Chapter 294: Chapter 294: From the Edge of Death to Life

"The forest you mentioned is over there?"

Cang Lang walked ahead, didn't hear the female's reply, but when he turned his head he saw her staring blankly at the cliff waterfall not far away; his brows slightly furrowed as he coldly warned, "It's dangerous there; I advise you not to go looking for death."

"If I die, will all the work you did before be wasted? I didn't expect I was so important to your plan."

Saying that, Yun Li let out a cold laugh and insisted on walking toward the waterfall.

Yun Li had often used such small tests on Cang Lang along the way here, so Cang Lang's gaze grew even colder, but he made no move to stop her.

After all, he didn't believe that Yun Li, still preoccupied with her Beast Husband and cubs, would contemplate suicide; it was just like before, a test of how far he could tolerate her.

Sure enough, as the female approached the raging waterfall, a hesitant expression immediately appeared on her face.

Cang Lang watched coldly, wondering how long she would keep standing like that; if she has the nerve, she'll actually jump.

"Yun Li! How dare you!"

Cang Lang hadn't expected that, despite being scared, she would keep advancing; his expression darkened instantly. For Yun Li, he had already lost a Purple Rank Beast Person; if she dared to jump, he would later slaughter the entire Silver Eagle Tribe clean.

"If you dare to jump, when I get the chance later I will kill all the Beast Persons of the Silver Eagle Tribe clean!"

But Yun Li, only a step away from the waterfall, merely gave Cang Lang a mocking smile upon hearing that.

She said it as if he would spare the Silver Eagle Tribe for her.

"If I jump and die, they'll only remember that you killed me."

If she lives, she'll spend her whole life remembering that Cang Lang forced her to this point.

In fact, Yun Li wasn't sure she could live after jumping from here; she only knew it was her only chance to escape Cang Lang's grasp, and missing it meant she didn't know when another chance would come.

She wasn't the type of Beast Person who could endure hardship; she had persisted under Cang Lang because she believed Ji Xuan and the others would rescue her, but who could have known she'd end up back in Cang Lang's hands.

She could wait no longer; thinking that her future fate would be in someone else's hands, that whatever he commanded she would have to do, and that for years or decades she would have to wear a false mask to appease and flatter a Beast Person who treated her like a dog.

Yun Li was filled with revulsion, so even though her chance of survival was slim, she decided to gamble for herself.

A sharp whooshing sound came from behind; Yun Li closed her eyes and sprinted forcefully toward the waterfall, then leapt.

The giant eagle's talons suddenly swept through; missing, it was hit by the massive splash that came, nearly causing it to fall as well.

Fortunately, its beast body was massive, its wings extremely strong; after reacting in time, it beat its wings to skim low, then after circling in the air for a while, it flew down along the waterfall.

Whoosh—

Yun Li's consciousness faded shortly after she jumped off the waterfall, but before losing consciousness she reverted to her beast form to increase her survival chance.

Because, after all, her beast body still had a thick coat of fur and subcutaneous fat shielding her; compared to a human body that relies solely on the little Green Rank energy inside to sustain vital signs, she feared that if she reached the waterfall's base, the human would be crushed by the massive impact, organs ruptured, and die from internal bleeding.

She perhaps hadn't realized that her near‑suicidal act would not only cause Cang Lang to chase her all the way to the waterfall's base, where he searched fruitlessly for half a day, but also follow the river for four or five days, yet in the end he never found any trace of Yun Li.

……

On a verdant meadow, several females were gathering edible wild greens nearby during the last days of the rainy season.

Suddenly, a female, as if she had discovered something, shouted out.

"Hey, what do you think that is?"

"It's a wolf, a white wolf."

But a Beast Person quickly noticed something off: a wild wolf couldn't look so clean, even after entering water its fur would be visibly tangled, unless it were a Beast Person.

"It can't be a Beast Person, can it?"

A group of females gathered around the Snow Wolf lying by the river, their tones full of curiosity and nervousness.

"It should be a Beast Person; I don't recall any white wolves nearby."

Hearing that the white wolf might be a Beast Person, a group of Beast Persons instantly became agitated.

"If it's a Beast Person, should we rescue them?"

"Of course, we must rescue them."

So they hurriedly sent someone to fetch help, while those left behind checked whether the Beast Person by the river was already dead.

"Seems still alive."

"Then let's quickly move him up; the water's cold."

Each of the females lifted a side, and soon they placed the Snow Wolf in a clean spot.

However, none of them were Witch Doctors, so they didn't know what to do with the Snow Wolf; they began debating whether it was male or female.

"Shall we go over and see?"

"No, what if it's male? Its beast body clearly shows it's an adult."

The females jostled each other, and after a while they were laughing again; fortunately the female who fetched help returned quickly, though the arriving Beast Persons were not Witch Doctors but two sharp‑looking, capable Beast Persons.

One of the females, upon seeing the Snow Wolf, immediately crouched and lifted its eyelid, then felt various parts of its body to confirm it was uninjured.

She then stood and waved to the male, saying, "It's indeed a female, still alive, with no external injuries. Not sure if she drank too much water or suffered internal damage causing the unconsciousness; we'll have to wait for a Witch Doctor to examine her."

As soon as the female Beast Person finished speaking, before the male could say anything, the onlooking females chattered away.

"She's female? How can you tell?"

"Can she survive? Where did she come from? How did she end up here?"

"It's almost the cold season now, the water's so cold—how did she fall in?"

The male, ignoring the females, said to the female Beast Person who came with him, "The Witch Doctor will be here soon. Should we give this female some beast skins to wrap her in? After all, you heard what they just said; the water is very cold now."

The female Beast Person nodded, "Then go get them."

Hearing that, the male replied, turned and ran toward the nearest earth den, which the Patrol Team Beast Persons had dug for their rest.

So fetching a few warming beast skins wasn't a hassle; by the time he arrived, the Witch Doctor was already being escorted by several Patrol Team Beast Persons.

When he came, the other Patrol Team Beast Persons reached out to help spread the skins together.