novelraw Chapter 440 - 439: Why Are You Stuffing This Under Me?
Chapter 440 - 439: Why Are You Stuffing This Under Me?
Gong You smiled and nodded. "The Phoenix is of the Divine Clan’s bloodline. For her to become a part of our family is a gift from the Beast God.
Please rest assured, we will definitely protect the little Phoenix. I have both male and female cubs in my family, and they are all handsome, clever, and bright. Whether it’s a female or a male cub that hatches, we won’t treat it poorly."
Si Shuo, however, waved to Da Hai again before stuffing a Bone Marrow Cleansing and Vein Cutting Pill into Nong Yan’s hand. "Leader Nong Yan, you just converted so many Crystal Stones. Your body must be full of residual impurities. If you don’t cleanse them in time, I fear your cultivation will stagnate, and your strength will only reach half of its Peak—or even less.
Your strength is formidable. Only if you are not burdened by the little Phoenix can it begin its new life without any worries."
Nong Yan couldn’t bring himself to refuse. He gratefully clasped the Bone Marrow Cleansing and Vein Cutting Pill and took it immediately. He was very clear about his current situation. Once others found out he couldn’t use his full strength, the Tongdong Tribe would fall into chaos again. He had many people to protect. This was no time for hesitation or false modesty.
Si Shuo and the others returned to the cave. Da Hai and Little Jing immediately began searching for clean straw, Beast Skins, soft feathers, and the like.
When the cubs saw them busying about, they grew curious. Da Hai and his sister were starting to build a nest. ’Did something happen outside to upset them?’ they wondered. ’Do they look down on the nests their Fathers built and have to make their own?’
They were all brothers and sisters, so they laughed and joined in to help. After they finished building a beautiful, soft, and warm nest, Da Hai and Little Jing, without a second thought, had Kunzi sit on it to test it out.
Kunzi froze, feeling a bit overwhelmed by the favor. ’My little brother and sister made this for me.’ He immediately transformed into a Hunting Falcon. Amidst the envious gazes of his brothers and sisters, he puffed out his chest, strutted over, and plopped into the nest. He found a comfortable position, wiggled his bottom, and said with a smile, "This is so comfortable! Da Hai, Little Jing, thank you—"
Before he could even finish his sentence, his eyes went wide as he watched Da Hai pull a pitch-black egg from his clothes and shove it under his bottom!?!?
"Hey, Da Hai, Little Jing, where did you guys pick up this piece of charcoal? Why did you stick it under me?" Kunzi’s eyes were wide, and he wanted to flap his wings and fly away.
But Da Hai and Little Jing grabbed him from either side, holding him down. "Sixth Brother, among all the male cubs in our family, you’re the only one who can hatch an egg. We’ll have to trouble you with this. We’ll find you lots of tasty food, we definitely won’t let you go hungry."
The other cubs all joined in the commotion, holding Kunzi down so he couldn’t flap away. They laughed and said, "Sixth Brother, Da Hai and Little Jing aren’t stupid. They must have found a rare egg somewhere. Why don’t you hatch it for us to see?"
"Sixth Brother gets to be an instant dad! We don’t even get a chance like this..."
Yuanyuan, on the contrary, excitedly transformed into a Hunting Falcon and tried to push her brothers and sisters aside to hatch the egg herself.
The Little Golden Eagle helplessly pulled her back. "Yuanyuan, do you even know what kind of egg that is before you try to hatch it?"
Yuanyuan tilted her head, her eyes wide. "The egg Da Hai and Little Jing brought back must be from the seaside. Is it a sea turtle?"
As she spoke, she turned into a sea turtle herself and started crawling slowly on the ground, her attention successfully diverted. ’A pitch-black egg is nowhere near as fun as being a turtle and hiding in a shell!’
"Are you guys for real?" Kunzi was on the verge of tears. "I’m still a cub myself! Fathers, aren’t you going to do something about your cubs? How can you let them bully me like this?"
The adult males merely lifted their eyelids, their expressions clearly saying that this was just the cubs playing around and it wasn’t appropriate for adults to interfere.
Little Jing laughed. "You won’t be its father! It’s a female cub! A beautiful Phoenix!"
Her words instantly sent the male cubs in the family into a frenzy. A moment ago they were holding Kunzi down and teasing him, but now they were all pushing him aside. "Let me see my future little wife..."
"My little female cub is so cool, even the color of her egg is unique..."
"I may be a fox, but I can sit on a nest and hatch eggs..."
"An Iron eating Beast cub can do it too..."
Kunzi settled firmly into the nest, clutching the sides tightly with his wings. He wasn’t getting up for anything!
Si Shuo collapsed into Zhi Le’s arms, shaking with laughter. In her old world, there was a custom of arranging marriages for children. She never expected that on the Beast World Continent, the cubs’ instinct to find a mate was so strong they started searching at such a young age.
Zhi Le smiled and held her. "My kitty, we don’t even know if the Phoenix Egg will hatch a male or a female cub yet. Just let them have their fun.
It’s most likely a male cub. Very few female cubs are born from eggs."
"That’s not necessarily true. Nong Mu was a female before her rebirth in fire," Si Shuo argued.
Little Jing overheard and nodded repeatedly with a smile. "The Phoenix Egg must have Nong Mu in it. I heard that Sister Nong Mu was the most, most, most beautiful little female in the Tongdong Tribe.
Now that she’s become a Phoenix, she must be even more beautiful! Besides, Sister Nong Mu has a great personality and is kind-hearted. I can’t even count how many males wanted to be her Beast Husband back then.
Now she’s been born into our family. It would be great if she became one of our sisters-in-law.
Mother, it’s better to raise a daughter-in-law from a young age. That way, you know everything about her!"
’A child bride?’ Si Shuo pursed her lips and smiled. "You’re all still too young. Let’s talk about this again when you’re older. We are raising a Phoenix, yes, but she is an independent individual. She must choose her own life and her own mate in the future."
Ever since the Phoenix Egg arrived, the male cubs trained with even more vigor. It was as if they had a goal to protect. Without any prompting from their Fathers, they pushed their stamina, endurance, and potential to the limit. The adult males of the family watched with a hint of envy. ’Why weren’t we as lucky as these cubs to meet a little female so early, instead of wasting more than a decade of our lives?’
However, no one knew anything about Phoenix eggs or how long the incubation period was for this little one. The only thing they could do was have the male cubs take turns applying a Transformation Talisman and incubating the egg inside the Time Array.
Si Shuo and the adult males also had a new task: converting the Spiritual Energy within Level Sixteen attributeless crystal stones into Spiritual Power to nourish the Phoenix Egg.
The little one was exceptionally greedy, accepting everything offered to it. It voraciously absorbed the Spiritual Power, not wasting a single drop. But ever since the egg had become rounder and smoother, aside from a joyful, lively little shake when it absorbed Spiritual Power, it showed no other reaction. All that dense Spiritual Energy seemed to vanish into it like a stone sinking into the ocean.
Fortunately, Si Shuo’s Replication Ability was powerful enough to completely supply the family’s needs.
After five days and nights of relentless, grid-by-grid searching by the Beast Soldiers, nearly all the villains who had escaped from Underground Yecheng City were found and imprisoned.
Underground Yecheng City was filled in and sealed, and Guangshou City gradually returned to its former bustling and peaceful state.
The two waves of the spring hunt had ended. Everyone returned to the city and began preparing for the annual Beast Soldiers and Generals competition. This year’s competition was particularly crucial, as many important positions in the Beast Camp and the City Lord Mansion were up for re-selection.
Many people had been preparing for this for five, ten, fifteen, or even twenty years!