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

Chapter 3 Beastman No. 1

Ling Chengen had no recollection of the beast husband his father had chosen, so he asked Ling Xiaoxi about it while they were running at high speed.

Ling Xiaoxi was perched on her shoulder, drinking in the wind with her mouth wide open, having a great time, when she was suddenly asked this question, and scratched the back of her head in annoyance.

“I don’t know who it is. I only know that my father said that it was agreed with their tribe that he would hand over the people when he went to those tribes.”

Ling Chengen slowed his pace and turned to look at Ling Xiaoxi: "Which tribes are you referring to?"

Ling Xiaoxi counted on her fingers: "There are Snake Mountain Tribe, Snow Wolf Tribe, Wuyang Tribe, and Yaoluo Tribe."

Ling Chengen: "..."

The names of the first two tribes were recognizable as being primarily inhabited by orcs, but the names of the latter two tribes made it impossible to determine what kind of orcs they were.

"You point in the direction, and I'll transform into a beast and lead you there."

Ling Chengen placed Ling Xiaoxi on the ground and tried to control his body. Soon, he transformed into a large brown-yellow tiger with a body length of nearly four meters, a round head, and short ears.

Ling Xiaoxi picked up the animal skin skirt that had fallen to the ground, quickly climbed onto Ling Chengen's back, grabbed her short fur, pointed in a direction, and the two sisters suddenly disappeared from the spot.

After transforming into beast form, he ran even faster. Ling Chengen even felt that Ling Xiaoxi on his back was as light as a garbage bag.

The two first went to the Yaoluo tribe, which was closest to the Stone Forest.

We arrived in just over twenty minutes by running at full speed.

The Yaoluo tribe was located in a forest with very complex terrain. As soon as she approached the Yaoluo tribe's territory, her mental power instantly spread out and discovered a large number of traps in the vicinity.

"Hold on tight."

Ling Chengen ignored these clumsy traps and crossed them with incredible speed, soon spotting the village of Yaoluo tribe.

The Yaoluo tribe mainly lives underground in caves. Their caves are all built with the roots of these giant trees that are hundreds of meters high. Near the cave entrance, you can see many old and young orcs.

After glancing at the orc cubs who hadn't put away their beast ears, Ling Chengen understood why this tribe wasn't named after the orc race. This place was similar to their Stone Forest tribe, a small tribe where multiple orc races lived together.

This tribe is mostly composed of small-sized orcs, including squirrels, moles, cats, and some canine orcs...

Ling Chengen and Ling Xiaoxi appeared silently in front of the Yaoluo tribe. Before he could say anything, Ling Xiaoxi jumped to the ground and ran towards the group of cubs in front of them.

"Where is your Yaoluo clan chief? We've come to collect our spoils."

Ling Xiaoxi's round tiger ears twitched, and her big, round eyes stared at the little cubs huddled behind the tree trunk.

"Chief, the chief has gone hunting." A little red squirrel perched on a tree, looking down at the long-limbed Ling Xiaoxi, and asked somewhat timidly, "You...you're going to take Chongzhen away, aren't you?"

Although Ling Xiaoxi didn't know who Chongzhen was, she still put her hands on her hips and nodded arrogantly: "Yes, you should hand him over. My older sister is here to take him back."

Looking at Ling Xiaoxi, who exuded the aura of a little villain, Ling Chengen suddenly felt that there was no point in her showing her face anymore. This little brat was even more arrogant and rude than her.

The little cubs, hiding behind the tree trunk, whispered amongst themselves.

Ling Xiaoxi said somewhat displeased, "Why are you whispering? This was all planned beforehand. If you don't hand over the person, we'll go back and tell my father and the others, and then it won't be as simple as just handing over the person..."

An old orc with a grimy fox tail, leaning on a tree branch, coughed a few times and said, "It's not that we don't want to hand over the people, but the young clan leader is seriously injured and can't go with you."

Ling Xiaoxi turned around and looked at Ling Chengen, who had somehow appeared behind her: "Big sister? What should we do?"

Ling Chengen did not believe the fox-tailed beastman's story. She did not transform back into human form. Her tall beast form had a strong sense of oppression on these beastmen. Her bright, jade-like tiger eyes stared at them silently. The cubs hiding behind the tree trunks immediately scattered and fled. Some of the more timid cubs were so frightened that they cried loudly and were carried back to the burrow by the older cubs.

The old orc with the fox tail was also quite frightened, but he still managed to steady himself and looked straight at Ling Chengen: "If you don't believe me, come with me and you'll see."

Ling Chengen glanced at the burrow, snatched the animal skin skirt from Ling Xiaoxi's hand, leaped into the bushes, transformed back into human form, put on his own animal skin skirt, parted the tangled branches and leaves, and swaggered out.

"Let's go." Her face was expressionless as she let the old fox beast lead the way.

In her human form, Ling Chengen is tall and slender with a handsome face, bright eyes, and a healthy, even complexion. She is strikingly beautiful, but compared to her domineering aura, these features are insignificant.

With her giving the order, Ling Xiaoxi, who was always quick to speak, obediently followed behind her, and the two of them entered the cave of the Yaoluo tribe one after the other.

Ling Chengen had assumed that the cave would be dark and gloomy, but the cave of the Yaoluo tribe was different. The walls of their cave were inlaid with many irregular glowing crystals, and some glowing plants were also transplanted in the wall area.

She pointed to the glowing leaves in the corner and asked, "What are these plants?"

The old fox-tailed orc looked at her calm profile, then quickly lowered his eyes and replied, "We don't know what it is either. The young chieftain found this glowing grass in an underground cave, and later tried to transplant some back. Unexpectedly, it grew quite well in the cave, so our tribe calls it the glowing grass."

What is the growth cycle of this type of grass?

Ling Chengen was very perceptive and immediately thought of transplanting this light grass to the Stone Forest tribe, so that the nights would no longer be pitch black and they would only be able to rely on firelight for illumination.

The orcs on this continent had experienced a period of devastation caused by raging fire, so most of them were afraid of fire.

The old fox-tailed beastman asked, "Growth cycle?"

"How long will it shine? When will it wither? When will it sprout and grow again?"

The fox-tailed beastman understood this time: "The light grass glows for a long time. As long as it is in a dark environment, the leaves can glow for about three months. After that, the leaves will fall off, and it will take another three months before it can glow again."

"As long as the transplanting is done at different times, the burrow will always have light. However, this grass is very sensitive to cold. The grass we plant near the entrance of the burrow will freeze to death every winter, but the grass inside the burrow will not."

Ling Chengen nodded: "Understood. What about those luminous stones embedded in the wall?"

"It was also found by the young clan leader."

Ling Chengen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and muttered in admiration, "Your young clan leader has quite the eye for talent."

The old fox-tailed orc was not happy to hear her words. Their young chieftain was indeed very smart, but the orcs in their tribe were too weak. Every winter, many orcs would die due to food shortages.

Therefore, at the instigation of the other three tribes, their tribe launched an attack on the Shilin tribe, hoping to rely on this victory to divide up the Shilin tribe's powerful fighting force and make full preparations for this year's cold season.

But no one expected that the Stone Forest tribe would still defeat them despite being besieged by four tribes.

Especially those tiger-type orcs, whose combat power was too strong. Their tribe's smaller orc warriors were seriously injured by a single claw before they could even get close.

Many orcs in the tribe rely heavily on the young chieftain, waiting for him to take over the chieftainship in a few years and lead them to a better life. Unexpectedly, the chieftain of the Stone Forest tribe proposed reducing the tribute of prey, but in exchange, handing over the young chieftain to their Stone Forest tribe's young chieftain to be a beast-tamer.

This is outrageous!

But they dared not resist. The chieftain originally disagreed and wanted to exchange more prey for the young chieftain to stay in the tribe. However, two days ago, in order to capture prey to supply the Stone Forest tribe, the young chieftain encountered a group of vicious beasts. Although he survived by chance, he was seriously injured.

When the young chieftain was still awake, he instructed that he be handed over to the Stone Forest tribe so that more prey could be left to be distributed among the old and young beastmen of the tribe.

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The caves of the Yaoluo tribe are interconnected, and the massive root systems of ancient trees can be seen everywhere, with some places requiring one to bend over to pass through.

Ling Chengen followed the old fox beast all the way to the very end of the cave.

Light was leaking down from this spot. She looked up and saw that there was a hole in the tree trunk from which the light was pouring down, illuminating a corner of the cave.

The place had been cleaned up very well, and a spacious room had been dug out. The room was covered with straw mats, and some herbs and stone-carved utensils were placed on square stone slabs.

A huge red fox lay on the grass mat, its body reeking of blood, its breath weak, looking as if it might die at any moment.

Good guy.

The beastman chosen by the old father, number one, hadn't even been brought back to their tribe yet, but they were already making arrangements for his funeral.

Ling Chengen walked to the grass mat, squatted down and examined the two-meter-long giant fox. The wounds on its chest, abdomen and hind legs were very deep, and because the environment here was too poor, they were already showing signs of festering.

The body temperature is very high; the person has a fever.

If things continue like this, without any intervention, we'll be able to attend his funeral in two days at most.

Ling Chengen was somewhat troubled. Although she knew some medical skills, in this primitive era where medicine was scarce, even a skilled cook could not cook without rice.

However… she sighed softly, bent down, and picked up the red fox.

“He is badly injured, and you can’t heal him. I’ll take him back to see a shaman. The shamans in our Shilin tribe are quite skilled, but I can’t guarantee he will survive. I’ll try to save him if I can, and if I can’t, I’ll let you know when to attend his funeral.”

Before the old fox beast could say anything, Ling Chengen, with a haughty expression, carried the unconscious red fox out.

Ling Xiaoxi had actually started thinking about choosing a new husband for her eldest sister, but she never expected that her sister would bring this dying male beastman home.

She snapped out of her daze and quickly caught up with Ling Chengen, muttering to herself, "Big sister, let's not take him back. Can't we just get a different one? Taking him back might not even cure him, and we'd have to use prey to find a witch doctor. It's just too much of a waste."

Ling Chengen scoffed, "Ling Xiaoxi, what do you know!"

"Shut up, just follow me."

This tribe looks pitiful and clearly has no means to save anyone. If they let the fox stay, it's a sure way for them to die.

Moreover, with the loss of such a large male orc, the Yaoluo tribe doesn't know how much longer it will take to catch all the prey needed for tribute, or even to make up for the portion of the orcs they haven't handed over.

She may not be a good person, but she shouldn't be so exploitative of a small, hopeless tribe of beastmen.

The original plan was to take all four beastmen back as soon as possible, but now... with such a seriously injured person, we can head straight home.

The remaining three spoils will have to be collected another day.

Chongzhen was in a daze, feeling the jolts. He tried to open his eyes, but could only see blurry shadows. The air he exhaled from his nostrils was scorching hot, as if it were burning the last bit of heat from his life.

After emerging from the cave, Ling Chengen glanced down at the half-dead red fox: "Awake? I'll take you back to the Stone Forest Tribe. Can you maintain your human form? That way, I can take you back."

Chongzhen's fox tail twitched, and he saw her face clearly in the dim light filtering through the leaves. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"can."

In fact, he was seriously injured, and maintaining his human form was even more exhausting, but he had to go to the Stone Forest Tribe. Only dying in the Stone Forest Tribe would be worthwhile, while dying in the Medicine Luo Tribe would only increase the burden on his father and the others.

A faint red light flashed, and a fair-skinned man with smooth skin and tender flesh appeared in Ling Chengen's arms.

Ling Chengen stared blankly at the sky, speechless: "..." He had miscalculated.

I forgot to bring my animal skin skirt.

She turned to look at Ling Xiaoxi: "Go again and pack up your brother-in-law's luggage, bring out everything, including the animal skin skirt."

Ling Xiaoxi, with a long face, reluctantly turned back to get her brother-in-law's luggage.

Soon, the old fox beast came out carrying a rather large animal skin bundle. Ling Xiaoxi carried the bundle and unhappily threw a fur skirt into Ling Chengen's arms.

Ling Chengen quickly wrapped Chongzhen in a beast-skin skirt, then transformed into a giant beast and, carrying the dying beast husband and the unhappy Ling Xiaoxi, sped off towards the Stone Forest tribe.

On the way back, Ling Chengen tried to use his mental power to connect with the system that was waiting in the depths of his mind.

This system was something she obtained in her previous life, but it wasn't a good thing. It always tried to command her to do mindless things, acting as a stepping stone and a catalyst for the love between the male and female protagonists of some small world.

So after she obtained a complete cultivation technique using this thing, she maximized her strength and then made the thing shut down.

Oh no, I mean it's in standby mode.

To prevent this unscrupulous thing from howling and wailing in her head every day.

After a wisp of mental energy was inputted, the grayish dot gradually lit up and quickly completed the startup process.

Then came a series of wailing and howling.

As Ling Chengen ran, he warned, "If you keep crying and howling, I'll crush you completely, and I won't even give you a chance to go back to the factory for repairs."

The Love Security System hiccuped and immediately shut up, but still angrily cursed, "You untrustworthy, wicked woman! I'm going to file a complaint against you!"

Ling Chengen was utterly speechless: "...Is your mechanism broken? What's the point of complaining about me?"

This chapter contains over 4 words and combines the content of two chapters.

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