Free Web NovelChapter 341: Chapter 341: She Wants to Return to Her Mother’s Side
"I don’t want to go with you."
Huang Ying suppressed her annoyance and continued to coax her with a smile, "But the flowers there are so, so pretty. I think they’re as pretty as Yaya. No, no, Yaya is much prettier than them."
Yaya finally turned her hazy, tear-filled eyes to look at her. "Yaya is the pwettiest!"
"Yes, yes, that’s right. I think Yaya is the prettiest. Let’s go take a look, okay?"
Kunlin didn’t object to Huang Ying being affectionate with Yaya. After all, she was Yaya’s biological mother.
Although Huang Ying had been involved very little from Yaya’s hatching to her upbringing after she was born, as Yaya’s beastman father, he still hoped Yaya could receive her mother’s love and care.
"Yaya, do you want to go?"
Yaya looked at Kunlin, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly nodded. "I do."
Seeing her agree, Huang Ying breathed a sigh of relief. "Let’s go. Mother will take you."
Huang Ying finally took Yaya from Kunlin’s arms.
But Yaya was ultimately still wary of Huang Ying. Although she let Huang Ying hold her, she didn’t show any particularly affectionate behavior.
’It’s just a cub,’ Huang Ying thought. ’Is there any child I can’t coax?’
Just as Kunlin got up to follow them out, Fenglin appeared at the doorway.
"Kunlin, did you say something to the City Lord?"
Kunlin’s gaze was ice-cold. He shot him a look. "The City Lord knows all about the foolish things you’ve done."
Fenglin pressed his lips together. "Our female leader has her own plans."
The coldness in Kunlin’s eyes intensified. ’Huang Ying? Plans?’
He sneered. Huang Ying, who never took anyone else into consideration, would only ever have "plans" that served her own desires. He didn’t care about her plans.
But if her plans were to harm Yaya, he wouldn’t let her off, even if she was his mate!
Huang Ying brought Yaya into a field of flowers. Seeing the mountainside covered in blossoms, Yaya’s face finally broke into a smile.
"I want to make a flower crown! A flower crown!"
Yaya skipped and jumped through the flowers, picking a bunch of colorful ones. She then brought them to Huang Ying, asking her to weave a flower crown.
Huang Ying casually wove a crown. "Here, Yaya. See how pretty this flower crown is? Should I put it on you?"
Yaya took one look at the crown and became unhappy. "This flower crown isn’t pretty. It’s not as pretty as the one Mother made."
Huang Ying’s expression immediately darkened. "Yaya, I am your mother! That other one is a wicked female, a bad guy!"
"She is not a bad guy, you are the bad guy! I don’t want to pway with a big bad guy like you!"
Yaya threw the flower crown on the ground and turned to run into the field of flowers.
Fearing she would run off, Huang Ying immediately followed. When she caught up, she saw Yaya just squatting among the flowers, picking them, and relaxed her guard.
’Qiao Xixi is so infuriating!’
Huang Ying sat on the ground, pondering how to deal with Qiao Xixi next.
Her last attempt failed, so Qiao Xixi was surely on alert now. And since she was hiding in her tribe, it would be difficult for Huang Ying to get to her without causing a major commotion.
"Qiao Xixi is holed up in the tribe with her beastmen and cubs. System, what should I do to get some leverage on her and make her obey me?"
"You really are stubborn."
"Just tell me. Think about it, you’ve been with me for a long time. I can’t do it on my own, but given Qiao Xixi’s current situation, do you think you’d succeed if you found another host? You’re better off putting more effort into me."
The System was silent for a moment, tacitly agreeing with her point.
"Two of her beastmen are not in the tribe: that Sky-Swallowing Giant Python and that Mutated Mad Leopard."
Huang Ying’s eyes lit up, her spirits instantly lifting. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"Where are they? What are they doing?"
"I don’t know. However, based on my analysis of previous data, it’s highly likely they are on their way back from the coast, transporting Seven-color Salt Crystals to the tribe. Qiao Xixi probably has the secret formula for refining Awakened Beast Soul Crystal Stones, which is why they need a large quantity of these multi-colored Crystal Stones. My scans indicate they aren’t far, and should be back at the tribe in a few days."
"If I capture them before they get back to the tribe... to say nothing of the men themselves, the cubs of those two males will definitely be devastated!"
"Judging by their Combat Power, they won’t be so easy to deal with."
"What’s there to be afraid of? My Wing Clan has so many powerful experts. You think we can’t handle them? Besides... I’ll have your help, won’t I?"
Huang Ying was in a heated discussion with the System, completely failing to notice that while she was distracted, Yaya had turned and slipped deep into the flower field.
’Hmph! I’m not staying with this bad female! I have to find Mother and go back to her!’
The System’s voice was wary. "I have nothing left to give you!"
"I’m not asking you to give me anything. Just answer me this: you said before that no matter how powerful a beastman is, they’re helpless against a Crystal Stone that suppresses beast soul power, right?"
"Correct. But this type of high-level Crystal Stone is extremely rare. Only the City Lords of the four great Beast Cities possess them, and they won’t part with them easily."
Crystal Stones that suppress beast souls are refined from Dark Ores. Each one requires an enormous amount of Dark Ore, as well as a large amount of beast soul energy released by a high-ranking beastman, just to be refined.
Most importantly, these Crystal Stones are not reusable. Each one has a usage limit of a single day. This is also why Jin Wei, despite suffering so many losses at the hands of Qiao Xixi and her group, was still unwilling to use his Crystal Stone.
Huang Ying scoffed dismissively. "If one can be refined, a second can be refined. What’s wrong with me using it?"
"If you have the ability to get your hands on one, do as you please."
"Huang Ying."
"Female Leader."
"Where’s Yaya? Where did Yaya go?"
Huang Ying snapped back to reality and looked toward the flowers ahead. "She’s just up ahead picking flowers. What’s there to be so tense about?"
With a stone-cold expression, Kunlin went forward to check. There was no sign of Yaya.
"Yaya! Yaya!"
"Tell me, where is Yaya?"
Huang Ying walked over to look. Seeing no sign of Yaya, she too began to panic.
"She was clearly right here a moment ago! What’s with this cub? I told her not to run off, not to run off. Why won’t she listen?"
Kunlin had no desire to listen to her useless complaints and began searching for Yaya among the flowers.
He discovered a small path trodden through the flowers by tiny feet. He followed the path out of the flower field, but after he emerged, the footprints vanished!
"Yaya is still little. She can’t have gone far. Let’s split up and search."
Huang Ying was right about one thing: Yaya was so small, even if she flew, she couldn’t have gone far. He would definitely find her!
Yaya indeed hadn’t gone far. In fact, she was by the stream at the edge of the flower field.
After emerging from the flowers, she felt thirsty and went to the stream to drink some water, but she slipped and fell in. The little cub was now soaked in the water.
Because of this, her scent was largely washed away.
Grunting with effort, Yaya climbed out of the water. She looked around, got her bearings, and then headed in the opposite direction from where she had left with Kunlin and the others.
