As soon as the beautiful woman spoke, the sub-female’s expression grew somewhat intoxicated.
’Wow, her voice is so lovely, like the murmuring of a mountain stream. But it’s also a little hoarse, like cracking glacial ice.’
’Oh, Beast God!’
’How could such a gorgeous female be out here all alone? Aren’t there any fawning male beasts swarming around her?!’
Feng Si drew closer. She looked down at the figure sitting behind the counter, who was staring at her in a daze. As if long accustomed to being scrutinized, she asked again, her voice unwavering:
"Do you buy Jade Pendants?"
Now that she was closer, the oppressive aura of a powerful male beast radiated from the beautiful female before her, like an insurmountable mountain peak standing in her path.
It was also like the terrifying shock of a majestic mountain range about to collapse—an irresistible sense of crisis shot up her spine and spread through her entire body.
The sub-female clerk jolted back to her senses.
’Now she finally understood why this female was all alone.’
’With such a powerful, dense male beast aura, what suicidal fool would dare to try and hit on her?’
’You wouldn’t just be risking your own life, but the lives of your entire family!’
Cold sweat dripped from the sub-female’s forehead. She stammered in reply, "I... I do."
Feng Si breathed a sigh of relief. Pretending to retrieve something from her sleeve, she actually transferred the green Jade Pendant from her storage space into her hand. Then, she raised her hand and presented her open palm to the sub-female.
A Jade Pendant lay quietly in her fair palm. Feng Si didn’t know the price of jadeite, but judging from the lustrous green light emanating from the entire pendant, she guessed it wouldn’t be cheap.
But she wasn’t entirely sure, as this wasn’t a world she was familiar with.
She looked at the sub-female expressionlessly. "This... how much do you think it’s worth?"
Sure enough, the sub-female looked down, saw the Jade Pendant in her palm, and gasped. Her eyes widened in astonishment. "Wow! Such a large piece of green jade! It’s an unparalleled, rare treasure—absolutely priceless!"
"..." Feng Si’s brow furrowed slightly.
’It seems this Jade Pendant definitely isn’t mine. Could it be that the handsome male beast left it on me?’
At this thought, she clenched her fist. A cool, but not icy, sensation spread from her palm.
’That handsome male beast appeared in the forest in the middle of the night, just like her. She figured he was probably just as unfortunate.’
’But the value of this Jade Pendant suggested that the male beast’s origins were anything but simple...’
A flicker of light crossed Feng Si’s eyes before her gaze grew resolute again.
’Sorry.’
’Humans and beasts are different.’
’Besides, she had no intention of choosing a partner in a daze before she even understood this world. Since she’d already abandoned him in the forest, she shouldn’t hesitate now.’
’Moreover, with the need for money and her life on the line, carrying such a rare treasure would only double the danger.’
After a few seconds of silence, Feng Si opened her palm again. "I want to sell this Jade Pendant. How many coins can you offer?"
The sub-female was shocked. "You really want to sell it?!"
Feng Si: "Yes."
She looked up at the sub-female and leaned toward the door, as if about to leave. "If you won’t buy it, I’ll find another shop."
"Wait!!" The sub-female held out a hand to stop her.
Her eyes were glued to the Jade Pendant in the female’s palm as she said rapidly:
"If you really want to sell, our shop can only offer sixteen million, seven hundred and twenty thousand coins right now. But I urge you to wait two days. If you let me prepare for an auction, your share would be at least eight hundred million coins."
’How tempting!’
’But now there’s another problem...’
"I’m not waiting."
Feng Si said decisively, "Give me the sixteen million, seven hundred and twenty thousand coins now, and this Jade Pendant is yours."
The sub-female shopkeeper, stunned by her decision to take such a loss, tried to persuade her again and again, but couldn’t change her mind.
Feng Si chose an unregistered Coin Card, took five thousand coins in cash, and left the shop with the card.
It was extremely dangerous for a female to travel alone.
As a modern woman who had transmigrated, Feng Si knew a thing or two about makeup. After leaving the shop, she turned around and walked into a clothing and accessories store.
She spent one thousand coins on a complete wolf pelt, one hundred and twenty coins on a black cloak, two coins on a needle and thread, eighty coins on a Bone Knife dagger, and a black pen.
After leaving the shop, she found a secluded spot behind an abandoned house.
Feng Si quickly got to work. She carefully cut the two beast ears off the wolf pelt, held them up to her head to measure, and then used the needle and thread to fashion them into a wolf-ear headband.
’She’d actually gotten the idea from that sub-female.’
Feng Si also made a wolf-pelt hat. After everything was done, she lifted her hands and placed the headband on her head.
The thin black string was hidden beneath her dark red hair, leaving only a pair of grayish-white wolf ears visible. She used the black pen to randomly dot her face, giving herself a face full of freckles.
In this world where no one had ever faked their gender, a first glance would show a delicate, freckled sub-female with grayish-white wolf ears.
Before long, Feng Si, her appearance completely changed, emerged from the deserted corner. At a roadside shop, she bought ten nutritional canisters.
The nutritional canisters were palm-sized, cost only two coins each, and came in just two flavors: vegetarian and meat. This was the same nutritional paste that Feng Lun had told her they drank.
’She didn’t know how they tasted yet, but she’d heard they were awful. It didn’t matter, though.’
Feng Si was now disguised as a sub-female, so of course she chose to imitate someone she had seen before.
After putting all the food and the Coin Card into her small storage space, she carried the bundle that wouldn’t fit and headed straight for the transport caravan she had seen earlier at the city gate.
「Twenty minutes later.」
The towering city gate appeared before her. Looking out from the gate, she could see an endless forest. Outside the gate, crowds of people bustled about, and not far away, sub-females were setting up stalls. The scene was incredibly lively.
Feng Si scanned her surroundings and spotted a four-meter-long brown horse to the right of the gate. It stood with its body lowered, a saddle made of beast hide on its back. Two ten-person rows of seats hung on either side of its abdomen.
’It could rival a modern open-air bus.’
’This Beast World is a society that combines technology and primitive elements.’
Feng Si didn’t rush over. She stood to the side and observed quietly for a while. Once she understood that you could ride the horse-carriage just by paying coins and stating the city name, she finally headed over.
The sharp-eyed Green Bull Beast, who earned Money-making Coins in his beast form, spotted Feng Si approaching quickly with a bundle on her back. Eager for business, he called out, "Sub-female, where are you headed? Want a ride on my back? It’s real cheap!"
Feng Si glanced at the muscular, sturdy man before her, then at the horse-carriage ahead. "What routes do you run?"
The Green Bull Beastman looked down. The sub-female before him had a delicate appearance, but her aura was powerful, which made him unsure of which destination to suggest.
Although everyone was an omnivore these days, they still had preferences and retained some of their ancestors’ habits.
Green Bull Beastman: "Are you... a vegetarian?"
Feng Si: "?"
’Why is he asking about my diet just for a ride?’