Gu Shengyin surveyed her surroundings.
It was a wooden house, and she was sitting on a bed made from a single large slab of bluestone, covered with many layers of pristine blankets made from the fur of some unknown animal.
Soft and comfortable.
Looking around the room, it was evident that it had been meticulously arranged and cleaned: everything within the room was spotless and all the utensils were neatly placed.
However, no matter how well maintained it was, it couldn’t hide the fact that the items here were very simple, even crude.
This was a Beastman World that had not yet fully developed.
Beastmen were creatures unlike any others Gu Shengyin had seen before.
They could freely switch between human and wild beast forms, possessing human intelligence in daily life and, when transformed into beasts during combat, they could unleash a fighting power even greater than that of real wild beasts.
This world had no large unified kingdoms; the various tribes were self-reliant, and friction, fighting, and merging with each other was a common occurrence.
Beastmen were divided into two types, Male Beast and Female Beast.
Gu Shengyin instinctively equated these two different genders of Beastmen with the men and women of Earth.
Male Beasts were responsible for hunting, fighting, and physical work; while Female Beasts handled lighter tasks.
Of course, their most important ability was giving birth.
If one were to pinpoint a difference between Female Beasts and women, it would be their rarity.
The name of this continent was blunt and straightforward—since it was populated by Beastmen, it was called the Beastman Continent.
On the Beastman Continent, the ratio of Male Beasts to Female Beasts was very skewed; typically, a tribe might have thousands of Male Beasts but only about a hundred Female Beasts.
With such a ratio, every Female Beast was the tribe’s most precious treasure, not to mention that they could become pregnant and give birth to Little Beastmen, which were fundamental for a tribe’s continued strength and prosperity.
Due to the rarity of Female Beasts, there was an unwritten rule within tribes that a Female Beast could be mates with several Male Beasts at the same time.
Gu Shengyin’s current body was that of a Female Beast.
Moreover, her status was not ordinary; she was not just any Female Beast, but a High Priest, the most prestigious identity within a tribe.
The primitive tribes had a great dependence on nature, worshiping nature and the Beast God. The High Priest was their messenger to the Beast God.
However, High Priests were rare; she had to possess Witch Power, be able to predict good and bad fortune, even know the changes in the weather, and be learned.
Some smaller tribes didn’t even have a High Priest.
Right now, Wu Luo, the body Gu Shengyin inhabited, was the High Priest of a powerful tribe on the Beastman Continent, the Owl Clan.
The Owl Clan was one of the mightiest and most affluent tribes on this plain. The only tribe that could rival the Owl Clan was the Strength Tribe, sitting across a very broad river.
In this world, Gu Shengyin’s target was a member of the Strength Tribe, a Fox Woman.
Fox Woman Vika was a very beautiful young woman, possessing the Fox Clan’s inherent charm ability, making her extremely popular within the Strength Tribe—the Clan Leader and the foremost warrior were both her close confidants.
Vika had always wanted to become the High Priest of the Strength Tribe, but unfortunately, the current High Priest openly told her that she lacked Witch Power, which disqualified her from becoming the High Priest.
Being a High Priest was linked to the rise and fall of a clan, and even though the Clan Leader of the Strength Tribe was very fond of Vika, he could not grant her request.
Vika, proud and haughty by nature, was originally resentful about this. During a meeting of the Beast Clans, an incident made her hold a grudge against Wu Luo.