Chapter 476: Teach You a Lesson

She's merely a weak female, living in the mountain cave and giving birth to offspring; properly preparing food is enough. Drying these herbs, you know what they're for?

You actually dare to speak to males with such an attitude; it must be that the Beastman Warrior masters have been too good to you, making you get carried away.

We will, on behalf of the Beastman Warrior masters, give you a good lesson, so you know what attitude to use when dealing with the males who painstakingly hunt and search for food!

Without us males, you females would have starved to death long ago!

Three Beastfolk stepped forward quickly, but it was only a few breaths' time; when the last sentence fell, Shou Gan's skinny claw had already reached toward Wu Yue's hair tied behind her, his face full of a smug smile.

Shou Zhuang and Duan Tui's gazes toward Wu Yue were also full of the lofty arrogance of being male.

But the next moment, their lofty expressions turned to shock, because Shou Gan's hand about to touch the female's hair froze there, unable to move even an inch.

Moreover, no matter how Shou Gan struggled, he couldn't move forward even a bit, as if an invisible mountain blocked his way.

Shou Zhuang and Duan Tui, seeing this, rushed forward to help, but found their arms also seemed bound, unable to move at all.

The three suddenly recalled the words previously spoken by those few Beastman Warriors and this little female who was now turning her icy gaze at them.

They said this little female is a shaman...

Several people only felt their mouths full of bitterness, their already thin faces twisting even more.

In such a small place like theirs, there actually exists a shaman!

"Is it because you've been eating too well these days and gained strength? Dare to speak loudly in front of me and even want to attack?"

She lifted the small hand that had just been gently tending the herbs and lightly waved it; the three males, who had just been acting high and mighty, were as if struck by a ferocious beast, their buttocks sticking up as they flew backward.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Their three not-so-good-looking faces landed flat on the ground in unison, sliding a long distance.

Beside him, Da Man withdrew his frightened expression, bared his teeth, and just looking at it hurt.

He sneakily glanced at the shaman standing there, as if she had just brushed off dust from her body and relaxed; his waist immediately bowed into a humble arc, then he stood to the side practicing the eye-to-nose, nose-to-heart posture, pretending to be air.

The air over the encampment instantly fell silent; the three males who had their faces to the ground picked up their bruised faces from the ground, also trembling as they lowered their heads to the ground, kneeling down facing Wu Yue, only knowing to tremble, not daring to say a word.

Seeing them like that, Wu Yue put the shaman talisman she had just taken from the system space back, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Having just immobilized the three males and blasted them away, she had almost exhausted the little shaman power she possessed; if these males still wanted to attack her, she would prepare to kill them with the talisman.

"This time it's just a minor lesson; if it weren't for the surrounding encampment still needing people to clean up, I would have snorted at you for daring to offend me just now."

After a cold snort, she gave them an icy glance, then turned and continued drying the herbs.

That final sentence also carried a heavy pressure, making the four males' already lowered heads droop even more.

After a while, seeing the shaman master simply busy with the herbs, Da Man let out a long breath and then gestured for the three to go together to the outskirts of the encampment.

"Big brother, are we going to be killed?"

The three males' already bruised, thin faces, because of that sliding on the ground just now, were almost as if they had changed skin, truly frightening.

Seeing the three males' frightening appearance, their faces mixed with blood and dirt, Da Man touched his own startled little heart.

"The shaman said to clean the surroundings of the encampment; you've also received a lesson, so the shaman won't blame you. Go wash your faces first, then come back and work properly."

Scared me to death!

Originally they thought that female was the softest persimmon among them, but before they could even pinch her, she revealed her ferocious beast nature, and those pure-human males instantly became obedient.

Having witnessed the shaman's powerful and mysterious ability, the four males became extremely obedient; in the afternoon, while working, they seemed as if they'd been injected with chicken blood, clearing out an area half again larger than yesterday's.

But after returning to the tribe in the afternoon, each one was truly exhausted like a dog, sprawling on the ground panting.

Although since following Wu Yue and the others they could eat their fill each day and even have meat, the bodies weakened over the whole winter cannot be made up for in a short time.

Teng Kun, returning from the hunt, learned from Wu Yue that the three Beastfolk had acted suicidal today; although he showed no expression at the time, when they were dividing the evening meal, Wu Yue clearly saw that each of the three had limped on one leg.

"Why beat them? They were already injured."

As soon as Wu Yue's words fell, she instantly felt three grateful gazes land on her.

"Being injured makes it hard to work, and it wastes my herbs."

Shou Gan, Shou Zhuang, Duan Tui: "..."

That really hits home; I'm asking if you dare to say it all at once?

Just then, Wu Yue lifted her head and looked over at them; the three immediately put on a twisted, fawning smile, earning Wu Yue's thoroughly disdainful gaze.

She then put down the slightly astringent fruit in her hand and emitted three beams of shaman power; the shaman power landed on the three males' legs, which were in excruciating pain, and instantly a warm feeling transmitted, as if they were sitting by a fire in the cold winter.

After a moment, the warm feeling gradually faded, but the three males couldn't believe their eyes as they looked at their legs, which had just been excruciatingly painful and were now like sticks.

"No... it doesn't hurt anymore?"

Shou Gan couldn't believe it as he rubbed his leg, which had just been fiercely kicked several times by the Beastman Warrior; although his thin leg now shows nothing, only he knows that just now there was a huge bruise there, but now his leg has nothing at all.

Shou Zhuang and Duan Tui also noticed the change in their injured legs, disbelievingly feeling them over and over.

Then their three pairs of eyes, like six little suns, glanced again and again at the shaman sitting there, still tending the fruit in her hand, their gazes full of fervent adoration.

Teng Kun chopped up an ordinary beast and threw it to them, coldly shouting: "Go back and eat."

The three withdrew their gazes and cautiously followed Da Man back to their own mountain cave.

"Emma! Was that just now the legendary shaman power?"

"That's right; we just received the shaman's blessing, didn't we?"

"Definitely yes; from now on we won't wash our legs!"

As soon as Duan Tui's words fell, Shou Gan and Shou Zhuang beside him decisively nodded: "No washing!"

Sitting by the fire, Da Man felt a sour, aching feeling in his heart; everyone else had broken legs, but I didn't—why does this feel so awful?

He also wanted the shaman's blessing, okay.

Da Man's dejection and the other three's excitement formed a stark contrast, but at this moment the three, full of joy, had no mind to pay attention to their miserable big brother.

The next day, as if he had eaten some miraculous herb, Da Man was the first to sit up from lying in the mountain cave; then he kicked awake the three males beside him whose shouts shook the heavens—seeming like a wake‑up service, but actually venting his resentment from yesterday for not receiving the shaman's blessing.

Afterwards, he led the three males, vigorous and high-spirited, carrying yesterday's leftover meat toward the edge of the encampment.

"Work diligently, food will come, blessings will come."

Teng Kun, sitting by the cave entrance adding firewood to the fire, saw a few figures; his eye twitched—after being beaten twice yesterday, how come he feels even more spirited?

It's just like Yue once said... as if injected with chicken blood!

This thought merely floated through Teng Kun's mind, not drawing much attention—he was just someone grabbed to do work.

Yuan Lang and Teng Qian returned to the tribe three days later at night, each shouldering a beast with beautiful fur, and Yuan Lang had a very familiar snow-white pelt hanging from his waist.

Teng Kun, who was guarding the cave entrance, hurried forward to take the game from the two, placing it on a large stone to the side; upon seeing the snow beast at Yuan Lang's waist, his eyes lit up: "We caught another snow beast?"

This thing is too fast; if Yuan Lang hadn't happened to be in that direction, this little thing would have gotten away.

Teng Qian also looked at the snow beast with admiration; its fur was truly beautiful. Though they had hunted white-furred beasts in the Polar Forest before, none had the faint silver tint like this snow beast.

After swimming back and forth several times in the river, Yuan Lang and Teng Qian sat by the fire to warm up while telling Teng Kun about their discoveries from the past few days of scouting.

Teng Kun handed the cooked meat to the two and said: "If that's the case, then around us there aren't any large tribes, just many small ones?"

Teng Qian tore off a chunk of roasted meat, chewed and swallowed it: "Exactly, they're all so thin they look like long-dead corpses; if I hadn't seen the people of the Laisuo tribe before, I'd think I'd seen ghosts."

"Even the former Snow Tiger Tribe couldn't compare to these people."

Yuan Lang suddenly interjected.

Teng Qian and Teng Kun, hearing that, both looked at their leader; Yuan Lang gazed at the burning fire: "The people of the former Snow Tiger Tribe were not only starving to the point of looking like skeletons, but every winter many tribesmen would starve to death—far more miserable than the small tribes here."

That was all before they arrived; Yuan Lang also didn't say much more.

"During our scouting this time we heard some not-so-good news: the Dongsang tribe seems intent on expanding toward our new base."

After throwing the leftover bones into the fire, Yuan Lang's deep eyes looked toward another cave not far away: "Although there's still some distance to us, as food becomes more abundant, their expansion pace will gradually quicken, so must ours."

Teng Kun looked at his commander: "Let's start with the tribe that Ying Ze has been watching."

A fleeting dark glint passed through Yuan Lang's deep eyes: "When Ying Ze returns tomorrow, we'll prepare to act."

With a large disparity in strength, as long as no other tribe interferes, we can simply take it down.

"What are you saying about me?"

A deliberately lowered voice came from the darkness; Ying Ze slowly folded his wings and descended, still holding in his hand a person as faint as a gossamer thread.

"Who is this person?"

Yuan Lang hooked his long leg and drew a stone as tall as a beastman's shin to the edge of the fire.

After Ying Ze threw the humanoid creature he was holding beside the fire, he sat on the stone and took the roasted meat Teng Kun handed him: "This is the chief of the small tribe I mentioned before, who was captured and made a slave."

"The one who's been injured and hasn't healed?"

Yuan Lang frowned at the half-beast who was practically on death's door.

"I was resting today on a tree at the edge of that tribe when I heard some voices, so I paid a little attention."

After saying that, he pointed to the half-beast warrior lying to one side: "This person has been lying in the cave for several days, but instead is getting worse and near death; the tribe's chief sent two males to carry him out and dump him in the forest to feed the beasts."

"Thinking the tribe is short-handed now, I brought him back for the shaman Yue to look at; if he can be cured, he'll be able to work later."

Half-beasts are far more useful than pure humans.

Yuan Lang extended his long leg and kicked the half-beast warrior lying there like a dead dog: "That's enough."

He barely has any breath left.

Ying Ze scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "When I brought him back today I ran into a snow beast; during the chase I didn't pay much attention to him, and he got knocked against a few trees."

Yuan Lang's mouth twitched, wearing an expression that said, "I'll just silently watch you brag."

"How could a few trees knock him into this state?"

"Boss, why not call Yue to take a look first?"

As soon as Teng Qian finished speaking, he was locked under his leader's deadly glare; then those deep eyes narrowed slightly: "What did you just say?"

Teng Qian's hairs stood on end as he instantly straightened his back: "I said we should first give this guy some herbal medicine, then after Yue wakes up we'll have him take a look, hehe... hehe..."

That dry laugh was full of ingratiation.

Teng Kun and Ying Ze beside them turned away, unable to watch; this guy truly has no shame.

"Ying Ze, has that small tribe had any recent contact with outside tribes?"

Yuan Lang withdrew his deadly gaze and turned to discuss the matter at hand.

Ying Ze's brows grew more solemn: "This time coming back, bringing this half-beast was just a coincidence; the important thing is that this small tribe had contact a few days ago with a person from a large tribe called the Dongsang."

"The Dongsang tribe..."

Yuan Lang, Teng Qian, and Teng Kun frowned: "As expected!"

Ying Ze blinked at the words: "You know about it?"

Teng Kun briefly repeated what they had just discussed, and Ying Ze's eyes also grew a bit grave.

Just waking from meditation, Wu Yue opened her eyes, heard voices outside the cave, blinked slightly, and guessed someone had returned.

She rose, threw on a thick hide, and walked outside.

Her footsteps made no attempt to hide, and the four beastman warriors outside the cave all turned their gazes inward.

"Why are you all coming back so late at night?"

Wu Yue asked with a smile.