Chapter 886: The Great Strike of the Beast Husbands

Chapter 886: Chapter 886: The Great Strike of the Beast Husbands

Back in the house, Su Qinglan felt a tense atmosphere hanging in the air, but she couldn’t quite pinpoint what was wrong.

After a delicious dinner, all the cubs were given a warm bath and tucked safely into their cozy beds. Su Qinglan also bathed, changed into her soft nightclothes, and climbed into her bed.

She waited and waited.

Minutes turned into half an hour, but not a single one of her beast husbands came into the bedroom!

Su Qinglan tossed and turned, finding it completely impossible to sleep. Unable to hold back her curiosity, she quietly slid off the bed, tiptoed to the doorway, and peeked outside into the main hall.

What she saw completely stunned her!

All six of her tall, powerful beast husbands were sitting in different corners of the room. The atmosphere was deadly quiet, and almost all of them were glaring daggers at Hu Yan!

Su Qinglan blinked her big eyes and asked in a soft, puzzled voice, "What are you all doing out here? Are you not coming to sleep?"

The moment her voice echoed in the room, Rong Ye couldn’t hold it in any longer! He stood up, pointing an angry finger at Hu Yan, and burst out, "Ask Brother Hu Yan! He has completely lost his mind!"

Hu Yan didn’t even flinch. He glared back at Rong Ye and snapped sternly, "Shut up, Rong Ye! You don’t understand anything! A rule is a rule, and no one is allowed to violate it! If I ever catch anyone sneaking into Lan Lan’s bed out of order, that person will be assigned to wash all the clothes in this house for an entire month!"

Rong Ye’s eyes widened in sheer horror, and he instantly sat back down!

Washing clothes? He wouldn’t mind washing Su Qinglan’s soft robes, and he could even tolerate washing the cute little cubs’ clothes... but he would absolutely NEVER wash the smelly, sweaty clothes of these other five giant beastmen! That was worse than death!

Seeing Rong Ye get instantly silenced by the horrifying punishment, the other beast husbands swallowed their complaints, sitting in disgruntled silence.

Su Qinglan stood at the door, completely bewildered. She walked over to Hu Yan and asked, "Hu Yan, what on earth is going on?"

Hu Yan’s stern face instantly melted into a gentle, loving smile. He stood up, looking at her with deep affection, and said smoothly, "Lan Lan, don’t worry about them. You must be very tired after today, right? Come on, let me tuck you into bed so you can rest properly."

Before Hu Yan could step forward, Xuan Long stood up tall from his seat.

Xuan Long looked at Hu Yan and said in a calm, flat voice, "I will put her to sleep tonight."

Hu Yan didn’t mind at all. Throughout the entire fierce argument earlier about Hu Yan’s new rule...limiting each husband to sleeping with Su Qinglan only ONCE a month to protect her health... Xuan Long had remained completely silent, not saying a single word of protest.

Hu Yan naturally assumed that Xuan Long, being wise and stoic, was firmly on his side!

"Alright," Hu Yan said with a trusting smile, waving his hand. "Go ahead, Xuan Long. Make sure she rests well."

Su Qinglan was led back toward the bedroom by Xuan Long, but she kept turning her head around at every step, looking back in complete confusion.

The other beast husbands sat in gloomy silence, while Hu Yan gave her a self-righteous, heroic smile and waved a gentle goodnight.

Slapping Rong Ye on the shoulder to make him smile too, Hu Yan looked like a proud, protective husband who had just saved his female from total exhaustion!

Su Qinglan felt that something was horribly wrong, but she couldn’t figure it out. She finally lay down on the soft bed, pulling the blanket up.

Xuan Long climbed onto the bed beside her. He reached out, gently patting her head, and murmured, "Sleep."

Su Qinglan immediately turned around, gripping his sleeve, and demanded in a whisper, "Xuan Long, tell me the truth! What actually happened out there?!"

Xuan Long looked down at her, an awkward, amused smirk touching his stoic lips. Leaning down close to her ear, he whispered the full story... explaining how Hu Yan had proudly declared that each husband could only sleep with her ONCE a month!

"WHAT?!"

Su Qinglan almost sprang straight up off the bed!

Nonsense! Absolute, utter nonsense!

Once a month for each husband meant only six times a month total! This wasn’t a reward for her...this was a horrifying punishment!

What Hu Yan didn’t know was that Su Qinglan possessed a unique dual-cultivation technique! Mating with her powerful beast husbands was her primary cultivation path, directly helping her absorb energy, level up, and increase her strength!

Xuan Long and Han Jue were the only two who had discovered this secret on their own. Su Qinglan had deliberately kept it a secret from the others because she firmly believed that if she told them, they might think she was just using them as tools for power!

Xuan Long was secretly overjoyed inside. Since he was the one in her bed tonight, he got to enjoy her company while Hu Yan sat outside thinking he was a hero!

Furious, Su Qinglan threw off the blanket, determined to march right out there and clear up this ridiculous misunderstanding with Hu Yan. "No way! I am going out there right now to talk to him!"

Before her feet could even touch the floor, Xuan Long’s strong arm reached around her waist, effortlessly pulling her back into his broad chest!

"Don’t go," Xuan Long whispered with a smug, wicked smile, wrapping his arms securely around her squirming frame. "You can talk to him tomorrow morning."

"Xuan Long! Let me go!" Su Qinglan squirmed and pushed against his chest, but against a high-level beastman, her struggle was completely useless!

Trapped in his firm embrace, Su Qinglan could only lie there helplessly, pouting in deep frustration.

She couldn’t understand why Hu Yan suddenly thought she was so fragile! She was already a powerful Level 16 expert! Her strength rivaled top-tier male beastmen! How could a few night sessions strain her body?!

Suddenly, a realization struck her like a bolt of lightning.

Lin Muyu! It was Lin Muyu’s speech at Lan Yue’s house!

Su Qinglan buried her hot face into Xuan Long’s chest, cursing her best friend frantically in her heart: Lin Muyu, you devil! You didn’t just cause trouble in the city square; you successfully brought total disaster into my own bedroom too!

Lin Muyu’s advice made sense for ordinary, fragile females of the beast world... but Su Qinglan was a cultivator! She didn’t have a frail body!

Lying in Xuan Long’s warm embrace, Su Qinglan squeezed her eyes shut, grinding her teeth in defeat as she prepared to face an agonizingly peaceful and unproductive night.