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

Ruan Xiyue must resolve the issue of Qin Ye's failure to protect the Holy Mother before she can receive the priest's blessing from the Holy Mother.

Therefore, they need to pay for beast cores when entering the city.

Furthermore, orcs entering the city are required to pay a beast core according to their rank; females are exempt, but males must pay. However, cubs are exempt from paying beast cores.

After the group entered the city, Ruan Xiyue clearly felt that several orcs were casting unfriendly glances at her, and not just one, but several groups of orcs.

Xia Weier had originally invited Ruan Xiyue to live in the inner city, but Qin Ye and the others were required to stay in the outer city.

So, Xia Weier had no choice but to stay at the orc inn in the outer city with Ruan Xiyue and the others.

Three days have passed since Ruan Xiyue arrived in Beast City. She has already explored everything she could before receiving a notice that she will be questioning Qin Ye, Cong Xian, Long Ze, and Ruan Xiyue in the main square tomorrow.

Qin Family's Beast Mother patted Ruan Xiyue's hand: "Don't be nervous. My elder sister sent someone to invite me, but I didn't go at all and ignored her. She came to see me yesterday, but I kicked her out. I want to see how she plans to slander my son."

Ruan Xiyue nodded; she wasn't nervous at all. The one who should be nervous was someone else.

When Ruan Xiyue arrived at the main square with her family, it was surrounded by orcs. Ruan Xiyue led a group of cubs into the square, immediately causing a commotion.

"Oh my god! Is she pregnant again? Look at her belly!"

"Yes! How can she bear being pregnant like this?"

"Could it be that some forbidden method by witch doctors was used?"

"How could that be? Look at her complexion, her skin is fair and tender, and she has a healthy glow. She must be one of those exceptionally strong females!"

"To be awarded the title of Holy Queen, one must be in excellent health! I heard that the difficulty of the fourth test for the Holy Queen has increased significantly this year! She simply wouldn't have passed the fourth test if she weren't physically strong!"

"Xi Yue, look at me! I want to marry you!"

"Xi Yue, female! I'm willing to bring all my possessions to marry you! My family owns a shop! And we have many beast cores and hides! I'll give you whatever you want!"

Ignoring the noise, Ruan Xiyue walked to the center of the square and looked at the two rows of guards standing in front of her. Among them were many familiar faces.

Many people were sitting on the right, including a middle-aged female who looked exactly like the Qin family's beast mother.

The people sitting on the left were all young male orcs, and judging from their attire, they were all wealthy and noble. The mate marks on their bodies had all turned white, indicating that their female mates had died.

Then it's not hard to guess who they are.

If I'm not mistaken, they are all the beast husbands of that orange-rank holy female.

However, several of them bore female mating marks, more than one. Therefore, Ruan Xiyue could not yet confirm that all sixteen males in this row were the beast husbands of the Holy Female.

“Ruan Xiyue, we already know what happened. Holy Mother Lucy asked your partner to escort her, and you were very unhappy about it. Your tribe's orcs even clashed with her, right?” the priest of the Beast City asked.

Ruan Xiyue thought for a moment and answered loudly, "If you mean that I was pregnant at the time and only had one beastly husband, and that I was unhappy when I asked her not to take my beastly husband away, then I am quite unhappy."

All females are most vulnerable when pregnant. I ask you, if someone were to take away your only mate at this time, without your permission, who would be happy? I'd like to meet someone who can be happy in such a situation.

The quiet square was suddenly filled with a murmur of discussion.

The priest frowned and shouted, "Silence!"

Ruan Xiyue retorted loudly again: "Also, this priestess claims that our Cheetah Tribe's orcs had a conflict with her?"

It means that the Holy Maiden, whom we almost exhausted the entire strength of our clan to rescue, is now demanding that she take my beast husband with her.

Then our clan chief's daughter came out and said, "I am indeed very pregnant, and with no one to take care of me, I may not be able to provide good conditions for the cubs."

Her father, our clan leader, was severely injured by the Holy Mother's orange-tier skill. I was pregnant, and I used all my healing abilities to save him; otherwise, he might never be able to hunt again.

Is this what they call conflict? Is being beaten on one side really considered conflict by the people of Beast City?

A male standing on the left stepped forward and said angrily, "Don't incite the crowd!"

Ruan Xiyue shrugged: "I'm telling the truth. Didn't you even bring back the guards from that time? They were there too. Am I wrong?"

The guards frowned, thinking carefully... It seemed... what Ruan Xiyue said was right, but they shouldn't have been as humble and pitiful as Ruan Xiyue described, right? But... how to put it?

The priest looked at the captain of the guard and asked him a question. After thinking for a long time, they could only nod to indicate that the female Ruan Xiyue was telling the truth about what had happened.

The orcs in the square cried out, "Ah—!" indicating that even the Holy Mother shouldn't be so aggressive.

One of the seven males sitting on the left stood up, bowed to the priest in a beastman salute, and then looked at Ruan Xiyue: "We know that Holy Mother Lucy can be a bit too assertive at times. But, it's definitely your beastman husband's fault for failing to protect the Holy Mother, isn't it? Those sleeping pills were given by your beastman husband, weren't they?"

Ruan Xiyue rolled her eyes and asked, "Does a medium-sized tribe like ours really have the means to produce those kinds of sleeping pills?"

I believe the orcs in the guard team visited our tribe's witch doctor before, so they must know the level of our tribe's witch doctor, right?

Do you really think that the kind of drug you're talking about, capable of knocking out dozens of orcs at once, could have originated from the shaman of our Cheetah tribe?

Instead of showing any resentment, the male looked at Ruan Xiyue with even more appreciation, and even revealed a desire to possess her.

"I think this question should be answered by Ruan Xiyue's female beast husband. It's not like Qin Ye, the male, would just hide behind his female, would he?"

Qin Ye took a step forward, holding the cub: "I don't know anything about the sleeping potion you mentioned. When we arrived there, the Holy Mother stopped, and I passed out first. Then everyone else passed out too."

The sleeping potion didn't originate from our tribe, nor was it made by me. I'm just curious, what a coincidence that those wandering orcs were lying in ambush there?

"That's exactly the question I wanted to ask Qin Ye, the male!"

Qin Ye patted the wriggling cub in his arms, looked at the male who had raised the question, and replied, "I know you want to say that I have connections with the wandering orcs. However, it wasn't me who stopped. It was the Holy Mother who suggested stopping! You can ask the guard team at the time about this."