Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children

Chapter 559 - 558: A Well-Deserved Reputation

The abilities of a Divine Servant were immense; they could convey the wishes of the beastmen directly to the Beast God. This was something a High Priest, who could only follow rigid procedures, could never compare to.

It could be said that each kingdom had only three to five Divine Servants. Their status was above that of a City Lord, and even a Beast King had to treat them with the utmost respect. They were practically demigods, second only to the Beast God. Who wouldn’t treat them with reverence?

But these people were outsiders. How could one of them be a Divine Servant? No one had heard even a whisper of such a thing!

Then again, they had also never heard of a Female Saint who had the ability to alter a Beast Mark.

The crowd was bewildered, not knowing what to believe.

Just then, a female beastman stepped forward defiantly. She pointed at her goat Beast Husband, whom she didn’t seem to care for much, and said, "I don’t believe it. Just because you say you’re a Divine Servant, that makes it true? You have to prove it to us!

How about this? I’ll make a little sacrifice. Let’s see if you can transfer his Beast Mark to yourself without my consent."

Si Shuo laughed softly and said coolly, "Sorry, but I don’t just accept any male.

I’ve already said I only want my seven Beast Husbands. Don’t think you can use my status as a Divine Servant to openly test me, trying to shove your own Beast Husband on me so you can whisper sweet nothings in my ear and have me do your bidding.

Besides, do you think the Beast God has nothing better to do? You expect me to bother His Holiness again for such a trivial matter?

I wouldn’t act so readily unless it concerned the very livelihood of all beastmen."

"You’re just scared! You’re lying! You can’t do it, can you?" the female shrieked excitedly, as if she had discovered a great secret.

Si Shuo just smiled, not bothering to engage with her. She rolled her eyes and turned cheerfully to the defeated remnants of the Red-winged Black Oriole Beastmen who hadn’t managed to squeeze out of the crowd. "Come on, let’s go pick out our guest caves!"

Yin Jiang immediately transformed into a Hunting Falcon, carrying Si Shuo on his back as he flew into the air toward the city wall.

The Red-winged Blackbird Tribe’s guest caves weren’t all on the top levels; many were ground-floor units with courtyards. Since they hadn’t specified which caves would be exchanged, Si Shuo simply claimed all of the Red-winged Black Oriole Beastmen’s ground-floor caves—twenty-three in total. The number of caves they owned decreased on each level going up, arranged like a triangle, and they even had five guest caves on the very top level!

"You’ve gone too far!" Seeing Si Shuo’s outrageous demand, the Red-winged Black Oriole Beastmen trembled with rage. It was always them who bullied others, not the other way around. They had fought for this domain, winning so many caves through their tactic of sending out fighters in waves.

Now their domain was changing hands, which felt no different than having the flesh gouged from their hearts. The ground floor was a prime location, the fastest way to turn a profit.

It was close to the city gate, and the area was full of caves rented out to outsiders or to beastmen who were in the city for short stays or to do business. The money to be made there was quick cash, and anything sold well.

The earnings in a single month were enough to buy ten or twenty Beast Slaves!

Moreover, renting out the upper guest caves also brought in a steady stream of Crystal Stones. Giving up a hundred caves at once, even for the rich and powerful Red-winged Blackbird Tribe, was a blow that would cripple them.

After all, guest caves couldn’t be bought even if you had the money, and the business from the ground-floor caves was their main source of income.

"But you already agreed. Don’t tell me you were just humoring us because you thought you would win? Hmm? Or do the contracts of the Yongchang Continent not work?" As Si Shuo spoke, dark clouds began to gather above their heads.

The sky had already been overcast, but now it seemed as if the surrounding clouds thinned out, all of them converging directly above them. Faint bolts of lightning crackled within, and the oppressive aura made everyone’s hearts pound with fear.

Seeing this, Si Shuo exchanged a look with her Beast Husbands, her eyes filled with excitement. ’So the contracts of the Yongchang Continent truly live up to their reputation,’ she thought.

Beastmen had a bone-deep fear of heavenly punishment. Seeing this, the Red-winged Black Oriole Beastmen didn’t dare go back on their word and hurriedly said, "We... we never said we wouldn’t give you the guest caves.

You can pick any of the other guest caves you want, except for the ones on the ground floor and the top level!"

Si Shuo smiled. "That wasn’t part of the original deal. We were specifically aiming for the ground-floor caves with courtyards. What’s this? You were the ones who proposed a competition to steal my Beast Husbands. Now that you’ve lost, you’re refusing to honor the terms and are trying to haggle with us?

To the victor go the spoils. You lost, so you need to show some integrity! We’re taking the ground-floor guest caves. If you weren’t going to accept the outcome, you shouldn’t have targeted us in the first place, and you certainly shouldn’t have been so confident you would win that you failed to make any stipulations about the caves.

No stipulations means we get to pick whichever we want!"

The dark clouds overhead grew thicker and heavier, looking even more terrifying than any heavenly punishment they had ever seen.

Gong You couldn’t help but whistle. "Tsk," he said with a grin. "A heavenly punishment for a hundred beastmen sure makes a scene. I wonder if the power stacks? If they get punished one by one, they’ll all be crippled, won’t they?

Guest caves are just material possessions. If you lose them, you can always work hard to earn more Crystal Stones and buy new ones. But if you lose your people, the power of your Red-winged Blackbird Tribe will be severely weakened!"

That hit them right where it hurt. Flying Beastmen didn’t really have an advantage in a direct fight. They relied on their large numbers, their tendency to hold grudges, and their ability to band together and use wave attacks against outsiders.

"Fine, fine, fine," the Clan Leader said, suppressing his fury after a brief, teeth-gritting discussion with his fellow Red-winged Black Oriole Beastmen. "Pick whichever you want. We’ll see if you can even hold on to them!

We were careless this time. You won’t be so lucky next time."

They had been too hasty, rushing into the arena challenge without first figuring out the outsiders’ true capabilities. If they had arranged for their clansmen with higher cultivation to fight later, using the lower-Level beastmen to exhaust their opponents’ Spiritual Power and spiritual power first, the ones at the end could have delivered the fatal blow. Perhaps then, they would have secured a certain victory.

After all, if Si Shuo’s side had lost even a single match, they would have lost one of their males!

With the Clan Leader’s reluctant permission, Si Shuo and her group didn’t hold back. Just as planned, they took all of the Red-winged Black Oriole Beastmen’s ground-floor guest caves and then continued picking more on the levels above.

Shu Shu smilingly returned the Crystal Stones they had previously paid to rent a guest cave. "We’re neighbors now. We should look out for each other."

Ji Liang initially tried to refuse, but seeing that the offer was sincere, he accepted the Crystal Stones.

Now that all these caves belonged to them, they decided to live on the second floor and use the ground floor as storefronts.

After everyone had chosen their caves, they began moving their belongings over and redecorating. If nothing unexpected happened, they would likely be living here until the cold winter passed.

They hadn’t even finished unpacking when many beastmen came by to ask if they were selling any of the caves, or if the ground-floor storefronts were for rent.

A flicker of movement in Si Shuo’s eyes, she glanced at Wei Ce. Ji Liang immediately understood and said with a smile, "That’s right. In the future, the Iron-eating Beast Clan will move to the Yongchang Continent and put down roots here.

They’ll need to have contact with the outside world; they can’t be truly isolated. The best way to do that is to open shops in Beast City to keep abreast of news from the outside.

Only then can they stay well-informed and avoid potential disasters in time! Besides, we might not stay here forever. It would be better to let the Iron-eating Beast Clan Members watch over this place for us..."