Chapter 93: The Females Were Taken Away

Huh?

Yun Li stared at Ji Xuan in surprise, wondering why he was helping her so much for no apparent reason.

"It's only to let you leave the valley with the Hunting Squad; it's not a big deal. Besides, you and the other Beast Husbands are all quite capable, and they can take you out of the valley as well."

Sensing her scrutiny, Ji Xuan steadied his fluctuating mood and calmly found an excuse to conceal his selfish motives.

Finally, he stood up, looked toward the doorway, and said, "Your Beast Husband has returned."

Yun Li's attention was drawn by his last words, and she also looked toward the doorway.

But it wasn't Leng Xiao, who had gone to fetch water, who returned first; instead, Leng Xiu, Mu Qing, and their group of Beastmen brought everything back.

"Where's A Xiao?"

When Leng Xiu arrived, he only saw Yun Li with four pups together with Ji Xuan, and his brows involuntarily furrowed.

Although his perception of Ji Xuan was decent, his younger brother seemed far too relaxed about placing the females together with a single male.

Headache!

"He went to fetch water."

Just as Yun Li finished speaking, the two wolf pups in her arms started howling at Leng Xiu, "howl" "howl."

Especially the third one, whose cry sounded rather pitiful.

Someone unaware would think she was being attacked.

Yun Li helplessly set the two pups down, and as soon as they were released, they ran outward.

"I knew they'd run out. Now your father is back, run however you like."

Anyway, the one who has to go out under the blazing sun to fetch them isn't her.

"Fetching water? But we already fetched the water when we arrived."

Leng Xiu said, and when the eldest and the third pup ran out, the second pup, stepping on the fourth's shadow, also ran over.

He grabbed the second pup and tossed it toward the third.

The second pup was a bit timid, so the third could keep it in check.

Yun Li saw the tossed second pup just regain its footing when the third pounced on it, and she couldn't help but laugh.

"Among the four pups, the third really has the worst temper."

It might also be because they're spoiling her; after all, the third is a female pup. Even though Yun Li sees male and female pups as the same, Leng Xiu and the others are biased.

When feeding, they always give the third first; if the other three male pups try to snatch, Leng Xiu and Leng Xiao will grab them by the neck.

Hearing that, Leng Xiu raised an eyebrow, glanced at the third pup biting the second, and asked, "What's wrong with the third's temper?"

Yun Li looked at him speechlessly; she knew he favored females over males, but the male pups are still his offspring, aren't they?

The second pup had its ear bitten by the third, screaming in pain, yet his father acted as if he hadn't seen it.

"Separate them first."

She didn't want to argue about it; the pups were still young and their temperaments hadn't formed.

She didn't want to keep lecturing, fearing the third would take her words to heart and eventually grow up with the very bad temper she mentioned.

Although in her private thoughts she believed a somewhat ill‑tempered female was preferable to a gentle female who gets constantly bullied, the pups were still young and unnamed, making any judgment premature.

Leng Xiu didn't follow Yun Li's suggestion to act on the two fighting pups; he only said a line as Ge went over to pull the two pups apart.

"No need to worry about them; the third won't hurt his own brothers."

Actually, the second pup usually plays the scapegoat in front of the eldest and the third, but seeing how he bullies the fourth reveals he's quite cunning.

Ge watched the two pups he had just separated, and after a moment they lunged at each other again; this time the previously bullied second pup pinned the third and bit.

Ge observed the scene and fell silent.

But the third clearly wasn't inexperienced; after a short while he rejoined the fray.

On the other side, Mu Qing had just set down what he was holding when the eldest pup waddled over, wagging its tail.

Instinctively, he reached out to pat the pup's head and asked, "Are you hungry? Or thirsty?"

The eldest only responded with a howl "howl" toward him; Mu Qing, not being a wolf Beastman, naturally couldn't understand, so he simply gave the eldest a basin of fresh water according to his own guess.

The stone jar they brought already contained water, though not full, so the Beastmen carrying the jar simply filled it up on the way before delivering it.

Anyway, the stone houses by the river here were nearby, and it didn't take much effort.

However, just as Yun Li and the others were using stone basins to fetch water and clean up several stone houses, Leng Xiao's side suddenly ran into Ahe's Beast Husband.

……

"Are you sure those females were abducted by the Youbuluo Snake Beastmen? No mistake?"

Seeing Leng Xiao still doubting, Meng, his face full of anxiety, assured, "We definitely didn't get it wrong; before those males fell, we saw several Snake Beastmen take them away."

"Leng Xiao, what should we do? If those small‑tribe Beastmen did it, we don't need your help; we can call people ourselves to rescue them."

"But it's the Youbuluo Snake Beastmen? Apart from Youbuluo, no other tribe would even shelter male Snake Beastmen."

Leng Xiao's expression darkened slightly, and he soothed him, "Calm down; we'll go to the Silver Eagle Tribe's Young Master right now and ask what's going on."

He wondered if they had been deceived, since trade between the Silver Eagle Tribe and the Youbuluo had already begun.

That's why those females were snatched by a few Snake Beastmen as soon as they stepped onto the Silver Eagle Tribe's designated territory.

"Go find the Silver Eagle Tribe's Young Master? Will he help us?"

Meng was very worried that the Silver Eagle Tribe, which treats females as objects, would never clash with the Youbuluo Beastmen for their sake; he feared Leng Xiao's trip would be in vain and might even cause the Silver Eagle Tribe's Beastmen to bear a grudge against Leng Xiao.

If Leng Xiao's family couldn't stay in the Silver Eagle Tribe, then ordinary Beastmen would have it even worse.

"If they don't help us, they'll just take us out of the Silver Eagle Tribe. Since they don't see females as people, why should we stay here?"

If Ji Xuan deceived them, what would all the effort they've made these days amount to?

Leng Xiao thought of how his female had been obsessively trying to stop the trade between the Silver Eagle Tribe and the Youbuluo, yet they ended up doing so much— even preparing sugar‑making and clothing‑making techniques to offer to the Silver Eagle Tribe.

Ji Xuan deliberately misled them, giving the wrong transaction time.

Now those few females are in the hands of the Youbuluo beastmen; if Ji Xuan and his group don't intervene, how could their family alone possibly rescue those females from the Youbuluo?

Upon hearing it, a hint of wanting to speak but stopping flashed across Meng's face.

Although Leng Xiao's words sound moving, the reality is that they've already seen what the Great Tribe looks like, and they are nowhere willing to follow Leng Xiao and leave here to form a small tribe.

Not to mention, if Ya and the others go to the Youbuluo, the other females wouldn't have to be sent out by the Silver Eagle Tribe's beastmen as objects; then Ahe and the others would indeed breathe a sigh of relief.

But these were ultimately just Meng's wild fantasies; in the end he still followed Leng Xiao and met the Young Master of the Silver Eagle Tribe.