Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 259 - 258: One of Them

The Female Saint Conference had finally arrived. Afraid she wouldn’t get enough sleep, Si Shuo had Gong You cast the Time Law on her. This way, even after waking up naturally, dawdling over breakfast, picking out clothes, and applying a touch of makeup, she was still able to leave on time with Zhi Zhan and Xiao Cheng.

The entire Guangshou City was under martial law for the duration of the conference, and all on-duty Beast Soldiers were involved. Wei Ce, Xu Chi, Gong You, and Yin Jiang each had their own guard assignments.

Ji Liang remained at home to watch over the Horned Deer Cubs. Zhi Le could now split into two clones, Zhi Qi and Zhi Zhan. Zhi Zhan’s combat power was formidable; though Zhi Le himself was only at Level 10, Zhi Zhan’s power output was comparable to that of a Twelfth Level Beastman.

Therefore, he, along with Xiao Cheng, who could transform and possessed the Rebound Skill, accompanied their young female to the conference. Meanwhile, Zhi Le and Zhi Qi stayed behind in the valley to care for the Iron Beast Cubs, whose eyes had just opened.

The Winged Dragon Clan’s ancestral land was originally in Lin City, but that changed several hundred years ago because of one of their young females. She married into the Water Buffalo Clan, a clan reputed to be the second wealthiest in the city after the Iron-eating Beasts, with its members known for their robust physiques and formidable combat power. Her Beast Husband was a Level 14 Beastman and also the clan’s next in line to be Clan Leader.

This young female was very shrewd. By promising to accept any male from the Water Buffalo Clan as her Beast Husband, she managed to take every single thirteenth and fourteenth level Beastman of their clan who possessed a Beast Mark—a total of seventeen or eighteen of them.

Using them as leverage, the members of the Winged Dragon Clan gradually moved into the Water Buffalo Clan’s territory. Eventually, it was the members of the Water Buffalo Clan who were driven out!

The Winged Dragon Clan successfully usurped the nest. Through strategic marriage alliances with several other families, they established a firm foothold in Guangshou City.

This year’s Female Saint Conference was held on a vast grassy expanse surrounding a central lake. Beastmen had pitched two or three neat circles of beast-skin tents in various colors and shapes around the lakeshore.

Just as they reached the entrance to the Winged Dragon Clan’s territory, they saw Yimei, Li Hui, and Jin Pan already waiting with their Beast Husbands.

"Si Shuo!" Having not seen her for a while, Yimei ran right over. Looking at Si Shuo’s prominent belly, she smiled and gave her a very gentle hug.

He Shan, following close behind, nervously held out his arms, afraid his young female might stumble.

Seeing his reaction, Si Shuo smiled and glanced down at Yimei’s flat stomach. "Does this mean you’re pregnant?"

Yimei smiled, her lips pressed together, her eyes filled with inexpressible gratitude and joy. She nodded and whispered, "Although He Shan can’t sense his own bloodline yet, the clan’s Witch Doctor was able to detect it using a Secret Technique."

"The camping for the Female Saint Conference is pretty informal, so we saved some spots ahead of time. The Saber-toothed Tiger Clan, the White Wolf Clan, the Golden Lion Clan, and the Iron-eating Beast Clan are all camped right next to each other..."

At this, she took Si Shuo’s arm and whispered, "Si Shuo, do you remember Mi Xing from Puchang City? We crossed the Dongye Forest with her."

Si Shuo’s eyes narrowed slightly as she nodded. Leaning in, she whispered back, telling her about how she had refused Mi Xing’s request to rent one of her houses. "Yimei, did you just see her?"

"I did more than just see her!" Yimei launched into the gossip she’d picked up. "The Ni Family is the dominant power now, right? They want a piece of every industry in the Beast City. And lately, they’ve been getting very close with the Winged Dragon Clan."

"I hear their family has two or three Level 14 Beastmen who have a good shot at breaking through to Level 15. Is there any family or tribe in the city that isn’t trying to avoid them right now?"

"And, you know Ni Chang, right? The one-hundred-and-eighty-year-old, Level 15 Golden Python Beastman? Well, a few days ago, he took on another Female Saint... and it was Mi Xing!"

Si Shuo immediately clamped her hand over her mouth, her cheeks puffing as she swallowed the gasp that rose in her throat. "What do you mean, ’took on’?"

Li Hui leaned in as well, taking each of them by an arm and guiding them inside as she spoke. "It just means having more than one female, doesn’t it? I mean, he’s the only Level 15 Beastman in the Central Continent, maybe even on the entire Beast World Continent."

"It’s perfectly normal for a man like that to have a few Female Saints to bear his cubs."

From what Si Shuo knew, each time a Beastman leveled up their Combat Power, their lifespan increased by five to ten years, depending on the individual. As long as Ni Chang didn’t break through to Level 16, he would live to be two hundred and thirty at most. He was already past the halfway point of his life, and the first signs of old age were beginning to appear.

’Mi Xing is only twenty-four or twenty-five, in the prime of her life for a female. And Beastmen from the Southern Continent prize the Beast Mark above all else! I can’t believe she’d choose this path.’

Jin Pan hurried to catch up, adding her own bit of information in a low voice. "Ni Chang has had quite a few litters of cubs in the past, but he was so focused on his Cultivation that he failed to protect them. Now, he doesn’t have a single living son, daughter, or grandchild."

"So, after he reached Level 15 and stabilized his power, he started looking for Female Saints to bear him cubs. The thing is, he was already a hundred and thirty or a hundred and forty years old by then. He’s been trying for decades, and there hasn’t been any news of a pregnancy at all!"

"He even put the word out that he’d give ten percent of the treasures he’s accumulated his entire life as a reward to whichever Female Saint bears his cub."

"What’s more, he’d personally train and mentor any male cubs, grooming them to become the Clan Leader of the Golden Python Clan, or even the City Lord..."

"There’s a long line of Female Saints eager to bear his cubs. It’s become a sort of unconventional way for them to secure a place in Guangshou City."

"But he’s only openly acknowledged a dozen or so of them. I never thought Mi Xing would be one of them," Yimei said, shaking her head with a sigh.

Si Shuo frowned slightly. ’Given the way Mi Xing stormed off in a huff that day, she’s probably going to come looking for trouble.’

Then again, her expression relaxed. ’My Yin Jiang is a Level 14 Hunting Falcon, and Wei Ce is at the Peak of Level 14. Both of them are natural predators of Golden Pythons, after all.’

It was still a ways from the main entrance to the campsite, so the males all shifted into their beast forms to carry the females to the lakeside.

From a distance, Si Shuo could see Mi Xing sitting atop the head of a massive Golden Python. She was smiling and waving in her direction. "Hi, Divine Female Si Shuo! We meet again!"

Si Shuo immediately turned her head, disdaining to even maintain superficial pleasantries. ’Why give her an opportunity to plot against me?’

Xiao Cheng stayed by her side as she chatted with Yimei and the other females. It wasn’t just Female Saints who had come this time; all females in the city with average or higher fertility had also been invited. Zhi Zhan, meanwhile, was busy pitching a tent with the supplies they’d brought from home.

"Divine Female Si Shuo, I remember you have a black Snake Beast, don’t you? Look, I have a Golden Python, too," Mi Xing said, walking over with her chin tilted up in a smile. She had her arm linked with a pale-skinned, blond-haired male.

Unlike in the more tolerant Central Continent, where even Rogue Beasts had some of their cold, selfish nature worn away in the Beast City and learned to survive by forming clans.

In the Southern Continent, it was very rare for a female to have a Rogue Beast as a Beast Husband. Back then, when Si Shuo had been seen spectating while perched on that massive black Snake Beast, she had looked incredibly impressive and stood out from the crowd!

Si Shuo glanced at the male’s neck. ’Three green Beast Patterns... he’s a Twelfth Level Golden Python. That’s not Ni Chang.’ She shot a confused look at Yimei.

Yimei smiled. "Lord Ni Chang has many ’attendant females.’ How could he possibly look after every single one? They’re allowed to have their own Beast Husbands. In that regard, Lord Ni Chang is very open-minded."

Mi Xing’s face darkened. She knew that her situation was likely known throughout most of Guangshou City, and that the Beastmen from the Southern Continent were paying her particular attention.

"I *will* get pregnant with Lord Ni Chang’s cub!" she declared with absolute conviction.