Chapter 301 - 299: I Can Handle It Myself...

Chapter 301: Chapter 299: I Can Handle It Myself...

The commoners waved their stone hoes and responded in unison once more:

"Alright! We’ll listen to our benefactor, A Yue!"

"Protect Bright Mountain! Protect our hope!"

"Anyone who dares to harm Bright Mountain will be making an enemy of Barbaric City! We’ll fight them to the death!"

The people were united against a common enemy. Their rallying cries shook the mountains and forests, making them seem to echo.

Their eyes shone with a light and determination never seen before.

Hidden behind a bush, Yun Lie Ting’s body tensed. It felt as if an invisible hand was squeezing his heart.

He was once again shaken to his core by the sight of the people’s unified devotion.

In all his long life, in all his years ruling the beasts of the forest, he had never seen a Beastman who could inspire such unwavering loyalty, cooperation, and willingness to go through fire and water for them!

And he had certainly never seen a barren, dead land imbued with such profound hope!

That woman was standing in the center of the crowd, with no overwhelming aura of power, no vicious methods.

Her slender, delicate figure made her look like a weak female who needed protection, yet she had managed to capture the hearts of the entire city!

From her demeanor, from her eyes, from her every word, he could sense her composure and sense of responsibility!

That trust and adoration from the people was something he had never possessed in his entire life.

It wasn’t until Shen Yue had arranged everything and, surrounded by the laughing and chatting townsfolk, led her six little cubs, Huang Ziyue, Mu Silin, and the others toward the city—gradually disappearing at the end of the mountain path—that Yun Lie Ting slowly emerged from the shadows.

The violent aura around him had faded until it was nearly gone, leaving only a heart full of complex emotions and shock.

His gaze, full of bewilderment, remained fixed on Shen Yue’s retreating figure.

The few subordinates behind him were already stirred with emotion. They stared after Shen Yue’s group, unable to look away for a long time...

Finally, one of the subordinates couldn’t help but ask in a hushed voice the question that was truly on all their minds:

"Your Majesty, was what she said just now true?"

"Can this woman... really grow food on this land?"

A breeze swept over the freshly tilled, soft earth, carrying the unique, fresh scent of soil, along with a faint, strange odor mixed in the wind...

This land, once barren and dead, now truly seemed to hold boundless life.

Yun Lie Ting was silent for a long time, his deep eyes fixed on Bright Mountain before him, his Adam’s apple bobbing slightly.

He could no longer voice the disdain and ridicule he felt before.

He clenched his fists, his voice so low he didn’t even notice the wavering in it himself.

"I... don’t know either."

He paused, his gaze shifting back toward Barbaric City. Wisps of smoke rose from cooking fires, and the air was filled with the clamor of voices—a complete departure from the dilapidated and desolate image he had in his mind.

’The only thing I need to figure out now is, who exactly is this woman?’

’What secrets is she hiding?’

’In Beastification City, and just the other day, she was nothing but a vicious shrew in my mind—crude, and utterly repulsive...’

’But now... I’m no longer so sure!’

’It seems she’s not what I thought she was.’

For the first time, a crack appeared in the deep-seated hatred in his heart.

The woman who had beaten him, humiliated him, and forced him to kneel in utter disgrace... was now overlapping with this person who was revered by the people and cared for them, throwing his mind into turmoil...

Besides, he wasn’t a fool. The two men by this woman’s side were clearly not simple individuals.

Especially the man in the dark red cloak—he was no ordinary person. And her little cubs, each one’s bloodline was purer than the last...

He narrowed his eyes, suppressed his aura, and with a flicker of his form, he took off in the direction Shen Yue and the people had gone!

...

After several days of non-stop work, Shen Yue, the children, Huang Ziyue, and the others were actually dead tired.

With the land tilled today, a great weight was finally lifted from everyone’s shoulders.

So, the little ones had gone to bed early.

But Shen Yue suddenly couldn’t sleep that night and decided to get up and carefully tally the seeds they would plant the next day.

As it turned out, just as she stepped out of her room, she found Mu Silin standing in the courtyard, looking restless and agitated...

And Ye Lüqi happened to be walking out from the side as well.

Shen Yue looked at the two of them in confusion:

"Why aren’t you asleep yet? Aren’t you tired?"

’They should have been asleep long ago.’

But just as she finished speaking, Shen Yue noticed that there was something off about their auras.

Especially Mu Silin. His dark green eyes were particularly feverish when he looked at her, and his body radiated a heat as if he were engulfed in flames.

Shen Yue froze...

"You two..."

She paused... and her eyes darted to a certain prominent bulge...

’Are they in their bestial heat? In estrus??’

Mu Silin desperately suppressed the lust surging through his veins.

His original plan had been to sneak away and find a deserted place to soak in cold water...

...suppress it himself, take care of it himself... he never thought he’d alert Shen Yue...

Even if he wanted her, he wouldn’t dare.

But he never expected to run right into Shen Yue coming out of her room!

Mu Silin stared at Shen Yue’s beautiful face, his throat tightening.

He quickly covered the part of him that was both embarrassing and a source of pride, then cleared his throat:

"Shen Yue, I-I’m fine! Don’t worry about me, just go back inside!!"

He knew that Shen Yue would never agree to mate with him right now, and he would never force her to do something she didn’t want to.

Before the words had even faded, his tall, straight back, like a ball of fire, turned and plunged into the darkness, disappearing into the night...

Shen Yue: "..."

She turned to look at Ye Lüqi...

Ye Lüqi was also burning up, standing in the courtyard in extreme discomfort, watching as Mu Silin suppressed his desire and ran off...

His muscles rippled as he tried to regulate his breathing...

Of course, he wouldn’t force Shen Yue either.

He was just furious that he had entered his mating season at the same time as that stupid Leopard.

’Dammit!’

’I absolutely cannot lose to that Leopard, and I absolutely cannot offend Shen Yue.’ He controlled himself with all his might.

But no matter how much he held back, his emerald eyes seemed to have a bewitching power in the darkness.

When he looked at Shen Yue, his gaze was frighteningly hot!

Shen Yue opened her mouth:

"Well, you..."

"You don’t need to worry about me either! I-I can handle it myself..."

As he spoke, Ye Lüqi’s face flushed red, and he also turned and rushed into the night.

Shen Yue: "..."

’Has everyone become such a gentleman now?’

’She actually hadn’t finished what she was saying. She wanted to tell them that using Fifth Miss could also solve the problem...’

’And if they really didn’t know how, she could always exercise her rights as the Female Master...’

’After all, with such handsome men before her, she wasn’t a saint either...’

Just as she was thinking this, she was surprised to find Huang Ziyue’s tall, slender figure standing behind her.

"You can help them."

The low, husky voice made Shen Yue’s heart skip a beat.

She turned around and gave an awkward smile:

"Why aren’t you asleep either? They don’t need my help, they have their own ways..."

Halfway through her sentence, she realized that the aura of the man in front of her seemed off as well.

She froze...

’No way. Don’t tell me this big ice cube is also...’

As expected.

"If you won’t help them, then help me."

The man’s low voice was right next to her ear.

The next second, before Shen Yue could react, Huang Ziyue’s large hand seized her waist, and they vanished from the spot.

She was brought to a secluded mountain cave. Before her feet even touched the ground, the man’s lips had already sealed hers.

His teeth grazed her earlobe, his tongue tracing circles on the shell of her ear:

"I want you. Give yourself to me."