Chapter 92: Two People Alone

The moving went smoothly, especially since Yun Li and the others arrived at their new settlement and happened to encounter Ji Xuan giving instructions nearby.

Seeing that they had moved in with few belongings in hand, Ji Xuan proactively asked whether they needed extra hands for the move.

Leng Xiao smiled and said to Ji Xuan, "Right, there are many items over there; I wonder if the Young Master could spare a few people so we can bring all those things over quickly?"

Even Ji Xuan, who hasn't shown any intention of courting A Li, knows to ask about this; why can't Ge be more attentive? It seems he simply doesn't like A Li.

Since he doesn't like her, it's better not to enter their house.

Ji Xuan turned and called Ge and several other males to follow Mu Qing, and seeing this, Leng Xiao's gaze at Ji Xuan grew increasingly satisfied.

"Come in and sit?" he invited Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan glanced at Yun Li, who was soothing four cubs, their throat moving slightly, "Hmm."

But after the two entered the house, they found there was no place to sit, and the wooden stool Yun Li was on was one they had brought themselves.

Leng Xiao hadn't expected the stone house to be in such disarray; no wonder A Li, with the cubs, entered the house and stayed at the doorway.

"A Li, I'm going to fetch water. If you need anything, just go straight to Ji Xuan; he's right here."

Yun Li listened with a puzzled expression; after all, the Young Master Xuan is the Young Master of the Silver Eagle Tribe, so it wouldn't be appropriate for her to ask him for something.

But Leng Xiao patted the head of the alpha who was about to climb out of the stone house, lifted the cubs into the house, and strode away.

"Hey!"

Really, just leave her and Ji Xuan together like that with such confidence?

Yun Li, somewhat speechless, watched Leng Xiao's departing back, then seized the alpha's neck and the tail of the third cub that was trailing the alpha's rear, turned and saw the other two wolf cubs wagging their tails, trying to rush toward the doorway.

She snapped irritably, "No going out. It's so hot outside; aren't you afraid of the heat?"

The worst part is that the three Beast Husbands aren't nearby; in this scorching heat they run outside, and she still has to follow.

"They're still young; they can't understand what you say."

Ji Xuan, from behind her, said, "At home, didn't you have your Beast Husbands make something for them to play with?"

Toys for the beast cubs?

But Yun Li truly couldn't think of what two‑month‑old cubs could play with; give them a bone and they gnaw, but soon they get bored; offering some flowers and grass to tease them, they reflexively bite, and Yun Li couldn't help worrying they'd swallow them.

Wooden building blocks? They haven't even reached the transformation stage yet; blocks are basically like bones—after a few bites they get tired and stop playing.

So she asked Ji Xuan, "What can the wolf cubs play with?"

"Bone balls—if you toss them, they'll fetch. Also, make something resembling a fluffy rabbit from prey pelts; the wolf cubs can bite and play with it."

Ji Xuan saw Yun Li's surprised expression, as if "you could do that," and couldn't help asking, "When you don't take them out, how do the cubs entertain themselves at home?"

"A Xiu and I sometimes shift into beast forms to accompany them; most of the time the four of them can play together on their own."

Give the four cubs a bone, then place them on the ground laid with a beast‑skin rug; they can play by themselves for the whole day.

Of course, the alpha and the third show a stronger curiosity for exploring the outside, while the fourth, though often with the second, clearly prefers to bully the second.

Ji Xuan's gaze at Yun Li softened a bit, "You treat your cubs very well."

Yun Li smiled, "Isn't that expected? After all, I gave birth to them."

Since she bore them, she must fulfill her maternal duties.

"Females in the tribe rarely stay with their cubs all day like you do."

Ji Xuan's A Mu even more so.

When she gave birth to him, A Mu was immersed in A Fu's betrayal; even though she never abused Ji Xuan, her attitude toward him remained distant.

As Ji Xuan grew a bit older, she had other cubs, and he was habitually ignored by her until A Fu came to take him away.

A Mu finally showed reluctance to part with him, but she ultimately let A Fu take him away; later he grew up under A Mu's guilt and A Fu's sternness, developing his current composed and aloof temperament.

Yun Li thought his words were a bit imprecise, "I don't accompany the cubs all day either; in the tribe I go out every afternoon with my Beast Husband."

As for why I don't go out in the morning?

It's simply because I can't get up; most of the time I exercise late at night and sleep late, so I can't rise, though sometimes I just like to lounge in bed until the sun is high.

Ji Xuan: "You go out every day; are you trying to break through the Orange Rank?"

Yun Li nodded, "I started cultivating too late."

I only began cultivating at twenty‑three, unlike Ji Xuan, who is just a year older and already a Blue Rank Beastman.

"The Orange Rank is easy to break through; just absorb more Crystal Cores and hunt independently a few more times. Breaking through before this rainy season won't be a problem."

That's how Ji Xuan got here; even though Yun Li started cultivating late, she's a wolf Beastman, and once her beast blood is awakened, her physique should be better than that of female rabbit or mouse Beastmen.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Ji Xuan say that, Yun Li instantly became interested, "Then I'll try independent hunting when I return; I've also honed some skill in archery."

Ji Xuan was a bit surprised that she hadn't yet hunted independently, but as an outsider he still had no right to interfere.

So he changed the subject, "I heard the bow and arrow were originally invented by you?"

Yun Li thought to herself that she didn't invent the bow and arrow; she merely copied modern cold weapons, "It's not really my invention; I just mentioned it to A Qing, and he made it for me."

Hearing her brag about her Beast Husband, Ji Xuan lowered his eyes slightly, suppressing a bit of inappropriate disappointment; he crouched and patted the wolf cub at his feet, saying:

"It's a very ingenious weapon, well suited for the Silver Eagle Tribe's Beastmen."

Yun Li smiled, "Don't you think the bow and arrow play too minor a role in hunting?"

When facing beasts with thick hide and flesh, the bow and arrow can only serve as auxiliary support.

"Bows and arrows are great for driving away beasts during a hunt and can guard against soaring raptors. How did you come to think their role in hunting is too small?"

Ji Xuan lifted his head, "You should go hunting alone once."

Yun Li was very receptive, especially since Ji Xuan was offering guidance on cultivation—a field she didn't understand—so she listened even more to the words of this Beastman whose cultivation had proceeded smoothly.

"…I understand, thank you for telling me this."

Yun Li laughed at Ji Xuan; the female's smile made Ji Xuan's vision a bit blurry—probably an angle issue—but he saw her smile as if it were glowing, even her hair strands dazzling.

His heartbeat in his chest suddenly quickened.

Ji Xuan lowered their head a little awkwardly, but still said, "If you want to go, I can arrange for you to go out of the valley with the Tribe's Hunting Squad."