Chapter 507: Chapter 506: Zhuge Liang Is a Particularly Intelligent Fox Clan Beastman

Si Shuo jabbed a finger into his chest angrily. "Xu Chi, you know perfectly well that we would never let you do this alone.

We’re a family, meant to spend the rest of our lives together. As long as I’m alive and well, you are all brothers living under one roof. You’re supposed to help and support each other!

Do you want to break our bond? Or do you want everyone to shut you out and drive a wedge between us?"

Xu Chi grabbed her hand. "A Shuo, this is too dangerous. After they swapped heads, they must be prepared for people like us seeking revenge.

I can’t be arrogant enough to think I can dodge every trap they’ve laid..."

"That’s when your brothers are supposed to show up and play the heroes saving the damsel in distress!" Si Shuo nibbled his finger, applying a little pressure as her eyes grew moist. "Xu Chi, the more Amulets we have, the more terrified I am of losing any of you.

I don’t want some disgusting, old, ugly male using your body, and I certainly don’t want to be the one to stab you with my own two hands."

Xu Chi’s heart had ached seeing her teary eyes, but now he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, when I need help, I promise I won’t hold back in asking for it."

Si Shuo kissed him. "That’s more like it. We all need to work together. If you’re in trouble and don’t reach out to them, it means you don’t consider them family. And when they’re in trouble, they’ll start being formal with you, too.

Or are you saying you wouldn’t want to help them if they were in trouble?"

"Of course not!" Xu Chi said immediately, finally understanding Si Shuo’s point. If his other brothers were in danger, he would help them without a second thought. By the same token, if he was in trouble, his brothers would be willing to help him with all their hearts.

In their eyes, his desire to face this danger alone meant he wasn’t treating them like family.

Si Shuo glared at him. "Besides, if this was about me, would you be willing to let me shut you all out and handle it on my own?"

Xu Chi shook his head again and again. "I’m your Beast Husband. Protecting you is my duty."

"Exactly! You’re my Beast Husband, but I’m your partner, too. If you’re in trouble, could I possibly stand by and do nothing? Sometimes you think you’re doing something for my own good, but that doesn’t mean I’ll accept it. This family faces everything together!" Si Shuo said, her expression grave.

"Okay, I’ll listen to A Shuo!" Xu Chi nodded emphatically, deeply moved. ’How did I get so lucky, to meet a female who cares for me so completely?’

"I once heard a saying: ’Three simple cobblers are a match for one Zhuge Liang.’ Zhuge Liang was an incredibly wise Fox Clan Beastman, practically a demigod. It just goes to show there’s strength in numbers. If we all put our heads together, we can definitely make this complicated situation much simpler.

Don’t you dare follow in Ji Liang’s footsteps. I’d cry myself to death!"

Xu Chi smiled and hugged her. "Okay."

The two continued walking toward the clan’s territory. The closer they got, the more Si Shuo could see small mounds dotting the landscape, all overgrown with grass and wildflowers.

"Back then, our clansmen’s heads were scattered all over. Father had already led us to safety, but he couldn’t bear the thought of leaving our people exposed in the wilderness. So, thinking the enemy had left, he went back to collect their heads one by one.

But by the time he had gathered them all, those people had already surrounded him." Xu Chi sighed softly, his expression filled with grief. "It’s a cruel irony. Father gathered the remains of others, but his own..."

Si Shuo stopped walking, her lips pressed into a thin line as she grabbed Xu Chi’s arm. "Then what about your father? Was he... did they...?"

Xu Chi froze for a second before nodding. "Yes. Those people have many ways of capturing Horned Deer Beastmen. They would never just stand by and watch one self-destruct or damage their body.

Besides, my father had a chance to stop them from succeeding, but he chose to engage with them, to stall for time so I could escape."

"Then let’s go find your father! If his body is still out there, maybe he can come back, just like Zhi Li’s father and Xia Ming’s mother did through the blessings we’ve accumulated!"

Xu Chi looked completely stunned. Even though he had witnessed the rebirth of Zhi Li and Xia Ming, the thought of it happening to his own father felt completely unreal.

Then he shook his head. "No. Let’s just find the person who is using my father’s body to prolong their life and give him a proper burial."

Si Shuo was confused. ’I can clearly feel how much he longs for his father. Why won’t he accept my suggestion?’ But it was a question she felt she couldn’t voice.

Xu Chi pulled her into his arms, inhaling the soft, warm fragrance of his mate. For the first time, his heart felt a sense of calm and acceptance. "My father wouldn’t want to be reborn. He’d rather someone else have that chance. Because... my mother was the one responsible for the annihilation of the entire Horned Deer Clan. My father felt he had to atone for her sins. Forcing him to be reborn would just be another form of torment.

He said all the enmity began with him, and so it must end with him. All I can do now is find these clansmen and free their souls from bondage!"

Seeing his mate’s confused expression, he gave a faint chuckle. "The skulls of the Horned Deer Clan eventually turn into Bone Tokens. Only when a Bone Token is reunited with its body can the Horned Deer Beastman’s soul be released. When that happens, the benefits the user reaps from the body are reduced to a mere twenty or thirty percent of the original." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"If we have the Bone Tokens, Shi Si can find the ones we’re looking for," Si Shuo said, her eyes brightening. She cracked her knuckles and gritted her teeth. "Let’s find the original owners of these Bone Tokens one by one and uncover the truth behind the Horned Deer Clan’s annihilation. That would also give your father some peace."

Xu Chi seemed to recover his spirits, the initial wave of sadness receding. "I’m glad you’re with me, A Shuo. Otherwise, I might not have even had the courage to come back here."

Si Shuo tilted her head to look at him and asked curiously, "Are there things you’re afraid of, Xu Chi?"

"You think too highly of me, A Shuo. I’m just good at hiding my feelings. It doesn’t mean I don’t have them..."

The two had been lost in their own world for too long, and Zhi Le and the others were getting impatient. The message slips in her storage space were piling up, with almost everyone in the family having sent one.

After comforting Xu Chi, Si Shuo finally let them teleport over.

Everyone activated their Invisibility and got to work, digging up the Bone Tokens from each earthen mound. ’Isn’t this just grave robbing?’ Si Shuo thought, glancing away, unable to watch directly.

Most of the Horned Deer Beastmen had been gathered into these mounds, but some were still scattered about. They began a grid search of the surrounding area.

Little Jing even chanted a spell, ensuring that all the Bone Tokens of the Horned Deer Beastmen within a several-hundred-kilometer radius could be found.

The cubs had plenty of ways to protect themselves, each with their own superpower. They could also teleport to their mother’s side at any time, so everyone spread out to search for the Bone Tokens.

Both Gong You and Da Hai had grasped the Time Law. Da Hai was still young, so his understanding of the superpower wasn’t as deep. The time distortions he could create weren’t large, but it was better than nothing. Just like his father, he would channel the Time Law into his Spirit Storage Talisman whenever he had a free moment. Especially when his father was standing guard, he would completely exhaust his superpower before sitting down to meditate and cultivate. Cultivating this way yielded twice the results with half the effort.

Gong You, meanwhile, would take turns with his Couple Brother, each storing half of their superpower. Now, everyone was equipped with Spirit Storage Talismans. They activated the Time Law, determined to find every last Bone Token within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.