Si Shuo felt like her mind was working slowly. She could almost guess what Xiao Cheng was going to say, but something was just out of reach.
Xiao Cheng smiled and smoothed the frown from Si Shuo’s brow. "Sister, I’m at the Peak Seventeenth Level. I have three empty slots to replicate superpowers. Before, besides Brother Xu Chi’s Space Law and Brother Gong You’s Time Law, I wasn’t sure what else to replicate.
But now I’ve decided. I’ll replicate Brother Zile’s Clone Ability!
Each clone can also retain the talent for transformation. That means I can be the Bai Xiao Witch Doctor with one, and the Beast King with another!
Besides, I’m from the Fox Clan to begin with, so posing as the Beast King will be easy."
Just before the Beast King could die with his eyes wide open, Little Hong extracted his memories.
Within the domain of the Time Law, the family watched a whirlwind overview of the Beast King’s tumultuous life. Just as they had heard and guessed, the Beast King had committed countless evil deeds to climb to the throne; his death was no loss at all.
Si Shuo’s eyes flickered, and she whispered in Little Hong’s ear, "Hong, can you see if it’s possible to either extract just the parts where the Beast King did evil, or isolate the parts with his general knowledge and more correct, positive experiences?"
Little Hong tilted her head and thought for a moment. "The latter is a bit simpler. But before that, we can replicate a complete copy for safekeeping."
The little one was a doer. She immediately replicated a copy and gave it to her Mother. Then, she sifted through the original memory cluster several times, removing all the dark and evil parts, before breathing a long sigh of relief and handing that to her Mother as well.
Xiao Cheng had seen the Beast King’s life story and knew his habits and character. He could imitate him with about seventy or eighty percent accuracy. Combined with a deliberately projected aura of pressure, basically no one would notice anything was amiss with the Beast King.
After all, the Beast King cherished everything he currently had. He trusted no one, and his paranoia gave them the perfect opening.
Si Shuo placed the refined memory cluster into Little Hong’s arms and gestured toward Yanyi.
Little Hong understood at once. She ran forward with a smile and handed over the memory cluster. "Brother Yan, these are the memories we extracted from the Beast King’s mind.
The Beast King was able to withstand all that pressure and sit on the throne for decades, so he’s naturally seen and experienced a lot.
Brother Yan, you can merge with this memory cluster without any worries. I guarantee it’ll multiply your life experience several times over!"
The males were all a bit numb. ’Can you really do things like this?’ Even if they couldn’t accept it, they just had to force themselves to digest the information. They couldn’t fall too far behind the little female, after all.
Si Shuo and the others pretended to be busy with their own things, but in reality, they were keeping a close eye on the two youngsters.
"You’ve been hiding and running all this time, so it’s the perfect time to Devour this memory cluster. Then you’ll be able to play mind games with those people too!" Little Hong coaxed with painstaking patience.
Yanyi pursed his lips in thought, nuzzled against Little Hong, and then opened his mouth and sucked the memory cluster into his body.
Though called a memory cluster, it was actually a relatively pure form of spiritual power. Yanyi was already formidable in both spiritual power and physical body; this would just about make up for his shortcoming in life experience.
Inside the Time Array, Xiao Cheng quickly reviewed the Beast King’s original memory cluster more than ten times. He had an excellent memory and soon transmitted some of the most crucial information over.
The family discussed how to pull off the Beast King swap flawlessly.
None of them had ever imagined things would develop like this...
「The next day, it was time for the biennial court assembly.」 The clan leaders of the first-rate families, the tribal leaders, and the civil and military officials, each with their own duties, all filed in one after another as usual.
After they had all assembled, the Beast King appeared. He was dressed in a red cotton robe, with a white tiger’s Beast Skin wrapped around his waist. A white headband, inlaid with a red Level 18 Fire Element Crystal Stone, held back his dreadlocks.
He laughed heartily as he strode up to the platform and sat down. After the crowd below had paid their respects, he announced, "Starting today, I shall purify my heart and temper my desires. I am dismissing all the females in the rear palace.
If there are any you wish to pursue, feel free to propose marriage to them. Whether you succeed or not will depend entirely on your own abilities."
His words were a bombshell that left everyone stunned where they stood.
"Beast King, why have you made such a decision?" The Beast King was incredibly powerful. To ensure the propagation of his line, he had lost his virginity long before his coming-of-age ceremony.
Therefore, the Beast King had no Beast Mark. Females were drawn to strength, and there were plenty who didn’t care about the Beast Mark and were willing to bear his cubs.
Many of these females had won the Beast King’s favor, and some had even given birth to Princes and Princesses.
And he was getting rid of them, just like that?
The Beast King said with a smile, "In the past, I sought out females to give birth to Princes as soon as possible, so that I could select a cub with good talent from among them, subject him to rigorous training and nurturing, and make him the next Beast King.
Now, I already have seven Princes and three Princesses. Procreation is no longer my mission.
I have met a female I truly like, and for her, I am willing to stop consorting with any other females!
From this day forward, I will name the Si Shuo Divine Servant as my Great Madam."
As soon as he said this, the crowd exchanged glances. They were well-informed and had long known that last night’s banquet was a trap set by the Beast King for the Bai Xiao Witch Doctor and the Si Shuo Divine Servant, with the goal of taking both females for himself.
Who would have thought that the Si Shuo Divine Servant’s charm was so great that she would become the Great Madam? And that the Beast King would even be willing to dismiss the madams in the rear palace for her.
"Beast King, dismissing the madams is no child’s play. They represent the influence of many of the great families in Pingjing City," Xu Feng said, frowning slightly as he couldn’t help but step forward to persuade him.
Xu Feng and Changping were both males from common backgrounds. Exceptionally talented and capable, they had always been the Beast King’s right and left hands in his struggle against the great families.
His words carried a certain weight, and the Beast King would almost always heed his advice.
But this time, the Beast King simply smiled. "I am the Beast King, ruler of the entire Guanping Beast Country. The peace and happiness of the Beast Country’s people are the result of the efforts of generations of Beast Kings over thousands of years, as well as the protection of the Beast Soldiers and Generals on the borders.
If the great families do not know their place and work together with me to create a new era of glory, but instead squabble over petty advantages at every turn and hinder the development of Beast City...
...then I don’t mind driving that family directly out of Pingjing City, or even out of Guanping Country.
What Beast Country would be willing to accept Beastmen who are so ignorant of what’s at stake and only care for their own selfish interests?"
The clan leaders and chiefs all grew solemn. One of the elders stepped forward and said with displeasure, "Beast King, the very existence of the great families is to check some of the Beast King’s more irrational actions.
For a momentary infatuation, you are dismissing all the madams of the rear palace, including the Mothers of the Princes and Princesses.
Many of them are females from our great families. Are you not trampling on our dignity...?"
The man had barely spoken when he felt an oppressive pressure shoot directly toward him. It frightened him so much his mouth went slack and the words caught in his throat. He couldn’t even think to raise a Protective Shield. His mind went blank, and the despair of imminent death spread through his entire body!
But the pressure only grazed the tip of his nose before rapidly dissipating.
The elder collapsed bonelessly to the ground. Having taken a stroll on the brink of death, he could only curse himself for forgetting the Beast King’s unpredictable temper and how much he hated having his authority challenged.