Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 214 - 213: Paid Help

More than half of Bamboo Mountain was surrounded by a fence made of bamboo poles. Metal wire was interwoven with them, and thorny vines were wrapped around everything, making it exceptionally dense.

It stood about a person high, so there was no way the half-grown poultry with their clipped wings could fly over it!

Si Shuo chuckled softly. She took out a Level 10 Crystal Stone and began to condense the Spirit Plants—the Si Teng, which could act as guards to attack and drive away small predators, and the Clock Vines, which were expert egg-gatherers with large flowers and a love for shouting.

Yin Jiang took Si Shuo’s hand, his expression cool and composed as he said in a low voice:

"Shuo’er, our family doesn’t lack Crystal Stones, and I know you want to treat the Iron-eating Beast Clan like our own family."

"But we’re outsiders, after all. There’s a barrier between us, so we need to maintain a certain distance."

"You can help them condense Spirit Plants and assist them with raising poultry, but we have to charge a fee. That way, not only will they remember your kindness and be grateful, but they also won’t get greedy or take your help for granted."

He had lived in a clan before, and this was all from his own experience—lessons for which he had once nearly paid with his life!

Si Shuo wasn’t foolish. Hearing this, she understood and nodded with a smile. "Mhm, Brother Jiang is right. Brother Ce said that in the North City District, a single Spirit Plant can sell for as much as a Level 10 Crystal Stone."

"If I just give them away for free, they’ll think the Spirit Plants are cheap. ’Hmm... so should we sell the Spirit Plants for the price of a Level 6 Crystal Stone instead?’"

Zhi Qi nodded. "That price is just right—not too high, not too low. It would be best if, after the kitty condenses the Spirit Plants, we put them in the shop to sell, giving priority to the Iron-eating Beastman."

Si Shuo hummed in agreement, remaining seated on Zhi Qi as she continued to condense Si Teng and Clock Vines for their own bamboo grove.

Because her Catalyst Technique had advanced, she had more freedom to modify the traits of the Spirit Plants as she pleased, though it consumed her spiritual power.

However, having Spirit Plants help raise poultry was a permanent solution, so she was willing to expend the extra spiritual power. For this reason, this batch of Si Teng and Clock Vines was condensed using Level 6 Crystal Stones as their energy source. She only created ten of them, and each Spirit Plant had a pouch on its back where a Crystal Stone could be placed. This way, the Spirit Plants wouldn’t need a Beastman to input Spiritual Power daily; they could draw what they needed directly from the Crystal Stones.

Moreover, this batch of Spirit Plants had a higher starting point, making them more agile and interactive with people. They were perfectly suited to become Forest Guardians!

The newly condensed Spirit Plants didn’t hop into the Beast Skin Bag at her waist. Instead, they mischievously shrank down and wrapped themselves in her hair, making a cheerful, lively RUSTLING sound.

Others hung from the Snow Leopard’s neck, coiled around his ears, stood on Yin Jiang’s shoulder, or perched on top of the children’s heads.

Xuyou had two trumpet-blowing Clock Vines in her arms! One went BA-BA, another went DA-DA, and one cried YOUYOU...

Si Shuo’s condensing speed had also increased. By the time they found their own plot on Bamboo Forest Mountain, six hundred Spirit Plants were hanging all over the family of five. From a distance, they looked like a lush, walking thicket of green!

Wei Ce sensed their approach and bounded down the mountain. He joyfully prepared to pounce on his little female, but when he saw Si Shuo covered in green from head to toe, he burst out laughing.

"You guys sure are good-natured..." to let the Spirit Plants be so audacious. Before he could finish his sentence, the Spirit Plants all whipped their "heads" around to look at him.

Even though they didn’t have eyes, Wei Ce felt as if he was being stared down by countless green gazes. He didn’t dare to say the rest of his sentence.

But the Spirit Plants, as if they’d gone mad, all pounced on him.

Si Shuo couldn’t bear to watch. The Spirit Plants were just incredibly clingy and wheedling, the shameless sort. Her Beast Husbands at home had silently concluded it was because she, their creator, had cat-like attributes.

They had long since gotten used to this on their way here. Besides, after this short stretch of road, the Spirit Plants would all go to their respective posts, so they let them have their fun.

At this point, Si Shuo and the others also understood. Among all her Beast Husbands, Si Shuo’s fondness for the Iron-eating Beast was beyond her own control, and it seemed her Spirit Plants had caught her mania.

Wei Ce’s magnificent, smooth-furred, black-and-white Iron-eating Beast form was now draped in green. The Spirit Plants rolled and nuzzled in his fur, completely reenacting how Si Shuo herself acted whenever she saw his Beast Form...

Facing Wei Ce’s pitiful gaze, Si Shuo cleared her throat and said with a laugh, "Alright, children, hurry up and get in line for your assignments! Or I’ll have Yin Jiang burn you all!" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The Spirit Plants instantly drooped. They turned to look at her, and that feeling of resentment and grievance, multiplied by six hundred, was quite terrifying. It almost made Si Shuo doubt herself.

She stuffed a Level 6 Crystal Stone into each Spirit Plant, assigned them their work areas, and designated one Si Teng and one Clock Vine to be in charge of each acre of land.

Wei Ce shifted back to his human form, took Si Shuo’s hand, and pointed to the poultry sheds with a smile. "In the middle of every four acres, we’ve built a cross-shaped poultry shed like this one."

"The young poultry we bought are still small. Zhi Le said we should keep them penned up for a few days until they get used to the environment and calm down before we let them roam..."

Just then, Little Ye used his head to push open the wooden latch on the fence. He squeezed his way through the crack in the gate and, with a cheerful YOUYOU, began to hop around the chicken coop, chasing the panicked chickens as they flapped their wings and scattered.

Xuyou watched with a look of pure envy and jealousy. While pointing at the chicken coop, wanting Yin Jiang to carry her inside, she clenched her fists, her face turning red as she began to strain again!

The moment she started grunting, her Fathers and Mother sprang into formation. Pulling down her pants, positioning the potty—it was all one smooth, perfectly coordinated motion...

What was even more unbearable for her was that she once again "unleashed the floodgates" to the tune of her Mother’s increasingly loud and smooth whistling. She felt like she had lost the will to live.

Hearing that their family was already using Spirit Plants, the nearby Iron-eating Beastman flocked over with their own little females and cubs to watch the spectacle and learn from them.

Si Shuo stood smiling on a slope. She summoned a Si Teng and said to the dozens of Beastman, "This is a Si Teng. It has thorns and can transform into a whip to drive away small Wild Beasts that might try to steal poultry. It can also herd the poultry into their sheds at night or during bad weather."

As she spoke, the Si Teng transformed into a whip, SWISHING audibly as it danced through the air!

She smiled, pointed to a Clock Vine, and continued her explanation. "This is a Clock Vine. It can act as an alarm, letting out a piercing shriek if it senses trouble."

"Normally, it can also use its cries to scare off thieves, and it can even help collect eggs..."

The Clock Vine let out a high-pitched shriek that left everyone’s heads ringing with a dull ache. Then, it bent down toward a rock on the ground, picked it up, scurried over to the side, and set it down carefully and silently. It then held its "head" high with immense pride! Si Shuo’s lip twitched. ’What a show-off!’

The Beastman watched with eyes burning with envy. With these two little things, raising poultry all over the mountains would be incredibly convenient.

"They also have pouches on their backs for Crystal Stones. Barring any incidents, a single Level 4 Crystal Stone is enough to power them for three months... And the Spirit Plants are the growing type, so they can be used for at least twenty to thirty years..."

It was also very cheap. How many Crystal Stones would it cost to hire someone for a month, and there was no guarantee they would even be dedicated to the job.