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

"But that child is, after all..."

Under the watchful eyes of several people, the old man fell silent.

"So what happens now that we've found Xia Wei'er? He can't possibly leave the cubs for us to raise, can he? Besides... we don't even know if it's the eldest son... if it is..."

"Let's not bring that up again! Anyway, there should be two offspring that have reverted to their ancestral form! They can't both be the eldest son!"

"First, cultivate a relationship with him, and then help Xia Weier when the Beast King's people make their move. The key is to give birth to a female with ancestral bloodline for Xia Weier."

"We've found out who that female is. She wants our tribe's best male to mate with her!"

"Would Xia Weier agree?"

"Whether he agrees or not is unimportant. If this female can give birth to a Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox with ancestral bloodline, I'll give her my position as chieftain! If all the qualified beastmen in our Spirit Fox tribe can learn ancestral supernatural abilities, I'd be willing to die right now!"

"Let's start by selecting the high-ranking males from the tribe! Bring along plenty of unmarried ones!"

After the High Priest finished tidying up, Ruan Xiyue, wearing only a leather bodice and what appeared to be linen lantern pants, entered the empty room.

The high priest glanced at Ruan Xiyue before lowering his eyes and gestured to Ruan Xiyue and Xia Weier, saying, "Just walk into the totem I drew, but don't step on the totem powder."

Ruan Xiyue looked at the circular pattern drawn on the ground by off-white and red powder. It looked a bit like the formations in fantasy dramas.

Ruan Xiyue and Xia Weier stood in the center of the totem. She watched as the high priest held a slender, thorn-like object and began chanting incantations. She couldn't help but tighten her grip on Xia Weier's hand; she was a little afraid.

If Duoduo were here, I wonder if she could have scanned and researched something from this.

But for some reason, Ruan Xiyue had a gut feeling that she couldn't wait. This intuition had saved her life several times during critical moments in the wars that determined the fate of the nation in her previous life.

So she decided to trust her instincts and act without delay!

Ruan Xiyue nodded, having mentally prepared herself.

It really hurts, but practice makes perfect! It's just taking blood from the heart!

The high priest frowned slightly; for a moment, he felt that Xia Weier's aura was a bit strange.

But he didn't have time to think about it anymore. He picked up the sharp thorn used to extract heart blood, walked up to Xia Weier, and took three drops of Xia Weier's heart blood.

The high priest used magic to separate and seal the three drops of his heart's blood, and then walked up to Ruan Xiyue.

The high priest, his brown-green eyes catching the somewhat frightened look in Ruan Xiyue's eyes, was slightly surprised.

He keenly observed that Ruan Xiyue's fear seemed to stem from knowing how painful it was to have her heart's blood drawn. It wasn't a fear of the unknown!

The high priest frowned again. He wasn't sure when Ruan Xiyue had taken her heart's blood, how much, or if the orcs had been professional in obtaining it. Would she be in trouble if he took it now? Why hadn't she mentioned it before?

Why didn't Ruan Xiyue's female beast husband say anything? Was it because he didn't understand, or because he didn't care?

The high priest suddenly became angry with Ruan Xiyue's beastmen. How could they treat a fragile female like this!

Ruan Xiyue shrank her neck slightly because she keenly noticed that the high priest was somewhat emotionally unstable.

The high priest continued chanting the incantation, gazing intently at Ruan Xiyue, and made up his mind. If Ruan Xiyue were to collapse on the spot, he might use a secret technique to save her.

After all, once this spell begins, he has no way to stop it halfway through!

The high priest gently held Ruan Xiyue's chest, trying his best not to let her feel any pain.

The high priest took three drops of Ruan Xiyue's essence blood, and he was surprised to find that Ruan Xiyue's lips were even paler than Xia Weier's...

Ruan Xiyue saw the high priest's narrow, almond-shaped eyes widen slightly, as if he had forgotten the incantation, and stare intently at her.

Ruan Xiyue knew something was wrong.

It's all her fault for taking beauty and skin-enhancing pills every time. Could she have bewitched the high priest at a crucial moment?

She was speechless! Was the high priest really that unprofessional?

The high priest seemed to realize his lapse in composure quickly and hurriedly continued the incantation.

Sweat beaded on his forehead as he recited a string of complex ancient beast language, finally managing to fuse the three drops of Xia Weier and Ruan Xiyue's heart essence blood.

The high priest swept his hand across the three stone bowls, and the fused blood essence seemed to be instantly bathed in a layer of pale golden light.

Ruan Xiyue felt it was like magic, it was very strange!

That lousy system! It's never there when it matters!

The high priest noticed that Ruan Xiyue was staring at him intently, full of curiosity, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, almost imperceptibly.

The high priest dipped his hand in his heart's blood and smeared it on the forehead, abdomen, and rear end of a baby Moon Rabbit.

After repeating this process three times with the cubs, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The ceremony is complete." The high priest nodded slightly.

Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but ask, "Can I heal both my beast husband and myself?"

The high priest nodded.

The high priest frowned as he put the three cubs back to their brothers and sisters.

Ruan Xiyue was extremely nervous. She had only treated Xia Weier halfway when she rushed over: "What's wrong, High Priest? Did it not work?"

The high priest shook his head slightly, his black hair, damp with sweat, swaying with the movement of his head.

Were these two little cubs born this weak?

Ruan Xiyue looked at the cub that the high priest was pointing to, which was a small black mouse-like cub about half the size of a hand, and another cub that was also about half the size of a hand and looked like a gray-black mouse.

Are these two fox cubs with atavistic bloodlines? Why do they look so weak?

"No! When I gave birth to my two babies, because they were the first babies born from my twin uteruses, I remember watching them. They were very lively then! Now..."

Ruan Xiyue's eyes were a little red, and her lips trembled as she asked, "High Priest... is it because I performed this ritual that they become weak?"

The high priest shook his head: "Their weakness has nothing to do with you. It's very likely that someone used their bloodline power to do something to them. This... we'll have to wait for my master to arrive to find out."

Tears streamed uncontrollably down Ruan Xiyue's face. She had never seen a newborn cub, sick and frail, in her entire life, nor in any other. Neither human nor animal cubs had she ever experienced anything so cruel.

Therefore, she immediately felt overwhelmed by heartache and fear.

Ruan Xiyue turned her head and looked intently at Xia Weier: "I hope it wasn't your family who did this. Whoever it is, if they harm my cubs, I will retaliate!"