Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands

The king's sedan chair smoothly made its way towards the Reishi Palace.

Self-absorbed Caicai had turned back into a radish, huddled in a corner of the sedan, softly cursing the fox all the way.

Upon entering the palace, Caicai and Xiao Jinsheng were promptly ushered out of the sedan and led into a secluded courtyard.

Along the way, they saw plenty of greenery, including vegetables and flowering plants.

Caicai started feeling scared: "Host, do you think that stinky fox will really cook us?"

"Like making a stone radish stew?" Caicai pointed at the vegetables along the path: "Look, all the ingredients are ready, add some carrots, lettuce, onions, garlic, mint leaves, pepper leaves, and even some flower garnishes."

"Stop it, you're making it hard for me to look at these plants." Xiao Jinsheng quickly covered Caicai's mouth: "Now, looking at them, everyone looks like a colleague to me."

After all, they would all end up stewed in a pot in the end.

Xiao Jinsheng and Caicai were taken into the yard by a beastman. As soon as they entered, the beastman backed out and locked the door from the outside.

"Hey, hey, hey, why lock us up!" Caicai banged on the door and demanded, "Are you really treating me as an ingredient? Be careful, I might poop in your pot."

"How did you know I like eating poop?" The locking beastman immediately opened the door, looking at Caicai eagerly, his mouse eyes full of anticipation.

In a hurry, Caicai turned back into a green onion, quickly closing the courtyard door again.

Regardless of whether it's locked outside or not, it was secured from the inside anyway.

After everything was done, Caicai was still in shock.

Looking at Xiao Jinsheng, he nervously said, "I was just joking, I didn't think there's really a beastman that eats poop."

Caicai wasn't sure if other beastmen eat poop.

But that one just now was a brown rat, and feces are indeed part of its diet.

With a poop-eating mouse beastman guarding outside, Caicai had no intention of exiting through the main door.

The radish wilted, sitting on the bluestone slab, sighing: "Just leave, leaving would be good."

"If only Demon Dad were here, he could've helped you two get a divorce directly." Caicai began to consider leaving.

"Little radish, don't think too much." Xiao Jinsheng comfortingly patted the radish Caicai.

The content of their conversation in the Star System Map and their actual expressions were completely different.

Caicai was especially excited in the Star System Map.

Caicai: Tonight we find that stinky fox's chamber, either get divorced or knock him out and take him away.

Xiao Jinsheng: Why did you provoke that honey badger today?

Xiao Jinsheng: Is there something wrong with him?

Caicai: Of course there's nothing wrong, but the honey badger really has a short temper

Caicai: If I provoke him, he'll definitely hit me

Caicai: If Fox Father were still Fox Father, he adored me the most

Caicai: Even without memories, Fox Father should've stood by me at least

Caicai: But not comforting me is one thing, now he wants to lock me in Purgatory and fry me in a deep pot, boo hoo hoo

Caicai: I suggest you hurry and divorce him

Caicai: I can't stand it anymore, can't we go to find that stinky fox's chamber now and give him a beating first?

Xiao Jinsheng: Moving in broad daylight, we'll be discovered, we'll go tonight

As time passed, the Star System Map had explored all accessible areas in the mushroom gathering place.

It also locked down Xuan Jiu's location.

This allowed Xiao Jinsheng to accurately find Xuan Jiu anytime.

Noticing the sky, the sun had set.

Xiao Jinsheng and Caicai were thinking about finding Xuan Jiu's chamber once it was dark.

Through the Star System Map, they noticed an unidentified figure sneaking into the courtyard stealthily.

Xiao Jinsheng and Caicai exchanged glances.

Caicai turned back into a green onion, and both raised a Langya List.

When the shadow quietly pushed the door open, they simultaneously struck from left and right.

The intruder didn't see anything, their eyes glittered with stars, and they fainted on the spot.

"It's the honey badger." Caicai looked in surprise at the intruder, who turned out to be the honey badger he had a conflict with earlier today.

It quickly tossed aside the Wolf Fang Club and awkwardly laughed with its hands behind its back: "No wonder he's a honey badger, he falls asleep just like that."

"Wasn't he taken away by the people from the royal palace?" Xiao Jinsheng suspiciously squatted beside the honey badger.

When entering the Royal City, she noticed the honey badger being taken away by the royal palace's people.

If she couldn't figure it out, she wouldn't think about it.

Xiao Jinsheng directly woke up the honey badger.

"You!" The honey badger opened his eyes holding his head. Seeing Xiao Jinsheng, he was puzzled but upon seeing the green onion Caicai, he instantly gritted his teeth in anger: "You onion spirit, how dare you hit me!"

"Sneaking in at night, I only hit you lightly; I could've sliced you." Caicai said fiercely.

The honey badger laughed in anger and said, "Still so cocky, just wait to become stew."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Jinsheng asked the honey badger.

Realizing Xiao Jinsheng was reasonable.

Originally angry and ready to walk away, the honey badger adopted a serious tone: "Considering how hard it is for you mountain creatures to become spirits, I'm here to warn you."

"If you want to live and not end up as pot dishes, leave the palace and this Royal City immediately."

"Don't I just need to stop looking like a green onion?" Caicai thought it was because of his appearance that he was being treated as food.

"She's still a stone, yet they're planning to put her in the pot." The honey badger mocked.

He rubbed the back of his head, wincing as he got up: "I tore your onion leaves during the day, and you hit me with two clubs at night, let's call it even."

"Anyway, I've warned you. Whether you leave or not is your decision."

Before climbing over the wall to leave again, the honey badger pointed to the sky where the clouds were dispersing, leaving only a crescent moon.

"When the clouds clear and the moon is full, that's when you'll end up in the pot."

Caicai wanted to ask for more information, but the honey badger left swiftly after speaking.

"There's definitely something wrong with this place." Caicai spoke with a trembling voice.

"We really won't end up as stone radish stew, will we?" Caicai anxiously looked at Xiao Jinsheng.

"No rush, no rush." Xiao Jinsheng reassured.

If worse comes to worst, they could just hide in the realm.

In this world where everyone lives in mushroom houses, Xiao Jinsheng wanted to see if what the honey badger said was true.

She strapped the radish Caicai on her back like a backpack.

According to Caicai's reasoning, this way they had two pairs of eyes.

Xiao Jinsheng would watch the front, while Caicai would watch the rear.

After carefully preparing, Xiao Jinsheng followed the route provided by the Star System Map.

Easily avoiding the guards along the way, they snuck into the king's chamber.

Just entering the outer courtyard, Caicai noticed that outside the king's chamber were plants like peppercorns and bay leaves.

This sight made Caicai shiver: "Oh no, these are ingredients for stone radish stew."

Farther inside, Xiao Jinsheng found the setup bizarre as well.

From what she knew, royal palaces usually planted rare flowers or valuable medicinal herbs.

But with Xuan Jiu, it was all spices.

Star anise, cinnamon, fennel, cloves, black cardamom, dried tangerine peel…

Plenty of them were lined up.

Upon entering this chamber, Xiao Jinsheng felt like she had fallen into a marinade pot.

Passing through these rooms filled with a special aroma, Xiao Jinsheng arrived at the indoor hot spring behind the chamber.

The Star System Map indicated that Xuan Jiu was currently soaking in the hot spring.

Observing that there were no guards around the indoor hot spring and Xuan Jiu was alone in it, Xiao Jinsheng was about to act when Caicai called her to a halt.

Caicai turned back into a green onion, shaking his leafy hand and letting the leaves extend infinitely to quietly latch onto the clean clothes Xuan Jiu had set aside to change into later.

Securing the clean clothes, Caicai then secretly gathered all other towels and cloths that could be used for covering from the surroundings.

After finishing, Caicai grinned mischievously at Xiao Jinsheng: "Take away everything he can use for cover, that way even if he discovers us later, being all naked, he'll be too embarrassed to leave the water to chase us, hehe."

"You've got a knack for this, Master Caicai!" Xiao Jinsheng immediately gave a thumbs up.