The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 20 Old love and new love
Bai Qingyu led the way, flying at the very front. A blue crane beside him turned its gaze away from the rear and asked with a smile, "Young clan leader is still so easily swayed by emotions. Even though you don't like Ling Chengen, you're still willing to lend a helping hand."

Bai Qingyu remained silent, but the tribespeople around him were quite lively, gossiping as they flew: "The Stone Forest Tribe went to war with four other tribes a while ago. The young chieftain led people to guard the foot of the mountain and helped take care of the old and young beastmen of their tribe. Why didn't Ling Xiao know?"

Bai Qingyu said in a cold and indifferent tone, "If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold."

Although their Cold Mountain tribe has many large orcs, most of them are flying orcs, and their overall combat strength is actually inferior to that of the neighboring Stone Forest tribe.

Moreover, they cannot remain stationary forever; they need to maintain good relationships with their neighbors.

Compared to the other tribal chiefs who harbored ulterior motives, Ling Xiao, the chief of the Shilin tribe, was of the highest caliber. He was honest, righteous, trustworthy, and had a strong moral compass.

Losing such a good neighbor, and replacing them with snow wolves and giant snakes with their own ambitions... is extremely dangerous for the old and young of their tribe.

Although Ling Chengen liked to chase after him and caused a lot of rumors, he never actually forced him to do anything.

Even though he rejected her many times, Ling Chengen would never cross the line or do anything that would cause him too much distress. He would never turn love into hate; at most, he would be discouraged for a couple of days before making a comeback.

From this point of view alone, he felt that Ling Chengen, as the young clan leader of Shilin, had no major problems with his character.

Ling Xiao is very good at teaching children.

The white-headed crane beside Bai Qingyu sighed softly, "Actually, if the young clan leader is willing, it would be a good thing to become partners with Ling Chengen. In this way, the relationship between our two tribes will be even closer, and we will become one of the most powerful tribes on the Beast Plains."

Bai Qingyu ignored such assumptions and calmly said, "It's too early to find a partner. I don't have that thought right now."

The white-headed crane asked worriedly, "Why is it still early?"

“Young clan leader, you have already turned eighteen this year. It’s already April, and you will enter your breeding season in two months at the latest.”

"Without a female partner, the breeding season is very difficult for male orcs."

Bai Qingyu didn't actually have a precise concept of the breeding season, because he had only just entered adulthood this year and had never experienced the breeding season that his elders talked about.

But he had seriously considered it; there were still many beastmen on the Beast Plains who didn't find a female partner by the age of eighteen, and they still lived their lives just fine.

So he wasn't particularly worried; there would always be a way.

The blue crane beside him echoed the white-headed blue crane's words, and quickly said, "That's right, young clan leader, you should start thinking about finding a female partner. Don't always think that finding a partner is something that's far away."

"Yeah, you can't compare yourself to those male orcs who can't find mates. Is it because they don't want mates to go through the breeding season? It's just that they're not popular with females, so they can't find mates and have to get through the breeding season on their own!"

Bai Qingyu, annoyed by his clansmen's nagging, turned his head and said, "You all don't seem particularly tired today. How about we fly a little further tomorrow to hunt along the Wofeng River, east of Lake Kule?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other blue cranes immediately stopped chattering.

"No way! There's a lot of game around Lake Kule lately, enough for a two-week hunt. Why go all the way to the far and dangerous Wofeng River to hunt?!"

"Young clan leader, let's forget about it..."

"Yeah, we're exhausted today."

Bai Qingyu looked at his clansmen who immediately pretended to be tired and shook his head helplessly.

Perhaps because the group was too quiet, Qinghe at the back couldn't help but whisper to his companion, "Actually, it's probably too late for the young clan leader to find a partner for the young clan leader of Shilin now."

“I heard that Chief Lingxiao has already found her several partners. Just now by Lake Kule, wasn’t she holding a small male orc in her arms?”

"I probably won't be chasing after the young clan leader anymore."

"It's a real shame; it'll be hard to see such a bold female chasing after a male again..."

"That red panda probably hasn't reached maturity yet. Since they haven't spent the breeding season together, they can't really be considered a true mate."

"The young clan leader still has a chance." "The young clan leader is too busy avoiding them to even approach them..."

"makes sense……"

Although Bai Qingyu didn't participate in their conversation, he listened to every word they were supposed to hear, but he couldn't go back and tell them that he didn't care about any of that, so he could only quietly lead the team from the front.

The outline of Shiji Mountain was becoming clearer and clearer. Bai Qingyu turned around and instructed, "Take the people with the Lake-singing Beasts and come with me to the Stone Forest Tribe. Asi, you lead the team back to Hanshan."

A flock of blue cranes split into two groups in the air, one flying westward and the other heading straight north.

Bai Qingyu landed first on the bank of Qingshi Creek, looking at the three caves above the rocky beach, and then looked back at her two companions who were landing steadily from mid-air.

Even though the two blue cranes moved very gently, the Lake-Singing Beast, weighing over a thousand pounds, still made a loud noise when it landed.

Suddenly, a yellow and white tiger cub jumped out of the stone cave ahead, guarding the southernmost cave entrance and keeping a close eye on the three of them.

Bai Qingyu raised her wings to cover her body, quickly reverting to human form. After confirming that the animal skin skirt she had transformed into was neat and tidy, she stepped towards the wary tiger cub.

“I am Bai Qingyu from the Hanshan tribe. Your elder sister asked us to bring this lake-singing beast back. You don’t need to be afraid.”

Upon seeing Bai Qingyu's face, the fluffy tiger cub breathed a sigh of relief and obediently squatted at the entrance of the stone cave, not approaching the large blue cranes.

When will my older sister and the others be back?

Ling Xiaoxi tilted her head and looked at Bai Qingyu's face, unable to help but sigh at her sister's good taste. This must be the most handsome male beastman on the Beast Plains... It's a pity that her sister didn't have the ability to bring him home.

Sigh... Being pretty means you can do whatever you want.

Bai Qingyu was always patient with the cubs. Looking back at the azure sky, she said gently, "They should be here soon, behind us."

He was about to say something more when he suddenly smelled a bloody odor and looked up sharply at the cave behind Ling Xiaoxi.

Inside the dimly lit cave, a pale-faced male orc slowly emerged, leaning against the stone wall, and stopped behind Ling Xiaoxi, quietly sizing up the exceptionally handsome Bai Qingyu.

Hearing footsteps, Ling Xiaoxi turned her head to look at Chongzhen, then pointed at Bai Qingyu and introduced him: "This is the young chief of the Hanshan tribe, the male my sister loves but cannot have."

Bai Qingyu, who was unusually embarrassed, was speechless.

How exactly did Ling Chengen teach his younger sister, Bao Bao?
Ling Xiaoxi was clearly a carefree tiger cub. She curled her tail, pointed at Zhong Zhen's instep, and proudly introduced, "This is my number one brother-in-law, the young chief of the Yaoluo tribe."

Chongzhen raised her hand to her lips and coughed twice, a sickly blush spreading across her cheeks. She nodded slightly to Bai Qingyu and said, "Hello, I am Chongzhen."

"Bai Qingyu".

The gentle and refined young man from Qinghe felt a little uncomfortable. He turned and walked towards the stream. When he saw the black dot in the distance, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said to the tribesmen who were drawing water, "Let's go, they've returned."

Chongzhen's voice came from the wind behind her: "Thank you, Young Master Bai, for helping my wife return the prey."

Bai Qingyu paused slightly upon hearing this, then turned around and said, "It's nothing, just a small favor."

"I'm leaving."

After saying this, he took the lead and flew into the sky, heading towards the dense forest before Ling Chengen landed.

The two lagging blue cranes turned back and secretly sized up the ruddy-faced, white-toothed male orc at the cave entrance, exchanging glances and revealing their gossipy nature.

The two smiled at Ling Chengen, who had just landed, and said, "The Lake-Singing Beast has been delivered. Young Clan Chief Ling, we'll be leaving now."

"Please wait a moment."

(End of this chapter)