Chapter 278: Ke Si's Path to Ascension (Five)

Cang Lang did not refuse; he extended his hand in front of Jiao Jiao.

Jiao Jiao felt his pulse for a while, then frowned deeply as she looked at Cang Lang and said, "I can't cure this illness of yours."

His pulse was very strange. At first, she thought his physical weakness was due to injury or poisoning, so the pulse should have been thin and weak or deep and slow, but after taking his pulse, she discovered it was extremely strong, not at all matching the weakness he appeared to show.

Yet to say Cang Lang was deceiving them wasn't entirely true either, because his pulse was unstable, like a babbling river that would suddenly surge in speed when encountering a cliff, and then become slow and sluggish when entering an extremely gentle terrain.

In the span of just a dozen or so blinks, there were this many changes; for a normal beastman, his pulse was truly abnormally abnormal.

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flickered across both Cang Lang and Chun's faces, but Cang Lang quickly recovered, after all, he knew his own body best.

Chun, on the other hand, appeared quite dejected, "That serious? Then Cang Lang..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiao Jiao suddenly stood up, pressing against the square table in front of her, interrupting her, "Your pulse is something I rarely see. Do you want to come to our tribe's medical clinic?"

"Jiao Jiao! What are you doing?"

The female suddenly leaned forward, getting right in front of him. Cang Lang didn't react in time, and it was Chun who, sensing something wrong, quickly stepped between them.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your male."

Seeing her like this, Jiao Jiao straightened up, putting some distance between herself and Cang Lang, "I'm just a bit interested in his pulse, so I wanted to ask if he'd like to go to the medical clinic for a look. After all, the tribe's Witch Doctors are all there. Doesn't he want to cure his illness?

I can't do it alone, but maybe if everyone puts their heads together, we can cure him."

Chun was very embarrassed by Jiao Jiao's first sentence and instinctively wanted to turn back to see Cang Lang's expression, but she held back, because she felt both of them understood their relationship. Cang Lang was a smart beastman; he shouldn't misunderstand her. If worst came to worst, she could explain it to him later.

"Medical clinic? What kind of place is that?"

A glint of interest flickered in Cang Lang's eyes.

"It's a place where the tribe's Witch Doctors gather specifically to study cases and treat the clansmen's illnesses and injuries."

Seeing his curiosity, Jiao Jiao immediately explained to him, "Have you heard of our tribe's Yun Li Adult? This Market and the medical clinic were both established under her initiative. And the tribe's workshop, that was also built by our Yun Li Adult. Most of the handicrafts sold in the Market now come from the workshop."

Hearing Jiao Jiao go on about 'Yun Li Adult' this and that, Chun felt a bit displeased, "It's not all her credit, is it? If the chieftain and the Priest hadn't supported her, and other beastmen hadn't helped, could she have built this Market or the medical clinic all by herself?"

"That's true, but without Yun Li, would we be living this well now?"

Jiao Jiao said matter-of-factly.

"Even without her, were we living that badly before?"

When Chun took a dislike to someone, she wasn't so easily convinced. If she didn't like them, she didn't like them, and everything they did became an eyesore to her.

Seeing her like this, Jiao Jiao also got angry. She was never one for tact, and when she got serious, she could be quite stubborn.

"Then if you're so capable, don't come to the Market, and don't wear the pu clothes she pioneered. Go back to wearing your old clothes and living your old life with your Beast Husband..."

Cang Lang, who had been watching their argument from the side, his gaze deepened almost imperceptibly. Yun Li, that female he had falsely claimed was a 'goddess', it seemed she really did have some skill.

Yun Li was strolling through the Market with her several Beast Husbands when she heard a beastman calling out to her.

"Yun Li Adult! Yun Li Adult!"

The young beastman who ran over stopped in front of them, panting heavily, then gestured excitedly as he spoke, "A new face has come to the tribe, says he's from the north. His pulse is very peculiar. Jiao Jiao Adult says he's willing to cooperate with our research. All the tribe's Witch Doctors have gathered at the medical clinic, waiting for you."

"Eh?"

A look of surprise flickered across Yun Li's face, "How is it peculiar?"

Seeing her like this, the several Beast Husbands behind her all frowned, after all, it was rare for the whole family to come out for a stroll.

Especially Ke Si, who had only recently gotten used to the fact that she had other Beast Husbands, and now she was about to leave just when his relationship with Mu Qing and the others was easing. Was she really planning to live like this with him forever?

"Yun Li! Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the medical clinic to take a look."

Yun Li was also very curious about what kind of pulse even Silver Granny had never seen. After all, she was a Witch Doctor, and the first one in the tribe to propose compiling common beastman cases and difficult diseases. At a time like this, she had to go and take a look.

Otherwise, wouldn't it dampen everyone's enthusiasm for writing medical treatises?

Seeing Ke Si's sullen face, Yun Li was speechless and simply grabbed his wrist, "Anyway, you're a Witch Doctor too, why don't you come with me and take a look."

After saying that, she also asked Mu Qing and the others, "A Qing, do you guys want to come?"

Mu Qing had taken time off to accompany his female for a walk, and seeing she had something to do, he immediately shook his head, "I'm going back to the workshop."

Leng Xiu nudged Leng Xiao, who was about to follow, "A Xiao and I just have something to talk about. You two go ahead."

Ji Xuan also refused to join, "I'm going to the Priest's place. Xuan Li has been wanting to go out and play lately, I'm going to check on him."

"Alright! Then we're off."

Knowing they were creating some alone time for her and Ke Si, Yun Li waved at them, then grabbed Ke Si, whose expression was a bit strange, and hurriedly followed the young beastman.

As for the males left behind, watching their female walk away, Mu Qing was the first to propose leaving.

Ji Xuan watched Mu Qing's retreating back, then turned to look at Leng Xiu and Leng Xiao, "I'll be going too."

After they had all left, Leng Xiao finally put on a cold face, crossed his arms, and looked at his brother, "What did you stop me for? I haven't been up to any tricks lately, have I?"

Did he look like a beastman who didn't know his limits?

With an external enemy at the gates, only by uniting all the beastmen of the two tribes could they possibly resist the invasion of the Western Desert Clan Tribe.

He wasn't happy that his female was going to be mixed up with Ke Si again, but the problem was that A Li's attitude was right there—she hadn't accepted him, but she hadn't rejected him either. He had already made a scene once before. Even if he wanted to make another scene this time, he would have to be sure that A Li truly didn't like Ke Si before he did.

So what was his brother worried about?

"I have something serious to tell you. Ke Si is Ke Si, what I want to talk to you about is something else."

As he spoke, Leng Xiu gestured towards an empty stone bench in the Market for Leng Xiao to go talk there.

"Besides this Ke Si business, what serious thing do you have to tell me these days?"

After sitting down with his brother, Leng Xiao's expression relaxed considerably. It was good that his brother wasn't bringing up Ke Si, so he wouldn't have to hear things he didn't like.

In any case, he was definitely not going to give in to Ke Si. Even if he really did enter the household, he wouldn't give in.

Leng Xiu glanced at his brother, who only knew about love and romance, and had lost count of how many times he had silently despised him. But what could he do about it? He was still his brother.

"You've been so caught up in your daily life that you've lost your head. Right now, among the males in the household, the two of us have the lowest strength, and you're still fixated on Ke Si. What's the use of staring at him like that?"

A Li wouldn't interfere in the males' conflicts. If Ke Si really wanted to make a move on them, did he think he could just rely on Mu Qing and Ji Xuan to protect him forever?