Chapter 787 - 779: Tea-Tinged Attitude (Part 2)
Teng Lixuan looked at Shen Ci’an’s surprised expression and felt puzzled. Did they find the Insect Clan Beastmen so strange?
Then he looked at Su Muyao and noticed that her eyes also held a look of confusion and seriousness.
He was generally impatient with others, but when explaining to Su Muyao, he was patient.
He spoke up: "Of course there are Insect Clan Beastmen. According to the Clan Leader, Insect Clan Beastmen threaten the survival of Plant-type Beastmen, so they were driven away long ago."
"Perhaps a small portion of these beastmen were exiled to this area, or maybe someone arranged for them to come here specifically to establish a branch of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and gather treasures."
"Although this place is for exiles, there are still many good things here. Unfortunately, the pollution has thickened over the years, and some precious herbs have been contaminated."
"However, they’ve set up a large market near their territory a long time ago for treasure gathering and have established related regulations and order."
"When the market opens, all beastmen entering the market are not allowed to fight; they can only exchange goods there."
"Some tribes bring prey to exchange for salt or pottery jars, some exchange for herbs, and some use harvested herbs to exchange for food..."
Su Muyao understood that this market was essentially a barter system.
"Don’t think the Insect Clan Beastmen are so kind-hearted. They’re merely using this method to gather all treasures at the market, making it easy for them to find good things there, collect them at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, and then sell them at high prices externally."
Teng Lixuan didn’t have a good impression of Insect Clan Beastmen.
Plant-type Beastmen and Insect Clan Beastmen were naturally opposed.
Because some Insect Clan Beastmen specifically devour plants, and when they transform into their original forms for battle, their teeth and claws can cause harm to Plant-type Beastmen.
Su Muyao asked, "Do you know about the Golden Silkworm Beastmen?"
Teng Lixuan shook his head and said, "I have never seen any Golden Silkworm Beastmen, nor have I heard of them."
Although Su Muyao was mentally prepared and thought Teng Lixuan might not know, she still felt a bit disappointed when he indeed didn’t know.
At this moment, Mei Qingchen returned from the Outer Court after finishing his tasks.
Shen Ci’an briefly explained the situation to him.
Mei Qingchen noticed that Teng Lixuan’s injuries were healed, yet his wife continued to treat him; the holy gaze turned cold.
"Wife, it’s cold outside; let’s go inside to talk."
Actually, the sunshine outside was quite nice, not cold at all.
Ever since the Purification Tea Tree was planted, the air quality of the Golden Leopard Tribe improved, the spiritual energy became dense, and the sky turned blue, no longer foggy.
Especially when the sunshine touched one’s body, it felt warm and comfortable.
Nonetheless, seeing Mei Qingchen’s displeased expression, Su Muyao didn’t say much.
She knew that he was busy planting the Purification Tree and making tea with everyone, working hard without good sleep. She nodded and said, "Okay."
She withdrew her hand from Teng Lixuan’s wrist.
The comfortable, warm superpower disappeared suddenly, and Teng Lixuan couldn’t stand it, coughing a few times, "Miss Su, my wound..."
Mei Qingchen’s sword already swiftly landed on Teng Lixuan’s neck, "Teng Lixuan, your wound is healed, if this continues, I can’t guarantee where my sword will land."
Teng Lixuan, having experienced the miraculous effects of Su Muyao’s healing ability, naturally didn’t fear injury.
Teng Lixuan ignored Mei Qingchen, deliberately staggering and directly leaning towards the sword blade.
"You..."
Mei Qingchen withdrew the sword in time, but Teng Lixuan’s arm was still cut, bleeding.
Teng Lixuan’s eyes almost flashed an excited expression.
But as he lowered his head, this frenzied expression was concealed in his eyes.
Mei Qingchen was simply furious, "Teng Lixuan!"
"I was just careless, too anxious; I just wanted to say many things to Miss Su."
When Teng Lixuan looked at Su Muyao, he wore a gentle expression, appearing to have a good temper.
Su Muyao realized that Teng Lixuan seemed a bit like he was "serving tea with some intention."
But this reminded her of Hua Linye.
In the past, Hua Linye liked to look at her with a grievance-ridden expression, lacking a sense of security.
However, Teng Lixuan and Hua Linye were very different, their demeanor and appearance entirely different.
Su Muyao reached out and used her superpower to heal the wound on Teng Lixuan’s neck, "Young Master Teng, if you don’t take care next time, I won’t be able to heal you anymore."
Although Teng Lixuan proactively offered the Vine Heart Pearl, and she was grateful, due to their cooperation, she couldn’t ignore his injury.
Yet, Teng Lixuan should not deliberately anger her Beast Husband.
Teng Lixuan naturally knew that Su Muyao protected her Beast Husband.
Because to the current Su Muyao, he was still an outsider, while Mei Qingchen and Shen Ci’an were her Beast Husbands. Regardless of right or wrong, she instinctively defended them.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a bit envious of them.
It turns out females also protect their Beast Husbands.
Miss Su is truly different.
...
Inside the room, everyone sat at the table and began to talk.
Especially discussing matters about the market.
"The market in the Taixu Secret Realm is called Ten Thousand Treasures Collection, located in the valley area."
"When I arrived here, I was quite surprised to find out there were Ant Clan Beastmen."
"But they only manage the southern valley area, which is their living territory; in other places, they rarely intervene or manage the matters of other tribes, nor do they involve themselves in other tribes’ disputes."
"I had the Golden Leopard Beastmen investigate the forces behind the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, but nothing was uncovered."
"They don’t attack other beastmen or seize other tribes either."
"Instead, they accept some polluted wandering beastmen and settle them in their tribe, so their reputation is relatively good."
The reputation of the Ant Clan Beastmen here seemed quite different from the Insect Clan in the Nine Nether Forbidden Land.
But Mei Qingchen still dared not trust them rashly because of these reputations.
He always had a feeling that they were up to something.
Teng Lixuan spoke up: "I do know what they’re busy with."
When Teng Lixuan spoke, his gaze was constantly fixed on Su Muyao.
As expected, after he spoke, Su Muyao’s gaze turned towards him.
In response, Teng Lixuan’s lips curved slightly.
Shen Ci’an watched Teng Lixuan’s flashy expression, feeling the urge to act.
But he held back.
"Since you know, then say it quickly."
Teng Lixuan ignored what others said, only watching Su Muyao. His eyes seemed to shimmer with light, alluring and intense, as if wanting to draw Su Muyao’s mind into it.
"If Miss Su wants to know, I naturally won’t hold back any information."
Su Muyao, focused on pondering the matters related to the Insect Clan, directly said: "Then tell us, what are they busy with?"
Su Muyao indeed felt that the Ant Clan quietly minding their own business surely wasn’t that simple.
It signified there was something more important than dealing with other beastmen, or more important than merging other tribes.
Also, she always felt they settled those wandering beastmen with pollution, not out of kindness.
The most crucial thing was they had the Xuanlin Whip, and she still didn’t know what means they used to acquire it.