The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 257 Going back for revenge
After taking a while to process this rather absurd premise, Ling Chengen quickly regained his composure.

She asked, "What does what you're saying have to do with the question I asked?"

Yu Heng placed both hands on the table and tapped the surface lightly with his fingertips: "I'm giving you some additional information. You're only thinking about getting this kind of ore, but don't you want to know more about the information related to it?"

"So, this all started with the Whiptail Lizard Clan of Huangyan Beast City."

"The Whiptail Lizard Beastmen have humanoid features that are more like female Beastmen, but they are taller than the average female, so their humanoid appearance is still quite easy to identify."

"This race is a typical Southern Plains border city orc. The Whiptail Lizard Clan is also an orc native to the Red Land. More than half of the orcs in this group will awaken fire-type abilities, and the higher their fire-type ability level, the stronger their perception of the Red Source Mine."

"Therefore, the Whiptail Lizard Clan is the only race that can find the location of the Crimson Source Mine by relying on its innate instincts."

Ling Chengen asked in confusion, "Can't other fire-type warriors do it? Not even high-level ones?"

Yuheng shook his head decisively and said, "No."

"Let me give you an example. A 13th-tier Whiptail Lizard Fire Warrior can detect Crimson Ore at a depth of about ten meters below the surface. But if you send your father and that Heavenly Python from Snake Mountain, even if the Crimson Ore is buried two meters below their feet, they won't be able to sense it."

"Unexcavated Crimson Ore does not release heat, so even fire-type warriors cannot sense it."

"But the Whiptail Lizard orcs can do it, but I'm not entirely sure how exactly they do it."

"After all, I haven't studied the Whiptail Lizard tribe in depth."

“When we broke through Huangyan Beast City and entered the Northern Beast Plains, I even fought with Sha Qing.”

"She was very perfunctory in carrying out the orders of Beast King City. She went a long way when chasing me. I felt that she should have been able to hold me off, but she didn't. She probably didn't want to lose too many men to me."

Ling Chengen turned his gaze and said, "This Beast King City Lord is a seventeenth-level warrior?"

"Peak of the seventeenth rank." Yu Heng corrected her, tapping her forehead with his index finger. "I won't bring up your past wanderings around the outskirts of Huangyan Beast City. But you absolutely, positively must remember, before your ability advances to the seventeenth rank, you absolutely, positively must not set foot in the Southern Plains again!"

"Did you hear that clearly?"

“Huangyan Beast City is not like the Northern Wilderness, where only larger tribes have one or two level 16 or 17 warriors stationed there.”

"Among the major beast cities in the Southern Plains, each city has a large number of high-level warriors, the number of which is unpredictable. Especially Beast King City, which has the strictest class system and the most oppressive living environment among the beast cities."

"Of course, this only applies to low-ranking orcs who have no status."

"You can't imagine the happiness of nobles and royalty."

As Yuheng spoke of these things, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but Ling Chengen saw no envy on his face, only a strong sense of sarcasm.

Yu Heng said, "Nanyuan is just a steel barrel. It looks shiny and bright on the surface, but it is actually full of rotten fruit and rotten meat."

"The upper-class orcs squander money and live a life of debauchery; the lower-class orcs are enslaved, forced to serve as beasts of burden for the upper class, without even a hint of resistance. Instead, they see those who enslave them as high and mighty gods, as their salvation, without even the value of being saved..."

Looking at the hatred in his eyes, Ling Chengen suddenly asked, "What about those like you who want to resist but can't find an opportunity or a way out and can only continue to endure?"

Yuheng's voice stopped abruptly, and he turned his head to stare blankly into her earnest and persistent eyes.

He scoffed, "You think you're so great?"

"People like me are treated like blood bags in the Southern Plains, and abused like livestock by those orcs. Even if you become a seventeenth-tier warrior one day, what can you change?"

Ling Chengen touched his brow with his fingertip and suddenly smiled, "I can help you get revenge."

"You do not want it?"

Yuheng fell completely silent.

How could I not want to?!
He dreamed of returning to Nanyuan and crushing all those beasts who had treated him and his family like livestock.

"If a powerful force emerges in the Northern Wilderness, capable of winning over the vast majority of the orcs on the grasslands and uniting them into a cohesive force, and then cultivating and training a fighting power comparable to that of the Southern Plains, they could solve the problem of large numbers of people crossing the Dark Abyss..."

Do you think those people you hate can maintain their current rule?

"Will you fight the Northern Wilderness forces to the death, or will you flee in panic like wild dogs?"

The North and South Beast Plains have been divided for too long, and there has been little information exchange between the two sides.

What used to be a clear disadvantage for the Northern Beasts has now become a powerful advantage, giving them the opportunity to develop stealthily.

The Southern Plains had been peaceful for a long time, but various factions began to encroach on and attack each other for their own interests and power.

The Northern Plains are people who live by eating raw meat and drinking blood, fighting against the heavens, the earth, and the environment deep within their territory; they have to fight with all their might to survive.

Even basic resources like salt were firmly controlled by the exiled nobles who hoarded them and sold them at high prices, all in order to bring over the Southern Plains system and continue to exploit the native orcs of the Northern Wilderness.

If no intervention or removal of this black sheep is taken, the current lives of the beastmen at the bottom of the Southern Plains will be a true reflection of the future lives of the Northern Wilderness people.

Ling Chengen didn't want the beastmen of Shilin or the beastmen of Beihuang to be controlled by others even to get a sip of salt, and for their descendants to have to be slaves to others, relying on the charity of those fat, big-eared fools, kneeling and kowtowing in gratitude just to barely fill their stomachs.

So what if their generation sheds blood?
I'd rather die than not have a bright future.

Previously, she hadn't thought that much about it; she was mostly thinking about herself.

He simply wanted the Stone Forest Beastmen, who followed him, worshipped him, and believed in him, to live a good life.

But can simply building a city really lead to a good life?
Without eliminating external enemies and resolving hidden dangers, the beast city she planned, built brick by brick by the beastmen, would only become a stepping stone for others, a beast city set up by the Southern Plains in the Northern Wilderness.

She would never allow such a thing to happen.

Ling Chengen's fingertips traced along his brow bone, slowly sliding down to his cheek, and cradled his chin as he smiled and said, "You are my business partner, and also my nominal partner. I consider you a companion and family member, so I will definitely help you take revenge."

Even if she can't take over Nan Shou Yuan, she will still disrupt the current situation there, causing chaos from within and turning them into dogs fighting each other.

Yuheng brushed her fingers aside and scoffed, "I told you, you're so young, yet you talk so arrogantly."

"Stop having such unrealistic dreams, and start planning your unfinished beast city properly first."

Yuheng was actually shocked, but he was no longer a naive young man and would no longer be easily moved to tears by certain words.

But since Ling Chengen had already promised, no matter how far away the goal was, he was willing to believe that she could do it.

Even if she couldn't do it, just hearing those words was enough for him.

Because he knew that, apart from her, no one else would say these things for him.

Yuheng lowered his eyes and reached out his hand to her: "Let me borrow your charcoal pencil and notebook for a moment."

Ling Chengen placed the pen in his hand and asked, "What do you want to write?"

"Didn't you want the Crimson Origin Stone?"

"Conquering the Southern Beast Plains is a distant dream, but secretly mining some of their ore is still achievable."

He didn't even raise his head, only slightly lifting the left brow bone.

Ling Chengen: "Does our Northern Beast Plains really not have Crimson Source Stones?" Yu Heng raised his eyes and said: "I don't know. At least I've never encountered one. I'm a wood-type warrior, not a fire-type, and I'm not a whip-tailed lizard, so I don't have the ability to locate Crimson Source Mines."

"What are you going to write?"

“Roadmap.”

Yuheng dropped a bombshell with a blank expression.

Before Ling Chengen could even ask, Yu Heng began to speak on his own: "I know you have a lot of questions, but listen to me first. You'll definitely find the information I'm giving you useful."

"All known Red Source Mines are located in the Red Land northeast of Huangyan Beast City."

"You should have been to the Red Land once. It's a place with hot red soil where almost nothing grows except for a few extremely drought-resistant plants."

Ling Chengen thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "There are many trees that look rather strange."

"At that time, Shi Ruoan led us into a Crimson Source Mine through a crevice in the mountain wall. There were extremely cold ores inside. Shi Ruoan mainly absorbed the energy of those ores, while we mined some Crimson Source Stones. We never expected to use them in the far north. Even the Baman Snake Clan's warm clothing uses this kind of ore."

Yu Heng quickly drew up a route map, then flicked his left hand towards Shi Panxing, sending several vines flying out and directly tying the mobile bed that Shi Panxing was sitting on, pulling him to his side.

"Let him take a look at this route map." Yu Heng didn't stand on ceremony with Shi Panxing and handed him the map directly. "You've been in Shilin for almost two months now. You've seen a lot of maps from Chongzhen, so you should be able to understand them, right?"

Shi Panxing nodded silently, took the blueprint with his right hand, which was covered in ugly scars, and began to look at it.

Ling Chengen was really curious, so he got up and walked to the bedside, standing a little behind him to peek.

Shi Panxing turned his head and saw her curiosity. He glanced at Yu Heng, placed the drawing on the thin blanket, and gently pressed the corner of the drawing with his fingertips, which had not yet grown nails: "This is the east coast of Nanyuan. This is where I was brought ashore."

Ling Chengen asked in surprise, "You still remember the route?"

Shi Panxing lowered his eyes and said, "I am quite sensitive to space, and a seventeenth-level warrior's physique is not that weak, so he won't easily fall into a coma."

Therefore, he actually remembered every step of the transfer from the sea to the land very clearly.

This physical and mental strength actually caused him a lot of pain.

He couldn't forget everything he had suffered in Huangyan Beast City. Sometimes he would feel dazed, as if the torture and abuse were still vivid in his mind.

Shi Panxing said, "On the way back, I know you are using the iron chain of Huiyuan. The iron chain is suspended on the north and south cliffs, and it is very dangerous to cross it. The main reason is that the cableway is narrow, and the wind and clouds above Huiyuan will cause serious interference."

"But Huiyuan and Suoyuan are not actually the same."

"The Locked Abyss was formed by an unknown force. The other side is the birthplace of inferior beasts, and to this day, no one has been able to return from the other side of the Locked Abyss."

"But below the Dark Abyss, there is just ordinary freshwater."

Yu Heng leaned against the table, turning slightly: "Freshwater is..."

“A freshwater mixture formed with seawater,” Ling Chengen said, raising his eyes. “I understand that.”

Yuheng smiled and spread his hands, saying, "Go on."

Shi Panxing said, "The freshwater below the Dark Abyss is connected to the entire sea area."

"If you can swim, taking the sea route below is actually much safer than taking the cable car above."

Ling Chengen pointed with his finger: "But the cliff is very high, isn't it? Even if we can cross the Abyss, we still have to climb the cliff."

Shi Panxing shook his head and said, "No need, otherwise do you think I was fished up in a cage by them?"

"Do not cross the Abyss. The best route to the Southern Plains is to first go to the eastern coast of the Northern Plains, then enter the sea from the Shan Na tribe's territory along the coast. Ideally, go to the Shan Na tribe's territory in the southeast direction, which is closest to the Abyss. After entering the water, swim south and land on the eastern coast of the Southern Plains."

"The people of Huangyan Beast City built a port in a place called Flying Fish Mouth on the east coast."

"The sea creatures of the far north, and a portion of the Shanna tribe, trade with the orcs of the Southern Plains here."

"Therefore, the Shanna beastmen who are entrenched around Flying Fish Mouth are numerous and large in number, with a population of two to three thousand, and they should belong to several different small tribes."

"These Shanna beastmen who live in Flying Fish Mouth are all loyal supporters of the nobles of Huangyan Beast City."

Ling Chengen: "Isn't this flying fish beak unsuitable for our people to land?"

“Yes, the reason I mentioned Flying Fish Mouth is to give you a sense of landmark.” Shi Panxing’s fingertip moved slightly north from the location of Flying Fish Mouth. “There is a suitable place to land here.”

“This location is clearly unsuitable for landing for orcs who are short-legged, not good at climbing and jumping, and cannot fly.”

Shi Panxing pursed his lips: "But for most of your tribe's warriors, this place can still serve as a safe passage into the Southern Plains Red Land."

"Besides, isn't the Hanshan tribe next door to you? You could also consider cooperating with them."

"The clouds and mist in the sky above the abyss are only in the middle and above the cliff face."

“Once you enter the territory of Nanyuan, there is no fog obscuring the view from where I am pointing.”

Ling Chengen said, "You don't have spiritual power, do you? How could you detect things so clearly?"

Shi Panxing looked up at her quietly: "In your eyes, am I just a mermaid who only knows how to sit and wait for death?"

He is disabled, not dead.

He ended up in such a miserable state precisely because he refused to become a slave or a plaything for those fools.

Realizing he had fallen into a trap, he did not hesitate and chose to escape in time.

But Hypola and his betraying guards revealed his abilities, weaknesses, and techniques to the enemy, causing his escape plan to fail.

Ling Chengen touched the tip of his nose and said awkwardly, "No, I just think it's unbelievable that you could figure out the enemy's situation and so many geographical details so clearly without any kind of mental power assistance."

"It's awesome."

Shi Panxing finally managed a slight smile, though it was a small curve and a brief moment, it was the first smile he had shown since being rescued.

"I don't know anything about the Red Land, nor do I know anything about the Red Source Mine."

"This is the only safe route we know to enter Namwon."

Shi Panxing handed the blueprints back, then turned to look at Yu Heng: "You want to use the power of the sea tribe to enter the Southern Plains by sea to mine, right?"

“A few of my men have betrayed me. They may have been coerced, or they may have felt that there was no future in following me. In any case, they are no longer trustworthy, and I will not contact them.”

"Shi Ruoan's Sea Sacrifice Hall is united from top to bottom, but he was tricked by the Ancient Giant Octopus Clan."

"The divine servants of the Sea Sacrifice Temple are either imprisoned in ice prisons or have taken advantage of the chaos to escape to other sea areas."

"Although these people will definitely try every means to find him."

"But it might take a year or two to find all of these divine servants."

Shi Panxing looked at Yu Heng: "Since you came up with this idea, have you already thought of a solution?"