Chapter 402: The Poison Fire's Plan

After his face darkened for a moment, Yuan Lang suddenly laughed out loud: "I thought I didn't have bad breath, but it seems the distance was too far. Yue, do you want to get closer to check?"

Wu Yue looked at the distance between them, which was only a finger's width, and silently wiped her sweat.

If this distance isn't close, what kind of distance would be called close?

Thinking that, her eyes unconsciously fell on the beastfolk's lips.

Hmm, the lip shape is nice, no lip lines and looks QQ bouncy, so the feel should be good.

"Want to try?"

Wu Yue, lost in her own thoughts, suddenly heard the beastfolk's voice with a smile.

Only then did she realize she had unconsciously blurted out her inner thoughts, her face flushing red!

"Hehe… well, never mind. Even though you're a beastfolk, purity is still important, and kissing should be saved for one's partner."

Yuan Lang's deep eyes were full of smiles: "Hmm, I will certainly protect my own purity."

Wu Yue: "..."

If you're not protecting, you actually don't need to tell me.

Looking at the slightly wrinkled little face of the female beastfolk before him, Yuan Lang felt amused, his handsome face leaning in again: "But my chosen partner is you, Yue; otherwise you should just take this purity away."

As the distance closed, the beastfolk's slightly scorching breath sprayed onto her cheek.

Wu Yue's breath caught, her eyes widened instantly, feeling as if her whole self were about to be sucked into those dark eyes before her.

Hey! Where did this monster come from, daring to use a beauty scheme in broad daylight!

The nervousness of the female beastfolk before him was taken in by Yuan Lang; his smile grew softer, his high nose bridge already faintly touching the female beastfolk.

"Come on! Come on, just a little more!"

"You damn well keep it down a bit…"

Wu Yue, her face bright red, suddenly opened her eyes, pressed against Yuan Lang's chest, and shoved him away.

"There… someone…"

Yuan Lang closed his eyes, trying to suppress the surging fire within, but thinking that he had just been a step away from kissing her fragrant lips, the anger compressed to a tiny flame seemed to have oil poured on it, bursting into flames.

He raised his hand and rubbed the female beastfolk's head: "Be good, I'm leaving first; I'll continue when I return from the deep forest."

Having said that, he picked up three baskets and walked out of the courtyard with a wicked grin.

At this moment, the few people huddled in the wall corner still didn't know Yuan Lang was walking out; having just spoken a little louder and fearing discovery, they all lowered their heads and huddled together, dreading to peek out and be seen.

"Yuan Lang and Yue don't seem to have noticed us, hey."

The few people smirked, clinging to the courtyard wall, looking inside again, only to lock eyes with a pair of watery eyes.

"!!!"

"Yue, what a coincidence, how are you here?"

Wu Yue looked expressionlessly at the few troublemaking companions before her: "This is my home, what do you say?"

Qingcao embarrassedly: "Oh, jeez, I forgot this was your home."

Slowly lowering the tiptoes that had been raised: "Well, we were just passing by… passing by…"

Teng Kun beside him also nodded repeatedly: "We were just passing by, hehe…"

Teng Qian and the female beastfolk on the other side nodded frantically, their little expression couldn't be more agreeing.

Indeed, just passing by we saw such an exciting scene—it's literally special ape dung.

Wu Yue glanced at the pitch‑black beastfolk behind them, then showed an extremely gentle smile: "I believe you were just passing by, but…"

Speaking, she lifted her chin: "Whether the people behind you believe me or not, I don't know."

The few people's bodies tensed, suddenly having a bad premonition.

"Click click click" as they turned their heads…

"Yuan… Yuan Lang… why are you here too?"

Qingcao's face twisted as she greeted, her heart full of desolation.

Teng Qian and Teng Kun's faces were deathly pale, almost unspeakable, yet they struggled to keep a smile.

Wu Yue looked at the group of people who were following their hearts ahead—could this be laughing while crying?

Yuan Lang's face was so ugly that no one doubted they were about to receive a fist‑stewed meat beating in the next second.

The female beastfolk looked at her future partner's half‑hearted appearance, gave Teng Qian's butt a half‑hearted push, and said: "Why be scared like that? Don't be a wimp, just go for it!"

Teng Qian wiped his tears, lifted his eyelids to look at her: "I can't beat her!"

Female beastfolk: "..."

She glared at Teng Qian angrily: "You really let me down, humph!"

Having said that, she fiercely glared at the cowering, shriveled Teng Qian, then swung her arms and left in a huff.

Watching the female beastfolk's retreating back, Wu Yue and Yuan Lang both narrowed their eyes; even though the back looked angry, it always carried a hint of stiffness.

But there were still a few little shrimps ruining his fun to deal with, so Yuan Lang withdrew his gaze, cold‑smiled, clenched his fists, and said: "We haven't kept in touch emotionally for a long time."

Teng Qian: "!!!"

Tengkun: "!!!"

Qingcao: "!!!"

We don't have any feelings, what's there to contact?

But will Yuan Lang listen? He definitely won't.

Moments later, waves of miserable howls echoed throughout the Snow Tiger Tribe.

Meanwhile, the female beastfolk who had fled the battlefield at race‑walking champion speed exhaled lightly and silently wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"That was too close."

Wu Yue came out of the courtyard, looked at the two beastman warriors lying stiff on the ground, and silently mourned them for three seconds—absolutely no more.

Are you all okay?

The two beastman warriors both stretched out their Er Kang hands: "Give us some painkiller."

A little pain is good; a little pain keeps you awake.

Teng Qian and Tengkun looked at the two people before them with calm expressions, tears streaming down their faces.

In the end, it was all for nothing…

As long as we can catch our breath, after resting we'll pack up and leave tomorrow.

Having said that, he reached out again to pat the little female's head beside him: "I'll be back as soon as I can."

Wu Yue's face flushed: "Just come back, why tell me?"

Having said that, she turned and ran back into the courtyard.

Yuan Lang chuckled lightly, watching the little female's silhouette disappear into the house, then turned and left.

Teng Qian, Tengkun, and the Qingcao grass protected beneath Tengkun: "…"

I clearly haven't eaten anything, so why do I suddenly feel full?

The night in the Polar Forest was very tranquil, only occasional insect chirps breaking the silence.

Congratulations, host, on successfully breaking through; your shaman power has advanced to Yellow Rank Level Three.

Level-up reward: Strong Body Pill (High Grade) ×1

Beast Tamer Ring (Medium Grade) ×1

System space expanded to 50 cubic meters

Points ×1000

Please keep up the good work, host, and strive to level up!

Wu Yue had just finished leveling up and hadn't even had time to be happy when this series of rewards hit her like a hammer, leaving her dazed.

Gulug!

She gulped hard, pinched her own arm, and felt a sharp pain transmit clearly.

Wu Yue's smile grew wider and wider, almost splitting her ears.

Tongzi, why are these rewards so abundant this time? I just thought I was dreaming!

Lan Pangzi looked at the rewards in his little private stash, smiling so hard he couldn't close his mouth.

What is this? Wait until you, host, break through from level three to four, then the rewards will truly be abundant.

But... hehe, looking at the points awarded to the system, Tongzi couldn't help but grin foolishly.

Finally... his pockets finally bulged, giving him confidence in his speech.

Indeed, money may not be omnipotent, but without money it's absolutely impossible.

Host, it's still early; do you want to take the Strong Body Pill?

Being reminded by Tongzi, Wu Yue, who had been grinning foolishly, snapped awake, opened her system space, and saw the familiar little bottle lying quietly inside.

Indeed, leveling up is awesome; before, the Strong Body Pills were just tossed straight into the nearby grass nest.

Tongzi rolled his eyes at the words: "This high-grade Strong Body Pill is a very precious treasure; of course we must be careful—if we toss it outside and someone else snags it, that would be a huge loss."

Wu Yue hehehed: "Yeah, right."

She poured the Strong Body Pill from the porcelain bottle, about to stuff it into her mouth, then suddenly turned her head toward Lan Pangzi: "Tongzi, won't this high-grade Strong Body Pill also cause the body to expel impurities?"

Although taking it the second time was relatively quiet, she still vividly remembered the effects of the first time she took the Strong Body Pill.

This is the high-grade version; if it also causes a 'fragrance spreading ten li' incident, then the skunk episode from last time would be exposed.

Host, wait a moment before taking it; I'll check first.

Having said that, there was no further sound.

Wu Yue put the pill back into the porcelain bottle and waited quietly; after a while, Tongzi let out a big sigh.

Host, good thing you're cautious; the high-grade Strong Body Pill's marrow-washing effect is even stronger than the first dose, so we'd better take it directly at the mountain's rear pool.

Wu Yue's mouth twitched: "You mean I should just soak in that pool?"

What else would you do? The bodily impurities need to be cleaned promptly, and only that rear mountain pool lacks sharp-toothed fish.

Wu Yue pursed her lips: "The smell would be too strong; the tribespeople would notice."

Tongzi hehehed: "There are no beastfolk patrols on the rear mountain now; host, after you wash up you can just sneak out—by the time they notice, we'll already be back."

Wu Yue drew a black line; this is getting a bit too thrilling.

In the end, the two still sneaked to the rear mountain pool where they had previously encountered the wild boar.

A few wooden sticks floated in the pool, but the water was clear; Wu Yue removed all the animal skins from her body before slipping into the pool.

She took out the high-grade Strong Body Pill: "Will it hurt a lot?"

Tongzi hummed: "It definitely will hurt a bit, so host, you need to endure."

Wu Yue took a deep breath and directly tossed the pill into her mouth.

The black pill entered her mouth and turned into a warm current; Wu Yue felt as if she had sipped hot water, her throat extremely comfortable.

But soon she could no longer feel comfortable; the warm current gradually expanded, spreading from her mouth as the center throughout her body, and that previously comfortable temperature grew increasingly scorching.

As the scorching heat permeated her whole body, Wu Yue's teeth began to emit a 'creak-creak' sound; her flesh and blood seemed to be burning, each bone as if being smashed apart one by one.

I... I damn! Tongzi, is this a bit painful?

This is practically reforging her from scratch!

Tongzi drooped with a sad puppy face, silently crouching to one side, watching the host's twisted face and the body making creaking noises; he felt his own host body aching as well.

Is this pain level perhaps too strong?

But gradually, Tongzi's eyes widened slowly, his small furry face also showing a look of disbelief.

Meow meow, he'd only heard of fat filling, but right before his eyes the host is... flesh filling?

Originally withered, the body gradually became well-proportioned and slender; the skin also shed its previous unhealthy pallor, turning pinkish pink. If not for still being able to faintly see the former features, it would hardly believe this was its own host.

Tongzi, who had been drooling at the beauty, wrinkled their small nose, and in the next moment abruptly raised their paw to plug their own nose.

Damn it!

This familiar, even stronger stench is really...

It's really somewhat overly enchanting.

Given the smell, what's there to worry about? If that clueless half-beast and beastfolk dare to come over, we'll knock out one per person, or two for a pair.

Tongzi, with their nose plugged, just watched blankly as their host went from a pinkish-pink little beauty to a pitch-black charcoal head.

It's quite disillusioning...

The next moment, a pair of eyes suddenly sprouted on this humanoid charcoal stick... uh...

No, I should say my dog host has woken up.

"Host, hurry up and rinse off; this time the smell is stronger than last time, it's no longer just a ten-li problem—we need to leave quickly."

Wu Yue's heart tightened; she no longer had the leisure to observe her own changes, and hurriedly took out the beast skin from the system space to begin scrubbing the black grime off her body.

Seeing she had cleaned up, Tongzi hastily jumped onto the stone platform, grabbed the clothing there in their mouth and tossed it to her: "Put on your clothes, we need to hurry..."

"Roar!"

"Roar roar!"

Just then, a series of tiger roars came from the direction of the Snow Tiger Tribe.

Wu Yue panicked for a moment, almost dropping the beast-skin clothing in her hands into the water.

"Host, hurry!"

Tongzi's little paws on all four limbs bounced on the stone platform, urging her on.

Wu Yue couldn't help but feel relieved that she had brought a one-piece beast-skin dress; she slipped it over her head and took off running in another direction.

Just as the human and beast's figures disappeared into the forest, the tiger roars sounded from behind.

"Chieftain, this smell is too familiar—it's that skunk beast from last time, and the odor is even stronger than before; this fellow must have evolved again."

The speaker was precisely the half-beast warrior who had been knocked out by Wu Yue's stench last time; at this moment, he had a beast skin tied under his nose to block the pervasive dangerous odor.

Just then, a sound of footsteps came from behind.

"Chieftain, the mud has been fetched."

A half-beast warrior set down the basket on his back, which was filled with mud that had been mixed with water.

"Spread this mud on your nose, secure it with beast skin, and we'll go check out that skunk beast that always comes to our tribe."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding beastfolk's expressions turned solemn; after applying the mud to their noses, they followed behind the chieftain toward the source of the odor they had previously smelled.