79: The Shattered Serpent Orcs

Xuan Jin coiled up like a giant mosquito coil at the entrance of the Cave.

Inside the Cave, Nan Zhisui lay on the bed wrapped in a brand-new black snake skin beast skin skirt, her cheeks flushed as she turned her back to Xuan Jin.

She had been seen completely naked and even given a thorough scrubbing.

She had never felt so humiliated!

This Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman was overbearing enough, but most importantly, he had thrown away the cubs.

The Little Snake cubs she had given birth to!!!

Nan Zhisui tugged at the beast skin on the stone bed.

If a little beastman cub didn't have the help of a Father Beast and a Female Mother, life would be very difficult.

Especially for a Little Snake Beastman.

Snake Beastmen were special and easily loathed by other beastmen, with basically no chance of being adopted... She hoped her cubs would have good luck like Yanger.

Thinking of Yanger, something flashed through Nan Zhisui's mind.

Was it possible that Yanger was her cub?

How was she going to find her own Little Snake cubs?

Nan Zhisui's heart tightened, and her sleep became restless... In her dream, the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman opened his bloody maw at her. She scurried away in terror, but her human physique was too weak; she couldn't even last three moves against him.

She was going to die, she was going to die—this snake was going to eat her!!!

But just then, a giant black tail coiled around her and tossed her into the Cave.

Her dream changed.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman transformed into human form, his hands propped on either side of her.

The Male's gaze became broken. He looked at her, then lowered his eyes.

“Little Female... do you hate me that much?”

“Yes, I hate you. I really don't like you!”

Suddenly, the scene shifted again.

They mated, a process that was not beautiful for Nan Zhisui.

Afterward, Nan Zhisui curled into a ball, her attitude extremely cold.

Xuan Jin, who had already become her beast husband, tried to get close to her, but her entire body rejected the approach of this Snake Beastman.

He said, “I'm going out to hunt. You stay here alone and have some quiet time.”

“Don't come back.”

Xuan Jin suddenly asked, “What did you say?”

“I said, don't come back! I hate you!”

In that moment, in a place Nan Zhisui couldn't see, the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman completely broke.

“Fine. I understand.”

His strong fists clenched instantly, veins bulging on his arms.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman turned and left the Cave.

Within a day, Nan Zhisui's belly expanded rapidly.

Nan Zhisui, enduring the rapid childbirth, felt terrified. She was trapped in the Cave by countless large stones, and her only food was the raw meat the Male had hunted.

No matter how many times she mentioned she wanted to build a fire to cook the meat, that snake simply wouldn't agree.

He was naturally overbearing and unwilling to back down, stubbornly holding onto his “truth” that raw meat was the healthiest.

He domineeringly demanded she accept what he considered good.

But she wasn't a primitive beastman who ate raw flesh and drank blood; she couldn't eat raw meat.

Nan Zhisui only felt he was overbearing, stubborn, and impossible to reason with.

A day later, Nan Zhisui endured the pain alone and laid a snake egg. She looked at the egg, her eyes full of reluctance to let go.

Little Cub, Mommy didn't mean to be so irresponsible and bring you into this world like this.

Mommy has her reasons.

“System, all my tasks are completed. Send me away from the Beast World.”

[Host, would you consider staying for two more days to say goodbye to your beast husband?]

Nan Zhisui paused for a second. She glanced at the lonely blue snake egg and, weakened from having just gone through childbirth alone, shook her head.

“No... I'm homesick. I miss my mom and dad... I'm a child with parents too...”

The hardships of these past two years—being forced to give birth, forced to have one child after another.

Forced to accept different Males, and even the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman who terrified her.

Who else would feel bad for her besides herself?

She really couldn't take it anymore. She wanted to go home... “System, send me home.”

[Understood. Host, System 007 will now settle the agreed-upon System rewards for you.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully completed all child-bearing tasks. As agreed, I will send you back to the real world.]

[And bestow upon you—]

[A 200-cubic-meter permanent space.]

[A permanent Common-grade Supernatural Ability: Herculean Strength!]

[And 30 million RMB in cash!]

Inside the Cave, Nan Zhisui vanished without a trace.

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman Xuan Jin stayed outside all day, constantly recalling the process of their Mating. He guessed his performance might not have been very good.

But he truly liked her, and it was their first intimate contact—plus the major event of forming a Partner Bond—so he had been too eager.

He recalled her coldness, her rejection, and her dislike.

Xuan Jin, oh Xuan Jin, Cold-Blooded Snake Beastmen are just naturally hated. Look at the entire Beast World—which Female would joyfully welcome a Snake Beastman as her beast husband?

Perhaps he shouldn't have had any expectations in the first place.

If he wanted to gain her attention and affection, there was likely no way other than forcing it.

He discovered a beautiful beast and killed it instantly.

He skinned the beast and tanned the hide.

He stayed outside for a day and a night, making her a comfortable beast skin skirt and beast skin boots while recalling her figure.

Cold-Blooded Snake Beastmen were skilled at sewing beautiful, comfortable clothes to please Females.

This was the only way he could think of to please her.

However, when he brought the beast skin skirt he had worked so hard on back to the Cave, he found only a single snake egg inside.

The Female's figure was nowhere to be found... Heh.

She ran away. She actually ran away!

In an instant, the beast skin skirt he had worked so hard on was shredded to pieces!

**

After Nan Zhisui woke up, she was face-to-face with the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman Xuan Jin.

Nan Zhisui didn't speak, so Xuan Jin didn't speak either.

After a while, the Male eventually yielded.

“Eat something, Little Female.” He pushed the meat toward her.

“I want to eat vegetables and fruits. If I must eat meat, I will only eat cooked meat.”

Xuan Jin disagreed and argued, “Grass is food only weak beastmen eat. Be good; eating meat is healthy, and eating meat makes you strong.”

“Then I'm a Weak Beastman!”

“No, you are strong; you can protect yourself. Be good and eat meat.”

“...Then just let me starve to death.” This time, Nan Zhisui was exceptionally stubborn.

If he thought something was good, he could just accept it himself. Why force her to accept it?

Xuan Jin counted the time she had gone without eating; it had actually been three days.

During their confrontation, the Male Snake Beastman's eyes flickered, and he finally gave in first.

“Fine, eat whatever you want. But I don't recognize the foods you mentioned; you'll have to find them yourself.”

Nan Zhisui was stunned, surprised by his compromise. “Mhm. Of course.”

The atmosphere between them suddenly relaxed.

But the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman turned his head away, looking a bit dejected where the Little Female couldn't see.

It seemed he had failed too many times with this Little Female.

Nan Zhisui glanced at him and said, “Xuan Jin, I've decided. I want to Cultivate.”

She wanted to Cultivate, become strong, and then leave him!

Speaking of cultivation, Xuan Jin raised his head in surprise.

Five years ago, Nan Zhisui was a physical weakling, and Xuan Jin had tried everything to persuade her to Cultivate, all to no avail.

This time, Nan Zhisui brought up cultivation herself. Even though he knew her goal might be to escape him, he was still very happy.

So what if she tried to escape? He would just catch her again.

If she became strong and could protect herself, that would be good. As for him... if she was strong, he would just be stronger.

“Alright.”

“I want you to go pick up some dry firewood. I need it to roast meat.”

“Alright.”

The Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman stood up indifferently and actually went nearby to gather the dry firewood Nan Zhisui wanted, waiting for her patiently.

Nan Zhisui felt very surprised, as if the sun had truly risen from the west.

She didn't use a lighter or anything like that; she tried to expose as little of her abilities to Xuan Jin as possible.

She piled up some dry grass, used a Flint to ignite it, then lit the dry firewood and roasted the meat to eat in front of him.

Having not eaten cooked food for three days, Nan Zhisui felt a touch of emotion the moment she tasted the roasted meat.

Once Nan Zhisui had finished all the meat, the Cold-Blooded Snake Beastman stepped forward and suddenly scooped her up with his strong, powerful arms.

Nan Zhisui was startled and cried out, “What are you doing? Let me go!”

“Since you've decided to Cultivate, now that you've eaten and drunk your fill, the cultivation can begin immediately.”