Chapter 198: Chapter 198

Si Yan said, "Young Miss, don’t be anxious."

How could Bao Lin not be anxious? Her face had turned red with eagerness.

She actually knows arithmetic! She truly knows arithmetic! And she seems even more skilled than Mr. Gray Parrot! On what grounds? How can she be both beautiful and skilled in arithmetic?!

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On what grounds? On what grounds was she both beautiful and skilled in arithmetic?!

In the Beast World, Beastmen who knew arithmetic were genuinely scarce. Apart from the Ape Tribe, the Monkey Tribe, some intellectually adept parrot clans, and the sea-dwelling dolphins who knew a little, other Beastmen could hardly count beyond ten.

Consider this: a new sage from the Monkey Tribe earned his title simply by solving a problem as complex as ’5213 + 1123’—a calculation involving numbers nearly in the tens of thousands!

And the Beastmen of Myriad Beasts City held sages in very high esteem.

In some respects, their status was even higher than that of the Golden Crystal Beastmen!

This was because only sages could solve problems of food distribution, and only sages could conceive of special ideas like "constructing an auction house."

The thoughts and wisdom of sages were far beyond what ordinary Beastmen could compare to!

For her to casually pose such a difficult problem in a place so lacking in arithmetic, to treat such a challenge so lightly...

Is she... is she trying to become a sage?! No, absolutely not!! Bao Lin thought frantically.

However, Si Yan paid no mind to Bao Lin’s agitation. She said, "Mr. Gray Parrot, it seems you won’t be able to solve my problem any time soon."

Gray Parrot looked ashamed.

Si Yan took out a wooden tablet and said, "The Young Miss believes the problem I posed is unsolvable. How about this: I will write the answer on this tablet and then cover it with a piece of beast skin. If you solve it within three days, you can come to our wine shop, lift the beast skin, and see my answer."

She chuckled. "I will prove to you that this problem can indeed be solved."

Si Yan took the wooden tablet, wrote down the answer, and then wrapped it securely in beast skin.

Yin Hong then used a vine to suspend it from the center of the wine shop.

Gray Parrot cupped his fists politely. "Mr. Si Yan, I will return and ponder this problem. I will strive to solve it within three days."

Si Yan smiled. "You’re welcome to try."

After speaking, Gray Parrot became completely absorbed in his thoughts and turned to leave.

Bao Lin hastily stopped him. "Uncle Gray, why are you leaving? You clearly promised me you would defeat Si Yan!"

Immersed in arithmetic, Gray Parrot couldn’t break his train of thought. For a moment, he didn’t even understand why he was being stopped, appearing distracted and confused.

Green Parrot said, "Young Miss Bao Lin, once my brother enters this state, he can’t hear anything anyone says. Please, let it be."

Bao Lin’s expression turned exceedingly grim.

Why isn’t Uncle Gray Parrot helping me anymore?!

Just then, another sage from Myriad Beasts City, Yuan Cong of the Ape Tribe, walked over and sat down in front of Si Yan.

"Mr. Si Yan, I also have a question for you," he said.

Bao Lin’s mood instantly brightened!

Yuan Cong of the Ape Tribe! The great sage of the Ape Tribe!! With him stepping in, Si Yan will surely be trampled underfoot!

Si Yan said, "Please ask."

Yuan Cong asked, "Recently, I’ve discovered a certain connection between a circle’s circumference and its diameter, but I cannot clearly explain this connection. Could you elaborate on it?"

He asked this without any concern that Si Yan might not understand terms like circumference and diameter.

Si Yan vaguely recalled a sage from the Monkey Tribe, a baboon, asking her a similar question before. It seems sages from every tribe and nation study pi.

Si Yan replied, "The circumference is a little more than three times the diameter."

"A little more than three times its diameter?"

"If the diameter is one, the circumference is three times the diameter plus a little bit more."

Yuan Cong’s eyes lit up with understanding. "So that’s how it is!"

Then, he hurried away, apparently to verify his idea.

Si Yan grumbled to the gecko on her head, "I’ve memorized pi to over a dozen decimal places, but it’s useless here. They don’t understand decimal points, and multiplication is also hard to explain."

The gecko said, "’The circumference being a little more than three times the diameter’ is already enough to keep them thinking for a long time."

After Si Yan finished her discussion with Yuan Cong, she noticed the surrounding Beastmen staring at her as if she were some kind of monstrosity.

Si Yan’s eyelids twitched. What was wrong with them?

Yin Hong noticed Si Yan’s unease and answered excitedly, "Si Yan, they think you’re incredible—perhaps the next sage!"

A sage? Si Yan mused. She had no interest in that.

Witnessing this, Bao Lin fell into utter despair.

Why? Why does *she* know these things? How can she possibly know them? Where did she learn all this?!

Si Yan then turned to the surrounding Beastmen and asked, "May I ask how you measure units of length?"

"Units of length?" a Beastman replied, his voice filled with awe and respect. "Mr. Si Yan... Sir, we do have units of length."

Si Yan’s interest was piqued. "What kind of units of length?"

The Beastman said respectfully, "Sir... could you come with us?"

Si Yan asked, "Is there a standard measure?"

The Beastman replied, "Yes, there is."

Si Yan wanted to see their unit of length, so a group of Beastmen reverently escorted her to the center of Myriad Beasts City, as if they were welcoming a sage.

In the center of Myriad Beasts City stood a stone. In the middle of the stone was a scratch mark, glowing with a faint golden light, about thirty-three centimeters long.

The Beastman explained, his voice filled with reverence for the Beast God, "This scratch mark was left by the Beast God. After our ancestors discovered this inscription, they adopted it as their unit of length."

Si Yan curiously went to examine the inscription.

The Beastman continued, "The Mark of the Beast God has not faded over thousands of years; instead, it has grown even more distinct. We call the length of this inscription from end to end ’one mark.’ All Beastmen in the Beast World, and all our measurements, are based on this ’one mark.’"

Si Yan discreetly materialized a ruler and, shielding it with her body, quickly took a measurement. 33.33 centimeters? So ’one mark’ is about one foot. This Beast God is incredible!

Afterward, she quickly put the ruler away.

The gecko on Si Yan’s head puffed out its tiny chest proudly.

Hah! Impressive, aren’t I? Simply brilliant!

Si Yan smiled at the Beastman. "I understand now. Thank you."

"You’re most welcome, Sir. Most welcome."

Many of the male Beastmen blushed as they gazed at Si Yan. Is Myriad Beasts City going to have a female sage? Can a female truly become a sage? She’s so intelligent... and so beautiful!

Si Yan didn’t forget her business, looking at the crowd of Beastmen and starting her advertisement.

"Welcome, everyone, to my wine shop! Our wine is guaranteed authentic, purely brewed! Absolutely unique!"

"Every bowl of our wine is a unique masterpiece!"

"West City’s Little Wine Shop! Seize the moment, seize the joy!"

Si Yan’s advertisement was remarkably effective!

"We’re going to buy wine!!"

"We must buy the sage’s wine!!!"

Although she wasn’t officially recognized yet, some Beastmen already considered Si Yan a new sage.

After finishing her advertisement, Si Yan turned to head back, saying to Yin Hong as they walked, "Later, I’ll give you five jugs of wine. Take them to the City Lord’s Manor in Myriad Beasts City. These five jugs are special, and their price is also considerably higher."

"Oh, and remember, one jug is nine Red Insect Crystals, so five jugs will be forty-five. Forty-five crystals! Not one less. Make sure you bring all the Insect Crystals back!"

Yin Hong was dumbfounded, his face flushing crimson with excitement.

"Si Yan, I understand! I’ll deliver them immediately!"

Forty-five Red Insect Crystals! Their entire Silver Wolf Tribe couldn’t earn that many in ten years.

Since following Si Yan, his life had taken on an almost dreamlike quality...