Ch 19: It’s Worth It to Trade These for Your Safety
Ji Liang chuckled softly, “Little Shuo Shuo, I already shamelessly asked you for a thank-you gift before.
Now you’ve turned the unique thank-you gift that I’ve been longing for into something almost everyone has, completely lacking uniqueness.
Shouldn’t you be racking your brains now, thinking about how to make amends?
Only then will your sincerity be shown.”
By the way, I miss Little Shuo Shuo at night, and I’m also looking forward to spending the long nights with you, right?
The thank-you gift should be doubled…”
Good words, how did they change their taste when they reached his mouth?
Si Shuo once again used force, pulling her hand back, and said with a guilty and muffled voice: “I’ll go back and think about it!”
At noon, she gnawed on two fish freshly grilled by Zhi Le, ate a pottery jar full of braised meat and mushroom rice, and drank a cup of homemade fresh fruit tea.
Si Shuo’s appetite has increased, but in other people’s eyes, her little appetite is not even comparable to that of the cubs.
Originally, she had planned to slaughter a tusked boar cub every other day, but seeing that the boar cubs were quite adapted to life in the mountain trench, she moved it to once every five or six days, and she only kept half of it.
After receiving the boar cub meat sent by the males today, Si Shuo only kept one-tenth to make into salted meat, and put the rest into the Pocket Dimension.
This is her third day of heat, but it’s noon, and she’s not wearing much in the cave, and her forehead is still sweating.
After taking a bath, she dried her hair and lay down on the cool fish skin to sleep.
In her dream, she dreamed that she was entangled by a black snake with red belly and golden patterns, and the snake’s tongue brushed against her skin, causing her to shiver and fall off the bed!
Si Shuo lay on the ground for a long time, rubbing her head and climbing back onto the bed in frustration, “Sin, sin,” she said, looking at the Snow Leopard beast mark on her wrist.
She sat cross-legged and began to chant the Heart-Clearing Mantra. After chanting it twice, she fell back onto the bed and continued to sleep in a daze.
This time, she didn’t dream of the black snake, but Zhi Le came back and embraced her, doing all sorts of intimate things…
Getting up groggily, Si Shuo drank some warm water and went to the mountain trench to practice Germination Art again.
In the morning, she wove bracelets and also pondered how to weave vines. She didn’t necessarily use all thorn strip-like plants, but also mixed in other plants with flowers and leaves.
With the cover of flowers and leaves, no matter how she wove the thorn strips, it wouldn’t appear too abrupt. On the contrary, the irregularity would make it closer to the natural state of a shrub.
Among these flowers and plants, she would mix in plants with strong anesthetic and toxic properties, preferably smeared on the thorns, so that while piercing through the other party’s skin and flesh, the juice would be injected into their blood.
With the plant encyclopedia issued by the system, the plants she selected with strong anesthetic or toxic properties were all chosen for their quality, so that even a little bit would have an effect!
After exhausting her ability, Si Shuo walked back.
She could feel that her ability had improved a tiny bit compared to yesterday, both in terms of the precision of control and the storage capacity of her ability.
With her ability exhausted, the feeling of hunger in her stomach seemed particularly sharp.
Si Shuo made a bowl of shredded pork and cucumber noodles, paired with refreshing pickled vegetables and spicy bean paste, and slurped down a large bowl!
The Spring Hunt is an activity that the Beastmen tribes around the Dongye Forest must carry out.
After the long rainy season and cold season, the number of wild animals in the forest has increased. If they don’t carry out a month-long hunting activity, what awaits them will be a Beast Tide that is difficult to resist.
Zhi Le has been gone for more than half a month, going deeper into the forest, and the fruits and beast hides he brought back are almost all different.
Moreover, the fruits are getting bigger and bigger, indicating that the climate there is warmer, and the warm season, that is, spring, came earlier than here.
After gnawing on a melon, Si Shuo took a bath and consciously spread the beast hide at the door.
When Ji Liang came, he heard very light, restrained breathing sounds behind the door, and the air was also filled with the sweet fragrance emanating from the little female.
He hooked the corners of his lips, not daring to tease her, otherwise this little thing would have to scratch the door to vent her anger!
He waved his hand, setting up a protective barrier around the area, and said with a soft laugh: “Little Shuo Shuo, I’m here. Did you wait long?”
Si Shuo was gnawing and rubbing against the beast hide, and her whole body stiffened when she heard this. How did this male’s words always make her think crookedly?
She snorted softly from her nose.
Ji Liang couldn’t bear to see her suffer, so he quickly transmitted spiritual energy to her.
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The cool spiritual energy was like cool boiled water in summer, relieving heat and quenching thirst, a great satisfaction in life!
Ji Liang leaned against the wooden door and said slowly: “Gong You is the leader of the scouting team in the Dark Crow Merchant Band. Although he is a level five combat strength, he has rich practical experience and understands various environments very well.
I rescued him from the mouth of an old lion. He is taciturn in the team. I didn’t expect that this time he would follow your sister without saying a word.
Although he used to owe me a favor, he has made a lot of contributions in the team for more than ten years.
Now that he has a female, he is preparing to settle down in the Lu’ni Tribe.
With your sister around, I’m afraid my relationship with him will end here.”
Si Shuo listened quietly, “I’m sorry…”
Ji Liang glared at her through the wooden door, “I’m not telling you this to hear you say sorry.
Besides, you have nothing to be sorry for me about. Males will talk about loyalty and friendship before forming a bond.
But once a male has a female, the female’s words are greater than everything else.
I should be the one saying sorry, for letting your sister take advantage and get a good assistant.”
Si Shuo understood his meaning in an instant, and said with a smile: “Gong You is quite powerful, but if he stays in the tribe, he has to abide by the rules of the tribe.
In the tribe, beastmen are not allowed to harm each other, otherwise they will be driven out of the tribe.
My sister doesn’t like me, so at most she will try to make me uncomfortable. As long as I don’t leave the tribe, she can’t do anything to me.
Besides, I’ve been sisters with her for so many years, if she wanted to do something to me, she wouldn’t have waited until now.”
Ji Liang frowned, “Nothing is absolute… How about this, I see that you have a good relationship with the female next door, you can let her see if there are any males in the traveling merchant band that she likes.”
Si Shuo couldn’t help but curl her lips, “It’s a big deal for males to form a bond. You are the leader of the Dark Crow Merchant Band, can you control their choice of females?”
Ji Liang hummed: “Little Shuo Shuo, you still don’t know much about our Dark Crow Merchant Band.
I have good things in my hand that can regulate a female’s body, and even increase pregnancy.
It’s worth it to trade these for your safety!”
Si Shuo’s heart beat violently, and she couldn’t help but press her forehead against the wooden door, “Is it worth it? Maybe you can meet someone better than me.”
Ji Liang said with a smile: “It’s worth it. I’ve been to many places and seen many people and things, and I know more clearly what I want.
If I become your beast husband, I will only think about you, where will there be any shadow of other females?
Do you have any misunderstanding about the beast mark sworn to the Beast God?”
Si Shuo pursed her lips, “But, I don’t plan to have a second beast husband yet.”
Ji Liang sighed, “Although beast husbands should be generous, I haven’t become your beast husband yet, and I’m already so jealous of Zhi Le.
Since you don’t want to leave here and travel around with me, I’ll transfer the Dark Crow Merchant Band to someone else. Anyway, after wandering for so many years, I’m already tired of drifting and want to have a home and live a leisurely life!
When I’m done with my affairs and Zhi Le comes back, then you can consider accepting me, right?”