CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 405: 27 BABY GRASS SNAKES_1

The male was silent for a long while.

He gently touched her fluffy head.

In the end, he nodded.

Si Yan extended her hand. Wang, following her gesture, bent down towards her.

Si Yan took out a red stone and tied it around his neck. "This is Blood Jade. It can bring you good luck."

The blood-colored stone hung around his neck. This was not ordinary jade; it was jade that Si Yan had dyed with her own blood.

At this moment, Si Yan solemnly bade him farewell:

"Wang, my surname is Si and my given name is Yan. I’m the second-born in my family, with an older brother named Si Jie."

"I’ve lived two lifetimes. The first was in Earth Village, and in the second, I came to your side."

"You must remember me, for I am waiting for you."

The Snake Beastman’s serpentine eyes constricted slightly.

He touched the Blood Jade, not responding for a long while. At last, he bowed his head, kissed his beloved’s lips, and solemnly made her a promise.

"For eternity, I dare not forget."

Wang left, quietly, without alarming anyone.

「...」

After Wang’s departure, Si Yan continued to happily accompany the six cubs.

However, the construction of the Delusional Domain’s Formation sped up considerably.

Si Yan walked briskly in front, with one gold and one purple little dragon still atop her head.

She Ying, She Chuan, and the others followed closely behind.

"Lady of the Lord," She Chuan said, "we have arranged for more Snake Beastmen to participate in forging silverware. This has sped up production, allowing us to have more silver weapons."

Si Yan replied while observing, "Forge weapons according to the different Beastmen’s beast forms. Save as much silver as possible so more Beastmen can use silverware. Also, the silverware sent to each city shouldn’t be given away; it must be sold. Is there anyone in the tribe skilled in mathematics and business?"

The Snake Beastmen exchanged silent glances.

Suddenly, Si Yan turned her gaze to the young Snake Beastman, She Yi, who was following behind.

"She Yi, you will learn mathematics and business from me. Once you’ve mastered them, the silver mine’s trade will be entrusted to you."

She Yi looked at Si Yan in surprise.

Si Yan lowered her eyes. "What’s the matter? Are you unwilling?"

She Yi shook his head. "No, that’s not it."

He knelt on one knee. "I am willing to serve the Lady."

The Delusional Domain had already exiled the Fox Beastmen, but the Snake Beastmen tribe and the Fox Beastmen tribe had lived together for a long time. Thus, some Beastmen had assimilated and remained through intermarriage.

If a female Fox Beastman was willing to bear a litter for a Snake Beastman, she could, naturally, stay in the Delusional Domain.

Therefore, some female Fox Beastmen still remained due to their Beast Husbands.

Hu Hua was Hu Ling’s sister.

Hu Ling had once been the most beautiful female of the Fox Clan. She loved the Lord but could never win his affection.

Later, during the battle at Dark Sun Lake, the Fox Clan was outmaneuvered by that cunning female, Si Yan, and driven from their homeland.

Hu Hua, however, having inadvertently borne a litter of snake cubs for a Grass Snake Beastman, had been allowed to stay as an exception.

With her family and friends scattered and her home destroyed, Hu Hua harbored a deep resentment towards Si Yan.

She squinted, watching Si Yan with hatred, surrounded by her twenty-seven three to four-year-old snake cubs.

Snake litters are large, especially for Grass Snakes, who lay a particularly large number of Snake Eggs at once.

The Grass Snake father, She Zhao, returned from hunting with his catch. He painstakingly divided the meat and fed it to the hungry cubs.

Hu Hua’s other males were not allowed to enter the Delusional Domain; they survived outside its borders. Only She Zhao alone worked hard to provide for twenty-seven little snake cubs and one female. Despite the hardship, he felt exceptionally happy.

He knew Hu Hua was upset about being separated from her family, so he patiently endured her hitting and scolding, always trying his best to soothe her.

After all, besides the Lord, which other Snake Beastman could exclusively possess a female?

Having an exclusive female, he desired nothing more.

Hu Hua watched Si Yan leave with a hostile gaze. "The Lord has already left," she sneered. "What airs is she, a mere female, putting on? Without a male by her side, she’ll die sooner or later."

She Zhao, the Grass Snake, was frightened to death. He quickly covered Hu Hua’s mouth. "Whoa, Mistress! You can hit me or scold me, but please don’t talk about the Lady of the Lord like that!"

The Lady of the Lord was devoted exclusively to the Lord of the Delusional Domain; all her cubs were born for him.

Furthermore, at the Wan Cheng Gathering, she helped the Snake Beastmen legitimize their status.

These events had caused a tremendous stir in the Delusional Domain.

Snake Beastmen had always been neither welcomed nor recognized.

Many Snake Beastmen felt respected for the first time, especially by a female—the Lady of the Lord, no less.

Because of this, the Snake Beastmen deeply respected the Lady of the Lord from the bottom of their hearts. To many, her status was nearly that of the Beast God.

Si Yan’s personal influence in the Delusional Domain even surpassed that of the Lord Wang.

Hu Hua glared at She Zhao resentfully. "It’s all because you’re useless!"

She Zhao immediately tried to placate her. "Yes, yes, it’s my fault. I’m useless."

She Zhao called the twenty-seven little snake cubs back, counting them one by one. "One, two... twenty-seven... Ha, counted correctly! Not a single one missing."

His ability to count the cubs correctly each day already surpassed that of most Snake Beastmen.

She Zhao said, "Mistress, I’ll take the cubs back to the cave. Remember to come back after you’ve played for a while."

"Why are you meddling so much?" Hu Hua replied impatiently.

She glanced at She Zhao and the cubs, then immediately stopped him. "Do we have enough food at home? We’re not even full, and you’re thinking of resting in the cave? Go hunt!"

She Zhao was taken aback. Hadn’t they just been fed meat? Wasn’t that enough? Had the cubs’ appetites grown again?

"Don’t be angry," he nodded obediently. "I was just concerned that looking after twenty-seven cubs is too much for you. I’ll go hunting right away."

Hu Hua looked at She Zhao with disdain. A common Grass Snake Beastman. His prey always consists of weak wild animals like Long-eared Beasts and Plum Blossom Horned Beasts.

Too weak and useless.

「...」

"Lady," She Ying said to Si Yan, "there’s something I would like to discuss with you."

"Hmm, go ahead," Si Yan replied.

She Ying said, "The Delusional Domain possesses the Snake Beastmen’s inheritance. Red Crystal rank Snake Beastmen and above can attempt to absorb it. The Lord became a Purple Crystal Snake Beastman after absorbing the inheritance’s power. Now that the four young masters are all Red Crystal Snake Beastmen, should we let them enter and try to receive the inheritance?"

Dongchi, Nan Mo, Xi Qing, and Bei Ji were still very young. Such matters now required the Lady of the Lord to make the decision.

Si Yan lowered her gaze, asking, "What are the risks?"

She Ying replied, "There isn’t much danger in the inheritance grounds, but the opportunity to receive it comes only once. If they fail to accept the inheritance this time, there won’t be another chance."

The four little ones came to Si Yan’s side, awaiting her decision. If Si Yan refused, they intended to persuade their mother.

They wanted to go!

Their mother’s family had only one male and one Guardian Beast. The so-called ’protective beasts’ of the Golden Dragon Clan were not nearly as reliable as a male Beastman with a totem mark.

Now that their father beast had left, their mother only had Uncle Tai Seng—a single Beastman—and them, four little cubs.

Moreover, now they had to protect not only their mother but also their younger brothers and sisters.

They were the older brothers now.

She Ying said, his face serious, "Lady, the four young masters’ strength is stable. They are ready."

Si Yan turned to the four little ones. "Do you want to go?"

"Mother, we want to go," the four little ones nodded in unison.