Chapter 217 - 219: The Secret of the Crystal Stone

Chapter 217: Chapter 219: The Secret of the Crystal Stone

It was just a Crystal Stone. How did the conversation suddenly turn to whether she had the energy for... that?

Su Luoluo was completely confused.

She couldn’t help but ask her system, "System, do these Crystal Stones have some kind of special meaning?"

Before the system’s mechanical voice could reply, Mo Xuan looked at Su Luoluo with excitement. "Luoluo, you really want Crystal Stones? I’ll give you some! How many do you want?"

"I have Black Crystal Stones and White Crystal Stones. As long as you enter a deep contract with me, I can give them all to you."

"Just Black and White Crystals? What’s so special about that?" Fu Feng scoffed at Mo Xuan before turning to Su Luoluo. "Luoluo, if you enter a deep contract with me, I’ll give you pink crystals. Very few beastmen have those."

Hearing the term "deep contract," Su Luoluo was baffled. "A deep contract? What’s that?"

"You don’t know what a deep contract is?" Mo Xuan found her words unbelievable.

’This is something every adult female and beastman should know. How can Su Luoluo seem so clueless?’

’Besides, Su Luoluo isn’t exactly an innocent. She was bold enough to climb into our beds back then, and now she’s playing dumb?’

At this thought, Mo Xuan narrowed his eyes at her. "Su Luoluo, don’t tell me you’re just playing dumb to get out of this!"

’Wait, is this common knowledge?’

’They’re acting like I’m supposed to know this.’

Su Luoluo’s neck tensed. She scrambled to think of an excuse to bluff her way through.

Luan Ting’s clear, gentle voice cut in, saving her. "Alright, Mo Xuan, that’s enough. Luoluo might genuinely not know. Perhaps the Leader’s Wife never mentioned it to her."

At the mention of the Leader’s Wife, the beastmen stopped questioning her, suddenly believing that Su Luoluo might not be lying after all.

Everyone had seen how Lan Ya treated Su Luoluo.

She wasn’t close to Su Luoluo and had let her fend for herself. Over the years, Su Luoluo had grown up alone like a weed, so it was entirely possible that certain things were never explained to her.

Hearing this, Mo Xuan rubbed his nose sheepishly. "I just didn’t think Lan Ya would neglect to teach her even something like this."

Luan Ting paused, then began to explain to Su Luoluo. "A deep contract is a bond a female and her beastman form to confirm they will be together forever. Once a permanent contract is made, it can never be broken. Then, the beastman can freely give any Crystal Stones he obtains to his female."

’An unbreakable contract? That’s basically being tied down for life.’

’I can’t believe Cai Xia actually has a deep contract with all of her beastmen.’

’If she stops liking them, does that mean she can’t ever leave?’

Su Luoluo suddenly regretted speaking so carelessly without doing some research first.

’If I’d known this was what it took to get Crystal Stones, I would have found another way.’

’But from the way Cai Xia was talking earlier, she didn’t seem to mind it at all.’

’Does everyone in the tribe do this?’

’If that’s the case, does the fact that Fu Feng and the others never mentioned it before mean they weren’t willing?’

With this in mind, Su Luoluo looked at Mo Xuan and asked, "Then how come none of you ever mentioned this before?"

This sort of thing was usually done on the day of the Contract Totem ceremony. Back then, they couldn’t stand Su Luoluo and were completely disgusted by her. Why would they ever have proposed such a thing?

For a moment, the beastmen fell silent.

Only Xi Yi piped up, saying with a grin, "If Luoluo forms a Contract Totem with me, we can enter a deep contract right away."

’Forget it.’ Hearing that a deep contract was required, Su Luoluo decided she didn’t want the Crystal Stones that badly after all.

’What if I stop liking these beastmen, or what if they do something bad to me? It would be a huge problem if I couldn’t get rid of them.’

’Worst case, I’ll just find something to trade with other people for Crystal Stones.’

Thinking this, she said coolly, "We’ll talk about it after I give birth to the cubs."

Mo Xuan and Fu Feng still seemed a little reluctant, but when they considered how much bigger Su Luoluo’s belly had gotten, they didn’t press the issue.

After all, the cubs were the most important thing.

Now that Su Luoluo’s belly was bigger, it was true that many things were inconvenient for her.

The deep Contract Totem ritual took three consecutive days and nights. In her current state, Su Luoluo’s body wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Now understanding that Crystal Stones weren’t so easy to obtain, Su Luoluo changed the subject, pointing to the stove. "The clay pot rice is over there. If you want some, go get it yourselves."

At her words, the beastmen forgot everything else and rushed to the stove.

They had already smelled the fragrant aroma while Su Luoluo was eating, and their mouths had been watering. Now that they could finally have some, there was no way they would miss out.

They carried the clay pots to the round table and began to feast.

The fragrant, crispy rice at the bottom had them hooked; they couldn’t get enough.

After the meal, the bowls and chopsticks were left for the beastmen to wash. Su Luoluo started walking toward the wooden house, but she had only taken a few steps when Luan Ting called out to her. "Luoluo, this Purple Crystal is for you."

Su Luoluo stared, a bit stunned, at what Luan Ting was handing her.

’Is Luan Ting trying to form a deep contract with me?’

Seeing her freeze, he gave a gentle laugh and pressed the Purple Crystal into her hand. "Don’t worry. It doesn’t mean anything else. I just wanted you to have it."

Before Su Luoluo could figure out what to say, Luan Ting left. "I’m going to wash the clay pots."

Su Luoluo looked at the Purple Crystal in her hand, feeling an elusive sense of weight.

Back in her room, she stared at the Purple Crystal for a long time before finally putting it away.

"It’s just one Purple Crystal. Why are you staring at it for so long?"

Su Luoluo had just calmed down when a scornful voice sounded from outside the door.

Xiao Ye finished speaking and shoved a Beast Skin Bag full of Crystal Stones into her hands. "I have more. You can use these however you want. You just have to enter a deep contract with me after the cubs are born."

Su Luoluo opened the Beast Skin Bag from Xiao Ye. Inside were Crystal Stones of all colors—red, green, blue, purple. A single glance suggested there were hundreds of them, a dazzling sight that made her eyes spin.

She asked in astonishment, "How do you have so many Crystal Stones?"

’Aren’t these Crystal Stones supposed to be precious?’

’He has them like they’re wholesale.’

Xiao Ye said nonchalantly, "Is this a lot? I suppose it’s because I’ve been to many places, so I have a lot of Crystal Stones."

Xiao Ye spoke so casually that Su Luoluo suspected he was humble-bragging.

He had so many Crystal Stones, yet he spoke of them so lightly, as if they were easy to get.

Su Luoluo stated coolly, "The others don’t have as many as you."

"They were coddled. Unlike me, I’ve been wandering around since I was born. I’ve been to dangerous places like the Endless Abyss and the Four Abyss Seas, so of course I have more Crystal Stones. They’ve explored fewer places, so it’s normal they have less than me."

Perhaps because Xiao Ye had so many Crystal Stones, Su Luoluo didn’t feel as burdened accepting them as she had with the first one.

Hearing this, Su Luoluo finally relaxed. "Well, thank you."

A smile played on Xiao Ye’s lips. "You’re my female. What’s mine is yours. There’s nothing to thank me for."

Su Luoluo noticed that both Xiao Ye’s and Luan Ting’s Crystal Stones looked quite pure. She wondered if that meant they were more powerful.

Sending letters was expensive, but Cai Xia could afford it, which probably meant the Crystal Stones required for sending letters didn’t need to be of very high purity.

Su Luoluo picked out a few that seemed less pure. The next day, she found Cai Xia and asked for her help in getting a groundhog to deliver a letter for her.

Cai Xia readily agreed.

Seeing the Crystal Stones Su Luoluo handed her, she smiled. "Did your beastmen give you Crystal Stones?"

"I knew they would give you some. But you’re still pregnant with the little cubs, so you should still be careful."

Su Luoluo: "..."

Cai Xia was great in every way, except for her love of teasing.