Chapter 274: You Stole My Marriage Contract

"I'm looking for someone?" Lin Manzhi retorted.

Mo Lie curled his lip, his blue eyes a cold expanse, bearing a hint of murderous intent as he looked at Lin Ling.

As if locked onto by a beast, Lin Ling staggered back a step, biting her own lip hard.

Ah! You actually dare to protect her!

If I hadn't taken out the Concentrated Spirit Dew, Mo Lie couldn't have recovered…

Regret rose in Lin Ling's heart, and the downcast eyes were filled with hatred toward Lin Manzhi.

It was Lin Manzhi who snatched away her rightful place.

If, if Lin Ling had known that this incarnation of Mo Lie could become so powerful, Lin Ling shouldn't have discarded Mo Lie; then the one now seated above is Lin Ling!

Lin Ling lifted her head again, her gaze fixed on Lin Manzhi's face; consumed by intense jealousy, she said with a look of grievance, "We grew up together since childhood; is there anything you have that sister doesn't know? Don't blame me for exposing this, after all deceiving the Great Witch is a grave crime…"

Speaking, Lin Ling's eyes, as if wounded, glanced at Mo Lie: "... Back then, I was the most suitable candidate to form a Bond with Mo Lie, but you voluntarily asked me to give you the Marriage Contract with Mo Lie…"

Lin Ling's eyes held an unspeakable grievance, like a female who loves her younger sister, forced by Lin Manzhi's pleading to relinquish the Marriage Contract with Mo Lie.

Lin Ling is confident that Lin Manzhi is inferior; a female with Pregnancy Value 4 can never outdo a female with Pregnancy Value 2, and a Beast Husband would all think that.

Listen, if Lin Manzhi hadn't snatched your Wife Master's position, and you had formed a Bond, Mo Lie might have been able to have an offspring.

Mo Lie was hers before! He should be hers in this life as well!

Lin Ling looked up toward above.

Mo Lie sat high above, his black hair and blue eyes, his features handsome and aloof, yet exuding a deadly allure.

Lin Ling's eyes held a hint of admiration as she gazed at Mo Lie, saying suggestively, "I've always been concerned about the wound on you; when I obtained the thousand-year Concentrated Spirit Dew, realizing I couldn't find any other herbs for the Soul Cocoon Divine Pill, I offered it to the Great Witch…"

Lin Ling cupped her heart with both hands, tears on the verge of falling, choking out, "Wonderful… as long as the Soul Cocoon Divine Pill is obtained, I knew you would definitely get the elixir; it's wonderful that you can recover…"

—Your Spirit Core can heal, all because of me.

I am your lifesaver!

Mo Lie's gaze never once fell on Lin Ling below; it remained fixed on Lin Manzhi.

His blue eyes were as deep as the sea, his profile slightly lowered, and a slight curve at the corner of his mouth softened that otherwise inhuman coldness.

"Is what she said true?"

Mo Lie's voice was low and deep, the tail lingering, sounding as if he were flirting: "So, Zhi Zhi, you've liked me since that early? It was you who proactively proposed to form a Bond with me…"

Lin Manzhi flashed back to the vague words she said when she first crossed over, lightly nodding: "That makes sense."

It was originally she who verbally accepted the Marriage Contract with Mo Lie, but at the time she thought it was a dream, also thinking that since there could be many Beast Husbands, strength didn't matter, only looks did.

But thinking about it, there's no need to say that to Mo Lie; the values she holds when reading novels sometimes differ from her real-life values.

She turned to Mo Lie, her jet-black pupils bright as untainted gems, her voice melodious and moving: "But… it should be that you fell for me."

Mo Lie curled his lip, his low voice unintentionally softened: "That's right."

Cangqiong beside them frowned and averted his gaze.

Below, Lin Ling: "...!"

Lin Ling felt a sense of powerlessness as if a fist were punching into cotton, watching Mo Lie's unprecedented expression, Lin Ling could hardly believe her own eyes.

Mo Lie could not possibly show such a gentle expression; it must be fake!

Could Lin Manzhi truly be the one who cultivates the medicinal herbs?

So…

So that's why Mo Lie dotes on Lin Manzhi so much???

At this moment, hearing Lin Ling and Lin Manzhi's conversation, Su Li discerned that although the two were sisters, their relationship was rather antagonistic.

She calmed a bit and said, "Great Witch, the medicinal herbs were indeed cultivated by Lin Manzhi."

Everyone was instantly pulled back to the main matter, as if recalling the business at hand.

The Great Witch glanced at the pitiful Lin Ling, her aged eyes thoughtful, "Naturally I trust the Kuangsha City Lord's Wife's ability."

The Great Witch turned to Lin Manzhi, praising satisfiedly, "You, at such a young age, have cultivated medicinal herbs that benefit the Beastfolk; that's truly an impressive achievement."

Lin Manzhi smiled and lightly nodded, no longer looking at Lin Ling, discussing some meaningless matters with her.

She cast a glance at Mo Lie.

Mo Lie casually glanced at Hua Zheng standing below, and Hua Zheng immediately turned and slipped away silently.

Lin Manzhi then looked at the Great Witch and asked, "Great Witch, I heard the Huo Mother Elixir originates from the Wushen Temple; are you aware of this?"

Lin Ling's heart hammered.

She felt an indescribable tingling on her scalp; the Wushen Temple suddenly became very dangerous.

The Great Witch's expression softened, glancing at Lin Manzhi and Mo Lie, she smiled, "I know, the Lord's Wife wants the Huo Mother Elixir to nurture offspring, right?"

Lin Manzhi: "No."

"I previously heard of the Huo Mother Elixir among the Luosangya tribe in Ansen City; none of the females who took the Huo Mother Elixir gave birth— all suffered miscarriages, their bodies severely damaged. Later, on my way to the Wushen Temple, I discovered a group on Lei Ting Continent of females who, after taking the Huo Mother Elixir, became pregnant but were hunted; they also all miscarried."

While she spoke, Hua Zheng arrived with a group of ragged Beastfolk in the main hall of the Wushen Temple.

The females, upon entering, immediately knelt in the great hall, recounting to the seated Great Witch everything that happened after they took the Huo Mother Elixir, including being deceived into being killed just days earlier.

Lin Manzhi's expression grew heavy, and she immediately said to the Great Witch, "Regarding the harm caused to them by the elixir taken from the Wushen Temple, I, together with the lord of Lei Ting Continent, have come this time to demand an explanation from the Wushen Temple on their behalf."

The Great Witch's expression trembled, looking at the females below, her voice quivering, "They are females who took the Huo Mother Elixir?"

Lin Ling's heart raced.

Exposed!

Why didn't they die?

Lin Ling trembled uncontrollably, turned to the lowly females beside her, mouth open, her throat as if strangled, unable to speak.

No one noticed Lin Ling's panicked expression; Lin Manzhi, with a solemn look, said to the Great Witch, "Yes, the Huo Mother Elixir is problematic, it could even be called a poisonous elixir; whoever in the Wushen Temple produced the Huo Mother Elixir should be summoned, held accountable for these injured females, and face appropriate punishment."

The Great Witch forced her aged body upright on the seat, watching the dozen crying females below, her body swayed, as if this matter had greatly shaken her.

Your Highness Lin Ling's vision went black: "!!"

She instinctively wanted to flee, her steps shifted a bit toward the outside, then suddenly she froze in place.

Wait.

No, can't escape!

She is confident that no one can detect that after the Huo Mother Elixir she is in a false-pregnancy state, so why can't she claim that others are jealous and framing her!

Just as she was thinking that, footsteps sounded again at the doorway, and the extremely tense Lin Ling immediately looked up, her eyes meeting those of the Diao Yi who walked in.