65: Chapter 65: Having everything is not as joyful as having a beastly husband.

"I only promised to go see her. Leave the rest to me. You cannot be present, and you definitely cannot promise her anything," Hu Che said.

Chief Hu Xiao hesitated, "But if we don't tell Chi Ling, what if she gets angry... If I'm not by your side, what will you do if there's no one to protect you?"

"Rest assured, I won't have any trouble. You just need to arrange—"

His voice stopped abruptly.

"Tang Ruan?"

He ran out of the cave and discovered it was just a rabbit darting through the forest.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Why was his first reaction not fear of someone eavesdropping, but fear that the person outside the cave was Tang Ruan?

He was afraid of her seeing his sordid side.

Chief Hu Xiao chased after him, saying excitedly, "Lord Hu Che, could it be that you are now a High-level Beastman?"

"Hmm." Hu Che hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The definitions of Mid-level Beastman and High-level Beastman were already very vague.

After he ate the spiritual fruit that Tang Ruan brought back, he discovered that he could control his Supernatural Ability better and better.

"That's great! Your Supernatural Ability is the same as the Old Fox King's!"

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Inside Chi Ling's cave.

She unfolded a piece of sheepskin.

On the sheepskin, the Snake Tribe's current territory was drawn, as well as the territory they were preparing to attack.

She used a red stone to mark it.

These places were all managed by her Beast Husbands. That is to say, they could directly obey her orders.

"Who?"

Chi Ling suddenly heard a noise.

Before she could turn around, someone descended from the sky and covered her mouth from behind.

Chi Ling turned quickly, and at the same time as she swung her long whip, a pair of rose-colored pupils met her eyes.

Under Hu Che's gaze, Chi Ling's eyes slowly lost focus.

The red whip in her hand slipped away and disappeared.

Hu Che took a step forward, and she took a step back.

Until she retreated to where she could retreat no further.

Chi Ling sat on the stone chair.

Hu Che's hands rested on both sides of the chair.

A smile of determination hung on the corners of his mouth.

"Now, I will ask, and you will answer."

Chi Ling nodded like a puppet.

"What is that map?"

"My map."

"The Snake Tribe's territory?"

Chi Ling suddenly laughed.

Her eyes were unfocused, the corners of her mouth turned up, and she smiled very eerily.

"No, it is my territory."

Hu Che's brows furrowed slightly.

He had originally wanted to ask a random question to see if his Supernatural Ability—Mind Control—was useful.

But it seemed he had asked about something very useful.

He turned his head to look at the map, pondering slightly.

"You act as if you love the Snake King very much; is that true?"

"Of course, I love him. Because only by becoming his Mistress can I possess everything of the Snake Tribe. Having everything is not as joyful as gaining a Beast Husband."

Hu Che's eyes widened slightly.

So, her deep affection was actually all performed for others to see.

She was utilizing the familial affection of growing up together with the Snake King, as well as the guilt from the failed bonding.

Using the Beast Husbands she could control, she was swallowing his land bit by bit.

If one day, the Snake King was willing to become her Beast Husband, the Snake Tribe would naturally be hers.

"What if the Snake King ultimately still refuses to acknowledge you as his Mistress?"

Chi Ling slowly raised her head, staring into Hu Che's eyes.

At this moment, Hu Che even thought that his Supernatural Ability had already failed.

"Then I will kill all the Snake Tribe—including Yan Qing! All disobedient Beastmen deserve to die!"

"But you... didn't you grow up together?"

Hu Che didn't understand, just as he couldn't understand why his older brothers and sisters from the White Fox Tribe were determined to kill them.

"So what? Why is he born a King, while I am just an item picked up to be used for reproduction?"

"But he didn't form a contract with you; you are already free."

Chi Ling was stunned.

"I don't want the freedom he gave. I am the most powerful Beastman. Only I can control the fate of others!"

Hu Che took a deep breath.

He understood a little why, when his mother told him stories when he was young, she said the Red Bone Snake Clan were the most unreasonable Beastmen in the world.

They always wanted to be the strongest one and control the fate of others.

Because they were powerful, they regarded life as grass.

As long as things didn't go their way, they would kill other tribes anytime, anywhere.

In the end, they were wiped out by the joint efforts of all tribes.

He didn't expect that one had been left behind.

Hu Che took a deep breath.

"Listen, from now on, you will forget all our previous conversations. You will put me in an important position, hand over a city to me, and let me manage it. But you do not want to take me as your Beast Husband."

Chi Ling's eyes slowly focused.

She saw the stunningly beautiful face before her.

A buzzing sound rang in her mind, and she didn't remember anything that had happened before.

But she heard the last sentence—"But you do not want to take me as your Beast Husband."

Chi Ling grabbed Hu Che's throat.

Hu Che used both hands to pry it open, but she didn't budge.

He didn't expect that a Female Beastman could have such great strength.

The red Supernatural Ability wrapped around Hu Che, lifting him into mid-air.

Chi Ling sat on the stone chair, looking at him as if admiring a work of art.

She clenched her fist, and the Supernatural Ability tightened with her movement, leaving red marks on Hu Che's fair skin.

"Although I don't remember what happened, you delivered yourself to my door, and I quite like the males of the Fox Tribe..."

Her gaze wandered over his body.

Hu Che felt as if he had been stripped bare.

Humiliation, anger...

"Don't even think about it!"

"Since you are so uncooperative, I have no choice but to kill you. Oh! Right! I should kill you in front of your Mistress. Let her see that her Beast Husband actually came to seduce me! Hahahaha!"

"You dare!" Hu Che roared.

He would rather die than have Tang Ruan misunderstand.

"Oh my! What if she is sad and goes to seduce Yan Qing?"

Chi Ling suddenly muttered to herself as if she had multiple personalities.

"Right! Just let her be humiliated, and then kill her! Hahahaha!"

"You lunatic!"

He had originally thought that her madness was because of unrequited love.

He didn't expect that she was a lunatic to begin with!

Was Yan Qing blind? To actually put such a person in an important position!

Chi Ling laughed until tears came out.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded at the door.

"Who?"

"It's me, Bai Ye."

Bai Ye was Chi Ling's confidant.

In order to become her Beast Husband, he was willing to do anything to help her.

Because the two of them had already mated.

If he couldn't become her Beast Husband, then Bai Ye would have to die...

Therefore, she allowed him to enter her cave at any time to report.

"The Snake King is calling for you."

"Yan Qing?"

"He said he has something very important to tell you."

Chi Ling's hand suddenly loosened.

Hu Che fell to the ground.

But he was still tightly bound by the red Supernatural Ability.

She stepped on Hu Che's abdominal muscles with her foot.

"Little Fox, wait for me to come back. We will play slowly..."

After Chi Ling left, Hu Che slowly moved to the sheepskin scroll.

He struggled to straighten his body and memorized the positions on the map.

His memory was very good.

He only looked at it twice, and he was able to redraw it in his mind.

He had to find a way to get out and tell Yan Qing.

Only Yan Qing could defeat her.

Only Yan Qing could ensure Tang Ruan's safety.

Just as he was thinking, a commotion suddenly came from outside the cave.