Chapter 63: You Want to Protect This Female?

"Ying."

She immediately reached out and tugged his arm. "Look at the fruit over there — white pears, really?"

Pears were a good thing. She hurried over, delighted to see those large fruits. "These pears are really nice — and loquats too?"

Seeing how much she liked these white pears and small fruits, Ying slightly frowned. "Huaner, you like them?"

"It's not a matter of liking them or not. These two fruits are excellent for moistening the lungs. A Mu coughs often, doesn't she? Let's trade for some to take back and make soup for her."

Seeing that Nan Qinghuan still kept A Mu in mind even while out here, Ying grew even fonder of her. He reached out and patted her little head. "If Huaner likes them, then trade for them."

"Dashan."

Dashan saw that they were trading such fine Green Copper for just a few fruits and was very reluctant. "Ying, this is a huge loss. These fruits aren't worth it..."

"Enough talk. Trade them."

"Alright then."

Just like that, Nan Qinghuan traded for quite a few good things at the market — sweet pears and loquats, soft beast skins, warm fox pelts, and a naturally formed stone flat-bottomed pan. She also obtained the thing she was most satisfied with: flax thread. Don't underestimate this little thing — with flax, she could use her space to make clothes. In the future, every tribesperson would have a garment, completely bidding farewell to the era of going bare-chested and wearing beast skins.

Unfortunately, the people here didn't understand, trading flax as rope.

Thinking of this, her blood boiled with excitement.

"Ying, today was a huge loss. Look at what we traded for."

Dashan felt very wronged, carrying Xiao Guai behind him to haul the traded goods. Seeing that Dashan didn't recognize these treasures, Nan Qinghuan behind him rolled her eyes at him. "Silly boy, it's no loss. These things will be very useful back home. See — this grayish thread can be made into clothes. Do you know what clothes are?"

Dashan naturally didn't know what clothes were. He was about to ask if they were the kind she wore, when unexpectedly, a woman's voice came from the market street. "Ying."

Dashan's face instantly went pale when he heard the voice. "Oh no, the Great Shaman is here."

"Great Shaman?"

Nan Qinghuan was puzzled — what on earth was that? She turned to look and saw... holy crap, this woman... A Triceratops suddenly appeared on the market street. The Triceratops wasn't as tall as a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but it was still about five or six meters. Sitting on the Triceratops's head was a woman dressed in beast skins, wearing peacock feathers on her head with a green gemstone adorning the space between her brows. She looked altogether domineering.

"Heavenly Maiden?"

Ying seemed not to have expected to encounter the Heavenly Maiden in this Otherworld. The Heavenly Maiden made a slight gesture toward the Triceratops, and it instantly crouched down. The woman called Heavenly Maiden immediately jumped to the ground, holding a scepter — clearly someone with great authority.

"Ying, is she your female?"

Dashan, seeing the Great Shaman arrive, hurriedly tugged her sleeve. "Omu, don't look at her. This woman is the Great Shaman, also the Heavenly Maiden. She and A Yue are friends."

"A Yue's friend — can she still eat me?"

Seeing that she showed no fear, Dashan said, "Ying..."

Ying shielded Nan Qinghuan. "Does the Heavenly Maiden have business?"

Apart from Nan Qinghuan, he seemed cold toward all other females, as if saying even one extra word was exhausting.

The Heavenly Maiden's gaze fell on Nan Qinghuan beside her, and her eyes instantly turned jealous. "A Yue is dead. Was it this female who caused it?"

"A Yue deserved to die. Huaner, let's go."

"You want to leave?"

Suddenly, the Heavenly Maiden just muttered something from her mouth, and instantly, the people on the market street swarmed to flee for their lives. "The Heavenly Maiden is enraged — run!"

Very quickly, the originally clear and boundless sky turned dark and oppressive. Nan Qinghuan looked up and saw a flock of vampire bats. Holy crap — this woman could also control bats.

"Ying, don't be afraid of her. I have this."

In an instant, she took three candles from her waist and then lit a lighter. Strange to say, the candles didn't go out even in the wind, and the vampire bats fled the moment they saw the firelight.

"Wow, Omu's candles actually have this use?"

Dashan was amazed — Omu's candles could drive away these blood bats. The Heavenly Maiden, seeing the firelight in her hand, also immediately retreated several steps, looking at her in disbelief.

"What is that thing you're holding?"

Ying stood to the side, silently watching Nan Qinghuan. He knew his Huaner had plenty of skills and didn't need him to step in at all.

Nan Qinghuan waved the candle in her hand. When she made them, she had specifically considered that the Cave was windy, so she added tung oil to the wicks, making them hard to extinguish even in the wind.

The woman had never seen fire burn detached from firewood, held in someone's hand. Beyond her shock, her expression turned ugly. "You truly are a witch reborn. A Yue must have been killed by you. This Heavenly Maiden will fulfill the divine command and avenge A Yue."

Before the woman could even get close to Nan Qinghuan, Ying kicked her away. "Heavenly Maiden, that's enough."

"Ying, you dare defy the will of the gods? This female is a curse on your Ying Tribe, and you still protect her?"

Ying looked gently at Nan Qinghuan, then turned to the Heavenly Maiden, his gaze turning cold again. "She is my female, not a curse. Heavenly Maiden, say one more word and don't blame me for getting physical."

Ying was already angry. No one would bully his Huaner — not even the Heavenly Maiden.

Dropping these words, Ying was about to lead Nan Qinghuan away, but the Heavenly Maiden refused to accept it. So many tribespeople had seen her humiliated by Ying and that White-skinned Female — if word got out, how could she still hold her head up? "Seeking death."

"Clack-clack-clack..."

In an instant, Dashan broke out in a cold sweat. "Ying, don't provoke the Heavenly Maiden."

But Ying straightened his back, his gaze sharp, holding a bow and arrow in his hand. "I'm not afraid of her."

The Heavenly Maiden kept clicking her tongue, and soon, from the sandy ground in all directions, many venomous snakes came crawling out. Those snakes seemed to have received some kind of Summoning, and they all surrounded Nan Qinghuan, Ying, and the others. Even the Mammoth grew restless and wanted to flee at the sight of those sand snakes.

"Ying, you brought this on yourself. Today, kill this female in this Otherworld, and I'll let you go. Otherwise..."

"Dream on."

Ying turned to look at Nan Qinghuan. "Don't be afraid, Huaner."

Seeing him looking at her so gently, she too quietly took out the Fruit Knife from her sleeve. "Ying, looks like we husband and wife need to join hands once more to kill snakes."

These words warmed Ying's heart. "Huaner, be careful."

Seeing them so close, a flash of killing intent crossed the Heavenly Maiden's eyes. "Bite them to death."

At the Heavenly Maiden's command, those dozens of snakes instantly lunged at them. But who would have expected — when those snakes met Nan Qinghuan's eyes, they... uselessly turned tail and fled.

The couple had originally planned to join hands and kill these venomous snakes, but before they could even act, the snakes had all run off. The Heavenly Maiden was about to erupt in rage when Ying suddenly dashed forward and grabbed the Heavenly Maiden by the throat.

"Provoke Huaner again, and I'll feed your flesh to the wolves."