Chapter 98: Revealing My Identity, The Initiative is Mine

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Revealing My Identity, The Initiative is Mine

"She’s not just making wild claims."

Xi Zhu spoke up, answering the deputy general’s question for Feng Si. He looked at Feng Si with astonishment, truly unable to imagine how she had done it.

"The Advanced Warriors from the Northern Wilderness are still on the floor of the banquet hall, unable to get up, their faces contorted in pain as they vomit endlessly. Did you do that too? What exactly did you do?"

After Xi Zhu finished speaking, everyone’s expression turned to disbelief. They whipped their heads around to stare at Feng Si.

’It can’t be, can it?’

Those are Advanced Male Beasts! Male beasts who are valiant on the battlefield, each capable of fighting a hundred men, strong enough to lift several tons!

’How... how did she do it!’

"It was me." Under everyone’s stare, Feng Si, with nowhere to hide, stated it plainly. "I made the food, they ate it. It’s that simple."

’Poison!’

’A potent poison that not even a Special-level Male Beast could smell or sense!’

Xi Zhongsong was startled. This time, his gaze held a trace of awe as he said urgently, "A sub-female this dangerous cannot be left out here. Lock her in the prison for now and keep her under guard! Interrogate her and find out how she made the poison!"

Xi Zhu’s eyes narrowed dangerously, as if he were mentally assessing the threat this sub-female posed.

The other sub-females, afraid of being implicated, didn’t dare to speak. Yang Wen also kept quiet out of self-preservation. The hallway suddenly fell silent.

Just then, a group of Beihuang Warriors, still so weak they couldn’t even stand up straight, staggered out of the banquet hall. A Beastman’s constitution was very strong; they had recovered their mobility in a short amount of time.

Shi Li was leading his subordinates who could walk, wanting to chase after their Young Master who had run off.

As he rounded the corner, he saw the scene in the hallway. For the first time, he ignored his strongest rival, Xi Zhu, his gaze landing directly on Feng Si. He leaned against the wall, propping himself up.

Everyone turned to look at the wretched group of male beasts led by Shi Li. Seeing the victims with their own eyes added another layer to the danger they perceived from the sub-female before them.

This sub-female could take down two thousand Advanced Male Beasts with an unheard-of method. ’She could even... smart and vicious.’ All the male beasts looked at Feng Si with wary apprehension.

This was an ominous sign. Feng Si sighed, annoyed by the trouble.

’I was planning to reveal my identity when the Admiral’s team arrived to avoid the Sacrificial Hall’s inspection, but I didn’t expect it to be in front of so many people.’

At that moment, Yun Chi, who was in Feng Si’s pocket, tilted his head up. He froze as he sensed the atmosphere outside, and the live-streaming orb in his little claws fell to the side.

Then he flipped over, propping the orb with his tail, and stretched his body, wanting to climb out and teach the bad guys a lesson for his mommy.

Feng Si gently patted the squirming Yun Chi in her pocket through her coat. She raised her hand, her long, slender, and pearly-white fingertips pinching the tip of a wolf ear on top of her black-haired head.

Everyone wore grave expressions as they stared at the black-haired sub-female. She didn’t plead for herself, just stood there. They had no idea what she was about to do.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Feng Si’s fingertips found the small hair clip at the base of the wolf ear and unfastened it. Then, she easily plucked the pair of gray-white wolf ears she had worn for so long, one by one, right off her head.

Next, she felt for the spot where her ears should be on the side of her face and pulled out the clay stuck behind them. A pair of human ears returned to their original position, flushed a vivid, blood-engorged red from being folded back for so long.

Feng Si then took out the wet wipes she had prepared for Yun Duo from her waist pouch and scrubbed her face vigorously. Her original features were finally, slowly revealed—it was a face that could be called stunningly beautiful.

Black hair, black eyes. When she wasn’t smiling, she had a natural, aloof aura that warned strangers to keep their distance, making her seem very proud and lofty.

All the male beasts present: "!!!"

What!!

In an instant, Xi Zhu’s shocked expression completely shattered.

’After searching for so long on the King’s orders, a disguised female suddenly appears in Nantong City.’

He couldn’t help but slap himself hard across the face. The sharp SMACK was a rebuke to his former self. "Heavens! Quickly, have the Sacrificial Hall send someone over to check if she’s injured! This is a female!"

"A fe-female!!"

The crowd standing in the hallway snapped out of their daze. The warriors’ previous wary expressions vanished, replaced by excitement as they stood rooted to the spot, staring intently at Feng Si. Recalling the King’s recent order, one of them pinched his own hand and cried out in excitement:

"Beast God! Somebody punch me! We actually found a female disguised as a sub-female right here!"

"It’s unbelievable! A Qing Ci, and so beautiful! She looks so young, she must have just come of age, right!"

"I think so too! You, go fetch the Priest yourself! See if she was frightened by that bunch of fools from the Northern Wilderness!"

As everyone knew, a female’s body was extremely delicate. The slightest scare could make them fall ill.

Xi Zhongsong immediately ordered a subordinate to go and personally fetch a Priest. He also sent men to clear away the sub-females standing near Feng Si, then looked at her in disbelief. "Are you really a female?"

Then, thinking of the female the King was searching for, he gritted his teeth and said incredulously, "Oh no... who dared to ask someone as noble as you to cook with your own hands!"

The warriors of the Southern Wilderness scrambled, rushing down the stairs in a flurry of chaotic footsteps.

Shi Li stood there, leaning against the wall, witnessing everything. He completely forgot what he was about to do. He and his men gaped in shock, frozen to the spot.

Feng Si’s heart skipped a beat.

’Why are they reacting like this? They were fine when they saw Mao Yang and the other two.’

Faced with her own internal questions, Feng Si believed that to get useful information, you had to be the first to speak.

She paused, then said tentatively, "I’m fine. I was just about to set off for Pantian City to attend this year’s banquet. I’m a bit tight on time, so there’s no need to trouble the Priest. I’d like to depart as soon as possible."

Xi Zhu blocked his deputy, who was excitedly trying to get closer. Remembering the purpose of his visit, his gaze fell on her black hair.

They had traveled all this way, inspecting over fifty cities, and hadn’t found a single unregistered female, which of course meant they hadn’t found the ’red-haired’ female the King was looking for.

Although the woman before them was the first unregistered, black-haired female they had found, she was clearly not the ’her’ that the King wanted.

"There’s no rush. I was just about to dispatch an escort for your group to Pantian City tomorrow anyway." Xi Zhu’s gaze remained on Feng Si’s black hair as he decided to stick to protocol.

He said, "You are not registered in Nantong City. We will need your cooperation in an investigation into why you concealed your identity, and we will need you to undergo a blood test to update your identification information."

Feng Si was taken aback. "We can talk about this when we get to Pantian City."

Xi Zhu’s tone was firm. "The Sacrificial Hall has already arranged for Priests to come. Please do not worry. Everything currently under your name will be transferred seamlessly to your new identity."

"Now then, please come with me."

Xi Zhu turned to the side and made a welcoming gesture, as if to lead her somewhere for a private inquiry into her origins.

Although his movements were respectful, they carried an undeniable forcefulness, especially his eyes, which were like two searchlights locked tightly onto the person before him.

’How could this be?’

’They need to take me away for a separate investigation?’