From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 475 The Entire Clan Comes to Seek Help
You Ming instructed Wu Mo to take some deities, ghost officials, underworld messengers, and earth slaves to properly receive the people of the Xuanjia Frog clan.

He himself welcomed the Black-Armored Frog King into the main hall.

It must be said that You Ming's actions this time were a great show of respect to the Xuanjia Frog clan.

“Our clan has heard that the Divine Lord is skilled in enlightening and guiding spirits, enabling mortals to gain wisdom. Therefore, we have come to request to serve under his command and be at his service.”

After taking their seats and drinking tea, the Black-Armored Frog King made no attempt to hide anything and spoke directly.

The Xuanjia Frog is a spirit beast. Spirit beasts are different from demon beasts. Spirit beasts are born with intelligence and have a much gentler temperament.

Although the Xuanjia Frog King looks like a large frog.

But in his every move, he doesn't give the impression of being a beast at all; on the contrary, his words are gentle and refined, giving people a very elegant feeling.

"So that's where it should be."

You Ming had some suspicions beforehand, which is why he went outside to greet him. Now that he heard the Frog King admit it, a glint flashed in his eyes.

In order to win the Spirit Control competition a few days ago, he used cheat codes to unlock the bloodlines of those spirit beasts, and it seems that this matter has already spread.

However, You Ming still found it somewhat unbelievable that the entire Xuanjia Frog clan had defected to him.

"Frog King..."

“My Lord, I am unworthy of such a title. Please just call me Hei Fu.”

The title "Frog King" is acceptable within the tribe, but to dare to call oneself Frog King before the gods is truly laughable.

"Frog King, there's no need to be so polite. However, it's fine if I call you by your name; it'll sound more familiar."

"Hei Fu, you must have heard that if you want me to awaken your spiritual power, you must sincerely submit and never betray or leave me."

You Ming looked at the Xuanjia Frog King and slowly spoke.

Because when he had previously enlightened those spirit beasts, all of them were 100% loyal to him. Although this method was ultimately proven not to be a means of bewitching people, naturally no spirit beast wanted to offer its loyalty so easily.

The vast majority of spirit beasts cherish freedom and are very unwilling to submit to others.

If someone asks you to go and die as cannon fodder, would you still go?
Knowing this about the spirit beasts' mentality, You Ming felt it was unlikely that they would come to him willingly.

At least if it were him, he wouldn't sell himself completely to someone else just to become stronger.

That's why he couldn't figure out what the Xuanjia Frog clan was thinking. Wasn't this just handing over their lives to others?
Upon hearing this, Kurofuku fell silent.

You Ming didn't say anything, but just waited quietly for the other party's reply.

“Your Majesty, I am well aware of this, but my Xuanjia Frog clan truly submits to you.”

“I, Hei Fu, can also swear an oath to the heavens that the origins of my entire clan are truly evident.”

Kurofuku said very seriously.

You Ming remained silent, waiting for the other person to continue.

"Does Your Majesty know how many children I have in my lifetime?"

A helpless expression appeared on Hei Fu's face.

"I don't know."

You Ming shook his head.

"I have lived for 260 years. Since I came of age at the age of 20, I have been able to give birth to more than ten offspring every year. However, in the past two hundred years, less than 30 offspring have actually been able to successfully transform into Xuanjia Frogs."

"The rest, most of them, only have a lifespan of a few years because their bloodline cannot be awakened."

"Actually, this is the norm for many low-level spirit beasts. Although they contain a trace of extraordinary bloodline, they have a difficult time transforming. If they cannot become spirit beasts, they will die young." Hei Fu sighed.

The Xuanjia Frog clan is relatively better off, at least their reproductive capacity is good, and they can maintain their population through sheer numbers. But many spirit beasts with insufficient bloodlines and low reproductive capacity will eventually decline or even die out.

"Therefore, when we heard that the deity had the means to enlighten and enlighten, we came to serve him immediately."

"With the reproductive capacity of my Xuanjia Frog clan, if all our offspring can be promoted to spirit beasts, we will surely continue to grow stronger."

"What does it matter if the clan is sold into servitude to the gods, as long as the clan can grow stronger?"

Kurofuku said very sincerely.

It's true that most spirit beasts are proud, but this is a stereotype that people have about powerful spirit beasts. For these lower-level spirit beasts, maintaining the survival of their race is the key.

"That's actually the case."

However, after hearing Hei Fu's words, You Ming understood the cause and effect.

It's quite a coincidence that the Xuanjia Frog clan's high fertility rate aligns with their divine authority to grant and nurture offspring.

However, he is now somewhat hesitant about taking over the Xuanjia Frog clan.

The Xuanjia Frog clan has an incredibly high reproductive rate. If they were allowed to reproduce freely, and every single offspring survived and successfully advanced to spirit beasts, it wouldn't take many years before their entire human realm was taken over by their clan.

This growth is exponential.

You Ming naturally hopes to have as many people under his command as possible, but when the population becomes too large to support, it could easily become a disaster if not properly managed.

Originally, Kurofuki thought that since they were so sincere in their allegiance, Yuming would agree without hesitation, but he did not expect the other party to be so hesitant.

This also made it feel a little cold.

You Ming was also torn, but at the same time he didn't want to give up the Xuanjia Frog clan, since the beliefs of spirit beasts and humans were essentially the same.

If the Xuanjia Frog clan can multiply to a scale of hundreds of thousands, then his daily incense offerings will have to double.

While pondering a countermeasure, he activated the cheat code "Innate Bloodline" to secretly examine Hei Fu's bloodline.

Name: Black-armored Frog
Bloodline number: Ren Gui Yi San Qi Jiu
Hidden Bloodline: Golden Floating Toad (Reclusive)
Current status: Unawakened

Rarity rating: Precious

Sure enough, if all spirit beasts were to trace their bloodlines, they would inevitably have a relatively outstanding ancestral bloodline.

The bloodline of the Xuanjia Frog clan originates from the Golden Floating Sky Toad, a spirit beast that, while not exceptionally powerful, is still quite decent.

Normally, once the Golden Floating Toads reach adulthood, they can possess the strength at the [Form Refinement] level, and those with stronger bloodlines may even reach the [Sacred Body] level.

"Thank goodness, their bloodline originates from the Golden Floating Heavenly Toad. If it were the Hundred-Child Divine Frog clan, I would never accept them."

You Ming breathed a slight sigh of relief. If that was the case, then there was no need to worry about it anymore.

Previously, I had read a lot of information about the strange creatures in the world in the treasure vault of the former Jiang God. The Golden Floating Heavenly Toad normally gives birth once every three years, and the number of offspring each time will not exceed five.

Although this number is still not small, it is generally under control.

As long as You Ming reveals the hidden bloodline of the Xuanjia Frogs, he won't have to worry about the Xuanjia Frog clan starting a crazy breeding mode.

“Hei Fu, now that you have migrated here with sincere intentions, it would be unreasonable of me to refuse you again.”

"In that case, in the northwest of Yuanling County, there is a Qinglu Mountain, along with the surrounding swamps and ponds, which I will allocate to your tribe. You may live and thrive here."

You Ming pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)