales shimmering with silver light, like the twinkling stars in the sky. The only flaw was a layer of black lines outlining the edges of the scales on his tail.

Yes, he is not a dragon, but a jiao (a type of Chinese dragon).

“Speak up! Weren’t you very talkative just now? Have you gone mute?” He stared intently at Ruan Xiyue with his red eyes.

Ruan Xiyue's heart skipped a beat. She remembered reading the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in her previous life, which described how a dragon needed to be granted a title and undergo a tribulation of lightning to transform into a dragon.

Seriously?! Officer! This is the world of beasts!

Ruan Xiyue nodded and said, "You are the dragon!"

"It's just a try, it's nothing!" Ruan Xiyue comforted herself.

As a result, dark clouds suddenly began to gather rapidly in the sky, accompanied by a rumbling sound rolling in from the horizon.