Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 175 It's still more pleasant to deal with wild beasts.
“We are husband and wife, and we sleep in the same bed every day. How could I not know about the changes in my husband’s body? Many times, I have felt that my husband wants me, and wants me so badly. So I am naturally ready to give myself to you.”

But you always forced yourself to stop. At first, I was heartbroken, until one night, for some reason, my husband had a nightmare. Your left arm instantly turned into the arm of a wild beast. Although it was only for a moment, I still saw it..."

Yun Ce looked at E Ji and said, "Aren't you afraid that I might be a wild beast that has become a spirit?"

Eji smiled and said, "There's a saying in the Han Dynasty: 'If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, follow the dog; if you marry a wild boar, you'll roam the mountains.'"

Since meeting you, my love, every day has felt like I'm bathed in honey. If this is my fate, then I accept it.

With a little effort, Yun Ce's left arm immediately transformed into a dragon claw. E Ji hugged the hideous arm and said, "I didn't let anyone in. Husband, you can show your full form."

Yun Ce said dejectedly, "This is the whole picture. Don't worry, I'm a human, not a beast. There's a reason why my arm looks like this; it's related to the dragon."

Eji took out a handkerchief and wiped Yun Ce's metallic dragon arm, saying, "It's very majestic."

Yun Ce smacked his lips and said, "What if we consummate our marriage and you get pregnant and end up laying an egg?"

Eji grinned and said, "I'll just stay in the house and incubate the eggs. Once they hatch, we'll have a son."

Yun Ce withdrew his dragon arm and looked at E Ji with annoyance, saying, "You really don't know how to pick and choose."

Since his transformation direction was towards becoming a dragon, Yun Ce hadn't considered the issue of reproductive barriers. Dragons don't discriminate when it comes to mating partners; they can even give birth to a pulao from a toad. Yun Ce felt that he and E Ji would have no problem having children together. As for what kind of offspring they would produce, that was open to discussion.

"We'll talk about having children later. I'm trying to get rid of this dragon arm. When that happens, I'll have as many children as you want with you."

"Why remove it? This arm looks very imposing. It must have helped you a lot on the battlefield. The battlefield is so dangerous. With this arm, you would have an extra layer of protection."

As for the child, whatever his or her parents give birth to is what he or she will be; no one gives you a choice.

Seeing that Eji pounced on Yun Ce's arm again, the chestnut horse, whose mane had long since dried, snorted and left. After all, even the horse couldn't bear to look at Eji's lustful state.

That night, Yun Ce slept in three different places, and E Ji chased him to three different rooms...

After the first snowfall, the sky cleared.

Yun Ce greeted E Ji and was then carried off into the wilderness by an excited chestnut horse. Yesterday, the warriors of Yun Clan Manor informed Yun Ce that a ferocious beast had appeared eighty miles from the manor, and today he was going to eliminate this menace.

The beast was as fast as the wind. Although Yun Ce was also fast, he was still far behind the beast. Today, he needed the chestnut horse to help him stop the beast so that he could finally kill it.

Where there are ferocious beasts, whether they are jackals, abandoned animals, or other wild animals, they will all flee. Herbivores, on the other hand, are not so frightened and stand on the grass, leisurely munching on the wild grass.

A huge ferocious beast emerged from a forest. It first arched its body, opened its mouth wide, and stretched lazily. Then it strolled among a group of herbivores, looking around. Finally, it chose a sunflower deer of suitable size, bit off its neck, and then lay down to eat happily.

The other herbivores didn't run away either; they continued doing what they were doing. Yun Ce even spotted a pair of short-horned sheep mating through his binoculars.

Although there are ferocious beasts here, the herbivores seem to be living a better life. The fact that they can mate in this environment is enough to show that it is not the ferocious beasts that are hunting them, but that these herbivores are willing to be eaten by the ferocious beasts.

The logic is simple. On a small scale, it's like a fisherman fishing. Who knows if he can catch any fish? In any case, he can't skimp on the bait. Overall, the fisherman's presence is actually beneficial to the fish. The number of fish he catches is negligible, but the bait he uses actually fattens many more fish.

Broadly speaking, the existence of the ferocious beasts means that the herbivores have only one natural enemy left among their numerous predators. By sacrificing one herbivore each day to feed the ferocious beast, the remaining herbivores can live and reproduce in peace. The losses they suffer are far less than those caused by being besieged by predators such as dog skins and abandoned beasts.

Doesn't this sound like how a country governs its people?

The carnivore never wastes a single bite. When it eats, it usually starts with the internal organs. It especially likes the stomach and intestines of the sunflower deer, as these are important for it to replenish various vitamins. After eating the internal organs, the carnivore then begins to eat the meaty and soft belly.

It took a couple of bites, then raised its head and watched a two-legged creature approach. Thinking it wasn't a big deal, it continued gnawing on the sunflower deer's belly. It had eaten two-legged creatures before, and they didn't taste good, especially the intestines and stomach. Only lowly dogs liked them.

Yun Ce knew that disturbing someone's meal was very impolite, so he sat quietly to the side, took out a grass cake, and started eating it.

He originally came to kill this ferocious beast, but seeing that it had no intention of eating people, he gave up the idea of ​​killing it. After all, with this creature present, there were no other ferocious beasts within a radius of thirty or forty miles. Now, he only wanted to subdue the beast, to instill a psychological fear of humans in it, so that it would obediently eat the herbivores under his protection and not harbor any strange thoughts towards humans.

After waiting for the ferocious beast to finish its meal, and even rubbing its mouth on the deer's fur, it stood up and roared at the beast.

“┗|｀O′|┛Ouch~~”

This was a blatant challenge. The ferocious beast lunged forward, ready to pounce on Yun Ce and then bite him to death as a warning to others.

The ferocious beast weighed a ton, and its pounce had the force of ten thousand jun. Yun Ce grabbed the beast's huge claws with both hands and then slammed his head into the beast's chin. The beast was stunned for a moment, and Yun Ce used the claws to his advantage to flip it over to the ground.

With a loud thud, the beast's massive body crashed to the ground, causing the earth to tremble. However, as expected of the king of beasts, the beast sprang up as soon as it landed. Before it could even turn over, a claw as big as a washbasin came crashing down on Yun Ce's head with a whoosh of wind. If it caught him, Yun Ce's head would surely be smashed into a rotten watermelon.

Yun Ce raised his left arm, which immediately transformed into a dragon claw, colliding with the beast's claws. The force was fierce, and the beast's two thick, sharp claws snapped instantly. At the same time, the claws fell back into Yun Ce's grasp, and he used the force to throw the beast to the ground once more.

The earth trembled continuously, and the herbivores all raised their heads, watching the battle in terror. It wasn't until Yun Ce rode on the ferocious beast's neck and rained down punches on its belly that the herbivores lowered their heads again and continued to graze.

When Yun Ce finally got off the ferocious beast, panting heavily, the beast was already lying on its back with its limbs in the air, its body trembling like leaves in the autumn wind.

Yun Ce glanced at the ferocious beast and saw that there was still a ferocious look in its eyes. He raised his fist and started punching the beast's nose, eyes, ears, and face.

They didn't stop until the beast's head started to swell.

Yun Ce came to the stream, washed his hands in the icy water, and took out another grass cake to continue eating. As he ate, he said, "From now on, stay away from people. If you bite someone to death, you won't survive either."

As Yun Ce finished eating the grass cake, he called over the chestnut horse and had it carry him to find the next ferocious beast.

Although he wasn't sure if the beast could understand him, he firmly believed that a beast like the king of beasts, which had begun to use intelligence to survive, should understand that it couldn't eat people.

In the evening, Yun Ce returned to Yun Clan Manor exhausted, just in time to see Qin Shu and the others returning from hunting. They looked very happy, with a mountain of rams piled up on the carriage behind them. The only pity was that these people were wasteful and actually threw away the rams' internal organs, depriving Yun Ce of delicious offal.

The group of women led by Eji returned even earlier, and it seemed that they had also had a good harvest, with grains they had gathered from the wasteland drying on the ground.

“We dug out more than a dozen rabbit burrows and found over a thousand catties of grain inside. We also caught sixty-eight rabbits, all of them plump and healthy. We’ll stew them for my husband tonight.”

Eji was very proud.

"From now on, you will be able to go to the beasts' territory to gather food. I saw that there is a lot of food there, especially on the trees, where there are many delicious tree seeds."

"Has the young master made arrangements with the ferocious beast?"

"Yes, it's settled. It also said that all the food over there will be yours in the future, and if you can catch those herbivores, the herbivores will also be yours."

Yun Ce figured that after being beaten up like that, the ferocious beast would probably stay away from Yun Clan Manor and wouldn't be able to stay there any longer.

After it leaves, the vacant territory will easily be occupied by dog ​​skins, abandoned beasts, wild boars, bears and the like. However, for now, it should be a window of opportunity, which is perfect for Eji and her gathering team.

In one day, Yun Ce fought three battles with the three ferocious beasts using only his brute strength. Even with his immense strength, he felt exhausted. After taking a bath, he ate a little of his share of food and went back to sleep.

When Zhang Min returned from Jingkou Pass, she found Eji sleeping in Yun Ce's arms with her face flushed. She immediately pulled off the blanket.

Then, it let out a scream like a groundhog.

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(End of this chapter)