77: Chapter 77 Goddess

"Excuse me, are you the future Mistress of the Snake King?"

An old beastman suddenly appeared in front of Tang Ruan like a bolt of lightning.

He had white hair and a white beard, long eyebrows pressing down over his eyes, and a pair of drooping horns atop his head.

No matter how you looked at him, he didn't seem like someone capable of such speed.

"I... suppose so..."

She hadn't even formed a contract with Yan Qing yet.

How had he already spread this news everywhere?

The old beastman smiled slightly, and his eyes, already nearly hidden by his eyebrows, vanished completely.

"My name is Yang Baibai, and I am a Witch Doctor. There are some things I would like to ask your advice on."

Yang Baibai... What a cute name.

Tang Ruan suppressed a smile. "Please, go ahead."

"It is like this..." The old beastman took two stalks of sweet wheat out of his space.

"This is the sweet wheat from our place; it takes six months to mature and tastes slightly sweet but astringent.

This one is sweet wheat grown from seeds taken from Wan Shou City.

It only took one month to mature, and it tastes very sweet.

I would like to ask you, how did you manage to grow such good sweet wheat?"

How did he have sweet wheat from Wan Shou City?

Tang Ruan blinked, confused.

Suddenly, she noticed that the group of old beastmen behind him were all holding quite a few things.

They were exactly the same as the plants Tang Ruan grew in the Outer City.

Some even brought out pizza and baked buns...

Tang Ruan: Has it spread this quickly?

She thought that day, Yan Qing had just gone over to make a meal.

She hadn't expected... he had understood the situation of the entire field.

He had even brought the plants and fresh ways of eating them to other cities.

The old beastmen saw Tang Ruan looking over. They were no longer shy and all crowded around.

"This fruit takes two months to grow where we are. Yours matures in ten days, and it is very sweet!"

"We followed the blueprints the Snake King gave us to build an oven and baked buns; please taste if this is the right flavor. The dog beastmen in our city all like it very much."

"There is little game around our city, but small fish and shrimp are abundant. Do you have any ideas on how to make them delicious?"

Tang Ruan was surrounded by the beastmen.

As the old beastmen's words flew into her ears, various planting schemes, preparation methods, and pickling techniques... flashed through her mind repeatedly.

One of the biggest problems in the Beast World is not having enough to eat; strong beastmen occupy the hunting grounds, while weak beastmen can only barely survive on barren land.

Some even end up becoming food for the strong beastmen.

If the plants that passed through her hands could grow faster and better.

And the food she researched could enrich the beastmen's diet.

Then it could solve the problem of most beastmen not having enough to eat!

Tang Ruan felt passionate inside.

Before, she only thought about herself and the people in the Outer City eating well. She had never considered things so far ahead.

Yan Qing had perfectly amplified the Supernatural Ability she possessed.

"Speak one at a time."

Tang Ruan addressed the problems they mentioned and explained the solutions that appeared in her mind.

The Beast World had no writing, but the old beastmen were very diligent in recording things, some using their Supernatural Ability, others using charcoal, in the form of drawings.

But when it came to why plants that passed through her hands grew better.

Tang Ruan didn't know either. She scratched her hair.

"I don't know either, but as long as it's something I've touched, or the next generation cultivated from the plants I grew, it just grows better. If you don't believe me, you can go to my fields in the Outer City and pick whatever you want..."

The dozen or so old beastmen listened to her finish. Suddenly, they all collectively fell into deep thought.

They turned around and whispered to each other for a while.

Yang Baibai stepped forward and asked seriously, "May I ask, future Mistress of the Snake King, what kind of beastman are you?"

"I... I don't know." Tang Ruan answered truthfully.

"I once lost my memory."

Yang Baibai thought for a moment. "Among us, there is a beastman whose Supernatural Ability allows him to see Beast Form. If you don't mind, may we ask him to help you check?"

"Really?"

Tang Ruan had also always been curious about what she actually was. She already had a Supernatural Ability, so she couldn't just be a human, right!

Having received Tang Ruan's consent, an old beastman with gray hair squeezed out from the crowd.

"Excuse the intrusion." The old beastman placed his hand on top of Tang Ruan's head.

A white light shot out from his palm. A moment later... the wrinkles on the old beastman's face twisted into a knot.

"Incredible... could it be that you are under a Seal?"

"A Seal?" "Who sealed it?" "Let someone else try."

Another old beastman walked over and placed his hand on top of Tang Ruan's head. This old beastman also shook his head.

"The Snake King's future Mistress is either stronger than I can imagine, or she is deliberately blocking my probing..."

He looked at Tang Ruan. Tang Ruan hurriedly shook her head. "I didn't!"

The beastman speaking nodded. "You indeed did not. Although you are also a High-level Beastman with a Supernatural Ability, you have no Energy level."

Tang Ruan: ...

The beastman continued, "I suspect you must be under a Seal. At the same time as the Seal, most of your power would also be sealed away!"

Everyone let out an exclamation of surprise. Tang Ruan didn't know what they were making such a fuss about.

"What does that mean?" Tang Ruan asked.

Yang Baibai stroked his beard. "It means that if you were to break the Seal, you should be extremely powerful, perhaps even... even..."

He glanced sneakily toward the Snake Kings Cave before continuing, "It is even possible that you would be stronger than the Snake King. Because beastmen whose Beast Form is sealed basically lose all their Energy. They either become dull-witted or fall into a deep sleep... But you are perfectly fine."

She... was she that amazing?

Hearing him say this, Tang Ruan was a little expectant. Relying on the strong is not as satisfying as being the strong one yourself!!!

"No wonder, it turns out the Snake King knew all along."

Some people were already suspecting that Yan Qing chose her because her strength was superior.

Not only did Tang Ruan not feel angry, but she even started to feel a bit proud.

"But what kind of beastman could be under a Seal and still be perfectly fine?" someone asked.

A few old beastmen whispered to each other again. "Could it be..." "Really..." "I heard it too..." "It must be! She can even promote the growth of plants!"

Suddenly, the old beastmen collectively turned around to face her. With a rustle, they all knelt down.

"Goddess above, please accept this old beastman's bow!"

Tang Ruan: ... Goddess, what Goddess?

In her dreams, she had also heard Yan Qing call her Goddess, and in that dream with Hu Che too. So, did it start from here?

"Why do you call me Goddess?"

Yang Baibai knelt and said, "Only the servants of the Beast God would have their Energy sealed by the Beast God. A female servant of the Beast God is a Goddess. According to legend, the Goddess comes from the deep sea and, like you, possesses the ability to promote the growth of all things!"

"Are you talking about the Jiao Clan?" Tang Ruan guessed.

Legends of the Jiao Clan had existed since ancient times. It wasn't strange for them to appear in the Beast World.

Yang Baibai shook his head and said proudly, "The Jiao Clan only possesses the ability to control beasts; in front of a Goddess, they are not worth mentioning. A Goddess acts under the orders of the Beast God to help the beastmen the Beast God values. Look, you brought food to us..."

Tang Ruan smiled awkwardly. That probably wasn't the Goddess they were talking about.

Because, if she were a god, she didn't feel any sense of nobility as a god at all.

Watching a group of people older than her grandfather kneeling to her, Tang Ruan only worried that she would lose years off her life.

"Please, get up!"

The old beastmen stood up. One old beastman said embarrassedly, "Goddess, could you let me see your palm?"

The palm and the inner arm are the most delicate parts of a Female Beastman. Generally, they cannot be shown to a Male Beastman on one's own initiative. Unless one wants to seduce this Male Beastman to become her Beast Husband.

But his Supernatural Ability determines the other party's Energy level through the palm. Although he knew Tang Ruan was under a Seal, he still wanted to try.

Tang Ruan looked at this group of little old men, each looking at her pitifully, their eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge. And every one of them was old enough for her to call them great-grandfather.

Her heart softened. "Alright..."

The beastman speaking reached out his hand toward her. Suddenly, his movement stopped in mid-air. Then, he quickly retracted his hand and retreated back into the crowd.