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

The rating orc was reasonable enough to say: "This female has already received a high physical rating, so she doesn't need to participate anymore."

"But we're in the same group." She was still somewhat unwilling.

The rating orc nodded: "You can participate in the team draw again. Do the other three females still want to participate in the evaluation?"

Ruan Xiyue ignored them and Qin Ye and Xia Weier went straight into the grassland.

Xia Weier picked up Ruan Xiyue first and looked at her with concern: "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

Ruan Xiyue shook her head.

Qin Ye's jaw clenched, and his right fist tightened and then loosened.

A smile played on his lips as he ruffled Ruan Xiyue's hair: "Next time, I'll have your brother show you how to control your wind-based abilities."

Ruan Xiyue looked at Qin Ye with bright eyes and nodded vigorously.

Ruan Xiyue was carried by Xia Weier to the queue for the decision-making ability test.

Since there were few females participating in the fourth testing ground, the decision-making side didn't have very long queues.

The decision-making test is a quiz competition where each female must answer twenty out of one hundred questions. There's a screaming bug on each stone table. It has a clay-like texture; if you slap it hard, it will scream.

The "quick-answer" mode involves slapping a cricket to answer the question. If you simply try to answer but fail to provide a correct answer, or give an irrelevant answer, you'll lose points in your performance evaluation.

"The first female to answer the following question will receive points if her answer is excellent. If we feel that the first female's answer is not perfect enough, we will suggest improvements, and the second female to answer will also receive points."

Attention, ladies! What are the essential facilities you believe a new beast city must include? Please explain your reasoning. Begin answering!

Ruan Xiyue used her wind-based superpower to speed up her hand movements and became the first to answer.

"Housing buildings, water facilities, trading places, warehouses for storing supplies, medical facilities needed by shamans, and prayer squares needed by priests. High city walls, watchtowers, and preferably a moat. Clothing workshops, salt and iron workshops, pottery and earthenware workshops. There should also be long-term rental apartments and short-term rental inns. Skills training facilities and areas for entertainment."

The rating orc gestured with his hand: "That's enough, that's enough. Let's give the other females a chance!"

Ruan Xiyue finally understood why Xia Weier had told her so much before, and what was needed to build the Beast City.

The questions posed by the decision-making team were all related to these topics. Although Ruan Xiyue entered late, she finished answering them quickly and came out.

She received the top rating.

Xia Weier smiled as she watched Ruan Xiyue throw herself into Qin Ye's arms.

She kissed Qin Ye's cheek, then turned to hug Xia Weier. But when she tried to kiss him, he turned his head away.

Just as Ruan Xiyue was about to turn around, Xia Weier grabbed her chin and kissed her lips deeply.

Qin Ye's victorious smile lasted less than a second before it crumbled.

When Xia Weier released Ruan Xiyue, she caught a glimpse of Qin Ye radiating a beast-like aggression.

He then gently wiped the moisture from Ruan Xiyue's lips with his thumb.

"Let's go back and pack. We'll set off tomorrow. Tonight..."

Ruan Xiyue interrupted Xia Weier's arrangements: "I'm staying with A Ye and the others tonight. Let's pack our things as soon as possible so we can set off early tomorrow."

Xia Weier looked at Ruan Xiyue with a half-smile, waiting for her to change her mind, but she took Qin Ye's arm and left.

Xia Weier took a deep breath, sighed, and followed in their footsteps.

Ruan Xiyue ate a lot for lunch and even ran into the wooden cart to tell Long Ze in detail how brave she was on the grassland.

In the afternoon, Ruan Xiyue lazily fell asleep.

Qin Ye told the Qin family's beast mother that he needed to go to the beast city early, and that someone would escort him along the way.

The Qin family's beast mother also roused herself, her brows furrowed with determination: "Don't worry, this time, I will definitely protect your brother!"

After a good afternoon nap, Ruan Xiyue stared intently at Qin Ye after dinner. Qin Ye sensed the little female's enthusiasm and pinched Ruan Xiyue's cheek contentedly, without giving it much thought.

It wasn't until nightfall, when Ruan Xiyue pressed Qin Ye down onto the soft animal skin cushion, that he frowned slightly and patted Ruan Xiyue's leg disapprovingly: "Stop fooling around."

Ruan Xiyue immediately held Qin Ye down, letting him know that she wasn't making a scene!

Xia Weier, who was standing outside the yurt, didn't get a good night's rest, nor did Cong Xian, who was lying next to them.

Although her usual melodious voice was gone, her low, hoarse breathing was still deadly.

Ruan Xiyue was carried onto the wooden cart by Qin Ye early in the morning. Long Ze looked down at Ruan Xiyue's rosy cheeks and gently stroked her with his beard.

Ruan Xiyue scratched her cheek, turned over, and continued sleeping.

When Ruan Xiyue woke up, they had already embarked on their journey to the Beast City.

Xia Wei'er had been in a low mood for the past few days, and no one around him dared to provoke him. Until a guard came to report: "There are signs of wandering orcs following us."

Xia Weier chuckled. There really are people who would come to him without any sense of propriety when he's in a bad mood!

"Kill them all. Leave no one alive."

"Shouldn't we send one person back to track them down to their hideout?"

Xia Weier shook his head: "I need her to be safe and sound on this journey. There's no time to surround and wipe them out. Let's do it another day!"

Because we had to take care of Longze's incubation of the eggs, we couldn't travel too fast. Traveling too fast would be bumpy, which would be very bad for the unhatched chicks.

Ruan Xiyue calculated that she had consumed six or seven mid-grade energy pills in the past forty days.

【Duoduo, if this litter doesn't produce any exceptionally talented offspring, I'll be at a huge loss!】

[No way, thanks to the host, the lion cub's rank is about to advance.]

But they've already been born, so advancing their ranks won't give me any rewards!

[Host, I believe your cub this time will have excellent potential.]

[If things go wrong, you're dead!]

Duoduo quickly shut up and pretended to be dead.

【Duoduo, don't die! How are the cubs that Longze hatched doing?】

[My esteemed host! You've been asking every day! That's good, that's good! That's good! It will really hatch safely soon, dear.]

Ruan Xiyue rolled her eyes. With her pregnant belly sticking out, she walked to Long Ze's wooden cart and said, "Honey, if you think it's about to hatch, just say so. We can go slower."

Long Ze sighed. Yesterday he sensed movement from the beast egg, and everyone stopped to wait all day. Today, they hadn't walked far when they sensed movement again. He figured it was just a matter of time.

"Let's go. We'll reach Beast City in the last two days. I feel like the cub hasn't hatched yet."

Just as Long Ze finished speaking, the two dragon eggs began to make a "tap tap tap" sound as they pecked at their shells.

Ruan Xiyue stared intently at the beast egg, then pulled Qin Ye beside her: "Come on, let's make a bet? Guess what color the dragon is?"

"How do you know it's a Jiao? What if it's a Long? Brother, you have such good aptitude."

"I bet the first two to come out are dragons! I bet you'll listen to me tonight?" Ruan Xiyue looked at Qin Ye with sparkling eyes.