Chapter 265: I Will Be Fine

"A Mei, hurry!"

As soon as Yun Li said that, Gong Mei and the others, without even thinking, moved away from the ground or the area of that big pit.

The other Patrol Team's beastmen, though clueless, had an instinctive trust in their comrades, so they didn't even have time to think; their bodies directly beastified and ran to the side with them.

The slower‑reacting foreign beastmen, when they tried to run, either fell into the pit themselves or, upon seeing their comrades fall, were stunned.

"Now, hurry!"

But faster than Gong Mei's words was Yun Li's arrow; if you don't strike first now, what are you waiting for to act?

"Damned! How dare you!"

Even when they saw another dozen eagle beastmen arrive, they had never been this panicked and angry, but now the foreign beastmen who hadn't fallen into the pit, upon realizing something was wrong, finally couldn't help but lose their formation.

With the poison powder's effect and the mountain folk's counterattack, soon those foreign beastmen were all killed except for that middle‑aged male.

This was the surviving one Yun Li demanded to keep, since they had never obtained more information about the foreign beastmen; perhaps this middle‑aged male could give them a surprise.

……

That night, the two packs of beastmen who couldn't make it back to the Tribe before dark found a somewhat safe place to rest.

Gong Mei, in the dark, applied medicine to Yun Li and whispered in Yun Li's ear, "This time was too risky; if the mountain folk hadn't brought people and arrived in time, your life would have been on the line."

She might have to die together with her.

"That's not possible; I still have other poison on me."

Yun Li, hearing that, couldn't help but laugh, but that laugh also tugged at the wound on her body.

Her most serious injury wasn't the external wounds visible on her body, but the internal injury sustained when a ferocious beast knocked her off during the chase. Yun Li guessed it must have damaged her organs; if it weren't for the beastman's physique being far stronger than a human's, and since she is a Green‑rank beastman, she would have already reincarnated and lived her next life.

When they go back, Leng Xiu will definitely be angry; next time trying to get out will be even harder.

The thought flashed quickly in her mind, and Yun Li turned her head to ask Gong Mei, "How many beastmen were captured?"

Her poison on her body wasn't much, so she only thought of using it at a critical moment, but that middle‑aged male was a tough nut; even Gong Mei and another Patrol Team captain's attempts to handle him, he still wouldn't reveal their purpose for coming to Heiyan Shanmai.

So Yun Li contributed a bit of the poison she still had left, but she didn't know whether that middle‑aged male could withstand it; if he could, that would be terrible!

She later gave the antidote for that poison, and he would become paralyzed; then all the effort of bringing him all the way would be in vain.

Gong Mei shook her head, "I'm not the one interrogating him; I haven't asked, but judging by his behavior, he'll probably tell us something."

"Even if he says something, we have to see whether it's the truth."

Yun Li, speaking, closed her eyes and leaned on Gong Mei, "After we return, I'll go to the chief and the Priest to ask what background those foreign beastmen actually have."

She didn't believe it; it's been so long, and the chief and the Priest really haven't uncovered any of the foreign beastmen's origins.

Those foreign beastmen still haven't shown a Blue‑rank beastman yet; isn't that strange?

And the Silver Eagle Tribe's Blue‑rank beastmen, since those foreign beastmen came near the tribe, have also not appeared in the tribe; even when going to Five Salt Mountain, only Ji Xuan and Mu Qing, the two Blue‑rank beastmen, showed up.

All signs indicate there's definitely something she doesn't know about this.

It was fine if they hadn't spoken before, but now at this moment, if they still don't speak, those foreign beastmen will really take bigger actions.

Hearing that, Gong Mei let out a light sigh, wrapped her arms around Yun Li's shoulder, and said, "This isn't just your problem; don't take everything on yourself."

She wanted to ask Yun Li if she was tired; after all, they risked half a life to get out, and now that they're returning to the Tribe, she should rest a while—why still have thoughts of other matters?

If Gong Mei weren't a Patrol Team captain, she would have followed Yun Li back to the Tribe and pretended to be deaf and mute for a few days.

But, no way!

In response, Yun Li just smiled and said nothing more.

She was indeed very tired; something else seemed to have happened that night, but it didn't wake her.

When Yun Li woke up, she found she was already at home.

Next to her, two cubs were dutifully holding wet towels, wiping her face and hands; when they saw her wake, Lengao instantly dropped the towel and ran out.

"Father, Mother is awake!"

Lengshuang, seeing Yun Li recall, immediately pushed the pillow stuffed with various plushes toward Mother's back.

"How many days have I been back?"

Yun Li thought that perhaps her internal injuries had accumulated, and not taking the proper medicine in time caused her coma, but she remembered that on the way Gong Mei had found some herbs for her to chew; even if they couldn't cure, they could at least delay the injury, so her unconscious time shouldn't be too long.

"It's been almost two days since Mother returned."

Actually, precisely it's one day and one night, but from Lengshuang's perspective, yesterday's whole day and this morning count as two days.

Yun Li was surprised, "That long?"

"A Li!"

Before she could wonder if her self‑diagnosis was mistaken, Leng Xiao rushed in, scooped her into his arms, "You finally woke up; I almost thought…"

He thought she was about to leave them like that.

They've only been together for five years, how could his A Li be leaving them?

"Next time you must not leave the Tribe; do you know how we felt when we saw you being carried back, I…"

His voice was tinged with a choking sob, but others didn't know him—does Yun Li still not know him?

He truly feared something happening to himself, but he wasn't that fragile; if she truly died at the hands of the foreign beastmen, he'd be willing to stake his own life to kill all those beastmen to avenge her.

His current expression was only to make her avoid such dangerous deeds in the future.

"Sorry for making you worry."

But Yun Li, clear in her heart, softened her tone and coaxed the male, "If you go out of the Tribe again in the future, I'll go out with you; will that ease your mind?"

Leng Xiao pressed the back of the female's head, not letting her see the anger on his face, and continued in a lowered voice, "Can't you just not leave the Tribe? When you're in the Tribe, my brother and I can be at ease, and there are cubs at home; even if you don't feel sorry for us, you should care about them."

They're so young; if Mother were gone, how could we males possibly take good care of them?

But the cubs at home, since birth, aside from a few wolf pups that initially needed her to nurse, have since always been cared for directly by them.

Yun Li's face showed a gentle expression, "Hmm, I will be fine."