Chapter 62 You're not planning to stay too, are you?

Jiang Xi walked towards Lu Liufeng.

But as soon as I took a step, my hand was tugged.

She lowered her eyes in a daze, then her eyes widened in alarm.

Why are she and Yi Yuexi still holding hands?!

Jiang Xi quickly withdrew her hand and lowered her voice.

Why are you holding me?! Let go!

There were other females and orcs around, so she didn't speak too loudly to avoid spreading any bad gossip.

Upon hearing the female master's words, Lu Liufeng's eyes, which had darkened, lit up instantly.

Her amber eyes shone brightly, and the smile on her face was almost impossible to hide.

He spoke to Yi Yuexi almost impatiently.

"Yi Yuexi, quickly let go of the female master's hand."

Yi Yuexi clicked her tongue inwardly. As soon as Lu Liufeng arrived, the female master was about to shake him off.

How heartless!

He smiled and tightened his grip a little more.

I just won't let it go~

What can you do to me?

Lu Liufeng pursed his lips, wanting to raise his hand and unleash a wind blade, but noticing that the beastmen in the courtyard had all perked up their ears, he suppressed his power again.

Orcs have highly developed senses, so even if Jiang Xi speaks very softly, at such close range, she can hear everything clearly without having to pay special attention.

Rupert coughed and spoke.

"My lady, shall we go to the altar to deal with the pollution first?"

Jiang Xi tried to shake him off but failed, so she quickly spoke to the leader.

"I'll go with you!"

As soon as she said this, the beastmen and the chief female in the courtyard were all stunned.

For safety reasons, the females in the tribe never approach the wall, nor do they go up to the altar.

Even if their own beastmen are corrupted, they will only stay under the wall or be carried by their own beastmen in the airspace, gazing into the distance above the tribe.

Although it is unknown when this rule began, it has become a tribal consensus.

Females are weak and cannot approach or climb walls.

Jiang Xi didn't notice anything unusual about everyone because she wanted to investigate something.

Just as Rupert was about to speak tactfully, Lu Liufeng spoke first.

“I will take the female master over the tribe to observe, and since the female master is a female messenger, she can detect pollution, so the chief need not worry.”

Since he had already said that, Rupert couldn't say anything more, so he could only reply...

"Then don't get too close."

Compared to orcs, it is the precious females who cause the tribe to suffer heavy losses if they are corrupted.

Therefore, every spring, the seven tribes of the Cursed Lands would spend a great deal of food and animal hides to offer to the tribe in the Giantwood Forest that possessed the Mother Tree of Life.

This was so that the females could go to the Mother Tree of Life to purify the power of the curse.

To avoid the body retaining a curse, making it unable to conceive a beast egg, or to lay a deformed beast egg.

Legend has it that many years ago, the Sheepdog tribe of the Cursed Lands, dissatisfied with the greed of the tribes in the Giant Tree Forest, stopped exchanging food and animal hides for purification opportunities.

The Sheepdog Tribe believes that it is normal for females to have low fertility, and there will be no problem even if they do not undergo purification by the Mother Tree of Life.

However, the result was a slap in the face for the sheepdog tribe.

In the first year after the purification was stopped, the number of eggs laid by the sheepdog tribe was normal.

However, starting from the second year, deformed animal eggs began to appear.

These beast eggs have a high hatching success rate, but the baby beastmen that are born are severely deformed and have bad tempers.

If anything does not go their way, they will indiscriminately attack the female and male beasts.

After this incident, the other six tribes in the Cursed Lands, even if they had considered stopping their tributes, later abandoned the idea.

No one dared to gamble with the tribe's future.

Even though this is a cursed land of exile, it is still home for females and beastmen, a place with partners, offspring, and comrades who fight side by side against the cursed beast tide.

Rupert left, and Hong stayed behind to keep the Mistress company.

Also departing was Marie's beastman, Oshan.

This is, after all, where they will live in the future, so it is necessary to learn more about the curse and contamination in order to better protect the female master.

Cobb was still somewhat frightened by what had just happened, having been bewitched by the black fish, and soon went back to his room to rest.

Only one beastman, Mao Biao, remained by Mary's side.

Mu Ling hasn't returned yet, and Jiang Xi is a little worried.

She couldn't help but say to Hollen and Yiyuexi.

"Lu Liufeng and I will go over the tribe. You guys should also go and look around the tribe to see if there are any stragglers."

"Mu Ling hasn't come back for so long, she might be tied up with someone."

Her words also reminded the first female.

"Rest assured, I will send orcs to investigate the situation in each household."

Hearing the tone of her report, Jiang Xi felt a little embarrassed.

"Thank you for your hard work, First Lady. If there's anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to ask."

In any case, the first wife is older than her and is her elder.

She should have been the one respecting her, but now it's become her respecting herself.

But since they have different worldviews, she won't impose her own ideas on them; instead, she simply extends goodwill directly.

After all, she lives in the Lion Roar tribe, and helping others is helping herself.

I will not offend others unless they offend me; if they do offend me, I will not back down.

This time, because Jiang Xi wanted to go to the sky with Lu Liufeng, Yi Yuexi didn't force her to hold his hand.

They were easily left behind.

Jiang Xi glared at him, but it had no deterrent effect on Yi Yuexi.

He stroked his chin and smiled.

As the female protagonist was carried into the sky by Lu Liufeng, she naturally raised her hand and waved.

Hollen gave him a strange look.

"You're not planning to stay too, are you?"

As far as he knew, only Lu Liufeng stayed at first, and Mu Ling decided to stay only two days later.

And right now...

Looking at Yi Yuexi, she didn't seem to be planning to leave.

But based on his understanding of the fox clan, the fox-human beastmen would not choose a female master with such physical defects.

Yi Yuexi glanced at him, a half-smile on her face.

"What does this have to do with you?"

Yes, what does this have to do with him?

Hollen looked away somewhat uncomfortably and stepped outside.

"Remember to burn the blackfish in the yard. I'm going to check on the tribe."

Above the tribe, the wind and snow grew even more biting.

Even with Lu Liufeng's special ability as a barrier, the blows still stung Jiang Xi's face, making it difficult for her to even open her eyes.

Because of the snow and wind, we couldn't even see the village from the air.

Jiang Xi lay on Lu Liufeng's feathered back, nestled among the feathers on his neck, and shouted loudly.

Let's move a little closer!

Lu Liufeng grunted, feeling an itch on his neck, and his feathers trembled slightly.

He led the female master toward the altar on the wall.

But he didn't get too close, maintaining a safe distance that the females would normally keep.

Amidst the swirling snow, the majestic, reddish-brown protective wall reappeared before Jiang Xi's eyes.

Although it was still not completely clear, the altar could be seen from the torches on the wall and the crowd of people.

The altar, like a beacon tower, sits on the wall and is circular in shape.

Facing the direction of the cursed land, the altar stood a six-winged lion, its upper body lowered as if roaring and intimidating, ready to tear it apart at any moment.

Jiang Xi's gaze passed over the altar and landed on the other side of the wall.

Then, she narrowed her eyes and noticed something unusual.