The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 221 Priest Joan
Yuheng also kept a close eye on the situation in the Mulan Plain, but because he was not good at construction, he could not help much. At most, he helped cultivate seedlings on a large scale on several dozen acres some time ago.

Chongzhen said that it would be used in the later stages of the city's landscaping construction.

Yuheng didn't quite understand, but Shangqing Forest Valley was a beast city built on top of a giant forest, and the environment was much better than the barren Huangyan Beast City. So he thought it would be good to plant some flowers, grass and trees inside the beast city.

At least he'll feel comfortable living there in the future.

When Yuheng walked back into Ling Chengen's stone cave, his gaze fell on the small bamboo couch in the corner.

Since the treehouse was built, Ling Chengen has basically stopped living in the stone cave.

Therefore, the internal layout was greatly altered by Yu Shaochen and Yu Heng. First, the cave was widened by three or four meters to the east and then carved into the depth by about six meters, dividing it into about four small stone chambers.

Tables and bamboo stools were placed in the more spacious area outside, and many compartments were carved out of the walls to store various packaged medicinal herbs and powders.

Near the wall of medicinal herbs, there was a long table that had been polished smooth.

A stone mortar and millstone were neatly arranged on the table.

There were also some papers spread out.

The paper was covered with ground brown powder.

A narrow bamboo couch was placed in the corner against the wall next to the table.

At this moment, a young man was fast asleep on the bamboo couch, his back to the cave entrance. He was covered with a dark brown bear skin and a rabbit skin blanket with mottled fur.

The young man's slender body was curled up on the small bamboo couch, looking somewhat cramped. His long, dark blue hair, as smooth as silk, fell outside the couch, the ends brushing against the flattened stone ground, but he was completely unaware of it.

Yuheng glanced at it only once before looking away.

I couldn't help but think to myself, Ling Chengen really must have picked someone based on their looks.

These two male merfolk beastmen are both incredibly beautiful.

Male orcs on the Beast Plains are generally taller and more beautiful, which is very much in line with the characteristics of animals in nature.

However, people with such exceptional appearance and voice as Yuheng are still extremely rare.

But the one with the broken leg inside the cave, and the one lying on the small bamboo couch, are no less formidable than him.

Shi Ruoan was away for quite some time, but she returned on the twenty-third day.

Therefore, he has more than enough time to prepare the medicine and receive treatment.

However, Shi Ruoan must have exhausted herself. After returning, she stayed by his side for two days. After confirming that the medicine he prepared was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

He slept for five days straight, and today is the sixth day.

He neither ate nor drank, and he didn't wake up once during the process.

Yuheng felt that if he continued to sleep like this, he would probably starve to death. So after hesitating for a moment, he still lifted his foot and walked towards the small bamboo couch. Just as his hand was about to put on the side of his neck, it was stopped by a scarred hand.

Shi Ruoan tilted her head slightly, glancing sleepily at him. Upon realizing it was him, her body, which had been tense for a moment, slowly relaxed, and she released her right hand that had been blocking him.

Yu Heng decisively withdrew his hand, and Shi Ruoan also turned over and sat up on the bamboo couch, lowered his head and pressed his fingers to his temples, his voice so dry and hoarse that he could barely make a sound.

He coughed softly a few times, his voice muffled: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, you just slept too long."

Yuheng pointed to the ceramic pot on the table: "The water is there, pour it yourself."

"Thank you."

Shi Ruo'an tried to stand up by holding onto the edge of the bamboo couch, but his body swayed a few times. Finally, Yu Heng couldn't bear to watch any longer and handed him a bamboo cup filled with water.

After drinking the drink, Shi Ruoan felt much better. She looked up and asked groggily, "How long have I been asleep?"

"Today is the sixth day."

Shi Ruoan suddenly opened her eyes, her drowsiness vanishing instantly: "Is it already September?"

Today is September 1st.

Shi Ruoan looked towards the cave entrance. It was already bright outside, and it looked like it was already mid-morning.

He sat on the small bamboo couch in a daze, and after regaining his senses, he sighed deeply: "I still missed it."

However, he quickly composed himself and looked up to ask, "How is Pan Xing doing now?"

"He's already been given the medication, and his condition is pretty good, about what we expected."

"I'll go see him."

Seeing that he was determined to do so, Yuheng did not stop him and stepped aside to make way.

Shi Ruoan walked into the nearest small stone chamber and looked at the stone cave brightly lit by the light of the lamp wick, feeling somewhat dazed for a moment.

Shi Panxing lay on the only wooden bed in the room, with his back against folded animal hides.

He was conscious, though his face was thin and pale, but the deathly look in his eyes from a few days ago was gone.

"You're awake?" Shi Panxing smiled at him. "Have you recovered?"

Shi Ruoan looked at his face and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Her usually serious and tense face finally showed some relaxation.

He nodded with a sigh of relief and responded softly.

Yuheng stood with his arms crossed in front of him, quietly watching the two cousins.

“Although he’s been given the medicine and his life has been saved, it will take at least six months for his legs to recover.” Yuheng looked at the two of them calmly. “So, do you both plan to stay here, or just him?”

Shi Ruoan turned to look at Yu Heng and bowed deeply to him.

He performed the grand salute of the sea tribe, bowing slightly forward with his right fist pressed against his left chest.

“I am the High Priest of the Sea Clan, and it is impossible for me to stay here for half a year without going back, so I can only leave Panxing here for the time being.”

"We will need your continued care in the coming days."

"You're going back to the Sea Clan?" Yuheng didn't know much about the Sea Clan, but he wasn't completely ignorant either. "The September Sea Market has already opened, and since you haven't shown up, the new North Sea King will probably try to find someone to replace you. If you go back now, it'll probably be too late."

"They will likely be intercepted and killed by her people halfway there."

Shi Ruoan's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, clearly having anticipated this, but his attitude was resolute, and he said in a heavy tone, "I must go back, otherwise the remaining people in the Sea Sacrifice Hall will be wiped out."

He is not alone.

The people of the Sea Sacrifice Temple helped him search for Shi Panxing's whereabouts. Some of them went with him to Huangyan Beast City, but they all died in battle. He left the other part in the Sea Sacrifice Temple because he couldn't ignore their fate.

Yu Heng asked curiously, "What kind of person is the new king of the sea tribe?"

After thinking for a long time, Shi Ruoan exchanged a glance with Shi Panxing and finally shook her head in silence.

Yuheng looked at him, completely bewildered, not understanding what he meant.

Shi Panxing said, "Because of my mother, the Sea Sacrifice Hall and the royal family of the North Sea Region have a cold relationship and have always kept their distance. If it weren't for me, the Sea Sacrifice Hall would never have been involved in the struggle between the crown princes."

The new queen of the sea tribe is the former second princess, Haibola.

Haipola is the same age as Shi Panxing. Her birth mother is Maeji, a close lover of King Xeiya and the third queen.

King Xexia's second queen, a fiercely independent woman, abandoned her husband and children and left the North Sea because Haibola betrayed Shipanxing's birth mother.

As a result, Shi Panxing was born into a family where his father did not love him and his mother was absent.

Furthermore, King Xayya favored Megi, and Megi and her children oppressed and bullied him.

Therefore, he had a very bad relationship with Hypola, who was the same age as him.

Before King Xayya's death, the two were not at the point of irreconcilable enmity, but they were like oil and water.

Although Shi Panxing didn't care about the position of the Northern Sea King, he didn't want any of Mei Ji's children to easily obtain that position.

In fact, Shi Panxing has a very high chance of winning. This is because, after his bloodline reverted to its ancestral form, he is currently the most known successor to the Beast God of the North Sea.

It's a pity he was too upright.

King Xayya died suddenly.

Shi Panxing received the news too late.

Megie concealed the news of King Xayya's death and helped Hypola pull off a diversionary tactic.

This led to Shi Panxing falling into the hands of the land-dwelling orcs, where he suffered endless torture and humiliation.

Compared to the young and impetuous Hypola, the truly troublesome one is Megi, who comes from the deep-sea Baman snake tribe.

This person is too cunning.

From the moment she met King Xerxes, everything seemed to be under her control.

Despite being a precious female beastman, she willingly became King Xexia's clandestine lover.

Having endured so much, her ambitions will certainly not stop at the position of queen.

Step by step, link by link.

From lover to queen, and then from queen to the one who secretly wields power over the entire North Sea.

She has been planning for over twenty years and will not give her opponents any chance to launch a counterattack.

When Shi Panxing was captured, there were already suspicions.

King Xerxes' sudden death was likely related to Megi.

However, Megi was surrounded by Baman Serpent Orcs, making it impossible for him to plant any spies.

Therefore, it was impossible to obtain more detailed evidence.

In the North Sea region, power was divided between royal power and divine power.

Royal power was held by the merfolk royal family of the North Sea, while divine power was held by the Sea Sacrifice Temple.

Shi Ruo'an left the Sea Sacrifice Temple for him, so Mei Ji and Hai Bola will inevitably take action against the Sea Sacrifice Temple.

They will try every means to take control of the Sea Sacrifice Temple.

In this way, apart from the few merman royals born to Mei Ji, the Baman snake clan, who were driven out of the distant deep sea black domain, became the most noble beings in the North Sea.

……

After listening, Yuheng roughly understood the predicament of these two unfortunate brothers.

He looked at Shi Panxing, who looked guilty, and then glanced at Shi Ruoan, who was frowning and silent. Suddenly he said, "I don't think you need to feel guilty at all."

Even if he was at the Sea Sacrifice Temple, he didn't go to Huangyan Beast City to save you.

"Given your stepmother's personality, do you really think she would let go of the Sea Sacrifice Hall, which can rival her, and let Shi Ruo'an go?"

"Perhaps Shi Ruoan will also fall into her trap and suffer the same fate as you."

"At that time, not only would you not be able to escape, but he might also have to go to Nanyuan to be an exhibit or a slave."

Yu Heng spread his hands, looking indifferent, and said, "Whether you return to the Sea Clan in the future is not important to me."

"If someone wants to stay in Shilin, I doubt many in the clan would refuse."

After all, both of them were high-ranking warriors, and also rare members of the sea race.

This can make up for the Stone Forest's weakness in naval warfare.

"However, the cost of your treatment..."

Shi Ruoan replied very tactfully, "I will bring back the utmost sincerity from the North Sea."

Seeing this, Yuheng shut his mouth and pointed outside, saying, "There's breakfast left for you on the kitchen stove outside."

"If there's not enough to eat, make some yourself."

After saying that, he turned to leave, but then seemed to remember something and turned back to look at Shi Panxing on the bed: "You still need to stay in bed and rest for the next few days. Don't move your legs around too much. Remember to take the medicine that's on the bedside table later."

Shi Panxing watched him leave without looking back, then glanced down at the medicine soup and three yellowish-brown pills on the small stone table beside the bed. She pursed her lips, but still obediently picked them up and put them in her mouth.

Shi Ruoan hadn't eaten for several days and was now starving: "Take your medicine first, and call me if you need anything. I'll go wash up and eat something first."

Shi Panxing nodded, then suddenly looked up and asked, "Are you planning to go back to Beihai today?"

Shi Ruoan nodded: "We'll leave this afternoon."

“I have a storage room under the sea cave in the glacier.” Shi Panxing thought for a moment, holding a medicine bowl in his right hand, and flipped his left hand in front of him, and a sea-blue stone appeared out of thin air in his palm. “This is the key to open the storage room.”

Shi Ruoan took it and pondered, "Should I bring all your things over?"

"Bring them all over here to treat my injuries. I can't let you pay for everything and put in the effort too."

Shi Panxing had been sitting for a long time and his body was starting to feel the strain. His face grew paler and his voice became weaker. He said in a low voice, "There are some spatial containers that I forged before in the Haiji Cave. If you run into the young clan leader of Shilin in Haishi, you can give her those spatial containers. She should need them."

The orc tribes on land hold large-scale autumn hunts every year.

This is not a secret.

Even if they are at sea, they will hear some news about this.

He is a space-type warrior, so creating space containers is not difficult for him, and he has never had the problem of not being able to carry a large number of things with him.

However, there are only two spatial containers in the entire Stone Forest, and their capacity is not very large.

For the autumn hunting teams returning with a full load, those two containers were definitely not enough.

Shi Ruoan nodded, took the sea-blue stone from his hand, and quietly walked out of the cave.

……

Amber Bay.

Su Weihua led Ling Chengen to the Sea Clan's stall.

Most of the seafood stalls are located near the coast, where vegetation is sparse, and you can occasionally see short weeds and lichens on the ground, but there are more gray-white stones of various shapes.

The sea creatures seemed to be more resistant to the cold than the humans. Even after coming ashore, they still wore shell and seaweed garments, and their more private parts were covered with fine, colorful scales. Only a very few of them wore fur coats, the kind only found on land, after coming ashore.

Ling Chengen frowned as he looked at the goods casually placed on the pebble beach.

Whether it was due to her ignorance or the special circumstances of these sea creatures, she felt uneasy all the way through the journey.

Su Weihua frowned frequently, her gaze sweeping warily over the various sea snakes coiled on the shore. She said in a low voice, full of doubt, "I heard that many sea creatures come ashore to trade, but most of them are extremely intelligent ancient giant octopus beastmen, and quite a few merfolk..."

"I have never heard of so many sea serpents in the far north."

Ling Chengen looked around and felt that the goods were all the same. Most of them were freshly caught fish and game from the sea, and some were beautiful and round seashell pearls that could be used to make jewelry.

She quickly lost interest and led Su Weihua to the end of Amber Bay.

The two stood on the rocks by the sea, looking down at the golden kelp rising and falling on the surface of the sea.

Just as she was thinking about whether she could find an easy-going sea creature to collect some amber algae.

A whisper suddenly came from below the cliff.

Ling Chengen used his psychic powers to cover the area and discovered an ancient giant beastman and a beastman on land.

The two interacted naturally, and seemed to have known each other for a long time.

The two of them crouched down carefully, in a sheltered spot. There were many rocks around them that would make it difficult to spot them unless you deliberately approached behind the rocks or walked to the end of the sea cliff.