Chapter 6 The monster is coming! Run away!

After Yan He left, Aunt Mei quickly pulled Jiang Li back home. Their house was a two-story tree house, clean and tidy, with beds made of woven vines. Aunt Mei poked her head out and looked around, making sure there was no one suspicious, before closing the vine-woven door tightly. “Aunt Mei, what’s wrong?” Jiang Li looked at Aunt Mei’s tightly furrowed brows, her face full of worry, and asked in confusion.

 Aunt Mei’s brows furrowed even deeper, then she pursed her lips, raised her hand and covered the door, a faint yellow halo emanating from her palm, directly enveloping the entire door. Then, she lowered her hands, turned around and said to Jiang Li with a heavy heart, “Xiao Li, I’m going to Ling Po’s house, stay home by yourself, don’t open the door to anyone, no matter who knocks, understand?” Aunt Mei’s tone was like she was warning a young child to be wary of strangers.

 Jiang Li nodded with a smile and agreed, “I understand, Aunt Mei, I’m not a child anymore, you don’t have to worry too much.” Aunt Mei looked up and down at Jiang Li, it was true, she was now tall and slender, taller than her by a lot, she was no longer the little girl who hid behind her.

 “But you still need to be careful. Time is of the essence, Xiao Li, I’ll go now.” With that, Aunt Mei transformed into a magpie and flew out of the tree house. After Aunt Mei left, the already stuffy tree house became even more eerie and suffocating in the silence. Jiang Li shivered in fear, if it were before, she would never dare to enter such a house, but now, only here was the safest. Jiang Li, who hadn’t eaten for a day, suddenly felt a pang of hunger, her stomach rumbled continuously. The original owner hadn’t eaten anything when she ran away, and after she transmigrated, she had gone through so many things, she was already exhausted. She didn’t want to think about anything now, she just wanted to have a good meal. Following the original owner’s memory, Jiang Li climbed up to the second floor along the vines and came to the kitchen.

After searching around the kitchen, Jiang Li found that there wasn’t any food at all, except for a pile of sticky, disgusting bugs. The bugs in the basin were still actively rolling their white and plump bodies, Jiang Li, who had done a lot of mental preparation, still didn’t dare to eat them, so she put them back where they were. Lying on the bed, Jiang Li weakly held her stomach that was constantly grumbling, she was now very doubtful about life. Although transmigrating here gave her a second chance at life, wasn’t there any normal food here?

Did she have to go eat a bunch of disgusting bugs? Aunt Mei’s warning was still echoing in her ears, she didn’t dare to go out to find food, so she could only wait for Aunt Mei to come back. Just like that, Jiang Li lay on the bed and slowly fell asleep. In her dream, Jiang Li saw her stomach bulging high, with two little voices inside happily calling, “Mommy, Mommy.”

 Jiang Li was slightly stunned, were these her children? The questioning voice didn’t last long before it was covered by the maternal love flowing in her heart. Just as Jiang Li reached out to her round belly, about to touch it, the dream shattered like a broken mirror. Jiang Li suddenly woke up from her sleep, she subconsciously lowered her head to look at her belly, her originally flat belly seemed to be slightly bulging. She realized that the dream she had just had was not an illusion, the child in her belly was indeed developing. But before she could think more about it, her thoughts were shattered by a chaotic noise outside. “Run, run!” “The beastmen are here! Run away!”

 There were pleas for mercy, beast roars, and the sound of trees breaking. Jiang Li heard these sounds, her heart sank. The beastmen here were all beastmen who had gone mad as they transformed into human form, they took pleasure in gnawing on the blood and flesh of beastmen, and they were sealed in the extremely cold and harsh east region of Mingyue. Due to the weakening and loosening of the seals over the years, beastmen would occasionally come out to attack the tribes, the kings of the five great tribes would gather together and use their spiritual power to strengthen the seals. But she clearly remembered that it had only been a month since the last time the seals were strengthened, how come the beastmen came out again?

The noise and cries for help outside were getting louder, Jiang Li didn’t have time to think, she even forgot Aunt Mei’s warning. All she could think about was escaping, hiding in a safe place. Just as she opened the door and stepped out of the tree house, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, her vision gradually blurred, and her consciousness began to dissipate. Jiang Li fell heavily to the ground, the people behind her put away their sticks and walked gently to her side, before Jiang Li could see the person’s face, she fainted.

 On the other side, Ling Po Po was holding a magnifying glass in one hand and an ancient book in the other, examining the fertility stone up and down. Two hours had passed, and Ling Po Po still hadn’t found anything, which made Aunt Mei, who was waiting beside her, very anxious. “Ling Po, haven’t you found the reason yet?” She stood up and paced back and forth anxiously in Ling Po Po’s small tree house.

“Ah Mei, don’t worry, let me study the fertility stone carefully.” Ling Po Po rubbed her eyes and continued to observe the fertility stone with a magnifying glass. How could Aunt Mei, who was so anxious, not worry? She wished that Ling Po Po could find the problem with the fertility stone right away, so that Jiang Li’s innocence could be proven and she could stay in the bird tribe without worry. Seeing her frantic look, Ling Po Po knew what she was thinking. She sighed, shook her head gently, “Ah Mei, I know what you are worried about.”

 Jiang Li had been looked down upon and bullied by the bird tribe people since she was a child, now she had finally transformed into human form. She just needed to pass the fertility stone test, find a considerate male to live with her, and live a peaceful life, that was all she wanted. But now… how could this happen? Not to mention that it was contrary to what she expected, now there was also the risk of being expelled from the bird tribe.

“Ling Po, since you know what I’m thinking, wouldn’t you be anxious if you were me?” Aunt Mei’s words left Ling Po Po speechless. “Ah Mei, Princess He said to give you three days, now I’m trying my best to find the problem with the fertility stone…” As Ling Po Po spoke, the magnifying glass in her hand unconsciously tapped the fertility stone, making a crisp sound. This sound really scared Aunt Mei and Ling Po Po. “Oh no, oh no!

” Ling Po Po trembled in fear. The fertility stone was the sacred object of the bird tribe, if it was damaged even a little, how could they explain to the king of the bird tribe?