Chapter 859: Chapter 859

"According to the rules, I should knock off this thing’s teeth and hang them around my neck, right?" Du You looked at the two fallen Mountain Cats, speaking with some dilemma.

"Yes, with your strength, Master, there should be something impressive around your neck. Now these..."

The sisters didn’t need to tell Du You; he already knew his outfit was fake. The teeth of high-tier Magical Beasts weren’t ordinary; they were valuable materials.

Those around his neck were just teeth from tier-one Magical Beasts, some even from ordinary animals to make up the numbers, worthless.

According to the sacrificial customs, one would knock off the largest tooth from a hunted creature they considered valuable. Then, after a special ritual, they would hang it on their necklace as a trophy.

It was said that these items were not only symbols of a sacrificer’s strength and status but also provided some enhancement to their Magic. Du You didn’t know how to perform such rituals; it was a unique method among the Beastmen sacrificers of this world. Du You hadn’t seen many similar methods among other sacrificial professions.

Although he didn’t know how to perform them, it didn’t matter, as outsiders couldn’t tell. They could discern the strength of the tooth’s original owner but would never notice whether it had undergone any ritual.

With mixed feelings, Du You knocked off the Mountain Cat’s teeth, washed them several times, and finally hung them around his neck. But looking at the other teeth, they seemed out of place, so he might as well throw them away.

Anyway, his current guise was that of a sacrificer who had just started his training; he could gradually add more teeth.

"Wait, we shouldn’t waste this fur either; let’s tidy it up and drape it over ourselves," he added.

Every part of a Magical Beast was valuable; the Beastmen would not waste it. This fur made directly into clothing could also show one’s prestigious status. Tier-four Magical Beasts were not something ordinary Beastmen could wear.

Even if some were quite prestigious, without personal strength, they wouldn’t be allowed to use these materials. This was the rule among Beastmen, the strong are revered.

"Never mind, you two wear it," he said, seeing the bloody fur made him a bit helpless. The sisters did not mind at all and even critiqued it actively.

After a series of primitive treatments, the fur looked quite good; not sleek or shiny, but it had a unique sense of nobility. After all, the material itself was highly valuable.

The group continued hunting, spreading the Demon Extermination Spirit everywhere. Whenever a high-tier Magical Beast appeared, the Purple Lightning Golden Hawk would spot it immediately and they would launch an easy hunt.

Over the days, Du You found out that there were roughly three kinds of tier-four Magical Beasts here. One was the Mountain Cat, which could be considered the ruler of the entire forest, and another was a large python, although he didn’t know its name. These two seemed to be natural enemies, constantly battling each other, with frequent injuries and deaths.

The last type lived near a stream and was a lizard. If not for his Spiritual Perception, Du You wouldn’t have noticed it. This lizard’s ability to hide was not inferior to Lin Yucha, even more so.

Fortunately, due to its special living environment, it was still possible to find it if one paid a bit of attention.

The chameleon lizard was rated, but not very powerful, yet it provided Du You with some Crystal Coins and materials. Du You had no way to utilize these materials and could only store them well and sell them when he returned.

After searching for several days, Du You was ready to leave.

"Really, not a single piece of equipment dropped," Du You somewhat disappointed.

"Definitely, the drop rate for tier-four is already high; with our hunting speed, it’s impossible not to have any equipment," the sisters were quite optimistic.

The three had just come out of the forest when suddenly a white shadow raced towards them. On closer look, it was a young Fox Person, and a rare White Fox at that, which held a high status among the Fox People.

"Please help me, someone is trying to kill me," the young Fox Person spoke with a soft, naturally alluring voice—it was a little girl.

Killing a little girl? Du You frowned, wondering who could be doing such a thing.

Suddenly, Du You saw two figures rapidly approaching from a distance, fully equipped, an unusual sight among Beastmen.

The two were armored like knights, not in white but as Red Foxes—a Warrior among the Fox People was indeed rare, Du You thought to himself.

"Step aside, she is a traitor from our White Fox Clan, and we must capture her and take her back for trial," the two shouted as they charged over.

Lin Yushi didn’t hesitate and shot a Shock Arrow, hindering the two men’s advance and repelling them. "Tier-three, not very strong; Fox People really aren’t suited for melee," Lin Yushi commented in the interface.

"Nonsense, I am not a traitor. It’s our own systems that are flawed. Humans are so much weaker than us, yet they are prosperous. What’s wrong with learning their methods of governance?"

"Humans are all despicable; they are not our friends. You, a traitor, even want to take our people to learn from humans, delivering our kin to them,"

Du You understood—it was a difference in ideology. Yet, was capturing someone over ideological differences an overreaction? After all, the White Foxes were not that numerous among the Fox Clan.

"I don’t want to go back; they will surely burn me alive. Big brother, please save Elsa; Elsa will serve as your guard in the future," the little Fox Clan girl pleaded pitifully, clutching Du You’s clothes.

"Despicable, as a noble White Fox, you refuse to learn our ways of sacrifice and instead learn martial arts; now you even want to serve a lowly Gray Fox as a guard—this is an utter disgrace,"

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"There’s nothing about nobility; aren’t we Beastmen supposed to revere strength? Those with strength are noble, what does bloodline have to do with it?" Elsa the White Fox retorted.

This was truly unconventional. Du You always believed that those who abandoned their noble status to be ordinary were fools and that such people did not exist, but unexpectedly, he had met one today—it was inconceivable.