(ÒωÓױ)! What?! Youyou and her friends exchanged a look. ’Where did this ridiculously full-of-herself kid come from?’

"I’m a queen, and I shine with confidence," Youyou retorted, mimicking the little female White Fox by slightly tilting her chin up and huffing.

Immediately, a young adolescent Mountain Wolf, who couldn’t stand Panpan and her clique, played along. "Your Majesty the Queen, please take the seat of honor!"

As he spoke, he used his Stone Ability to conjure a stone armchair under the large tree. "Someone as beautiful and magnificent as the Queen is the one we should all be following."

The five females were stunned for a moment. Then, the little peacock female piped up in a shrill voice, "Where did a brute like you come from? My Father is the City Lord, so I’m the bride tonight.

You all have to fight for me!"

"That’s right. Panpan is always the bride whenever we play this game.

Your fighting lets everyone see your skills. It’s good practice, so why are you taking it so seriously?" the curly-haired sheep female beside her added softly, nodding.

"Panpan is a peacock female, of course she’s beautiful..." the other females chimed in.

Shi Si burst out laughing. "Oh, please. If I had to pick the prettiest among my own sisters, I honestly couldn’t say who it is.

But with my sisters here, that peacock female... well, she really doesn’t stand out. You’re friends with her, but you can’t just lie with a straight face, can you?"

Sweet Ring, coiled on Xue Bao’s head, nodded along. "HISSS... I think the Beast God once told Grandpa Zhi Li that liars’ noses grow long!"

"That’s hilarious! How come we’ve never heard that one before?" the little female White Fox said, clutching her stomach as she laughed. "Well, I’ll say it then: here in Golden Lion City, Panpan is the prettiest of all. I’m telling the truth, so my nose can’t possibly grow long. I mean, what if I said I could swallow the moon? Has my nose gotten longer from a lie like that?"

As soon as she said it, she felt a slight itch on her nose.

The timid jumping rabbit female beside her gasped and pointed at her nose. "Bai Bai, y-your nose... it looks a little pointier and more tilted up than before."

The little female White Fox subconsciously raised a hand to touch her nose. ’Does it feel... a little different?’

"No way! It’s just because he said that, so now we’re imagining things and think my nose looks longer and pointier. We foxes just have faces shaped like this!" she said huffily.

Sweet Ring hissed, tilting her head with a smile. "Then why don’t you tell a few more lies and see if your nose grows any longer."

The little female White Fox opened her mouth, then immediately clamped it shut. "Hmph! Why should I lie just because you told me to? Like I’d listen to you! I’m not saying anything."

"Oh, so you’re scared," Sweet Ring said, nodding knowingly. "Panpan is definitely not as pretty as my sister Youyou, or Ali, or Little Jing! And by the way, Ali’s a fox too, you know. She’s way, way prettier than you!"

"That’s not true! Sister Panpan is the prettiest, and I’m prettier than that Ali thing," the little White Fox retorted. She was young and competitive, after all, so the words came tumbling out before she could think. "And of course, pure white is the prettiest color for a fox..."

’She couldn’t admit Tian Pan wasn’t as pretty as the others. If she did, the other girls would exclude her. Still, White Foxes were so common. A Three-tailed Blue Fox, on the other hand, was born with the blood of the Divine Clan. Who wouldn’t be envious of that?’

’But she would never say that out loud.’

This time, even Tian Pan frowned, a hint of disgust and fear in her eyes. "Bai Bai, your nose really has gotten pointier... it’s like a... like a mouse’s!"

Hu Bai touched her own nose. It really was different! She began to tremble, her voice catching. "Panpan, Little Mi, don’t scare me... I... I only said two sentences, how could my nose have changed?"

The expressions of all the cubs changed as they looked toward Sweet Ring on Xue Bao’s head. "Little white snake, what’s going on? We’ve... we’ve told little white lies before, but our noses never changed."

"Little white snake, plenty of people lie, big lies and small ones, but everyone else’s nose is perfectly normal. Why is it only happening to this little female White Fox?"

Tian Pan’s young face grew cold and stern. "They must be behind this. Their grandfather is the new High Priest, and they’ve just returned from the Central Continent. They must know plenty of tricks for scheming against people.

They’re just little cubs, but they’re so malicious. Don’t they know how important a female’s appearance is? They’re trying to ruin Hu Bai for life!"

Little Jing smiled and said, "It won’t be ruined. The Beast God protects us. As long as Hu Bai tells the truth, her nose will change back."

Caught between offending Tian Pan by telling the truth and having her face ruined, Hu Bai was stunned. She didn’t know what to do and could only wipe at her reddened eyes, crying.

Tian Pan, ever confident in her own good looks, figured Hu Bai’s nose had changed because she’d lied about being prettier than the little Three-tailed Blue Fox. "Bai Bai, it’s fine. Just tell the truth. We’ve all been sisters since we were little. We won’t make fun of you."

Hearing her say that, Hu Bai was so moved she gave her a hug. "I knew you were the best, Panpan! So, I should... tell the truth now?"

"Go on, say it. We’ll see if your nose goes back to normal. If it doesn’t, we’re going to find their parents!" Tian Pan nodded. "Golden Lion City has its own rules. We can’t let them get away with tricking people for fun."

Hu Bai took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and blurted out the truth to replace her earlier lies: "I’m sorry, Lord Beast God, I lied! I can’t swallow the moon, and Panpan and I aren’t as pretty as the female cubs from the Si Shuo Divine Family!"

After speaking, she didn’t dare open her eyes, much less reach up to feel her nose. But she heard the cubs around her exclaim in amazement, "It really shrank back! That’s amazing!"

"I’ve never heard of a superpower that can make someone else change shape. And they’re too young, they couldn’t possibly have awakened their superpowers yet..."

"Could it be that the Beast God really favors them?"

Regardless, all the cubs kept their mouths tightly shut now, terrified that if they told a lie, their noses would grow long.

When Tian Pan heard Hu Bai’s words, her face flushed beet red. A statement verified by the Beast God had to be the absolute truth.

"So, any objections to my big sister and Ali being the brides? Weren’t you the ones who said the prettiest should get the role? Little Jing already has a child husband," Sweet Ring said with a smile.

’Actually, she wanted to be a bride too. But female cubs were rare, and most families were lucky to have one or two. In their family, however, every Father had a female cub of his own.’

’To keep from drawing everyone’s attention to their family, the other female cubs all remained in their Beast Forms. After all, their group already included Xuyou, who was unable to transform; Gong Jin, whose Beast Form lived in the water; and Ali, whose fur color and number of tails were quite special.’

’Sigh, I wonder when my child husband will get here! Other girls’ golden eagle and Snowy Owl are so devoted; they bring food home every day.’

’Her Beast Form was a snake; she was far too lazy to walk, all right!’