73: Chapter 73, "Goodbye, Brother," wishing you "a safe journey."

The last time She Ming saw Yan Qing smile like that,

it was during the attack on Wan Shou City.

With one smile from him, the city was engulfed in flames.

Thousands of Beastmen struggled in the raging fire... and turned to ashes.

He shivered.

Which fool with a death wish brought a sheep over to confess to Tang Ruan?

He only wanted to say, "Goodbye, brother," and wish him a "safe journey."

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The Festival of Ten Thousand Beasts is a traditional holiday in Wan Shou City.

On this day, the Low-level Beastmen and Mid-level Beastmen of Wan Shou City would bring various items, pass through the city center, and then walk a full circle around the city.

During this process, they would come into contact with High-level Beastmen they usually couldn't reach.

If the High-level Beastmen saw something they liked, they would trade items for it.

They could trade for many things they might never encounter in their entire lives.

Mid-level Beastmen, in particular, cared deeply about this festival.

Because if they could trade for enough crystals during the festival, it was even possible to instantly advance to become a High-level Beastman.

Therefore, the Beastmen would try every possible way to come up with something novel.

A Male Beastman of the Deer Tribe used the method taught by Tang Ruan to steam buns in a stone pot.

He took a bite.

"So delicious! I think mine is just as tasty as the Witch Doctor's!"

"Really?"

A Female Beastman of the Deer Tribe, who also had antlers on her head, took a bite.

"Brother! It's really exactly the same!

Perhaps we can use these buns to trade for crystals.

Then you'll have a chance to become a High-level Beastman!"

Their mother had given birth to the four of them.

Only the brother was a Mid-level Beastman; he was the hope of their entire family.

"But..." the Male Beastman of the Deer Tribe frowned, "I don't think High-level Beastmen will like them.

Most High-level Beastmen prefer to eat meat."

"Then should we roast meat?"

"People from the Middle City and Inner City all know how to roast meat..."

Just as the two were feeling dejected, a voice came from behind them.

"Do you want to try making stuffed buns?"

The Male Beastman and Female Beastman of the Deer Tribe turned their heads at the same time.

They exclaimed in surprise, "Witch Doctor!"

"I thought you wouldn't come to find us anymore!" The Female Beastman of the Deer Tribe grabbed Tang Ruan's hand.

Tang Ruan smiled, "How could that be? I've just been quite busy lately.

I couldn't get away."

The Male Beastman of the Deer Tribe asked, "Witch Doctor, what are these stuffed buns you just mentioned?"

"They are a type of flour-based food filled with meat."

Seeing that Tang Ruan had arrived, the Beastmen busy nearby also gathered around.

They only had one set of tools for steaming buns, which was kept in a public cave for everyone to use.

"Will High-level Beastmen like them?" the Male Beastman of the Deer Tribe asked expectantly.

Tang Ruan thought for a moment.

"I don't know, but after they are made,

I can take them back for the High-level Beastmen to taste, and then I'll tell you the results."

"That's great!"

The Deer Tribe family cheered.

Even the other Beastmen watching the excitement nearby were infected by their joy.

A Female Beastman of the Cow Tribe swallowed her saliva, "Witch Doctor, although I don't like eating meat,

can I have a taste later too?"

The buns made by the Witch Doctor were the most delicious thing she had ever eaten; they were soft and sweet.

The stuffed buns must be just as good!

"Of course!"

Tang Ruan readily agreed.

Everyone started to get busy.

Some picked green onions, some kneaded the dough, and some ground the seasonings.

Tang Ruan was chopping the meat filling until her hand went numb.

The knives in the Beast World were not particularly sharp.

Whenever this happened, she missed Lang Lie even more.

If Lang Lie were here, with just a few "swish-swish" motions...

"Witch Doctor, the Mistress of a relative of mine is from the Wolf Tribe..."

Suddenly, a Beastman walked up to Tang Ruan and said.

Tang Ruan immediately stopped what she was doing and grabbed his shoulder in excitement.

"And then?"

The Beastman was startled by her.

He stammered, "I helped you ask around, but she said that the Wolf Tribe is all dead. She is the only one left; she only survived because she was pinned under the corpses..."

Tang Ruan's hand slowly dropped...

She knew it; heaven wasn't that kind to her.

How could she find Lang Lie so quickly...

Tang Ruan's mood sank.

The dull knife struck the meat again and again, and each blow felt like it was striking her heart.

She was absent-minded, her mind filled with scenes of cooking together with Lang Lie.

Suddenly, a large hand gripped her hand tightly.

"Do you not want your hand anymore?"

Yan Qing's voice was cold.

Tang Ruan was stunned for a moment and turned to look at him.

Before she could react,

all the surrounding Beastmen knelt down with a "clatter."

There were even a few who were lying flat on the ground.

Only then did Tang Ruan realize that she also felt a bit like kneeling.

The pressure Yan Qing emitted when he was angry was truly too terrifying...

But why was he angry?

What did he say about "hand" just now...

Tang Ruan realized.

She noticed that her other hand had unknowingly been placed on the edge of the stone table.

Although at this distance, it wouldn't necessarily get cut,

but if it really had been cut...

Tang Ruan shuddered; her fingers definitely wouldn't have been saved.

She looked at Yan Qing gratefully.

"Thank you.

By the way, why are you here?"

Yan Qing snatched the knife from her hand and threw it two meters away.

The few Beastmen who were already kneeling were so scared that they lay flat on the ground.

Tang Ruan: ...

These Outer City Beastmen must have seen Yan Qing attacking the city.

So, just how terrifying was he when he attacked the city?

Their current state was no longer just simple submission due to pressure.

They were completely scared to the point of wetting their pants.

"I saw that you were about to hurt yourself, so I came over," Yan Qing said.

"You saw it?

Where did you see it from?"

Tang Ruan naturally didn't know that Yan Qing's eyesight could see things several kilometers away.

Yan Qing didn't explain either.

With a cold face, he said, "In the future, you are not allowed to do such dangerous things.

If something happens to you..."

He looked at the surrounding kneeling Beastmen.

It was these people who wanted to drag his future Mistress into doing such dangerous things.

"None of you will survive."

Yan Qing's voice was very soft.

But the blood of all the Beastmen seemed to freeze in that instant.

They didn't even dare to breathe.

Tang Ruan saw everyone scared like this.

She hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Don't say that.

It was all my own will.

Besides, I wanted to eat stuffed buns myself."

"What are stuffed buns?" Yan Qing frowned.

Tang Ruan briefly explained the method of making stuffed buns to him.

Yan Qing pondered for two seconds.

He raised his hand, and a flash of red Supernatural Ability ignited the stove fire.

He lightly lifted his fingertips, and a few flashes of green light streaked past; the meat and all the ingredients turned into powder.

He hooked his finger.

A large piece of dough flew in front of him and was automatically cut into appropriate sizes.

It landed on the stone table.

In just a few seconds,

what they had been busy with for several hours without finishing

was just like that, easily solved by Yan Qing!

Finally, only the last step remained—wrapping the stuffed buns!

Yan Qing picked up a piece of dough wrapper and stretched it into a circle...

Tang Ruan opened her mouth wide in shock. He... he wasn't planning on helping-her-wrap-the-stuffed-buns, was he!

He shouldn't be, right!

"I can do this; it's not dangerous."

Tang Ruan wanted to take the dough wrapper from his hand.

Yan Qing raised his arm...

Tang Ruan: ...

She couldn't reach it.

He followed her description from just now.

He wrapped the stuffed buns unhurriedly.

Although the first few he wrapped weren't very good, they got better and better later on.

He hadn't even seen a stuffed bun before.

And he could wrap them almost perfectly...

Tang Ruan admired him a little.

Being handsome was one thing, but he also had high combat power. Having high combat power was one thing, but he was also a King. Being a King was one thing, but he could even wrap stuffed buns...

Tang Ruan: He is just too amazing...

Yan Qing worked earnestly until the first pot of stuffed buns was cooked.

Only then did Tang Ruan find a chance to speak to him.

"Yan Qing, can you let them get up first..."

Yan Qing glanced indifferently at the Beastmen on the ground.

"Get up..."

After saying that, he turned to look at her.

He immediately changed his tone, "Tang Ruan, you have a taste."

He pulled her to sit on his lap and brought a stuffed bun that he had blown cool to her lips.

Just as Tang Ruan was about to take a bite, she suddenly noticed that everyone was still kneeling.

"The Snake King told you to get up," Tang Ruan said.

A Beastman gathered his courage and said, "Witch Doctor, it's not that we don't want to get up.

It's that the Snake King is too powerful.

Seeing him, I just want to kneel..."

Tang Ruan: ...

What a sycophantic remark.

She thought about it, but she still couldn't let everyone kneel while she sat.

Everyone was watching while she was eating.

"Please get up quickly!" Tang Ruan jumped down from Yan Qing's lap. "Didn't we agree that everyone would eat together?"

"We dare not..."

"We dare not, we dare not..."

The Beastmen said in a chaotic clamor.

Yan Qing looked at his empty lap.

Her body heat still lingered on it.

He suddenly felt so lost, followed by anger...

"Are you unable to understand?"