Chapter 214: Everyone Wants……

With Cangqiong's strength, entering the Young Master's residence without alerting anyone would be effortless.

At this moment, Cangqiong squinted at the black panther that had just bristled at his waist, and in a charming voice said something terrifying: "Mo Lie has recovered; when he returns, Ansen City will belong to him again."

Mo Chi is the second beast son of Ansen City's lord Mo Cang, born of a different female mother than Mo Lie; the six‑year‑old Beast Form is still a one‑meter‑tall black panther.

They faced the suddenly appearing handsome male beast in the bedroom, unable to control the Beast Transformation, instinctively arched their back to appear more formidable, yet it was clear that before an adult Beastfolk they posed no threat at all.

Mo Chi's panther face was furious, and in a childish voice he raged, "Impossible—Mo Lie is a dead cripple; he's been dead for a long time!"

Cangqiong bent down, eyes fixed on the frail black panther cub that could be strangled with one hand, and his voice, laced with seductive deceit, said, "You must order someone to go to Kuangsha City and kill him; otherwise, when your father learns Mo Lie has recovered, you will be discarded like he once was, and after reaching adulthood you'll receive a barren fief, forced each year to pay exorbitant tribute to your lord brother."

As a lord's race, they are generally extremely powerful, and their bloodlines are hard to propagate, so there isn't just one female; they will seek one or two additional females, resulting in more than one son in a lifetime.

If they wish to become lords, they must endure brutal battles, and after reaching adulthood there will be a fair contest—whoever wins becomes king, and the loser receives a fief.

Even among the same paternal bloodline, the strength of abilities varies; before adulthood no one knows whose power is greater, and the struggle for lordship has always been cruel.

Most failed Beastfolk will honestly return to their allotted fiefs, possibly becoming support for their brother lords, or possibly harboring hidden murderous intent.

Someone like Cangqiong doesn't like leaving future trouble; after winning, he directly kills his two brothers, and most lords would do the same.

The male beasts of a lord's house are not ordinary brotherly allies who support each other in battle or good comrades bonded to the same female; they are destined to be rivals.

So after Cangqiong departs, the still‑young Mo Chi's heart is ruthless, and without even considering whether it's feasible, he immediately sends his trusted aide, plotting how to kill Mo Lie.

Cangqiong returns from Ansen City, comfortably waiting to stir up the dead silence of Kuangsha City, and then receives two pieces of news.

One is that Cha Lan of Sajin City suddenly leads an army toward Kuangsha City; the other is that the lord of Xing Yuan City has also taken action.

This makes Cangqiong restless; after scheming in secret for so long, it would be bad to let others snatch the victory outright, so he instantly adopts a cold expression and orders the gathering of troops to advance toward the Lei Ting Continent's Kuangsha side.

The news Cangqiong received about Xing Yuan City came just a few days ago.

Hou Meng rushed back to Xing Yuan City, knelt before a hall built from a gigantic flowering tree, forehead pressed to the ground, and said, "The Agave beer in Kuangsha City works just like our potent brew; once it appears, it becomes a substitute for a pseudo‑Female Pheromone drug, just like the potent brew."

The lord of Xing Yuan City, Yin Xuan, in Beast Form, is a gigantic silver‑backed gorilla with boundless strength, and his ability further multiplies his power severalfold, so that a single punch can split a small mountain.

His hair clings to his scalp and thins at the back of his head; his eyes brighten upon hearing Hou Meng's words, and he orders, "Kuangsha City stole our potent brew formula; I can only lead the army over there."

Like all continental Beastfolk, when they hear of something extremely valuable, the first solution that springs to mind is always—seize.

Plunder is their nature; the strong are the truth. Only when a Beastfolk encounters one stronger and is subdued will they resort to a gentler way to obtain what they want.

……

The movements of a continental lord gathering Beastfolk armies cannot be minor; a warrior from Kuangsha City stationed on Lei Ting Continent, upon seeing the unrest on Lei Ting Continent, immediately brought the news back.

Hua Zheng looked at the intelligence arriving from various places, startled inside, his expression turning exceedingly solemn.

Cangqiong of Lei Ting suddenly made a move directly toward Kuangsha City, but the Sa Jin Continent issue is still unresolved; right now it's not just one lord bringing an army, but two, and moreover he has recently learned that the Xing Yuan Forest is also unsettled.

This is terrible.

Hua Zheng furrowed his brows, feeling an unusually urgent pressure, ordered the messenger warrior to return and rest, then sprang up, clutching the information and sprinted out.

This matter must be reported immediately.

Inside the top‑floor office of Yuequan Lou in Central City.

Lin Manzhi looked somewhat surprised at Jia Jian, who stood before the desk with an uneasy expression, and asked, "You said that all the Merchant Caravans across the city left yesterday, and the shops were all closed??"

Just a few days earlier the first batch of Holy Maiden Fruit had sold smoothly; she thought the second batch would bring a large harvest of ripe fruit and wanted to negotiate the purchase contract a few days in advance.

The medicinal herbs of Kuangsha City have always been a hot commodity among Merchant Caravans, not a difficult matter; she assigned the negotiation of this to Jia Jian.

Lin Manzhi thought it would be easy, but she didn't expect the situation to change within just a few days.

Jia Jian glanced at Mo Lie behind the desk, trembling, and said, "Yes, indeed… on my way to Yuequan Lou today I sensed something was off; many shop fronts, even though the sun was high, had not opened to welcome customers, so I sent someone to investigate. The result was that every shop was completely emptied, containers knocked over in chaos, no one inside—clearly they had fled in a hurry."

Lin Manzhi: "……"

Ah, what??

Mo Lie patted the Little Female's head, his deep azure eyes steady, and said calmly, "Our conflict with Sa Jin Continent isn't a secret; merchant caravans across the continents already know. Kuangsha City has no walls, which gave them the chance to slip away from Kuangsha City in secret."

Lin Manzhi took a deep breath, saw Jia Jian's pupils turn into Beast eyes from fear, and said, "I understand, you may go down first."

Jia Jian quickly bowed and took his leave, exiting the room where he was face‑to‑face with the terrifying lord.

Watching Jia Jian leave, with only herself and Mo Lie left in the room, Lin Manzhi exhaled, "It seems they want to control our food, right?"

Merchant Caravans are highly sensitive to risks; they flee at the first sign of war, and the fact that all of them left Kuangsha City in one night surely indicates orders from the caravan owners behind the scenes.

Mo Lie turned his head to stare at Lin Manzhi.

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Indeed, Kuangsha City lies in the desert; food and water are our weak points. Now Kuangsha City has offended Cha Lan of Sa Jin City, and someone is waiting for Kuangsha City to be defeated so they can reap the spoils—such a decision will be acted upon…"