Chapter 87: The Beihuang Empire’s Team

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: The Beihuang Empire’s Team

Feng Si sat on the sofa, lowering her gaze to hide the emotions in her eyes.

She didn’t know what Marshal Xi’s big city-wide blood test was all about, but for her—a female—this was very bad news.

The sudden news was like a bomb buried in the ground, waiting to be detonated at any moment.

She lifted her eyes to Yang Wen and pressed, "Did the City Lord say when Marshal Xi will arrive in Nantong City? When does the blood test begin?"

"I heard the Admiral is leading his troops over from Cang City, so it’ll probably be in the next day or two." Yang Wen glanced at Feng Si, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"What’s wrong? You seem very nervous about this." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Feng Si: "...Not at all."

"It’s just a small blood draw. The test will be quick, it won’t get in the way of Si Shi," Yang Wen said.

’The blood test will be quick, and my true female identity will be exposed just as quickly.’

"As long as it doesn’t get in the way of business, that’s good." Seeing that continuing this topic would not only yield no answers but also raise suspicion, Feng Si forced a smile. "Well then, I’m relieved."

Just then, two knocks sounded at the door—KNOCK KNOCK. The door was pushed open, and two sub-females in white, one-piece work uniforms walked in.

These were the two sub-females Niu Wei had called to collect the iris scan. After entering, they introduced themselves to the Beastmen in the room.

At their words, Feng Si pushed aside the chaotic thoughts in her mind.

’Nothing is more important than Yun Duo.’

One of the sub-females was holding a small, white instrument that resembled a pair of binoculars. She handed it to Feng Si, instructing the person closest to the cub to collect Yun Chi’s iris scan.

Rolling down the rabbit-fur bag a few times to form a shallow, round nest, Feng Si followed the sub-female’s instructions and slowly moved the device toward Yun Chi.

The object in his mother’s hands caught Yun Chi’s attention. He tilted his little head back, curiously eyeing the round lens as it approached. "Yun Duo, look what this is," Feng Si said, carefully moving it in front of Yun Chi’s head. It was a matter concerning his precious eyes, and the cub was so tiny. She was afraid the cold instrument might hurt him, so she waited for the little one to approach it on his own.

Sensing his mother’s approaching scent, Yun Chi didn’t hesitate. He strained forward, his little claws tightening under the clothes, eager to see the toy his mother was giving him.

With Yun Chi’s active cooperation, it only took a few seconds for the device in Feng Si’s hand to flash green. Then she heard the staff member’s gentle reminder from behind her: "The entry was successful."

Feng Si returned the instrument and followed the sub-female to fill out Yun Chi’s information. But when it came to the ’clan’ section...

She was a bit hesitant. In truth, considering his father’s beast form and that Jade Pendant, she had her suspicions.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have included ’Chi’ in her cub’s name.

Feng Si’s eyes narrowed. In the clan category, her fingertip tapped lightly on the light screen—Dragon Clan.

The other sub-female who had entered the room with her had been standing to the side. When Feng Si’s completed form was transferred to her device for uploading, she looked down at it and was left speechless.

’How does this Black Snake cub, wrapped up like a long ball, look anything like the legendary Dragon Clan of the Beast Gods?’

Throughout the entire continent, it was common knowledge that the Dragon Beast Gods, unlike the Emperor Clan, had a pair of horns, could summon wind and rain, and could ride the blue skies.

That was why not even the Black Chi Clan, the line of the Emperor Clan that most resembled the Dragon Beast God, would dare call themselves the Dragon Clan.

’That’s the Dragon Beast God, who only exists in ancient legends!’

However, as a lowly sub-female in Nantong City only responsible for registration, she didn’t dare to object.

In this world that revered strength, yet where one’s clan determined their ultimate potential, which clan didn’t yearn to be the legendary Dragon Clan?

’Just think of it as a mother’s hope and blessing for her own cub.’

The sub-female thought to herself as she uploaded the information.

After successfully registering Yun Duo’s information, they had to wait a day for the Identity Card to be made. After that, they could go straight home.

Feng Si parted ways with Yang Wen downstairs and hurried home with Mao Qiu.

「At the same time.」

On the northern border of the forests outside Nantong City, a storm of wind-whipped snow howled, dominating the sky. The long, narrow, and undulating terrain of the forest was a stretch of grayish-white.

An orderly column of troops appeared on the gray-white horizon.

Leading the procession was a unit of Dog Clan warriors. Their brownish-gray, leopard-spotted fur was covered in snow, but that couldn’t hide their ferocious gazes.

In the middle, twelve black-and-white striped zebra Beastmen pulled a gigantic, silvery-white landship. Its exterior was smooth and mechanical, like a mobile fortress of steel.

Bringing up the rear was a unit of White Bear warriors. Their pure white fur was without a single speck of another color, looking fluffy and smooth as they ran across the snow.

When the Gray Mouse Beastman at Nantong City’s giant tree watch post saw the procession, his body trembled. He had clearly recognized them—this massive force marching through the snow was the army of the Beihuang Empire!

Inside the landship’s main hall.

"Young Master Yan, we have reached Nantong City in the South Desolate Empire. Shall we enter the city to rest and regroup?"

An officer from the Brown Lion Clan, Shi Li, entered the hall, bowed with a fist to his chest before Young Master Beihuang, Tiger Flame, and reported.

A massive white tiger with gray stripes lay coiled on a rug at the head of the hall. It opened a pair of icy blue beast-eyes at the sound and turned its head to glance out the window at the snow-covered land.

Countless bronze-colored spires, as dense as a forest, appeared and disappeared in the vast, swirling snow.

The great white tiger rose, pressing its forelimbs down to stretch. The muscles of its shoulders bunched and defined as it slowly stretched its back, and a deep, powerful voice echoed in the hall:

"Skyscrapers forged from steel are a sign of poverty. The Lord Beast King is merely a Green Bull Beast whose strength is only at the Advanced level. In such a poor place, I see no need to enter the city."

The Southern Wilderness was the losing side in the recent war between the two Empires. Their old Beast King had agreed to talks at the border, but then news came of his death, and that useless Young Master Shou took his place.

Everyone in the Northern Wilderness had cheered.

But their happiness was short-lived. The Beastman they feared most had taken power, ending the South Desolate Emperor Clan’s turmoil in a remarkably short time.

He had then issued an aggressive ultimatum, demanding the Northern Wilderness send envoys to the Southern Wilderness for negotiations. The deadline was the first month of the cold season. One second late, and it would be considered a renewed declaration of war, to which the Southern Wilderness would respond with force.

Tiger Flame shifted into his human form, a tall male beast with silver hair and blue eyes, and cursed under his breath.

’Dammit.’

’Damn that Chi Jie.’

’So what if his Combat Power is high?’

Tiger Flame spread his arms, and a subordinate from the crowd helped him into a red sable fur coat.

When he received the news that Chi Jie had killed his brother, he had been ecstatic. He’d even felt a flicker of admiration for Chi Jie. After all, it was thanks to Chi Jie killing his brother that he himself had become the sole Young Master of the Beihuang Empire.

But now that he stood in the position of Young Master and faced Chi Jie as an evenly matched rival, he was only just discovering how infuriatingly strong the man was.

The officer Shi Li, who had come for instructions, didn’t leave. He bowed, a glint in his eyes, and said: