Chapter 340: Evil Laughter

All the beastfolk were dumbfounded...

Just... just can it still be like this?

"What if no one comes to exchange for us?"

The hot-tempered beastman said cautiously.

Wu Yue gave him a contemptuous look: "You guys aren't just expendable beastfolk the tribe can toss aside, are you?"

The hot-tempered beastman glared: "No matter which tribe, beastman warriors are powerful beings."

Wu Yue heard this and chuckled: "So what are you worried about? As long as your clansmen come to exchange, I'll let you go."

Hot-tempered beastman: "…"

I don't know why, but looking at your smile, I always have a bad feeling.

The rain outside the cave kept pattering down; once the rainy season starts, it continues nonstop until the season ends.

So Wu Yue also ignored a listless beastman, sat down in the grass nest, and began weaving a grass garment.

In the cave, each of those beastman warriors was strong and sturdy; getting a little wet was nothing, after all beastfolk are formidable beings who can go out hunting even in the rainy season.

But as for me…

It's better not to court death with this body of hers.

She wove half of her grass nest into a grass garment that could completely wrap her whole body.

After gathering her belongings and handing them all to the surrounding Scorpion Tribe beastfolk to hold, she turned her gaze to the hot-tempered beastman.

Seeing her look his way, the hot-tempered beastman inexplicably felt a bad premonition, his skin tightening: "What do you want to do?"

Seeing his terrified expression like a young woman stared down by devils, Wu Yue rolled her eyes: "Hungry or not?"

The hot-tempered beastman incredulously flicked his ear: "What the heck?"

Was this timid little female just asking if I'm hungry?

Although I didn't know what she wanted, as an honest beastman, the hot-tempered beastman still nodded: "Hungry."

We're almost starving to death, we've been pushing forward in the rain all the way, trying to bring back that little female the shaman ordered captured as soon as possible, but we didn't even have time to eat.

So what happened?

We didn't capture the little female, but we got let go instead, hehe…

Wu Yue nodded, plopped down by the fire and waved a hand: "Then pick three beastfolk to go hunt; after we eat, we'll head back to the tribe."

Upon hearing that, the hot-tempered beastman's eyes lit up, and the surrounding beastfolk's stomachs began to growl in unison.

In the end, the hot-tempered beastman took three beastfolk out, and despite such heavy rain, they actually brought back four wild animals.

Wu Yue draped herself in the grass garment and stood at the cave mouth, watching the outside rain, then suddenly sighed.

Before, if she encountered such weather on a holiday, she would definitely curl up at home and sleep soundly.

But now…

The hot-tempered beastman scratched his head: "We're all solitary beasts; we can't transform into beast form to carry you."

Thinking of their beast forms, Wu Yue's face stiffened decisively.

Big bro, even if you wanted to carry me in beast form, I wouldn't dare sit—there's a huge poison hook hanging over my head; she'd end up with psychological trauma.

"It's fine, just carry me on your back."

The hot-tempered beastman let out a breath of relief, feeling like he'd managed to keep his pale complexion.

Wu Yue looked at the two beastfolk who had kidnapped her and were now awake beside her: "Do you still remember the way back?"

The two beastfolk listlessly nodded: "We remember."

Wu Yue lifted her chin: "Good, you lead the way ahead."

Having said that, she wrapped herself tightly in the grass garment, then lay on the hot-tempered beastman's back: "Let's go."

Because it started raining not long after Wu Yue was kidnapped, tracking their trail became extremely difficult; the heavy rain had already washed away any possible traces.

This made the Snow Tiger Clan chieftain and all the Snow Tiger Beastmen feel very solemn.

"Chieftain, which tribe's beastfolk abducted Yue?"

The Snow Tiger Clan chieftain's face darkened as he stayed silent; it's rare for the tribe to produce a gifted shaman, yet she was so easily snatched by some unknown beastfolk.

"There's movement up ahead in the forest."

The beastfolk on forward watch suddenly spoke up.

The chieftain's expression tightened: "Everyone, hide."

In an instant, the forest returned to its former state, with no trace of beastfolk activity left to see.

"How much longer?"

Wu Yue turned her head to ask the Scorpion Tribe beastfolk guiding the way.

The Scorpion Tribe beastfolk looked around, wiped the rain from his face, and said: "We should be back at the Snow Tiger Tribe by this afternoon."

Wu Yue nodded: "Hurry up; there's nowhere to rest around here. If we can't reach the tribe before dark, we'll be out in the rain."

The surrounding Scorpion Tribe beastfolk's eyes lit up at her words, and a shared thought spontaneously arose in their hearts.

If this female got sick from the rain, could they…

"Put those thoughts away; if I die, the poison on your bodies will erupt immediately, and then I'll have you keep me company."

Having said that, she gave a few more dark, sinister laughs.

The beastfolk weren't shivering from the rain, but Wu Yue's chilling laugh made them involuntarily shudder.

Shamans like this are truly terrifying…

And those frightened by Wu Yue's laugh weren't just these Scorpion Tribe beastfolk…

"Chieftain, a terribly evil laugh suddenly came from the forest ahead—you can tell at once it's no good beast; they must have captured the little female."

The beastfolk who went to investigate spoke softly.

Snow Tiger Clan chief also nodded upon hearing this: "This feeling is just like that poison shaman; maybe it's that stuff."

After saying that, he looked at the Beastfolk beside him and said: "Go notify the clansmen; later when they come, directly rush down and surround them; if that person with the unpleasant laugh just now harmed the little female, we'll send them to see the Beast God."

The Beastfolk nodded, turned and left to deliver the message.

Sure enough, after a moment, the ambushed Snow Tiger Beastmen saw a group of unfamiliar Beastfolk running over.

And on the back of one of those Beastfolk was something wrapped in a grass mat.

The Snow Tiger Clan chief frowned, wondering if that could be Wu Yue.

At that moment, the Snow Tiger Tribe members who also saw this group of Beastfolk roared in unison and rushed down, surrounding those unfamiliar Beastfolk.

"Which tribe are you from, and what is that on your back?"

Looking at this group of Beastfolk with familiar hair color, a Scorpion Beastfolk felt his nose sour and wanted to cry.

So, when the Snow Tiger Clan chief came down from the hidden big tree, what he faced was a listless, drooping expression on that unfamiliar Beastfolk.

"We're just temporarily surrounding you; isn't that a bit too cowardly?"

At that moment, a slit was opened in the grass mat on the back of the Beastfolk ahead, and a familiar little head poked out: "Chief!"

The Snow Tiger Clan chief stared for a moment, then excitedly ran over: "Wu Yue?"

All the Scorpion Beastfolk hearing the name called out by the Snow Tiger Clan chief felt bitter in their hearts.

"How could such a ferocious, hateful little female be called Yue?"

Seeing Wu Yue about to come down, the Snow Tiger Clan chief directly summoned a strong male from the tribe, the one who had carried Wu Yue when they previously went to the Black Wolf Tribe.

The Beastfolk excitedly stepped forward and, incidentally, turned into a dripping big tiger: "Yue, let me carry you again."

Wu Yue hehe laughed and nodded; the clan chief with one hand lifted Wu Yue and placed him on the Snow Tiger Tribe member's back.

Wuyue:...

"I know my body is skinny as a rail, but at least give me some face—being lifted by one hand... just thinking about it makes me a little sad about my weight."

The ferocious little female got down from his back, and before the violent Beastfolk could even throw confetti to celebrate, he saw the Snow Tiger Beastmen beside them staring directly at them.

"Yue, were these Beastfolk the ones who abducted you?"

Wu Yue, upon hearing that, pointed to the two Beastfolk leading the way whose hair color had half faded: "It's those two who dyed their hair and tricked me away."

The clan chief looked sharply at the two Beastfolk whose hair color had half fallen off, revealing a sinister smile: "Then we'll take them back and thoroughly ask how they dyed their hair."

Wu Yue nodded in agreement: "I think the same; besides, aren't there still many tribe members in the cave without cave dwellings? These Beastfolk can be brought back to help dig."

All the Scorpion Beastfolk: "..."

"We haven't even reached the Snow Tiger Tribe yet, and our fate is already clearly arranged—life as a Beast is hard."

The Snow Tiger Clan chief snorted coldly: "I don't even know what kind of Beastfolk these are, their faces green as Ye Cai Zi, yet they dare to capture our tribe's females."

Scorpion-Ye Cai Zi Beastfolk: "..."

"Are we to blame?"

"We're just standing there white, okay!"

"This Ye Cai Zi complexion isn't something your tribe's female caused!"

Receiving the myriad Ye Cai Zi... cough cough... the resentful gaze of all the Scorpion Beastfolk, Wu Yue gave a dry cough twice and then said: "Their complexion is still normal; now it's like this because they've been poisoned by my poison powder, and they'll be fine after detox."

Snow Tiger Clan chief: "..."

He glanced at a Ye Cai Zi, then at their direction of advance, and suddenly a glimmer of understanding arose in his heart.

"So they're sending you back to the tribe?"

Wu Yue nodded: "At that time, after all, the disobedient ones have to go see the Beast God."

The violent Beastfolk looked at the little female with a face full of "I'm very kind" expression, and felt his longing for females collapsing bit by bit.

"Females are really too scary!"

The Snow Tiger Clan chief glanced at the Scorpion Beastfolk, smirked coldly: "Just now we heard an extremely evil laugh and guessed these Beastfolk had abducted you; I didn't expect it to really be them."

But then he grew doubtful: how could a group of Beastfolk controlled by the little female's poison powder still laugh?

Wu Yue, sitting on the Snow Tiger Beastmen's back, awkwardly twitched the corner of his mouth: "Um, the one who just let out that evil laugh was me!"

"What evil!"

"Where is she evil? That's just sinister, okay!"

The Snow Tiger Clan chief gave a hehe dry laugh twice, quickly changing the subject: "No matter the process, Wu Yue's return is the best news for the Snow Tiger Tribe."

"Let's head back to the tribe!"

All the Beastfolk joyfully howled as they ran toward the big cave behind the tribe's rear mountain.

The Beastfolk in front howled, those behind laughed, while the group of Beastfolk surrounded in the middle were heading toward a miserable future.

Since Wu Yue was abducted, Qingcao would from time to time come to the cave entrance to stand, occasionally gazing into the distant forest, as if the next second she could see the little companion rescued by the tribespeople.

But as time passed second by second, she still never saw Wu Yue's figure, and her heart grew increasingly heavy.

In the afternoon, Qingcao still came to the cave entrance and looked at the distant forest, thinking it was just another hopeless wait.

But the next second, she suddenly heard from the forest's end a series of cheerful tiger howls.

Qingcao's heart instantly leapt up; this kind of howl—does it mean Yue has been found!

The tribespeople in the cave also heard the Beastfolk's howls, all rushing out together, and even some slaves charged out of the cave, holding rain as they awaited Wu Yue's return.

Seeing the Beastfolk's figures appear in everyone's view, and seeing the small figure wrapped in grass clothing on the Snow Tiger Beastmen's back, Qingcao burst into tears with a wail.

All the slaves also wiped their tears, as long as Lady Wu Yue is safe.

The diligent grandmothers lit a big fire in the cave, the blazing flames radiating warmth, making Wu Yue feel warm from the heart.

Looking at Qingcao, who kept holding her hand, she gave a somewhat helpless wry smile: "I'm back, aren't I? You just saw that those two Beastfolk's hair color is exactly the same as our tribe's Beastfolk; from now on we just need to be more careful."

Qingcao choked up as she nodded: "Yue, have you decided how to handle those Beastfolk?"

Seeing her fierce little expression, Wu Yue hehe laughed: "Wasn't I previously planning to provide some food for the half-Beast warriors to help dig the cave?"

Now isn't it perfect to let them go dig? We still have plenty of work—we can have them do all of it.

Qingcao's eyes lit up instantly: "This method is really great!"

The two were there chattering about the fate of the poison scorpion Beastfolk, while Changye came over holding a small stone pot: "Lady Wu Yue."

Wu Yue looked up at him, a warm smile spreading on her face: "Changye, how are you doing in the cave?"

Seeing her just return and worry about them, Changye's gaze also instantly warmed: "Don't worry, with your instructions, we're doing very well."

He placed the stone pot in front of her: "This is the food we made; it's perfect to eat while hot."

After saying that, he lifted the wooden lid on the stone pot, and inside was actually a bowl of very coarse noodles.

Wu Yue couldn't help but look at Changye in surprise: "Is this noodles?"

Changye scratched his head embarrassedly: "Having seen you make it once and seeming to like it a lot, the females tried making it."

But noodles are hard to make, so there's some vinegar and some fine particles.

But please rest assured, we've boiled it for a long time, so it's definitely cooked!

Wu Yue took a deep breath; the flavor was light, presumably only salted, but having just come in from outside, eating a bowl of hot noodles and drinking some rich broth was utterly comforting.

The joy on her face was obvious: "Haha, I was just wanting to eat a bowl of hot noodles. Thank you and the females; I'll rest after finishing the noodles, and tomorrow I'll come see you."

Seeing her like it, the creases on Changye's face all broke into a smile, his whole person seeming to have accomplished some great task, he hehe-laughed and went back to the slaves.

Yue, is this noodles? Is it tasty?