Chapter 200: Fighting for the Official Husband's Position

Chapter 200: Chapter 196: Fighting for the Official Husband’s Position

Wolf Day carefully sidled up, nuzzled her, and asked, “What’s a group call?”

The Mystic Snake Totem nonchalantly pushed him aside.

Nan Zishi said, “It’s like what we’re doing now. We’re not actually together, but we can use the Totem Space to sit down and chat.”

Hu Bai circled the Totem Space once to get his bearings, then said to Nan Zishi, “Female Master, this is wonderful.”

They hadn’t seen each other for days, and their hearts were already filled with longing. Just being able to talk and ease that ache was more than enough.

Nan Zishi stroked the White Fox Totem. Hu Bai seemed to feel her touch and gently nuzzled back.

The Mystic Snake Totem immediately slid over, positioning himself under her hand.

So, Nan Zishi stroked the Mystic Snake Totem as well.

The other totems: ‘Xuan Jin is getting more and more shameless!’

Xuan Jin: ‘What’s the point of having a face? Can it get me cuddles?’

The Mystic Snake Totem nuzzled her obediently. “Little female, how are you doing? I was so worried about you.”

Wolf Day and Wolf Night also asked anxiously, “Did the High Priest bully you?”

Nan Zishi quickly answered, “No, he didn’t.”

Hu Bai asked urgently, “What happened?”

Wolf Day explained what had occurred.

Hu Bai suppressed his anxiety and asked with concern, “Female Master, how are you now? Did the High Priest give you a hard time?”

The Red Eagle Totem was hopping up and down in agitation. “Something this huge happened and I didn’t even know! Little Female Master, are you okay?”

Lanxing was also frantic. “Sister, I’ll come to the mining area right now! I’ll find a way to save you!”

Warmed by the concern from so many of her Beast Husbands, Nan Zishi’s heart softened. She said gently, “Don’t worry, everyone. I’m really fine. There’s no rush to save me.”

The six totems asked in unison, “Why?!”

Nan Zishi explained, “Because… the High Priest said he likes me.”

The six totems: “…?”

The six totems: “???????????”

The tense atmosphere suddenly underwent a subtle shift.

Hu Bai asked gently, “Female Master, where is the High Priest right now?”

Nan Zishi answered honestly, “I just told him to go find the Beast God’s physical body, so he left.”

The mermaid Lanxing, still reeling, stammered, “He… seems pretty obedient?”

The six totems: “…”

Hu Bai sighed, a little exasperated.

Nan Zishi said, “In any case, I don’t think he’ll hurt me. Besides, to resurrect the Beast God, I still need to go to Long Yi and get the Beast God’s Heart.”

Hu Bai disagreed. “Female Master, we can’t rest easy with you all alone.”

Wolf Day mused, “But if we don’t resurrect the Beast God, we can’t defeat the High Priest either.”

Chi Xiao said scornfully, “How could we lose? If the six of us work together, we can definitely do it!”

The Mystic Snake Totem crossed his arms. “Stupid bird, don’t you have any idea? The Priest Hall of Ten Thousand Beasts City has eleven Eight-Pattern High Priests! And one High Priest at the Nine-strip Peak. And what about us? We have one with Eight Patterns and five with Seven Stripes.”

Nan Zishi counted them off as she spoke, “Hu Qian, Ying Li, Bao He, Xiang Ze, Shide, E Zheng, He Lian, Mao Qing… that’s eight. There are more?”

Hu Bai said gently, “There are. Behind the Priest Hall, a Mermaid Pond was specially built for the West Sea Mermaid Priest, Yu Guang. There’s also the Eight-striped Gray Wolf Priest, Lang Ji, and the last one, the Eight-striped Python Priest, Snake Yi.”

Nan Zishi looked to the heavens. ‘The Priest Hall is a regular zoo.’

The Beast Husbands: “Huh?”

“It’s nothing.” Nan Zishi got serious. “So, does that mean each of us has to take on two of them?”

Nan Zishi recalled the exhilarating feeling from before. She could fight the High Priest.

It just probably wouldn’t last that long, and her muscles and bones would ache afterward.

Her Beast Husbands on the other side also grew solemn.

Xuan Jin said, “Chi Xiao, you’re just a Seven-Stripe rookie, and you’ll have to fight the Eight-Pattern bird, Ying Li, and He Lian.”

The ever-confident and combative Fire Red Eagle fell silent for a moment. “Looks like I need to level up first.”

Wolf Day said, “That’s right. We’re not strong enough.”

Nan Zishi looked at the six totems before her. To be honest, she’d never imagined that she would one day be plotting how to fight against the greatest power in the Beast World.

Nan Zishi said, “Here’s the plan. I’ll go to Long Yi and get the Beast God’s Heart. The six of you, use this time to train and get stronger.”

Not one of the six Beast Husbands tried to back out. They all began to consider how they would go about their training.

Nan Zishi also started thinking. ‘Is there a way to help you all train?’

Wolf Day said, “Female Master’s superpower, Moon Attracting Starlight… when it resonates with us, our bodies feel a pleasant sensation, like they’re being cleared out.”

Wolf Night added, “If Moon Attracting Starlight could be used for training, it would surely be twice as effective.”

Nan Zishi suddenly remembered something she had seen in a corner of the Totem Space before.

She began to carefully examine her Totem Space.

‘Found it!’

She pointed to a wall in the corner and said, “Look over there. What is that?”

The six totems looked in the direction she was pointing.

There seemed to be seven totem slots arranged around a seven-pointed star in the center.

One slot was the largest and closest to the seven-pointed star, as if it were helping the star manage the other six slots.

Lanxing said, “Totem slots? Seven of them?”

Just then, the totems on Nan Zishi’s body all lit up.

The White Fox totem on her collarbone, the Mermaid totem on her arm, the Red Eagle totem on her back, the two Silver Wolf totems on her side, and the Mystic Snake totem on her calf.

Seeing the totems on Nan Zishi’s body light up, the Mystic Snake awkwardly glanced away.

‘His is the farthest away.’

‘So annoying.’

But he quickly looked back.

Then, all the totems began to converge toward Nan Zishi’s heart.

At that exact moment, the totem slots in the Totem Space all lit up.

Hu Bai said, “It seems to want us to find our own places.”

Chi Xiao said, “That biggest one must be the main husband’s position. Xuan Jin, what are you doing!”

The Mystic Snake shot straight for the largest slot!

Chi Xiao rushed over to block him. “You stinking snake, you can’t just snatch it like that!”

The Mystic Snake Totem scowled.

Nan Zishi facepalmed. “Get back here!”

The Mystic Snake Totem froze, then slowly and dejectedly returned.

“I want to be the main husband of the family!” the Mystic Snake said, crossing his arms.

Nan Zishi flatly rejected him. “You’re not suitable.”

‘If Xuan Jin were in charge, I can’t even imagine what would become of this family.’

The Mystic Snake Totem’s face darkened, but he had no choice but to obey. He turned his back, squatted down, and started drawing circles on the ground.

The remaining Beast Husbands began a heated discussion.

Chi Xiao: “Are we competing for the main male’s position now?”

Lanxing said timidly, “I… I won’t compete. I just want Sister to like me.”

He was the weakest and couldn’t control anyone. If he became the main male, the family would probably fall into chaos.

Wolf Day and Wolf Night, still feeling guilty about what happened five years ago, said, “We’ll withdraw. It’s enough for us to just stay by the Female Master’s side and protect her.”

Chi Xiao, full of fighting spirit, declared, “I want to give it a shot.”

Hu Bai lowered his head in thought. “I’d like to give it a shot, too.”

Hu Bai was usually deferential, but this time… he didn’t want to yield.

It wasn’t for any other reason than this: he didn’t just want to share her burdens and solve her problems; he also wanted to occupy that special place in Nan Zishi’s heart.