Chapter 50
“System, are you crazy? If you want to harm me, just say it straight. No need to painstakingly arrange a Hell task for me!” Shen Tang was scared to death.
She remembered correctly, the Snake Shedding of the Snake Beast has a special meaning; they will only give their shedding to their chosen partner.
Xue Yinzhou was a male slave originally bought cheaply by the owner from a human trafficker when he was a child. He was beaten and scolded by her constantly, and later was forced to become her Beast Husband, harboring extreme disgust and hatred towards her! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have pushed her off the cliff that night.
How could Xue Yinzhou possibly give this intimate item like Snake Shedding to her?
This is simply an impossible task!
The system kindly suggested, [Even if he won’t give it to you voluntarily, the host can try other methods to obtain it p>
Shen Tang was speechless, “Are you suggesting stealing? Or robbing p>
Her brain must have been waterlogged to think about snatching something from an Eighth Rank Beastman.
Her relationship with Xue Yinzhou was so strained, stealing? Snake Beasts are innately alert and sensitive, if he discovers her, wouldn’t she be asking for death?
The system noticed her reluctance and gently encouraged, [The side quest is not mandatory, the host can refuse. But the reward is the inhibitor production manual; missing this chance would be quite a loss p>
Once a Beastman experiences mental frenzy, they need the comfort of a female, but in the Beast World, males outnumber females, creating intense competition, meaning most male beastmen aren’t qualified to marry.
Even those Beastmen with female partners aren’t always able to receive comfort.
After all, comforting a male requires a great deal of energy, and females generally aren’t willing to do so unless absolutely necessary.
Therefore, even middle-tier elite Beastmen spend significant Star Coins yearly on inhibitors.
However, inhibitors produced by various Empires are a mix of good and bad.
Most inhibitors come with side effects, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and might even aggravate the genetic frenzy symptoms in males in the future.
To date, there hasn’t been a perfect inhibitor on the market.
The system-produced inhibitor is a refined, perfect inhibitor; its effect in eradicating genetic frenzy is far superior to the most expensive inhibitors on the market and has no side effects.
Shen Tang fell into deep struggle internally; once she returns to the Empire in the future, she’ll undoubtedly face the female lead Shen Qingli, and being just a cannon fodder female supporting role wanting to contend against the female lead, she has to have her own power.
The inhibitors could not only sell for a high price, providing her with assets, but might even attract Beastmen to support her p>
“Fine, I’ll take on this task p>
The greater the risk, the greater the reward, Shen Tang mused for a long time, agreeing, “A private item like Snake Shedding, Xue Yinzhou likely keeps it close to himself, but with him being so elusive, where could I find him p>
[System locating… Xue Yinzhou hasn’t left the city tonight, he’s resting in his own room p>
Shen Tang glanced outside at the deep night, it was one or two in the morning, the world silent and still.
At this hour, Xue Yinzhou probably was asleep, too?
To be cautious, Shen Tang waited until past two in the night, struggling with dark circles, before she left to go to Xue Yinzhou’s residence.
After separating from the original owner, Xue Yinzhou moved his new home far away, but since the original owner constantly made enemies, he had to stay close to protect her, a little nearer than the other four Beast husbands’ places.
Half an hour later.
Shen Tang arrived at his residence.
It was three in the morning, the room was pitch-black, not even a bedside lamp was on.
Fortunately, the male’s residence access system was fully open to the Female Master, despite how much they disliked the original owner, they couldn’t blacklist Shen Tang.
Plus, there had been cases of Female Masters catching their males cheating in the past, thereafter, the production of access systems all included a special command — as long as the Female Master doesn’t ring the doorbell, the access system won’t issue an alert.
Shen Tang successfully sneaked into the room, standing by the bedroom door, listening for any sound, then gently turning the handle.
It was so creepy, like she was a big pervert sneaking into a respectable woman’s boudoir, Shen Tang thought in complete exasperation, wondering what kind of evil she committed in a past life to be bound to this system, doing such absurd tasks!
[Come on, host, I’ve detected Xue Yinzhou entered deep sleep state, the Snake Shedding must be inside the room! Hurry and get in to find it p>
The cold moonlight spilled through the windows into the bedroom, Shen Tang used it to view the scene before her, her pupils contracting, suppressing a scream, not daring to make a sound.
Xue Yinzhou lay sideways on the bed, his silver hair disheveled, clothes undone, his lower body transformed into a thick, long snake tail, nearly ten meters long, hanging from the bed and loosely coiled on the floor, reflecting a glass-like luster in the moonlight.
The thing she almost stepped on was his snake tail!
Paralyzed with fear, Shen Tang dared not move an inch, her palms sweating from nerves.
She stared rigidly at the man on the bed, seeing his breathing even and showing no signs of waking, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Tang swallowed hard, cautiously stepping over the serpentine tail on the floor, progressing arduously, afraid of stepping on it by accident.
The bed didn’t have Snake Shedding; he probably put it in the cabinet.
Shen Tang reached the wardrobe, rummaging quietly.
Meanwhile, at an angle facing away, the silver-haired man on the bed slowly opened his eyes, his silver-purple vertical pupils glinting with brisk and eerie cold under the moonlight.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, amusedly watching the sneaky female not far away, like a top predator staring at a mouse still unaware of impending danger.
Finally, Shen Tang found the Snake Shedding in the cupboard, thin and breathable like cicada wings, the shedding from childhood to adulthood, stacked and well-organized, showing that the owner kept it well.
Heh, kept it so well, she wondered who he wanted to give it to!
Shen Tang was too lazy to think further, wanting to quickly grab it to complete the system task.
Suddenly, the cold, slippery snake tail coiled around her waist, yanking her backward sharply; Shen Tang staggered, failing to the ground, almost bumping her head on the cabinet corner.
Xue Yinzhou got up from the bed, slithered over to Shen Tang, looking down at her coldly.
“Sneaking into my room at night instead of sleeping, stealing? Should I praise your courage, or stupidity for not wanting to live p>
His voice was cold and deep, filled with brutal savagery, his presence chilling and intimidating!
Swallowing hard, Shen Tang struggled to suppress her fear, glaring at him defiantly, “I’m your Female Master, it’s rightful for me to visit you. Legally, you and your belongings belong to me; how could taking my own things be considered stealing p>
“Ha, Shen Tang, I’ve not seen you for days, yet your shamelessness has truly grown.” Xue Yinzhou let out a brief icy laugh, his gaze at her like looking at a doomed person.
Suddenly reminded of being pushed off the cliff that night, a chill shot from Shen Tang’s feet to the top of her head and she hurriedly said in a soft voice, “Leaving aside the title of partner between us, what you did that night, I didn’t tell anyone else! Or today, you would be sleeping comfortably on the bed? The place where you should be is a cold, damp cell p>
“Oh? So?” Xue Yinzhou crossed his arms, towering over her with a cold glare.