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Chapter 673: Chapter 676: Ten Thousands Beast Country
Gaiyin licked his lips, "I’m sorry about today, it was my arrangement that was wrong. In future our hunting groups will be me and Xi’en, Yadang and Xixi. This way, whichever group is hunting, the remaining group will have the capability to handle unexpected circumstances so we can avoid today’s issue happening again."
Everyone nodded their heads, following Caiyin’s arrangement.
In order to let Xixi and Xi’en recover faster, they purposely paused and rested for two days. Luckily, beastmen have a strong constitution, their wounds quickly scabbed over.
There were no hindrances to their movement after that, so they set off on their journey again.
It was precisely because Xi’en risked his life to save Su Tang that Caiyin dismissed the idea of leaving him behind.
The journey had to accommodate for the injured, but it was also planned to allow everyone to relax their minds, so there was no rush.
After strolling leisurely for almost twenty days, the Ten Thousands Beast Kingdom was not far away.
During this period, Su Tang checked the condition of the cow in the pet capsule once; it had adapted quite well. She added 500 portions each of nearly depleted fodder and drinking water.
These things cost her 1,000 exchange points, but at least they could last over a hundred days. Maybe after a hundred days, they would have already returned.
The fourth month of the warm season had arrived, after the brutal cold season, it was now the time for game to grow fat and luscious.
So they often encountered beastmen hunting together in the forest.
When those beastmen see unfamiliar faces, they usually take a few extra glances. However, that is usually it, they continue doing whatever they were doing after looking.
Eventually, they emerged from the forest. Just beyond the forest was a large expanse of farmland, planted with plentiful rice pods and corn.
They passed through the middle path of the field, a good number of beastmen were inside, laboring.
Yadang said, "I didn’t notice when I came here as a child, I didn’t realize they planted so much rice and corn."
Qiu Mo looked at the farm fields deep in thought, "I also didn’t see it when I came during the last warm season..."
Xixi stroked his chin, guessing, "We probably didn’t come from this path last time, so we didn’t see it. Let’s go over and take a look first."
Su Tang remained silent.
The crops in the field were orderly and in rows. It was the growth period now, and the rice pods and corn looked promising. Especially for the corn, it grew taller than Su Tang, about to bear fruit soon.
Looking beyond from the fields, they found there was some distance from them to the city wall.
A long sucession of yellow, occasionally interspersed with small pavilions. Beast soldiers held long spears atop the walls, it looked majestic and magnificent.
Approaching, they could see that the wall was made of solid, arranged clay blocks. The city wall was estimated to be over ten meters high, making them look minuscule beneath it.
The city gate was an arch shape, resembling ancient imperial city gates from her memory.
People started to increase near the city gate.
Su Tang observed a little and found out that everyone’s faces were not pleasant, or rather, they were all expressionless, walking briskly as if they were in a hurry.
They were wearing beastskin clothes just like them, except their skin quality wasn’t as good, and neither was their craftsmanship.
The beastmen they encountered were all leaving the city. Only their small group was heading into the city, looking conspicuous like a car on the wrong side of the road.
"Thud--"
A beastman’s shoulder collided with Yadang’s. Both of them involuntarily backed up two steps.
Before either of them could speak, the beastman raised his eyebrows and glared at them, with his fist clenched, looking furious.
"Are you blind? Dare to crash into me, do you want to die?"
Yadang slightly frowned.
Now there are many people leaving the city, and only they are entering, collisions are inevitable. Moreover, it was just a light bump, and nothing happened, this beastman is making a big fuss over a small issue.
However, holding to the principle of not causing trouble on someone else’s turf, Yadang politely apologized, "I’m sorry, did not mean to bump into you. Are you okay?"
The beastman’s eyes widened, he bellowed out loud, "Can’t you see if I am okay or not? Can’t you see me? Are you blind?"
Yadang gave the beastman a cold look. This attitude of looking for trouble when there isn’t any was glaringly obvious. Yadang didn’t want to tanglе with him, thinking it would lower his own standard.
So he turned his head to Su Tang’s group, "Let’s go."
Everyone nodded.
However, just as they had taken a few steps, that beastman stood in their way with a gloomy face.
"Stop! Did I say you can go? You hit me and don’t even compensate for it, and you want to leave?"
Meanwhile, the beastman’s companions quickly surrounded them.
This sudden development caused the beastmen who originally planned to leave the city to stop in their tracks.
Eveyone gathered together, whispering to each other.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, someone has provoked Manniu again. How many game animals will Manniu demand this time?"
"Who knows, the last beastman who provoked Manniu had to give 3 game animals. He couldn’t afford the additional amount required by the country leader, so he was thrown into the duel arena."
"Huh? These beastmen and females are unfamiliar, never seen them before."
"They are probably from somewhere else, heard that our kingdom is good and want to live well here. They do look pretty good though."
A beastman heard this and started lecherously laughing, "Yeah, yeah, I was just thinking, they do look very good, especially those two young females, so tender and white, if the country leader saw them..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the beastmen next to him, "Hush! What are you saying! Do you have a death wish? You dare to speak about the private affairs of the country leader!"
The beastman immediately looked around nervously, then awkwardly laughed, "You guys pretend you did not hear it, haha, did not hear it...."
"But it still feels pitiful for these few beastmen. They just arrived today, and they were immediately leech onto by Manniu. It seems like they’re destined to be in the duel arena..."
Beastmen in the crowd reluctantly shook their heads.
The crowd’s reaction made Manniu puff his chest out with delight. It also greatly boosted Manniu’s confidence from the side.
Chin raised high, he appeared as if he could look down on people from his nostrils, with a pretentious attitude.
"You guys are new here, aren’t you? You didn’t even inquire about who I am, Manniu, before coming. Still dare to provoke me? Let me tell you, my elder brother is the squad leader of the beast soldier squad. You should postpone entering the city, first get me 10 game animals. If not, even if you enter the city, I can chase you out!"
On hearing Manniu’s words, Gaiyin’s group did not show any reaction, but the beastmen crowd surrounding them couldn’t help but gasp.
"Manniu actually wants 10, he really dares to ask for it! These poor people..."
"Oh, you don’t know, Manniu is only short of 10 copper coins to get to the inner city."
