The warrior beside him noticed the poison was taking effect.
"Third Young Master, are you all right?"
Si Muye struggled to maintain his willpower, controlling his spiritual power.
"I’m fine. We must get down the mountain before dark."
Then, his voice turned grave as he gave his orders.
"If the poison overwhelms me on the way, knock me unconscious and carry me away. You must not, under any circumstances, allow me to force myself on any female."
He gritted his teeth.
"Even if I die from the poison, it is absolutely forbidden. Do you understand?"
’My body will be reserved for her alone.’
’I absolutely cannot be defiled by another female.’
The warriors listened and immediately replied, "Yes, sir."
.....
「Meanwhile.」
It had been a full ten days since Shen Yue left the bamboo house with her seven little cubs.
Along the way, they had encountered more and more tribes that had been ravaged by the Lizardmen.
They had rescued over a hundred Beastmen in their travels.
These Beastmen came from the Gray Wolf Tribe, the Hyena Tribe, the Mole Tribe, and various others.
If not for this journey, Shen Yue would never have known there were so many different Beast Clans on the Beast World Continent.
By now, the sky was already growing dark.
The group of over a hundred people had already escaped from Wilderness Mountain and were now camped in an open space, a day’s journey from Barbaric City.
Although Shen Yue had led these Beastmen, who had narrowly escaped death, out of Wilderness Mountain, the entire group was listless and dejected from the pain of losing their husbands and wives.
Faint sounds of crying could be heard.
When Shen Yue struck a Fire Stone and abruptly lit the pile of firewood she had gathered, the Beastmen huddled on the ground cried out in terror.
"Fire!!"
"It’s on fire! That’s fire!"
The Beastmen sitting nearby also scrambled back in fear.
Shen Yue stood up. She was wrapped tightly in cloth, and a scarf covered the lower half of her face, revealing only her star-like eyes.
"Don’t be afraid. The fire won’t burn you. Everyone, gather around here and rest for the night."
Her voice was as crisp and clear as rolling jade beads, pleasant to hear and imbued with a strength that comforted others.
Hearing her, the Beastmen, though still awestruck by the fire, remembered that Shen Yue had saved them on their journey.
She was their savior.
Almost all of them had been scratched and poisoned by the Lizardmen. Others were unconscious and on the brink of death when Shen Yue had used her medical skills to drag them back from the Ghost Gate.
Although they didn’t know this female’s name or what she looked like, most of them were willing to trust her.
So, the crowd quieted down.
Soft murmurs began to spread through the crowd.
"This female actually knows Fire Control!"
"Yeah, she’s not even afraid of fire!"
"Who is she? She knows medicine, and she has six incredibly powerful Beast Husbands!"
"I don’t know. I’ve never seen such a capable female."
Shen Yue paid no mind to the scattered whispers around her.
She walked directly to the second pile of firewood and lit it.
Instantly, the clearing brightened.
The temperature also grew a few degrees warmer.
The hundred or so Beastmen went from being terrified to slowly sitting down a few meters away from the bonfires.
Truthfully, Shen Yue had never intended to get involved. After all, she was still a fugitive, caught in a web of mysteries.
’It’s best to keep a low profile and not show off my abilities.’
But when she saw the Beastmen who had been brutalized by the Lizardmen—the mutilated bodies, the severed limbs, the scenes of bloodshed...
In the end, she had still chosen to save them.
She had even seen some Beastmen, in order to stop the Lizardmen and give their cubs a chance to live, willingly charge into the jaws of the Lizardmen, watching as they were devoured alive.
Even when torn to shreds by the Lizardmen, with only half a body left, they would still cling desperately to a Lizardman’s leg, just so their cubs could escape to safety.

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