Chapter 542: Chapter 541: Lemming Female Saint Xu Ge

Though he called it his White Whale Beastman form, Xiao Cheng didn’t have much of a reference. He simply changed his skin, hair, and eye color to match a beluga’s, subtly adding some White Whale Beastman features to his face. He kept his tail hidden, but when he got excited, water sprayed from the top of his head, drenching them both...

The ice-cold water doused most of their fiery passion.

Xiao Cheng’s body stiffened, and he hurriedly shifted into an adorkable snow wolf. Though he called it a snow wolf, his well-behaved appearance right now made him look more like a little puppy.

His tail popped out uncontrollably, spinning, spinning, and spinning some more.

Si Shuo’s cheeks flushed. She couldn’t help it. His... his passion was just like his tail—delightful, yet a little frightening.

She lowered her head slightly, her gaze shifting. When she looked up again, she chuckled. "Well now, is this a male the White Wolf Clan sent for me? He’s completely my type, even more adorable than Xiao Cheng..."

Just a moment ago, he had been bashful, his eyes unable to hide his love and passion, his whole body restless with the urge to throw himself on her. But now, Xiao Cheng instantly turned into a wolf pup, glaring and grinding his teeth at her.

"Heh, so the Si Shuo Divine Female doesn’t always say what she means. You like me like this, does that mean I please you better than Xiao Cheng does?" He advanced on her step by step, his question laced with a dangerous air, as if he would pounce and devour her raw if she uttered a single wrong word.

But Si Shuo was entirely unafraid. In fact, her eyes glinted with eager anticipation. "I suppose I might," she said with a smile. "But I haven’t tried yet, so I don’t know who’s more impressive... you or Xiao Cheng."

"Shuo, you’re really pushing my buttons!" Xiao Cheng lost all reason and lunged forward, kissing her fiercely. He had no idea whether he was supposed to prove himself now or not. ’Getting jealous of myself... What the hell is that about?!’

Wei Ce and Ji Liang were incredibly fast. In just one day, they had found buyers for the family’s mountain land, residence, fields, and shops.

As a result, when Si Shuo woke the next day, everyone was at home. Rain threatened to pour down at any moment, so they had already moved into the mountain valley. Drawing on their experience from last year, the males of the family had dug out another level higher up in the cave.

This way, no matter how heavy the downpour or whether it caused a flood, the water wouldn’t reach the cave and disrupt their lives.

The sky outside was as dark as dusk. After Gong You’s cultivation advanced to the Thirteen-layer Peak, his Time Law evolved again, increasing the temporal flow rate from fifteen times the normal speed to twenty.

The spheres of light he released could last for two and a half Beast Hours—equivalent to five hours in Capital Time—due to the temporal effect. Everyone had stored plenty of his light spheres in their Spirit Storage Talismans.

The light spheres also had three different intensity settings, controlled by the caster’s will. The current one was medium, casting a pleasant warmth like the sun, keeping things dry without being blinding.

After their meal, Si Shuo turned her head to look at Wei Ce. She walked over with a light smile and sat down shoulder-to-shoulder with him. "Brother Ce, do you want to go see your Mother?"

When they moved into the cave, they had sent Yichu and Jiang Guo to Nanye City on the Southern Continent. With no superpower, Yichu and the half-cultivation Jiang Guo had no power to cause trouble. They could only "enjoy" the impoverished life of the ordinary Beastmen they so despised.

Slightly nervous, Wei Ce turned his head to look at Si Shuo. "Shuo, will you come with me?"

Si Shuo smiled, pressing her lips together as she rested her head on his shoulder. "Since Brother Ce is asking, I suppose I can drag myself along." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Wei Ce chuckled softly and pulled her into his arms, then beckoned to Tuanzi. Yuanyuan, who had transformed into a moth and was fluttering around the light, also followed. Naturally, the Little Golden Eagle Li Bo, who had been acting like a flightless chicken unable to stretch his wings in the cave, tagged along behind them.

They flashed away, arriving at the Rogue Mouse Tribe. The Rogue Mice could be considered the most prolific Beastman species on the entire Beast World Continent. Half of the Rogue Mouse females had above-average fertility, and having five to eight litters a year was a normal pace for them.

The population of the Rogue Mouse Tribe was rampant, and the people of the Beast Cities didn’t allow their numbers to grow too large and compete for resources. So every year, many Rogue Mice with ordinary potential were driven out, under the noble-sounding pretext of "gaining experience."

But outside the Beast Cities, it was fraught with danger, posing a great test of survival for the Rogue Mouse Beastmen. Barely one in twenty would survive.

Back then, Yichu had specifically targeted Xu Ge—a Female Saint from the Rogue Mouse Tribe with whom she was on good terms—for her strong reproductive abilities. After having her memory tampered with just two or three times, Xu Ge had successfully conceived an Iron eating Beast cub.

As a Female Saint, Xu Ge should have been living in a bright house with a courtyard in the center of the square. But even after Si Shuo and Wei Ce circled the area while invisible, they couldn’t find any Female Saint named Xu Ge.

In the end, Si Shuo had to transform into another Female Saint. She stopped a patrolling guard, slipped him a Beast Skin Bag, and asked him to deliver something for her. Only by following him did they finally find Xu Ge.

Though they were both old enough to be a mother or even a grandmother, back before the Black Wolf King’s demise, Yichu had maintained her appearance so well she looked like a young female in her twenties. Her face had been smooth and fair, without a single fine line.

But Xu Ge was already hunched over, with strands of silver in her hair. By her side were only two males, both covered in scars and bearing disfigurements.

They lived in a rather remote spot, though their home was adjacent to one other.

Wei Ce stared in shock. Xu Ge was a Female Saint, only in her thirties or forties. Even if her fertility had declined, she shouldn’t be in such a state.

A thought flickered in Si Shuo’s eyes. She tugged his arm and, still disguised as Yichu, walked with Wei Ce through the clan’s territory until they found an elderly female who loved to visit others and gossip.

"Yichu" smiled and first stuffed a handful of Level 6 Crystal Stones into the old female’s hand, making her so delighted her nose twitched.

Before she could even ask, the old female glanced around furtively and pulled her into her home. "Little female, what brings you to see this old one? I guarantee I’ll tell you everything I know, holding nothing back!"

"Yichu" sighed softly. "Hello, Grandma," she said with a smile. "I had a dear friend from a long time ago, and we’ve lost touch. I was hoping you could tell me how she’s doing."

"And who might that be?" the old female asked curiously.

"Xu Ge!"

"Oh, her," the old female pursed her lips. "She’s had a hard life, that one. I mean, think about it. Which young female chosen by the Beast God to be a Female Saint isn’t blessed beyond measure? High-level Warriors come rushing from all over when they hear the news, don’t they?

She had gathered quite a few impressive Beast Husbands herself. We Rogue Mouse Beastmen are incredibly fertile, having one litter after another. If the aptitude isn’t great, we make up for it with numbers.

We keep the cubs with good potential by our side to support each other, and the ones with ordinary aptitude are driven out to ’gain experience’ for ten years. They’re only allowed to return after reaching the Twelfth Level.

The cubs born to a Female Saint always have at least medium potential... but that little female, Xu Ge, she only had two litters. Her third was a stillbirth, and it ruined her body, leaving her unable to have any more children...

No new Beast Husbands joined her, and her previous ones either died or were gravely injured..."

The invisible Wei Ce clenched his fists in anger. ’Yichu destroyed our entire family!’

Si Shuo listened quietly until the old female finished her rambling, then thanked her and left.

"If it weren’t for me, Mother Xu Ge wouldn’t have suffered like this," Wei Ce said, his head bowed. He felt like a harbinger of misfortune, that his very existence was a conspiracy from the moment he was born.

Si Shuo had Tuanzi take Yuanyuan and Li Bo back first. Only after the little ones were gone did she hug Wei Ce. "Brother Ce, what’s happened has happened. How can you take all the blame on yourself?

You were just a child; you didn’t even have a choice in being born. Yichu is the one at fault. She wanted power but was unwilling to pay the price.

She schemed for half her life, and in the end, it was all for nothing—like trying to carry water in a bamboo basket. It’s not even certain how many more years she has left to live. For her, every extra day she lives now is a form of torture."

The stark contrast of falling from such a great height would be enough to drive the ambitious Yichu, who had lived a life of luxury for decades, completely mad.

"Besides, we have elixirs. Mother Xu Ge will be all right," Si Shuo said, nuzzling his neck. "Our Brother Ce is a lucky star. You helped Mother Xu Ge get rid of that venomous schemer. From now on, Mother Xu Ge’s best days are ahead of her!"

Wei Ce hugged Si Shuo tightly. "Shuo, thank you. I can’t even imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t climbed over that wall, met you, and latched onto you. If you had chosen another Iron-eating Beastman, I would have gone mad with jealousy."

’A female this wonderful could only be his.’

Si Shuo muffled a laugh. "But Brother Ce is one of the highest-Level Warriors in Guangshou City. Shouldn’t I be the lucky one?"

"Without Shuo, I would have been surpassed by Yin Jiang and the others long ago. So who’s the lucky one, really?" Wei Ce was well aware of his own situation. He owed all his good fortune to her.

Si Shuo smiled, her lips pressed together. "Then it means we’re both blessed, and our bond is so deep that no one can ever tear us apart!"

Wei Ce nodded emphatically.

They returned to the house where Xu Ge lived, silently passing notes to discuss how to give her the elixir.