12dz Chapter 281 is developing in a sleazy way.
Chapter 281 is developing in a sleazy way.
In the afternoon, Qin Ye held Ruan Xiyue from behind as they sat on a fur rug, surrounded by a group of cubs playing around them.
"What? You won't go to find Chief Cong Wen and Chief Luo Qizhao to discuss going to Beast City in a couple of days, and you won't let me go out either. Then you're holding me and won't say a word. What are you trying to do?" Ruan Xiyue poked Qin Ye's strong forearm.
Qin Ye bit Ruan Xiyue's earlobe and snorted coldly, "Have you been hoping for the beastmen from the Spirit Fox Tribe to come over?"
Ruan Xiyue nodded. She knew that Qin Ye was throwing a tantrum out of jealousy, something she rarely saw him like.
Qin Ye's tail couldn't help but slap Ruan Xiyue's calf, seemingly unintentionally, but Ruan Xiyue could feel that Qin Ye was expressing his dissatisfaction.
Ruan Xiyue grabbed Qin Ye's forearm and bit it, then reached back and wrapped her arms around Qin Ye's head, pinching the leopard ears that were sticking out of his head: "I hope that the current buildings in Beast City are mostly inhabited by the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe."
Ruan Xiyue asked Qin Ye in a low voice, "Do you know what this means?"
Qin Ye glanced coldly at Li Miao, who was peeking out from upstairs.
Ruan Xiyue knew that Li Miao was there, but Li Miao's situation was special. After learning that Li Miao's remnant soul was in Li Miao's body, her 80% vigilance towards Li Miao had decreased to 50%.
Therefore, some of the things she said were even a deliberate test.
Ruan Xiyue adjusted her body and leaned against Qin Ye's chest, asking him, "What if they do something sabotage in Beast City?"
"Therefore, I don't hope the Spirit Fox tribe's orcs will arrive soon to help me keep the Treasure Rat tribe's orcs in check. Do I have to wait for the Black Dog tribe's marriage invitation?"
"I'm not comfortable with them holding me back from both sides. My best plan was to recruit another large orc tribe to help. But neither the Black Dog nor the Clown Tribe are interested."
Moreover, there's not much time left compared to my goal of migrating a portion of the orcs by the end of August!
Li Miao walked down the stairs and sat cross-legged next to a group of cubs opposite Ruan Xiyue and Qin Ye.
"The Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe won't harm you; at least I haven't heard of it yet. After all, their goal is the ancestral bloodline of the Treasure-Hunting Rat. If they want to learn your special abilities, they won't mistreat you."
Ruan Xiyue looked at Li Miao for a long time before saying, "The cubs I raised will definitely be very close to me."
"If I have to bring the entire Treasure-Hunting Rat tribe under my control, will I allow my cubs to impart their innate supernatural abilities to the Treasure-Hunting Rat tribe?"
"I don't believe the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe would leave without any means of countermeasures."
Li Mu's eyes widened slightly, and he blurted out, "Then why did you ask the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe to send orcs to help you build the Beast City?"
Ruan Xiyue spread her hands: "What else can we do? Just trouble the surrounding small and medium-sized tribes, each sending two or three hundred orcs to help me build Hope Beast City, which is larger than other beast cities? Can I finish building the beast city in three to five years?"
Li Miao took a deep breath: "So, when you were asking the beastmen of the Spirit Fox Tribe and the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe for help, you had already considered the worst-case scenario: that they might have done something underhanded while building the Beast City?"
Ruan Xiyue nodded: "Yes. Otherwise, why would I have had my Nine-Headed Beast Husband keep an eye on things for a while?"
Duo Duo quickly expressed its loyalty in Ruan Xiyue's mind: [Honorable host, Duo Duo is at your service! Three hundred points would be enough to scan the entire Beast City for you! Why go to all this trouble?]
Ruan Xiyue silently told Duo Duo in her mind: "What I said was meant to make Li Miao reveal it."
【My collaboration with the Treasure-Hunting Mouse Tribe seems like a partnership between a small craft workshop and a well-known large company, doesn't it?】
I don't know about others, I only know myself. Whenever I partner with a small company, my goal is to acquire it, take what I can use, and lay off the employees I don't need.
You don't really think the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe of 70,000 orcs needs to be so eager to please a little saintess with less than 10,000 orcs behind her, do you?
"Equality and politeness are things to be said to those who are evenly matched. The Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe is being so polite to me just so I'll have more offspring with their ancestral bloodline?"
If that's really the case, wouldn't it be more effective for them to take me away and place me under house arrest?
The beast world is a world of survival of the fittest. My own instincts wouldn't allow me to not take precautions.
Dodo's black cat skin used data analysis to say: "But the Beast King sent guards to the host! Perhaps the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe is wary of the Beast King's power?"
Ruan Xiyue sneered mercilessly at Duo Duo in her mind: "Duo, have you forgotten about the three fake cub corpses I placed in the Lion Clan cemetery?"
The guards the Beast King sent are supposedly to protect me. What if I give birth to another cub of Xia Weier, and it contains the ancestral bloodline of the Bright Moon Rabbit clan?
At that time, will these guards listen to me or the Beast King, and take my cubs away from me?
[Once these guards leave, will the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe still treat me politely? I can't wait until the last minute to start figuring out what cards I have left, can I? Wouldn't that leave me caught off guard and vulnerable?]
Duo Duo immediately understood Ruan Xiyue's idea: "So, the host wants to occasionally release some information to let the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe know that you're not a soft, easy target."
Ruan Xiyue felt very gratified: "That's right. It's just like negotiation; when you're arguing with each other, polite language is indispensable, but hard power will also be revealed."
Duoduo immediately replied: "It's just like the friendly trade between countries in the host's previous life, but there were also military parades or joint military exercises from time to time."
It's to show others that I'm easy to talk to, but when I'm being nice to you, don't think I'm only good at sweet talk. If they don't understand sweet talk, I also know a little bit of martial arts!
[Yes! That's why, even though I don't particularly like the Spirit Fox Tribe, I still formed a marriage alliance with them. I need the orcs from the Spirit Fox Tribe and the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe to help me build my city. Before I become fully powerful, I also need their forces to check and balance each other.]
If my strength is enough to rival those two tribes, then it would be best for the three of us to check and balance each other.
But when I'm weak, all I can do is make more friends and develop my strength cautiously.
Although I voluntarily accepted the olive branches offered by the two tribes, I still need them to keep each other in check.
[My skill is to swallow the sugar coating; my ability is to avoid being hit by the cannonballs.]
While Ruan Xiyue was lost in thought, Li Miao and Qin Ye remained silent for a long time, seemingly considering some of Ruan Xiyue's concerns and calculations.
Li Miao asked directly, "So, you want me to pass on the message that you're still somewhat wary of the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe? But you don't want to let them know in a forceful way. You want to leave it ambiguous?"