Chapter 72 Laughter in the Dark

Jiang Xi didn't want to cause any more trouble, so she spoke to the chief and the leader.

"Please trouble the chief and the leader to have everyone disperse, leaving only their family members, namely their female masters and offspring."

This time, without needing to say much, the onlookers, both orcs and females, dispersed.

Several senior officials did not leave.

Jiang Xi noticed that Litt, Nanas, and their beastmen hadn't left, and looked over in confusion, her intention to drive them away quite clear.

In an instant, Litt realized that she was no longer old.

She gritted her teeth and led Nanas and the beastmen away.

"Walk!"

After they left, the courtyard became empty.

But Jiang Xi discovered that in the entire courtyard, only she, the chief female, and the three department heads were female; there was no female named Chen Ya.

Isn't she the female master of these two corrupted orcs?

Jiang Xi looked at Shouci, who was also taken aback.

Just then, through the wind and snow, Gasi came running over, panting, with the lynx cub, So.

“Mother! Chen Ya and her beastmen haven’t returned. Only So, Peter, and Mel are at home. Peter and Mel didn’t want to come, so I brought So along.”

Leader Rupert frowned.

"Didn't Kerry and the others go to find their mistress yesterday? Haven't they returned yet?"

So squatted in the snow and slowly shook his head.

"They didn't come back."

Chen Ya's mother, Chen Yun, changed her expression instantly.

"They didn't come back, why didn't you come looking for me?!"

Suo shrank back, his pale yellow beast eyes filled with fear.

“Grandmother, Grandmother won’t let me go, I dare not go.”

Chen Yun's face showed anger, but she didn't lash out on the spot.

She doesn't let him come to her because she despises him and his father!

His father, a beast, caused his two daughters to turn against each other, and he also made a mess of his daughter Chen Ya's life!

Lynx orcs, those cunning orcs from the Giant Tree Forest! They specialize in destroying other people's families; she finds them utterly despicable!!

Jiang Xi stood aside, but what came to mind were all the things Yi Yuexi and Lu Liufeng had said yesterday.

Her gaze couldn't help but drift over, then she quickly looked away.

Every family has its own troubles, and she didn't want to get involved, but thinking of this little beastman who had been scolded and berated by his elders both times she saw him, she couldn't help but speak up.

"Shall we begin?"

"I'm not sure if it will succeed, but if we drag this out any longer, it would be bad if they broke out of the cage and hurt the females in the tribe."

Chen Yun's attitude towards Jiang Xi improved considerably.

She also has an unmarried orc child. She had previously thought that Nanas might become the next First Queen, and she had considered marrying him to Nanas.

However, given her strained relationship with Litt, she remained hesitant.

After hesitating for two years, I never expected that an even better opportunity would come my way.

Therefore, she treated Jiang Xi with great courtesy.

"Everything is at the behest of the female."

Jiang Xi turned her head and nodded to Lu Liufeng, asking him to accompany her to check the situation.

As she took her first step, she noticed a gaze fixed on her from the side.

She turned her head and met the gaze of the lynx-like beastman, So.

The lynx cub's eyes widened instantly when it was caught red-handed.

Jiang Xi smiled at him in a friendly manner, then turned and walked forward.

Although she didn't know if the patches of white on her face would frighten the little beastman, she subconsciously showed kindness.

While washing her face today, she noticed that the white lines on her face were starting to turn into small white patches.

It shouldn't be long before it's restored.

She was quite looking forward to it.

After all, nobody wants to keep wearing such a blackened face, but it's much better than the previous toxic package.

There's a lot of hope!

The chieftain, along with several orcs, moved the wooden planks and hay that had been blocking the wind and snow from the cage.

But then, everyone discovered that the two beastmen inside the cage were lying on the ground, barely alive, as if they would die at any moment.

"how so!?"

"That shouldn't be the case."

Orcs corrupted by the curse become immortal, cursed beasts once they enter the cursed lands.

It can only be killed inside the walls, before entering the cursed land.

However, to kill them, you need to burn them with blue scale powder and fire. Other methods of attack cannot kill them at all. Instead, they will send them back to the cursed land and make a comeback when the next cursed tide arrives.

Seeing the female master's confusion, Lu Liufeng took the initiative to explain the reason to her.

The two orcs in front of them, barely alive, had no external injuries and were not likely to be frostbitten.

This is rather strange.

However, their lack of struggle made things easier for Jiang Xi.

Therefore, when she went for treatment, Lu Liufeng and the other beastmen did not stop her.

But they also waited in front of her, watching the dying orc in the cage warily, in case they were faking it and rioted, injuring the female.

Jiang Xi looked at the giant beast in the black iron cage, took a deep breath, and then reached out and pressed her hand against the beast's head through the gap in the cage.

The moment she closed her eyes, she was instantly pulled into a pitch-black place.

A sense of danger enveloped her, but this danger wasn't the danger of harming her; rather, it was...

It felt like a suffocating danger, as if it were about to envelop her entire body, including her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

A faint green light spread out in the pitch-black darkness, but the light was insufficient to illuminate this dark place.

Jiang Xi was like a traveler in the darkness, holding up the light emanating from her palm, walking without direction.

Suddenly, it seemed like there was a flash of light ahead.

She ran towards it, trying to find the location of the light.

But the more she ran, the farther away the light seemed to be.

When she was exhausted and on the verge of death, she suddenly realized that she was surrounded by light.

Furthermore, it is black light.

"Who's there? Is anyone home?"

Jiang Xi called out in the darkness.

A maniacal laugh, "Hehehe," suddenly came from all directions.

The moment the sound rang out, Jiang Xi was abruptly pulled out of the darkness.

"My lady! My lady, how are you?"

"Mastress!"

"Mastress!"

Anxious voices came from all directions, seemingly merging with the maniacal laughter in the darkness.

Jiang Xi slowly opened her eyes and found herself being held in Lu Liufeng's arms. The young man's amber eyes were full of worry.

She felt completely weak, so tired that she couldn't even lift her arms, and her fur coat was soaked with sweat.

"I'm fine, I'm just exhausted."

She was panting as she looked toward the iron cage.

"efficient……"

He stopped abruptly before he could finish speaking.

Because she saw that inside the black iron cage, the two giant beasts had transformed into one giant beast, and a hideous, half-black, half-white... corpse covered in animal skin...

Jiang Xi gasped for breath and quickly turned her head away.

She held Lu Liufeng tightly and asked.

"I succeeded?"

She succeeded, but why did the orc still die?

Lu Liufeng nodded, as if he knew what she was thinking, and spoke in a low voice to answer her question.

"Chen Ya is dead."