Chapter 649: Beast World: Raising a Wife 24

This palm oil is a natural moisture‑proof oil; as long as you brush it onto the cave walls with an animal‑hair brush, after it dries naturally it will form an oil film, so even in very humid weather it won't let things in the house grow mold or mildew.

Bai Mo chimed in again, in perfect sync, "The reason everyone has red spots on their bodies is simply that the rooms are too damp and lack ventilation."

Only then did everyone suddenly understand.

Jin Chen introduced the usage to everyone and also taught them how to find this unique palm tree on the back mountain.

Finally came the division of communal food, which as usual was handled by the group leader; just like in previous years, families without male labor received more food, and nobody objected.

Hua Wan sat below, watching Bai Mo and Jin Chen's seamless cooperation, and only then realized how far he had come from his days in the Leopard Tribe.

In the past, Bai Mo would never have been this conspicuous; his conspicuousness made him feel even more inferior.

They clearly came from the same tribe, so why does Bai Mo have to be so distinctive?

Thinking of Tuoluote at home, Hua Wan's eyes grew deeper.

He absolutely, absolutely cannot just waste his life like this.

Since that day's meeting, the whole tribe has been plunged into busyness.

They believed without doubt what Jin Chen and Bai Mo said, and even placed the two on the same level as the chieftain.

After all, they could clearly grow and store grain themselves, yet they told us to lead the whole tribe in working together—they're truly top‑notch people!

Yu Wu wasn't idle either; he and Bai Mo learned many herb‑identification and planting techniques, then passed them on to tribe members eager to learn.

But here Yu Wu kept something in mind: he knew Bai Mo was capable, and he knew Bai Mo could stay in the tribe only because the people now trusted his healing, so he taught them only the simplest herb planting.

Du Feng and A Zhou helped Jin Chen teach the males, preparing the cave renovations day after day—adding windows, building the main gate, covering the outside with thatch, and brushing the special palm oil on the inner walls for moisture proofing.

Now there are less than 80 days until harsh winter arrives; fortunately Jin Chen has studied the local vegetation growth patterns, so harvesting the first batch of planted soybeans, potatoes, sweet potatoes and the like before winter is just right.

But things often don't go as wished; after a while accidents will occur.

At first, while Jin Chen was remodeling the caves with the males, he heard the screams of several Sub‑Beast females.

"Someone! Someone's dead! Ah Hong's family! Hurry back and look!"

Only that afternoon did they learn that a female had died outside her own cave, her death gruesome, her face terrified.

According to the Sub‑Beast's description, at that moment he saw someone lying on the ground; looking closer he realized it was his neighbor Ah Hong, flat on the ground, both hands clawing desperately at the earth, fingernails worn flat, bloodshot eyeballs almost popping out, mouth wide open.

He was terrified; it was the first time he'd seen such a gruesome death, his legs went weak and he lay on the ground for a while before scrambling up to shout for help.

Upon hearing the news, Ah Hong's partner rushed back, grief‑stricken, embracing the corpse and returning to the cave, only then discovering that their untransformed offspring had been frightened into silence, crying all day.

Nobody knows who the killer is.

This incident left the tribe panicked; the next day, the number of females going out to plant crops dropped by more than half.

Females were already scarce, and now this happened; the chieftain took it very seriously, even locking the tribe's entrance gate, determined to catch the culprit.

After examining the corpse, the priest's conclusion was astonishing: she had been frightened to death.

The death rites were carried out with extraordinary grandeur.

When Jin Chen and Bai Mo attended the rites, they also went to view the corpse.

Jin Chen observed it for a long time and ultimately rejected the so‑called fright‑to‑death conclusion.

It more closely resembled damage from something that harmed the five viscera and six bowels as well as the heart vessels, but showed no outward sign; blood seeped out from many pores, eventually causing death by coagulation.

He kept this in mind, discussed the conclusion with Bai Mo, and in the end Bai Mo told the priest.

But what puzzled Bai Mo and him was that Ah Hong's partner didn't believe this explanation, insisting it was a fright‑to‑death and vowing to find the killer.

"Really strange, he seems agitated, yet he doesn't want to hear our judgment."

Bai Mo was shouted at by that male, who stubbornly refused to believe; Bai Mo could do nothing, so he went to complain to Jin Chen.

"Indeed strange, but it's someone else's family matter, so we can't really say anything."

Seeing that Jin Chen didn't appreciate it, he just let the matter drop.

Now that affairs are busy, he also doesn't have the energy to play the savior bodhisattva.

And at this time, another incident occurred.

Tuoluote inexplicably fell into a coma, which in itself wasn't a big deal, but what shocked the tribe was that Hua Wan likewise claimed he could cure illness.

Moreover, it worked quickly, requiring no bitter herbs or medicinal plasters.

A skeptical tribe member fetched his sick relative, who showed typical wind‑cold cold symptoms; after taking Bai Mo's seven‑day herbal decoction, by the third day he had improved only slightly.

Thus that Sub‑Beast, having given up, went to the cave where Hua Wan treated illness and found him.

Afterward, to everyone's surprise, he really neither coughed nor ran a fever, and his mind was much clearer.

This delighted the tribe, and many declared that for any future ailment they would simply go to Hua Wan.

For a while Hua Wan's fame surged, and even some he had cured said he ought to be the sage, while Bai Mo was merely using those herbs.

During this period two more females died in succession, their deaths just as gruesome.

Just then Hua Wan suddenly announced to everyone that he could now sense the Beast God's will, and that the chieftain should summon Bai Mo, for he had something to say.

The chieftain instinctively felt this person was targeting Bai Mo, but Hua Wan again said he could sense the Beast God's will, and if it were true he couldn't afford to delay.

Weighing the two sides, they could only have someone hurry to fetch Bai Mo and Jin Chen.

Outside the cave, many who had heard of this gathered to come watch the spectacle.

More than half of them, of course, still trusted Jin Chen and Bai Mo more, after all the benefits they brought were genuine.

Jin Chen appeared in the open space with Bai Mo in his arms, his face full of vexation.

Good grief, after being busy these days, I finally planned to rest this afternoon, only to be summoned by this ill‑fated protagonist‑type.

"Quite a crowd gathered."

Jin Chen muttered a sentence.

"All right, brother, let's wait till he finishes speaking, then we'll go back to rest."

Seeing that Jin Chen was truly annoyed, and with a crowd around it being inappropriate to do anything else to cheer him up, Bai Mo could only shake his beast ears and pat Jin Chen's shoulder.

He realized that Jin Chen really liked those ears a lot.

Jin Chen touched his ears and snorted, "I want to see what nasty words he can hold back."

Only when both of them arrived before him did they notice that something seemed to have changed.

Jin Chen examined him from head to toe, and realized where he felt the change was.

Why does it feel like this protagonist is deliberately imitating his wife?