Chapter 323: with translation of chapter title

After their talk, the mood that had been somewhat gloomy due to the tribe being attacked improved considerably.

They gathered a lot of hemostatic and detoxifying herbs; Wu Yue even gave Tongzi ten points, hiring this cheap labor to search for many usable herbs for herself.

After they returned to the tribe, not only were their back baskets full, but even Wu Yue's system's small storage space held a considerable amount of herbs.

Wu Yue moved all the herbs into her own hut, while Yuan Lang was called away by Uncle Bai Qi as soon as he entered the tribe.

Bai Qi's expression was not good; apparently it was because Yuan Lang and the others had decided to go hunt ferocious beasts.

What surprised Wu Yue was that, this time, the shaman did not stop the hunt for ferocious beasts.

Perhaps because the threat from outside the forest to the tribe has been growing, and they also want the young beastman warriors in the tribe to grow up quickly.

With Tongzi's help making medicinal powders and elixirs, it didn't take much of Wu Yue's time, but looking at the experience bar on her system panel, her mood was depressed.

Although she meditated every day, the cultivated shamanic power was clearly still insufficient; she needed eight more experience points to level up.

The next morning, just after Wu Yue finished washing up, the grass curtain on the roof began to sway; she calmly picked up a grass ball, sat in the grass nest, and waited for her companion's arrival.

Sure enough, moments later, Qingcao's round figure appeared in her hut.

What surprised Wu Yue was that Qingcao's complexion was not good.

She stood up, went to Qingcao's side, and asked, 'Is it because Teng Kun is going to hunt ferocious beasts in the deep forest? I only found out about that yesterday.'

Qingcao shook her head: 'No, it's not because of that.'

She lifted her head to look at Wu Yue, her eyes showing a complex expression: 'Yue, Ye Duo is dead...'

Wu Yue tightened her grip on Qingcao's shoulder, her voice a little hoarse: 'Dead?'

Qingcao nodded: 'Yes, the beastman warriors patrolling the territory brought back her body; it was found near the edge of the Black Wolf Tribe's territory, and the lower half had been gnawed by wild beasts...'

The rest, Qingcao pressed her lips and could say no more.

Living in such a world, she had long grown accustomed to death.

But now the victim is a fellow tribe member; even though Ye Duo had been unpleasant to get along with, knowing she was killed, Qingcao's heart still felt heavy.

Wu Yue's chest also felt heavy: 'Where?'

Right in the tribe's open space.

Wu Yue took her hand: 'Let's go take a look.'

The two walked over, and along the way many other tribe members were also rushing there, everyone's expression very solemn.

In the clearing, the shaman and the chief stood at the front; a wooden board lay on the ground with the upper half of a body on it, which Wu Yue knew very well...

That was Ye Duo, who a few days ago had tricked someone into eating poisonous mushrooms because a half-beast warrior refused to become her mate; her eyes were wide open, her death scene utterly gruesome.

What caused her death was that wound piercing her abdomen.

Beside the wooden board holding the corpse were Ye Duo's father and mother; they were trembling as they knelt there, desperate and sorrowful.

Seeing this scene, Wu Yue couldn't help but redden her eye sockets.

She looked at Ye Duo's somewhat ferocious face, yet couldn't help noticing her widened eyes, not looking ahead but toward...

Following that gaze, what Ye Duo had been looking at before death was actually her own hand, and the hand she was staring at remained clenched even now.

Wu Yue pressed her lips and went around from behind to stand beside the chief and the shaman.

Feeling someone tugging at his arm, the chief frowned and turned to look, about to scold, but upon seeing Wu Yue he changed his tone: 'What's wrong, Wu Yue?'

The shaman, hearing his words, also turned around.

Wu Yue pointed at Ye Duo's corpse and said, 'Ye Duo's eyes have been fixed on her own clenched hand; I think she must be holding something in her hand.'

Hearing that, they then turned their gaze to Ye Duo's tightly clenched right hand.

The shaman frowned, raised his staff in hand, and his calm voice reached every tribe member's ears: 'Everyone, disperse.'

The chief shielded Wu Yue behind him, while the shaman, surrounded by shamanic power, slowly walked to Ye Duo's side.

Afterward, the shamanic power coiling around his body seemed to be directed by something, turning directly into a blue ribbon-like thing that floated over and opened Ye Duo's clenched palm.

At that instant, a black-red light shot from her hand, violently striking the shamanic power coiling around him; before it could flee, the blue shamanic power tightly bound it.

It was actually a black-red worm resembling a centipede, violently struggling while spraying toxic liquid as it struggled.

Upon seeing that black-red worm, Wu Yue immediately knew the answer: it was another gu worm...

So, is this incident also related to that gu shaman who harmed the Feiyu tribe?

Yesterday Tongzi also said that a shaman with obviously greater shamanic power than hers had participated in the battle.

Was Ye Duo tightly gripping this worm in order to warn the tribe members?

Thinking of this, Wu Yue's mood instantly became extremely complicated.

No matter how badly this female had behaved before, her heart regarding tribal affairs had never changed.

In the end, the worm was still collected by the shaman.

After holding a memorial ceremony for Ye Duo, they then burned her corpse.

After Wu Yue and Qingcao parted, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted, just as they reached the gate of their own courtyard, they saw Yuan Lang and his group sitting in the courtyard.

Seeing her return, everyone greeted her; Wu Yue responded to each in turn before looking at Yuan Lang: 'Are you leaving?'

Yuan Lang nodded: 'Yeah, we'll leave when it gets dark.'

Wu Yue frowned: 'Why not leave during the day? Night is when wild beasts and ferocious beasts roam; it's too dangerous.'

Yuan Lang rubbed her head: 'I naturally know that.'

Wu Yue chuckled, 'You still plan to set out at night?'

'But now the situation in the Polar Forest is unclear; if we set out during the day, our target would be too obvious, and if someone were watching us, they would surely notice us.'

Upon hearing that, Wu Yue felt very displeased; those tribes outside the forest were too arrogant, actually surveilling them on their own turf.

She pressed her lips and said, 'Come in with me.'

All the needed herbs were packed by her into a large back basket.

To Wu Yue, the back basket was very heavy, but the beastman hooked it with just a finger, as if lifting a light garment, feeling almost weightless.

After a moment's thought, Wu Yue turned, taking Tongzi, who was asleep in the grass hut not knowing what night it was, out and stuffed him into Yuan Lang's arms: "You also take this one."