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

Chapter 34 Useless Fox
"Deal." Ling Chengen was very satisfied with the bet.

After coughing a few times and calming down, Su Weihua added, "But I have my own principles. No matter what happens in the future, I will not help you deal with the Snow Wolf Tribe."

"can."

Ling Chengen kicked the stone behind him into the corner, put his arm, which was hanging outside the stone bed, back on the straw mat, and said quietly, "I'll let it go if you were thinking about things before and were half-dead. I don't want to hold it against you."

"For the next period of time, you'd better behave yourself and not cause any trouble for Yu Shaochen."

“He has no grudge against you and is just taking care of you as I instructed. In addition, he is building his own treehouse, so you can call him if you need anything, but please be polite.”

"Is there a problem?"

Su Weihua lowered her eyelids and remained silent.

Ling Chengen flicked his wrist: "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes."

"I'll be heading to the Misty Swamp to hunt the Black-Scaled Serpent Lizard by tomorrow at the latest. You're powerless to resist right now, so don't get into any trouble with Chongzhen. What if he takes advantage of your vulnerability and scratches you a few times..."

She raised the corners of her lips slightly: "I will absolutely not interfere in your conflict. You've been wronged, and that's that. I won't get revenge for you."

"I do not need."

Ling Chengen chuckled. Whether it's necessary or not... don't say so too soon.

Chongzhen is no pushover; he can even provoke the good-natured Yu Shaochen, so Ling Chengen didn't have any hope for this fox.

After resolving Su Weihua's psychological issues, Ling Chengen stepped out of the cave and stood in the sunlight to stretch his stiff shoulders and neck.

Chongzhen sat down in front of the stone stove and skillfully lit the fire to boil the medicine.

He turned his head and saw Ling Chengen come out, pointing to the few remaining herbs in the basket: "These herbs are only enough to brew for noon today, the rest are not enough."

"I can stop using medicine, but the one in the cave probably won't work. Have you decided whether you want to go to the witch doctor to exchange for the medicine, or go dig it up yourself?"

"I plan to have Wu Zhuo dig it up."

Ling Chengen looked at Wu Zhuo, who was squatting by the stream, intently gutting a fish.

Chongzhen looked at Wuzhuo with a face full of disdain and said, "That stupid bird? He's no good. He probably doesn't even recognize any herbs. He'll most likely bring back a bunch of grass."

"So, you can just follow him. You don't need to do anything, just give him verbal instructions."

Chongzhen pointed to her own nose: "Me? Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I don't know you at all."

“You’ve cooked this several times already, and dried these herbs over and over again. I don’t believe you don’t remember.”

Ling Chengen ignored his refusal and directly arranged, "I'll go out with you this afternoon and explain to you the growing locations of several medicinal herbs."

"The weather's been nice these past few days, so take some time to dig up more."

"After you dig them up, remember to process these medicinal herbs and send some to the shaman later."

"He's too old now, and his powers recover slowly, so he can't go out to collect herbs for the time being."

"If you don't know how to process medicinal herbs, just let Wu Zhuo find out and then follow the steps."

Chongzhen looked at the quiet cave entrance, then at Yu Shaochen who was working hard to build a treehouse in the distance, and finally sighed deeply.

"Fine, if I don't do it, you won't have anyone else to assign, will you?"

"To be honest, I'm starting to understand your father's thoughts now."

Ling Chengen said expressionlessly, "Then I thank you for understanding him?"

Chongzhen curled her lips and said, "No need for that. I simply understand why he's in such a hurry to find you a beast husband. Before, I simply thought he just didn't want you to continue wasting your time on Bai Qingyu."

"now what?"

“I think he really went to great lengths. If Su Weihua and I hadn’t been injured, and that hypocrite from Snake Mountain hadn’t run away, the beast husband your father chose for you could have guaranteed your future life. Even if you just lazed around and waited to die, it wouldn’t matter.”

Ling Chengen neither confirmed nor denied this. Ling Xiao was indeed exceptionally good to his child.

She was reluctant to think about these overly sentimental things because her background wasn't particularly good. In comparison, it seemed as if the period when she didn't grow up was especially tragic.

Although that is the truth, she is unwilling to recall it.

"After you finish brewing the medicine, remember to grill the fish that Wu Zhuo prepared. I'll go back to the place from last time and see if I can dig up some potatoes or other things to eat."

"If you find more potatoes, why don't you keep them for breeding? The bamboo shoots and greens from before are still edible, even if you make do with them."

After thinking for a while, Chongzhen offered his opinion.

Ling Chengen nodded: "That's what I think too."

Where do you find your potatoes?

Chongzhen was genuinely curious and asked a question casually.

Ling Chengen recalled the location and pointed downstream: "Go east along this Qing Shi Creek, and the stream will merge into a wide river. The potatoes were found on the banks of the river, in a slightly higher area."

"Before we go dig for medicinal herbs, take me to see them first."

Chongzhen already had a guess about that piece of land.

The wide river that Ling Chengen mentioned should be the Yehelan River.

The Yehelan River is the fourth largest river in the Northern Wilderness. It originates in Suoyuan in the far north, runs through most of the Northern Wilderness, forms a large alluvial plain due east of the Shilin tribe, and flows southeast towards its estuary, eventually merging into the Kuanglan Sea.

Qingshi Creek is actually quite special, as it connects to the Yehelan River in the east and the Xuemu River, the longest river in the northern wilderness, in the west.

Every year during the rainy season, the water level of the Shemu River rises, causing disasters to the tribes along its banks.

Therefore, before the rainy season arrives, the tribes along the Xuemu River will begin their summer migration.

Qingshi Creek is one of the small tributaries of Xuemu River. Although it is only a few meters wide now, the water flow only covers the bluestone under the riverbed and is not even a meter deep.

But during the rainy season, the Qing Shi Creek widens to tens of meters and the current becomes extremely rapid, potentially flooding even the place where they are currently building their stone stove.

However, Ling Xiao and his group have lived in this cave for several years and have not moved away yet. Presumably, as long as the rainy season is not particularly long, the river water should not rise to the entrance of the cave.

The Yehelan River is affected by the upper reaches of the main channel, and it also rises wildly during the rainy season. The plains formed by alluvial deposits along the way are basically submerged, and only a few hills or mountains with higher elevations can escape the disaster.

After Ling Chengen took him on a tour, Chongzhen sat on Wuzhuo's back, unfolded a piece of animal hide, and took the charcoal sticks that Ling Chengen had burned, preparing to make map markings on the animal hide.

Ling Chengen was a little surprised that he could draw maps. Standing behind him, he peeked out and curiously examined the map...

Then I realized that his drawing... was really awful.

"Is this a map?"

Chongzhen, holding the charcoal pencil, turned around and looked at her disgusted expression, saying unhappily, "How is this not a map? Rivers are rivers, land is land, it's drawn with soul, okay?!"

Ling Chengen pointed to the two straight lines on the animal hide.

"soul?"

"Is this a river?"

"Do you dare to say that again with your hand on your heart?"

She looked at Chongzhen in disbelief, snatched his charcoal pencil, and gritted her teeth.

"You're wasting the animal hides in your house. I've never seen such an abstract draftsman in my life."

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