“Senior Brother, then I want to marry you.”

What a joke. A tiger demon who only gives her meat could never compare to the food in her Senior Brother’s treasure pouch.

A cat life without candy—how was that any different from being a salted fish?

That was what Qu Ruyan was thinking.

Besides, she still liked Lin Mo a little more.

Lin Mo’s expression was a bit awkward.

The others only froze for a moment.

The young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan was the first to react. “You’re both female. Females can’t have children.”

“Then I can’t have children with food either!” Qu Ruyan said.

She looked at Lin Mo. “Senior Brother, we can have children, right?”

They could, but Lin Mo didn’t want to answer her. Instead he shouted at the young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan, “You see, Yanyan doesn’t want to marry you.”

The young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan was still chewing over what Qu Ruyan had just said. Puzzled, he asked, “What food was Yanyan talking about?”

Kun Yu at the side could no longer hold it in. He doubled over laughing. “She meant you, stupid tiger!”

Seeing the stupid tiger take a loss, he was overjoyed.

The young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan’s dark face turned even darker.

The Devouring Clan chief, who had just been insulted by Lin Mo, also had a dark, aged face at this moment. “We’ve already accepted the betrothal gifts. Even if you’re now an honored guest of the Kunpeng clan, you still can’t stop Yanyan’s marriage to the young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan.”

“These past two-plus years, Yanyan has been brought back to the Devouring Clan by me. Whether in the Demon Realm or here, I’m more qualified than you to arrange her marriage.”

Lin Mo stared coldly at the Devouring Clan chief before him. “Old man, you seem awfully eager to marry Yanyan off.”

The Devouring Clan chief said, “I’m only doing this for Yanyan’s own good. In the Lihu Tiger Clan, she’ll be treated better.”

Lin Mo sneered. “You really are sanctimonious.”

“Don’t think I don’t know. You’re marrying Yanyan off just for her bloodline.”

“If I’m not mistaken, you and this dark brute have already agreed that any child Yanyan bears will belong to your clan, right?”

The clan chief whose scheme had been exposed by Lin Mo was already in turmoil inside. Forcing his expression to remain calm, he said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, girl. I have only one goal—to let Yanyan marry over and live a better life.”

“Besides, it’s too late to say anything now. Yanyan has already accepted the Lihu Tiger Clan’s betrothal gifts and eaten them clean.”

The young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan chimed in, “That’s right. This marriage can’t be changed no matter what—unless, within today, you return the eight hundred thousand jin of mid-grade monster beast meat I already sent, and on top of that, give another eight hundred thousand jin in compensation.”

He was certain Lin Mo couldn’t produce it.

Even for their Lihu Tiger Clan, if they wanted to scrape together another eight hundred thousand jin of meat right now, they’d have to go hunting without eating or drinking for at least half a month.

So he wasn’t worried at all that Lin Mo would go back to the Kunpeng clan for help. Besides, this place was nearly half a month’s journey from the Kunpeng clan.

The Devouring Clan chief was still shrewd and added, “If you want to take charge and cancel the engagement, you also have to return all the food Yanyan has eaten in my clan over these two-plus years. With interest, that’s at least one million jin of mid-grade monster beast meat.”

Lin Mo’s brows furrowed slightly. That amount of meat really wasn’t something he could slaughter in a single day.

Very soon, his gaze shifted to Qu Ruyan, who was still licking her lollipop.

Seeing that the thing hanging at Qu Ruyan’s neck was still intact, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He’d almost forgotten—Qu Ruyan had inherited the legacy of those six fox demons. She was already a little rich lady.

“Yanyan, have you ever opened the storage ring hanging around your neck?”

“Storage ring?”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Qu Ruyan’s neck.

Wasn’t that just a necklace made of spirit stones? Where was any storage ring?

Qu Ruyan chewed the candy in her mouth into pieces and swallowed it in one gulp. “Senior Brother, I wanted to give you the things in this storage ring. I’ve never opened it before.”

Hearing that, Lin Mo was a little moved. It was just as he had thought.

The seal on the tube had never loosened, clearly indicating it had never been opened.

“Yanyan, open the tube and take a look.”

Qu Ruyan took off the necklace from her neck. After channeling demon qi into it, the necklace’s form changed at once, turning into a storage tube.

None of them had expected that the ordinary, inconspicuous necklace hanging from Qu Ruyan’s neck was actually a storage tube—and one that looked to be of extremely high quality.

Without hesitation, Qu Ruyan held the tube out toward Lin Mo. “Senior Brother, for you!”

Lin Mo didn’t reach out. Instead, he said, “Yanyan, take a look at what’s inside the storage tube yourself.”

At his words, Qu Ruyan opened the storage tube in her hand and peeked inside.

With that one look, her eyes went blank.

Inside the storage ring were several heaps of spirit stones so bright they could blind others.

Aside from that, there were countless artifacts, treasures, and cultivation manuals.

But none of that was what she cared about.

What she cared about were the monster beast corpses stretching so far she couldn’t see the end.

“So much meat!”

Qu Ruyan swallowed, then began taking the monster beast corpses out one by one.

Very quickly, as everyone watched the monster beast corpses pile up into a small mountain before them, their eyes went blank as well.

“Senior Brother, there’s no more room in front. And this is only a tenth of it,” Qu Ruyan said excitedly.

Kun Yu roughly estimated the amount of meat on these monster beast corpses. There had to be about five million jin of monster beast meat here already.

“And most of it is high-grade. And this is just a tenth…”

The young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan and the Devouring Clan chief were completely dumbfounded. The food reserves of their two great Yao clans actually couldn’t compare to those of a little girl.

The Devouring Clan chief said, “Yanyan, since you had so much monster beast meat, why did you still go hunting the Calamity-Serpent clan?”

Over these two years, he’d had few conflicts with the Calamity-Serpent clan. All of them were because of Qu Ruyan.

Qu Ruyan blinked. “I’m not afraid of bad luck. Besides, just because I have meat to eat doesn’t mean I can’t go catch Calamity-Serpent clan, right?”

The Devouring Clan chief was left speechless.

Lin Mo said, “Enough. Each of you mark out your own share of the meat. The higher-quality portion, just take it as a gift from us.”

“As per our earlier agreement, this engagement is now annulled.”

With that, he turned and called to Qu Ruyan, “Yanyan, let’s go. This place isn’t suitable for you.”

Qu Ruyan had no objections. She hadn’t come to the Demon Realm just to eat, but to become stronger and protect the people she cared about.

She politely bid farewell to the old Devouring Clan chief. “Grandpa Tun, we’re leaving then.”

Then she followed after Lin Mo.

The young clan leader of the Lihu Tiger Clan and the Devouring Clan chief exchanged a look and understood each other’s intent.

The next moment, dozens of Nascent Soul–stage Yao cultivators blocked Lin Mo’s path.

“The two of you won’t be leaving today.”