Chapter 56

Just thinking about later, a black wolf standing there that looks hard to provoke, after other beastmen discover it's a female beastman, what expression would it have?

Yun Li really wanted to laugh.

After all, Leng Xiu's beast form looks intimidating just by looking at it, while Yun Li's impression of females is that most are weak, and strong females like Gong Mei are really rare.

But she always felt this situation was weird, not matching the patterns modern research has found in the animal world.

You know, in the animal world females carry the young while males only handle mating, so if a female is weak, how could she possibly carry large offspring?

Fortunately, this doubt didn't confuse her for long, and Gong Mei quickly gave her the answer.

Because he personally witnessed Yun Li needing to shift forms several times in one morning to feed the four offspring, and then she became visibly exhausted, Leng Xiao, as soon as Yun Li fell asleep, grabbed the wooden basin and went to find Gong Mei and Ji Xuan, who hadn't left yet.

"Go find a Moo Cow or a giant-horned deer to nurse? A Li has no milk, can't she nurse?"

Gong Mei hearing Leng Xiao's words almost thought she had misheard; she really couldn't understand why Leng Xiao wanted to find a wild beast to nurse his offspring, and whether beast milk could be fed to beastmen offspring.

Leng Xiao gave an "uh," and said, "A Li just gave birth; what she needs most now is rest."

But now she has to nurse the offspring three times in one morning; as time goes on, the offspring grow bigger and stronger, but A Li's body can't take it.

Gong Mei really wanted to say that he should help his female more with the offspring, but then she thought, this is someone else's family business.

What's the point of her saying all this?

"You don't even know where there are Moo Cows nearby; I'll have my beast husband take you, and I'll help take care of Yun Li's side, so you can relax."

Leng Xiao nodded and said thanks, then looked at Ji Xuan to the side, "Also trouble Young Master Ji Xuan."

My female just gave birth to offspring and can't be disturbed; since Young Master Ji Xuan is here, could you please help stop those beastmen coming to visit my home.

Ji Xuan, being named, frowned slightly imperceptibly, but hearing his request afterward, he thought that after yesterday's commotion, the fact that their household's female only has Leng Xiao as a beast husband must have already spread.

Young and beautiful, she had just given birth to a litter of healthy, sturdy wolf cubs, and with only one male beside her, in the eyes of many single males in the Silver Eagle Tribe, she was practically the most coveted delicacy.

If it were only Gong Mei as a beastman, she would indeed be unable to stop those males coming to fawn over her.

Moreover, his purpose for coming this time wasn't pure either, and Ji Xuan assured Leng Xiao, saying, "Don't worry. I'm here; your female will be fine."

Leng Xiao's face showed a smile, "Young Master Ji Xuan being here, I am indeed relieved."

However, in his heart he snorted coldly; sure enough, he had designs on his A Li, otherwise why would he have left last night and come again today.

If it weren't for A Li and the offspring having only him nearby, a single beastman couldn't possibly take care of everything.

Leng Xiao also wouldn't give a "love rival" the chance to get close to A Li.

Seeing Ji Xuan really stay behind, Gong Mei had the same thought as Leng Xiao, feeling that the Young Master had taken a liking to Yun Li.

But he had never even seen A Li; could it be that he came just to have offspring with Yun Li?

This idea seemed to be further confirmed when Gong Mei saw Ji Xuan's gaze soften as he looked at the four wolf cubs in the wooden basin.

Gong Mei didn't expect the Young Master to be this kind of male, coming for A Li's sake because of the offspring; she felt some kind of filter in her heart shatter instantly.

……

Yun Li hadn't slept long before Gong Mei shook her awake to remind her to nurse the four offspring.

She reluctantly shifted into beast form, watching the four offspring, whose eyes weren't even open, run to her belly to nurse.

"Is nursing that hard? You look really tired; didn't you sleep well just now?"

Seeing Yun Li so weak after nursing that she could barely stand, Gong Mei couldn't help worrying whether she could properly care for the offspring like this.

No wonder Leng Xiao went to find Moo Cows and giant-horned deer to nurse the offspring; Yun Li looked like she really needed proper rest.

Yun Li was also surprised by Gong Mei's words; she was definitely suffering from nursing now, having just given birth yesterday.

"Right after giving birth, it's like this; it should get much better in a few days."

But nursing really wears me out; daytime is fine, but if I've just fallen asleep at night I have to get up to nurse. I really can't take it.

Yun Li's words left Gong Mei even more puzzled, "A Li, did you have a bad time in the tribe before?"

Yun Li had a face full of question marks, "Why do you say that?"

"Because you seem weak."

Gong Mei gave an example from her tribe's females, saying, "Like my mother, after giving birth she could still go hunting with my father."

So even nursing wouldn't be a difficult thing for her mother.

Of course, many females in the Silver Eagle Tribe have bird bodies, making it hard to imagine nursing like Yun Li does.

Therefore, they use food and Crystal Cores to send the offspring that need milk to other females to be fed.

And Leng Xiao and Yun Li, having just arrived, brought few things, and Crystal Cores are reserved for critical moments.

Naturally, it's also impossible to send all four offspring to other females in the tribe every day.

But Leng Xiao going to find wild beasts to nurse the offspring really made Gong Mei mutter to herself involuntarily.

"Are the females of the Silver Eagle Tribe all this strong? It feels different from our previous tribe."

Hearing Gong Mei's words, Yun Li couldn't help but become curious.

"You can't say all females are this strong, after all some females have beast forms too weak, really unsuitable for cultivation."

But most female beastmen in the Silver Eagle Tribe do cultivate; even if they're lazy, as adults they still have Orange Stage strength.

Your previous tribe must have been a small tribe, otherwise how could they have raised you females like this?

Only a small tribe would be so short-sighted, shouting slogans about protecting females while raising the tribe's females into such "delicate" bodies.

Little did they know, females possessing great strength can give birth to even stronger offspring.

And Yun Li's Red Stage strength, in Gong Mei's view, is simply too weak.

Yun Li listened, feeling envious, and then told Gong Mei some things about her previous tribe.

"……So although some females also want to cultivate, without mentioning that the tribe doesn't have enough ferocious beast blood, it's simply not enough for all the offspring to use together, so only the sturdiest batch of offspring can be soaked."

Just saying, those few days of bloodbath were indeed hard to endure; I myself only got through them successfully with Mu Qing's help.

Gong Mei remembered that at the start of cultivation they indeed needed to use ferocious beast blood, but they mixed it with various herbs and poured it into a large pit full of water, then got in to soak.

Like Yun Li said, directly soaking in pure ferocious beast blood—who taught her that? Doesn't she know that doing so is very likely to fail?

Still, it's because their tribe always does this that it causes many females to be unable to endure it, so they cannot successfully cultivate.

「A Qing said he used to soak like that. 」

As for how the other beastmen in the tribe soak, they at most just add some water and some herbs, but Mu Qing said that after adding water, the ferocious beast blood being diluted will greatly weaken its stimulating effect on beast blood; even if they can cultivate, their cultivation talent won't be very strong.