Chapter 245: The Great Strange Incident

Luo Ji was startled by the newcomer's words, abruptly stopped, rushed to the courtyard gate, flung it open, his expression more urgent than the person outside, and asked aloud, "What's wrong! Why are you shouting?"

He let out a low growl, then fixed his gaze and recognized the person outside as a fellow named She Yi, one of the Beast Husbands of his female daughter.

She Yi's face was frantic; he raked his disheveled hair, his eyes widened and reddened, and his voice, tinged with pain, said, "Clan leader, Feifei's fetus that she had been carrying for over a month just miscarried…"

Luo Ji let out a sigh of relief.

"Good, good, as long as it isn't that person's matter, it won't be a big problem."

After a few seconds, Luo Ji processed She Yi's words and, as if his tail had been stepped on, sprang out the doorway, shouting hoarsely:

"How could this be!"

He stared sternly at She Yi at the doorway and demanded, "Speak! Did you do something that angered Feifei? Otherwise, why would my Feifei miscarry?"

She Yi, after the clan leader's roar, sadly lowered his head.

He said sadly, "In the evening her belly began to hurt, I went to seek the Witch Matriarch, but when I brought the Witch Matriarch over, Feifei collapsed in a pool of blood… sob… the Shamaness examined and said the fetus was gone."

Luo Ji staggered, unsteady, clasped his forehead in grief, and anxiously asked, "Then how is my Feifei? Is her body okay? Has she awakened?"

She Yi lifted his head, his expression bleak, and said, "After Feifei woke up she kept crying nonstop; she can't accept the fetus's sudden mishap…"

He began to weep, recalling the bloodstain on Xu Feifei's clothing; perhaps she was carrying his own fetus… surely cute and strong, how could it die before birth.

Luo Ji, grief‑stricken, raised his head, said nothing, and hurried toward Xu Feifei; She Yi, seeing this, silently followed back.

At that moment Luo Ji and She Yi walked along the road, hearing sorrowful cries from different parts of the tribe; listening closely, among low beast sounds were the wails of several male beasts who had suddenly lost their offspring and could not accept it.

His heart raced, a vague ominous premonition stirring within him.

Many females in their tribe became pregnant simultaneously during the cold season, a joyous event never before seen in years, seemingly because a never‑before‑seen elixir had begun, right?!

"Damn, the Beast God is going to destroy me."

"If the elixir truly has a problem, why couldn't the issue wait a few days? It happened precisely while that person was present!"

On the other side.

Hua Zheng, who had been resting with his eyes closed inside, heard the commotion outside and snapped his eyes open.

He rose, left the room, leapt onto the courtyard wall to look out, and the unusual wailing in the darkness made him frown.

"What? The offspring are gone?"

"Too strange, how could so many pregnant females all encounter problems at the same moment?"

He crossed his arms, tapped his fingers on his arm, thought for a moment, then decided to go down and see.

……

The next day Mo Lie smiled at the corner of his mouth, helped the huffing Lin Manzhi gently put on her clothes; his blue eyes held a lazy satisfaction, his slightly magnetic voice softened, and he apologized crisply, "My fault, next time I'll definitely listen to you."

"Okay?"

Lin Manzhi turned her face away unhappily and said nothing.

Mo Lie continued, "Fortunately you're here, Zhi Zhi; after I drank the Ginseng Essence last night, all the abnormalities in my body were cured."

Lin Manzhi, hearing that, turned her head slightly back toward Mo Lie, saying that it was also caused by her own words.

Seeing this, Mo Lie calmly tied the strap at the collar of Little Female's robe, his voice lifting slightly, "Don't worry, it's a good thing for me."

He seemed to know Little Female's worry, didn't beat around the bush to tease her, and pretended to be pitiful to gain more care from her.

Mo Lie stated plainly, "After taking the Ginseng Essence I found the energy in my Spirit Core increased, so I drank all the Ginseng liquid you gave me."

Lin Manzhi, drawn by this, turned back, her dark eyes unable to hide concern, "You drank it all? Is the Spirit Core okay?"

Mo Lie replied, "It's fine, but the Ginseng liquid only works the first time; the next few bottles have no effect."

Mo Lie's voice was steady and calm, without any ambiguous flippancy, yet his words still reminded Lin Manzhi of last night, making her ears flush red.

"Who said it's over!"

"Because you replenished it, last night you were being disobedient and clinging to me like that."

Lin Manzhi's ears heated as she snorted coldly in her heart.

Blushing, she averted her gaze and said, "As long as it's fine, you said the Ginseng Essence has a strengthening effect, so shall we, after returning to Kuangsha City, have the Shamaness test the other five elixirs—"

Mo Lie raised an eyebrow and said considerately, "I can detect the effect of the medicinal plants, Zhi Zhi you don't need to trouble outsiders. If you're uneasy, you can also take the medicinal plants to the Shamaness at Wushen Temple for testing."

Lin Manzhi rose from the bed, standing beside Mo Lie, a head shorter than him.

Actually, the crops in her own space, when taken out to eat, matched the effects Mo Lie described quite accurately.

Since he said he would test them himself, there was no need to find others.

She slightly lifted her head, looked at Mo Lie, and said, "Alright, I won't have the Shamaness test them; having you is enough."

The black‑haired male beast lowered his thick eyelashes, his blue eyes like a clear sky, reflecting Little Female before him, giving the feeling that his whole heart and eyes were only for her.

Mo Lie lifted his hand, his fingertips lightly brushed the red bite mark exposed on Little Female's side neck, his eyes half‑closed with a satisfied smile.

"In our household you are the master; whatever Zhi Zhi says is law."

"Heh, if you were this obedient in bedroom matters, that would be great."

Lin Manzhi raised her hand to press down Mo Lie's wandering hand on her neck side, directing both, "Hmm, stop messing around now; after we finish eating we'll go to the space, you gather all the herbs, replant them, and I'll take something grown in the Spiritual Field to see Xi Tao."

Mo Lie's smile at the corner of his lips vanished.

His lip color was redder than usual, as if over‑applied rouge; when not smiling his lip line was stern, looking ascetically alluring.

Lin Manzhi gave Mo Lie a serious look, then turned and walked out without looking back, saying, "You just said you would listen to me, and we only split for a short while; I'll be right back."

Mo Lie knew when to stop.

With a hint of lingering attachment he stepped up to follow Little Female, not insisting on staying by Lin Manzhi's side, nor restricting her decision to go out alone.

He was in Little Female's space, effectively by her side.

"That's how it is, indeed."

When the two had finished a lavish breakfast, Lin Manzhi was about to take Mo Lie to the space, when a rhythmic knocking sounded at the courtyard gate.