177: Chapter 177 His icy blue eyes narrowed slightly.

"If we don't go buy things for the Cub, the vendors will be closing up shop."

Hearing Hu Che say this, Fen Tian felt a sense of frustration, as if punching a pile of cotton.

Yet he had no choice but to follow Hu Che into the city, because only he knew best where to get what he wanted.

Many merchants in Red Fox City recognized Hu Che.

They hadn't seen him for a long time.

Coupled with the fact that the Jiao Clan and the Red Fox Tribe had terminated their cooperation, rumors were spreading throughout Red Fox City that something might have happened to Hu Che.

Seeing him now, they were all overjoyed and unwilling to accept his crystals, but Hu Che still didn't short them a single one.

"It is my fault for falling out with the Jiao Clan and affecting everyone's business.

Please hang in there; I will find a way," Hu Che said.

"Lord, please don't say that.

It was you who led us to a good life.

The Jiao Clan is so arrogant; we've long found them unpleasant.

If we can't sell to them, the Beast Kingdom is so big, there are plenty of other beastmen who will buy!"

"Right!"

"Exactly!"

The vendors chimed in one after another.

Fen Tian stood behind him, watching him with cold eyes.

Suddenly, Hu Che saw a tall Male Beastman with silver-gray hair standing in the distance behind the fur vendor.

Around his neck hung a string of beast-tooth necklaces, common among the Wolf Tribe.

Hu Che lowered his head, picked up a piece of white otter fur, and asked, "Boss, how much for this?"

"One crystal.

Although this white otter fur is fine, it lacks thickness; it's usually used to make undergarments for newborn Cubs."

"It's for a Cub," Hu Che replied.

The vendor was startled and lowered his voice to ask, "Is your Mistress pregnant with a Cub?"

After the Beast King woke up, he announced to the outside world that the Divine Maiden had four Beast Husbands: himself, the Lord of Red Fox City Hu Che, the new Lord of Wolf City Lang Lie, and the legendary Beast God.

He also said that to pray for blessings for the Beast World, the Divine Maiden had temporarily left with the Beast God.

Why had she suddenly returned?

And pregnant with a Cub?

"Yes," Hu Che answered in a very low voice.

The vendor suddenly realized he knew an incredible secret.

His heart pounded with excitement, and the spirit of gossip burned fiercely within him.

"Is it a male Cub or a female Cub?

I have cotton in different colors here; let me help you pick some."

"I don't know.

However, the Mistress calls him Baby."

Hu Che deliberately raised his voice when saying this.

The Wolf Tribe Male Beastman, who had been facing away from Hu Che, suddenly shuddered.

He turned around immediately.

His icy blue eyes narrowed slightly, clashing with Hu Che's orange eyes.

Hu Che quickly lowered his head and continued to pick out items.

"Then it must be a male, as some Female Beastmen can sense the gender of the Cub," the vendor said excitedly.

The Wolf Tribe Male Beastman was just about to walk over, when suddenly, a particularly tall Male Beastman with bronze skin appeared beside Hu Che.

He hastily stopped in his tracks and hid among the beastmen.

Fen Tian raised his hand and stored all the white otter fur from the vendor's stall into his space.

"Hey! You beast—"

Upon seeing this, the vendor was about to say something, but Hu Che stopped him with a raised hand.

He placed a pink crystal on the vendor's stall.

"This is my elder brother," Hu Che said simply and clearly.

The vendor could tell at a glance that the Male Beastman was definitely not from the Red Fox Tribe.

But since the Lord had called him his "elder brother," and he looked so tall and handsome, his rank must be high.

So, he didn't say anything more.

Hu Che picked out quite a few more things.

The vendor insisted on giving him a discount, and Hu Che could not refuse his kindness.

After paying with crystals, he and Fen Tian moved on to the next place.

After the two had walked away, the vendor tidied up the furs that had been rummaged through.

Suddenly, under a piece of fur, he found a crystal the size of a fingernail.

Under the crystal was a small piece of sheepskin.

Thinking of Hu Che's rummaging actions earlier, the vendor slapped his thigh.

"Oh! It must have been left by the Lord!"

He was just about to call out to them when suddenly, a large hand covered his mouth and quickly snatched away the sheepskin pressed under the crystal.

"The matter of the Divine Maiden being pregnant with a Cub is a secret," Lang Lie warned.

The vendor was stared down by his icy blue eyes and froze instantly.

He recognized Lang Lie.

For the past few days, he had often seen him wandering around Red Fox City with people from the Wolf Tribe.

He had been curious about what was going on.

So it turned out he had come with the Lord.

The vendor nodded hurriedly.

"I know, I know."

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The Lord's Mansion of Red Fox City.

Lang Lie ran quickly to the room where Yan Qing was staying.

She Mu was standing at the door.

Yan Qing heard the commotion outside the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me."

The door opened, and Chief Hu Xiao walked out of Yan Qing's room.

Yan Qing looked at Lang Lie and said seriously, "Not long ago, someone was looking for Hu Che in Red Fox City."

Lang Lie walked over and sat down in a grand manner on the stone chair opposite Yan Qing.

"I saw Hu Che."

"Hu Che?" Yan Qing stood up in shock.

"Where is he?"

Lang Lie replied, "He has already left."

He had followed behind them and seen with his own eyes that they had flown away from Red Fox City.

Lang Lie added, "He came with the Beast God."

Yan Qing slowly sat back down, understanding why Lang Lie hadn't brought Hu Che over.

Going head-to-head with the Beast God was a dead end.

They could only win through strategy.

"Are you sure?" Yan Qing asked.

"Although I have never met Hu Che, nor have I met the Beast God, I can be certain that the person was Hu Che.

I have never seen such a handsome Male Beastman.

Furthermore, he deliberately locked eyes with me and left this behind."

Lang Lie placed the piece of sheepskin he had been clutching tightly in his palm onto the stone table between them.

Yan Qing quickly unfolded it.

It was a mini map.

He knew every city, every mountain, and every river in the Beast Kingdom by heart, but he was certain he had never seen this place before.

"Are you sure the person beside him was the Beast God?" Yan Qing asked while pondering.

"The appearance is similar to what the beastmen told us.

Moreover, I could feel that he was deliberately hiding his aura.

In the Beast Kingdom, besides you, no beast needs to deliberately hide their aura when traveling.

And..."

Yan Qing looked up and locked eyes with Lang Lie.

Lang Lie said word for word, "The Mistress should be pregnant with a Cub."

"How is this possible?

She is wearing that ring, it is impos—"

He stopped halfway, then suddenly understood.

If the Beast God insisted on her taking it off, what choice did she have...

Lang Lie clenched his fists.

"The Mistress cannot withstand this Cub at all.

We must find her quickly and persuade her to absorb the Cub!"

He knew her too well.

She simply couldn't bear to part with the Cub in her belly.

Moreover, the higher the rank of the beastman Cub, the more it could control the Female Beastman, causing her to selflessly give it Energy.

Yan Qing didn't know what he thought of, but his hand holding the map trembled twice.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When he opened them again, his emerald eyes had returned to their usual calmness.

"She Mu!"

"Here!"

She Mu rushed in from outside the door.

"Take this sheepskin and make three hundred copies.

Distribute them to all the City Lords and search for this place.

Tell all the City Lords to redraw the maps."

"Yes!"

"I will go with you!" Lang Lie stood up and walked out of the room first.

"Lang Lie!" Yan Qing suddenly called out to him.

Lang Lie turned back.

Yan Qing said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Lang Lie smiled bitterly.

"She is my Mistress too.

Although I haven't spent as much time with her as you have, I love her no less than you do."

Yan Qing replied, "She feels the same."