Chapter 172: Ke Si Returns

"Hey, have you heard? The Hunting Squad has been bringing back a few ferocious beasts each afternoon lately to exchange with the Tribe Beastmen at Eagle Mountain."

These days, whenever Yun Li steps out, she always hears such talk.

"Heard it, but it's hard to snatch. To get good beast meat and bones you have to be the first to rush there."

If your family has a Patrol Team Beastman, you receive the Hunting Squad's return news instantly; people like us, whose families are in neither the Hunting Squad nor the Patrol Team, are at a loss—we can only send someone to wait at the Tribe gate to be the first to grab the good beast meat.

"I don't know when the Young Master and his people will intervene; the Patrol Team Beastmen clearly have a meat quota, so why do they make ordinary Beastmen like us fight for this food?"

A few Beastmen muttered as they walked, "Let's go, let's go, hurry to the Tribe gate and see if the Hunting Squad has returned."

Hearing that, Yun Li, not far away, wore a thoughtful expression.

The Silver Eagle Clan Chief and the Priest indeed acted swiftly; just a few days after she proposed establishing a Market, the Hunting Squad brought back a dozen ferocious beasts favored by the Tribe's females and cubs and set up stalls in the Tribe.

However, the first two days the Patrol Team Beastmen were the ones trading with the Hunting Squad; firstly, they had already received the news, being the first Beastmen—aside from Yun Li and the Tribe's senior administrators—to know the Tribe intended to set up a Market; secondly, the Patrol Team and Hunting Squad are naturally close, and any surplus good beast meat has always been selected first by the Patrol Team Beastmen.

So before the news of the Tribe's Market spread, these Beastmen naturally became the first patrons.

In the following days, each well‑informed female household sent someone to snatch the good beast meat from the Hunting Squad's stalls.

Because the stall's beast meat was so popular, the Tribe's females, eager for a good bite, nearly drove the Hunting Squad's males away.

Fortunately, Ji Xuan had prepared in advance; the Patrol Team Beastmen arrived in time, preventing the scene from spiraling out of control.

However, the supply‑demand relationship between the Hunting Squad and the Tribe Beastmen is unbalanced, easily inviting trouble.

Yun Li felt it necessary to remind Ji Xuan to take the next step—guiding everyone to exchange information on essential items like beast teeth and hides.

After all, the Hunting Squad can't daily procure the beast meat favored by the Tribe's females and cubs; other goods are needed to keep the Market running.

As Yun Li pondered this, the person she had been waiting for finally arrived.

However, only Gong Mei, a Beastman, approached her, hurriedly pulling Yun Li toward the Market's location.

"Why are you still here? Let's go, go, go, the Hunting Squad's Beastmen just returned; we should hurry to Eagle Mountain to take a look."

"What are we going to Eagle Mountain for? Does your family lack that little beast meat?"

Gong Mei and her Beast Husbands are all capable; each day at least two males go hunting, so they never lack fresh beast meat.

"We go to see; my family naturally doesn't lack good beast meat. But it's not just that—I've heard that the Hunting Squad, in order to lure the Youbuluo Beastmen over these past two days, actually hunted two Black Wind Beasts today."

"What Black Wind Beast? Is that some formidable ferocious beast? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The idea of using good goods to attract Youbuluo Beastmen to the Market was Yun Li's, so she obviously knows about it.

But is the Black Wind Beast really such a formidable ferocious beast? From Gong Mei's expression, it seems the Tribe rarely hunts this kind of beast.

"The Black Wind Beast is a very dangerous ferocious beast; even a Blue Rank Beastman who goes hunting for it may not be able to catch it. You've been here less than a year; it's unlikely you know it, even I only learned of it after reaching adulthood."

"I won't explain further; let's hurry over. When you see the Black Wind Beast, you'll understand everything."

"Alright!"

Seeing her urgency, Yun Li didn't press further and followed her, sprinting toward Eagle Mountain.

By the time they arrived, many Beastmen had already gathered at Eagle Mountain, having come specifically to see what the two Black Wind Beasts the Hunting Squad brought back look like.

Yun Li didn't expect to see Ke Si and Chang Yue and their group here; it seems this Black Wind Beast is indeed extraordinary.

"A Li, look!"

Xin and A Yu have been here for a while, yet even they couldn't get to the front.

On the contrary, Yun Li and Gong Mei, who arrived later, quickly reached the front with the help of the Patrol Team Beastmen.

Xin and A Yu, after a short while, also got to Yun Li's sides thanks to her influence; Xin stood to Yun Li's right, his gaze falling on the "giant beast" ahead that resembled a small mountain, then whispered in Yun Li's ear:

"These are just two juveniles; no wonder the Hunting Squad suffered little casualties this time. If they had captured adult Black Wind Beasts, even with Blue Rank Beastmen in the team, the Hunting Squad would certainly have taken losses."

Yun Li glanced at the black hill‑like forms, "They're already this size as juveniles? How massive must they be as adults?"

"Very large."

Gong Mei also explained, "An adult Black Wind Beast requires several Beastmen to carry back, so when the Tribe has a chance to catch one, they handle it outside before bringing it in."

And this processing isn't the simple bloodletting or meat cutting; they fully prepare the hide, tendons, bones, and meat with skin.

Otherwise, the target is too large, and on the way back it's easy to be attacked by other ferocious beasts.

Yun Li nodded slightly, watching Ke Si and his group negotiate with the Hunting Squad's Blue Rank Beastmen for a while before reaching an agreement; she then turned her head and asked, "Are you just here to look? Don't you want the Black Wind Beast?"

Before she could finish, Xin tugged her and, with a glance, signaled her to look at the Youbuluo Beastmen.

Yun Li turned around and saw Ke Si, after finalizing the deal with the Blue Rank Beastmen, having Chang Yue and his group lift the two Black Wind Beast juveniles.

Whether Ke Si and his group heard Yun Li's words or not, after Yun Li and Xin finished reviewing the Hunting Squad's sales today and returned home, they saw several people already waiting there.

"I heard you were the one behind the establishment of Eagle Mountain?"

Ke Si unusually took the initiative to speak.

Yun Li, though surprised how he knew, realized her actions weren't exactly covert, so she nodded and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"Why did you think of establishing a trading place like Eagle Mountain in the Silver Eagle Tribe? Because we are here?"

As soon as Ke Si finished speaking, Yun Li gave him an expression that was hard to put into words.

"You're here only to make it easier for me to persuade them to establish this Eagle Mountain. After all, you couldn't come without bringing any good things."

She only focused on that point, using it as a reason to convince the Silver Eagle Clan Chief and the Priest to agree to set up the Eagle Mountain Market.

Ke Si squinted slightly, "So what's your reason for establishing Eagle Mountain?"

Yun Li laughed and retorted, "You'd have figured it out during your few days in the Silver Eagle Tribe. If there were no benefit to the Tribe, they wouldn't agree to establish this Eagle Mountain."