Chapter 38 Do You Remember This?

Watching the two of them act so comically, the Snake King couldn’t help but laugh. “You won today’s competition,” the Snake King’s words left Ye Sheng speechless. Jiang Li snorted softly and raised an eyebrow at him. The Snake King ordered his soldiers to continue the fight between the males. The annual mate selection among the beastmen was a major event, and even if there were interruptions, it had to be completed. Seeing the competition resume, the Snake King ordered his men to prepare a table and chair for Jiang Li, placing them not far from him.

Jiang Li frowned slightly, instinctively wanting to refuse. But before she could speak, the Snake King, whose gaze had been fixed on the competition in the arena, spoke softly, “You’ve come at just the right time, just in time for our snake tribe’s mate selection. Come sit down and watch, feel the bravery of our snake tribe.” Although Jiang Li didn’t want to watch a bunch of snakes fighting, the Snake King had already spoken, and she had to give him face.

“Yes,” she nodded, obediently sitting in the seat the Snake King had prepared for her. Two or three half-beast female servants brought wine and fruit and placed them in front of her. “Don’t be polite, eat freely, if you run out, they’ll bring more.” “Yes.”

Since the Snake King had told her not to be polite, Jiang Li naturally obeyed. She picked up a grape from the plate and ate it. “Ye Yao, didn’t Guo Xia participate this year?” The Snake King’s gaze fell on Ye Yao. Ye Yao nodded, speaking softly, giving a frugal one-word reply, “Yes.”

The Snake King shook his head and sighed. “This won’t do, I heard that many females in the tribe have their eyes on him.” When she heard the name Guo Xia, Jiang Li’s gaze shifted from the fruit plate. She clearly saw the Snake King’s eyes flicker as he looked at Ye Yao, with a deep meaning, and his words were also suggestive. How could the astute Ye Yao not hear that the Snake King was subtly urging him? He chose to escape with silence.

Seeing that Ye Yao remained silent, the Snake King lost interest and simply went to chat with Jiang Li. “Female, what is your name?” Jiang Li saw the Snake King asking her and quickly swallowed the lychee in her mouth. “My name is Jiang Li.” The Snake King nodded. “There are fewer females in the beastman race, and their reproductive ability is also lower.

To increase the number of offspring, a system of polygamy is implemented. Nowadays, the offspring of ordinary beastmen have returned to normal. But only the royal family has few offspring.” The Snake King paused and continued, “August 12th is the birthday of the Beast God. Every year, the kings of the six major tribes go to worship the Beast God. But three hundred years ago, the situation was turbulent, the six major tribes fought each other, and they forgot about the Beast God’s sacrifice. The Beast God, in anger, cursed the royal family with few offspring.

Since the curse, many children of the royal family have either died young or suffered from incurable diseases. To protect the royal bloodline, the six major tribes sought help from the Witch God. And the Witch God calculated that three hundred years later, a female would appear, and she would break the Beast God’s curse.” As he spoke, the Snake King’s gaze fell on Jiang Li, who was eating an apple. And this action shocked Ye Sheng. Everything the Snake King had just said was known throughout the entire Mingyue.

For the past three hundred years, the witches and wizards of each tribe had been calculating who the person who would break the curse would fall upon. It has been exactly three hundred years, and the snake tribe’s witch has also calculated that the female has already appeared. Could it be… Ye Sheng was shocked by his own thoughts. He shook his head vigorously, shaking off the absurd idea. How could it be? How could it be her?

Ye Sheng, suppressing his disgust, looked at Jiang Li again. But after two glances, Ye Sheng couldn’t take it anymore and closed his eyes. Such an unkempt, unhygienic female, how could she be the one? Jiang Li was also made uneasy by the Snake King’s gaze, and even her apple-eating movements paused. Seeing that the Snake King kept staring at her, Jiang Li finally cracked a smile, awkwardly laughing twice. “Snake King, you don’t mean that the female is me, do you?”

 It was just a joke from Jiang Li to ease the atmosphere, but she didn’t expect the Snake King to nod in agreement. “That’s right, it’s you.” Jiang Li’s whole body froze. She suddenly felt like she was going to die of embarrassment. Even the apple in her hand didn’t taste good anymore. “Snake King, you’re not joking, are you?” It’s not funny at all. The Snake King was extremely serious when he said this, “This King is not joking. It was originally rumored that the female who would break the curse was born into the Bird Tribe, but the Bird Tribe searched for a long time and couldn’t find her.

 It seems she escaped from the Bird Tribe and happened to enter our Snake Tribe yesterday, so I had the witch calculate it, and it turned out to be you!” The eyes that looked at Jiang Li suddenly lit up, and the Snake King also became excited. “What do you call this?

This is fate! This is the Beast God’s favor to our Snake Tribe, so he sent you here, it’s not in vain that I offer the most sacrifices every year.” Watching the Snake King’s expression change from excitement to emotion, Jiang Li couldn’t help but twitch her lips slightly. This Snake King, he actually has some comedic talent. But what he said, the dog system had already told her. So when she heard the Snake King say these things, Jiang Li didn’t have much inner fluctuation.

But Ye Sheng did. After learning that Jiang Li was the female the Witch God had spoken of, he was struck by lightning, and he collapsed on the table in despair. “Father, how could it be her?” He couldn’t accept this dirty female! Rather than be with this female, he would rather… he would rather… give up meat for a year, definitely no more. Looking at Ye Sheng’s pained expression and the Snake King’s expectant expression, Jiang Li felt like it was all a farce.

Utterly boring. Although she also knew that having children with the kings of the five major tribes was one of her tasks, she really didn’t like being forced to do these things. “Snake King, I think you must have made a mistake, I’m not the female the Witch God spoke of.” Seeing Jiang Li refuse, Ye Sheng instantly came back to life, “whoosh” he sat up straight. And the Snake King gradually retracted the smile on his face, replacing it with a gloomy expression.

“Oh? You say you’re not? Then that’s just right, you killed our tribe’s giant python, and you also injured our tribe’s snake warriors… and other crimes, as the Snake King, I should execute you severely.” Jiang Li couldn’t accept this Snake King who changed his face in a second. Just now he was laughing and joking, and now he’s going to kill her?

 Do you have to change your face so quickly? “I admit to killing the giant python, but the duel with Lei Meng was ordered by you, Snake King!” “Is that so? This King doesn’t remember anything like that.” As he spoke, he looked towards Ye Sheng, “Do you remember anything like that?” “No, no.” Ye Sheng quickly shook his head in agreement.

This operation left Jiang Li stunned. Are these two father and son playing a play? Jiang Li silently looked at Ye Yao who was drinking, hoping that Ye Yao would be a human being and say something for her. But the latter pretended not to see, turning his body to avoid Jiang Li’s gaze.