This should be good news.

At least if they disregarded the possibility of someone scheming to force Gu Mengmeng to enter the portal.

Gu Mengmeng continued. “Among the seven treasures, I have the Tear of the Beast Deity, Chixuan has the Soul of the Forest and the Kiss of the Ocean. The remaining are the Love of the Sky, Heart of the Desert and Spirit of the Rocky Cliffs—we have no idea where they are. But the one I am most worried about is… the Key of the Beast King.”

Lea frowned. “Are you referring to a child who has the bloodline of the Beast King?”

Gu Mengmeng nodded. “Wang Xiaoxin wanted to use Snakel as the Key of the Beast King, that was why he went to get Wales as a partner. He failed to open the space-time portal in the end, but…”

Lea knew that there were some things which Gu Mengmeng weren’t able to say out loud. Hence, he spoke for her, “But the method of using and activating these seven treasures was passed on in Sauder, as the Messengers tribe. Cole knew how to use the Kiss of the Ocean and Soul of the Forest to save Chixuan is good evidence of that. So, you are worried that Cole will have designs on your next batch of children, who will possess the bloodline of the Beast King. You are afraid that Chixuan’s situation will repeat itself, right?”

Gu Mengmeng nodded, confirming that Lea had accurately pinpointed the root of her worries.

One Chixuan was enough to exhaust her. If Cole managed to snatch away another of her children, she would really fall apart.

She was really afraid that when she reached out to stab Cole in the chest, the person defending against her was not the enemy but her own child.

“The simplest solution is for you to not get pregnant again.”

At the end of the day, it still came back to this point.

Lea’s moods were very strange. At the beginning, he had been so insistent on having children with her. Subsequently, this hope was completely demolished, before being reignited shortly after. But now… he appeared to be hating on those unborn children.

As long as those children never came to existence, there wouldn’t be any risk of losing Gu Mengmeng?

Anyway, they had already snatched Chixuan back. There was no longer any need for them to get the ransom for Cole, right?

Gu Mengmeng sighed. “Lea.”

Lea’s lips were pressed into one straight line. He kept silent and avoided Gu Mengmeng’s eyes. Nevertheless, his grip tightened involuntarily.

He didn’t want to make Gu Mengmeng angry at this point in time.

Gu Mengmeng squeezed Lea’s hand gently. “After we got Chixuan back, I had intended to give up searching for those seven treasures. But now… I have a new thinking.”

Elvis and Lea were frowning deeply. Their palms were sweating as they pinched their lips tightly together.

Gu Mengmeng knew their worries. But she had to continue her explanation or they would never feel at ease. It was better that she laid out her line of thought. She believed that they would understand.

Gu Mengmeng took a deep breath. “Cole is well aware of the value of these seven treasures. Rather than let him scheme against us to help him gather them, why don’t we seek them out first and hold onto them. This will let us gain the upper hand. Further… any one of the seven treasures has the ability to activate the bloodline of the Beast King. So apart from the Love of the Sky, which I will need to aid in midwifery duties—I intend to get the Heart of the Desert and Spirit of the Rocky Cliffs and give one each to you and Elvis, to activate the bloodline of the Beast King in you. In this way, even if Cole comes up with some devious scheme, the three of us Beast Kings can easily defeat him.”