Chapter 627: Beast Tribe World: Raising a Wife 01

This time it is the story of the ancient beastman tribe.

Here there are three sexes; male beasts possess tremendous strength and can shift beast form at will; in a tribe, the prime male beasts are their foundation.

Female beasts, female beastmen, are also an important sex constituting the tribe; they usually handle reproduction and the tribe's food, clothing, housing, etc.; although they cannot shift into beast form, they can maintain a complete human form.

And special beastmen, Sub-Beasts.

Sub-Beasts, although also male beastmen, cannot shift beast form, nor possess the innate reproductive ability and complete human form of female beasts; they retain beastly traits such as ears and tails.

If a tribe lacks females, they will make Sub-Beasts consume a special fertility fruit from the forest, but reproduction will be extremely difficult, causing great harm to the Sub-Beast themselves.

The villain Bai Mo is a Sub-Beast; from birth, the entire Leopard Tribe regarded him as ominous; as a leopard, lacking patterned spots on his ears and tail would be fine, but his whole body is snow‑white and he also bears strange markings.

But his mother is the tribe's priest, the only one among nearby tribes who once communicated with the Beast God's consciousness; his father lost his life protecting the tribe's beasts.

So even though Bai Mo was seen as ill‑omened, he was not expelled, but from childhood he endured scorn and bullying; whenever something happened in the tribe, they could blame him.

As for the protagonist Hua Wan, the patterns on his ears and tail are very beautiful; even though his looks are somewhat ordinary, he is kind and capable, making him a case where flaws do not outweigh merits.

But Hua Wan always thinks Bai Mo is superior to her, better‑looking, even though Bai Mo is despised by all beasts.

But the fact is, most rumors about Bai Mo in the tribe were spread by Hua Wan, and she even repeatedly took credit for his work.

The story's turn occurs when the priest, realizing her lifespan is ending and that she will soon die, contacts the First Warrior of the neighboring Lion Tribe, Jin Chen, whom she once saved.

She hopes Jin Chen can marry Bai Mo via a marriage contract, thereby blessing Bai Mo with at least a lifetime of health and safety.

Coincidentally, Hua Wan's mother selected his contracted beast, which is none other than Jin Chen's good friend, the Lion Tribe's Second Warrior, Tuoluote.

Unexpectedly pressured again, Hua Wan could never accept it.

Tuoluote is also unwilling.

Although Jin Chen is the Lion Tribe's First Warrior, he is a lone beast with no father or mother, merely someone the chief picked up.

No one looks after him at home; his life is rough, yet he is warm‑hearted, rushing to help anyone in trouble.

Jin Chen and Tuoluote are neighbors and friends, but Tuoluote can never accept that Jin Chen is stronger than him; after the warrior election, he has always borne a grudge against Jin Chen.

In the forest hunt before the bonding ceremony, Tuoluote, driven by his inner resentment, deceived Jin Chen into losing his life, and he was dragged away by a giant beast in the forest.

Tuoluote seized the food Jin Chen had hunted and brought it back to the tribe, naturally taking over the First Warrior's laurel crown.

And before Bai Mo even had a marriage contract, the rumor spread that he jinxed his contracted beast, reaching several nearby tribes; but by then the priest was dead, and the Leopard Tribe finally could tolerate no more, banishing him.

At least a marriage contract had been made, so the Lion Tribe's chief could only let Bai Mo reside in the cave Jin Chen had used before his death, but trouble soon arose.

Not long after Bai Mo settled in, demon fruits sprouted around the cave, red as the eyes of a giant beast when it hunts in the forest; terrifyingly, touching their juice causes a burning pain.

And the protagonist, who finally found a sense of superiority from Bai Mo, feigned concern while actually stabbing him each time, causing the Lion Tribe's people to ostracize Bai Mo even more.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Bai Mo slipped demon fruits into the food of Hua Wan and Tuoluote's homes, giving Hua Wan stomach pain for days and swelling her lips horribly.

The outcome was that, before the harsh winter arrived, Bai Mo was expelled and thrown into the Black Forest, where it is perpetually gloomy; in the depths of winter, soon there was no word of him at all.

And Tuoluote, as First Warrior, inherited the chief's position decades later.

But the story is not yet over.

In just a few decades, the Lion and Leopard Tribes repeatedly lost their prime youths, and strange ailments grew more frequent; they all said it was Bai Mo's curse, yet no matter what they did they could not escape this so‑called "curse".

In the end, relying on the protagonists' halo, they helped the Lion Tribe escape the curse, and things kept improving.

After receiving the memories, Jin Chen finally began to assess his situation.

Around him stood towering giant trees whose tops blocked the sky, with lush foliage that covered the heavens and earth.

He was nearing the edge of the Black Forest.

Jin Chen's ears twitched; he heard an unusual disturbance, like the breath of a giant beast.

This is precisely the original body's final fate as cannon fodder, before being devoured by a giant beast.

He moved his neck, leapt into the ordinary forest to the east, and in mid‑air transformed into lion form—huge, golden‑furred, with claws sharp as blades; his beast eyes made one shudder.

The original body had come here chasing a rare spirit deer; unfamiliar with the terrain, he got lost when pursued by a giant beast.

But with 0731 present, Jin Chen clearly had no problem with getting lost.

【My goodness……the giant beasts here are truly not ordinary in size.】

0731 observed the giant beast that had discovered Jin Chen's trail behind him, gesturing to show its own original form.

Well, it's not that big either—much smaller than it.

【Host! Avoid the stream ahead! Run a few more stretches east and you'll be back where you came from!】

The beast's eye glanced at the damp ground beside it; it should already be near the stream, so it instantly adjusted its direction and kept going forward.

The breathless giant beast stopped chasing, let out a massive roar, and returned to the edge of the Black Forest.

This roar was heard by the male beasts still waiting for Jin Chen.

They had come out specially to hunt for this collective bonding ceremony; Jin Chen would not be……

A Zhou was anxious to the point of desperation; having once had his life saved by Jin Chen, he couldn't just stand there—shifting into beast form, he wanted to rush in.

But Tuoluote stopped him.

"You can't go past—didn't you hear the giant beast's roar…… it's still the Black Forest's giant beast; we can't handle it."

Tuoluote's expression was grim: "It's just a pity about Jin Chen, my good brother."

"Jin Chen!" the male beast Du Feng, marching alongside, suddenly shouted.

"I know, I know Jin Chen is already……"

Tuoluote was still squeezing out tears when Du Feng slapped his shoulder, saying, "What nonsense! I'm saying Jin Chen has come back!"

"What?!"

Tuoluote stared, then turned around.

A golden lion strode slowly from the grass clump, vigorous, with fierce golden beast eyes, and in its mouth it held a spirit deer whose neck had been bitten through.