Chapter 198: The First Internal Clan Split

Axi was stoking the fire while drooling, and the mother over there also thought it smelled good, "Qinghuan, who gave you these?"

"This…"

She was a bit embarrassed, what could she say? "Mother, don't worry about who taught it; now I'm teaching you, and later you can also simmer broth. Have some more meat broth later to strengthen yourself."

Mother knew she didn't like to talk much about the Ape Tribe; the Ape Tribe, a hairless human race and the most noble people of the Tribe, and Ying was truly lucky to have found such a good female.

At this moment, mother was even more satisfied with her.

Here they were preparing food to celebrate the Tulou's completion; the Tribe members beat the Bronze Drum, singing and dancing in a lively celebration. On the Ancient Land, it was the first time anyone had seen towering houses.

The lone wolf hiding in the shadows saw the Tribe's people so joyous; the food and drink were things he had never seen before. The lone wolf clutched his empty stomach in envy, yearning desperately.

They were drinking wine and eating meat while he was sneaking a look here.

How tragic.

When nobody was around, he immediately fluttered his wings and carefully flew away, but little did he know that Dashan had seen all his actions.

Dashan dropped a Sheep bone and immediately stood up.

Outside the forest, the sun shone brightly.

Under the big tree, Rongdi was still sheltering from the sun.

"Leader, I'm back."

Rongdi was still waiting under the tree for news; his patience was wearing thin. If the matters here weren't resolved soon, he wouldn't have time to stay. The Rainy Season was approaching, and the Tribe needed to prepare many flood defenses.

As Clan Leader, he couldn't afford any leisure.

"What, did the Tulou collapse?"

The lone wolf was quite embarrassed and said, "No, Ying killed those Pangolins."

"Was it discovered?"

"Not only that, the Pangolins you raised also…"

Rongdi noticed the lone wolf's expression was off; he coldly looked at him, "Killed?"

The lone wolf thought it wasn't that tragic; he stammered, "Was…"

"These waste, they must have been pierced by Ying into meat mush—useless things."

"No, they were all simmered into soup by Nan Qinghuan."

"What?"

Rongdi's face turned green with anger, his fingers clicking, "Simmered into soup?"

He didn't understand what simmering meant; this was also his first time learning that Pangolins could be simmered, but what is simmering? He was completely clueless.

The lone wolf couldn't explain either, he just told him what he saw, "It's just putting it in water to boil and eat; I saw it with my own eyes, and you shouldn't say, it was quite fragrant."

"Leader, let's return; the Rainy Season is arriving, their Tulou won't last long, there's no hurry for these few days."

The lone wolf knew he had sent the Pangolins to cause sabotage, but now they've all been eaten, so he decided to go back first.

"Damn it."

Rongdi dreamed of destroying everything within the clan, ruining their good life, but he pitifully discovered that the more he destroyed, the more he made them live better.

This made his heart feel icy cold, but soon he let it go.

"Right, the Rainy Season is here, floods will wash everything away, the Tulou will collapse too, hum, I'm looking forward to watching. Let's go back to the Tribe."

Rongdi was utterly disappointed; he intended to return to the Tribe to await news of the Tulou's collapse, but just as the two were about to leave, they suddenly saw… "Rongdi, our Tulou isn't bad, right?"

Ying unexpectedly arrived with Dashan heading this way, and in an instant, Rongdi was surrounded.

Seeing Ying, Rongdi wasn't afraid, "What do you want?"

The lone wolf didn't expect they had discovered him, "Leader, I…"

"Rongdi, are you stupid? You were out here watching us drink wine and eat meat, how pitiful. Want me to give you a piece of meat to try? It's very tasty, made by Ou Mu."

Dashan was teasing Rongdi; Rongdi glared at him fiercely, "Shut up."

It turned out that Ying had already noticed his appearance here; at this moment he felt some regret, regretting not being more careful.

"Rongdi, your wound healed so quickly?"

Ying was in a good mood today, so he didn't want to kill anyone.

Rongdi snorted coldly, "Ying, don't announce it so early; your good days are about to end."

Ying curled his lips, feeling good, "Today is a great day for my Tribe; I won't argue with you, and I don't want bloodshed to affect my and Qinghuan's blessings. Today I let you off, so hurry up and leave."

Indeed, he originally intended to kill Rongdi, daring to summon Pangolins for sabotage, but Youchao Xuan said the new house must not see blood.

Fine, then he won't kill anyone today.

"Spare me?"

Rongdi smiled smugly, "You wouldn't dare kill me; if I die, you won't be able to keep this place either."

"Big talk."

The two men approached each other, eyes sparring. Ying tugged at the Wolf Fang on his neck and proudly said, "See? This is the BetrothalItem Qinghuan gave me; she said she'd only be with me in this life. Our home has me and my cubs. Rongdi, you'll never have a chance in this life."

Ying, in a victorious posture, told Rongdi that whatever he does, Qinghuan would never like him. Indeed, his words were more effective than many clan members' attempts to confront Rongdi, because he saw Rongdi's eyes spitting fire.

Rongdi naturally recognized the Wolf Fang on his neck; Nan Qinghuan had always worn that Wolf Fang around her neck, and he hadn't expected her to give it to Ying.

At that moment, his jealous eyes turned red.

Jealousy, envy, even… he wildly wanted to snatch that Wolf Fang back and wear it on his own neck.

How laughable, Rongdi, a Tribe leader, yet he was abandoned by a female.

No, he hasn't lost yet!

"Don't speak so confidently; I'm waiting to see your fate."

Leaving that remark, Rongdi turned to leave, but Dashan roared, "You may not go. Ying, you can't let him leave. Have you forgotten? He always sends people to sabotage us, he…"

"Let him go. Today is a great day for our Tribe; Youchao Xuan said the new residence, once built, is not suitable for killing and shedding blood. For auspiciousness, today I spare you, Rongdi, do you want to return to the Tribe for an evening of meat broth? The Pangolin soup is truly delicious, want to taste it?"

"You…"

He was too angry.

"Haha, get lost. If I see you again, I definitely won't let you off."

With those words, Ying turned and left. The Rongdi just snorted coldly, "Ying, don't be too pleased too soon. The rainy season is coming. Let's see how long you can keep up your arrogance."

After the Rongdi left, Dashan was very angry. Dashan felt that Ying shouldn't have let the Rongdi go today. "Ying, why didn't you kill him when you had such a good chance?"

Ying took a deep breath. "What would killing him do? The rainy season is coming soon. Even if we're going to war, we have to wait until the rainy season is over, understand?"

Hearing this, Dashan stared at him in shock. Was he planning to attack the Rongdi Tribe? "Come on, let's go back and drink and eat meat."

That day, the Tribe was extremely jubilant.

The houses everyone had been eagerly waiting for were finally built. And what was even more humane was that even Jingang's wife had a room to live in. Their room was on the bottom floor, and with Jingang living inside, it could also guard against enemies.

Animals have keener senses than humans. This design was truly ingenious.

The tribesmen all praised Youchao Xuan for doing a good job.

At night, the candlelight was as bright as day.

The tribesmen all sat on the ground waiting for the meeting. This was Nan Qinghuan's request, because there was a big matter tonight. Now that the houses were finished, they were going to divide them up — distribute the new houses.

Everyone was very happy, all waiting for the house distribution. Nan Qinghuan and Axi were over there tallying the population. After finishing, they handed it to Ying. "It's all here. Let the tribesmen move in family by family."

This was her first time participating in a major tribal affair — the house distribution. It also gave her a deeper understanding of tribal culture. Many of the clan surnames here were ones she had never seen before.

It was very novel.

Aster, Bas — these were all hard-to-remember surnames. But as for what Ying's surname was, she really didn't know. She only knew his single given name, Ying.

Ying took the Beast Skin from her hand and looked at the circles drawn on it. "Qinghuan, are these people a family?"

"That's right. I divided them based on BloodRelation. Starting tomorrow, everyone won't live clustered together anymore. Everyone will have a home."

"Hoo-hoo…"

The tribesmen suddenly stood up and danced wildly. When they were happy, they liked to howl at the sky. This was also part of tribal culture.

"Great! Ohm, we finally have a home! Wonderful!"

Everyone was very happy, just waiting for Ying to distribute the houses. Of course, Ying wouldn't handle this kind of thing personally. He just handed the matter over to Dashan to handle.

After Dashan got the Beast Skin and heard Ying's explanation, he led the tribesmen to distribute the houses. Everyone wished they could move in today.

Inside the forest, everyone had gone to get their houses. Only Axi stood there looking a bit pitiful. "Qinghuan, Ying, what about me? Which family am I with?"