Chapter 258: Just Missing One Reason

As for the cured meat matter, after returning to Qi Gate, first tell the shaman and the clan chief; the rest can be arranged by them.

The two had already arrived at the place where they slept before; Wu Yue nodded and sat down in a grass nest to the side, saying: "If possible, it would be best to teach each clan member."

Yuan Lang, however, laughed and shook his head: "It probably won't be taught to every clan member; that would easily spread."

Wu Yue raised her eyebrows, her eyes bright as she looked at him: "They don't have that much salt."

Yuan Lang was taken aback, then also laughed.

Indeed, the most precious thing in the Polar Forest now is salt, something that cannot be exchanged for food.

Yuan Lang tore the cured meat in his hand into several thin strips, then immediately stuffed them into an opened bamboo container on the side.

Wu Yue frowned: "There's not much water left; we can just eat it like this."

Yuan Lang merely gave her a teasing smile, and after a moment took the cured meat out of the container, shredding it into strips thinner than a finger, then placed it directly into Wu Yue's hand: "Eat quickly."

He himself rose, picked up that water, and went to the Beastman Warriors who were excitedly surrounding the cured meat: "Rinse it in the water before eating."

The Beastfolk looked at him with bright eyes: "Yuan Lang, food cured with salt can actually be stored for such a long time; now that we have this much salt, can we store even more food?"

"Yes, yes, we hunt many, many beasts, then cure them with salt; that way, when winter comes, we won't have to worry about starving from lack of food."

Seeing the Beastfolk's expectant little gazes, Yuan Lang felt a sourness in his heart: "Knowing that we're still sitting here, after eating we'll go to work, digging the cave through early; before the rainy season, do we still need to worry about our food?"

Upon hearing this, the clan members instantly reverted to their Beastfolk forms, stuffed the cured meat into their mouths, and took off running toward the cave.

"Brothers, what are we waiting for? Let's go dig the cave!"

After a cloud of dust dispersed, Wu Yue, standing not far away, looked at Yuan Lang's dark, handsome face and finally couldn't help but let out a pig-like laugh.

Yuan Lang wiped the layer of black dust from his face, feeling that his whole beast was not well.

Behind a row of meat racks at that moment, Teng Qian and Teng Kun were secretly gnawing on meat while watching the two outside.

"Little brother, don't you feel that the scene of the eldest and Yue standing together looks especially like the scene of scholars and maidens gazing at each other in those storybooks I used to read?"

Teng Kun stuffed the last bit of meat in his hand into his mouth with an 'ah', then stood up and looked at his older brother: "I didn't expect you, big brother, to still be reading those picture books; be careful I go tell the general about you."

Teng Qian was bewildered: "Hey, what's wrong with me? Are the accounts after the flip not looking so good?"

Teng Kun with a serious face: "But many times, the general merely lacks a reason to teach you a lesson."

Teng Qian: "That hits home, old iron!"

As the two were speaking, a suppressed excited cheer suddenly came from inside the earthen cave: "We've broken through, we've broken through; we can move all these salt crystals back to the tribe!"

Wu Yue and Yuan Lang turned and walked toward the cave.

The Beastman Warriors who had just entered had already come out one after another, and the last to emerge actually included the clan chief and some middle-aged Beastman Warriors.

"Clan chief, you've come too?"