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

Chapter 272 Less Than Advancement
Ling Chengen dared not let Yuheng cook anymore. He spent the rest of the night resting in Yu Shaochen's room. Not long after dawn, he got up and went to the kitchen to cook.

Yu Heng watched Ling Chengen's departing figure, resting his chin on his hand, a rare look of frustration on his face.

Jiaojiao slid off his earring and instantly transformed into a thick vine over a meter tall. Its slender branches patted Yuheng's head: "Are you very sad? I secretly told you yesterday that that thing needs to be cooked in the pot for a while longer, but you didn't believe me!"

Yuheng parted its tendrils and said speechlessly, "Why am I sad? I'm just not convinced. You don't understand."

What he made was clearly delicious!
It's just that the two of us at home aren't fortunate enough to enjoy it.

Jiaojiao instantly lost the will to comfort him: "You're so stubborn! I'm talking about you."

Yuheng pointed outside: "Go to the kitchen and keep an eye on things. When you've learned how, come back and teach me."

"You're still thinking about learning to cook? I bet the little female won't dare eat anything you make in the future."

Yu Heng leaned back in his chair and snorted, "Am I such an easily defeated man?"

After Jiao Jiao slid down the window, Yu Shao Chen slowly woke up in the sunlight streaming in from outside. He raised his hand to press his still slightly hot forehead, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Yu Heng sitting next to him. He was stunned at first, and then, based on fragmented memories, he understood what had happened.

"Awake? Is there anything else that's bothering you?" Yu Heng crossed his legs and looked at Yu Shaochen with a lazy expression.

Yu Shaochen first glanced under the bed; the vomit had already been cleaned up. He sat on the bed for a few seconds, stunned, and asked, "Did you clean it up?"

Yu Heng crossed his arms in front of him and retorted, "Otherwise what?"

Yu Shaochen: "Thank you."

Looking at his calm demeanor, Yu Heng's expression became uneasy. If Yu Shaochen were to complain or criticize him, he would be much more composed.

Yuheng put his leg down, a little embarrassed, and said, "No need to thank me! Your condition is partly due to the food I made last night."

"Is there anything else that's bothering you? Tell me quickly."

Yu Shaochen raised his hand to feel his weak limbs, leaned against the headboard and said, "I still have a slight fever, but it won't affect anything. I'll use my superpower to treat it in a bit."

Yu Heng wanted to make a move directly, but Yu Shaochen dodged it.

Yuheng stood up and said, "If Enen asks, don't wrong me. I was planning to help you get better, but you didn't want it yourself."

Yu Shaochen nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "I probably won't be able to go to the experimental field today. Could you please take a look and record the data from each plant growth-inducing experiment if you plan to get involved?"

"I've put the record sheet in the small cabin next to the experimental field. You can record it using the same format as before."

Yuheng still felt a little guilty towards him, so when Yu Shaochen made this request, he didn't refuse directly and planned to take some time to go and see him today.

Ling Chengen had previously asked him to help Yu Shaochen with breeding, but he wasn't very interested in the task of repeatedly stimulating the growth of the same plant and constantly selecting good varieties for hybridization.

Because these were too easy for him and not challenging enough.

The monotonous and boring work did not allow him to demonstrate his abilities and value, so he preferred to do things he enjoyed in the tribe.

After Yu Heng left, Yu Shaochen began to carefully examine his body.

He felt something was wrong.

Yuheng's abilities are beyond doubt. It was just a common food poisoning. The orcs in the tribe had also experienced this. They had accidentally eaten sprouted potatoes, which caused them to vomit and have diarrhea. Yuheng only used one healing spell to completely cure the patients.

From the moment his food poisoning was discovered to the moment his wife helped induce vomiting, Yuheng took over the work of treating his physical ailments.

Logically speaking, even if I wasn't as energetic as usual when I woke up this morning, I shouldn't have continued to have a fever, or even have a tendency for my body temperature to continue to rise.

There must be something wrong with his body.

Yu Shaochen tried to use healing techniques to lower his fever. However, his body temperature only returned to normal briefly before quickly rising again, turning his entire face red and his mouth dry. Due to dehydration, his lips were also severely chapped.

He got up and poured himself a glass of water. He had only drunk half of it when he felt dizzy and could barely stand. The glass in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and the back of his feet was splashed with warm water. His body began to convulse uncontrollably, and he collapsed to his knees.

Ling Chengen and Yu Heng noticed the strange noise almost immediately. They both put down what they were doing and ran towards Yu Shaochen's treehouse.

Yu Heng arrived before Ling Chengen. Seeing Yu Shaochen curled up on the ground, he reached out and pinched his cheeks, took out a clean piece of animal skin from his waist, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Ling Chengen grabbed the window frame and swung in, frowning as he asked, "What's wrong with him?"

“His body temperature is elevated.” Yuheng quickly examined his body and gave an accurate answer. “He must have tried to heal himself with his supernatural abilities, but he still couldn’t control his body temperature.”

"This isn't a lingering effect of food poisoning, is it? Is it because we suddenly entered our breeding season, or is it a problem with our supernatural abilities?"

Although Ling Chengen was still shaken by the fact that she and Yu Shaochen had almost been sent away by Yuheng, she never doubted Yuheng's medical skills and abilities.

“Special ability.” Yu Heng reached out and pressed down on Yu Shaochen’s tongue, frowning as he said, “He’s about to advance to the next level, but the fourth level is a hurdle for most ordinary warriors.”

In fact, many warriors from small and medium-sized tribes in the Northern Plains spend their entire lives stuck at the fourth to fifth rank, making little progress.

Yu Shaochen was stuck on this hurdle for a long time. At least since he became a fourth-tier warrior at almost sixteen years old, his wood-type ability has not changed much.

It wasn't until he joined the Stone Forest Tribe this year that he became very anxious because everyone in his tribe was a warrior stronger than him. After constantly trying, his superpowers finally improved a little over the past six months, but he still couldn't advance to the fifth rank.

He had considered that his talent might not be enough, so he might not be able to overcome this difficulty.

If he remains at the fourth rank, he, who already has little presence, might really be abandoned in the future.

He didn't want to be the one who was abandoned.

His cautiousness and anxiety were obvious to everyone in his family.

Ling Chengen didn't actually have any demands on him. Yu Shaochen was a very gentle and mild-mannered person, and extremely meticulous. His talent value could be found in the system, but she didn't look at it because no matter what kind of person he became in the future, his achievements would not be bad.

Furthermore, talent value can only determine a person's upper limit of combat power, but it cannot determine a person's future achievements.

Yu Heng placed the person on the bed and turned to Ling Chengen, saying, "Reaching the fifth rank is a small matter for us, but it's a bit troublesome for him."

Yu Heng could hardly remember what happened when he advanced from the fourth to the fifth rank. It must have been when he was a very young child. He didn't have any fever or discomfort. He probably ate a meal, peed, took a nap, and woke up to be at the fifth rank.

Therefore, it is of no reference value to the young minister.

Ling Chengen shrugged and said, "I don't remember encountering any trouble when advancing from the fourth to the fifth rank."

Her ability to improve was different from others. She simply repeatedly consumed her mental energy, constantly testing the limits of her mental domain, and finally steadily improved to her current level.

“In his condition, we can’t leave him alone. I’ll stay here.” Yuheng sighed. “Aren’t you still cooking? Go ahead and get busy. I probably won’t be able to take you to the Snow Wolf Tribe to survey the saltpeter mine today.”

Ling Chengen waved his hand: "The saltpeter mine matter isn't urgent. I'll come and relieve you after I'm done."

"If you need anything, just tell me."

After saying that, she left Yu Shaochen's treehouse. Yu Heng no longer dared to slack off as before, but kept a close eye on Yu Shaochen to prevent him from pulling off the pad in his mouth and biting his tongue when he was in so much pain that he lost consciousness.

This was also the first time Yu Heng had observed an ordinary person's advancement up close. He placed one hand on Yu Shaochen's wrist, sensing the changes in his body.

Superpowers are chaotic and disordered.

The originally orderly strands of supernatural power within his body were violently shattered by an inexplicable force.

No wonder it's so painful...