After Pampering Her 5 Beast Husbands, the Villainess Struck It Rich

Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Is This Something a Beastman Would Do?

It was one thing not to help, but they had to block their path!

And blocking their path was one thing, but they also stole the spoils of their hard-fought battle!

And stealing the spoils was one thing, but right before leaving, they just had to provoke the beasts and make them all go berserk!

Was this something a Beastman was capable of doing?!

It was no different than eating their food, stealing their pot, and then stomping on it for good measure!

This was taking bullying Beastmen way too far!

The Beastmen trapped in the middle of the Low-level Beasts all glared furiously at Yue Junxiao’s retreating figure.

Yue Junxiao, who was already far away, had no idea the other Beastmen were glaring daggers at his back. Not that he would have cared if he knew. In fact, he might have even given them the middle finger.

After Yue Junxiao regrouped with Hu Yan and the others, they ran a little farther before he finally took all the beasts out of his storage space.

Hu Yan looked at the towering pile of Low-level Beast corpses. "The requirement is three Low-level Beasts per person. With five of us, we need fifteen total. We’ve got seven so far, which means we still need eight more."

Hu Yan had no intention of turning in the S-Class Single-horned Rhinoceros.

Hu Yan thought for a moment. "We’ll have to go back," he said.

Sang Mo scoffed. "They might be stupid, but they’re not so stupid they’d fall for the same trick twice."

Lang Qiu mused, "They’ll definitely be on guard this time. Snatching more won’t be as easy as it was before. We only pulled it off because Jun Xiao was so fast they couldn’t react. After we stole so many of their Low-level Beasts, they must be grinding their teeth in hatred. If we go back now, facing that many Beastmen and Low-level Beasts, it’ll be tough to steal anything. It might be faster to just hunt the beasts ourselves."

Hu Yan didn’t argue. He just said pointedly, "Those Low-level Beasts are actually quite useful."

Yue Junxiao and Yan Yichen didn’t get the subtlety, but their strength was their obedience—they’d do whatever they were told without question. So, they asked directly, "What’s your plan?"

Hu Yan beckoned them closer and whispered a few words.

When they straightened up, even the look in Sang Mo’s eyes as he gazed at Hu Yan had changed.

Yue Junxiao’s and Yan Yichen’s eyes lit up. "As expected of you, Hu Yan!"

Lang Qiu added, "If we do that, they really might fall for the same trick twice."

Hu Yan only offered a faint smile. ’It was just a small suggestion,’ he thought.

Yan Yichen clapped Yue Junxiao on the shoulder, pulling a medicine to restore spiritual power and another for short-term superpower enhancement from his storage space. He handed them to Yue Junxiao. "Jun Xiao, rest up for a bit. Get your spiritual power back to its peak. You’re going to be our main force in a little while."

With a serious expression, Yue Junxiao downed the medicine and then started gnawing on some chew sticks.

He was getting a little hungry after all that running.

These chew sticks were so much better than those nutrient liquids. Even with all their different flavors, the nutrient liquids couldn’t compare to a good piece of jerky or a chew stick.

’Besides,’ he thought, ’if it weren’t for the speed running boots Bai Zhi bought us, and all these different kinds of medicine, we might not have pulled this off so well.’

He stroked his speed running boots and suddenly found himself missing his wife-master.

’My previous wife-master was awful, and I used to despise her. But this one... she buys us clothes, worries we’ll go hungry and makes us delicious food, gets us weapons suited to our abilities, and even buys us all sorts of medicine because she’s afraid we’ll get hurt.’

’We didn’t even get hurt that badly from the Single-horned Rhinoceros’s charged attack today, and that was all because of the Self-defense clothes Bai Zhi bought for us.’

’No one has ever cared for us like this before.’

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn’t stop.

When he remembered that it would be his turn on Wednesday after they got back, Yue Junxiao grew even more excited.

’If I were in my beast form right now, my tail would be wagging uncontrollably.’

’I just hope those other Beastmen are efficient and hunt a few more. That way, we can get all the Low-level Beasts we need in one go!’

During their break, Yan Yichen and the others returned with the items they needed to gather.

Seeing them come back, Yue Junxiao stood up. "I’m all rested!"

Hu Yan turned to Yan Yichen. "Yi Chen, go scout ahead. Be careful not to get spotted. Make sure they’ve hunted enough Low-level Beasts, and get a look at the situation so we’re not going in blind."

Yan Yichen nodded, then reverted to his original form and flew off.

A few minutes later, Yan Yichen flew back.

Yan Yichen quickly reported what he’d seen. "The Beastmen are about to break. A lot of them are fighting while chugging medicine, and nearly all of them are injured. They’ve killed about ten Low-level Beasts."

Hu Yan considered this. "We’ll just take what we need to meet our quota," he said. "We can leave them some ordinary medicine as compensation for their trouble."

They then returned to the battlefield.

The moment they made a sound, one of the Beastmen whipped his head in their direction. Their earlier actions had infuriated the group so much that they now reacted to the slightest noise from that area.

A Beastman immediately charged toward them, grinding his teeth. "You dare to come back?!"

Yue Junxiao tilted his head in confusion. "Why wouldn’t we?"

’How else are we supposed to steal the Low-level Beast corpses?’ he thought.

Soon, more and more Beastmen were headed their way.

Yue Junxiao gave them a quick scan and then took off at a run. Seeing him dash toward them, the other Beastmen all adopted attack stances. But in the next instant, Yue Junxiao zipped past them, planting something on each of them with incredible speed as he went.

The Beastmen hadn’t even had time to react before Yue Junxiao had finished his task.

One of the Beastmen shouted furiously, "What did you do?!"

Yue Junxiao looked perfectly calm. "Nothing much. Just left a little something."

Then, a more experienced Beastman caught the scent. "Oh no! It’s Lily Grass!"

A grass that was extremely attractive to beasts.

The words had barely left the Beastman’s mouth when the Low-level Beasts all turned toward them, agitated.

As the Low-level Beasts began to stampede madly in their direction, in the brief second or two that followed, someone suddenly screamed, "Run!"

The Beastmen immediately turned tail and ran.

But the Low-level Beasts chased after them like a pack of madmen.

Meanwhile, Yue Junxiao had already hoisted up a carcass and tossed it toward Hu Yan and the others.

Hu Yan quickly caught the beast with his whip and flung it to Sang Mo and Lang Qiu on the perimeter.

One tossed, another caught. Working in perfect sync, the group quickly collected five or six Low-level Beasts.

Seeing Hu Yan’s group making off with so many Low-level Beasts, two of the Beastmen who were hiding guessed that they wanted to leave quickly. They deliberately shouted to stir up trouble, "Did you plant that Lily Grass on us to get us killed?! It was bad enough you stole our Low-level Beasts, but now you want to kill us to silence us?!"