Si Shuo chuckled and hugged his arm. "I’m also grateful that Father Yi Wan was the one who raised you. Without him, where would I have found such a protective and loving big cat?"

Zhi Le’s expression softened, and he smiled as he pulled her into a tight embrace. Their little female always saw the best in them, and every now and then, she’d say something that hit them right in the heart, making them feel like all their efforts were worthwhile.

It was as if she were handing out candy; even though they knew her intentions, they never tired of it.

Time was tight. The Beastmen selected for the Secret Realm training were divided into ten groups, taking turns to enter and train. The intensity of the training was gradually increased to rapidly improve their strength, but only after ensuring the Beastmen were well-rested, full of energy, and in peak condition.

The Beast Husbands at home were also split into two groups, each taking their respective cubs with them to train. Meanwhile, Si Shuo and the remaining cubs stayed obediently at home in the courtyard. Aside from their daily lessons, they were busy concocting all sorts of food, which they placed in the space for the males and cubs in training to access.

Of course, the fresh game that piled up in the space was taken by the males resting at home to a stream outside the city to be cleaned and processed. Some of it was made into long-lasting products like jerky, cured meat, meat floss, or sausages, while another portion was given directly to their little female to put into her Sumeru Space. The males didn’t forget to gather wild fruits either. It was currently the autumn harvest season, and many fruit trees were heavy with ripe fruit.

Feeling bored, Si Shuo had Ji Liang, during his rest period, take the whole group to the forest outside Nanye City.

The forest was full of tropical fruits. It was the cubs’ first time here, and they were all pleasantly surprised. Like country bumpkins visiting the big city, they gasped in constant amazement, then scattered, running off to pick their favorite fruits.

Most of the fruit was put into Si Shuo’s Sumeru Space, while a small portion was made into dried fruit. Ji Liang had an Ice Ability, and Gong You had both Water and Light Element superpowers. Si Shuo worked with them, experimenting with freeze-drying fruits and vegetables. They would freeze them, then sublimate the water content at low temperatures. This not only preserved the sweet and sour flavors of the fruit and kept the nutrients from being lost, but it was also easy to store, had a nice texture, and could be used to make many delicious foods!

Freeze-dried durian, freeze-dried strawberries, freeze-dried mangoes, freeze-dried jackfruit, and more—this was truly a paradise for fruit lovers.

Si Shuo and the children were having so much fun they forgot about everything else. They wished they could take all the fruit from the entire forest, saving it from being pecked at by birds and Wild Beasts or simply falling to the ground to rot after ripening.

The forest was too vast, so they only picked the best-growing fruits. With Gong You and Da Hai’s Time Law, they managed to do a rough sweep of almost the entire forest in the time the others spent training.

Even Si Shuo’s enormous Sumeru Space was filled with a considerable amount. Naturally, since they were near the sea, Gong You would always take Si Shuo out to catch some fish and shrimp whenever he was around. Furthermore, by borrowing Ji Liang’s superpower, he could even take her to the Far North, which was rich in fish and shrimp. You could say that while the other Beastmen were busy training, Si Shuo’s family was happily stockpiling goods.

Si Shuo felt uncertain about the upcoming migration to the Southwest Continent. The more anxious she felt, the more she wanted to hoard, hoard, hoard. As a result, her Sumeru Space was filled almost to the brim, which in turn gave her a great sense of security.

With all these supplies, their whole family could afford to be completely lazy for the next thirty to fifty years!

The training in the Secret Realm finally ended just as clouds began to gather in the sky. The cultivation of all the Beastmen who participated had improved to varying degrees. Moreover, the supplies they had stockpiled were barely enough for their whole families to eat two or three meals a day to about seventy or eighty percent full, getting them through the long rainy season and the coldest season.

Everyone, who had been on edge, finally relaxed. The City Lord and Yi Wan conferred and decided to hold a celebratory banquet. They feasted on meat, drank wine, and sang and danced. Laughter and cheerful voices filled the air. Piles of bonfires and clusters of torches lit up the entirety of Golden Lion City. The firelight lasted until the first light of dawn, as everyone was too excited to sleep the whole night through.

Si Shuo had gotten caught up in the excitement all night, and now she was drowsy. She clung to the male next to her, ready to close her eyes and fall asleep.

Suddenly, a voice in her mind jolted her awake, and she was instantly alert!

"Shuo’er, what’s wrong?" Yin Jiang thought she’d been startled awake and quickly patted her back to soothe her.

Si Shuo smiled and nuzzled his chest. "It’s nothing. No, wait, it’s a good thing! The Beast God is talking to me."

With that, she closed her eyes. ’It’s rare for the Beast God to contact me on his own initiative.’

"Little Shuo, this has been a truly great harvest!" The Beast God’s voice was filled with unconcealable joy. "Two months, multiplied by five, is ten months. With several thousand males participating in the hunt and turning in eighty percent of the supplies, there’s just so much!"

Si Shuo chuckled softly. ’This Beast God really doesn’t treat me like an outsider at all. He’s as excited as a child, so inexperienced. It just goes to show, whether you’re a frog in a well or a Beast God in the heavens, you need to get out more and see the world to broaden your horizons.’

"Yes, I can imagine," she replied. After all, they had received a lot of supplies back when they held the training on the Central Continent.

"I said before that I would grant you half of the Wish Power, so naturally, I’ll also give you half of these supplies," the Beast God said very matter-of-factly.

Si Shuo couldn’t help but laugh, but fearing she might provoke the Beast God into a fit of embarrassed anger, she bit down on Yin Jiang’s shoulder.

"Lord Beast God, if you give me so many supplies, how am I supposed to take them all?"

The Beast God frowned. "Don’t you have Horned Deer Beastmen? They have the Sumeru Space, which is more than enough to hold the supplies I’m giving you this time."

"I’ve already used it to store fruit and fish," Si Shuo said, gambling on the fact that the Beast God wasn’t watching them all the time and didn’t know her family had two Sumeru Spaces. She brazenly told a barefaced lie.

"Lord Beast God, you know we have a large family, and we’ll most likely be migrating to the Southwest Continent. Our family’s needs are great, so don’t we have to make extra preparations?"

"Then how about you store them with me for now?" the Beast God offered a solution.

"That doesn’t seem right. We’d have to trouble you every time we need to get something," Si Shuo said with a slight sigh. "Besides, I was thinking about when my Beast Husbands and cubs are away from home. They can’t come to me to ask you for things every single time, can they? Even if you don’t find it annoying, I’d find them a handful."

The Beast God finally understood. ’This little female is beating around the bush to ask me for a Storage Space?’

He chuckled. "Alright. Many Ring Spaces have been nurtured between heaven and earth. As far as I know, at the bottom of a lake next to a volcano on a deserted island in the South Sea, there is a type of five-colored volcanic rock that has a certain chance of forming a Pocket Dimension Space."

"When you travel to the Southwest Continent, you can go try your luck. Once you’ve found a Ring Space, you can take out the supplies I’ve allotted to you and transfer them into your own space."

As he spoke, a map appeared in Si Shuo’s mind.

Si Shuo’s eyes lit up. ’This... this seems even more practical than the reward I had imagined!’