Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 412 - 411: Given a Good Scare
Luo Zhi was not one for patience, especially now that she could no longer be a Witch Doctor and wasn’t required to remain in Zhuan City. Besides, the spring hunt had ended, which was the perfect time for Beastmen to travel and roam about.
She didn’t want to be targeted the moment she left Zhuan City. But being forced to hand over so many treasures at once... ’My heart is bleeding!’
Si Shuo bit her lip, suppressing a smile. Taking Xiao Cheng’s cue, she asked again with a solemn expression, "Female Saint Luo Zhi, I won the competition. The five-hundred-year-old Human Essence Fruit and the other Contract Spirit you promised—isn’t it time you handed them over?"
Luo Zhi took a deep breath and reluctantly pulled out the items, quickly shoving them into Si Shuo’s arms. "The bet is over! We have nothing more to do with each other!"
With that, she ordered her Beast Husband to pick her up and leave. ’If I’d known it would turn out like this, I never would have provoked this family...’
Without inspecting them closely, Si Shuo stored the items away and returned home with Luo Sang and the others.
After dinner, they appeared to return to their rooms to rest but actually teleported to a valley to reunite with the other Beast Husbands and cubs, activating the Time Law.
The Beast Husbands took the cubs, along with the Beastmen from the other families and tribes, and continued their expedition into the Southwest Forest. Their goal was to thin the population of Wild Beasts as they pushed, bit by bit, toward the central region.
The Beast Husbands and cubs took turns keeping Si Shuo company. As for Si Shuo, she would diligently complete her daily Cultivation tasks before spending time eating, playing, and resting with her family.
Before that, however, the entire family held a meeting.
Si Shuo took out the rewards she had won from the bet and explained to everyone what had happened in detail.
She looked at the cubs, who were like little, soft bundles squatting in front of their respective Fathers, and asked with a light laugh, "Alright, it’s quiz time! Can my little darlings tell me, what exactly is Luo Zhi’s superpower?"
The cubs all shot their hands into the air, looking at her with anticipation, each one determined to be the first to answer.
"Write your answers down," Si Shuo said with a smile, wanting to give every cub a chance.
The cubs were quick learners. The fox cubs, counting the time spent inside the Time Law, were now more than six months old. They already recognized several hundred words, and while their handwriting wasn’t perfect, they could write out their thoughts completely, spelling things out as they went.
They took small tables, pens, and notebooks out of their Storage Rings, and Gong You had already flicked a glowing orb to each of them for light.
The little ones were quite good at picking up key information. Every cub guessed that Luo Zhi’s ability was linked to the superpowers and Spiritual Power of her Beast Husbands.
"Correct, you all got it right. In that case, Mother has another question. If Luo Zhi is so powerful, why did she still lose the competition, even with the Spiritual Power of seventeen or eighteen Beast Husbands?"
The cubs thought hard, then began to write their answers:
"Luo Zhi has a powerful superpower, but it’s like a cub holding a giant saber—she has no idea how to actually use it..."
"She has a superpower and Spiritual Power, but she hasn’t trained hard, so she can’t use her power to its full potential..."
Once the cubs finished writing and read their answers aloud one by one, they understood their Mother’s point. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Si Shuo wanted to use this incident to teach the cubs that no matter how formidable their abilities were, without real combat experience and a thorough understanding of their superpowers, they were just pretenders with superficial knowledge.
In their family, besides herself and Youyou, all the other cubs could transform into their Beast Form. Therefore, they had to learn to make good use of the advantages their Beast Forms provided.
Even so, she could draw Transformation Talismans and take on a Beast Form for short periods. It was like that time she turned into a snake but couldn’t slither, only managing to wriggle on the ground like a worm.
If a critical moment came when she needed to transform to escape, she’d have a very hard time pulling it off.
She cleared her throat. "So, after I finish my daily Cultivation practice here at home, I’m going to have your Fathers teach me how to use a Beast Form to escape."
"Mother, how did you win the competition?" the cubs asked curiously.
Si Shuo smiled. "It was simple, really. I publicly claimed I could only create a Wood Spirit. But there are countless types of Spirit Plants, and a single one with a tranquilizing effect can take down a brown bear. He underestimated me. He didn’t even put up a defensive barrier during our fight, thinking I couldn’t actually hurt him and relying solely on the powerful physique of his Beast Form."
"But don’t copy me. I was just being opportunistic. True, formidable strength is what will allow you to go far!"
Ji Liang rubbed his nose. ’Those Spirit Plants with tranquilizing or toxic properties really are potent.’ He had once used a similar Spirit Plant to take down an entire tribe of Rogue Beasts, only to be outsmarted by a single Female Saint. With an embarrassing past like that, he wasn’t about to offer himself up as a case study. ’But she’s right,’ he mused. ’We can never let our guard down, not even around family. After all, some people have very strange superpowers.’
And so, within the Time Array, Si Shuo began practicing how to crawl and run like various animals. At night, the twisted, bizarre shadows her practice cast on the stone walls were enough to give even herself a fright!
It turned out these so-called 36 Transformations and 72 Transformations weren’t something just anyone could learn.
The Beast Husbands found it thrilling, too. Every time they teleported back from the Southwest Forest to rest and regroup, they would get to spend time with their little female.
The version of her they saw was different every time: a creature with a human head and a spider’s body, climbing on the ceiling and spitting silk to dangle in mid-air; an ant-person, wandering around the cave while lifting a huge boulder; or a rat-beast, digging a burrow at the cave’s entrance... Each time, they found it both hilarious and deeply, wonderfully endearing.
The next morning, Zhi Le and Xiao Cheng accompanied Si Shuo to watch the Three-tailed Blue Fox Clan’s Warrior Competition.
Although it was officially the Three-tailed Blue Fox Clan’s Warrior Competition, since it was held in Zhuan City, it was considered a fairly large-scale event among the males. Many Beastmen from within the city, and even males from surrounding Beast Cities, loved to come join the excitement and show off their strength to the females.
They arrived just in the nick of time. The pre-competition rituals, like the offering to the heavens, had already concluded, and the Third Elder was in the middle of announcing the rules.
"Today, we have over forty Female Saints in attendance at our Warrior Competition! Warriors, you must give it your all! Who knows, you might catch the eye of a Female Saint or a female with high fertility, be chosen, and become mated by tonight..."
"The rules for the Warrior Competition are simple: it’s a king-of-the-hill format. As long as you can hold the stage for ten rounds, you will advance to the next level."
"There are three levels in total. The Warrior who endures to the very end will receive our Fox Clan’s Blessing..."
Si Shuo asked curiously, "Xiao Cheng, what’s the Fox Clan’s Blessing?"
Xiao Cheng whispered, "We Three-tailed Blue Fox Clan Members are known for our fertility, and our cubs are born with excellent talent. All the High Priests in our clan can bestow the Fox Clan’s Blessing. Any female or male who receives this Blessing is guaranteed to have a litter of talented cubs. They might even have female cubs who inherit strong fertility themselves."
"Many Beastmen travel from far and wide just to compete for the Fox Clan’s Blessing, especially those with high Combat Power who have difficulty siring children..."
