Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 253 - 177: His Father and The Mad Female

The temperature, well over ten degrees below zero, awakened the hibernation instinct coded into his Snake Beast genes. But Gu Yin, who had received his full bloodline inheritance, already possessed some resistance to the cold.

A pair of blood-red, cold serpentine eyes stared intently at the oblivious Wandering Beasts down in the ravine, his bright red, forked tongue flickering silently and dangerously.

"HISS~"

His black and red python body slid slowly forward along the rugged mountain rocks. His tense tail swung back and forth, shaking off some of the snow that coated his scales.

This was the prelude to his hunt.

"Don’t! Our main mission right now is to find the Beast God Fruit. If you attack this group of Wandering Beasts, you might attract even more. We could have trouble getting away!"

Ling Hong quickly stopped him, his gaze falling to the valley floor. He took a deep breath of the desolate air, his voice laced with grief. "...Jin’er is still at home waiting for us. We can’t delay any longer."

The words "Jin’er" and "home" touched the softest spot in his heart. Only then did Gu Yin pause, slightly concealing the hatred in his eyes.

Just as the two of them concealed their presence and prepared to leave, they were caught off guard by the sound of arguing from the Wandering Beasts in the valley below. They stopped in their tracks.

"Have you guys heard? That plant the Lord got all those years ago is supposedly the legendary Beast God Fruit plant! It’s going to flower and bear fruit in the next few days!" Wandering Beast A said in amazement.

"Heh, you’re probably the last one to hear about it, aren’t you?" the other Wandering Beasts jeered.

However, a few of the Beastmen among them wore strange expressions, as if they knew some unspeakable secret and were hesitating to speak.

The most burly and imposing of the Beastmen, his face dark and sullen, clenched his rock-hard fists. In a low voice thick with rage, he said through gritted teeth, "I don’t know if that thing is a Beast God Fruit! But it’s definitely a Demon Fruit. It needs the blood of hundreds of Beastmen as nutrients to flower and bear fruit!"

"What?!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Everyone’s expression changed drastically, their voices turning shrill.

He stepped out from the crowd, turned to face them, and spread his arms wide. "Haven’t any of you found it strange?" he demanded loudly.

"The Lord has been frequently summoning Beastmen to his side these past few days, claiming it’s for some kind of selection ritual, but almost no one has come out alive!"

"You mean he killed all those Beastmen?!" Wandering Beast A cried out, his face a mask of disbelief. A tremor of fear ran through his body.

"Hmph! That old geezer has been leader for so many years, he’s probably lost his mind. He can’t keep these filthy secrets hidden forever!"

"B-But why would the Lord do that?"

Wandering Beast A was still deeply confused. The Lord—who, ever since he was young, had been a powerful, cold-blooded paragon for the Ten Thousand Beasts in his eyes—could actually do something so terrible?!

"That’s why I’m saying he’s a senile old fool! Wanting to use the Beast God Fruit to save that mad female... it’s absolutely idiotic!"

The most powerful in their group, the only High Rank Beastman, scoffed. A look of disdain crossed his sinister and ferocious face. He clenched his fists and beat his powerful chest with beast-like ferocity. "That old geezer has been in his position for far too long! The title of leader should have been handed over to a more capable younger beastman long ago!"

"Chi, shut up! Look over there! It looks like—"

"What is it? I’m not afraid, even if Dannas himself showed up!"

The arrogant Beastman turned his head with utter confidence. He only dared to speak so brazenly out here in the desolate wilderness because he knew the old geezer had rarely left his Stone Castle in recent years.

But when he suddenly saw the black and red serpentine shadow gradually appearing in the distance, his eyes widened and his lips trembled. Even his arrogant voice began to stammer, "M-My Lord... Y-you... how..."

When he got a clearer look and saw that the Snake Beast’s face was much younger and more handsome,

Chi hurriedly wiped the large beads of cold sweat from his face. The snow at his feet had melted in several spots. A fawning smile spread across his lips. "Oh, it’s Chi! Long time no see. I heard you went out to train. I didn’t expect you back so soon."

’Thank god it’s not that vicious old geezer. I would’ve met my end right here in this frozen wasteland otherwise. Still... Chi didn’t hear all that nonsense I was spouting just now, did he?’

’Even if he did, it’s probably fine. Snake Beasts have always been indifferent to family ties. The father-son bond between them is practically non-existent.’

’Besides, the young Snake Beast in front of me is completely expressionless, showing no hint of accusation.’

"Phew..." Chi’s heart, which had been pounding in his throat, suddenly relaxed. This drew a look of utter disdain from a nearby Beastman. ’Weren’t you talking big just a moment ago?’