Chapter 189: A New Beginning

Yun Li Adult has arrived.

Seeing Yun Li come over, Lai quickly set down what he was holding and stood up to greet her.

Hmm, are they arguing again?

Yun Li glanced at the craftsmen; when these craftsmen work for the Tribe, they are always gathered together by the Tribe.

Because of differing opinions, they often get into disputes.

Just like now, two white‑haired craftsmen are quarrelling nonstop over a barb on a soft whip.

Why put those fine barbs here? Do you even know how superfluous they are?

Get lost! This is a weapon I made; do you have any business meddling?

Messing with a weapon's details at will, you always do this—do you really think you're doing a great job?

It's none of your business…

Seeing them about to argue even more fiercely, Lai suddenly let out a heavy cough and reminded them, "Yun Li Adult has arrived; Old Bone, don't you have a question for Yun Li Adult?"

Although Yun Li herself thought it was a stretch for these craftsmen, they greatly appreciated the occasional inspiration Yun Li gave them, so when they heard Yun Li had arrived, the two quarreling veteran craftsmen stopped arguing, each swiftly came over holding the weapons they had made.

"Yun Li Adult, take a look—does this whip I made match what you described?"

Yun Li had only casually mentioned that the whip could have some reverse barbs to increase damage, but she didn't expect Old Bone to actually make it.

She examined the reverse barbs on the whip carefully, then handed it back to Old Bone, and, as usual, asked a few routine questions, "Has anyone taken it out for a test? If no one's tested the weapon, how can we know if it's effective or has flaws?"

Hearing that, Old Bone replied, "It was just finished; no one's tested it yet."

"Hmm, once it's ready, have someone test it and make them watch out for those reverse barbs when they use it."

After dealing with Old Bone, the old Beastman who had just argued with him handed Yun Li a rigid whip, saying, "This is made from Silver Eagle wood; check whether the pattern I carved on it is correct."

"That pattern looks a bit too wide, and I already said that for a rigid whip you should use heavier beast bone and stone. If you make it from Silver Eagle wood, the weapon is too light, so its strike won't have much power."

Yun Li finished speaking, and the old Beastman began to explain for himself, "Stone is heavy, but if it's not forged, even a hefty beast bone that can be made into a rigid whip won't last long."

After all, dried beast bone can make short knives, but for something longer it breaks easily.

"Can't we try using herbs to increase the flexibility of the beast bone? The Silver Eagle wood feels indeed too light; do you have any other ideas to add weight to this weapon?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I can do that; I definitely have a method. You just said the pattern is too wide, so I want to know what purpose those markings serve…"

When Yun Li started chatting with the craftsmen, she forgot herself; Leng Xiao, having nothing to do, began looking at the "weapons" piled everywhere.

"Hey, none of these things can be moved."

If it weren't because Leng Xiao is Yun Li's Beast Husband, a craftsman would have cursed him the moment he reached out.

These items are all their hard work; some are merely models, and if they're broken they might not be able to remake them.

Even though they didn't curse him, their tone wasn't exactly friendly.

Nevertheless, Leng Xiao is the type of Beastman who can obediently follow their words; he pointed at one of the "weapons" and asked, "What is this thing?"

"Yun Li Adult named it a mobility aid, made for the Tribe's Beastmen who have difficulty moving. The wheelchair over there was also instructed by Yun Li Adult on how to make it."

After Lai finished explaining, he quickly made the "stop" and "come" gestures to the craftsman who had just spoken; seeing Leng Xiao listen, he looked at the other items and asked, "What about those items? Are they also mobility aids?"

Lai looked in the direction he indicated, saw a pile of partially assembled wooden frames, and a puzzled expression flashed across his face, but after a moment he remembered.

"This is a model of a waterwheel, but it's not finished yet; Yun Li Adult also said she's not sure if it will work, so we focused on other things first and will study the waterwheel once the other items are completed."

Of course, interested craftsmen can also tinker with it themselves during downtime.

"What about this?"

Leng Xiao was genuinely curious how they managed to produce so many things in such a short time; weren't they supposed to be making new weapons? How did they end up creating other items while working?

"That's a saw, made to help us cut wood."

Yun Li's household didn't have this because the wood at home is quicker for Mu Qing and his group to split by hand, so they never thought of it, but carpentry requires uniform precision; hand‑splitting isn't that accurate, so they made this saw from beast bone and wood.

It's not just the saw; axes, planes, chisels, and rulers needed for carpentry were also made, as Mu Qing instructed them to craft these tools before they started making weapons.

Consequently, this area, which was originally fairly open, now looks terribly cluttered.

When Yun Li is surrounded by many craftsmen, there's not even a spot to shift a foot.

…

"Aoo~ Aoo~"

Yun Li spent a whole afternoon with the craftsmen until it got dark; Leng Xiao went to fetch a few cubs and then came to pick her up, and she finally returned home.

And just as her routine went—busy with medical studies and handling matters over at Heiyan in the morning, then guiding craftsmen or hunting with a few of them in the afternoon—by the fifth day, Mu Qing and Leng Xiu finally returned to the Tribe carrying several giant prey.

The safe return of the two gave Yun Li and Leng Xiao both a sigh of relief, and the deaths of Ji Chen and the half‑beastmen further announced that they had fully ushered in a new life within the Silver Eagle Tribe.

Only Ji Xuan, who went deep into Heiyan Shanmai, hasn't returned home yet, but the good news concerning Ji Xuan hasn't kept Yun Li and the Tribe waiting long.

On the tenth day after the rainy season began, Ji Xuan and two other Blue Rank Beastmen from the Tribe returned, bringing the five winged serpents they had successfully tamed.

Facing wind and rain, the three Beastmen standing on the winged serpents looked like a deity's blessing descending, instantly igniting the Tribe's Beastmen's enthusiasm.

The Market that Yun Li single‑handedly helped establish thus reached a new turning point.

Because the other Beastmen of the Tribe can't venture into Heiyan Shanmai's depths like Ji Xuan to fetch a winged serpent as a mount, they can still find other ferocious beasts nearby and attempt to tame them as mounts.

And precisely because mounts have appeared, the Tribe's Beastmen are not as averse to the long‑distance trade Yun Li mentioned as one might have imagined; after all, once young Beastmen obtain a mount, who wouldn't want to travel around?

Moreover, Ke Si and his group are still in the Tribe, having personally witnessed the constant stream of fresh goods at the Market; shortly after the Youbuluo allied with the Silver Eagle Tribe, they promptly reached a long‑term trade agreement with the Silver Eagle Clan Chief and his people.