Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 37 - 36: Why Do I Suspect You Birthed a Cub for Me?
Drawing on yesterdayβs experience, Si Shuo took a deep breath, pulled her attention away from the two males, and split her Healing Ability in two, following the meridians in her left and right hands to track and repair them bit by bit. ππ£πππ ππππ¨π―ππ.ππ¨π
For meridians to become strong and the reserves in oneβs Dantian to increase, there must be a process of breaking down and rebuilding. Through repeated scouring and swelling, oneβs strength would steadily increase!
Xu Chi used his Spiritual Power to scour Si Shuoβs meridians. Paired with her Healing Ability, it was a shortcut that achieved twice the result with half the effort.
After one full cycle, Xu Chi and Ji Liang withdrew their hands. This process had to be gradual; they couldnβt rush it.
Si Shuo felt that her meridians seemed to have been widened a little more, and their walls had become more resilient.
She took out some seeds and began to accelerate their growth. The seeds grew longer and thicker as they tightly intertwined with each other.
This time, she used a few more seeds. The resulting whip was about as thick as yesterdayβs, but what was up with it jumping into Ji Liangβs arms and squirming its plump body coquettishly?
Ji Liang pinched the fat whip that was now coiling around his arm, raising an eyebrow at Si Shuo. "Little Shushu, why do I suspect youβve given birth to a little cub for me?"
Both embarrassed and annoyed, Si Shuo reached out to grab the fat whip.
But Ji Liang just laughed and pulled her into his embrace, moving his other arm away. "Our Little Shushuβs talent is so high that the whip you grew with your Spiritual Power seems to have its own Spiritual Sense. Let me raise this whip. If I feed it some Spiritual Power every day, over time, it will be able to hunt Wild Beasts on its own and protect you."
Si Shuo pointed at herself in astonishment. "Am I that amazing? Can this whip really fight monsters on its own?"
Xu Chi nodded. "Si Shuoβs Spiritual Power isnβt abundant, but itβs exceptionally pure. Itβs like the starting quality of your Spiritual Power is high.
After plant-based Spiritual Power leaves the body, it can use plants to automatically absorb the essence of heaven and earth. This is a unique advantage. However, raising this whip wonβt be easy, and it will be a very long process.
But I have to say, once the whip is fully nurtured and develops a complete Spiritual Sense, its Combat Power will be formidable. It might even be able to take human form in the future!"
After speaking, he looked at Si Shuo with eager eyes.
Si Shuo felt a little dizzy from their praise and immediately said with a smile, "Iβll grow a whip for you tomorrow."
Only then did Xu Chi nod in satisfaction. "Good. Iβll be waiting."
Ji Liang caressed Si Shuoβs smooth, lustrous earlobe and asked in a low voice, "Little Shushu, should we wait for Zhi Le here, or start heading toward Nanye City?
Weβve already drifted east. We might even be able to reach Nanye City at the same time as Zhi Le."
Nanye City was a relatively large Beast City south of the Dongye Forest, well-known to everyone. It was near the ocean and produced a lot of salt and the pearl shells that females loved. More importantly, it was home to the Mermaid Clan, an indispensable part of the Beast Husband population.
The combination of these many factors made Nanye City increasingly bustling, allowing it to develop step by step from a small workshop into a massive Beast City!
Because of this, every year after the winter snows melted and spring blossoms bloomed, nearby tribes on their way to Nanye City to trade for Sea Crystal Sand would bring along females from their tribe with good fertility to select powerful Beast Husbands.
Si Shuo pressed her lips together, her cheeks flushing uncontrollably. "Okay. Besides, I heard from the females of the Fengchuan Tribe that theyβre contacting several nearby tribes to travel to Nanye City together."
A large group would make a lot of noise, causing the Wild Beasts on the road to steer clear in advance. It would be safer than the three of them traveling alone.
Ji Liang and Xu Chi exchanged a look, and the matter was settled.
In the past, the Fengchuan Tribe would prepare large quantities of Beast Skins, Crystal Stones, dried meat, and honey to trade for Sea Crystal Sand and other goods in Nanye City. Now that they had learned to extract starch and make freshwater fish balls, they added starch and fish balls to the list of items to prepare.
The males joined in on catching freshwater fish, while the females went to gather the three tuberous plants that could be used to make starch: potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn.
Si Shuo was worried the Beastmen would overfish the freshwater fish and overharvest the tuberous plants, so she specifically sought out the leader, Ju Ke.
Leader Ju Ke was also at home helping make freshwater fish balls. When he saw the three of them arrive, he quickly called for a young Beastman in his household to pour them some honey water.
Si Shuo thanked him with a smile, sat down on a tree stump, and cupped the honey water in her hands as she drank.
Seeing that she liked it, Leader Ju Ke immediately grabbed three honeycombs, each about the size of a winter melon, and stuffed them into Xu Chiβs arms. "We have a huge sea of flowers to the north, and there are plenty of wild honeycombs in the nearby forest.
Take these for now!"
Normally, aside from females who were about to give birth and could drink some Wild Honey to nourish their bodies, everyone else saved it to trade for goods in Nanye City.
Si Shuo smiled, nodded, and looked at Ji Liang.
The latter cleared his throat and explained that they also wanted to accompany the tribe to Nanye City.
Ju Ke wasnβt surprised. βThe little female is beautiful, but she has too few Beastmen by her side. Nanye City is vast and has many Beastmen. Maybe she can find some other good ones, or perhaps discover some way to nourish her body, extend her life, and improve her fertility.β
"No problem. We were originally planning to leave tomorrow. If the female Si Shuo hadnβt been staying in the tribe waiting for her Beast Husband, we would have invited her to come with us."
Acting as the representative for the "deaf and half-mute" female Si Shuo, Ji Liang continued with a solemn expression, "Leader Ju Ke, our Si Shuo learned how to extract starch and make freshwater fish balls from another female.
This method was taught by the Beast God. Although he wishes for more Beastmen to eat their fill and survive the long rainy and coldest seasons, we must follow his rules."
The moment the Beast God was mentioned, Leader Ju Ke shot to his feet, dropped to his knees with a THUD, and said with extreme piety, "The Fengchuan Tribe listens to the Beast Godβs decree!"
The other Beastmen present all knelt down and shouted in unison.
Si Shuo was startled and shifted slightly to move out of the direction of their worship.
Ji Liang shot her an amused glance, his voice turning cold and heavy. "The Beast God says that all living things have their own laws of growth.
Now, because of his teachings, you have all begun to fish freshwater and sea creatures in large quantities, and to excessively harvest potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, completely breaking the old patterns.
If you donβt set rules from the very beginning, you are digging your own graves! Today you enjoy tomorrowβs food, but tomorrow you will have nothing but empty stomachs!"
His words were simple and easy to understand. Hearing them, everyone couldnβt help but break out in a cold sweat.
These past two days, they had been overjoyed that freshwater fish were edible and that starch could be extracted from potatoes and other crops. They hadnβt thought about the future at all, wishing they could just catch all the fish in one go.
Ji Liangβs tone shifted. "Actually, as long as we intervene by farming the fish and planting the potatoes and other crops, we can completely avoid this future trouble."
Then, he relayed the key points that Si Shuo had recounted from the farming and cultivation guidebooks she had redeemed from her supermarket. For example, he explained that they could farm fish in the lake by having the young Beastmen catch insects or toss minced meat and vegetable leaves into the water. He also mentioned that fishing should be banned during the breeding season, and that they could cut up sprouted potatoes and other tubers to bury the pieces in the ground...
As for the specific details of how to do it, the Beastmen of the Fengchuan Tribe would have to figure it out slowly through trial and error.
The Beastmen listened with great care and attention, nodding to show that they had taken it all to heart!
