Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 239 - 238: Secret Base

Besides, Si Shuo’s pregnant belly was swelling up like a balloon, and she was worried others might notice something was wrong. They wouldn’t have to worry about that in the valley.

"As long as there’s someone in the valley and someone at home, I can use my Teleportation to go back and forth. This superpower doesn’t use any energy or Spiritual Power at all," Si Shuo said with a smile. "Plus, since I’m pregnant, there are so many things I can’t do. It’s the perfect opportunity to have you guys develop the valley and plant a crop of grains, fruits, vegetables, and herbs before the rainy season arrives."

The males exchanged a look. Their little female was quite strong-willed, and it wasn’t easy to change her mind once she’d made a decision.

Besides, her proposal really was a good one, so they immediately started working out a schedule.

Ji Liang was away on a business trip and would return in two or three days, at which point he would teleport directly home. The other six men would take turns, with two staying at home to look after her and the cubs.

One would manage the shop and Bamboo Forest Mountain from home, while another would accompany Si Shuo and the cubs in the valley.

However, Zhi Le had a Clone Ability, and having his clone operate independently for a period each day actually benefited his Cultivation. So, Zhi Le, Zhi Qi, and Zhi Zhan would rotate shifts, watching over Bamboo Forest Mountain and the fields, and staying in the valley.

They even drew up a schedule for all this, and Si Shuo enjoyed watching the commotion.

"Kitty, the grain and vegetables in the fields are gradually being harvested. What should we plant next?" After they finished their discussion, Zhi Le sat next to Si Shuo and asked with a smile.

Si Shuo turned her head to look at Xiao Cheng. "Xiao Cheng, haven’t you been stockpiling a lot of Green Balls lately?"

Xiao Cheng’s expression froze. He nodded and said numbly, "Our business hasn’t really taken off yet. We have a huge pile of ink, brushes, paper, and inkstones from the workshop. The... the paper made from Green Balls costs one Level 6 Crystal Stone for a hundred sheets, but people still feel it’s an unnecessary expense, especially since it’s made from the Green Balls of Iron-eating Beasts."

"Every day, Iron-eating Beast Clan Members deliver more Green Balls, and we have a huge pile of them at Bamboo Forest Mountain. The thing is... we originally agreed to pay them monthly, and the Iron-eating Beast Clan Members were so afraid we’d be at a loss that they deliberately ate more to... produce more..."

Wei Ce’s face flushed red with embarrassment. It had gotten to the point where he’d secretly stopped relieving himself at the cliff’s edge and started going where their Green Balls were piled up. It was a perfect example of ’not letting the fertile waters flow into an outsider’s field’!

When Si Shuo heard this, she thought of the earnest, whole-hearted enthusiasm of the endearingly goofy Iron-eating Beast Clan and couldn’t stop herself from burying her face in Zhi Le’s chest and laughing. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Xiao Cheng poked her in the back, complaining, "You just love to tease me!"

Si Shuo suppressed her laughter. "It’s just because people haven’t adjusted their mindset yet. The Green Balls are basically our papermaking process minus a few steps. They’re repeatedly treated at high temperatures and mixed with other additives, so they’re soft and fragrant. Forget using them in the outhouse, they’re clean enough to wipe your mouth with after a meal."

But then her tone shifted. "Since it’s so hot now, the piled-up Green Balls have probably already started to ferment on their own. In the next couple of days, we’ll hire some people to deep-plow the land. In the meantime, let’s find a place to turn the Green Balls over a few times... then spread them out to dry, grind them up, and mix them into the soil..."

Iron-eating Beasts feed on bamboo, so their Green Balls are rich in plant nutrients like cellulose, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. They can improve soil fertility and provide the nutrients crops need to grow.

"We’ll plant half the land with corn, and the rest with vegetables like carrots, eggplant, green beans, loofah, cucumbers, squash, melons, water spinach, and chili peppers... That way, once they’re ripe, we’ll still have time to sun-dry them...

Brother Ce, are your father’s fields still being rented out?"

They had previously acquired one hundred and twenty-five mu of land from Dongye Middle Square—twenty-five mu won in the arena, and one hundred mu confiscated from the Dream Control Ability King, Wang Cha.

Using the Iron-eating Beast Clan’s connections, they had already managed to trade their shop and farmland for property in the North City District, making it contiguous with the fifty mu of land Wei Ce had acquired.

Wei Ce smiled. "My father was just telling me a couple of days ago that since our family is so large, he’ll only collect one season’s worth of rent. The second season is for us to manage. He’s the Clan Leader, so he has seventy mu of land!"

"Then let’s plant these things there, too," Si Shuo nodded. There were still three months until the rainy season. It seemed like a long time, but people were already beginning the frantic process of stockpiling supplies to last through the rainy season and the coldest season.

’This would be the first time she’d face them since her rebirth. It was always better to be overprepared.’

"Alright, I’ll talk to my father about it tomorrow," Wei Ce agreed.

Time was short, so only Xiao Cheng remained at home. The rest followed Xu Chi, becoming invisible.

Xu Chi and Yin Jiang shifted into their Beast Forms and carried the others, silently leaving the city and heading straight for the valley.

Once they reached the waterfall, Wei Ce, who knew the way, expertly led his Couple Brothers, along with Si Shuo and the cubs, through the curtain of water and into a cave. They followed a network of winding yet interconnected paths before finally emerging into the valley.

Twilight was deepening, but the valley was alive with several kinds of Fire Candle Insects frolicking among the flowers and grass by the stream.

Having never seen the world, their knowledge based only on inherited memories, Xu Ye and Xuyou squealed ’You-you!’ with delight, struggling to get down from their father’s arms.

Si Shuo smiled and patted their heads. "Not today. Tomorrow, after we’ve had a good rest, Mother will mark the areas in the valley that are off-limits, and your fathers will put up fences. Only then can you run around and play as you please!"

Three to four hundred mu was more than enough space for the two cubs to run wild.

The two little ones let out a childish sigh. ’Nothing to be done about it,’ they thought. ’At home, Mother is the boss. Her word is law!’

Still, their eyes couldn’t take everything in at once, darting from one new sight to the next.

Wei Ce was thankful for his foresight. He had already dug out three large stone caves in advance; otherwise, their family of seven or eight would have had to squeeze into a single cave for the night.

Watching the males bustle about, Si Shuo led the two cubs on a little walk, their faces all alight with the novelty and joy of the new environment.

"The trees out here are so tall. Yin Jiang could build a few treehouses up there. In the evenings, our family could sit in them, talking, drinking tea, enjoying the view, and cooling off. Wouldn’t that be wonderful...

"I see there’s a small lake not too far away, too. We could build a big stone boat on the shore, go fishing, have barbecues, and go boating... Then next spring, we can plant lotuses...

"Maybe we should live in the caves during the rainy season and the coldest season, too. We could dig out several more caves and build Fire Walls. When we light fires to cook in the winter, the rooms will stay toasty warm. And with a huge yard of several hundred mu, the cubs won’t get stir-crazy!"

’This was their own secret base, and she could shape it however she pleased!’

As the males worked, they listened intently to her, their minds filling with the same vision. The life she described sounded so comfortable, free, and full of promise. They all nodded in agreement.

Si Shuo ran over to Gong You and sighed softly. "It’s a shame the lake is freshwater, but I guess it’s big enough for our family’s Big Fish Beast to take a bath and splash around."

Gong You wrapped an arm around her waist and smiled. "Sweetheart, starting next month, our Beast Soldier Camp will have a lot of away missions. The Flying Beasts, like Yin Jiang, will be flying back and forth between the different forests and Beast Cities, transporting shipments of jerky that the Beastmen have hunted and cured."

"They’ll be flying continuously for two months. As for me, I’m preparing to join the team heading to the coast to procure sea salt. When the time comes, sweetheart, you can teleport nearby, and we’ll go see the great ocean together!"