Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 208 - 150: Female Shaman + Xi, Unseen for Days
"Each tribe will dispatch a portion of their powerful Beastmen to form a joint extermination squad. We will prepare to depart for the depths of Worri Forest in three days."
The Clan Leaders of the various tribes looked at one another. Seeing no objections, they all nodded grimly.
Under normal circumstances, they might have harbored selfish thoughts of taking advantage of the situation, unwilling to contribute too many of their people or too much effort.
But with a great disaster looming, mutual unity and cooperation was the only way to overcome the peril.
That afternoon, the ground thrummed with the muffled tremors of countless beasts on the move. The surrounding tribes had all dispatched their most powerful Beastman Warriors, who now gathered in the Sheng’an Tribe’s magnificent grand plaza.
An Jin stood at the center of the highest step of the grand plaza with Gu Yin and Ling Hong behind her, quietly looking down at the scene below.
The plaza was a swarming sea of heads, a dark, dense mass filled with a cacophony of noise and bestial roars.
A rough estimate put their numbers at five or six hundred Beastmen.
The lowest among them were Third Rank, and there were even a dozen or so Fifth Rank Beastmen. This was already the most elite fighting force the surrounding tribes could muster.
"In order to successfully resist this sudden Demon Beast tide together and help all Beastmen overcome this crisis, the Sheng’an Tribe, as the only city in the region, will provide sufficient medical supplies and food for the brave Beastman Warriors who go forth to fight the horde."
Having secured a guaranteed source for the most crucial supplies—food and medicine—the Beastmen in the plaza immediately grew excited, their roars rising and falling in waves, broadcasting their fervor.
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"..." Gu Yin gazed grimly at the dense crowd of Beastmen, not the least bit pleased. ’In his opinion, these low-Rank Beastmen would only cause trouble.’
’It would be better for him to go alone as a snake. That would make it easier to lie in wait, launch a surprise attack on the Demon Beast pack, and annihilate them before they could react.’
But after a moment’s thought, he saw through his mate’s intentions. His gaze fell upon the soft, delicate curve of the female’s profile beside him, and a faint smile bloomed in the depths of his eyes.
’Having the surrounding tribes send their people to join the extermination was just a pretense.’
’The real goal was to find a reason to draw out their strongest fighting forces. This would prevent other tribes from taking advantage of the Sheng’an Tribe’s vulnerability and attacking while its own warriors were away.’
’Killing two birds with one stone, truly.’
Once Chi Li had delivered the rations and medicine, Gu Yin led the vast contingent of Beastmen out of the tribe. But An Jin slipped away unnoticed and blocked their path.
"I’m going with you."
She grabbed Gu Yin’s arm, her voice urgent.
"Don’t cause trouble."
Gu Yin’s face darkened. He used his tail to sweep her to the side, clearly not approving of her sudden whim.
Letting a frail female go into the perilous forest was no different from sending a lamb to the slaughter.
The gathered Beastman Warriors from the various clans were also quite surprised. They stopped in their tracks and looked back.
In their eyes, although An Jin was just a female, she had transformed the once barren Sheng’an Tribe into a prosperous and powerful one in just a few short years. She was a wise and admirable female.
How could she come up with such a naive and laughable idea?
A vine-climbing ape beast leaped down from a tree, patted its dusty, hairy arms, and squatted on the ground, chuckling at An Jin. "You there, clever Female Clan Leader, you probably don’t know how terrifying Demon Beasts are. I’m afraid when the time comes, your legs will be too weak to even walk, and you’ll just be a burden to us."
"As a female, you should just stay obediently in your house and let us males protect you."
He was speaking for most of the Beastmen present.
Gu Yin merely shot a cold glance at the exceptionally arrogant ape beast, his thin lips pressed into a tight line, but he didn’t refute the statement.
It was obvious he thought the same way.
"In your minds, are females really that useless? When danger strikes, can we only wait to be rescued?" But An Jin didn’t get angry. Instead, she posed a question that no one knew how to answer.
The ape beast scratched its bald head, its brow ridge, devoid of eyebrows, nearly pressing down on its eyelids. It answered harshly without a second thought, "That’s just how it is. You females can’t even shapeshift and have zero fighting ability. If you don’t stay obediently at home, what are you going to do, go out and become food for wild beasts?"
"If we run into danger, we’ll have to divert our energy to save you—"
Halfway through his sentence, the ape beast suddenly fell silent as if he’d bitten his tongue. His face turned deathly pale, and a cold sweat broke out all over his body.
It was the same for most of the Beastmen present. The weaker ones actually dropped to their knees with a THUD, their bodies trembling as if they were facing a Giant Beast.
Only a few Fifth Rank Beastmen and Gu Yin were unaffected by this sudden, mysterious power.
"Is this... witch power?!" A few of the more knowledgeable Beastmen present stared in terror at the small, frail female before them, their pale lips trembling as they forced out the words.
This female was actually a Witch?!
Now the Beastmen were completely subdued. No one dared to voice another objection. Judging by the spiritual power An Jin had just displayed, her strength was no less than that of a Fourth Rank Beastman.
A female was stronger than most of them. To object now would just be asking for humiliation.
"Once we’re in the jungle, don’t stray too far from me. And don’t run off on your own if you hear something." Gu Yin hadn’t expected An Jin to progress so quickly in just a few short months. He reluctantly relented, allowing her to accompany the team.
But on the condition that she stay by his side.
"Don’t worry, I won’t hold you back. Besides, you can sense if I’m in danger, can’t you?"
An Jin raised her arm, which was marked with a black and red snake pattern. She gave him a playful tilt of her head, her bright smile warming his heart like a spring breeze.
"Mm," Gu Yin’s gaze suddenly softened. His cool fingers gently traced the crimson markings on her arm, and he gave a very light, faint smile.
’Yes, they were mates connected heart and soul. They could sense each other’s danger and circumstances at any time.’
’He was, after all, a Snake Beast his mate could depend on.’
Night was when the Demon Beasts hunted for food.
The Beastmen transformed into their beast forms, concealing their massive or agile bodies within the dark, shadow-draped jungle. They moved with light steps, their presence almost perfectly masked by the cacophony of chirping insects.
Years of hunting had honed their instincts, and they warily scanned their surroundings, their eyes moving, ever-alert to the slightest disturbance.
Thick clouds blanketed the pitch-black sky, blotting out even a sliver of moonlight. It was so dark you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. Unlike the Beastmen who had night vision, An Jin couldn’t see a thing.
However, her spiritual power could detect any disturbance within a hundred-meter radius, constructing a three-dimensional scene in her mind more detailed than what ordinary human vision could perceive.
"There’s movement over there."
An Jin suddenly looked toward the riverbank.
The Beastmen tensed, their muscles hardening like stone as they flickered back and forth between their beast and human forms.
SPLASH! The water’s surface broke. Under the tense gazes of the others, who were poised to attack, a sopping wet head emerged.
The stunningly beautiful Merfolk’s long, azure hair spread across the water’s surface like seaweed, swaying with the ripples. His azure, vertical pupils were fixed on An Jin, who stood not far away.
Xi?!
’He’s been gone for days, how could he coincidentally appear here? And with that mysterious, faint smile on his face, no less.’
