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

Chapter 37 A Mischievous Kindness
Ling Xiao pursed his lips tightly and replied, "She's alone."

"I will help her, Clan Chief Ling, please rest assured."

After Bai Qingyu finished speaking, she turned around, spread her wings in a flash, and gracefully crossed the Qing Shi Creek.

In the blink of an eye, his figure turned into a tiny black dot in Ling Xiao's vision.

It wasn't until Chongzhen slowly emerged from the cave and squatted by the stone stove, looking at the dazed Lingxiao with a puzzled expression, that he asked, "Clan leader, what are you looking at?"

Ling Xiao didn't answer. He turned around and walked to the stone stove to help him start the fire. He asked, "When I went hunting recently, did Bai Qingyu come to our house?"

Chongzhen set up the timber and nodded, saying, "I've been here before. I helped the young clan leader and Wuzhuo bring back the Lake Song Beast. We must have encountered it during a hunt."

Ling Xiao suddenly turned his head and stared intently at Chong Zhen.

Chongzhen's hand holding the wooden spoon suddenly froze, and he asked with a puzzled look, "Clan leader, why are you looking at me like that?"

Ling Xiao raised his hand and slapped him on the head, saying with exasperation, "You're Enen's beast husband now, don't you think there's something wrong with how you address me and Enen?"

Chongzhen's lips twitched slightly, and he said somewhat reluctantly, "Father?"

Ling Xiao nodded in satisfaction this time, pointed to the stove and said, "You start cooking, I'll go check on how Xiao Yu's house is going."

Because Ling Chengen was not there, the inexperienced group of them had been in a scramble since yesterday afternoon. The meat they grilled last night was still a bit salty, and Yu Shaochen and Ling Xiao ran out several times late at night just to get some water.

Chongzhen felt a little guilty, so he planned to make a good impression in the next few days.

To avoid Ling Xiao thinking he was too useless, he could just send him back.

Going back isn't impossible, but he's found a better path to lead the tribe forward. Staying in the Stone Forest tribe will not only make his future better, but also help Yao Luo prosper.

Well, anyway, he doesn't want to leave now.

Just as the Ling family was starting their busy day, Ling Chengen had already quickly finished breakfast, shouldered his pack, and continued his journey toward the Misty Swamp.

The further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, with the mountains and forests gradually thinning out, and you might even occasionally encounter a small group of wild beasts wandering the grasslands.

Bai Qingyu caught up with Ling Chengen in the afternoon.

He flew through the air and spotted a group of inferior beasts, no more than thirty in number, from a great distance ahead.

He had encountered this situation several times that morning, but he hadn't paid much attention to it at first.

But just as he was about to pass over the pack of inferior beasts, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a young, thin-skinned giant tiger leaping out from the pack, swiftly stepping on the backs of several of the beasts, breaking free of the encirclement, and running rapidly forward.

Bai Qingyu immediately swooped down, the tips of his massive wings sweeping past the inferior beasts from behind, sending several flying, and called out to Ling Chengen ahead, "Ling Chengen—"

"Jump onto my back."

As Ling Chengen watched the giant blue crane fly overhead, he quickened his pace, then pushed off the ground with both legs, leaped into human form in mid-air, and landed steadily on Bai Qingyu's back.

After wrapping herself in the animal skin skirt, she calmly sat on Bai Qinghe's back, dusted off her hair, and asked in a relaxed tone, "Why did you come along?"

"If I don't come along, when will you get to the Misty Swamp?"

Bai Qingyu harbored great resentment towards her for leaving without saying goodbye and for being perfunctory towards him from beginning to end.

He thought that after discussing cooperation, with their interests aligned, she would at least not act so recklessly anymore. He never expected that she would actually go to the Misty Swamp alone without saying a word.

"You just ran away like this, coming to the Misty Swamp alone with me. Aren't your family worried?"

Ling Chengen didn't care about his impoliteness at all. Instead, he took out an apple from the animal skin bundle and sat on his back, leisurely munching on it.

Bai Qingyu: "I spoke with my father this morning, and he didn't stop me."

The truth is, his second brother insisted on going to the Misty Swamp with him.

But in the end, Bai Xi was stopped by her father.

Because today it's Baixi's turn to lead the hunting team out hunting.

The eldest brother entered his breeding season last night, so either he or Bai Xi must stay in the tribe to relieve the eldest brother as leader.

Ling Chengen quickly finished the apple in his hand, glanced back at the inferior beast that had long been left far behind, looked down at the wetness on his hands, and secretly wiped it on Bai Qingyu's clean and tidy light blue back feathers.

Hmm, he probably didn't notice.

After withdrawing his hand, Ling Chengen said without any guilt, "Your father is quite righteous, but if anything happens to you if you come with me to the swamp, I won't be responsible."

He insisted on coming along.

She hadn't been there either, so she couldn't give a guarantee.

After flying forward for about ten minutes, Bai Qingyu encountered a small lake with water and began to descend.

Ling Chengen was shaken off his back feathers and stepped on the mud and sand by the lake. He turned his head to look at Bai Qingyu, who had suddenly appeared alive.

"Why did it stop after flying for only a short while?"

Even if Bai Qingyu had the best temper, he had no patience for her at this moment.

"I've been flying since this morning, and if I don't replenish my water supply soon, I'll die of thirst on the way."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were working so hard."

She raised her hand to touch the tip of her nose, watching him go to the lake to drink water. He took out the bamboo tube from his waist, filled it with clean water, stood on the rocks in the water, and splashed the water on his face.

After drinking some water and resting for a while, Bai Qingyu caught a few fish in the water to replenish his energy.

Ling Chengen watched him eat raw fish and then tossed him the last apple in his backpack.

"This is a thank you gift for saving me just now."

Bai Qingyu, holding the apple, raised an eyebrow at her: "An apple? Is my labor so cheap?"

Ling Chengen: "Eat it or don't, it's up to you. If you don't want it, give it back

She reached out to snatch it, but Bai Qingyu dodged it with the apple in her left hand, smiling and saying, "I'm not giving it back. I'm short on supplies."

Unlike Ling Chengen, who was well-prepared, he didn't bring much with him when he set off, and he didn't have time to go back to the Hanshan tribe to get more.

Seeing this, Ling Chengen withdrew his hand, sat down on the ground opposite him, and looked up at the sky: "Judging from the weather, it looks like it will be windy this afternoon, and it might even rain. After you finish eating, we'll set off."

Bai Qingyu looked up at the sky. The clouds were drifting slowly, and he couldn't see any sign of rain.

"Have you studied weather forecasting?"

Ling Chengen nodded perfunctorily, and was about to say something when he suddenly stood up, pressed Bai Qingyu's shoulder with his left hand, and held the bone blade in reverse with his right hand, placing it against a sharp horn.

Bai Qingyu dropped the fish in her hand to the ground. Before she could turn around, she heard the roar of a wild beast behind her. Just as she was about to make a move, Ling Chengen pushed her away with one hand.

"Get out of the way, you're in my way."

Bai Qingyu was suddenly scolded, and he stopped in his tracks as he went to help.

Is he in the way?

Bai Qingyu realized what was happening, and the calm lake surface was now churning with waves, with water arrows poised to be launched, ready to follow his every whim.

But before the water arrows could reach the gray-brown unicorn beast, Ling Chengen had already slid down to its knees and stabbed it through the heart.

She pressed her left hand against the blade, tore open the beast's wound with her bare hands, and with a flick of the knife, dug out the grass-green heart from the beast's body.

After its heart was removed, the beast completely lost its strength and was kicked to the ground by her.

Ling Chengen nimbly crawled out from under the beast, his left hand clutching its heart, while his right hand slowly flicked the blood droplets off his bone blade. Bai Qingyu, with his right hand in front, suddenly stopped, and the water arrows in the air all came to a halt.

With a wave of his hand, the water arrow condensed into a ball of water, washing away the blood from Ling Chengen's body.

Ling Chengen tucked the bone blade behind his waist, turned back and smiled at him, shaking the water droplets off his hands: "Thanks."

This saved her the time of going to the lake to wash herself.

Bai Qingyu walked to her side, looked down at the dead beast at her feet with its eyes wide open, and still couldn't calm the shock in her heart.

This should be a one-horned rhinoceros, weighing over four tons, with a gray-brown hard armor covering its back and strong, powerful limbs.

This type of beast is an extremely rare, solitary beast.

Orcs like them, who often hunt in water, actually have a pretty high chance of encountering a unicorn beast.

Although this beast is alone, it is actually very difficult to deal with.

With that hard armor and extremely thick layer of fat, it would be very difficult for a bone blade to pierce through.

Even below the abdomen, the bone blade cannot pierce through.

He tried it.

He had never seen anything like Ling Chengen's operation, which resulted in a fatal blow and even the extraction of the heart of the rhinoceros.

"how did you do that?"

Bai Qingyu's gaze was somewhat intense as she looked at her. After regaining her composure, she immediately pressed for answers.

"Just as you see it."

Ling Chengen glanced at the half-eaten fish on his body, casually patted the three- or four-pound beast heart in his hand, and asked casually, "Are you still hungry? Do you want to go catch a couple more?"

Bai Qingyu shook his head: "Let's set off, and come back as soon as possible."

He transformed into a blue crane and led Ling Chengen away from the lake, asking curiously, "Why did you remove the heart of that vile beast?"

Ling Chengen stuffed the hard, grass-green heart into his bag, looking down in confusion, and said, "Don't you know? The most crucial part of a lowly beast is its heart."

"I set off yesterday and killed about fifty or sixty inferior beasts. I also took the opportunity to dig out their hearts and examine them."

"This heart could be called a heartstone; it is extremely hard and contains enormous energy."

"The reason why orcs possess superpowers is actually due to a mutation in their hearts, which is similar to the condition of inferior beasts' hearts."

"Wood-type orcs have grass-green hearts, metal-type orcs have golden hearts... and water-type warriors like you have silver-white hearts."

Bai Qingyu's pupils contracted slightly: "You've never even seen my heart, how do you know what color it is?"

"I have superpowers too, okay?"

"I have a psychic ability. My mental power can penetrate the body and see the internal organs. It can also be projected outwards, acting as my third hand and third eye."

Bai Qingyu: "I've never heard of this kind of superpower before."

"That's because you are ignorant."

Ling Chengen didn't think that his special ability was unique on this beast plain; there must be other rare abilities that were just currently unknown or undeveloped.

Bai Qingyu was speechless after being rebuked, and after a long while she asked, "How come the heart of a lowly beast has energy?"

Ling Chengen took out several heart stones of different shapes and colors from the pocket at his waist: "Absorbing the power within these heart stones can quickly replenish the consumed supernatural energy."

"Of course, the heart stone has other uses as well."

"Not all inferior beasts have Heart Stones. In my experience, there are actually different levels among inferior beasts."

"The lowest-level inferior beast does not have a heart stone in its body; its heart is gray and contains very chaotic energy."

"This kind of heart stone cannot be forcibly absorbed, otherwise the superpower may decline, or the ability may become unable to upgrade."

“The weak beasts that possess heart stones are more powerful. The stronger the weak beast, the smaller the heart stone is, and the darker its color is.”

"I have collected eight different colored heart stones so far, but only one is suitable for the water element. So when you rest at night, you can try absorbing it first, and then you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Bai Qingyu said, "I don't distrust you."

He was just surprised. The inferior beast had existed for many years, but before her, no one had ever dug out its heart.

In the past, the method of dealing with inferior beasts was mostly to cut off their heads or limbs, so that the beasts would completely lose their ability to attack and eventually die after bleeding out.

After listening, Ling Chengen suddenly said, "So those dead beast carcasses weren't properly disposed of in the past?"

"rare."

Bai Qingyu said solemnly, "I heard from the elders in the clan that at first, there weren't many inferior beasts. After encountering them, they would be killed and buried with soil or burned with fire."

However, in recent decades, groups of vicious beasts have appeared many times, making it time-consuming and laborious to kill dozens of them at once and then dig a pit to bury them.

Considering that other animals would not mutate after eating the flesh of inferior beasts, they gradually stopped handling the carcasses of inferior beasts carefully.

Ling Chengen said thoughtfully, "But if animals eat the heart stones of inferior beasts, they might gain some kind of superpower."

For example, the Elephant-Headed Lake Beast she hunted a few days ago might have gained water-type abilities by eating the heart stone of a certain inferior water-type beast.

However, it cannot be ruled out that ordinary animals in the wild may awaken supernatural abilities.

We need to continue observing and obtain more detailed data before we can get an accurate answer.

However, after hunting down the inferior beast yesterday, she deliberately kept a brownish-yellow heart stone and gave it to an ordinary tiger without any special abilities as payment for taking over the tiger's den.

When she woke up this morning, she discovered that the tiger lying at the entrance of the cave had developed earth-based abilities, albeit very weak ones.

Bai Qingyu was completely speechless after hearing her recount her experience from the previous night.

After thinking about it seriously, I even felt like laughing a little.

How could anyone be so despicable as to seize a tiger's den and force the tiger out to guard it?!
But he couldn't complain, because judging from Ling Chengen's tone, she seemed quite proud of it.

The closer you get to the Misty Swamp, the worse the visibility becomes.

Adding to the headwind, the white mist spread outwards, and bolts of lightning occasionally streaked across the sky.

Bai Qingyu immediately decided to find a place to take shelter from the rain.

Ling Chengen pointed to the mountain to the left and said, "Go over there. It's higher up there, so it should be safer."

There are also many white needle pines on the mountain, so even if there is heavy rain, the possibility of mudslides or landslides is not high.

Before the two could even set foot, a torrential downpour began.

Bai Qingyu had better eyesight and could see the cave in the distance through the rain and mist. He slowed down and was about to approach when...

A nearly meter-long, very sharp yellow muzzle suddenly peeked out of the hole from the dog.

PK1 is indeed dead. I'll ask the editor when they get to work tomorrow if it can be retested.

I felt really down today, but I still managed to write four thousand words. However, I lacked the motivation to create a short skit to cheer everyone up.

Go to bed early after watching this, bye~
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