Chapter 333: Yellow Armpit Hair

The chieftain's mate jumped in surprise: "What's wrong with you? Are you drooling uncontrollably like the elders in the tribe?"

The chieftain hehehed, wiping the moisture at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Well, this food made from sharp-horned beast eggs is really fragrant."

The chieftain's mate lifted her chin: "Of course, this is the way Wu Yue discovered to eat it."

She then leaned close to the chieftain and whispered softly: "If I had known our tribe would have such a formidable little female, we wouldn't have let our offspring mate so early."

The chieftain secretly curled his lips, thinking better of it: "Forget it, our lad shouldn't ruin that young female."

But seeing his mate's expression, the wise and mighty chieftain sensibly swallowed those complaints.

To be frank, such matters should be timed appropriately; under these circumstances, it's certainly most important to go along with one's mate.

He immediately nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course."

The chieftain's mate nodded satisfactorily, then took a piece of already-baked small pancake and tossed it to him.

The Snow Tiger chieftain ah-oo took a bite and held it in his mouth; when he casually wanted to wag his tail a few more times, this male beastman over two meters tall suddenly came to his senses...

He was clearly a stalwart and mighty Snow Tiger beastman, so why would he perform such a bone‑gnawing motion like the Black Wolf tribe's beastmen?

It really didn't befit the dignity of his tribe's leader; he quickly pulled the pancake from his mouth and glanced around.

Seeing the tribespeople busy baking small pancakes and not noticing him, he finally let out a big sigh of relief.

Ah-oo took a bite of the yellow thing called a "small pancake" in his hand; the first bite produced a crisp sound, and he felt the pancake's aroma spreading in his mouth.

The small pancake that had just emitted a crisp sound softened in his mouth after a moment, and after the toasty fragrance came a wave of sweetness.

He couldn't help but bite again and again; when he wanted to savor it once more, he could only lick his fingers, then continued to gaze longingly at his mate.

Seeing his appearance, the chieftain's mate chuckled: "Is it really that good?"

The chieftain nodded wildly: "This food is far tastier than meat."

The chieftain's wife coughed lightly: "Wu Yue said this is just one way to prepare sharp-horned beast eggs; when the chance comes, she'll teach us many more ways to cook them, and they'll be even more delicious."

Hearing this, the chieftain's eyes gleamed even brighter: "If the method for these small pancakes is already this delicious, there's no need to speak of the others."

His saliva was already ready.

On another note, Flower Tree Grandma's team won the collective gathering day, so all the food they gathered today belongs to them.

After Flower Tree Grandma finished distributing the sharp-horned beast eggs, Wu Yue directly led the slaves to the back mountain.

The half‑beast warrior guards on the back mountain saw her approach, all beaming: "Moon, coming again to store food? We've dug several more cellars these days."

Wu Yue smiled and nodded: "Last time I told you to leave two larger cellar entrances for the slaves; this time I've brought them to store food."

The slaves behind looked anxiously at the half‑beast warriors, fearing they might make things difficult for Wu Yue.

But unexpectedly, those half‑beast warriors smiled, turned, and led everyone toward the cellar: "We've long been ready; it's just that you, Moon, are so kind as to store food for the slaves."

Wu Yue laughed: "Because they take their work seriously and do it well, this is what they deserve."

Hearing this, the slaves following her, whose bodies were somewhat hunched, involuntarily straightened a bit.

The humility on their faces faded considerably, and their gazes toward Wu Yue grew ever more fervent.

Looking at basket after basket of sharp‑horned beast eggs being placed into the cellar, the half‑beast warriors wore bewildered faces: "Moon, wasn't the target for this collective gathering day supposed to be soft‑ground vegetables?"

"These sharp‑horned beast eggs aren't edible; why are you gathering so many of them?"

Wu Yue smiled at the slaves behind her: "These half‑beast warriors dug the cellars for you; today you should use these sharp‑horned beast eggs to make tasty food to thank them."

The slaves nodded excitedly, then paid no heed to the half‑beast warriors' reactions, each grabbing several sharp‑horned beast eggs and running toward the river.

The remaining few quickly looked for stone slabs and set up a simple stove.

As waves of tempting aroma spread across the back mountain, several half‑beast warriors stared bright‑eyed at the pale‑yellow small pancakes on the stone slab while frantically swallowing saliva.

"Moon, just now a half‑beast warrior beside the shaman came over and said the shaman wants to see you."

Qingcao puffed up from the foot of the mountain and at once spotted Wu Yue talking with the half‑beast warriors and slaves.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yue stood up and told the half‑beast warrior beside her: "Leave these remaining small pancakes for you to eat; we're heading back first."

The half‑beast warriors nodded frantically: "Okay, okay, be careful on the way."

Though that's what was said, however...

Do you dare lift your pancake‑chewing head to speak to me—is that polite?

After seeing Wu Yue to the shaman's cave entrance, Qingcao hurried off, claiming, "If I don't go back now, my small pancake will be gone."

Thus today, because of a single small pancake, our ever‑popular little female Wu Yue felt an unprecedented slight melancholy.

"Standing at Zeni, doing what, advance nor!"

While she was lost in thought, a very familiar muffled voice came from behind.

Wu Yue turned her head upon hearing it.

Indeed, the chieftain was happily gnawing on several pancakes in his hand.

"How many have you eaten?"

Hearing this, the chieftain put on a thinking pose, then after a moment said: "Can't count them; the ancestor's urine is these pancakes too lewd, not enough times!"

Hearing this, Wu Yue's mouth twitched wildly; she couldn't help but sympathically glance at the pancake in the chieftain's hand.

If these pancakes had thoughts, they'd probably be jumping about right now.

You're the lewd one, your whole family is lewd—dare you swallow the pancake in your mouth before speaking again!

The two entered the shaman's cave; because the weather was a bit cool, a small fire had already been lit in the middle of the cave.

Emitting warm light, the shaman's wrinkled face in the firelight actually looked somewhat more kind and...

"Look at your sorry state; as a tribe's chieftain, eating like this makes others think our Snow Tiger tribe lacks food to the point that even you, the chieftain, aren't full."

Wu Yue wiped her face, and indeed...

The song from my past life was right; I admit it's all the moon's fault...

The firelight always makes her feel the shaman is very kind; how much more so with the romantic moon.

Yue, sit down.

After scolding the foodie chieftain, the shaman looked at Wu Yue with eyes so kind they were like a grandfather gazing at his own grandchild.

"I heard you discovered a new food again today?"

While asking, he naturally took the largest piece of bread from the chieftain's hand.

He took a bite without blushing and said, "This is indeed a delicious food."

Wu Yue scratched her head embarrassedly and said, "Actually I raise chickens in the yard; after they lay eggs, roasting or boiling them makes them tasty, so I thought, since they're all eggs, maybe the horned beast's eggs can be prepared the same way."

The shaman nodded with satisfaction: "It's great that you have this idea; our tribe hasn't discovered so many new foods in a long time."

He shook his head while sighing, and without hesitation stuffed the bread in his hand into his mouth.

Wu Yue held back her involuntary twitching eye corner, so are your feelings and memories of tribal history really this hasty?

"Although I don't say it, I keep in mind all the contributions you've made to the tribe."

After chewing and swallowing the last piece of bread, the shaman looked at Wu Yue with a solemn expression and asked, "What kind of reward do you want?"

Wu Yue was dumbfounded, "What the heck?"

Discovering food also comes with a reward?

She scratched her messy hair and said, "This... I'm also a member of the Snow Tiger Tribe; how can I ask for a reward for doing some contribution?"

Promoting these foods in the tribe is also so she can eat them openly and honorably.

The shaman gave her a deep look, a flicker of satisfaction appearing in his eyes, then rose and walked into the cave, taking out a tightly wrapped small Beastfolk bao guo and handing it to her.

"This is the tribe's reward for you; inside are several ferocious beast crystal cores, which you can later use for your partner."

"The shaman's partner is not just a partner; they will also be your future guardian beastman, a beastman warrior whose strength keeps growing, able to guard the shaman's safety—you must choose well."

Wu Yue gripped the Beastfolk bao guo in her hand and nodded solemnly: "I understand."

She knew how precious the ferocious beast crystal cores were here, as many beastfolk had sacrificed their lives for them.

Even Yuan Lang and the others risked their lives to become stronger.

It was obvious that there was more than one ferocious beast crystal core in the Beastfolk bao guo she held.

On her way home, Wu Yue's thoughts drifted to Yuan Lang and the others, whose whereabouts were unknown at the moment, and she didn't know whether they had managed to hunt any ferocious beasts.

In the depths of the Polar Forest, a place all the tribes call the deep forest, Yuan Lang-led Snow Tiger Tribe beastman warriors and Black Wolf Tribe beastman warriors were ambushing a group of saber-toothed pig ferocious beasts.

At noon they arrived at the edge of the deep forest and soon found the traces of those saber-toothed pig ferocious beasts.

"Yuan Lang, how about we split these saber-toothed pigs fifty-fifty?"

The leader of the Black Wolf Tribe beastman warriors said.

Yuan Lang gave him a deep look and said, "Okay."

Saber-toothed pigs, as ferocious beasts, have an extremely low chance of containing crystal cores, but since we've encountered them, we should still seize this opportunity.

This group of saber-toothed pigs is a small clump, numbering over a dozen, and they don't seem very peaceful with each other; a fight could break out at any moment.

They snorted irritably while pawing the ground as they walked into the beastman warriors' ambush.

"Attack."

"Attack."

Yuan Lang and the Black Wolf Beastman Warrior leader's voices rang out at once, and the beastman warriors of both tribes howled as they charged at the saber-toothed pigs.

The somewhat startled saber-toothed pig leader was just about to gather the young ones for a counterattack when, unbeknownst to it, that pig's tusk stabbed its anus.

Its anus torn, buttocks covered in wounds, the saber-toothed pig's cries were incredibly brutal.

At that point, nobody cared about attacking or not; it turned around and fought the saber-toothed pig that had sneakily attacked from behind.

Amid external and internal troubles, the beastfolk quickly settled the battle, and indeed over a dozen saber-toothed pigs yielded a ferocious beast crystal core to the Black Wolf Tribe's beastman warriors.

On their first hunt they gained a harvest, and the beastman warriors were in high spirits.

"Our tribe's base is in a canyon inside; where are you?"

After putting away the crystal core, the Black Wolf Tribe leader said, "Our base is deeper than yours."

Yuan Lang nodded: "Then let's go to our tribe's base; the last time we came here to hunt ferocious beasts, we discovered that the territories of all ferocious beasts had shifted outward."

Where there used to be medium-grade ferocious beast territories, now there are more high-grade ferocious beasts active, making your tribe's base somewhat dangerous.

Upon hearing this, the Black Wolf Beastman warrior broke out in a cold sweat, secretly grateful to have come with the Snow Tiger Tribe's beastman warriors; otherwise, if they were alone, they'd probably already be surrounded by high-grade ferocious beasts.

He then nodded and said, "All right, let's go to your tribe's base."

The two tribes' beastman warriors hurried all the way to the canyon where they previously hunted and lived, but upon reaching the canyon, they saw many traces of the Obedient Apes' movements in the outskirts.

Teng Qian's face instantly turned a bruised purple, needless to say it was hideous.

As for the Obedient Ape, a beast with no morals, he had already fully experienced it during the previous hunt, and truly never wanted to have any contact with them again.

"It seems our canyon has been taken over by the Obedient Apes."

The Black Wolf Tribe leader frowned, his tone somewhat grave.

Yuan Lang pressed his lips and said, "It seems the ferocious beasts' territories have expanded outward again, and the Obedient Apes have already settled near the outskirts."

All the beastfolk fell silent upon hearing this.

Everyone knows how dangerous ferocious beasts are; it's precisely because they live deep in the Polar Forest and never come out that the tribes have enjoyed relatively peaceful lives.

If these ferocious beasts' territories continue to spread, what are the tribes living in the Polar Forest to do?

At this moment, worry and apprehension instantly replaced the joy of obtaining the crystal cores, and the atmosphere grew tense.

Suddenly, Yuan Lang furrowed his dark brows and whispered, "Keep it quiet, there's movement."

Upon hearing this, everyone instantly held their breath and looked in the direction of his gaze.

Surely, in the not‑far‑off forest, the branches kept violently shaking, as if some large ferocious beast was weaving through the trees.

Being so arrogant on the Obedient Apes' turf, everyone had no doubt it must be the Obedient Apes.

Surely, after an excited roar, over a dozen Obedient Apes howled as they ran out of the forest.

But Yuan Lang and the others' faces changed dramatically at the sight of the Obedient Apes.

Teng Qian's expression was even more splendid.

Black Wolf Tribe leader stared dumbfounded at Yuan Lang beside him: "The yellow fur... tucked in the armpit of the obedient monkey..."