Chapter 185: Taming Beasts

"Not bad. The Priest had previously had people bring back a few ferocious beast eggs to raise in the Tribe."

Jicheng answered beside the Silver Eagle Priest, "But the result was just as the Priest said: those ferocious beast cubs broke out of their shells in the Tribe only a few years ago and injured the Tribe's Beastmen who were feeding them."

Yun Li stroked her chin, then asked, "You wouldn't feed the ferocious beast cubs the same way you feed Beastman cubs, would you?"

The Silver Eagle Priest and Jicheng exchanged a glance, "Not exactly. But the Beastmen who raised them grew attached after keeping them for a long time."

So those ferocious beast cubs suddenly erupted, injuring the Beastmen who fed them, and the Tribe dealt with them quickly.

Because of this incident, the Tribe indeed had a period of unrest.

Consequently, no Beastman thereafter wanted to bring ferocious beast cubs back to the Tribe for raising; even if a compassionate Beastman rescued an injured cub and healed it, they would release it rather than keep it.

"So that's it. Ferocious beast cubs aren't like Beastman cubs; even when grown they can't understand our words, so even if we raise them, they really shouldn't be treated as Beastman cubs."

But after Yun Li said that, she fell silent, because she had never actually raised a ferocious beast cub and felt she couldn't offer any useful advice.

In a previous life she had watched a few dog‑training videos, but she remembered internally mocking how cruel that was; so the thought of her saying how to train a ferocious beast like a dog gave her the illusion that she herself had become that cruel.

"Then would you like to raise a ferocious beast cub?"

Ji Xuan saw that Yun Li still had something to say and thought she was disappointed that the rescued ferocious beast cub couldn't survive.

Yun Li shook her head, "Raising a ferocious beast cub takes too much time; it's better to tame a full‑grown ferocious beast so you can use it when needed."

When she said that, not only the Silver Eagle Priest but also Jicheng and the two males who had followed along showed surprised expressions.

"Taming a ferocious beast, Yun Li Adult, that's rather bold; not everyone can tame a ferocious beast."

One of the males, after recovering, couldn't help but interject, "Having raised ferocious beast cubs since they were young never succeeded in domesticating them; how could anyone directly tame an adult ferocious beast?"

"Why not?"

Yun Li's face bore a faint smile as she retorted, "If you're powerful enough, just beat it into submission. If one try fails, try twice; if twice fails, try three times—keep beating it until it obeys."

In the end, those words stirred the Beastmen present, and even the Silver Eagle Priest, who rarely acted, felt a stirring desire.

"What if the ferocious beast never obeys?"

Ji Xuan, at that moment, turned his head and asked that.

"Kill!"

Yun Li's smile remained unchanged, and her answer was unequivocal: "If it can't serve us, we'll treat it as prey."

Ji Xuan nodded, "Understood."

When Yun Li heard the 'Understood,' she was first startled, then she laughed toward Ji Xuan.

At first Ji Xuan didn't realize Yun Li already knew his plan, but soon a smile appeared in his eyes as he reached out to pat her head.

Yun Li, half complaining, half coquettishly said, "What's with you and A Qing always patting my head, as if I were a Beastman cub."

Ji Xuan's lips curled slightly, "If you want, it's not impossible."

Yun Li let out a light hum; even a Beastman could see she was in a good mood, so clearly the remark wasn't off‑limits for her.

Jicheng coughed, signaling Ji Xuan to mind the setting.

But Ji Xuan didn't even glance at his father, lowered his head, and continued speaking gently to his female companion.

Among the Beastmen present, probably only Jicheng felt uneasy; his beloved female couldn't become a partner, and even when she could, she couldn't be truly close. He had never had such flirtatious moments with a female, so watching his male offspring interact intimately with his female left him unable to comprehend or adapt.

In the end he could only look at the unattached Silver Eagle Priest, who was pleased to see Ji Xuan and Yun Li getting along, since the Tribe still housed other male members.

"Your offspring gets along well with his female, so why the expression?"

Seeing Ji Xuan escort Yun Li to the cave's depths to rest, he still wore a frowning expression, and the Silver Eagle Priest couldn't help but laugh, asking, "Don't you want to become a grandpa? Or can you set aside your grudge and accept that Ji Chen is your offspring, not a cub born of your female and another male of the Tribe?"

"Priest."

Mentioning Ji Chen, Jicheng's face instantly darkened.

Although there's no direct proof that Ji Chen isn't his own offspring, many Beastmen told him Ji Chen was likely not his, but a cub his female bore in secret with another male, yet he remained clueless like a fool.

"Actually, even if he isn't your biological offspring, you've raised him for years; you're not a biological father, but you're effectively a father in fact."

Compared with other Beastmen, the Silver Eagle Priest saw this much clearer, "You just can't accept that the female beside you keeps deceiving you."

Since rescuing her, she's been deceiving him; just when he finally changed his view of her, that turn out to be yet another betrayal by that female.

Jicheng turned his head, sneering, "She's not the first to cheat me, so what's there for me not to accept? I've raised Ji Chen all these years, and he's just like his mother, spouting lies to my father, who's lived with me for over twenty years."

"Is that so?"

The Silver Eagle Priest said lightly, "But Ji Chen isn't close to you, and Ji Xuan isn't close either; isn't there any reason on your part?"

He wasn't trying to speak well of Ji Chen; it was simply that Jicheng was too stubborn in some respects. He could accept advice from an outsider, genuinely take Yun Li's and other Tribe Beastmen's opinions, yet when facing his closest Beastmen, he always felt the need to project a stern, authoritative image.

Shouldn't he be more natural and gentle when dealing with his female and offspring?

Jicheng's face grew darker after the Silver Eagle Priest's words, but recalling that his two offspring truly weren't close to him, he momentarily didn't know how to rebut the Priest.

The Silver Eagle Priest wasn't trying to force Jicheng to change immediately with those words; his temperament was like that, perhaps due to his father and mother. Jicheng hadn't always lacked willfulness, but…

Those were past matters; the Silver Eagle Priest and Jicheng didn't continue the discussion, whereas Yun Li had previously spoken of taming beasts.

"Ask Ji Xuan to take the Tribe's two Blue Rank Beastmen to try it out."

The Silver Eagle Priest looked at Jicheng and said, "I recall a flock of flying winged snakes deep in the mountains; have them tame a few and bring them back—might greatly aid the Tribe."

Hearing that, Jicheng thought for a moment, then nodded, "Alright, I'll bring this up when we return."