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At this moment, her mind was in a complete jumble. She understood the literal meaning of every word he said, but why was it that when they were put together, she couldn't grasp the full meaning? For the first time in her life, Lin Ye felt as if her IQ was insufficient to analyze the situation.

Initially, the man had been somewhat angry. His father had taught him that only a mate was allowed to see his naked body. Just now, while fighting the wild boar, he had accidentally let this female see his buttocks. Therefore, according to tribal rules, she was to become his mate.

However, this girl was both thin and small, her mind seemed foolish, and her speech was unclear. As the number one beastman warrior of the Miao Tribe, how could he have such a weak mate? His mate should be tall, strong, possess extraordinary strength, and be extremely agile to match him. She was completely different from the image of the mate he had imagined! That was why his attitude toward this female had not been very pleasant earlier.

However, seeing her bewildered expression, the anger in his heart subsided slightly. Since she had already become his female, as an outstanding male, no matter how foolish his mate was, he needed to be more tolerant.

Thus, he patiently explained to her what a beastman was.

After hearing the man's explanation, Lin Ye felt her headache worsen.

At birth, beastmen all took the form of animals. Only during their youth could they transform into humans, though they still retained some animal characteristics on their bodies. For example, beastmen of the Miao Tribe, even if they looked human at birth, still had cat ears and a cat tail that did not disappear.

Upon reaching adulthood, beastmen could completely transform into humans and freely shift between human and beast forms. However, this transformation consumed a relatively large amount of energy, so ordinary beastmen would not change their forms at will.

If anyone had told Lin Ye before that beastmen existed in this world, she would absolutely not have believed them. But just now, she had witnessed the man in front of her transform from a cat with her own eyes, so she had no choice but to believe it.

"Ignorance stems from a lack of exposure." She used to think this saying was very true, but now she was a bit uncertain. Did beastmen really exist on Earth? A suspicion flashed in her mind, but she did not dare to delve any deeper.

Due to the communication barrier, they didn't talk much more. At this moment, the faint sound of chatter could be heard coming from deep within the forest; his friends were likely arriving.

Sure enough, before long, over a dozen beastmen emerged from the dense forest, each of them extremely tall. Their appearance was similar to the man beside her, with their upper bodies bare and only a beast skin wrapped around their waists.

All of them carried plenty of prey. The size of these prey was much smaller than the wild boar, but they were all very happy, considering it a successful harvest.

Upon seeing Lin Ye, they were all stunned for a moment, then asked the man beside her, "Yang, who is this female?" It turned out this man was named Yang.

To be honest, Lin Ye was deeply shocked when she first saw so many tall beastmen, and at the same time, she felt extremely terrified. She couldn't even handle one beastman, let alone over a dozen. If these beastmen really wanted to harm her, she would have absolutely no way to resist.

She took a deep breath, trying to remain calm.

"Hello everyone, I am Lin Ye. 'Lin' as in forest, and 'Ye' as in leaf." She tried to use simple words to explain her name.

Although her accent sounded a bit strange to them, they still understood her words.

Facing this fair and delicate female, the beastmen all felt a bit shy. Putting down the prey in their hands, they introduced themselves to her one after another.

"My name is Shi."
"My name is Da Shan."
"My name is Shu."
"My name is..."

From the way they introduced themselves, Lin Ye could tell that their names were basically based on common objects.

Their warm attitude made her relax a bit. It was good that they had no ill intentions toward her; at least she didn't have to worry about being captured as food.

Lin Ye let out a soft sigh of relief, completely unaware that the face of the man beside her had darkened.

He wasn't even the first to know his female's name, and yet these bratty rascals dared to openly curry favor with his female right in front of him! Yang took a few steps forward, stepping right in front of Lin Ye to block their view entirely, and said loudly, "What are you standing around for? It's almost dark, hurry up and bring the prey back!"

As soon as Yang spoke, the beastmen fell silent. Seeing the wild boar at his feet, they exclaimed, "Yang, you're amazing! You killed another wild boar!"
"This is great, we'll have more meat to eat tonight..."

Lin Ye quietly listened to their conversation from the side, which was filled with praise for Yang. She looked up at him, not expecting him to hold such a high status among the beastmen.

Sensing Lin Ye's gaze, Yang stood a bit straighter, as if an invisible tail were wagging smugly behind him.