Tang Hongluan was utterly distraught. As expected, not a single man in the beast world was anything less than a pervert!
Now, not only had a corpse suddenly come back to life, but it was also a complete freak! What a waste of a handsome face.
“Pervert!” she exclaimed in disgust, pushing the man away and stumbling backward, only to be yanked back by him in an instant.
“You’ve forgotten me…” He studied her, his eyes flickering with a cold, sinister charm as he reached out to touch her face. “But you’ll remember soon enough!”
“Who are you?” Tang Hongluan grabbed his approaching hand and glared at him, mustering all her courage.
“Think harder!” He frowned slightly as he examined her face. How had she ended up like this…
His face leaned in, dangerously close to kissing her.
Startled, Tang Hongluan cursed him inwardly as a pervert and a scoundrel before shoving him away with all her might. The next second, somehow, she found herself outside the stone chamber.
Dizzy and disoriented, she crashed right into Yan Chen, knocking the unprepared man flat onto his back.
“Tang Hongluan!” Yan Chen’s face darkened as he found her sprawled on top of him, her face even pressed against his chest. This shameless woman would stop at nothing to throw herself at men!
“Let’s go!” Xiao Shuo’s expression was grim as he hauled Tang Hongluan up and swiftly led the way out.
“Ahhh!” Feeling the wind rush past her ears and her feet leave the ground, Tang Hongluan panicked and clung tightly to Xiao Shuo, burying her face in his chest.
She took the chance to grope him, his muscles were impressively firm.
At the foot of the mountain, Jiang Cheng and the old priest had waited all night without seeing any sign of Xiao Shuo’s group. Assuming the three had been taken as sacrifices by the mountain god, they were about to leave when a tiger’s roar echoed from the mountain pass.
The old priest’s eyes lit up.
Jiang Cheng’s face darkened. These three were still alive? He scanned the surroundings, two days had passed, yet nothing had happened to them. The thought infuriated him.
“Ah! The mountain god is no longer angry! The Tiger Tribe is safe!” The old priest sighed in relief as Xiao Shuo and Yan Chen approached. “They’ve finally returned!”
“Let’s go!” Seeing the trio unharmed, Jiang Cheng no longer had an excuse to stick around under the pretense of supervising Xiao Shuo’s kowtows. He led the old priest and the other beastmen away without another word.
“Get down!” Xiao Shuo snapped when Tang Hongluan continued shamelessly clinging to him, an inexplicable anger rising in his chest.
“Fine, I’ll get down…” Tang Hongluan retorted, punching him hard in the ribs as she slid off.
Wait… she pulled her hand back. She had just punched him with her right hand!
Stunned, she examined her right hand, it was healed? Her disability had vanished without warning!
She stood frozen, staring at her hand in disbelief. It moved freely, perfectly normal, and even the deformed bone on her forearm was gone!
That beautiful yet perverted man? Her heart raced. Sure enough, a faint, unfamiliar symbol glowed on her arm… Had that man kissed it earlier?
Damn it! She had let her guard down!
Regret washed over her. If only she had let him kiss her face too, maybe then her face would have been healed, saving her the trouble of using her powers to fix it…
But what kind of creature was that pervert? Living in a tomb, was he a vampire? A centuries-old demon?
Seeing Tang Hongluan and the others emerge safely, Bi Ze and Qing Yuan saw no reason to linger. They transformed and left.
Now, only two men and one woman remained at the foot of the mountain.
“You take her back!” Yan Chen roared, transforming into his beast form. Before he could dash off, he felt something land on his back, his tiger face darkening with irritation.
Tang Hongluan swayed unsteadily, dizzy from being tossed around by Xiao Shuo. That bastard had the nerve to abandon her now, really, just using her and then throwing her away!
“I brought her here, so of course you take her back!” Xiao Shuo offered a flimsy excuse before running off, leaving Yan Chen fuming where he stood.
Tang Hongluan’s heart pounded in fear. She quickly tightened her grip, terrified that Yan Chen might go wild and fling her off… Just the thought made her shudder.
She tried her best not to be a burden. With full self-awareness, she sat obediently on the tiger’s back, but sometimes, things were just beyond her control…
“Um…” After traveling for what felt like half a day, they couldn’t be far from the tribe now. Tang Hongluan had planned to hold it in until they got home, but she simply couldn’t anymore. Her face flushed red as she blurted out, “I need to take a shit!”
Yan Chen didn’t want to deal with this… They were almost home, what nonsense was this woman spouting now?
Tang Hongluan’s heart sank. Was this jerk really going to be difficult at a time like this? She had held it in as long as she could and only spoke up out of sheer desperation… “Stop right now!”
She clutched her stomach.
Yan Chen hesitated.
“Hurry up! Or I’ll do it on your back…” Tang Hongluan’s face burned with embarrassment. Did she really have to say it like that?
“Get down!” Yan Chen slowed his pace while urgently shaking Tang Hongluan off his back. The last thing he wanted was to be soiled…
Tang Hongluan didn’t even have time to curse. Hunched over, she scanned the area and finally spotted a small mound. She scurried over and squatted down.
Once finished, she pinched her nose with one hand and wiped herself with a few leaves in the other.
Having two hands was amazing! Absolutely fantastic. Thank you, psycho man! As she muttered to herself, she noticed a stone knife still hanging from her hide skirt, the very one she had fancied in the stone tomb…
Seems the psycho man was quite generous after all. This sharp stone knife would definitely come in handy! Carefully tucking it away, she was about to head back when she heard rustling from behind the mound.
It was the sound of… ahem… Tang Hongluan’s face flushed. Were people having a wild romp out here?
She wanted to leave, but curiosity got the better of her… Who would come all the way out here for some action? They weren’t far from the tribe, could it be someone from the Tiger Clan?
Who had such great taste? Tang Hongluan peeked over, following the noise… and nearly jumped out of her skin.
It was Jiang Xin!
Jiang Xin was getting busy out here!
Tang Hongluan rubbed her eyes, but the beastman with her… she didn’t recognize him! He wasn’t one of Jiang Xin’s mates!
Scandalous!
“Xinxin, who’s stronger… a lion or a tiger?” the beastman whispered.
“Of course, my Lion King is stronger!” Jiang Xin moaned in delight. “Mo Xuan, you’re way better than my five mates!”
Mo Xuan! Tang Hongluan covered her mouth. The younger brother of the Lion Clan’s young chief.
“Those mates of yours are useless!” Mo Xuan sneered. “When are you going to dump them and come with me?”
“Help me get rid of that woman!” Jiang Xin gritted her teeth. “I’ll bring the Tiger Clan to your side and help you seize the chief’s position…”
Tang Hongluan’s lips twitched. Were these two seriously delusional?
She had no interest in listening further and hurried back.
Yan Chen was growing impatient. “Took you long enough…”
Tang Hongluan smirked, thinking of a way to mess with him, after all, he’d been so mean…
“It seems like there’s some wild beast over there…” She pointed in the direction where Jiang Xin and Mo Xuan were secretly meeting. “Why don’t you go check it out? Just make sure it’s not some dangerous creature…”
“Really?” Yan Chen cautiously moved closer.
Tang Hongluan stifled a laugh on the side, only to hear a sudden shout moments later!
“What are you two doing?!” Yan Chen stared at the entwined man and woman before him, his eyes widening in shock, especially when he recognized the woman as Jiang Xin and realized the man was an unfamiliar beastman. Fury erupted in his gaze!
In the beast world, females were rare and typically mated with several beast husbands. However, females were only allowed to mate with their designated husbands, how could they consort with random outsiders?
As the daughter of the tribal chief, Jiang Xin was utterly disgracing the Tiger Clan!
He had to report this to the tribal chief immediately!
Jiang Xin froze when she saw Yan Chen suddenly appear.
She had traveled dozens of miles just to sneak around, how could she still get caught? “Yan Chen, it’s a misunderstanding!” She quickly draped her fur skirt around herself, forcing calm into her voice. “This is just a friend of mine. We haven’t seen each other in a long time and were simply catching up.”