130: Xuan Jin was protecting the females at that time.

The Wandering Beastmen immediately dropped their tools and ran quickly to inform the other Wandering Beastmen mining here.

"Everyone, pay attention! Lord Xuan Jin has entered the Mining Area!"

"What? Lord Xuan Jin has been locked up here?"

"How could Lizard Solid let Lord Xuan Jin be locked up? What are they even doing?"

"What should we do? Should we find a way to get Lord Xuan Jin out? What does Lord Xuan Jin mean by this?"

"He couldn't have just come here to see the sights."

"Oh my god, I can't bear to see Lord Xuan Jin suffer!"

The Wandering Beastmen's adoration for Xuan Jin was as fanatical as idol-worshipping fans.

They had their own unique beliefs. They couldn't bear to see their beloved lord enter the Mining Area to mine.

As for what crimes the Wandering Beastmen had committed to be locked in the Beast Prison... could what Wandering Beastmen do even be called a crime?

That's called accidentally getting caught!

How could Lord Xuan Jin have accidentally gotten caught?

The snake in question was completely unaware of this; he was coldly sizing up the small Cave assigned to them with a critical gaze.

This Cave had clearly been left behind by someone else who lived there.

It was so small and very dirty.

How could they have the nerve to give such a dirty and dilapidated Cave to his Little Female?

Nan Zhisui bent down, preparing to clean.

Xuan Jin stopped her. "Wait. Let me do it."

At some point, three to five beastmen had arrived behind them, and they swarmed inside.

"Lord Xuan Jin!"

"Don't move, Lord! Let us do it!"

Several Male Beastmen swarmed in, rushing to clean the place up, and then bowed to Xuan Jin in unison.

"Lord Xuan Jin, we're right here in the Mining Area. Please give us your orders if you need anything."

Nan Zhisui, completely bewildered by everything before her, asked, "...What just happened?"

Xuan Jin raised an eyebrow slightly.

Nan Zhisui asked, "Your people?"

Xuan Jin said indifferently, "This is the Mining Area; Wandering Beastmen are often caught and brought here for labor. It must be them. I didn't notice."

It seemed they really were his people.

Outside the Cave, several large Male heads peeked in, observing them with excited expressions like fanatical fans.

It was strange. How could a beastman as perverted and cold as Xuan Jin have so many fanatical fans among the Wandering Beastmen?

Xuan Jin looked around the Cave again. Although it was much cleaner, he still felt it was too small.

Small didn't matter; it would be fine once it was expanded.

He gently held Nan Zhisui's shoulder and led her out of the Cave. "Little Female, step back a bit."

She stepped back a few paces and saw Xuan Jin arrogantly crossing his arms, using his snake tail, which was covered in blade-like scales, to drill into the Cave.

Nan Zhisui noticed that a Little Deer beastman cub in the small Cave next door was startled out by the massive commotion.

The dusty Little Deer Cub had exceptionally bright green eyes. He stared at Nan Zhisui for a few seconds before returning to his Cave.

It seemed they had disturbed their little neighbor... Xuan Jin was very arrogant, and the huge commotion immediately caught the attention of many beastmen in the Mining Area. The Criminal Beasts of the Mining Area watched cautiously:

"It seems a powerful fellow has arrived."

"It's the Male brought in by that beautiful Female."

"His strength is not low."

"I told you, the prettier the Female, the more you shouldn't mess with her. Her beast husband is way too strong!"

"I think I've seen this person before. He looks like the Snake King, Xuan Jin. Have you forgotten? That lawless Snake King."

"He's back?"

"Who are you talking about?"

"It's that Snake King who came to the Mining Area a few years ago, stirred up a huge mess, and was eventually personally escorted out by the Beast King of the Mining Area."

"Why is he back again?!"

The massive commotion intimidated the beastmen serving their time nearby.

It also caught the attention of the jailer beastmen managing this area. Several tall and sturdy beastmen began driving away the beastmen outside the Cave.

"What are you all doing? Get back to mining!"

As they spoke, they used vines to whip the beastmen outside!

The watching Criminal Beasts and Xuan Jin's fanboys scattered in an instant.

"Someone is still digging a Cave? Where did such a bold Criminal Beast come from?"

No sooner had the words been spoken than several sharp snake scales shot out. Two of the managing beastmen clutched their legs and cried out in pain.

"Aaaaah!!! It hurts, it hurts! My leg is going to break!"

Several beastmen rushed in together, but as soon as they saw the terrifying Xuan Jin, they were instantly intimidated.

"Snake King Xuan Jin?!" They dragged their companions back in fear.

This guy had a terrible temper and was not to be trifled with.

Several jailers trembled with fear. "Sorry, sorry!" Without another word, they hoisted their companions and retreated.

Seeing the jailers flee, the Wandering Beastmen ran out even more excitedly. They bowed respectfully before Xuan Jin and said admiringly, "Lord Xuan Jin, you're amazing! Don't tire yourself out; let us handle these small matters."

The underlings happily hummed little tunes while helping him move the stones he had just shattered.

Despite being a Criminal Beast, no one dared to question his troublemaking, and his chores were shared by his underlings.

All the beasts acted according to his whims.

Nan Zhisui felt that Xuan Jin seemed to be living quite comfortably in a place like this.

Once the rubble in the Cave was completely cleared, the Cave truly looked brand new.

Nan Zhisui prepared several beast skins to decorate this cavern where they would temporarily reside.

While she was decorating, a few more beastmen arrived. It was Leopard Fly, the leopard beastman jailer who had guided them to this Cave.

He carried several beast skin bags into the Cave and also gave them a few tools carved from the large teeth of some unknown beast.

Ordinary beastmen indeed didn't know how to use tools, but this was the territory of the Great Priest of Myriad Beast City. The Great Priest knew how to use tools and had beastmen manufacture and send them over so the Criminal Beasts could learn to use them.

Nan Zhisui curiously observed the tools in Leopard Fly's hands.

Leopard Fly puffed out his chest and said solemnly, "You have come here as criminals, so you must mine."

Females have fewer tasks; you only need to mine one small bag of ordinary Yellow Ore per day.

As for the Male... since you chose to accompany your female master, you must bear most of her culpability.

Xuan Jin, you need to provide three large bags of Ore every day. You cannot substitute for the Female's small bag, but you must mine all the rest.

If you find Beast Crystal Ore, your task for the day will be completely waived."

What was Beast Crystal Ore?

Nan Zhisui was wondering about it when she saw Leopard Fly hand over the beast skin bags and tools. Xuan Jin took them, and Nan Zhisui took a tool from Xuan Jin's hand to begin examining it.

She didn't know what beast's tooth it was. It couldn't be ivory, could it? Ivory was so precious; using it for tools would be too wasteful.

However, these mining tools looked quite like chisels.

Nan Zhisui tried it out. With one strike of the chisel, the Ore developed a small crack!

Wow!

It's useful!

She'd find an opportunity to steal one and put it in her space.

Leopard Fly roared at the underlings outside the Cave, "What are you all doing here? Have you finished mining your Ore? Do you want to go to the Torture Cave to be punished for not completing your tasks?"

"Torture Cave?"

Xuan Jin explained, "It's the place in the Mining Area where Criminal Beasts who fail to complete their tasks are punished."

Each beastman in the Mining Area had a different mining quota. If they couldn't turn in their Ore that day, they would be sent to the Torture Cave for punishment.

The Torture Cave was guarded by a specialized Eight-Patterned Priest.

Once you entered the Torture Cave, you wouldn't come out without losing a layer of skin; no one wanted to go in.

The underlings took one last lingering look at their strong and mighty Lord Xuan Jin before turning to go mine.

Leopard Fly said to Xuan Jin, "Snake King, your female master is the one who is the Guilty Female. According to the rules of this Mining Area, you cannot help her."

Facing the powerful Xuan Jin, Leopard Fly was actually still a bit intimidated.

If this Seven-Patterned Snake King decided to beat him up in return, he wouldn't even have time to run.

The Black Snake Beastman's cold eyes swept over him chillingly. Perhaps because he cared about his own female master, he suppressed his temper and didn't cause trouble.

He took Nan Zhisui's hand and walked toward the mining site. With a flick and a jolt of his massive snake tail, he didn't even need those beast teeth; he shattered the rock-hard Ore before him into tiny pieces.

Leopard Fly: "..."

Xuan Jin looked down and said to Nan Zhisui, "Little Female, you can pick up the stones now."

Nan Zhisui picked up a burlap bag and began gathering the stones.

Leopard Fly watched speechlessly as Nan Zhisui and this snake unhurriedly began picking up the stones.

After Nan Zhisui calmly finished gathering the stones, she calmly turned them in... Leopard Fly: "..."

Nan Zhisui returned to the Cave to organize things, and two Wandering Beastmen sneaked over to help.

Nan Zhisui sat on a stone stool while the two little Wandering Beastmen chatted with her as they helped clean the Cave.

"Hello, you are our Lord Xuan Jin's female master, right? We've already heard that Lord Xuan Jin has mated."

"I am." Nan Zhisui observed them curiously, thinking to herself, 'Don't tell me these are solo stans too.'

"That's great!" one Male said excitedly. "Wandering Beastmen can have Females who want them too!"

"How should we address you?" the beastman asked.

Nan Zhisui said, "My name is Nan Zhisui."

Female Master Nan.

In this world, the respectful way to address a Female was by adding 'female master' to her name. For example, with Lang Zi, nearby beastmen would call her female master Zi as a term of respect.

Since Nan Zhisui's name had three characters, everyone chose the first character for the respectful address.

"Female Master Nan, our Lord Xuan Jin looks cold on the outside, but he's actually very gentle at heart."

"Exactly! Five years ago, back when we were in the Swamp, Wandering Beastmen were always oppressed by Jackal Beastmen. The Jackal Beastmen were always ambushing us. Later, Lord Xuan Jin led us to fight back against them. That period was truly super dangerous."

"The entire Swamp was dangerous. All the weak Wandering Beasts went into hiding."

"Oh, I remember now. Back then, Lord Xuan Jin was protecting a Female. Was it you?"

Memories from five years ago were instantly awakened. Nan Zhisui asked in shock, "Ah? What?"