Chapter 202: Ten Thousand Beasts City's Hospitality

Chapter 202: Chapter 198: Ten Thousand Beasts City’s Hospitality

Long Yi leaned closer. “Do you want me to attend to you?”

Nan Zishi immediately freaked out. “No, I don’t! I’ll wash by myself. I’m naturally shy. I don’t like people watching me.”

‘If Long Yi saw me bathing… wouldn’t that blow my cover immediately?’

‘I don’t want to blow my cover just yet.’

Long Yi looked down, staring at this formidable little thing.

‘He’s actually quite cute when he gets all defensive.’

Long Yi glanced at her thick Beast Skin coat and decided to accept her explanation.

He gazed at her, his fingers gently brushing her cheek as he tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “Alright.”

Long Yi had prepared a male-style Beast Skin Skirt for her.

Nan Zishi shook out the Beast Skin Skirt. The hide was incredibly soft. It was a handsome, black-and-white, male-style skirt that fit her well, but it didn’t offer much coverage.

‘Who am I supposed to be seducing in this?’

She washed all the mud off her body in the hot spring. Noticing some Silent Grass, which masked scents, growing on the bank, she rubbed it all over herself.

Then, she put on the black-and-white, male-style Beast Skin Skirt.

There were no mirrors here, so Nan Zishi had no idea what she looked like.

‘But it probably doesn’t look too bad.’

She shook out her hair, but felt it looked too soft and feminine. She messed with it a bit until she felt she looked passably male, then let it be.

She took some cosmetics out of her storage space and reapplied her makeup, giving her face the same heroic look as before. Only then did she step out.

Long Yi’s eyes lit up.

The youth before him was radiant and full of spirit. His long, dark hair was tied high on his head, and his face, though delicate, possessed a heroic air. His eyes and brows conveyed a dashing coolness.

The black-and-white Beast Skin Skirt outlined his clean, sharp lines, making him look even better than Long Yi had imagined!

For a moment, the male Black Dragon was stunned.

“Zhinan.”

“Yes.”

Having shed the tube-like Beast Skin tunic, she felt much lighter.

She walked up to him and spun around. Her dark hair flew with the movement, and Long Yi’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

“You haven’t been to Ten Thousand Beasts City in years. Would you like to walk around?”

…

Long Yi held her hand tightly, leading her through the familiar streets of Ten Thousand Beasts City.

He held her hand firmly, almost as if he were afraid others wouldn’t see, and walked her all the way from the south side of the city to the north.

“Ten Thousand Beasts City doesn’t seem to have changed much,” Nan Zishi said, looking all around. “The little cubs still love climbing trees, the merchants still argue over inaccurate scales, and the Holy Fire is still burning brightly.”

Long Yi felt his palm begin to sweat and worried she would find his hand clammy.

The moment she let go, he quickly wiped his hand before taking hers again.

“Yes, not much has changed in Ten Thousand Beasts City. A lot of people have been waiting for you.”

“Waiting for me?” Nan Zishi was surprised.

Long Yi smiled faintly. “Do you have some misunderstanding about your own influence in Ten Thousand Beasts City?”

Just as he said that, a Beastman recognized her. “Zhi Nan the Sage!! Look, it’s Zhi Nan the Sage!!!”

“What? Zhi Nan the Sage? Where?”

“Over there, right there!”

“The handsome young male the High Priest is holding hands with!”

In an instant, a swarm of Beastmen crowded in front of Long Yi and Nan Zishi.

They first bowed politely to Long Yi. “Greetings, Lord High Priest.”

Long Yi gave them a slight nod.

Then, the group immediately swarmed around Nan Zishi.

Everyone was excited and thrilled.

“Zhi Nan the Sage, you’re finally back! This old man still has so many problems I don’t know how to solve.”

“Me too! I have eight cubs at home but only three pieces of meat. How am I supposed to divide it?”

“And my family, my family has a problem too!”

After a moment of excited chattering, the Beastmen all started saying:

“Wise Man, we really missed you after you left.”

“The other Wise Men don’t know as much as you.”

“That’s right, not as much as you!”

“I told my cubs they should learn from you. But my boy said, ‘I don’t even know Zhi Nan the Sage!’ It made me so mad. Now that you’re back, I can finally have my cub learn from you again.”

Nan Zishi leaned back slightly, casting a pleading look at Long Yi.

Long Yi couldn’t help but laugh as he pushed through the crowd. “He’s timid, don’t scare him.”

The Beastmen chattered again:

“Oh, right, right! Everyone spread out, spread out.”

“How is Zhi Nan the Sage so good-looking? He seems even more handsome than before.”

As they spoke, the Beastmen began to press meat, Beast Skins, salt, and all sorts of other good things into her hands.

Nan Zishi was truly touched by the warmth of the Beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts City.

“Thank you, thank you.”

Long Yi offered to help her hold everything, but as he did, he started to get unhappy.

He couldn’t hold her hand anymore.

After they finally finished greeting everyone, Long Yi wrapped all the items in a large Beast Skin, held the bundle, and, having freed up one hand, discreetly took hers again.

“There’s a cooked food stall in Ten Thousand Beasts City,” Long Yi said.

“Huh?” Nan Zishi was surprised.

After Nan Zishi left, whenever Long Yi walked through Ten Thousand Beasts City, he always felt that there should be a cooked food stall in that spot, where the clever Zhinan would turn cooked food into even more wealth.

So later, he found a Beastman who knew how to use fire and asked him to go there and sell cooked meat.

As it happened, that Beastman also loved the cooked meat Nan Zishi used to make, so he agreed.

Long Yi said, “You opened a cooked food stall in Ten Thousand Beasts City five years ago. After you left, everyone really missed the cooked meat you made.”

“Later, a Wise Man who knew how to use fire rented your old stall and started selling cooked meat for everyone to eat.”

“Even though it’s not as delicious as yours, everyone loves it.”

Long Yi led Nan Zishi to the cooked food stall. The owner turned out to be one of the Wise Men she had met before.

Nan Zishi was very surprised and went forward to greet him.

The Wise Man was overjoyed to see Nan Zishi and quickly offered her some of the meat he had made. “Zhi Nan the Sage, you’re back! Try my meat.”

It was simple boiled meat, but it smelled very fragrant. “Delicious.”

“Not as good as yours. I could never figure out your method, so I just make this simple version to help everyone satisfy their cravings.”

“Zhi Nan the Sage, where did you go after you left Ten Thousand Beasts City? Everyone has been thinking of you.”

Nan Zishi’s heart felt warm. “Thank you.”

The Beastmen beamed at her.

After dark, Long Yi led Nan Zishi back to the Priest Hall.

Nan Zishi had been fed by the Beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts City the entire way. Her stomach was full, and her heart was warm.

…

After returning to the Priest Hall, Long Yi got Nan Zishi settled in and then went out.

Ying Li arrived at Nan Zishi’s room with fresh, delicious food and knocked on the door.

Nan Zishi asked, “Who is it?”

“Great Sage Zhinan, it’s me. I am Priest Ying Li.”

‘Priest Ying Li?’

Nan Zishi remembered. He was one of the three Priests who had escorted her to the mining area.

He, along with Hu Qian and Bao He, had seen her when she was dressed as a woman.