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Chapter 8

“What do you want?” Zhou Yun Sheng leaned against the tree trunk, his voice still hoarse.

“Females shouldn’t breed with throwback beasts. They are monsters that can go mad at any time. We came to bring you back to the tribe.” One male spoke out their intentions.

“And if I don’t go?” Zhou Yun Sheng raised his eyebrows.

“Then we’ll kill this lion. He is a throwback beast. Once he leaves the tribe and returns to the forest, he is no different from a real beast. Beasts have always been our food.” Their intention was to kill Zhao Xuan and bring his body back for food.

Zhou Yun Sheng gave a chilling smile, then reached out and gently stroked the lion’s robust back, saying icily: “My love, you’re so big and covered in muscles. They look at you and want to make you into roast meat, what do you say about that?”

Zhao Xuan turned his head and gently touched his partner’s nose with his nose, letting out a gentle groan, as if comforting him so he wouldn’t get too angry.

The male beastkin who were completely ignored by the two revealed a fierce expression.

Although they had witnessed the power of the golden lion’s roar, it had already been two months, and they had not been substantially harmed, so that previous fear had long been replaced by greed. They wanted the beautiful female, and they wanted to eat the golden lion and absorb his strength.

Yes, on this continent, not only could the red crystals help the male beastkin enhance their strength, the meat of animals with high level blood had the same effect, and the energy’s purity far exceeded the red crystals. However, the red crystals could be exchanged for goods, and high-quality beast meat needed to be earned through battle.

The golden lion was so formidable, it certainly must be a descendant of the ancient Beast King, the Golden Lion. His flesh was very precious, they might upgrade several levels after eating it.

Thinking of this, the male beastmen’s eyes shined, and the leader signaled for them to besiege from different angles. At the same time, Zhou Yun Sheng lithely jumped up a giant tree and looked down.

This was a fight without suspense. If it wasn’t for interstellar law, Zhao Xuan would’ve already torn these people who coveted his wife into pieces. He swept his tail and sent the three men behind him flying, then he soared through the air and landed on another man, dazing the opponent with an angry roar. In the blink of an eye, one beast seriously injured four men, the remaining two were petrified, throwing away their spears and fleeing, their horrified screams trailing behind them.

The beasts lurking in the bushes sneered, inwardly scolding: Fools, daring to provoke the king, this is the same powerfully beast that bit out the neck of the tyrannosaurus ah!

Zhao Xuan didn’t pursue them, nor did he kill the four unconscious men. Instead, he raised his head and let out a deafening roar. The roar passed through the clouds, audible to all the beasts in the forest.

Since the throwback beasts couldn’t find humanoid female partners, they had no choice but to mate with the wild beasts, leaving behind a group of offspring with the genes of throwback beasts. Therefore, the average intelligence of the beasts on this beastman planet was very high, and they could communicate in simple ways. The Beast King’s roar was only a series of meaningless sounds when heard by the beastkin, but to the wild animals, it was no different from an imperial edict.

He was commanding the beasts living within his territory: Expel all beastkin, don’t allow them to hunt or gather in his territory, or else!

Zhao Xuan could only defend himself. Unless his life was threatened, he couldn’t kill the natives, so he had no way to destroy these beastkin. But this didn’t mean that he had no means to punish them.

Using someone else to do the dirty work, an indirect revenge, he didn’t have to expend any energy.

After receiving wave after wave of responses, affirmations, and compliments, Zhao Xuan was very satisfied. Then he looked up at where his lover was squatting in the treetops. His lover’s loincloth was outrageously short, it couldn’t completely wrap his white hips. He still had sticky liquid on his thighs, it was very eye catching, his exposed, light pink shaft still glossy with pre-c*m, an incredible view.

A drop of saliva slipped out from the corner of Zhao Xuan’s half-open mouth. He strode up to the tree and stood up on his hind legs. He scratched the trunk, impatiently urging his lover to climb down, his bright red manhood raring to go.

“Pipe down, I’m hungry, let’s find something to eat.” Zhou Yun Sheng didn’t want to bother with him, he stealthily jumped from tree to tree, getting farther away.

Zhao Xuan hurriedly chased after him, the golden beast’s pupils trained on his lover’s exposed lower half, thinking of getting him some different seized snake or crocodile skin loincloths. Outside, he could wear the long ones, so he wouldn’t inadvertently give someone else a show, and he would naturally wear the short ones at home, the shorter the better, a view just for him.

As for view destroying underwear, it was completely out of his considerations.

Xiao Anchun was ordered by the shaman to clean out the beast god’s dwelling cave. He didn’t witness the big lion’s power with his own eyes, but when the four males were carried back, their condition caused a lot of commotion, and he couldn’t help but overhear the gossip. The four had broken limbs and cracked ribs, perhaps they even suffered some serious internal injuries. If the beast god didn’t provide the divine power to heal them, they could only wait for death.

This so-called divine power was just a bowl of water the old shaman casually brought out. After drinking it, whether or not you healed was all dependent on luck, there was no scientific basis at all. If it was the past, Xiao Anchun might have secretly treated them out of pity, but after hearing that they were injured while trying to kill the golden lion, he immediately dismissed such thoughts.

Who treated him well and who didn’t, he could still distinguish between those things. Although he’s been with the tribe for two years and had eaten two years’ worth of food, when he searched his heart, Xiao Anchun didn’t feel that he owed them anything. He taught them a lot of things, teaching them what fruits were edible, what fruits were poisonous, teaching them about edible vegetables that grew underground, and teaching them how to build a cellar to store excess food…

Because of the information he provided, the tribe’s food storage was getting more and more abundant. Whenever the warriors were unable to bring back enough prey, everyone still got to eat. If anyone was injured or sick, he would also cook medicinal herbs into a medicinal juice and trick the other party into drinking it. He felt that he had contributed a lot to the tribe, but he never got any respect. They’ve always suspected and envied him. On several occasions, the females who’d drunk his medicine even rolled around on the ground and wailed, saying that he’d poisoned them.

Of course, the medicine was just very bitter, not poisonous, and the females were perfectly healthy afterwards, but his heart grew colder each day. He often thought about leaving the tribe, but he knew the dangers of the outside. It was not something he could face alone, so he could only choose to compromise.

The appearance of the male god and the golden lion made his dream life become reality. Although it had nothing to do with him, when he saw them carefreely wandering the forest, flirting and enjoying life, his empty heart felt satisfied.

In his view, those who wanted to disrupt their happiness were unforgivable, so let them drop dead! Xiao Anchun sneered.

But the tribe leader and the old shaman didn’t think that the males were in the wrong.

They were very angry and gathered many warriors in order to kill the golden lion. Out of jealousy, Addie secretly instructed the chief to also kill the female. Xiao Anchun was enough to make him sick, he couldn’t stomach one more. If Xiao Anchun didn’t know how to identify ingredients, making the old shaman want to keep him for a few more years and gain all his knowledge before getting rid of him, Addie would’ve already gutted him.

The group majestically marched into the forest, but after barely getting halfway, they were ambushed by a large group of beasts. Saber-toothed tigers, giant snakes, giant porcupines, giant bears, and even a long-trunk elephant, beasts who usually only lurked in the deepest parts of the forest were all gathered together in a beast army and attacking the beastman warriors.

Weren’t these beasts at the top of the food chain? They only acted alone and never in groups. Plus, as the saying goes, no mountain can have two tigers. Once these guys met, they must fight to the death, but now, they all got along harmoniously, and even targeted the beastman warriors.

The warriors were terrified, their weapons were unable to pierce the skin of the long trunk elephant in front of them. One foot could stomp them into meat paste. The leader decisively ordered everyone to retreat. They thought that they’d all perish in the forest today, but unexpectedly, as soon as they crossed a small stream, the beast army simultaneously stopped chasing them, just howling at them across the bank before slowly dispersing.

A crisis inexplicably occurred and was inexplicably resolved. Everyone’s knees buckled and they crashed to the ground, full of relief.

The leader ordered everyone to return home and reported these matters to the old shaman, asking him for some insight.

That thousand beast army was enough to destroy all the tribes in the forest.

The old shaman was also very puzzled, excusing himself to pray to the beast god, hoping that the beast god could give him clues.

Both men thought that this matter was just a strange occurrence, but they didn’t know that from this day, as long as they crossed the creek, they would be besieged by beasts, and as long as they returned to the other side of the creek, the beasts would gradually disperse. This situation was very bizarre.

The area across the creek was where the Bayan tribe often went to hunt. If they couldn’t go there, the tribe’s males had no choice but to hunt in the west forest. The western forest’s trees were lusher and the air was more humid, so it was the territory of the bloodsucking bats and the white bone orchid. They were small, but their lethality was more frightening than the beasts.

The bloodsucking bat didn’t move alone, where there was one, there would be a large horde behind it, able to suck an adult long trunk elephant dry in a flash. Even worse, their senses were very sharp. Even if you used the thick moss lining the forest to move silently, you’d still be detected by them and swarmed.

The white bone orchid was a kind of flower. It was non-toxic, but it had a strong aroma that could spread over a range of 100 meters. If you smelled just a trace of it, you would immediately fall into a coma until death. Your rotting flesh would become its fertilizer. This flower was usually surrounded by skeletons, that’s why it was named after white bones.

Compared to the beasts populating the eastern forest, the western forest was simply hell. The east was no good, the west was no good, and the south was a seemingly bottomless cliff. All three directions were insurmountable, so they could only go north. This was the territory of the Dada tribe, if they had to compete for food, a bloody conflict was unavoidable.

Since Xiao Anchun joined their tribe, the beastkin of the Bayan hadn’t experienced starvation for a long time. Thinking about the days when they were always hungry, they were full of dread. Although there was still food in the cellar, everyone was shrouded in a cloud of misery, and some people even started whispering that this was the beast god’s punishment to the Bayan tribe.

The beast god had condemned the tribe, it must be because the old shaman hadn’t fulfilled his duties, these rumors were a huge threat to the old shaman’s status. After having a private discussion with the chief, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and send a few attractive females to the Dada tribe in exchange for the right to hunt in their territory.

Addie felt an incoming opportunity and immediately proposed to send Xiao Anchun away.

“No, the things in his mind are precious, we mustn’t let the other tribes know.” The old shaman immediately rejected.

The reason why the Bayan tribe could have so much food in storage was all to Xiao Anchun’s credit. He pointed out many new edible plants and even taught them how to grow them, keeping him has been a benefit to the tribe.

“But he hasn’t been interacting with the other females in the tribe recently, and he’s always been unwilling to mate with the males of the tribe. Plus, he hasn’t given us information about new foods in a long time, he now spends all his time with that stray female. I think he’s planning to run away from the tribe. He’s a thankless traitor. He won’t help us anymore. Instead of keeping someone who can betray us at any time, it’s better to use him for one last benefit. If you’re worried that he’ll help the Dada tribe, we can always have his tongue cut out, so it’ll no longer be a factor.” Addie smiled maliciously.

The chief was reluctant to part with Xiao Anchun, but he didn’t dare refute, so he just looked at the old shaman.

The old shaman muttered to himself for a moment before waving his hand: “Send him off, let the handlers cut out his tongue on the road.”

The bright torch swayed gently in the breeze, the flickering flames reflecting off three shadowy faces.

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T/N:

giant porcupines – it doesn’t say giant in the raws, but considering what happens later, I can’t imagine it’s a normal sized porcupine