Chapter 283: Let's discuss

Lin Manzhi had the guards register the females who bought medicine, so it would be easier to check their condition later after they took the Cuan Qiong medicine liquid.

She held a box of Cuan Qiong, left the noisy alchemy room, and when she reached an empty corridor pillar, she quietly put the box into storage, then patted her empty hands and walked out.

Just then, Mo Lie walked up from the garden toward her, his steps unhurried but in an instant he was beside Lin Manzhi.

He reached out his hand to Lin Manzhi, saying, "Lunch is ready; I'll come get you to eat. Are you done here?"

Lin Manzhi looked at the black-haired male beast before her and naturally extended her hand for him to hold.

"Not yet, but I'm hungry; I'll come over after eating." She followed Mo Lie outward, saying as she walked, "You heard the commotion inside, right? Once we release this batch of Cuan Qiong, Kuangsha City will have a small boom in newborn offspring."

Mo Lie slightly curled his lip.

He gave a low chuckle, lightly rubbing the back of Lin Manzhi's hand with his thumb as he held it: "You're really kind to the beastfolk of Kuangsha City."

"No, I'm being good to you." Lin Manzhi rebutted: "Later, the strong male beasts will grow up to become your warriors; increasing Kuangsha City's army strength is the same as strengthening you."

Mo Lie turned his head to look at Lin Manzhi, his eyes soft.

In his eyes there was none of the sourness Lin Manzhi expected; instead, there was a faint smile, those beautiful blue eyes looking like a calm sea, deep and tranquil.

He said, "You want to increase Kuangsha City's strength, but there's actually a better way."

"What way?" Lin Manzhi asked curiously.

Mo Lie took Lin Manzhi's hand and walked slowly down the corridor, his low, gentle voice carrying a smile: "For example… Zhizhi, you could give birth to offspring like me."

Lin Manzhi's hand was held tightly, and hearing this, her steps involuntarily stopped.

Although she hadn't cared much about offspring before, hearing Mo Lie mention it again now stirred her heart a little.

The male beast before her seemed to greatly desire his own offspring; for some reason, at this moment, because of Mo Lie's idea, she was deeply affected as well.

These two years with Mo Lie have made me very happy and content; if we added a little offspring, perhaps happiness would double.

Mo Lie followed her steps and stopped, lowering his gaze to quietly look at Lin Manzhi.

Lin Manzhi suddenly felt impulsive: "Yeah, that's right; later I'll go home, harvest the ginseng, plant another batch of Cuan Qiong, and give it a try."

Having made the decision, she instantly became positive about conceiving offspring: "Oh right! Xi Tao drank ginseng essence and seems to have conceived a female offspring; why don't I drink both the ginseng essence and the Cuan Qiong essence together?"

Mo Lie instead froze.

Strictly speaking, he felt a blooming sensation well up inside him.

Perhaps it's because in the beastfolk world, the marriage contract allows females to have several partners, making relationships between partners unstable, and females have the option to leave at any time.

The condition for a male beast to permanently stay by a female's side is that she bears his offspring; thus, from the day he fell in love with the little female, he developed an obsession with inexplicably having offspring.

He knew Lin Manzhi was not a fickle female, and he was confident he wouldn't bore her, but he knew how good she was and how many powerful male beasts lurked in the dark, eyeing her.

To Mo Lie, those male beasts were no match; as long as they dared to come, he could just kill them outright.

Lin Manzhi is different; no matter what she does, he can't bring himself to harm her.

He deeply knew Lin Manzhi's responsible and gentle nature; he could imagine that over the long years, if they could have their own offspring, even if she changed her heart, her sense of duty would not let her abandon him and the offspring.

Mo Lie stared fixedly at Lin Manzhi before him, slowly revealing a faint smile.

Although the desire for offspring didn't stem from love for the offspring itself, thinking that if this offspring were borne by Lin Manzhi filled him with anticipation.

Mo Lie happily nodded: "Mm, I've always wanted to have an offspring with Zhizhi; whether it's a male beast offspring or a female offspring, I will forever love and protect them."

Lin Manzhi smiled and nodded as well.

This feeling of discussing having a baby with one's husband after marriage carries a sense of anticipatory happiness.

She shook the hand Mo Lie was holding and said, "Come on, let's go eat."

Ansen Extreme North Border.

Bao Yue earned merit in the matter of the Huomu potion, gained the lord's appreciation, and now serves as War General of the Ansen Continent North Rock Army, stationed in Ansen North Continent.

Bao Yue led the five hundred border warriors of Ansen City in daily territory patrols, while a group of agile snow leopards scattered across the rocky mountains, running.

The wind from above blew past with a low howl, and Bao Yue's eyes swept the surroundings with aggression.

"War General Bao Yue! War General Bao Yue——" came an urgent shout from behind.

Bao Yue's steps stopped, and he turned his head to look at a red fox male beast running toward him.

The huge red fox male beast hadn't yet approached, shouting as he ran: "War General Bao Yue, I've detected movement in the valley beyond Qingyan Mountain!"

"Let's go check it out." Bao Yue's body shuddered, and he immediately sprang off, leaping several times while leading the warriors away, vanishing into the black rocky mountains.

The valley of Qingyan Mountain is the survival ground of exotic beasts; according to scouts sent by the Ansen Sect, if you follow the valley to its end, you find another world teeming with countless exotic beasts and birds, a barbaric primordial forest.

When countless exotic beasts gather, they form an exotic beast tide; they are a massive killing machine that craves beastfolk flesh, and upon reaching the surface they become ferocious beasts that hunt beastfolk.

Bao Yue felt heavy-hearted, soon arriving at the edge of the valley and looking down.

A rift like a skyline, a ferocious wide crack split the two slabs of mountain rock into two continents; the cliffs on either side rose nearly vertically, the rock showing a rough, twisted texture as if torn apart by immense force.

Sunlight struck the upper layer of the cliffs, casting the deep valley bottom into a dim shadow; terrifying wailing howls echoed from time to time from the valley floor.

"Howl——"

A loud voice suddenly rang out, seeming close enough to be right before our eyes, followed by countless exotic beast sounds mixed together ringing out simultaneously, as if responding to that initial call.

In the shadowed cliff face beneath the rocks where sunlight couldn't reach, darkness suddenly surged, a black mass like midnight waves rising upward.

The next second.

A huge head clad in smooth skin armor lifted from the cliff, opening a blood‑filled maw bristling with three rows of sharp teeth, and let out an earth‑shaking roar; the sky above its head seemed to be blocked, darkening somewhat.

Holy shit!!

It's the largest rock‑type exotic beast!

Bao Yue's pupils contracted: "Not good—fall back immediately!"

The huge beasts behind him instantly bristled, raising their heads to look at a creature ten‑plus times their size; the imminent death sparked fear, and the beastfolk instinctively whimpered as they ran back to camp.