349: Chapter 25 "Who is Long Aotian?"

Bao Yang turned her head at the sound and saw Yun Tiankai standing behind her.

"Are you kidding me!" Bao Yang said, about to resume her work.

However, she saw Yun Tiankai still looking at her with a beaming smile.

Bao Yang's eyes widened slightly. "Tian Tian, you can't be serious, right?"

Yun Tiankai gave a nod.

Bao Yang rolled her eyes. "You haven't interacted with the Male Beastmen here; they are different from the ones in other places.

They don't want to contribute anything, yet they want to take advantage of Female Beastmen and make them bear their Cubs."

Although Bao Yang hadn't lived outside the settlement for many days, those Male Beastmen wanted to possess her the moment they saw her.

It was completely different from her situation back in the Leopard Tribe.

In the Leopard Tribe, Female Beastmen held a high status and were cared for and protected by the entire Tribe.

Even a Female Beastman without a Beast Husband would be supported by the tribespeople.

If a Male Beastman wanted to mate with a Female Beastman he liked, he had to go through passionate pursuit and fierce fighting with rivals, finally winning the Female Beastman's consent before they could be together.

But the Male Beastmen here see a Female Beastman and look like beasts seeing meat; they only want to quickly take her back and claim her as their own.

But even after claiming her, they don't know how to cherish her.

They don't care about the Female Beastman's feelings at all; they just fight to make her bear their Cubs.

She had heard that the Female Beastmen living on the Barren Continent all eventually died because of bearing Cubs.

Either the Male Beastman didn't take good care of her during the pregnancy, leaving her too weak to survive the physical strain of labor.

Or they ignored her feelings and forced food upon her to make the Cub strong enough, resulting in the Cub being too large to be born, leading to her death.

Worse still, even if the Mistress was already pregnant with another Beast Husband's Cub, they would force mating upon her just to cause a miscarriage of the other's offspring.

Thinking of this, Bao Yang felt a sudden wave of horror.

If she hadn't met Lord Longyan, her fate would likely have been the same as those Female Beastmen.

In comparison, she missed her Beast Husband Bao Meng even more.

He was such a respectful beastman...

As Bao Yang was thinking, she suddenly noticed Yun Tiankai walking toward the Hunting Forest.

"Tian Tian! Where are you going?" Bao Yang shouted.

She wasn't really going to find Male Beastmen to help, was she?

It was also strange—why wasn't Lord Longyan helping them this time?

Clearly, he was the one who built the houses in the settlement before.

Just as Bao Yang was about to chase after her, she suddenly saw Tang Longyan descend from the sky and follow by Yun Tiankai's side.

She stopped in her tracks.

So she was having Lord Longyan go to "find people to help"...

Then she could rest easy.

The aura Lord Longyan displayed yesterday—forget about those Male Beastmen who hadn't joined the Longyan Tribe being afraid, even they, the Female Beastmen, felt terrified watching it.

Tang Longyan slowed his pace to match Yun Tiankai's rhythm, asking as they walked, "Why won't you let me help?"

Yun Tiankai: "You just intimidated those Male Beastmen yesterday.

Now you need to maintain your 'Long Aotian' image; you can't let them think you're approachable.

Being approachable is a quality that should only be shown after the Tribe has developed."

Although Yun Tiankai hadn't read many books on military strategy, she had watched plenty of TV dramas.

Benevolent rule is only suitable for winning over the people during times of peace.

But Tang Longyan's focus was not on when to use strict governance or when to use benevolence.

"Who is Long Aotian?" he asked.

Yun Tiankai stopped, momentarily dazed by his question.

She had actually only seen the "Long Aotian" memes and hadn't actually read the book.

She opened her mouth, unsure how to explain this progenitor of male-oriented power-fantasy web novels to him.

In the end, she only squeezed out a few words—"A very powerful Male Beastman."

Tang Longyan frowned and thought for a moment.

"Is it someone Tian Tian knows?"

Yun Tiankai didn't realize that he had suddenly followed the other Female Beastmen and started calling her Tian Tian.

Yun Tiankai: "Sort of! I know him, but he doesn't know me."

Tang Longyan: What kind of Male Beastman is so powerful that Tian Tian wants to know him?

If he got the chance, he would definitely have to compete with him to see who was more powerful!

As far as he knew, in the entire Beast World, besides his father the Beast God, no one was his match.

Tang Longyan suddenly felt a desire to prove himself.

He leaned closer to her. "If I command those Male Beastmen, they will do as they're told."

"Then if they make a mistake, how will you punish them?" Yun Tiankai asked.

Tang Longyan thought for a bit and said sincerely, "I haven't decided."

Yun Tiankai: "Exactly—killing them isn't right, and you don't know to what extent you should punish them either."

"Then how do we screen for good beastmen?"

In Tang Longyan's understanding, he simply categorized beastmen who listened to him as good beastmen, and those who didn't as bad beastmen.

"I have a way."

Since most of the Female Beastmen were gathered near the Hunting Forest, separated only by a lake, there were actually many Male Beastmen hiding in the woods, secretly observing them.

Among them were many who were the Beast Husbands of those Female Beastmen.

There were also many Male Beastmen who did not yet have a mate.

After all, no one had ever seen so many Female Beastmen gathered together!

But none of them dared to go around the lake...

"Bao Hen! Lord Longyan seems to have disappeared!"

She Lin suddenly pointed at the sky.

The reason these Male Beastmen didn't dare cross over was that Tang Longyan had been observing them from the sky.

Bao Hen gave him a nod. "This is a rare opportunity."

She Lin also nodded.

The two of them quickly shifted into their Beast Forms.

Before they could move, two black shadows suddenly "whooshed" past them.

It was other Male Beastmen who had been hiding and watching!

"Damn!" Bao Hen cursed under his breath. "If the number of beastmen is large, Lord Longyan will find out very quickly.

When that happens, we won't have a chance to talk to them."

Just as the two were about to act—

Two more black shadows flashed past with a "whoosh".

It seemed the beastmen who had just run past were running back.

Bao Hen: ...

"What's going on?" She Lin asked.

Bao Hen's vision was better than his; he looked in the direction the two beastmen had returned from and narrowed his eyes.

Instantly, his brownish-yellow eyes widened into circles.

He immediately transformed into human form.

"Lord Longyan!" Bao Hen knelt toward the distance.

Although She Lin hadn't seen anything yet, he knelt down along with him.

A moment later, the sound of two people's footsteps slowly approached.

At this time, many beastmen who saw Tang Longyan also knelt down, following Bao Hen's example.

They lived unrestrained lives on the Barren Continent and didn't understand rules.

Bao Hen was from the Leopard Tribe.

Before its decline, the Leopard Tribe was one of the top Tribes among the surrounding islands.

So, following his lead should be correct.

Tang Longyan walked up to Bao Hen and looked down at him.

This beastman's strength was prominent among the beastmen of the Barren Continent, and he was very well-behaved; he should be a—good beastman.

Yun Tiankai, however, walked up to She Lin.

She put her hand to her lips and said to She Lin with feigned mystery, "She Lin, do you want to see Zhu Zhu?"

She Lin jerked his head up.

"Yes!"

"Then I'll secretly—" she intentionally drew out her words, "—tell you!"

Suddenly, a large hand covered her mouth.