ebookland Chapter 156 Follow-up Investigation
Chapter 156 Follow-up Investigation
Jin Caisi finally came to his senses and ordered the male leopards around him, "Find some male red eagles to follow them from a distance."
"Young Master, this..." The leopard male hesitated, then added, "Young Master, Beast City has a rule that prohibits following trading caravans. The Merman King holds a very high position in the Beast World, and for someone like you, if he knew you had sent a male to follow him, it would likely create a rift between Beast City and you."
"After that, it will be difficult for us to trade his mermaid scales with the Merman King."
Jin Kesi remained unmoved by what the leopard male said. He looked in the direction where Lan You and Cang Xiao had left and murmured, "Of course I know all this."
"Young Master, since you already know, why are you still..." The male leopard was afraid of angering Lan You. If the city lord knew about it, he might blame him. So he didn't dare to act for the time being and had to confirm again and again.
Jin Caisi growled, his smile deepening: "Because Lan You is lying."
"I've known Lan You for many times and have come into contact with him. I have some understanding of him. He didn't dare to stay for a moment after this transaction, so he must have something to hide.
Even if there are Beast God relics elsewhere, the contents are different. The methods and secret manuals left by the Beast God are all in Beast City. No secret manuals have ever been lost outside. All the secret manuals in Beast City were destroyed. How could the Fox Tribe possibly have secret manuals?"
Jin Kesi said this, and the leopard male beside him pondered for a moment before adding, "The orcs of the Fox Tribe are clever and cunning. There are relics of the Beast God in the Fox Mountains, and the stone walls of the Fox Tribe record the deeds of the Beast God. Perhaps these methods are mentioned on the murals, and they have simply hidden them after they were passed down."
Jin Cais shook his head, doubting the matter. "Even if that's the case, it's incredibly well hidden. How could it have been hidden for so long, for hundreds of years, since the Beast God disappeared?"
The more Jin Cais thought about it, the more confused he became. He had heard that a huge divine light appeared in the White Tiger Tribe before they encountered the beast tide. After that, the White Tiger Tribe joined the Fox Tribe Mountain Range, and since then, the Fox Tribe has added many rare items.
The surrounding tribes no longer dared to attack the Fox Mountains. In addition, after the elephant orcs attacked the Fox Mountains, they were blown up by the other side with rare objects, and that group of elephant orcs died.
Where did they get these things from?
There are many doubts here. Jin Cais thought of the pillar of divine light, looked at the bomb obtained in the trade, and frowned. A beast wizard had said before that the Beast God's prophecy would soon come true and the goddess would appear in the world.
Could these things have been brought by the legendary goddess of the Beast God?
However, when he heard that a stray beast named Canglang had just joined the Fox Tribe, he thought of the previous attack on the Beast City and hesitated for a moment. Could it be that Canglang had also participated in the attack on the Beast City and stole the secret book and brought it into the Fox Tribe?
He now has two guesses: one is that the goddess has descended to the world, and the other is that stray beasts have stolen the secret book, but they just don't know about it.
Jin Caisi told the leopard male beside him what he was thinking and urged him, "We need to investigate this matter thoroughly. If they really stole it, we must get the secret book back."
At this time, the male leopard stopped talking and nodded silently.
Jin Kaisi continued to ask, "Where is Chi Mo of the Red Eagle Clan?"
The male replied, "Chi Mo leads the Chi Ying tribe in patrolling the Beast City's airspace to prevent stray beasts from entering the tribe."
Jin Kaisi: "I have something to discuss with Chi Mo, go and call him over."
"Yes."
A certain airspace in Beast City——
A huge male eagle was flying in the air, with red feathers on his head and wings. He made sharp calls as he soared in the air, in order to scare away stray beasts that tried to break into the tribe.
Behind it followed other male red eagles, which were smaller than it. The eagles circled in the territory of the beast city to protect the safety of the beast city.
A male leopard climbed up a stone mountain in the Beast City, transformed into a leopard and howled at the sky three times. Then, the leading male red eagle spun three times in the air, then broke away from the team and flew straight towards the male leopard.
The male Red Eagle landed on a rocky mountain, transforming into a handsome black-haired man. His feathers gradually faded as his wings transformed into his hands. As he transformed into an orc, some of his feathers remained, acting as hide to cover his body. He looked at the male Leopard with a sinister look in his eyes: "Why are you here?"
The male leopard said, "Chi Mo, the Young City Lord wants to discuss something with you and requires you to go to the palace."
"I understand." Chi Mo responded, transformed into a male and flew away.
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Lan You and Cang Xiao led the team on a journey of two consecutive days. After leaving the Beast City, they did not dare to stay. First, they were afraid that the beastmen in the Beast City would find out, and second, they were carrying a lot of salt and were afraid that they would be targeted by stray beasts on the way.
On this day, they passed through a small valley along the way. Under the scorching sun, they thought of stopping to rest. Lan You took several male mermaids into the forest to hunt. They brought back a wild boar, prepared it, and roasted it before dividing the wild boar. After all the orcs had eaten and drunk enough to recover some strength, they set off again to continue their journey.
At this time, Cang Xiao stopped everyone and said, "Wait a minute, there are stray animals around."
Cang Xiao's wolf ears moved slightly, listening to the sound to identify the location of the stray beast. Seeing Cang Xiao's serious expression, Lan You asked the other orcs to be on guard. He was a mermaid, and he was best at fighting in water, and his hearing was a little weak.
Although the other white tigers and fox beastmen are terrestrial beasts with slightly more sensitive hearing, if the enemy's level is higher than theirs, they will not be able to hear the opponent's movements due to their low level.
Now, among them, only Cang Xiao is of high level and has sensitive hearing. Seeing that he is serious, everyone also becomes alert.
Cang Xiao used his special powers to control the grass and trees beside him to stretch and extend. He closed his eyes and used the grass and trees to detect everything around him.
At last, he opened his eyes, and his eyes began to turn red: "Lan You, there are four stray beasts this time, their levels are unknown."
"They're getting closer, they're nearby!"
Cang Xiao sensed the other party's breath and controlled the vines in the forest to weave a net, which instantly surrounded them. Four stray beasts jumped out of the forest and were caught in the net.
Lan You looked up and saw that these were stray beasts from the four-striped bear tribe, the three-striped snake tribe, the three-striped elephant tribe, and the three-striped leopard tribe.
Among them, only Lan You and Cang Xiao are five-line beasts, the others are one-line beasts and two-line beasts. One-line beasts and two-line beasts are no match for three-line beasts.
Lan You understood that they were guarding the salt, and it was inconvenient for them to move around and they had a lot to take care of, so they were in the weaker position.
He was about to attack when Cang Xiao stopped him: "Wait a minute, there are two more mutant beasts!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two ugly bear-like mutant beasts rushed out and crushed the vines with their claws. Cang Xiao turned around and looked at Lan You who was standing beside him and said, "You take some of your tribesmen away to take this salt away. I will stop them."
"Cang Xiao, you can't use your abilities now, be careful." Lan You responded and took the tribesmen away to take the salt they had exchanged, leaving behind some orcs who had bullied Cang Xiao to help.
The bear tribe's wandering beast, in the lead, saw Lan You and his people leaving and growled, "Abao and I will stay here to deal with these guys, while the others will go after the Mermaid King! We must take the salt from them."