Done Breeding: Now I Rule the Beastworld
Chapter 58 - 57: The Scheming Bird...After the Elephant Clan and Lion Clan merged, they were renamed Xi He. The name was a homophone for "hope" and "harmony," intended to promote peace and unity among them.
After Chu Liangyu and her party departed, the tribe gradually began to develop in a positive direction. As they spent more time together, disputes became less frequent.
Before she left, Chu Liangyu had instructed them to store up plenty of food. Under the supervision of Hu Qiumu and the other two, the tribe was swamped with work every day.
But seeing the ever-growing stockpile of food put their minds at ease, so there were no complaints.
One day, a group of male Beastmen returned from a hunt to find many new Bear Clan Beastmen in their tribe.
Every one of them was powerfully built and exceptionally tall, like small mountains.
"Xiong Xianhui, what are you doing here?" Hu Qiumu asked, confused as he looked at the group of clansmen behind him.
Seeing this, Jinling joked, "Did you see how powerful our tribe is and decide to come join us?"
"What are you talking about? We’re all the Female Master’s Beast Husbands. We’re already on the same side. There’s no ’joining’ about it."
Xiong Xianhui slung an arm around Hu Qiumu’s shoulders, his tone easy. "Feng Qiwu told me where you were, so here I am."
"As for my clansmen behind me, they came with me of their own free will."
’Feng Qiwu?’
Speaking of him, Hu Qiumu hadn’t seen Feng Qiwu in days.
There wasn’t much going on in the tribe lately, so for him to be nowhere to be found was rather strange.
"When he told you, did he say anything else?"
Xiong Xianhui thought for a moment before replying, "He told me to help develop the Female Master’s tribe so that when she returns, she’ll see what I’ve done and remember my contribution."
Hu Qiumu sighed softly. ’As expected,’ he thought, ’that guy is completely unpredictable.’
"I’m afraid he sent you here to be free labor while he’s long gone to find the Female Master."
"Huh?" Xiong Xianhui didn’t get it at first, but one look at Hu Qiumu’s expression told him everything he needed to know.
"That scheming bird... and here I thought he’d suddenly grown a conscience."
Since they had both been abandoned by him before, the two were tacitly unsurprised.
The only thing that puzzled them was why someone with Feng Qiwu’s personality had suddenly become so attached to Chu Liangyu.
He was so afraid of making her angry that he’d even called Xiong Xianhui over to take his place.
’Looks like I’ll have to find a chance to press him for the truth about this, lest I get screwed over by that guy again.’
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Things were just as they had guessed: Feng Qiwu had indeed gone to find Chu Liangyu.
But the Beast World was vast and roads were many; finding her took considerable effort.
As soon as he learned that her group was in Ten Thousand Beasts City, Feng Qiwu spread his wings and rushed over.
En route, a flash of white light reflected into his eyes, and Feng Qiwu instinctively narrowed them.
He slowed his flight, then began circling in the sky above the source of the light.
It only took a moment for him to spot the source of the dazzling light.
Under an unremarkable tree, a person dressed just like Xiong Jiaojiao was lying weakly on the ground.
His wings, illuminated by the sun, flashed a white light that flickered on and off.
’Looking like this... could he also be one of those Wood Spirit Clan people?’
’Xiong Jiaojiao’s fighting skills are impressive, so this one should be too.’
’Perhaps Chu Liangyu would be happy to have another person like this. If so, she probably won’t say anything about me secretly following her.’
’Plus, I found someone to handle things at the tribe. Proposing to follow her later should be no problem at all!’
At this thought, a smile unconsciously appeared on the Phoenix’s face, though it was mostly hidden by his feathers.
Snatching the person up, Feng Qiwu continued on his way to Ten Thousand Beasts City.
After asking around quite a bit more, Feng Qiwu finally found where Chu Liangyu and her group were staying.
Coincidentally, Xiong Jiaojiao still looked extremely weak the next day, though she was slightly better than the day before.
With no other choice, Chu Liangyu had to extend their stay for a few more days.
Xiong Jiaojiao felt terrible, knowing she was the one delaying them.
"Sister Liangyu, I’m so sorry. I’m holding you back."
"You’ve helped me so much. A small delay is a small delay; it’s no big deal." Chu Liangyu glanced outside. "Perfect timing. I’ll go see if I can trade for something that will help you recover faster."
Chu Liangyu started to head out and ran right into someone.
"Female Master."
The voice was quite familiar. A thought struck her, and Chu Liangyu immediately looked up. "What are you doing here?"
Chu Liangyu’s heart sank. ’Don’t tell me something happened to the tribe.’
She quickly asked, "Did something happen at the tribe?"
"Nothing happened. I just wanted to find you."
Chu Liangyu stared at him, her eyes filled with obvious anger, but she said nothing. The two of them remained in a standoff for a long time.
Feng Qiwu felt uncomfortable under her gaze and quickly tried to smooth things over. "I had Xiong Xianhui go over and take my place. There won’t be any problems."
"Not only will things be fine, but the Bear Clan will be joining our tribe too."
Her expression softened at his explanation, but she still said, "I left you there because you’re strong. With you and the other two, I felt more at ease about the tribe’s management."
"Xiong Xianhui is strong too, but given his temperament, he’s not suited for that kind of work. Besides, the tribe just merged. Do you think it’s easy to handle new people arriving so soon after?"
Chu Liangyu was putting it mildly. To be blunt, with Xiong Xianhui and his group of ill-tempered clansmen, it would be a success if they didn’t get into fights every single day.
Feng Qiwu hadn’t thought it through that far. But now, there was no way he was going back.
"Maybe it’s not as serious as you’re making it out to be. Oh, right, look what I brought you." Stepping aside, Feng Qiwu revealed the person behind him.
Chu Liangyu’s unimpressed expression froze when she saw the person’s face. "Cheng Miao?"
’How did he get here? And it looks like he’s badly hurt.’
Chu Liangyu shot Feng Qiwu a dark look, her meaning unspoken but perfectly clear.
Feng Qiwu laughed awkwardly and quickly waved his hands. "It wasn’t me! He looked half-dead like this when I found him."
Chu Liangyu studied his expression for a long moment before turning away, reluctantly believing him.
"Why the sudden bout of kindness? Since when do you go around saving people?"
Feng Qiwu gave a dry cough, a bit embarrassed by her sudden sarcasm, but he explained anyway, "I figured he must be from the same clan as Xiong Jiaojiao, so..."
He didn’t finish the thought, and Chu Liangyu couldn’t be bothered to ask. She already had a good idea of his intentions.
Chu Liangyu helped the man up, intending to take him inside and put him with Xiong Jiaojiao.
But unexpectedly, Cheng Miao suddenly put forth a burst of strength and shoved Chu Liangyu away.
"You hypocrite, get away from me!"
He looked incredibly weak, so it was a mystery where he found such strength. He actually managed to send Chu Liangyu stumbling uncontrollably into the wall.
"What’s with your attitude? Believe it or not, I could kill you on the spot with a single swipe of my claw!"
Feng Qiwu’s usually proud expression turned cold. After steadying Chu Liangyu, he glared at Cheng Miao, his eyes filled with killing intent.
’What is this thing? Just something I picked up along the way, and it dares to shout at my Female Master.’
Although he didn’t particularly like Chu Liangyu, he found himself inexplicably infuriated by Cheng Miao’s attitude.
’Logically, I’m not the one being treated this way. There’s no reason for me to be this furious.’
Yet he had reacted defensively without thinking. Perhaps it was just because of Chu Liangyu’s status.
For a fleeting moment, an unnatural look crossed Feng Qiwu’s face, but it vanished as quickly as it came.
Chu Liangyu’s gaze remained fixed on Cheng Miao, so she naturally didn’t notice Feng Qiwu’s strange reaction.
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