"I think I understand what you mean."
Bai Luo thought of Gaviru from the original work, who was quite idiotic.
This isn't to say that all Lizardmen are conceited fools like Gaviru; there are intelligent individuals among them.
For example, the Lizardmen Clan Leader, and Cang Hua, who would follow Cang Ying in the future and is currently the Lizardmen Clan Princess.
But these individuals are, after all, only a minority.
The internal atmosphere of the Lizardmen was quite reminiscent of Bai Luo's previous life's Lighthouse Country, quite self-important.
However, thinking about it carefully, it's not strange that the Lizardmen would think this way.
Firstly, the three dominant races in the Jura Great Forest were the Ogre, Pighead Clan, and Lizardmen.
The Pighead Clan numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but their individual combat strength was lacking.
Although the Ogre were strong, their numbers were too small.
The Lizardmen had tens of thousands of people, and their individual combat strength exceeded C-rank, with some even reaching C+ and B.
Their overall strongest comprehensive strength led the Lizardmen to consider themselves the protectors of the Jura Great Forest, naturally superior to other races.
"Forget it."
Bai Luo decided to temporarily ignore the Lizardmen: "Cang Ying, you can come back now."
"Yes, my Lord!"
The Lizardmen rejected Bai Luo's alliance invitation.
He wouldn't hold a grudge against the Lizardmen for such a small matter.
Whether to form an alliance or not was inherently the Lizardmen's freedom.
Bai Luo would not impose his will on others, believing that they must act according to his plans, or else they were seeking death.
"Lord Bai Luo?"
Zhu Cai saw Lord Bai Luo suddenly put down his chopsticks and thought it was because her cooking didn't suit his taste.
"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with your cooking, Zhu Cai."
Bai Luo directly informed Zhu Cai, Snow Empress, and the others present about Cang Ying and the Lizardmen's situation.
"How ungrateful, these Lizardmen!"
Upon learning what had happened, Shion was the first to speak: "Do you need me to teach them a lesson, Lord Bai Luo?"
"Just a lesson?"
Ice Empress was far more brutal than Shion: "Since they are unwilling to surrender, then let's just eliminate them!"
"Uh…"
Hearing this, even Shion couldn't help but feel speechless: "Well, Ice Empress, you're a bit too extreme."
"Is that so?"
Ice Empress didn't think so.
The world of Soul Beasts was inherently a struggle of life and death.
Currently, the strongest in the Jura Great Forest was undoubtedly Bai Luo, and he was not just a little bit stronger.
His not directly declaring war on the Lizardmen, but allowing them to live in the forest, was already very benevolent.
Yet, the Lizardmen still chose to refuse.
If it were Ice Empress, she would have probably already gone to their doorstep and scattered the ashes of those ungrateful Lizardmen.
"Alright, Bing'er."
Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress's ineffective speech: "This is not the Northern Icefield, and the Lizardmen are not brainless beasts."
"They, like the Ogre, have their own culture and customs."
Snow Empress had learned about the Ogre's traditions; they adhered to a spirit called Bushido.
If not for Bai Luo's great kindness to the Ogre, plus Peng Peng as a higher-ranking fellow species, subjugating the Ogre would also have been quite difficult.
In the original work, even when the Demon Grummid wanted to name the Great Ogre Clan, the Great Ogre Clan did not agree.
Even facing extinction, the Ogre's integrity remained unchanged.
From this, it can be seen that subjugating the monster races in the Jura Great Forest is not easy.
The more enlightened and civilized they are, the harder it is to suppress them by force.
The Ogre, Lizardmen, Pighead Clan, and Tengu Clan are more like humans than monsters.
Yet, these races are also different from humans.
They are too stubborn.
"Sometimes, dignity outweighs life."
Zhu Cai said, "The Ya Lang only chose to compromise because their entire clan was defeated."
Of course, this isn't to say that the Ya Lang Clan lacked integrity or were cowards.
It can only be said that the Ya Lang were beasts.
And beasts do not have the idea that dignity and freedom are above all else.
After all, you can't tell a dog not to eat charity, can you? That would be a bit ridiculous.
Additionally, as the Ya Lang Clan evolved into Beastmen, freed from the shackles of beastly instinct, the Ya Lang Clan gained their unique racial quality, which is the loyalty of canines to their master.
"Let's leave it at that for now."
Bai Luo said, "Anyway, we don't lack this small amount of strength from the Lizardmen."
If nearly 30,000 Lizardmen were subjugated at once, the magic essence Bai Luo could obtain would be terrifying.
If he were to bestow names, even if he only received 3% of the magic essence, that would still be nearly 5 million.
Unfortunately, 7 million and 12 million make little difference to Bai Luo right now.
Let alone bestowing names.
For the Ogre, Goblins, and Ya Lang Clan, Bai Luo bestowing names was a favor.
But for the Lizardmen, to shamelessly go and bestow names upon them, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Did he really think he had money with nowhere to spend it?
"Bai Luo, your naming is nothing less than a chance for them to be reborn."
"It's just that the Lizardmen don't know how to cherish it."
Snow Empress's words were met with unanimous agreement from everyone.
"That's right, the Lizardmen don't have such good fortune."
After Zhu Cai finished speaking, Shion snorted coldly: "Who told them to be so unobservant!"
"Anyway, let's talk about it after Cang Ying returns."
Bai Luo estimated that with Cang Ying's speed, it would take at most a few hours to return to the village from the Lizardmen wetlands.
Sure enough, not long after, Cang Ying appeared in front of Bai Luo.
He knelt on one knee, his head bowed low, as if he was asking Bai Luo for forgiveness regarding the Lizardmen's matter.
"Get up, Cang Ying."
Bai Luo said, "You've worked hard."
"It is my honor to serve my master."
Cang Ying's tone was calm, but his words came from the bottom of his heart.
Having received such great kindness from Bai Luo, Cang Ying truly wanted to do something to repay Bai Luo.
"The task of investigating the Orcs was completed well."
Bai Luo said, "As for the Lizardmen… "
"What exactly is the situation?"
"Cang Ying, did you not show them the power of an Ogre?"
"I did, but…"
Recalling the situation at the time, Cang Ying still felt incredibly abstract: "But they didn't believe it."
"Huh?"
Shion stood up indignantly: "What do you mean? What do you mean by 'didn't believe'?"
If he said they weren't afraid, Shion could still understand.
But didn't believe?
Was there such a saying?
"The literal meaning."
Cang Ying said, projecting what happened at the time in the form of shadow magic.
In the image woven by shadows, Cang Ying swept away hundreds of Lizardmen confronting him with overwhelming power.
Even the Lizardmen leader holding a trident, who was at the forefront, was instantly killed by Cang Ying with one move.
Of course, Cang Ying did not kill them.
He simply taught these conceited Lizardmen a lesson.
"Isn't this good?"
Ice Empress rested her chin on one hand, she felt that Cang Ying did the right thing, and should teach these ungrateful fools a lesson.