She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Chapter 178 Happy New Year (Bonus Chapter for Xiong Gun Gun)

"Jiuchen can go directly to the Deer Clan tribe and come with the beastmen from the Deer Clan tribe. That would be safer."

When Luo Qizhao and the others heard Ruan Xiyue say this, they didn't say anything more and immediately made a decision: "Then we'll send the Eagle Beastmen to deliver the message now!"

Each tribe typically has several orcs skilled in flight, who are the result of intermarriage.

Actually, if Ruan Xiyue hadn't saved the "invisible wings" given to her by the system for use when the winter dampness arrived, she could have flown there herself right now and studied the terrain.

The upgraded map features allow you to see mineral veins!

The mountains near the Dog Tribe village contain iron mines, gold mines, and silver mines.

On the continent of Beast Gods, gold and silver are not used as currency, but they still have some market as materials for jewelry.

Ruan Xiyue had always wanted to see them; she had already considered these mineral veins as her private property once she saw them on the map!

One reason she didn't allow the Lion Clan and Cheetah Clan to move their entire tribes to Beast City with her was that some orcs were indeed not used to the restrictive atmosphere of Beast City.

One reason is that there are coal mines in the continuous mountain range behind the Cheetah Tribe!

Moreover, it's not just one coal mine; there are nine small coal mines, and one of the large ones covers an area larger than the entire Cheetah Tribe.

Although the Beast City relies on the high priest to carve runes on stones and use priestly incantations to give the rune stones the ability to stay warm in winter and cool in summer.

However, coal is still needed in many places, such as iron smelting and cooking.

Therefore, Ruan Xiyue hadn't told anyone about the mineral resources. She wanted to wait until the Beast City was built and the Cheetah Tribe and Lion Tribe here merged and expanded before taking things slowly.

"However, you must make sure the beastmen who invited the deer clan tell the deer clan chief not to let them spread the word that Jiu Chen and I can work together to enable females to conceive."

"Otherwise, I don't know if other orcs can get the benefits. The deer tribe will definitely never get any more benefits from us."

"I think some unpleasant things still need to be made clear."

Luo Qizhao remained silent, lost in thought.

The lion chieftain nodded: "Of course, this needs to be made clear."

"If the Deer Clan Chief wants me to increase my relationship with the Deer Clan's Holy Female, I don't think he would choose to go against my wishes on this matter."

Therefore, clarifying some unpleasant points at the beginning will facilitate future cooperation and exchanges between us and their tribe.

Luo Qizhao nodded: "If you choose to associate with the Holy Maiden of the Deer Clan, it's appropriate to hint at this. They will handle things more properly and beautifully!"

Ruan Xiyue nodded: "I'll leave it to you elders to refine the envoy's words. I'm not very good at this."

Ruan Xiyue yawned, and everyone quickly got up to say goodbye and go about their other business.

After all the orcs left, Ruan Xiyue sat on the sofa and fell into deep thought.

[Host, you've become increasingly enthusiastic about having offspring lately.]

Yes. Because I have people I want to protect! My frail, helpless beastmen husbands, and my adorable cubs. There are too many people I need to protect.

[If the host can have more than two offspring with ancestral bloodlines in this pregnancy, it's estimated that this pregnancy will enhance the host's superpowers!]

Therefore, I don't necessarily need to give birth to six children to advance my ability level. It's also related to my aptitude for bearing offspring, right?

Yes, my esteemed host.

Okay, I understand. By the way, can each beastmaster take the Talent Enhancement Pill multiple times?

[It is not recommended that the host do this. Each beastman should consume a maximum of three pills; any more will have no effect. Moreover, consuming talent enhancement pills after each beastman has advanced one rank will yield better results.]

Okay, I understand. Have you noticed that Xia Weier has been acting a bit strange these past few days? I can't quite put my finger on it, but I feel there's a significant difference between him and before.

Duoduo scanned Xia Weier and explained to Ruan Xiyue: "Dear host, Xia Weier's physical functions show no abnormalities, but his psychological state is fluctuating."

Ruan Xiyue sighed: "It's hard to say about psychological issues. Hopefully, he can recover on his own! He really suffered a heavy loss this time, and he's probably holding a grudge."

After a few more peaceful days, Ruan Xiyue was surprised when the beastmen of the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe arrived at the Lion Tribe with more than 10,000 beastmen.

[Host, Luo Yurou and Chu Jiayun have already given birth. We're calculating the points for the five females giving birth. Host has received 326 points.]

As Ruan Xiyue walked out, she said to Duoduo, "Wow, that's amazing! It seems their offspring have great potential!"

[Yes, host, they're overjoyed. One of the cubs was born with Green-rank aptitude. The majority of the points you earn come from this little cub!]

Ruan Xiyue nodded, finally understanding why Duoduo wasn't very enthusiastic about having Ruan Xiyue help other females give birth to cubs.

It's still a bit of a waste of the mysterious medicine the system gave us.

Ruan Xiyue arrived at the plains and grasslands outside the Lion Clan tribe and used a map to check the ability levels of the beastmen brought by the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe. The map showed everything!

The Treasure-Hunting Rats are quite interesting, even though the three princes behind them have been bullying Xia Weier all along.

However, Ruan Xiyue didn't expect that the Spirit Fox Tribe, which was related to Xia Weier by blood, seemed to be scheming against them at every turn. Meanwhile, the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe was trying its best to maintain an equal trade relationship with Ruan Xiyue.

After glancing at them, Ruan Xiyue asked Lu Qixin, who was leading the group, "Uncle Lu, are all the females from the caves you brought here eager to give birth to cubs?"

"If they are indeed interested, we will hold a matchmaking bonfire party for low- to mid-level orcs in our Lion Clan tribe next month."

“I hope that the women Uncle Lu brought are indeed those who want to have offspring,” Ruan Xiyue said, looking at a few of the reluctant females.

Lu Qixin nodded and patted his chest as a guarantee: "Holy Mother Xiyue, don't worry, we've all been carefully selected this time!"

Upon hearing that the Holy Mother of the Dawn had a chance to enable females to give birth to cubs, such a wonderful opportunity almost caused the females of our tribe to fight each other over a spot.

Ruan Xiyue nodded, then continued, "Keep the females you brought, and also keep some orcs who are willing to mate with females of lower reproductive capacity. Take the rest of the orcs directly to the newly built orc city site."

"After you return, we still have some follow-up matters regarding the wooden carts to discuss in detail."

Lu Qixin nodded, looked at Li Miao who was standing silently to the side, and couldn't help but sigh.

Even as his uncle, he was increasingly unable to understand what Li Miao was trying to do!