novelraw Chapter 305 Extreme Restraint
Chapter 305 Extreme Restraint
Chapter 305 Extreme Restraint
After Chang Tianchen led his team away from Ten Thousand Beasts City, Ling Chengen stopped interfering with the affairs of Luolu Mountain and instead focused his attention on a blueprint submitted by Yu Shaochen.
In the evening, Ling Chengen found Yu Shaochen, who had returned from outside the city, and took him to the study for a talk.
"You said you wanted to divert water into the Mulan Plain?"
Yu Shaochen knew she must have read the document he had written, so he sat down and explained in detail the matter he had considered at the end of last year.
The Mulan Plain is flat and surrounded by two rivers, making it a fertile and water-rich land.
However, the climate of the Northern Wilderness Beast Plains is quite harsh, with a long cold season being one challenge, and another difficulty being the dry season.
Although the dry season is not very long, it can be prolonged in some years. If the dry season lasts for more than a month, their crops will be lost due to lack of water.
Although water-type warriors can use their powers to create rain, they also create rain by gathering moisture from the air.
When the climate is extremely dry, even if they have enough water-type warriors, they cannot guarantee that all the fields on the entire plain will be taken care of.
Ling Chengen understood his request and nodded, saying, "You have indeed considered things thoroughly. The digging of the canal should indeed be completed before the dry season."
Even if she has the system, the weather forecast can only predict the near future and cannot provide early warnings of severe droughts or disasters one or two months in advance.
Rather than being caught in a severe drought and then racking your brains trying to find a solution, it's better to avoid the situation altogether.
It's better to prepare earlier.
Ling Chengen looked at Yu Shaochen and said, "I will discuss this matter with Chongzhen tomorrow. We will first investigate the terrain and environment of the Beast City's affiliated fields, and then design the routes of the artificial canals and irrigation channels."
One of the better things about the Beast World is that many beastmen have special abilities, so whether it's building or digging canals and irrigation ditches, it's much more efficient and less troublesome than ancient humans digging one shovel at a time.
Ling Chengen set his document aside, intending to give it to Chongzhen when he got home for dinner that evening.
As she got up to leave, she noticed Yu Shao Chen was still sitting in his seat and asked in surprise, "Is there anything else?"
Yu Shaochen hesitated for a moment before saying, "About the pasture."
Ling Chengen had previously asked him to research the preferred pastures of various animals, mainly omnivorous and herbivorous animals.
Yu Shaochen wasn't stupid. He knew very well that the population of Beast City was increasing rapidly. Relying solely on hunting in the surrounding area would quickly kill off all the prey there. In addition, to ensure crop yields in the farmland, the prey would be driven to more distant areas. As a result...
If they don't find a way to achieve large-scale breeding themselves, then Beast City may face a meat shortage.
Large orcs make up at least half of the population in the Beast City and are its main fighting force, so their rations cannot be reduced and their daily meat supply must be guaranteed.
Ling Chengen stopped and asked, "Is it all done on your end?"
"Yes, we've basically figured out the most common animals in the central region."
"If animals are to be raised to supply meat, cattle and sheep may have to be ranked later, because cattle and sheep do not produce many offspring at a time. Cattle usually only give birth to one offspring at a time, and cattle need at least eighteen months to grow to adult size."
“The horned cattle sent by the Lei Niu tribe have a longer growth cycle, about two years before they can be sold.”
"However, cattle are very large and their meat is of high quality, so large-scale breeding is still necessary."
"There's no way to alleviate the supply pressure in Beast City in the short term."
Ling Chengen said, "I know that. I want to raise porpoises, and when the animals are a little over a month old, I want to castrate them so that they can grow fatter."
Yu Shaochen didn't know much about castration, nor did he understand why people would become obese after castration, but Ling Chengen was knowledgeable and experienced, so there must be a reason why she said that.
Yu Shaochen said, "Dog breeding... would indeed be faster."
"However, we don't have many pig cubs, so we need to buy a large number from other tribes, keep the ones for breeding, and then try to raise them on a large scale..."
Ling Chengen said, "Well, we need to raise cattle and sheep first. We'll designate the western part of the city as cattle and sheep pens. As for pasture... we'll probably have to start planting it now. And every autumn, we need to stockpile pasture in advance so that the cattle and sheep don't go hungry if the cold season is too long."
"clear."
Ling Chengen opened the study door and stepped aside, saying, "I will arrange for someone else to handle the matter of the pig beast."
Upon hearing this, Yu Shaochen breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and said, "Then I'll go back first. If anything happens, my wife can let me know."
Ling Chengen nodded, watched his departing figure, leaned against the door frame, and sighed softly.
She stepped out of the threshold and looked at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the yard, when she suddenly sensed someone in the corner of the yard.
Yuheng sat on the magnolia tree in the courtyard, which was already in bloom, and said with a smile, "You are really heartless. He obviously wanted to stay a little longer, but you chased him away again."
Ling Chengen sat on the railing under the corridor, swinging his legs and leaning his head against a red pillar, and said, "What good would it do him to keep him here?"
Yuheng flipped down from the tree and walked towards her, chuckling, "You're just lazy, too lazy to deal with us."
Ling Chengen reached out and pushed away his face, sighing, "I know, but you shouldn't be trying to get in front of me every day."
Yu Heng sat down on the railing next to her, gently flipped his left hand, and a pink and white magnolia appeared in his palm. He then handed it to Ling Chengen.
"Take it and play with it." Yuheng's tone was flat, but his intention to coax her was obvious.
Ling Chengen took the magnolia, twirling the grayish-brown branch between his fingers, and curled his lip, saying, "Have you considered what I told you before?"
Yu Heng said casually, "I've thought about it. I don't want to end our partnership."
"So, don't bring this up again."
Ling Chengen glanced at him sideways and said, "I won't have your child."
Yuheng turned to look at her for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Just because of this issue, you want to kick me out?"
“I don’t like cubs, so it’s just what I want because you’re not having any.”
Yuheng took her right hand and gently kneaded her pink and white fingertips, whispering, "Being born into the Fuqing clan is a very sad thing."
“You are the last of the Fuqing clan. If you don’t have children, the Fuqing bloodline will be completely extinguished.”
Yu Heng said calmly, "So what? Over the thousands of years, many races have gone extinct on the Beast Plains. It's not like the Fuqing Clan is the only one that's so unlucky. I don't want to carry the fate of my race on my own shoulders. If my not wanting to have children leads to the extinction of my race, then it means that this is the fate that this race was meant to have."
His survival was nothing more than the prolongation of the Fuqing clan's existence.
If his life hadn't been so cheap yet so tenacious, the Fuqing clan would have completely disappeared more than a decade ago.
Yu Heng squeezed her four fingers hard and suddenly said, "You didn't tell Bai Qingyu about ending the partnership, did you? In the end, the only person you like the most is him."
"Because our relationship is based on mutual benefit, that's why you're willing to be so decisive."
Ling Chengen didn't speak; she only sighed softly in the end.
Yuheng wasn't angry about this.
If Ling Chengen treated everyone equally, he would find her to be very fake and unable to see any genuine feelings in her.
But she is just right.
While firm, it also possesses an extraordinary softness.
Apart from Bai Qingyu, the beast husbands around her are not love-struck fools who need her affection to survive.
Everyone has their own stance and their own pursuits.
Everyone can maintain this delicate balance, and even if they play little tricks on each other, it doesn't cause any major harm.
Even if you end the partnership, things won't get better.
He will never meet another partner as interesting as her.
Leaving her might mean a lifetime of loneliness.
As for the others, they may be alone or they may have a partner again.
But no one can guarantee that their future partner won't have other beastly husbands.
So what's wrong with that?
Yuheng tilted his head and leaned closer to her profile, his right hand caressing her cheek, and he lowered his head to lightly peck her lips.
"My breeding season is probably just around the corner. How about you rest at my place for the next few days?"
Ling Chengen glanced at him and then pinched his cheek.
His skin was very thin; it would turn red if you pinched it, but he just stared straight at her.
Ling Chengen tilted his head slightly, slapped his hand away, and said in a muffled voice, "I know."
Yu Heng wrapped his arm around her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and gently pecked at her earlobe, refusing to let go. Ling Chengen was at her wit's end with him. When she grew impatient with his kisses, she reached out and pinched his thigh, warning, "Enough already, we're still outside!"
If we don't stop him, he'll be a wild child!
Ling Chengen didn't know the exact timing of Yuheng's breeding season.
But what she knew was that Su Weihua's reproductive period had arrived first.
The orcs' breeding season is mostly concentrated in the spring, which is a major headache for her.
But such is the law of natural reproduction, and even she can't change it.
However, the timing of Su Weihua's onset of reproductive symptoms was rather subtle, as it happened to coincide with her taking a shower.
After taking the person who was feverish and unconscious to her room, Yu Shaochen frantically searched for her everywhere.
Ling Chengen had to quickly rinse off the soap, grab the bathrobe hanging by the door, and rush over barefoot.
When he saw her enter the house through the back door, Yu Shaochen immediately stopped shouting.
Ling Chengen frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Yu Shaochen lifted the curtain, pointed to Su Weihua who was slumped on the couch and basically unconscious, and said, "He suddenly collapsed. I went to Xuan Yan, but Xuan Yan said that this was a symptom of his reproductive period and told me to send him directly to you."
Ling Chengen asked in confusion, "How could someone faint during the breeding season?"
Yu Shaochen shook his head and said, "I don't know. I checked him and there were no injuries. I really have no clue what caused the coma, and the same goes for Xuan Yan."
"Where is Yuheng?"
Yu Shaochen looked troubled and said, "He left the city yesterday afternoon."
"He said he was going to collect herbs. There is a kind of herb that can only be picked in late March, and its ripening period is only ten days. It will attract a lot of animals, so the earlier you go, the better."
Ling Chengen was speechless for a moment. He clearly said that his breeding season was in the next two days, but then he suddenly ran out of the city to gather herbs... Sure enough, he was just lying to her when he said his breeding season was coming soon!
Before leaving, Yu Shaochen reminded her of something.
The breeding period of snow wolf beastmen is very long, usually lasting about a month, but they are not always in a state of longing for the comfort of their mate.
Ling Chengen understood the unspoken meaning in Yu Shaochen's words.
Unlike Yu Shaochen, who can alleviate the symptoms of the breeding season with blood, the Snow Wolf Beastman's breeding season is too long, so relying solely on blood probably won't be enough.
After closing the door, Ling Chengen took a dry towel from the cabinet, dried his dripping hair, and used his supernatural ability to dissipate the last bit of moisture before turning around and walking to the small couch. He then reached out and touched Su Weihua's forehead.
The temperature is abnormally high, it feels at least forty degrees Celsius.
It wasn't his usual temperature.
Ling Chengen's superpower could only alleviate his mental state, not cool him down, so he could only turn around and go find Shi Ruoan.
When the basin of ice was brought back, the people inside the house were gone, and only a huge snow wolf was seen lying on the brick floor.
Ling Chengen was familiar with the beast form Su Wei had drawn, knowing that he was a Frost Silver Wolf Beastman, a branch of the Northern Wilderness Snow Wolf Clan. He was named so because his fur was pure white and would even shimmer with silver light in the sunlight.
Ling Chengen placed the ice basin in front of him, looked at his fluffy, snow-white fur, and reached out to stroke his head.
To be honest, apart from being slightly larger, it really looks like a domesticated Samoyed.
The fur is so clean and beautiful.
In addition, the fur that grew in winter hasn't been shed yet, so its body looks fluffy and round. When you insert your fingers into the fur, it feels like sinking into fiery cotton, and the texture is so good that you want to stroke it a few more times.
Unfortunately, he was an adult male orc.
If it were a Samoyed, she might actually cuddle and pet it every day, willingly becoming its owner.
Perhaps it was because her fingers were a bit cold, or perhaps Su Weihua wasn't used to being approached by others, but after she touched him a few times, he opened his eyes. However, his ears were still drooping, and he looked somewhat listless.
Ling Chengen pushed the ice basin towards him and said gently, "Try to cool yourself down first. Your body temperature is abnormally high. I'll try to draw some blood from you in a bit to see if it can stabilize your condition."
Su Weihua raised her head, put a piece of crushed ice in her mouth, and then lay back down.
He said calmly, "Don't worry too much. The high fever shouldn't last too long. Just leave me alone."
Ling Chengen sat cross-legged on the ground, placed his hands on his shoulders and back, and slowly probed into his body with his supernatural power, dividing his power into very fine threads and slowly combing through his body.
Through repeated mental analysis, Ling Chengen discovered a problem.
He seems to... have a spiritual domain.
The spiritual domain is small, but it does exist.
Moreover, as her spiritual power slowly penetrated, his body became hotter and hotter, and he seemed to be feeling more uncomfortable. But just as she was about to withdraw, Su Weihua suddenly returned to human form and grabbed her wrist.
He was breathing heavily, and the skin on his neck was flushed red. His grip on her wrist was so strong that she had the illusion that her wrist bone was about to be crushed.
Ling Chengen frowned, trying to pull her hand back, but Su Weihua lowered her head and rested her forehead on her shoulder, yet she still refused to let go.
"You're crushing my bones!"
Orcs are incredibly strong.
Su Weihua relaxed her grip, slowly closed her eyes, and asked, "What...did you just do?"
"You seem to have a spiritual domain," Ling Chengen said tentatively, his tone subtle. "Are you aware of this?"
Su Weihua shook his head, his nostrils filled with the fragrance of her neck and shoulders, a faint, clean scent of soapberry, so comforting that he wanted to sigh, and also wanted to reach out and pull her into his arms, to lock every wisp of her fragrance into his very being.
He used all his restraint, and in the end he only held her wrist loosely, his palm burning hot, the veins on his knuckles and the back of his hand bulging. He humbly pressed his forehead against her shoulder, not daring to do anything excessive.
Ling Chengen sat quietly in place, watching him struggle with difficulty, and finally sighed softly, reaching out his hands to gently hug his body.
Su Weihua looked up, tilting her head slightly to look at her profile, as if she were in a daze, or as if she were confirming something.
Ling Chengen let him look him over, preparing to cut his wrist, but was stopped in time.
Ling Chengen asked, puzzled, "You should know that I won't be with you before you're an adult..."
“I know.” Su Weihua interrupted her, reached out and held the back of her neck, her forehead pressed against hers, her voice a little hoarse, “I didn’t expect you to break the rules for me.”
Even Bai Qingyu had never had a real relationship with her, so he didn't think he would be so special that she would make an exception for him.
But he didn't want her to hurt herself.
Although the breeding season can be uncomfortable, it is actually possible to get through it with willpower.
She has more than one or two male lovers. If each of them asks her for blood to alleviate the effects of her reproductive period, her body will definitely become weak as a result.
She is not yet an adult, so they should be the ones protecting her.
How can we put the cart before the horse and let her hurt herself over something like this?!
"Don't feed me blood, I can handle it myself."
Ling Chengen watched as his gaze grew increasingly complex. After thinking for a long time with her eyes lowered, she reached out and pinched his chin, pressing her lips to his.
Su Weihua blinked a few times, and after a long pause, she realized what had happened.
He wasn't even aware that his body was trembling slightly from the kiss, and his fingertips wanted to grasp something, but he immediately let go after gripping it, afraid of losing control and hurting the person in front of him.
Su Weihua was the person with the strongest self-control that Ling Chengen had ever met.
He desperately craved her scent, yet after the kiss ended, he decisively pulled away, simply holding her in his arms, burying his face in her loose hair, and carrying her to bed.
He said he didn't want blood, so we resolutely refused.
He simply held her, slowly closed his eyes, and pressed his burning body against her side.
There were no other excessive actions, nor was there any deliberate attempt to gain sympathy or secure any benefits for oneself.
Ling Chengen lay on the bed, quietly looking at the ceiling. For some reason, he felt no tension at all and quickly fell asleep.
When I woke up in the middle of the night, I found that no one was beside me.
The enormous Frost Silver Wolf lay obediently on the floor of the outer room, still holding the melted ice basin in its arms.
She sat on the bed, quietly watching the snow wolf in the outer room, and suddenly smiled.
What an idiot.