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

Ruan Xiyue put on the animal skin pants that Qin Ye had made for her and found a team that was preparing to go out to gather resources.

"Xi Yue, why are you in such a hurry to mate with Qin Ye?" a well-built female carrying a basket asked.

It was clear that she was just curious and didn't mean any harm, so Ruan Xiyue asked her, "Putting everything else aside, do you think Qin Ye is handsome?"

The fit female nodded and said, "It's what many people consider beautiful, but I don't like that kind. I prefer someone who is fair-skinned and thin."

Ruan Xiyue nodded and gave her a thumbs up. After all, in the beast world, a strong and powerful physique is more attractive to females. This fit female was honest about her preferences and didn't follow the crowd, which Ruan Xiyue found very admirable.

A tall female scoffed and said, "One forces the male to mate, the other likes useless males. What a case of a rotten fish choosing a rotten shrimp, a turtle choosing a toad!"

Ruan Xiyue looked puzzled and asked directly, "I want to ask, when you say you're forcing males to form mates, are you talking about me?"

The tall female rolled her eyes at Ruan Xiyue and said, "Otherwise what?"

Ruan Xiyue nodded and asked, "Are you jealous? Even if I forced Qin Ye to become my partner, was he willing to be forced by me? I've only been in the Cheetah Tribe for a short time. Was he willing to be forced by others before? You don't even think before you speak. It's a wonder you have a brain. It seems like you're just trying to show off your height, isn't it?"

The tall female had never heard such novel insults before, and for a moment she couldn't find a way to refute them. She angrily pointed at Ruan Xiyue and yelled at her for a long time before running to the front of the line.

Ruan Xiyue rolled her eyes and said to the muscular female, "Ignore her."

The muscular female grinned and said, "You're such a good female! My name is Chu Jiayun. You're nothing like what they say."

Ruan Xiyue asked curiously, "What did they say about me?"

Chu Jiayun shrugged and said, "Some say that you forced Qin Ye to marry you because you gave the Qin family the bamboo salt recipe and gave them the lion's share. But I don't think so. Because my husband and your husband set off in the same hunting party this morning, and your husband looked like he was going hunting for his sweetheart."

With a blissful shyness, Ruan Xiyue asked, "Is there anything else to say?"

Just as Chu Jiayun was about to speak, she suddenly heard someone running and shouting not far away: "The hunting party has encountered a beast tide! Quickly notify the tribe!"

Ruan Xiyue felt a pang of anxiety upon hearing this.

Ruan Xiyue hurriedly asked the system, "If Qin Ye is injured, can the Body Strengthening Pill restore him? What about the Nursing and Transformation Pill?"

The system popped up: [It depends on the severity of the injury. Poisoning won't work. Antidote pills cost 50 points each, dear.]

For some reason, Ruan Xiyue's heart was pounding. She said to Chu Jiayun, whose face was full of anxiety, "Why don't we go back first today?"

Chu Jiayun nodded and said, "Everyone probably doesn't have the mind to collect anymore. Let's go back and see what the clan leader's plan is."

As they walked back, everyone was silent. Near the tribe's gate, they ran into the chieftain leading a group of males, preparing to rescue the hunting party. The Zhou family's beast mother pointed at Ruan Xiyue and said, "It's all your fault! You jinx! You killed your own clan, and you even killed the sister who brought you here! Now you've brought misfortune upon our Cheetah Tribe!"

Ruan Xiyue was taken aback, and everyone around her turned to look at her. She could sense that many beastmen instantly believed the words of the Zhou family's beast mother.

Even the clan chief remained silent, but the shaman walked over, glaring angrily at the Zhou family's beast mother, and said, "What nonsense are you spouting! Hurry up and save them! Beast tides happen every autumn! Should we blame Xi Yue for all the beastmen who got into trouble in previous years? Why don't we just blame Xi Yue for every beastman who gets into trouble! What are you up to by slandering a little female like this? Do you think everyone doesn't know?"

"That's exactly right! My daughter hadn't had any trouble hunting before, but today she went hunting with her beast mate and ran into the beast tide! What a coincidence! Besides, beast tides usually only occur during the harvest season! And there's still more than a month until the harvest season! How can you, witch doctor, side with a foreign female!"

Ruan Xiyue looked at the orcs around her who were talking amongst themselves, as if they would only feel at ease if they drove her out of the tribe.

The shaman, furious at the chattering orcs, shouted, "Last year, the wandering beasts slaughtered an entire tribe. The beast hunters chased them for half a year but failed to deliver their souls to the Beast God for punishment. This caused divine retribution, resulting in less rain in our area since the beginning of this year! Less rain means less vegetation."

"The beast tide is coming out earlier than usual to seize food, isn't that normal? Why are you putting such a huge scapegoat on Xi Yue? You're also a beast mother, aren't you afraid of being rejected by the Beast God?!"

The Zhou family matriarch was furious. Pointing at Ruan Xiyue, she said, "Let's see if that Qin family brat can come back! If something happens to him, it's because she cursed him to death!"

Ruan Xiyue coldly looked at the Zhou family beast mother, then lunged forward, straddling her and slapping her face repeatedly.

Even the system's constant reminders in Ruan Xiyue's mind were to no avail: [Please stabilize your emotions. In the early stages of pregnancy, similar to about one month of pregnancy in humans, you are most vulnerable to miscarriage. Please keep your emotions under control...]

Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events. No one had expected Ruan Xiyue to suddenly attack. After all, Ruan Xiyue was only about 1.65 meters tall, considered petite among the female beastmen. The Zhou family's beast mother, on the other hand, was a large woman, about 1.78 meters tall, and quite robust. It seemed their positions should have been reversed.

Just as the clan chief was scolding them and ordering them to separate the two, Ruan Xiyue suddenly fainted without warning.

Fortunately, Chu Jiayun was strong and muscular, and she caught Ruan Xiyue. Otherwise, Ruan Xiyue would definitely have fallen to the ground.

The shaman frowned and said to the chieftain, "Chieftain, you should go and help them quickly! Take plenty of herbs. I'll take care of Xi Yue."

The chieftain, with a solemn expression, nodded and led over a hundred orcs at breakneck speed toward the mountain range where the hunting party was located.

The Qin family's mother beast, carrying her two cubs, had no choice but to follow them back to the beast den. She now wished she hadn't called all the beast husbands out to work, which led to Ruan Xiyue hitting the Zhou family's mother beast when she heard about the incident and came out carrying her active cubs.

The more Qin's beast mother thought about it, the angrier she became, feeling that her family had been wronged. She said to the witch doctor, "Help me look after the cubs," and then went to find Zhou's beast mother to settle things.

The witch doctor drew a blessing pattern on Ruan Xiyue's face with three colors, then stared blankly at the four small whirlpools swirling in the water within the stone tiles. He hurriedly said to the Qin family's beast mother, "Where have you been! Xiyue is pregnant!"