Animal World

The moon shone brightly, and the stars were sparse beneath the high-hanging full moon.

Cold moonlight poured down, illuminating the intertwined figures on the bamboo chair.

Ao Xue was drenched in sweat and panting heavily.

Ye Shu, meanwhile, kicked her away in disgust. He twisted his body, trying to escape the clammy contact of her sweat, and cursed, “Just look at you. You’re completely useless, yet you want to bear dragon offspring. Aside from getting saliva all over me, what else can you do?”

“You!”

Ao Xue had never been insulted like this before.

Her two dragon pupils widened as she glared at Ye Shu’s face through clenched teeth, her hatred making her itch to bite him. “It’s all because you refuse to cooperate, you bastard! If you’d just tell me what to do, would I have ended up in such a sorry state?”

Her voice even carried a trace of grievance.

That yearning was driving her nearly insane. Yet she was always just one step away from success, unable to figure out the crucial trick no matter what she tried.

And this fellow refused to cooperate in the slightest.

He simply lay there like a corpse, allowing her to do whatever she wanted without showing the slightest reaction.

“Why should I cooperate with you?”

Ye Shu curled his lip disdainfully. “I’m not the one who wants to have dragon offspring.”

People’s bodies were different.

Fucking a woman was easy enough—after all, the field was right there; all you had to do was stand up and plow it. But if you wanted to fuck a man, you couldn’t even make him stand, so how could you possibly plow the field?

“You bastard!”

Ao Xue finally lost control, her anger erupting like a volcano.

She grabbed Ye Shu by the throat and roared into his eyes, “I only want a dragon heir! What exactly have I done wrong?!”

“You should know that I even gave you my first kiss!”

“Do you dare say you don’t have the slightest bit of affection for me?!”

“Answer me!”

She shook him wildly by the neck, looking just like a hysterical child throwing a tantrum.

“No.”

The answer came instantly.

Ye Shu replied expressionlessly.

“Fuck your mother! Fuck your mother!”

Faced with such a heartless answer, Ao Xue completely broke down. Still clutching his neck, she cursed furiously, “I gave you my first kiss, and you’ve seen every inch of my body, yet you’re still this heartless! I hate you!”

“Bleh, bleh, bleh~”

Ye Shu was shaken until the world spun around him, but he still firmly retorted, “What do you mean, I’ve seen every inch of your body? You’re the one who forcibly stripped off all my clothes and saw my entire body!”

Ao Xue froze, feeling that he did have a point.

But in the next moment, anger once again overwhelmed her.

“So what?”

“I’m a woman, and you’re a man. No matter how you look at it, I’m the one who loses out!”

Seeing Ye Shu remain as stubborn as ever, Ao Xue grew irritated.

She half rose to her feet and stared down at him coldly. “Have I been too nice to you? I’m the dignified ruler of the beastfolk, yet I play house with you here, provide you with the finest food and drink, and you still dare to give me that attitude? You really are someone who refuses a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty cup!”

She sprang to her feet and flicked her right hand.

A golden-yellow dragon robe embroidered with golden dragon patterns immediately floated over and draped itself across the girl’s exquisite naked body. Paired with her icy expression, it truly gave her the bearing of an emperor.

“Since you refuse to teach me, I’ll go learn it myself!”

“In any case, I’m going to have you, and you’re going to bear this dragon heir! Without my permission, don’t even think about taking a single step outside this courtyard!”

With that, Ao Xue turned around and swept away, her sleeves flaring.

Lying on the bamboo chair, Ye Shu watched her furious retreating figure, the corner of his mouth twitching.

“Why do I feel like I’m some kind of disastrous seductress who brought ruin to the kingdom, only to be locked away in the imperial palace after the tyrant couldn’t have me?”

The night wind was bleak as it swept past.

Ye Shu, still completely naked, shivered from the cold. He quickly took a robe from his storage ring and staggered toward the house, muttering as he went.

“As long as I remain steadfast and keep my mind clear, what can she do to me?”

Ye Shu stretched lazily, then collapsed comfortably onto the bed and closed his eyes.

“Things have come to this. I might as well sleep in first.”

Meanwhile, in Myriad Beasts City.

Ao Xue was burning with anger after getting nowhere in the small courtyard. She stormed toward the City Lord’s residence.

She didn’t know how to produce dragon offspring.

But the beastfolk had a long and ancient heritage. Surely those old-timers knew how to bear offspring.

With that thought, Ao Xue quickened her pace.

Before long, she arrived outside the City Lord’s residence. Seeing the main gate tightly shut, she lifted her leg and kicked it open.

With a loud bang, the heavy doors flew inward.

“Who goes there?!”

Several beastfolk elders who had been discussing various matters inside were startled. They all turned toward the entrance, but upon seeing Ao Xue, the anger on their faces quickly faded.

“Your Highness, what brings you here...?”

Seeing Ao Xue with tightly furrowed brows and the look of someone who had just lost her temper, the elderly beastfolk cautiously asked what was wrong.

“You lot.”

Ao Xue’s gaze swept over the white-haired, white-bearded elders in the residence. She got straight to the point.

“Which of you knows how to produce dragon offspring?”

“Ah? This...”

The moment she said this, everyone present froze.

They exchanged glances, their faces turning red with embarrassment at Ao Xue’s blunt question.

They were all so old. Who still engaged in that sort of thing?

“Ahem!”

The Giant Ape City Lord was the first to recover. After clearing his throat, he asked, “Your Highness, are you asking about the beastfolk’s method of reproduction?”

“You’ve come here because of that human, haven’t you?”

“Why are you asking about this?” Ao Xue frowned, but still nodded. “Yes.”

“Your Highness, as an adviser to the successive royal families of the beastfolk, this old man must offer you a reminder.”

Upon hearing her answer, the Giant Ape City Lord immediately looked troubled. He earnestly tried to persuade her, “Although the reproduction of the Beast Queen concerns the prosperity and stability of the entire beastfolk race, you must not become infatuated with beauty or act too hastily.”

“Upon taking office, you ordered me to capture that human and bring him back to the city.”

“You even specially arranged a courtyard and locked him inside, feeding him precious dragon-saliva pills. Whenever you have free time, you go to that courtyard to play with him.”

“And now you want to produce dragon offspring with him...”

“Your Highness.”

The Giant Ape City Lord glanced at Ao Xue awkwardly, but gritted his teeth and continued, “I’ll say something unpleasant. That man is a human, after all. Your actions may lead to an obsession with beauty and the neglect of state affairs!”

Ao Xue’s brows drew together slightly.

In her previous life, what she hated most was how these old men were always muttering on and on about useless things—one moment talking about state affairs, the next talking about state affairs. It was incredibly annoying.

All she needed to do was become stronger.

What did state affairs matter? She didn’t understand any of that.

Wasn’t that sort of thing supposed to be handed over to Ye Shu? Wouldn’t it all resolve itself the next day?

As far as she could remember, she had never needed to use her brain.

But those thoughts were only for her heart. She could not show them on her face. After all, that damn bastard was not around to handle state affairs for her now.

Ao Xue thought for a moment, then spoke in a deep voice.

“What if I told you that the human I left in the courtyard is Ye Shu, the greatest prodigy in the history of the Profound Heaven Continent, unmatched before or since—someone who could slay a Deity Transformation cultivator while still at the Qi Refining stage, stand against four Deity Transformation cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, and ascend to immortality in a single step?”

“Ye Shu?”

At the mention of that name, everyone present sharply shrank their pupils.

“Your Highness, is that truly the case?”

The Giant Ape City Lord asked in disbelief.

It never would have imagined that the harmless-looking young man locked in the courtyard was actually Ye Shu—the man who had stirred up countless bloody storms throughout the outside world!

“Of course.”

Ao Xue raised her chin, her eyes filled with imperious pride.

“That is precisely why I intend to bear dragon offspring with him. If my bloodline were to merge with his, the resulting offspring would naturally be even more extraordinary.”

“This…”

The Giant Ape City Lord and the other elder beasts exchanged glances, each seeing the same shock in the others’ eyes.

Then they cupped their fists in unison.

“Your Highness has truly thought this through. We are thoroughly impressed.”

“Hmph! It is good that you understand.”

Ao Xue was secretly pleased, but not the slightest trace of it showed on her face. She merely snorted and said coolly, “There is no need for flattery. Hurry up and tell me how to bear dragon offspring.”

“This…”

The several old ministers looked at one another awkwardly.

The matter sounded simple, yet it was not. If they directly showed Ao Xue such scenes, would that not be an affront to the dignity of the dragon? But if they tried to describe it verbally, their explanations would be too abstract. For several old fellows with one foot already in the grave, the subject was simply too embarrassing to put into words.

At this point, it seemed there was only one solution.

The beasts exchanged glances, seemingly reaching some kind of silent agreement.

“If Your Highness wishes to know, it is not impossible.”

They pulled a Memory Recording Stone from their robes and placed it before Ao Xue. “The former Beast Queen left this behind specifically to prevent such situations, in case it should ever become necessary.”

“This thing?”

Ao Xue picked up the orb and channeled a stream of spiritual energy into it.

“Your Highness, don’t!”

The several ministers had not even managed to stop her before she had already infused it with spiritual energy.

The Memory Recording Stone suddenly lit up.

The residence was instantly filled with flashes of vibrant scenes: deer, foxes, tigers, and various other beast races engaging in intercourse. Every movement was clear, every angle detailed. All of them were shown mating in their pure beast forms, brimming with primitive vigor.

Ao Xue stood frozen in place, her cherry lips slightly parted.

So… that was why she had never grasped the trick. It turned out this sort of thing had to be done in one’s true form to work?