Chapter 58: The Survival Elixir

Xiang Sa silently took it, turned and gave the agent to his younger brother, holding no hope for the pale‑cyan vial in his hand, stepping on another subordinate's Beast Form, and standing on Xiang Zhuang's ivory.

In Human Form, Xiang Sa stood on the ivory, tiny as a mouse, while opposite lay the elephant's mouth bound as tightly as a abyss.

Xiang Sa locked eyes with his capable subordinate below, his face bristling with malice.

They both understood.

He instantly made a silent hand sign toward the surrounding Wind Erosion Gang, readying for combat.

The surrounding people visibly tensed, their gazes fixed on Xiang Sa as he poured the meager vial into the gray elephant's massive mouth.

The gray elephant's gaping mouth resembled a living, blood‑filled deep well; in the last shred of sanity of the near‑mad Xiang Zhuang, he voluntarily swallowed the pale‑cyan vial.

As the pale‑cyan agent entered, Xiang Zhuang's body felt as if scalded in boiling water, as if a fine mist of icy rain had arrived, and he let out a satisfied roar.

The guards positioned Su Li behind them and stepped back.

Xiang Sa was about to tell everyone to prepare to act, but the roar shocked him into a standstill, his eyes shining with wild joy.

After a long pause, the astonishing event unfolded: the giant elephant besieged in the courtyard transformed in the next instant into a bronze‑colored muscular youth.

Under the incredulous stares of everyone, Xiang Zhuang, his face sapped, fell to the ground, struggling to half‑open his blood‑red eyes to glance at Xiang Sa; the next instant his head struck the ground, rendering him instantly unconscious.

"It can revert to a low‑energy human form; after that, just rest well and it will recover," Su Li said, her breathing quickening at the sight of the agent's effect. "Pay five hundred thousand Beast Coins, then depart."

Xiang Sa felt a blank bewilderment seize his mind, and he involuntarily turned his head toward Shamaness Su Li.

When a male Beast's Spirit Core is overloaded to the brink of rebellion, only a female's Pheromone can soothe and heal it, yet a single vial resolved it??

He steadied himself: "I'll dispatch people to bring Beast Coins immediately, gather a total of one million Beast Coins to ease your surprise, and ask you to sell me two more vials like the one just now."

Su Li smiled arrogantly, "How could there be so many of this agent that only I can craft by hand? You'll have to wait; I'll sell you more when I have them."

Xiang Sa's brown irises brimmed with greed.

He wanted to snatch it outright, but seeing the other male Beasts in the courtyard curb that impulse.

This life‑saving agent was clearly also coveted by Hu Biao, as well as the Witch Maiden Hall; all three factions were eyeing this salvific agent.

He could not act recklessly.

…

After a meal, Hua Zheng genuinely came to respect Lin Cixing, growing more attentive to what she said, and after dining suggested probing for information about Lin Ling's female side.

After the meal, Lin Manzhi leisurely sat on the bedroom carpet, while Mo Lie lay on his side, eyes closed, restoring his spirit.

She couldn't sleep now, half‑sitting against the wall, picking up a soft pillow from nearby and hugging it, intending to organize the goods she had acquired on this trip to Kuangsha City.

She first calculated in her mind the total earnings: the sixty‑thousand guard fee the Merchant Caravan provided, handed over by Mo Lie, plus the nearly one‑million Beast Coins she earned from selling Lettuce.

She spent 750,000 on Spiritual Repair Agent, and over 6,000 Beast Coins on food and clothing.

She opened the bulging storage Leather Bag, poured out a large handful of round, coin‑sized gold coins, along with a massive heap of mixed new and old Beast Coins, head lowered, rummaging through them to count.

On this trip to Kuangsha City she carried the entire twenty‑thousand family funds, plus the 24 gold coins here, over three thousand Beast Coins, and an additional sixty thousand Beast Coins stored in the small box beside her.

Lin Manzhi calculated, and the cash in her hand exceeded 323,000!

The household no longer lacks money; the first priority should be to improve her own lifestyle.

The sun outside gradually slipped in through the window, its pale‑golden light retaining its heat, and the room's temperature rose.

Mo Lie opened his eyes.

After using the Spiritual Repair Agent, his body's pain diminished greatly, leaving only a sensation of his body being as heavy as if filled with iron sand; being accustomed, it was tolerable.

Lin Manzhi, holding the money bag, was so excited she couldn't sleep; hearing a movement nearby, she immediately turned her head and asked, "You're awake?"

Mo Lie propped himself up on the carpet, half his body bathed in golden sunlight, turned his head toward her, light rippling over his deep-set brows and eyes, his pupils, concealed in shadow, shifting from icy blue to deep blue.

He responded softly, "Hmm."

Lin Manzhi, holding the money bag, leaned close: "When are we going back?"

"According to your earlier early‑go early‑return principle, I've arranged to set out tomorrow," Mo Lie's eyes landed on Lin Manzhi, his light-colored lips curling slightly: "But Zhi Zhi, if you want to stay here longer, that's fine."

Lin Manzhi: "I won't stay long."

I fear Su Li will send more people to search.

Compared to the constant vigilance required in Kuangsha City, she would rather stay in a sparsely populated tribe.

Lin Manzhi lifted the money bag and waved it toward Mo Lie; her delicate face smiled, the freckles shifting, dimming her complexion a few shades: "We'll head back tomorrow; let's go buy things now."

Mo Lie wouldn't refuse Little Female's request; his blue eyes lowered toward her, "Kuangsha City has six major trading markets and two underground black markets; which would you like to go to?"

"First, rule out the markets near the Witch Maiden Hall," Lin Manzhi thought, lifted her gaze and asked Mo Lie, "I mainly want to buy food and clothing; our household's provisions aren't enough for the dry season, so let's go to a market that's cheaper and more affordable."

After donning his travel cloak, Mo Lie came to her side, still clad in a sleek, loose, flowing black robe; his tall, slender figure stood upright and austere: "Alright, I'll take you there; it may be a bit far from here."

Lin Manzhi considered distance irrelevant as long as the price was cheap and practical, nodded, rose, donned the cloak, and followed Mo Lie out the door.

For cheap prices, naturally only the areas away from the city's bustling center, the outskirts, qualify.

Kuangsha City, in ancient times the largest metropolis, spanned a vast area; later, war reduced it to a desert, abandoned by the beasts, becoming an uninhabited wasteland.

At an unknown time, an oasis emerged within the ruins of Kuangsha City, discovered by Beastfolk; as more Beastfolk settled, the prime central lands were taken, forcing later Beastfolk to build outward.

Lin Manzhi knew Kuangsha City was vast; the Luo Lai Caravan residence where she now stayed was near the outskirts, but being carried by Mo Lie while traveling, it took over an hour before she was set down.