Guide To Train My Beast Husbands-Chapter 247: Rong Xian comes knocking

Elder Gao turned to look at Yuan Ni and said in a soft voice, "Do you accept your punishment?"

"I said—"

"I am willing to accept my punishment." Before Ruan Chanchan could say anything to defend Yuan Ni, the mer accepted his punishment. Upon hearing his words, Ruan Chanchan turned to look at him with a hint of bewilderment in her eyes. She wondered what was even going on in the mind of the mer that he accepted an unfair punishment. Clearly, the elders were targeting these two because they could not punish her.

They knew that they were being unjustly targeted, so why were they accepting the punishment without even questioning the elders? Just what was going on in their minds?

She continued staring at Yuan Ni. Her eyes filled with silent questions as she waited for the mer to catch her gaze, but when he did turn and look at her, he simply shook his head. The situation was currently against them. They had indeed made a mistake, and the elders had merely used this opportunity that they finally received. Of course, both Yuan Ni and Ruan Zeqiu knew that their punishment was not the slightest bit fair, but could they fight back? No. So, why would they waste their energy?

Elder Gao’s smile widened, and she hurriedly announced the punishment.

Yuan Ni was supposed to stay locked in the cave where the holy flame first emerged. It was right underneath the sleeping volcano, and the temperature was rather high. Not everyone could stay there without passing out. The only advantage that Yuan Ni had at that very moment was that the weather was not hot, and even if he stayed there, he would not pass out.

As for Ruan Zeqiu, he was asked to stay at the boundary line of the territory and wasn’t allowed to return for a month.

They didn’t punish them by cruelly imprisoning them, but with the two of them gone, Ruan Chanchan was bound to become a loner, and this was where the genius scheme of the elders lay. They wanted to weaken Ruan Chanchan slowly and gradually.

Ruan Chanchan looked at the happenings in front of her and clenched her teeth. She hated what happened to Yuan Ni and Ruan Zeqiu, and what she hated even more was that she was helpless to stop it from happening. Even when she had the blessings of the beast goddess, she was just a vessel in the eyes of these elders and nothing else.

If only she had been stronger.

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"Cowards! Bloody cowards!"

Ruan Chanchan snapped her head upon hearing the loud exclamation. At first, she didn’t see anyone, but then a second later, Priestess Yuan burst into her cave. She was shaking with anger and carrying what looked like a bunch of moon nuts in her hands. She plopped down, not even bothering to hide the anger that she was feeling at the moment.

"They are just cowards. They fear that you will get stronger and more influential than them, so they locked up Ruan Zeqiu and Yuan Ni. This way, they not only ostracised you without making it obvious, but also warned the rest of the tribe members as well. If they try to get close to you, sooner or later, they will also end up being dragged down by you."

"Can’t we do anything about this?" Ruan Chanchan asked while staring into the fire. Of course, she knew that the elders were targeting the mers around her because they wished to restrain and control her, but she didn’t want to stay putty in their hands. She wanted to fight back.

Priestess Yuan glanced at the woman. Something about Ruan Chanchan had changed, and she knew that as well. Sighing, she said to Ruan Chanchan, "It’s not that I am trying to egg you into doing something that you don’t want to, but let’s be honest, Chanchan. You cannot do anything to them unless you have power even stronger and more influential than theirs."

Ruan Chanchan narrowed her eyes upon hearing the remark of the priestess. She knew that what the woman was telling her was indeed the truth. If she wanted to stand against the tribe elders, then she only had one option, and that was to get stronger than them.

She pursed her lips and nodded. "I understand." She then turned to look at priestess Yuan and asked, "Did Aunt Ye bring back the hollowed oak?"

"Not yet." Chief Xie was the one who answered as she walked inside the cave. Having dealt with the elders and the tribe members, she was tired and only wanted a place to rest. Who would have thought that she would end up coming to look for Ruan Chanchan instead?

But then again, conversing with Ruan Chanchan was a much better option than the rest of the elders. They made her head ache. She walked over and sat down beside Ruan Chanchan. With her lips curled in a soft smile, she said to Ruan Chanchan, "But why are you asking her to bring hollowed oak? You cannot use it for anything."

"Hmm, what do you think?" Ruan Chanchan tilted her head and questioned. "I am getting this sudden, sinister desire to stuff the elders in it and bury them in the ground with only their heads exposed." Maybe if she tried hard enough, she might find a way to get a bazooka through her supermarket system.

Xiao Xi: "..."

That’s a rather specific desire, darling.

"You really know how to joke."

"Who said that I was joking?" Ruan Chanchan snorted. "Maybe I truly want to do it?"

Chief Xie and Priestess Yuan turned worried when they realised that Ruan Chanchan was not joking.

"Chanchan—"

"Don’t worry; just because I want to do it does not mean that I will really do it." Ruan Chanchan smiled, but her smile did not reach her eyes when she thought about how her brother had to stay outside the territory line because of her. "Anyway, the reason why I wanted to get the hollowed oak is because—"