Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 319 - 303: Swindling, Trickery, and Deceit

"It’s none of my business."

Xiong Shiliu showed no expression.

Seeing this, Yuan Bupu forced a smile, "I think this must be a misunderstanding. The kind Sister Yingtao can vouch for us."

"Pah! You dare call Cherry Steward ’sister,’ who do you think you are? Before she left, Cherry Steward specially instructed us to follow Brother Wa’s orders, to seal the mountain, enforce martial law, organize the Demon Soldiers, and tend to the Spirit Field to prevent any incidents..."

"Wait a minute, what brother?"

Yuan Bupu’s eyes widened, and Old Niu, Old Pig were also confused. Is it a duplicate name, or did we mishear?

"Are you dumbfounded, scared?" Wang Wu let out a peculiar laugh.

"Those are the exact words of Cherry Steward. She wants Bu Er to temporarily act as the estate manager, and my brother is called Bu Er!"

"Damn it, this kid is talking nonsensically, daring to mock us. I’ll kill him!"

Xiong Shiliu suddenly lunged forward, grabbed Wang Wu by the neck, and said viciously. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Xiong Shiliu! What else do you want! You’ve brought disaster to the entire West Wilderness, ruined my entire clan, and now you want to stir more trouble!"

Wolf Bu’er screamed.

Xiong Shiliu gave a bitter smile, observed the vigilant faces, even ready to act, of Yuan Bupu, Old Niu, Old Pig, and Niu Xiaocao, and quickly said, "My friends, think for a moment, this guy is doing this on purpose. Since Xiong Wu has already gone to war, this five-hundred-mile estate, which yields three million Spiritual Qi daily, is not being taken lightly. There’s a motive here."

With that, he threw Wang Wu to the ground, shrank away to one side.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Wang Wu clutched his neck with difficulty and suddenly turned and ran, but in the next second, he was pinned to the ground by Yuan Bupu!

"Explain clearly, what on earth is going on? Dare to lie, and I’ll kill your entire family!"

At this moment, Yuan Bupu truly seemed like a demon ape possessed, having caused countless deaths in the West Wilderness over the past decades, demon corpses everywhere. Even if he didn’t truly want to act that way, the murderous aura was no pretense.

"Spare me, spare me! We brothers had no ill intentions, we just wanted to score some Spiritual Qi. We aren’t bad people. My brother Wa Bupu really is the Demon Soldier Captain in the estate, and it truly was Cherry Steward who ordered my brother. How could we dare do otherwise? We just wanted to intercept a bit of your daily offerings of Spiritual Qi! We really didn’t dare do any other bad things!"

Wang Wu cried, his nose running.

"What nonsense! Did Cherry Steward personally give you these orders?" Yuan Bupu asked harshly.

He still had determination, and he hadn’t really given up. When faced with problems, he could quickly recover his status.

"Yes, um, no!"

"Yes, or no!"

"No, after King Xiong Wu went to war, Cherry Steward took over management of the mountains. But worrying about the king, she secretly went to the front lines. Then after two days, she sent a message saying the king ordered Bu Er to act as manager. I swear, this is the truth. If I utter a single false word, let the king beat me to death alive! Besides, the Mountain Patrol Seal still has Cherry Steward’s own words."

This time, Yuan Bupu understood, and Xiong Shiliu, Old Niu, Old Pig, and Wolf Bu’er understood too.

"What happened, Bupu, your Sister Yingtao doesn’t seem the type to be unreliable. How come she secretly went to the front lines?"

Old Niu curiously asked.

"What do you mean my Sister Yingtao, that’s Cherry Steward." Yuan Bupu blushed. He didn’t know what had happened either. Over the past year, Cherry Steward had personally come to deliver their daily supply of Spiritual Qi. He just was a bit more polite and tidied up, maybe a bit more handsome than the others.

Anyway, over time, his relationship with Cherry Steward had improved slightly.

Crucially, Cherry Steward was also an Ape Demon.

At one point, he even fantasized about growing old with Sister Yingtao in the mountains and forests.

But over the past ten days, Sister Yingtao hadn’t shown up again, nor had anyone delivered Spiritual Qi to them.

"Probably the front lines are tight. Cherry Steward was worried about King Xiong Wu, so she went despite the orders."

"What do we do? Is there a risk for Fourth Brother!"

Old Niu exclaimed, unable to care about anything else, "I said, why are we being so sentimental here! What happened has happened, and we’re sitting here like some complaining women! Fourth Brother took us in, who knows how much pressure he faced. He’s now gone to war, and we’re sitting here enjoying life!"

"Yes, we’ve made mistakes, but can’t we change? If not, at least let’s have the courage to die in battle. We can’t be burdens, be looked down upon by others, or by ourselves. We can’t let Fourth Brother look down on us!"

"To the front lines, I’d rather die there!" Old Niu shouted.

"I’ll go too! Among the Four Heroes of the Western Wilderness—though I’m the most useless—I’m not afraid to die! I want to fight for Fourth Brother. He might be king now, and that’s fine. I don’t ask for wealth and honor from him, I don’t deserve it! But I’m willing to fight for him!"

"I’m going too!"

Niu Xiaocao said solemnly. Better to die gloriously in battle than to rot here!

"Alright, let’s go together!"

Yuan Bupu took a deep breath, his previously withered old body suddenly seemed to inflate with strength.

"Stop, calm down, calm down! Think this through. We’re not rushing to our deaths. The point is, we won’t be much help on the front lines, and we might get mistaken for spies and get executed before finding Xiong Wu!"