AWB Chapter 161 Leveraging Power for Balance
Chapter 161 Leveraging Power for Balance
The leaders of the Spirit Fox Tribe and the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe couldn't help but gasp when they heard Ruan Xiyue's arrogant tone.
Ruan Xiyue held Ruan Xiayi, her eldest son, a three-tailed spirit fox. He was now six months old, a fluffy white fox sixty centimeters long with ears that were a gradient from orange-yellow to white. The tips of his ears had a tuft of black fur, just like his father Xia Weier, whose ear tips were also black.
“I know what you seek is the return to your ancestral bloodline.”
I hope the Fox Spirit Tribe and the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe will not reveal my secret of being able to regenerate ancestral blood.
Otherwise, I can't say for sure when we'll be able to produce even better offspring with your tribe's bloodline, those atavistic offspring.
Dong Songlin looked at Ruan Xiyue with even greater devotion.
"I wonder when the Holy Mother Xiyue will be able to form a mate with the male Qi Heng? Of course, I have no intention of urging the Holy Mother Xiyue. Because we know that the Holy Mother Xiyue hopes to establish the Beast City before forming a mate with Qi Heng."
"We have brought 30,000 orcs with us, including some strong females, with the aim of helping the Holy Queen Xiyue to build the Beast City as soon as possible!"
"However, could we wait until the inner city of the Holy Female Xiyue is completed before we can form a bond with the male Qi Heng? Because Qi Heng is not young anymore. He is already twenty-two years old. The golden age for males is actually quite short."
Ruan Xiyue listened to Dong Songlin's words while maintaining a slight smile.
"Well, once the inner city is built, I'll become mates with Qi Heng. The females you brought must have been found in the tribe's female caves, right?"
"When the Spirit Fox Tribe helps me build the Beast City, could you hand over these low-fertility females to me? I'd like to see if my healing abilities can increase their chances of reproduction."
“I certainly can’t change their fertility rating. But I feel it’s worth a try to increase their chances of getting pregnant.”
Dong Songlin's eyes lit up, and he immediately started calculating in his mind, rapidly processing many ideas.
The Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe immediately responded: "We can also bring the females from the Female Cave over. If the Holy Mother Xiyue can help them give birth to cubs and fulfill their wish to be mothers, they will be eternally grateful to the Holy Mother Xiyue!"
"Furthermore, we are willing to provide a year's worth of sea salt free of charge. Three hundred kilograms of sea salt will be delivered every three months."
"I wonder if the Holy Mother Xiyue would be willing to accept the more than one thousand females from our Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe?"
Ruan Xiyue nodded generously: "That's perfect. If half of the more than one thousand females in the Treasure-Hunting Rat tribe can successfully give birth to cubs, that would be quite an achievement."
Lu Qixin nodded in agreement. Many of the females in the female caves have an extremely difficult time giving birth to cubs throughout their lives. Moreover, many of them are quite old.
Let alone getting half of the females to successfully give birth, if even a third of the females could give birth, the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe would absolutely want to cultivate a good relationship with Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue!
Looking at the little three-tailed fox cub whimpering in Ruan Xiyue's arms, Lu Qixin couldn't help but breathe rapidly, his palms sweated, and his fists clenched tightly.
He immediately made a difficult decision: "Although Li Miao is my nephew, he is too irresponsible. If the Holy Mother Xi Yue is willing, let's choose a new beast husband from our Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe!"
Li Miao stood behind Ruan Xiyue, his lowered eyes suddenly lifting as he coldly surveyed the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe members present.
Ruan Xiyue waved her hand: "No need. Li Miao has a good personality. I promised him I would bear him a cub, and I will definitely do it. You don't need to worry."
Lu Qixin opened his mouth, and an elder beside him glared at him fiercely.
Lu Qixin awkwardly tugged at the corner of his lips, then changed the subject: "We have some low-ranking males here that we can send to help out in Beast City! I wonder if Holy Heroine Xiyue needs them?"
Ruan Xiyue nodded: "That would be perfect!"
The lion chieftain smiled and said, "It's already noon, let's all have lunch together! The spirit fox tribe just arrived today, so let them rest a bit. If there's anything else we want to discuss, we can talk about it tomorrow!"
Ruan Xiyue used the excuse that she was pregnant and had unique tastes, so she didn't eat with everyone and left the table with her group of husbands, returning home.
Seeing that Ruan Xiyue had already left, Lu Qixin quickly finished his meal and then took his leave with the beastmen of the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe.
"Old Lu, you spoil your nephew so much that he's become completely unruly. Now that he's out, he's not on our side at all. What are we going to do?"
Lu Qixin was silent for a moment: "It seems that Xi Yue, the Holy Female, doesn't like handsome males, nor does she like the rugged type. She prefers men like Li Miao, so you can't blame me for that!"
"Given your nephew's hostility toward the tribe, I don't think he will bring any benefit to the tribe. Even if the Holy Mother Xiyue gives birth to a Treasure-hunting Rat offspring for him, will he really raise him to be close to the Treasure-hunting Rat tribe?"
Lu Qixin scoffed: "Do you think Ruan Xiyue, the Holy Female, is easy to manipulate?"
"This... doesn't seem like someone who can be easily fooled."
"That settles it! Even if Li Miao becomes her partner, he'll just be a subordinate. He thinks he can control the thoughts of Holy Consort Xi Yue? Don't be ridiculous! He can control my thoughts, but he might not be able to control the thoughts of Holy Consort Xi Yue!"
"What should we do then? We're sending sea salt, females, and low-ranking orcs. Aren't we just making a losing deal?"
Lu Qixin looked at the other person as if they were mentally challenged.
"No, brother, how could you say something so shameless? I advise you, when we're exchanging favors with the Holy Mother Xiyue, don't think of her as some country bumpkin from an ordinary small or medium-sized tribe."
“If she’s thinking like that, I feel she’s even less likely to talk to us properly.”
"I didn't! I know you think that most females in the female caves can't reproduce, and raising them is a waste of food. But that's not true!"
Do you know how many unnecessary conflicts will arise if more than a thousand females are sent away, leaving the males of our tribe with nowhere to release their energy?
You and I see things from different perspectives, so I think this kind of transaction is a loss for us!
Even if these females settle in the Beast City, the cubs they give birth to, even if there are only three hundred, will inevitably have one-third of them being cubs of the Treasure-Seeking Rat bloodline.
But what use are these low-quality cubs to the development of our tribe?
As Lu Qixin listened to this new perspective, from his point of view, this decision was indeed of no benefit to the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe.
"No, no, no, brother, you can't look at it that way. These female members of the Treasure-Hunting Rat tribe still have some affection for our tribe."
With the addition of some low-level males we've sent, they'll definitely prioritize breeding offspring with males from their own tribe when choosing to reproduce.
"Then, under the guise of protecting the Beast City, we'll send a high-ranking guard to Holy Mother Xiyue. This will effectively give our Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe some say in a large Beast City."
"Holy Mother Xiyue plans to cultivate energy fruits, something you don't think is promising. But I find it very interesting. What if she can actually cultivate them in large quantities?"