Chapter 254: Northern Intelligence

Upon hearing that, the middle‑aged male's face instantly turned ashen; he lowered his head and was pressed onto a wooden stool by Leng Xiu.

The other wandering Beastmen, seeing the middle‑aged male act so recklessly, could not give him a nod; their expressions darkened involuntarily.

"The Tribe does not take Beast Slaves. I don't know how dire your situation has become, but if you need anything later, I'll have the Patrol Team's Beastmen follow you over to take a look."

After Yun Li's words fell, the middle‑aged male gave no further reaction, but the other wandering Beastmen looked at Yun Li with hopeful eyes.

Seeing this, Leng Xiu said lightly, "The Patrol Team's Beastmen are very busy; they can't look after everyone, so in the end you'll still have to rely on yourselves."

"However, if you settle near the Tribe and encounter unfamiliar Beastmen who attack you, you can also ask the Patrol Team's Beastmen for help."

Seeming not to notice the wandering Beastmen's disappointment, Yun Li added another sentence after speaking to her Beast Husband, then swept her gaze over each of the wandering Beastmen's faces, silently memorizing them all.

Although a single Beastman cannot fully recall all the wanderers who have come to the Tribe, isn't there A Yu and the others?

……

When the wandering Beastmen in the guest house were sent out one by one, the sky turned completely dark.

After Yun Li and A Yu part ways, she slowly walked home accompanied by her Beast Husband.

"Why did you come back so late? A Li, it's the cold season; don't come back this late at night again."

If it gets cold, she'll be uncomfortable the whole day.

Seeing his older brother escort A Li and still let her return so late, Leng Xiao glared at his brother, then pulled Yun Li to his side, shielding her and hurried into the house.

Watching his younger brother start snatching people as soon as they returned, Leng Xiu burst out laughing in irritation; that brother has indeed become increasingly hard to deal with lately.

Yun Li was pressed by Leng Xiao beside the stone furnace; shortly after, someone draped a large beast‑skin cloak over her, and Mu Qing promptly brought her a bowl of hot soup.

She held the bowl with a helpless laugh, saying, "I'm really fine; I'm not as strong as before, and besides, I'm dressed warmly."

But saying that aside, she drank the bowl of hot soup cleanly.

Then a basin of hot water was brought over, and Leng Xiao crouched to take off Yun Li's boots and wash her feet.

Ji Xuan, sitting nearby, asked, "Having seen those wandering Beastmen these past few days, what are your thoughts?"

Although the Tribe does not take them in, it still lets the Patrol Team's Beastmen bring them to the Tribe when they encounter people; of course, it's not only to gather information about the north, but also to use the chance to discern these Beastmen's backgrounds, convey the Tribe's attitude toward them, and by observing their reactions in person, select those truly willing to join the Silver Eagle Tribe.

Yun Li paused thoughtfully and said, "We still haven't figured out who urged them to come to us. What about the Youbuluo? Any important news?"

"The Youbuluo has also seen wandering Beastmen fleeing from the north, but they have taken in many healthy females and cubs."

As for the males and old Beastmen, they were clearly abandoned by the Youbuluo.

"Is there no problem over there?"

Hearing Ji Xuan's words, Yun Li's brows involuntarily furrowed.

"Since the Youbuluo is willing to take in those females, it must be confident they cannot betray the Tribe. Have you forgotten what the Youbuluo lacks the most?"

It's poison!

Yun Li silently answered Ji Xuan's rhetorical question in her mind: the Youbuluo has so many poison‑snake Beastmen that they certainly lack no poison; using poison to control those females is indeed a good idea.

Although the Silver Eagle Tribe has also amassed many poisonous insects and toxic herbs, its expertise in using poison is indeed limited.

Moreover, it seems the whole Tribe has only Yun Li as a poison doctor.

"However, the Youbuluo also has many wandering Beastmen fleeing from the north; this increasingly suggests there may be things we don't know."

Yun Li said, her face showing a thoughtful expression.

Ji Xuan gave a light "Hmm" to her words, then continued, "The Youbuluo has been in contact with us; investigating together shouldn't be difficult."

"One by one, we'll ask them, but we don't know how long the investigation will last?"

Yun Li thought that if someone truly controlled those wandering Beastmen from behind, it probably wouldn't be so easy for them to uncover, "And our Tribe's alliance with the Youbuluo shouldn't be a secret in the south, right?"

Ji Xuan, hearing her, slightly raised an eyebrow, "Do you think those wandering Beastmen gathering near us and the Youbuluo might be trying to sabotage our alliance with the Youbuluo?"

"Is it necessary?"

Leng Xiao, hearing this, suddenly interjected, "Although we have an alliance with the Youbuluo, anyone with eyes can see that this alliance isn't solid.

After all, the two Tribes had a poor relationship before; even though relations have eased in the past two or three years, if either our Tribe or the Youbuluo encounters trouble, whether the other can provide aid is clearly an unknown.

If they waste so much effort sabotaging the two Tribes' alliance just for this, then the motives of those outsider Beastmen must indeed be poisonous.

Clearly, according to the information they gathered, those outsider Beastmen aren't weak; they have the capability to confront them directly, yet they still chose such underhanded means to achieve their goals, making those outsiders even more disgusting than imagined.

"But do the northern Beastmen have absolutely no ability to resist those outsider Beastmen?"

Yun Li retorted to Leng Xiao, "Has anyone here heard what the north is like? What's the strength of the Beastmen there?"

Leng Xiao couldn't answer that; the farthest he and his brother have gone is Red Grass Valley and the Silver Eagle Tribe. They've never been to the north, only vaguely heard bits about it while talking with the Tribe's elder Beastmen, and now he can't recall any useful information.

Ji Xuan frowned and thought for a while before saying, "There are a few quite famous Tribes in the north. I heard the Priest mention them; when he went out years ago, he apparently stumbled out of the north by accident."

So he knows a bit about the north.

Hearing him say that, Yun Li, Leng Xiao and the others immediately became interested.

Leng Xiao quickly poured the water out, Mu Qing added a lot of charcoal to the furnace, and then he and Leng Xiu sat around the table, listening as Ji Xuan spoke about the north.

The overall strength in the north isn't actually higher than in the south, because the larger southern Tribes each have several Blue Rank Beastmen, whereas the north has none; the Qing Rank Beastmen are their highest combat power.