Chapter 213: Good Girl, Don't Worry

Lin Manzhi lightly blinked, turned and walked toward the Holy Maiden Fruit field ahead, recalled the news she heard this morning, her expression a bit worried: "We're going to war with Sajin City, right?"

Mo Lie walked at an unhurried pace beside Lin Manzhi, his blue eyes narrowed slightly: "I won't let Cha Lan lead his troops into Kuangsha City to fight; the battle, as I intend, will be set in the desert."

Lin Manzhi, a bit anxious, bit her lower lip; Cha Lan's army from Sajin City, with its massive momentum, also meant their position was easy to locate, so intercepting them midway would be equivalent to gaining the initiative.

Mo Lie cast a soothing glance at Lin Manzhi beside him and continued:

"We don't have fewer troops than those on Sa Jin Continent; Cha Lan of Sajin City was once a defeated subordinate of mine. I will suppress him, so when our legion faces the warriors of Sajin City, despite our warriors' lack of combat experience, the Sajin soldiers' long marches and unfamiliar environment will not cause us to lose."

His expression was very steady, stemming from confidence in his own martial strength.

Lin Manzhi recalled from the original work that Mo Lie single‑handedly held off several Great Lords around the heroine, but unexpectedly none of them mattered to the heroine; the plot remained unchanged, and the lords of Sajin City and Leitingcheng became hostile toward each other.

Obviously this time they aren't acting because of the heroine herself, but because of the medicinal herb she produced.

She felt helpless too; she couldn't simply stop taking the crops from her own domain just because others were jealous.

Coexisting peacefully in the Beastfolk world is impossible; without a Beast King, each Great Lord governs independently, and conflict can never be avoided.

If not for the attacks of the Exotic Beast and Exotic Bird Tide, the continents would be at war year after year.

Cha Lan led his troops straight at them, leaving no chance for her to use Dragon Tongue Honey Water to establish trade with the other side, and she also knew that to have a chance at peace talks with Sajin City, she would have to defeat Cha Lan.

Lin Manzhi relaxed her bitten lower lip, the pink lips gaining a moist sheen, thought for a moment and nodded: "You can add me to your power; you can use the ingress and egress of my space to conceal yourself."

Mo Lie silently curved his lips: "With you, our odds are greater; Zhi Zhi, don't worry, I won't let Kuangsha City be destroyed."

He doesn't care at all what the former Kuangsha City has become.

Now Kuangsha City is a city he co‑manages with Lin Manzhi, and he will not allow anyone to damage it.

"Battle?"

He loves battle the most.

All male beasts like to prove their strength through combat to attract females; before he scoffed, now he also has the desire to forcibly display his power in front of Lin Manzhi.

His concern for Kuangsha City is simply because he cares for her; to obtain a territory belonging to both of them, any battle or slaughter, he never fears.

A blood‑thirsty smile lingered in Mo Lie's eyes, and his drooping lashes skillfully concealed the madness within.

He tilted his head, his gaze constantly fixed on Lin Manzhi, and he couldn't help raising his hand to touch the back of her sleek black hair.

Lin Manzhi snapped out of her tangled emotions, turned her head toward Mo Lie.

Mo Lie let out a low laugh, his hand that was patting Lin Manzhi's head slid onto her shoulder, gently embracing her: "Good girl, don't worry, everything has your Beast Husband with you."

The familiar scent at Lin Manzhi's nose, her nervous heart worrying about the upcoming battle, was inexplicably soothed by the composed Mo Lie.

Scanning the Holy Maiden Fruit saplings, she silently made up her mind and said, "Hmm, lately I'll take Jia Jian and negotiate good prices with the merchant caravans from the various continents."

Fortunately the Holy Maiden Fruit has ripened; the Kuangsha City legion under Mo Lie's command has been training recently, so the only thing she can do now is stockpile grain and ensure logistics are flawless.

In her mind Lin Manzhi imagined that the most profitable thing in her hands right now is this batch of ripe Holy Maiden Fruit.

At six hundred Beast Coins per fruit, it's worth at least 1.2 billion Beast Coins; among the merchant caravans of other continents, that can be exchanged for medium Exotic Beast meat at twenty Beast Coins per kilogram, amounting to sixty million kilograms.

If she opts for the more storable meat jerky, which is pricier, she could still trade for over six million kilograms of jerky.

Those jerky amounts sound large, but they would be exhausted in the blink of an eye feeding a roughly 120,000‑strong Beastfolk warrior legion.

Lin Manzhi thought with a sigh.

"Sigh…"

Raising an army really burns money, and it's no wonder that the desert territory of Kuangsha City previously had no lord; earlier leaders like Xiang Sa in Kuangsha City survived solely by courting merchant caravans.

It turns out that relying only on the prey around the Kuangsha territory and the tax revenue from Kuangsha City can sustain such a massive army, but cannot sustain the 'Kuangsha City' itself.

Fortunately she has modern crops; once the second batch of tens of millions of Holy Maiden Fruit and the third batch mature, she can continue swapping them for food, solving the desert's food shortage.

When Lin Manzhi thinks of occupying such a vast desert, bearing an equally heavy responsibility, she can't help praying in her heart.

"Please, let the cherry radishes, watermelons, and so on… ripen quickly."

"Short on money, short on grain, short on water—everything's lacking."

"Meanwhile—"

Cangqiong, whom the people of Sajin City thought was trying to covertly seize Kuangsha City, hasn't realized he's shouldered such a massive black pot.

Since returning from Kuangsha City, Cangqiong hasn't rushed to lead troops over, because after some thought he confirmed that the pursuing Beastfolk possessed earth‑type abilities.

To wield such overwhelming power, the only one he could think of who wasn't weaker than him on the continent was a certain strong figure.

Mo Lie.

The affairs of Ansen City are observed by all continents, and he of course knows about them.

In Ansen City, Mo Lie was once the most formidable male beast across the continents, but unfortunately, during an Exotic Beast Tide he became a cripple unable to undergo Beast Transformation; after being abandoned by his lord he vanished, and to make room for the new Young Master, one mountain cannot accommodate two masters.

Because An Sen Da Lu lost the strong Mo Lie, and the new Young Lord has not yet matured, the continent has become much more low‑key lately.

Cangqiong was quite surprised to see Mo Lie in Kuangsha City; after returning and hearing the report, the Great Witch had refined a Soul Cocoon Divine Pill, so Mo Lie's recovery was no longer astonishing.

Later, at his suggestion, the Luo Lai Caravan exchanged food for the Holy Maiden Fruit from Kuangsha City, and after consuming this medicinal herb.

He became increasingly certain that the female he sought in Kuangsha City was the one who would bring the medicinal herb.

Cangqiong is not an impulsive Beastfolk; he is rather cautious about this.

His legion wants to cross the desert to fight, facing long marches and an unsuitable environment; in contrast, Mo Lie has already seized Kuangsha City and built a considerable force.

Robbing Mo Lie of his possessions would incur greater losses.

Cangqiong wants others to first expend themselves or hold him off, then act opportunistically to snatch the female and her medicinal herb at minimal cost.

That day, Cangqiong covertly arrived at Ansen City, without contacting the city's lord Mo Cang, but instead sought a way to find the Young Lord Mo Chi.