Chapter 257: Chapter 256: An Angry Slip of the Tongue

Ji Liang was quick on the uptake. As soon as Si Shuo mentioned a few key points, he understood and added, “Father Wei Jin, we can test it out tonight and finalize the rules and prizes for the game.

Everyone, get your bamboo baskets ready to hold the Crystal Stones!”

Wei Jin smiled and nodded enthusiastically. He offered a few words of advice before hurrying off.

Beastmen had a natural advantage in physical fitness, so Si Shuo couldn’t just copy the rules from her world and apply them here. That would be like giving a kindergarten test to a middle schooler—a total giveaway!

After some discussion, they decided that most of the games would be restricted to females. Males could participate in some events, but only under specific conditions.

Xu Chi neatly wrote down the finalized rules and prizes for the games.

A knock came from the front yard—KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. It was especially piercing deep in the night, so much so that the Clock Vine didn’t even need to hop over and sound its alarm.

Wei Ce stood up. “I’ll get the door!”

Si Shuo glanced at Xu Chi, who grinned and turned them both invisible so they could go see what was happening.

Following their example, Xuyou climbed onto Xu Ye, who was tirelessly flapping his wings. Youyou was weighed down by his baby fat, so Xu Ye, who could normally fly as high as a person, was forced into a low-altitude flight, his feet barely clearing the ground.

Even so, the two cubs turned invisible and followed close behind, having inherited their Cat Beastman mother’s curiosity and desire to see the commotion.

“You must be Wei Ce, right? My name is Mi Xing. I’m a Female Saint from the Southern Continent, married into Peng’an Beast City, which isn’t far from Guangshou City. This is my Beast Husband, the Vermilion Bird Beastman Gui Hong…” said the petite female outside. She wore a white cloak, her chin slightly raised to reveal a fair, delicate face, and her voice was soft with a hint of shyness.

Before she could finish, Wei Ce slammed the door shut. “Don’t know you!”

The group outside was stunned for a moment. Mi Xing shot a look at the Beast Husband beside her, and he stepped forward to pound on the door again.

Wei Ce threw the door open, his patience gone. For once, he displayed the coarseness he’d picked up in the Beast Soldier Camp. “Spit it out!”

Si Shuo bit down on Xu Chi’s arm to keep from laughing. ’Now *this* is more like the Wei Ce whose attitude matches his physique and rank of Vice Admiral.’

She managed to hold in her laughter, but a sudden PFFT came from Mi Xing’s direction. ’It sounded so real… and strangely familiar?!’

Mi Xing’s face flushed red as she hastily said, “That wasn’t me!”

Wei Ce raised an eyebrow, drawling, “No one said it was. Why are you so quick to take the blame if you have a clear conscience?”

Seeing that he was about to shut the door again, Mi Xing clenched her fists and spoke quickly. “I’m from the same homeland as the Si Shuo Divine Female. Tell her Mi Xing from Puchang City is here.”

“Alright, got it,” Wei Ce nodded, once again moving to shut the door.

Mi Xing had a premonition that he really did just “get it” and nothing more. Without pausing for breath, she rushed on:

“We were delayed by a family matter and couldn’t find a suitable place to stay. Do you happen to have any spare rooms? Don’t worry, we’ll pay with Crystal Stones!”

As she spoke, she produced a Level 10 Crystal Core. She let out a soft breath, the corners of her lips curling into a smile. “Is this enough for three rooms for ten days?”

Even with the high cost of living in the Central Continent, a Level 10 Crystal Core was still an impressive offer.

Wei Ce scoffed. “Sorry, we don’t rent out rooms.”

Mi Xing frowned. “What about two Level 10 Crystal Cores?” ’Aren’t the Iron-eating Beasts supposed to be short on Crystal Stones? I heard most of them go to feeding the bamboo forest on the back mountain.’

Wei Ce’s expression darkened. “Not for rent means not for rent. It’s late. If you can’t find a place to stay, I can call the patrolling Beast Soldiers to escort you out of the city.”

Mi Xing was furious. ’This Beastman is as stubborn as a rock, deaf to both reason and threats.’

“Fine. I see how it is. Someone thinks she’s hit the big time by latching onto the Iron-eating Beast Clan and now refuses to even acknowledge someone from her homeland. She probably wishes she were a Female Saint born and raised in the Central Continent. How well do you think a female who forgets her roots is going to treat you?

You’d better pray the Iron-eating Beast Clan prospers forever, because otherwise, she’ll be the first one to break her contract with you! So rude, so impolite…” Mi Xing had never been shut out so completely before.

Si Shuo emerged from behind the door, hands on her hips. “Losing your temper, are we?” she scoffed. “I’ve never seen a prospective tenant so insistent they refuse to leave. We said we’re not renting. Why can’t you understand plain language?

You pick on my Beast Husband because he’s not a smooth talker, and you even dare to curse the entire Iron-eating Beast Clan? I think you’re the one who’s been a Female Saint for so long you’ve forgotten your own place!

Now hurry up and leave. All that PFFT-PFFTing is going to stink up my doorway!”

Mi Xing stomped her foot. “So what if you latched onto the Iron-eating Beast Clan and became a Beastman of Guangshou City? What’s so great about that! Just you wait.”

With that, she spun around and left with her dozen or so Beast Husbands in tow.

Once the group was completely gone, Si Shuo’s expression hardened. She took two steps forward, grabbed two heavy clumps of empty air, and started dragging them back into the house.

Wei Ce quickly shut the door and followed them inside.

Xu Chi’s eyes flickered, and he cast a Protective Shield over them.

“Feeling pretty capable, are you?” Si Shuo was squatting and twisting the ears of the two now-visible cubs, fuming as she scolded them. “A pair of cubs who haven’t even grown in all their teeth, daring to run into a group of strange adult Beastmen and provoke them? What if you’d been discovered…” At that thought, she shot daggers at Xu Chi. ’Why *weren’t* they discovered?’

“Xu Chi, what have you been teaching them?”

Xu Chi pressed his lips together, his expression serious. “I am teaching them the skills for survival, step-by-step, according to the knowledge passed down in my bloodline.”

’That’s true,’ Si Shuo thought. She nodded, then turned back to continue her lecture. “Your Father is teaching you survival skills, not how to get yourselves killed!

Those people just now weren’t high-Level, and they had their guard down since they were inside the city. Otherwise, do you think you’d be here right now, safe and sound, listening to your Mother scold you?

You’re not one- or two-month-old cubs anymore. You have younger brothers and sisters, so why can’t you be more mature?

It’s one thing to be mischievous at home, but putting yourselves in danger like that is just plain stupid! That’s not being clever, that’s being a fool…”

She was so angry she had a slip of the tongue—they didn’t have any younger sisters.

The two cubs hung their heads lower and lower as she lectured them. Seeing the two small, pitiful-looking balls of fluff, Si Shuo’s heart ached. ’But still,’ she thought, ’mischief at home is one thing. How can they be so reckless and not consider the time or place when they’re outside?’

’If I’m not strict with them now and make sure they learn their lesson, they’ll really grow up fearing nothing and no one!’

When the other Beast Husbands in the house heard nothing for a while, they came over to check, only to find their little female getting serious with the two cubs.

Gong You stepped forward and patted Si Shuo’s head. “Don’t be angry, little one. Xu Chi and Wei Ce were watching, weren’t they? They wouldn’t have let anything happen to the cubs.

Our ancestral knowledge is the most direct and effective experience, passed down through generations.

It’s normal for little cubs to be a bit reckless. If they learn fear too early and become timid, it’s very difficult for them to grow into powerful Beastmen.

Besides, their learning and practice can happen anytime, anywhere. They are trained through play…”

Si Shuo bit her lip and whispered hesitantly in his ear, “So… was I wrong to scold them?”

Gong You smiled. “You weren’t wrong, either. The way our heritage teaches cubs is based on survival of the fittest. It’s very common for most of the cubs in a litter to be lost if they’re careless and their Father fails to protect them in time…”

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