Chapter 211: It

Xiong Kui now at least counts as one of us; he wants to do farm work, and I certainly won't stop him.

She said: "Xiong Kui I know you're very capable; next time we expand the Planting Base, if you still want to farm, be a planter."

Xiong Kui happily shouted: "Yay!!"

Xiang Sa curled his lip: "Farming isn't just about muscles."

Xiong Kui: "Hey! The Lord's Wife has spoken, what else do you want to say? I think you're disrespecting the Lord's Wife…"

"Alright, the most urgent thing now is to quickly set up the Planting Greenhouse." Lin Manzhi interrupted the two, lifted her chin toward the material‑carrying team: "You two may not argue, go work."

Being the tallest among those present, Lin Manzhi, despite the two's mutual displeasure, suppressed her irritable urge to fight, turned and got to work.

The Beastfolk's great strength proved that work was also fast; that day forty Planting Greenhouses were erected.

The next day, Lin Manzhi first soaked the seeds of the two main crops, and mobilized five hundred planters; after soaking in water for a few hours, the sprouting Holy Maiden Fruit and cherry radish were placed one by one into the cultivation soil.

In this Planting Base, Holy Maiden Fruit still dominates, occupying ten Planting Greenhouses, while cherry radish occupies five.

In the following two or three days, potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, watermelons and cucumbers were planted in turn; watermelons and cucumbers were first seed‑grown, corn could be planted directly one by one, potatoes needed to be cut into small pieces at the buds and buried, sweet potatoes were planted whole, and after the vines grew long they could be cut and replanted.

Five kinds of melons and fruits each had five Planting Greenhouses; after finishing the work at Base No. 3, Base No. 4 was also completed, and Lin Manzhi continued to organize people for farm work…

Even with enough manpower, it took more than ten busy days to finish all four new Planting Greenhouses; the Planting Base expanded from the original fifty mu to eight hundred fifty mu.

In this base, the crops Lin Manzhi first planted were exactly the ones mentioned before, with no additions.

Among them, Holy Maiden Fruit, famed for its similarity to a Spirit Core soothing elixir, was cultivated; even when Lin Manzhi found big tomatoes and eggplant beans that have similar effects for the Beastfolk here, she did not plant others.

Thus Holy Maiden Fruit was planted the most, covering five hundred mu, and could later be sold outward to earn money for her.

Cherry radish also covered fifty mu; many Beastfolk who like fresh raw food are plentiful, and it can be sold just like fruit.

The remaining Agave was planted on one hundred mu, grapes took ten mu, and potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, watermelons and cucumbers each occupied about thirty‑eight mu.

Looking at this Planting Base, the Beastfolk of Kuangsha City were overjoyed; they could hardly imagine how wonderful it would be if these precious medicinal plants ripened, finally no longer having to queue to scramble for them!

……

While daydreaming about a bright future in Kuangsha City, the Lord of Sajin City Cha Lan was waiting for Hu Jiao to bring him happy news.

He had never expected to receive news of betrayal.

Xiong Hei reported the events in the desert to the chief Lord of Sajin City Cha Lan from the perspective of War General Hu Jiao.

Clearly, his own legion trampled the ragtag of Kuangsha City, yet Hu Jiao suddenly shouted surrender to the enemy, causing the army to lose its leader, fall into chaos, and retreat defeated from the desert.

The hall's atmosphere was as heavy as a jackhammer pressing down.

Cha Lan sat on the high throne, his tall, robust body like a beast perched above, slightly looking down; his amber‑like eyes flashed dim light, making everyone hold their breath, and those standing in the hall kept their heads low, daring not to speak.

He held a gem‑inlaid tiger‑tooth dagger, tossing it up repeatedly; the sharp blade flash cut through a cold forest light, and with a fierce expression he even smiled: "Good, very good."

The hearts of those below the throne thumped wildly, seeing the lord's demeanor and the dagger that seemed ready to slit the traitor's throat at any moment.

The prime minister seated at his foot tightened his brows: "This Hu Jiao who came from Ansen City truly cannot be trusted, lacking loyalty, changing his stance when the situation shifts."

Hu Jiao, once a famed War General of Ansen City, after betraying his home was taken in by the merciful lord, given the treatment only a War General of Sajin City receives; now he is called a traitor again.

That's twice now.

The prime minister was unsurprised: "But why would he choose to abandon our lord? Who in Kuangsha City made him think it was worth defecting to?"

Of course, everyone knows Kuangsha City's origin: a capital that fell and vanished overnight a thousand years ago, becoming a barren desert that all continents used as a place of exile for criminals.

That place has strong people, but absolutely no Supernatural Male Beast, and Hu Jiao, leaving a glorious War General's prestige behind, ran to a sandland where beasts don't even defecate—does he intend to become lord himself?

Hearing the prime minister's doubt, everyone in the hall thought the same, including Xiong Hei who had experienced the battlefield; his heart fluttered, fearing the lord's punishment, he knelt, unable to speak.

"Hu Jiao dares to defect to Kuangsha City." Cha Lan halted his dagger toss, the blade casting a shadow over his wild handsome face, "I will personally decapitate him and offer his head as a winter tribute to the Beast God."

The prime minister asked: "Lord, should we first send people to Kuangsha City to investigate before you act?"

Cha Lan sneered: "No need; Kuangsha City may be manipulated by the Lei Ting Continent's lord Cangqiong, sending people there would be suicide; only I going personally can defeat him."

Lei Ting Continent's lord Cangqiong?

Everyone felt a chill; the possibility the lord raised seemed increasingly like the truth.

The prime minister paused briefly, saying: "The lord of Ansen City Mo Cang has entered old age, the junior lord Mo Lie is said to be crippled, and the successor is a six‑year‑old cub."

"The lord of Xing Yuan City Yin Xuan, though in his prime, rules a fertile domain and has never cared for the barren Kuangsha City. The lord of Ten Thousand Beasts Continent Shi Jiu, whose lands are inhabited by many different bloodlines, each occupying separate territories, causing constant friction; he has little interest in foreign lands. The lord of Ao Dai Continent Kan Jialu, farthest from Kuangsha City, is the continent that interacts least with it."

He analyzed the situation of several continents, nodded slightly and continued: "The Lei Ting Continent's lord Cangqiong, because the Mountain Classic Beast Temple island is rarely invaded, he also controls the world's largest Merchant Caravan, whose influence in Kuangsha City is second only to Wushen Temple; lord, you are right, Hu Jiao's strategy is not weak, only a mightier Supernatural Male Beast could bend him, and the recent rumors of a laughing Kuangsha City lord could very well be Cangqiong."