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

Although Ruan Xiyue's face was turned toward the flower show, her eyes turned directly to Xia Weier in the second half of the sentence.

Because she had spent many years in business negotiations in her previous life, she could clearly see who was in charge.

This elder surnamed Hua should be Xia Weier's subordinate. Among this group, he should be the one with the highest status.

Xia Weier was slightly taken aback, but he was even more excited by Ruan Xiyue's keen insight. He knew that he had always wanted to find a female who was his equal, someone who would not hold him back in many situations.

In Beast City, treachery and deceit are commonplace among the beastmen. If he were to choose a female who lacks shrewd judgment as a partner, and before he could even secure his vast fortune, his own backyard would be swindled until he was left with nothing but dust—that would be disastrous!

Ruan Xiyue, on the other hand, perfectly matched all his expectations.

Ruthless, capable, and able to fight against overwhelming odds. That was his first impression of her.

They captured several wandering orcs, who initially insisted that Ruan Xiyue, a female, had killed the Holy Mother.

Nobody believed it. But Xia Weier did.

If Xia Weier hadn't taken the dagger and arrow, the people of Bright Moon Beast City would definitely have investigated where they came from.

Let them assume this is a product of some other, more powerful beast city! After all, several of the wandering beastmen are deserters from other beast cities. And the beast cities they once lived in could indeed produce such exquisite ironware.

But those are iron weapons that can only be forged a few times a year. Wouldn't there be records?

However, Xia Weier had never seen the design or record of this dagger. This was the initial reason why he had his eye on Ruan Xiyue and Qin Ye.

He did some calculations and it wasn't hard to figure out what had happened. It's possible that Long Ze, with Ruan Xiyue, caught up with the escorting party for the Holy Mother. However, most of them had been drugged. Those who saw Ruan Xiyue kill the Holy Mother either couldn't be believed even if they spoke up, or they were either surrounded and killed by the orcs he sent, or escaped.

He initially helped Ruan Xiyue simply to thank her.

Because she killed the female beast who had driven him to his death.

Who knew that this investigation would reveal how interesting this female was?

Then, he also discovered Ruan Xiyue's abilities.

The captain of the guard said that when they first met, Xi Yue was a blue-tier ability user. How did she reach orange-tier so quickly?

Furthermore, she could give birth to a child with ancestral bloodlines. He already unilaterally felt that Ruan Xiyue was a treasure he had discovered, so naturally he couldn't wait any longer.

Xia Weier nodded slightly, her eyebrows raised, looking adorable, and anxiously explained to Ruan Xiyue, "I don't want you to think that I approached you because of your status as the Holy Mother."

Ruan Xiyue was puzzled: "I haven't taken the test for tomorrow yet."

Xia Weier nodded: "It's fine if you don't want to compete. Whether you are a saint or not, I still want to be your partner."

Ruan Xiyue chuckled lightly: "You haven't answered my second question yet."

Xia Weier looked at Uncle Hua with an innocent expression.

Uncle Hua immediately understood and stood up, saying to the Deer Clan Chief, "We haven't had a proper tour of the Deer Clan tribe yet! There are many excellent males among our guards. Would the Deer Clan Chief be so kind as to show me around the Deer Clan tribe?"

"Ah? Okay, okay!" The deer clan chief quickly and considerately got up and invited Uncle Hua to walk outside together.

Xia Weier then looked at Qin Ye and Cong Xian, then at Ruan Xiyue, and said softly, "You just gave birth to a cub, so I won't invite you out to talk. Could you ask them to leave?"

Ruan Xiyue looked at Qin Ye, then at Cong Xian, thought for a moment, and smiled, "There's nothing they can't hear."

Xia Weier looked at Cong Xian, his expression no longer as innocent as when he looked at Ruan Xiyue, but cold and aggressive: "Even if it might involve the Lion Clan tribe, will he stand firmly behind Xiyue instead of choosing the Lion Clan tribe?"

Cong Xian's face flushed instantly, his sharp brows furrowed, and he stared at Xia Weier, saying each word clearly, "I am the third beast husband who has rightfully and honorably mates with the female Xi Yue. I will always stand behind my female! You don't need to worry about that!"

Ruan Xiyue didn't speak, but smiled at Xia Weier.

As she expected, Xia Weier was not as innocent and harmless as he appeared.

Look at how his expression changed; he exuded such a commanding aura. He couldn't hide it anymore, could he?

Ruan Xiyue always felt that Xia Weier's temperament was contradictory, too clean and pure.

But how could someone who is too clean, pure, and innocent inspire awe and reverence in his subordinates?

Ruan Xiyue looked at Xia Weier with a calm expression: "How does this involve the Lion Clan tribe? I'm all ears."

Xia Weier first took out a jade crystal and placed it on a tray resembling an old-fashioned compass. Then he said with a smile, "This way, no one of any rank will hear our conversation in this room."

Ruan Xiyue's expression suddenly changed. After advancing to Orange Rank, her hearing was indeed better than before. However, she hadn't given it much thought. What a miscalculation! She'd been too comfortable for too long; her vigilance had dropped!

Ruan Xiyue smiled as she listened to Xia Weier's beaming words that made her face increasingly uncomfortable: "First of all, you're thinking too simply about building a beast city. The resources of a beast city are obtained by protecting the surrounding tribes."

Of course, the Holy Mother is qualified to build a Beast City. That's because she can form marriage alliances with families skilled in refining sea salt, bamboo salt, and other precious metals, gaining their support. Then, she can form marriage alliances with families specializing in iron smelting, receiving their technological assistance.

"These families can send males with good aptitude and technical skills. This way, the beast city will have the basic strength to build it. And that's not all we need. Families that master cloth-making techniques, families that possess priestly traditions..."

"With the support of these families, Beast City is qualified to provide the tribe with goods and military protection. Only then will the tribe continue to pay tribute to Beast City every year."

"And these families, after a certain period of time, find that the Holy Mother cannot provide them with a successor of excellent bloodline, the Holy Mother needs to select a more outstanding Holy Mother to stay in Beast City and marry into the descendants of these families. This is so that these families are willing to continue to stay in Beast City and provide services. At least, this is the current situation in Bright Moon Beast City."

"The old Holy Mother of Bright Moon Beast City hopes that you will go to Bright Moon Beast City, while the new Holy Mother of Bright Moon Beast City, that is, the Green-rank Holy Mother who came from the Deer Clan, will definitely support you in establishing a new beast city in the Cheetah Tribe for the time being."

"However, this Holy Mother of the Deer Clan has no connections. She supports your establishment of the Beast City, but she can't offer any help. The old Holy Mother, of course, will try every means to keep you in the Beast City."

Xia Weier looked at Cong Xian: "They even resort to some unknown means, such as causing discord between the Lion Clan and the Cheetah Clan, and having two groups of wandering orcs attack two tribes at the same time, but one side suffers more losses... If you want to seek help, you have to step into other people's traps to get help."