Chapter 224: It's Beyond Your Reach

Mo Lie looked at Lin Manzhi sitting in the garden, and his previously unhurried steps quickened slightly.

Although he had taken the Little Female to the Planting Base in the morning before parting from her, after a whole morning had passed, it still felt as if they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Lin Manzhi leaned on the soft cushion, tilted her head upward and said, "Look quickly, I traded Holy Maiden Fruit for all this stuff~"

She looked at Mo Lie, raised her hand, waved the purchase contract she had just signed, and a bright joy flickered in her dark eyes.

His gaze followed the Little Female's pale slender hand as it moved; Mo Lie lowered his eyes, shifted his sight to Lin Manzhi, and in a low voice tinged with magnetic surprise said, "I knew it, my Zhi Zhi, you are the best."

Lin Manzhi, with a deliberately serious smile and a slight lift of her chin, watched Mo Lie sit beside her and handed him the contract in her hand: "Actually these foods are a pre‑sale transaction; we'll wait for them to bring the game over, it'll be thirty‑three days later."

Mo Lie unfurled the thin parchment in his hand, glanced down briefly, then placed this very important thin paper onto the low, shabby table, and lifted his gaze toward Lin Manzhi beside him.

He lowered his head and kissed the Little Female's cheek, then asked softly, "Are you hungry?"

Lin Manzhi rested her head on Mo Lie's shoulder, happily unrolled the contract again, tucked it into the void, and nodded, "Mm‑mm."

Mo Lie: "What do you want to eat for lunch?"

Lin Manzhi mentally reviewed the available food and, as if ordering, said, "Let's make fried meat patties."

Since she arrived here she has been with Mo Lie; at home Mo Lie always cooks himself, and she only occasionally cooks when she craves fresh food, which Mo Lie has attentively learned, so she no longer needs to cook.

Cooking for hunger started with just the two of them, but now Mo Lie commands countless subordinates, with guards and female attendants, yet he still keeps the habit of cooking for a female he likes; the process is pleasant, and seeing Lin Manzhi eat the food he prepared gives him an inexplicable sense of achievement.

Raising the Little Female so well is the highest praise for a male Beast.

Mo Lie curled his lip and said, "Hmm."

He said, "I'm not very confident about the fried meat patty method, Zhi Zhi, could you guide me from the side?"

While speaking, Mo Lie's naturally skillful hand looped around Lin Manzhi's waist, helping her stand, his face almost plainly expressing his desire to stay with her.

This expression of affection made Lin Manzhi very happy; at this moment the two were just an ordinary married couple, cooking and eating together, then taking a walk after the meal.

She quickened her pace, stepping out of Mo Lie's arms, then turned back, waiting for him to approach: "Let's go, let's go, I'll make a tomato sauce."

The two headed toward the small kitchen of the Lord's Residence.

……

The entry checkpoint fifty li outside Kuangsha City.

The group that arrived with Su Li had already finished negotiations inside the city, but they were stopped here, and the number of merchant caravans lingering here from various regions had reached several thousand.

Leading them was Huxi Meng, a caravan from An Sen Da Lu, who clutched a token and anxiously explained to the city guard:

"Why won't you let us enter Kuangsha City? Look, this is the identity token the Kuangsha City lord gave our caravan; I have six food shops in the East City and South City districts."

Another merchant caravan member added, "Yes, we have constantly brought commerce from all continents to do business in Kuangsha City, and this time we brought ten carts of goods."

Fulin, who had risen by his own effort to become the city guard captain, gave a cold smile, scanned the crowd, and shouted, "Our lord has spoken; the city is under construction and no unfamiliar Beastfolk may enter."

A Beastfolk among the city guard couldn't help but say irritably, "Weren't you supposed to leave before? Oh, now you know to come back, huh."

"Ugh, thick‑skinned," another replied.

The people of Kuangsha City respect the Lord's Wife so much that they despise these treacherous enemy merchant caravans equally; each gate guard facing these Beastfolk bristled with a urge to charge.

Huxi Meng, exposed for his earlier conduct, looked pale and stammered, "Our group's race is weak, not good at fighting; we left because we dared not cause trouble for Kuangsha City."

Fulin's expression turned grim: "Kuangsha City is a land blessed by the Beast God; a weak race like yours has no right to stay."

Huxi Meng: "..."

"It's not that we're weak; that's just my own description, why did you take it seriously?!"

After being rebuffed again, Huxi Meng, along with those present, couldn't help but turn his head toward the commander of the world's largest caravan, the Luo Lai Caravan's squad leader Ying Qi.

Ying Qi, following orders from his own lord Cangqiong, was on his way to Yuequan Lou to purchase medicinal plants with food.

He was stopped outside the city, unable to even enter, something he had never imagined.

How the hell am I supposed to go back and report to my lord? This barren Kuangsha City once relied entirely on the Leitingcheng caravans, bringing all kinds of supplies; only then could the city exist in the desert.

Every time we came to Kuangsha City we were welcomed by the five great leaders, but this time we experienced being despised and driven away for the first time!

Under everyone's gaze, Ying Qi kept a composed face and stepped forward, holding the identity token Kuangsha City had given the Luo Lai Caravan.

He looked at the once‑smiling Fulin and said, "I'm with the Luo Lai Caravan; are you sure you want to stop me now? Fulin, you should know that halting the Luo Lai Caravan would cause huge losses to Kuangsha City. Don't regret it later!"

Fulin gave a thin smile, "Hmph."

"I gave you a face!"

He had previously coveted the Luo Lai Caravan's various supplies, fearing the master behind the Luo Lai Caravan, and had tolerated holding such a thing.

But now it's different; he is the city guard captain personally appointed by the Kuangsha City lord, whose lord is also a super‑powered Beastfolk.

And his Lord's Wife is even more remarkable, truly favored by the Beast God!

Fulin's pupils narrowed to thin slits, his expression changed, and his human features, now bearing icy cold‑blooded Beast eyes, looked chillingly dangerous.

He habitually flicked his tongue over his lips, grinned, and spat a single word at Ying Qi: "Scram!"

Ying Qi's complexion turned ashen: "You…"

"You—what you!" Fulin boisterously interrupted him, glared at the Beastfolk opposite, and snarled, "This is our lord's territory; you have one minute to scram, or you'll be the invading enemy of Kuangsha City!"

As his words finished, a thousand‑strong Beastfolk army arrived.

The unit was led by Tuo Zong, whose commander had managed to slip into the Second Legion as a minor commander and now desperately sought to earn merit to gain the lord's favor.