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

Chapter 38 Dogish
The little winged dragon, having caught the scent of its prey, yawned with its mouth wide open. Before its head had even fully emerged from the cave entrance, it was suddenly grabbed by the neck by a pair of long, strong hands.

Before it could react, the dragon had already left the cave and was plummeting straight down the cliff.

The small winged dragon, which was plummeting rapidly through the air and being blown around by the gale and crashed against the cliff several times, struggled to flap its fleshy wings and barely managed to stop itself before landing.

It pushed off the ground with both feet, and its body flew towards the cave on the cliff like a bolt of lightning. As soon as it emerged, it was hit on the head by a piece of wood. The dragon was dizzy and almost fell down again.

This time, after it realized what was happening, it distanced itself from the cave entrance, its golden-brown beastly eyes fixed on the woman standing at the entrance, and it opened its long, sharp snout to let out an angry roar.

A mere cookie dares to invade my lair? That's incredibly audacious!
Once it confirmed that the small winged dragon was not its natural enemy, it immediately launched an attack.

Its broad, fleshy wings whipped up a gale, and when it opened its long, sharp beak, it revealed a mouthful of fine, sharp teeth.

Looking at the furious, stupid dragon, Ling Chengen switched the short gun in his hand to his right hand, easily dodging its wingtip sweep and its long beak's fierce peck. He then swung the gun again, smashing it squarely into the round bump on its head.

"Ow--"

The little winged dragon let out a scream and immediately dodged backward. Its right fleshy wing rose up in a human-like manner, as if trying to cover the fleshy ball on its head. Its two powerful hind claws stomped on the rocks at the edge of the cliff, and countless rocks rolled into the ravine below in the gloomy wind and rain.

Ling Chengen was too lazy to fight it; the weather was too bad, and they were in a small pterosaur cave.

She could definitely win the fight, but in the end, the cave would likely collapse, and she would have to find another place to shelter from the rain, which would be a bad deal.

So her initial goal was to intimidate and drive away this unfortunate fellow; she didn't want him dead.

The little winged dragonmon tried to attack more than ten times, but without exception, it always ended up being smashed on the head and defeated.

It flapped its wings and flew around the cave entrance a few times, shouting angrily, but dared not go into its own cave.

Because you'll get beaten up as soon as you stick your head in.

The small winged dragon lingered at the cave entrance for half an hour before disappearing from sight.

Bai Qingyu had already lit a fire. Looking at a snow mountain goat with its throat bitten out, lying in the corner of the cave, he said with a smile, "We're actually quite lucky this time. This little winged dragon actually kept a prey in the cave."

The small winged dragon is quite special. This top aerial predator is always able to feed its entire family.

Because of their exceptional hunting abilities, they typically catch and eat their prey on the spot, with only a few choosing to bring it back to their caves to eat.

As for storing prey, that's not something their species would do.

Bai Qingyu glanced towards the cave entrance: "Has that little winged dragon already left?"

Ling Chengen sat cross-legged by the fire, slowly wringing the water out of his hair. With his eyes lowered, he said casually, "No way? It's still squatting outside. But it must be tired from flying. It's sulking on that protruding stone platform to the right of the cave entrance."

When it comes to raiding nests, practice makes perfect.

As for that unlucky dragon, let it get soaked in the rain if it wants.

Bai Qingyu was also one of the culprits who stole the nest this time. He wisely kept silent, borrowed a bone blade from Ling Chengen, skinned the almost intact snow mountain goat, picked out a relatively tender piece of meat, washed it with water, and handed it to Ling Chengen.

Ling Chengen was drying his hair, slightly lifting his thick eyelashes, his dark eyes filled with confusion.

"not hungry?"

Ling Chengen nodded, understanding his meaning: "I don't eat raw meat."

"So you like it burnt?"

Bai Qingyu had a deep impression of her past disastrous cooking, and his gaze towards her became somewhat strange at this moment.

"I don't like burnt food either. You can leave the meat here for now, I'll grill it myself in a bit."

Ling Chengen ignored his suspicious gaze. After drying his wet hair, he returned the piece of meat that Bai Qingyu had chosen to him, took the bone blade from his hand, and carried the rest of the mutton to the cave entrance.

Seeing this, Bai Qingyu was naturally worried. She put down the two pieces of tender mutton she was holding and got up to follow.

As soon as Ling Chengen reached the cave entrance, the small winged dragon on the stone platform immediately spread its wings and roared at her.

Despite being yelled at, Ling Chengen calmly cut open the goat's belly, threw all the internal organs at its feet, and then turned back to have Bai Qingyu use her supernatural ability to condense water to wash the whole goat clean.

Seeing that she had finished cleaning the mutton and washed away all the blood on the ground, Bai Qingyu looked up and saw Ling Chengen. With a flying kick, she sent the mutton head flying to the feet of the little winged dragon.

Ling Chengen turned and went into the cave. Bai Qingyu looked up at the dragon glaring at him, spread its wings, and seemed to be eager to attack.

But as Ling Chengen's voice came from inside the cave, it immediately closed its fleshy wings, lowered its head, picked up the sheep's head from the ground, and crunched it up before swallowing it whole.

For some reason, he always felt that this dragon was dog-like and sleazy.

Their skill in tailoring their approach to different people is truly masterful.

Bai Qingyu walked back into the cave with a confused look on her face and saw that Ling Chengen had already placed the branches piled up in the little winged dragon's nest onto the fire.

She moved the fire to the entrance of the cave so that the smoke from the burning firewood wouldn't linger.

The whole goat was slowly roasted over the fire, and the sky outside had completely darkened. The torrential rain pounded against the stone wall, and only the roar of the rain and the howling of the wind filled the world.

Outside the cave, one can see a vast expanse of lightning colliding wildly, as if it were tearing countless wounds out of the sky.

The little winged dragon, curled up on the platform, was terrified by the lightning. After a bolt of lightning struck a tree in a crevice in the cliff, it immediately let out a pitiful cry of fear.

Finally, unable to resist, it flew back to the entrance of its cave.

It cautiously peeked out its long snout and eyes, carefully observing the flickering firelight inside the cave. Upon seeing its bed, which had been burned as firewood, it suddenly howled angrily.

Ling Chengen tilted his head slightly, his face full of murderous intent: "If you shout again, you can go back to the open-air rock cliff next door."

Bai Qingyu was certain that the little winged dragon couldn't understand their language, but the dog-like dragon strangely quieted down, stopped howling and barking, and cautiously probed, huddling its body at the cave entrance.

Fortunately, its nest was dug very large, so even with its large size, it didn't completely block the entrance. Otherwise, the smoke from the burning firewood would have made it unbearable to stay there.

As time passed, the aroma of roasted meat in the cave grew stronger and stronger. The little winged dragon lying on the ground slowly raised its head, opened its eyes, and peeked at the fragrant, brownish-red roasted meat.

Bai Qingyu sat beside her, remaining silent and quietly watching her work.

Until Ling Chengen cut off a leg of lamb and handed it to him.

"Want to try some?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. Bai Qingyu nodded slightly, took the slightly hot roasted lamb leg with both hands, and politely replied, "Thank you."

The two silently finished the roasted lamb, leaving only a pile of bones, which Ling Chengen threw at the entrance of the cave.

The dragon first observed Ling Chengen, who had sat back down, for a few minutes, stared blankly at the pile of broken bones on the ground for a while, and only after confirming that they really didn't want these bones did it lower its head and scoop all the bones with a few bits of meat left into its belly.

There weren't many bones in the whole sheep, and it ate them all up in just a few bites, leaving the dragon wanting more.

These two two-legged creatures will make the food taste very good.

The little winged dragon observed them for a while, and after thinking for a long time, it came to this conclusion.

So, for now, let's not hold a grudge against them for destroying our house!
It lay back down on the ground, folded its wings around its sides, and slowly closed its beastly eyes against the corner of the stone wall.

Bai Qingyu conjured water to wash the oil stains off her hands. After withdrawing his slender wrist and long fingers, he chatted with her, "When you were grilling meat before, what other powder did you sprinkle on the meat besides salt?"

"pepper."

Actually, cumin powder is more suitable for barbecue, but she hasn't had time to look for it lately.

But we still have plenty of time, let's take it one step at a time.

After hunting snakes and lizards, the first thing to do is to solve the problem of salt.

Seeing him leaning against the stone wall, head bowed and silent, Ling Chengen asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"It's nothing." Bai Qingyu glanced at her and said meaningfully, "It's just that you've changed a lot since I last saw you."

Ling Chengen yawned and calmly replied, "What, regretting it now? Too bad I'm too lazy to chase after you anymore."

Bai Qingyu was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then chuckled softly, "Is that so?"

"Is your injury fully healed?"

Bai Qingyu changed the subject, mentioning that Ling Chengen had been ambushed and injured by a beast, and had reportedly been unconscious for several days.

After the incident that night, he was actually the first to rush over, but there were quite a few inferior beasts attacking Ling Chengen. He led two warriors to lure away the two more troublesome ones, and left the rest to Bai Xi to lead the team to deal with.

As a result, after Bai Xi killed all the inferior beasts, she didn't care whether Ling Chengen lived or died and just left him there.

Fortunately, the giant eagle beastman led the people of Shilin to find Ling Chengen, so he didn't show himself. After confirming that they had taken the people away, he returned to the tribe alone.

However, Ling Chengen probably didn't know exactly what happened that night. He was quite far away at the time, but he could tell that she was seriously injured.

Ling Chengen looked down at his body: "I'm fine. Do you know what happened the night I was attacked by the beast?"

Bai Qingyu smiled and said, "You were the one who encountered the beast. I wasn't with you, so how would I have known?"

Ling Chengen neither confirmed nor denied his answer, but sighed lazily and said with some regret, "I'm still very curious about what it was that night that was able to launch a successful sneak attack. I didn't notice anything at all."

Actually, it wasn't her who was attacked, but the original owner of this body.

Judging from the reactions of others around her, the original owner, apart from lacking superpowers, was definitely not to be underestimated in terms of combat strength. Otherwise, she wouldn't have traveled alone between the Cold Mountain and the Stone Forest in the middle of the night. The other members of the tribe thought this was perfectly normal.

Ling Chengen gathered a pile of softer feathers and hay from the dragon's nest, put his hands behind his head, and collapsed onto the hay.

Before closing her eyes, she stared at him for a long time, then suddenly asked.

"Are you OK?"

"Your face and neck have been red ever since you got caught in the rain."

Bai Qingyu raised her head slightly, touched her hot neck with her left fingertip, and blinked: "It's okay, I don't feel uncomfortable. It's probably because I'm a water-type ability beastman, but I've been by the fire all night, so my skin is a little hot."

Ling Chengen was a little worried, so he got up and walked to his side, bending down to place the back of his hand on his forehead.

She solemnly withdrew her hand and then placed the back of her hand on her forehead.

"Did you get caught in the rain and catch a cold?" She turned to look at the stormy weather outside, her face full of disbelief. "But we were only in the rain for less than twenty minutes. You shouldn't be that weak, right?"

Bai Qingyu looked up as her hand landed on his forehead again. His usually fair and aloof face was flushed with a touch of beauty due to the fever. He raised his left hand, grabbed her wrist, and moved it away from his forehead. He raised his eyebrows slightly and earnestly defended himself, saying, "I'm not afraid."

"I have always been in good health, and I have never gotten sick from getting caught in the rain since I was a child."

Ling Chengen looked down at his pale pink cheeks and the corners of his eyes, and hesitated before saying, "If it's not illness, then it's... your reproductive period?"

Bai Qingyu frowned slightly upon hearing this, tightened his grip on her wrist, and suddenly raised his eyelids to look directly into her dark eyes: "What, do you really want my reproductive period to suddenly arrive?"

"Or do you think I might be influenced by my breeding season and end up marrying you?"

Ling Chengen squatted down in front of him, suddenly curled his lips into a smile, pinched his chin with his right hand, leaned close to his smooth cheek and rosy lips, and his nose was only an inch away from his face.

Bai Qingyu's appearance was outstanding, like a pure white peony blooming freely in May. Combined with Qinghe's unique temperament, she was so beautiful that it seemed unreal.

He has double eyelids, typical peach blossom eyes, and his temperament appears gentle and refined at first glance. But once you get to know him, you'll find that this is just a disguise. The heart hidden beneath his perfect appearance is unfathomable.

"You're quite narcissistic, but you certainly have the right to be."

When she stared at him, her gaze was extremely focused.

The warmth of his breath touched the tip of his nose. Bai Qingyu's eyes flickered slightly, but he still did not back down or avoid it, saying, "Don't worry, even during the breeding season, I will take care of it myself."

"I don't have those kinds of feelings for you."

"I told you from the beginning that you're not my type."

He released his grip on her fingers, gently pressing his fingertips against her forehead, and slowly pushed her face away from his face.

"If you're worried that my breeding season will interfere with your important business, there's no need to worry. While the breeding season may make male orcs overly energetic, restless, and irritable, their combat strength will also increase accordingly."

"Just like during the breeding season, our tribe will still arrange for orcs to take turns hunting to ensure the normal life of hundreds of orcs in the tribe."

Ling Chengen stood up from beside him, lowered his eyes and said, "You are very confident in your self-control, which is a good thing. But I hope you can keep your word. After all, if you really can't control yourself during your breeding season, I don't have the patience to help you solve it."

(End of this chapter)