Chapter 81: Red Grass Valley

Zhang Yue originally liked Yun Li because she held no prejudice against Snake Beastmen, and when he saw her rescue his clan leader's cubs without demanding any gratitude, his fondness for her kept climbing rapidly.

He heard her say they arrived late and would have nowhere to settle, and he immediately offered to help.

"If you're afraid that arriving too late leaves no place to stay, let me have someone clear a spot for you."

Yun Li glanced at Mu Qing, who didn't hesitate and replied, "No need, this is our own matter; we won't trouble anyone."

Zhang Yue smiled, "Not a trouble, just clearing a place for you to live. You rescued our clan leader's cubs, so we will certainly repay you abundantly."

"Repay? Is your 'repayment' now just constantly blocking us from entering the valley?"

Regarding this male who had previously stood opposite them, Leng Xiao showed no favorable attitude.

Seeing Zhang Yue instantly suppress his smile, he squinted slightly and continued in a cold tone, "Won't you move aside, or have the Youbuluo Beastmen become so overbearing now that they even control who enters Red Grass Valley?"

"…Misunderstanding."

The Beastman who tried to argue with Leng Xiao was blocked; Zhang Yue, with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, said, "Since you don't need our help, we won't be a nuisance here."

"Move aside!"

As his words fell, the other Snake Beastmen exchanged a quick glance, then finally cleared a passage for Yun Li and her group.

After Yun Li and the others entered, the Snake Beastman nearest to Zhang Yue tentatively asked, "Lord Zhang Yue, do you like that female?"

Although Yun Li and her party rescued the clan leader's cubs, and it was proper to repay them by finding a dwelling in Red Grass Valley, Zhang Yue's attitude was overly enthusiastic; hadn't he always shown no good feeling toward outside females?

"What's it to you? When will my affairs ever be yours to meddle in?"

Zhang Yue gave him a cold glance and said, "Next time, don't ask, or else…"

His eyes suddenly turned into vertical slits for an instant, making the Snake Beastman behind him feel a chill, instinctively wanting to step back.

However, Zhang Yue quickly changed his expression in front of him; whatever the Snake Beastman was thinking, the next moment, the familiar indifferent voice of the Witch Doctor sounded behind him.

"Zhang Yue, where are the cubs?"

"Here, here!"

Zhang Yue patted the bodies of the two snake cubs, smiled as he stepped forward, and said, "Witch Doctor, you surely can't guess which Beastman brought back A Bo and A Lian?"

"Silver Eagle Tribe Beastmen?"

Ke Si's gaze flicked quickly over the two snake cubs; seeing they were fine, his expression softened a bit, and he reached out to pat their heads, only to be bitten once by each.

Seeing this, Zhang Yue hurriedly made the two snake cubs release their bites; although the Witch Doctor is usually a bit harsh toward them, this time they had gone missing, and the Witch Doctor had indeed been worried for several days.

He pinched the two snake cubs to make them let go, while chuckling and beginning to divert the Witch Doctor's attention.

"Witch Doctor, you guessed spot on: the female who rescued A Bo and A Lian is a Silver Eagle Tribe Beastman."

Clearly it was not Yun Li's Beastman who rescued the two snake cubs, but in Zhang Yue's words, it sounded as if it were Yun Li's Beastman's merit.

Ke Si, an extremely clever Beastman, could infer from Zhang Yue's attitude that his affection for that female was more than a little.

Thus, after a brief thought, a face floated in his mind; having seen the Beastmen who knew Yun Li, regardless of whether they were interested in her, at least her face was easy to remember and hard to forget.

"There is a female Snake Beastman beside you. You like her!"

Ke Si's confident tone made Zhang Yue pause in surprise.

"Witch Doctor, how did you guess so accurately?"

He seemed to recall Yun Li's face, and smiled again, "But she is indeed beautiful; it's not strange that you, Witch Doctor, still remember her."

Ke Si's gaze remained calm as he glanced at him and said, "Since you like her, don't do anything unnecessary."

He thought that swapping that female as if she were an object would be, in his view, courting death.

If the Snake Beastman beside that female is as he suspects, he has already advanced beyond Blue Rank Beastman.

Zhang Yue's complexion shifted slightly at Ke Si's words, but he soon smiled again, "When she comes to Youbuluo, I won't treat her poorly; she'll eventually understand."

As for whether the Silver Eagle Tribe would agree to exchange that female, Zhang Yue snorted lightly, thinking that any Eagle Beastman willing to consent to this deal couldn't be a good Beastman.

Their tribe had already lowered the terms voluntarily; the Silver Eagle Tribe would have no reason to refuse.

Ke Si gave him a deep look and did not continue to persuade.

Anyway, when the trade comes, everything will be clear.

…

On the other side, Yun Li was still unaware that someone was scheming against her.

She watched Mu Qing and his group walk confidently to the area designated by the Silver Eagle Tribe; with the help of the Patrol Team Beastmen, they soon obtained a simple wooden shed.

Yun Li looked at the wooden shed, which besides a pile of withered grass was nothing special, and she fell silent.

Then she turned to her Beast Husbands; Leng Xiu was at that moment lowering several cubs that had been in a wooden barrel for a long time, while Mu Qing and Leng Xiao were discussing something.

Noticing the female's gaze, Leng Xiao hurriedly said, "A Li, don't worry; we have Crystal Core with us, and we'll have everything arranged before nightfall."

Yun Li finally let out a long sigh, "Good!"

The journey had already been hard enough, and now in Red Grass Valley they had to spend days using the ground as a bed; she was truly a bit disheartened.

"When we just came over, we didn't see any Beastmen taking out items for trade; perhaps we arrived late and they've already put everything away?"

Mu Qing and Leng Xiao discussed for a while, greeted Yun Li and Leng Xiu, and the two set off together.

So Yun Li had to ask Leng Xiu about the situation here; while inspecting the abandoned Stone Pot beside the wooden shed, he replied:

"No, the path we entered has been cordoned off by Silver Eagle Tribe Beastmen; only the Silver Eagle Tribe and Beastmen close to them can come here."

Beastmen from other tribes may wander in, but at this time it's clearly not the moment when Silver Eagle Tribe Beastmen display goods for trade.

Beastmen from those tribes are experienced and wouldn't linger here at this hour.

"Then who are Mu Qing and Leng Xiao looking for ear‑pads? They said they could get some beast hides and wind‑shield bark from that Beastman."

Leng Xiu frowned, thought for a moment, then shook his head, "It should be a Beastman Leng Xiao met in the Silver Eagle Tribe; his nature lets him befriend Beastmen wherever he goes."

"With him by Mu Qing's side, obtaining the things we urgently need should be easy."