"What did you do wrong?"
The female was silent for a moment, then whispered.
“I did nothing wrong. My clan was wiped out by the tigers, and all the females were taken away by them.”
Because I was infertile, the tiger clan dragged me to the market to be sold.
Jin Shu nodded.
She roughly guessed it too.
After all, the tiger clan on the other side of the Stone River was taking advantage of the winter when all the major clans were weak to carry out large-scale plundering.
In general, when a tribe is invaded, the males are killed, while the females are better off and can continue to give birth in another place.
Of course, there is a very high probability that the offspring born from hybrids will be weak or stillborn, but there is also a high probability that the surviving offspring will be born into hybrids with extremely high talents.
Therefore, having offspring with females from other ethnic groups is currently the most popular method.
But the female in front of us is infertile, and her fate is predictable.
At the market, a dozen or so males would often pool their money to buy these infertile females. Once bought, these females almost never lived past the second year.
Therefore, after being bought by Jin Shu, the female couldn't help but choke back tears as she thanked her.
Jin Shu patted her arm.
"As long as you know how to raise children, that's enough."
"My name is Aqi, and I am from the Spirit Deer Clan. You can rest assured that you can leave the child to me. I am the best at taking care of children."
Jin Shu smiled slightly at her.
“I know you’re very good at taking care of children.”
With red eyes, Aqi looked at Jin Shu in confusion.
"How...how did you know?"
"The witches of the Spirit Deer Clan are born without the ability to bear children, but they have passed down the talent of raising offspring from generation to generation, and they are also highly skilled in medicine."
"You know I'm a witch?"
Ah Qi dared not reveal his identity to others because the Tiger Clan had a tradition passed down through generations that drinking the blood of a witch could strengthen the body.
Therefore, in order to survive, Ah Qi must never reveal her identity as a priestess.
But she didn't expect that even though she had hidden it so well, the female cat in front of her could still see through it.
She was both nervous and afraid, because not only the tiger clan, but other clans also believed this rumor.
Therefore, the value of her blood is much higher than the value of raising a child.
"Drinking my blood won't have any effect, that's not true. I can take care of your child, I can cure the child's illness. No matter how weak the child is, as long as you hand him over to me, I can definitely raise him."
Please, please don't tell anyone.
Those tyrannical males wouldn't listen to her explanations; they only believed what they wanted to believe.
Seeing that she was trembling with fear, Jin Shu reached out and gently patted her shoulder.
"Since I can see your identity, I naturally know that your blood isn't that valuable."
Don't worry, you just need to help me take care of the child. You don't need to worry about food, clothing, or other necessities.
“I…I can try hunting. I won’t run away, as long as you can take me in.”
She's too weak; even if she tries to run, she'll most likely be caught by other males.
Her fate at that time will be uncertain.
Jin Shu knew she wouldn't dare run away.
So she took out the eagle egg that she had been carrying in her fur coat and handed it to her.
"Here, help me hatch it."
"This is... an eagle cub?"
"Hmm, it's a weak egg. The chances of it surviving after hatching are very low. I'll leave it to you."
Jin Shu still has a lot to do, so she needs a helper.
Just then, Ah Qi appeared.
"Don't worry, I will definitely make sure he lives a healthy life!"
She didn't dare ask any more questions. In any case, she just needed to do as Jin Shu said.
Soon, Jin Shu took her back to the cat tribe.
Just as she was counting the supplies she had exchanged, a large group of people arrived at the long-quiet cave entrance.
The leader was the clan chief, and standing next to him was the high priest; both of them had solemn expressions.
Upon seeing the supply team leader and Lin Yuan with his mottled face standing behind them, Jin Shu guessed that they had come to interrogate them.
The clan chief glanced coldly into the cave.
"Where are the foreign females? Hand them over!"
Jin Shu didn't even look up.
"Where did this foreign female come from?"
The clan chief's face showed anger, feeling that his authority had been challenged.
He rebuked them sternly.
"So many people saw you bring a female back! And you still dare to lie? I'm telling you, hand her over right now! Otherwise, even if you just gave birth, it won't matter! You'll still be punished!"
Jin Shu raised her head, looked calmly at the group of people in front of her, and then stepped aside.
"Chieftain, you need to provide evidence when you speak. You believed them when they said I brought people back? Why didn't you believe me when I said I didn't?"
"Since you don't believe me, then go in and search. If you find anything, I'll be punished; if you don't, those two who were stirring things up behind me, come and apologize to me in person."
The captain behind him shouted something.
"Everyone saw it! Chieftain, she must have hidden them!"
The high priest, with his full head of white hair and an inscrutable expression, tapped his cane.
"Stop arguing! Since you say there's no such thing, then let's check! Whether it's true or not, we'll find out with a simple check!"
Jin Shu's cave is only that big in total.
A group of people walked in aggressively, especially Lin Yuan, who looked determined to make Jin Shu suffer.
So when he discovered that there was actually a hole dug inside Jin Shu's cave, he couldn't help but shout out.
"Here! There's another hole! Someone must be hiding here!"
The cave within a cave was covered by a thick curtain, the color of which was similar to the color of the cave walls, making it almost invisible without careful observation.
Lin Yuan glared at Jin Shu, a hint of triumphant smile in his eyes.
"Jin Shu, how dare you! You actually brought in outsiders like this!"
Jin Shu stood at the cave entrance, looking at Lin Yuan.
What if the person isn't here?
"Where else could it be if not here?! What are you hiding?! Get out of the way!"
After saying that, he was about to step forward and tug at Jin Shu.
Then Jin Shu raised her hand, and the next second, it transformed into a cat's paw, with sharp claws "chua" extending out.
The moment Lin Yuan saw the claws, he instinctively thought of the horrific sight of himself being torn apart and the wounds on his body that had not yet healed, so he subconsciously took a step back.
He was furious inside, but his body was also wary of Jin Shu's sharp claws.
"This is my cave. You dare to go in without my permission?"
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and threatened.
"Are you disobeying the clan chief's orders?"
Jin Shu lowered her eyes, looked at her own claws, and said calmly.
"Not really, but you're slandering me. I want to make this clear beforehand: what will you do if there's no one else here?"
"There can't be no one here! If there's no one here, where else could you hide them?! If there is someone, then you and your two beastmen, get out of our cat clan!"
Jin Shu looked at him, her gaze slightly cold.
"If no one's here, then get lost." (End of Chapter)
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