Chapter 257 Tracking

“Hmm, it looks good to me too,” Mo Li said.

“This…” Leng Ye looked at the melons not far away, his eyes filled with a hint of guilt, and then said to the orcs who were with him, “You, go over and pick all the good ones, don’t leave any behind.”

"Yes." Then the orcs all went to the side.

"Be careful, everyone," Leng Ye warned, as he wandered around to see if there were any better options.

Shu Ning, Mo Li, and Xuan Mo also picked them together.

Shu Ning picked one and put it into her space.

Although many melons were either destroyed or picked, quite a few remained.

After picking most of them, she looked at the damaged melons on the ground. Although the flesh was dirty, the seeds were still good, so she put them back into her space.

They deliberately left some to grow new melons next year.

"Ningning, come here." Mo Li cut one open with a bone knife and handed it to Shu Ning.

"Thank you," Shu Ning said, accepting the gift.

After the orcs finished harvesting the melons, they piled them all together.

“My lord, these are all that’s left,” said one of the orcs.

Leng Ye looked at the melons in front of him and said, "Alright, pack them all up and send them to the wolf clan."

"Yes," the beastmen replied.

"Keep some for yourselves," Shu Ning said after hearing this.

"It's alright, we're already tired of it, Ningning, you don't need to worry about us," Leng Ye said.

"Okay," Shu Ning replied, "Thank you then, please take it for us."

A slight, indescribable emotion welled up in Leng Ye's heart. He twirled his fingers a few times. "It's alright, let them move it. They're just idling around anyway."

“Yes,” a simple-minded orc said.

“We’re a bunch of roughnecks here to do these kinds of hard jobs. How can you guys do the moving? Don’t worry, we’re very experienced and won’t damage these melons.”

“That’s right, let us move it. You might not have as much experience as we do,” another orc said.

"Alas, we already feel so guilty. We had hoped that the Lord would come up and see how well these melons we had cared for were growing, but now they've all been ruined. We already feel extremely bad about it, alas..."

Another orc said, "I was hoping to get a lot of melons this time, and I prepared quite a few animal skin bags, but now there are only a few left..."

Let's make amends for our mistake.

"Then..." Shu Ning originally wanted to put them all into her space, but then she looked at their sincere and simple eyes.

She thought about it and decided against it; she'd rather not reveal her special ability if she could avoid doing so.

The fewer people who know, the safer you are.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you."

“No trouble at all, we’d be happy to help,” one of the orcs said.

They quickly packed the melons into animal skin bags, each carrying two portions on their backs, ready to depart.

It's colder today than yesterday.

“Yes, it gets colder here faster than in the south,” Leng Ye said. “And the winters are also longer here.”

"But when the snow melts and the grass grows back and blooms, it will be very beautiful!" Leng Ye praised.

“The mountains and fields are covered with colorful flowers, flowers that stretch as far as the eye can see,” he added.

"Wow!" Shu Ning exclaimed in amazement, imagining the scene he described.

"You must come and see it then!"

“Okay, I’ll bring you then. I know when it will bloom,” Leng Ye said excitedly.

“Mm!” Shu Ning replied.

"Don't forget to call me when the time comes, Ningning," Mo Li said.

"No, it won't happen," Shu Ning said.

“Me too,” Xuanmo said after hearing this.

“Okay, everyone come together,” Shu Ning said. “Jin Tong and Xiao Chong will also come.”

Xuanmo was secretly delighted upon hearing this, but remained outwardly calm.

"Okay." He smiled slightly, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Leng Ye's originally bright eyes flashed with a barely perceptible sadness after hearing Shu Ning's words.

"Springtime here is truly worth seeing, I imagine your beastmen..."

He paused, glanced at Mo Li and Xuan Mo's cheerful expressions, and continued, "They'll like it too."

“Yes, they’ll definitely love it, especially Jin Tong, he loves scenes like this the most,” Shu Ning said.

"As long as I'm with Ningning, I'm fine with going anywhere," Mo Li said, patting Shu Ning's head.

Leng Ye felt as if he had been pricked by a needle in his heart, a sharp pain that he could only maintain a calm expression.

"Hmm." His tone carried a hint of sourness that he himself didn't realize. "Then you guys should really enjoy it when the time comes."

He didn't say much on the way back.

"Well, it's getting late, let's hurry back," Shu Ning said.

“Okay.” Mo Li replied, then transformed back into her original form and flew away with He Xuanmo.

At this moment, Xuanmo was holding Shu Ning and putting the hood of his cloak on her.

Shu Ning looked at the withered grass in the distance, which had begun to freeze, and the mountaintop was already covered with a layer of white snow.

"It gets cold so quickly here; it must already be winter."

"Hmm." Xuanmo's voice came from behind, "It's already winter here."

Mo Li was very fast, and before anyone knew it, she had left Leng Ye and the others behind.

"Where are they?" Shu Ning asked, looking at the group of people who had been following behind her.

"They're following behind," Mo Li said after sensing the situation.

"Mo Li, your eyesight is so good now," Shu Ning exclaimed.

“It’s not about seeing with my eyes,” Mo Li said. “I can now sense some objects nearby.”

"That's amazing," Shu Ning said.

"Yes, but only the surrounding area; anything further away won't work," Mo Li said.

"How did you do that?"

“Temperature, sound, and smell are all acceptable,” Mo Li said, suddenly noticing that an extra person had appeared below her.

And keep a certain distance from them.

He flew faster, and soon the orc following him could no longer sense him.

"What happened?" Xuanmo asked as he saw Moli suddenly turn around and go downstairs.

“Someone is following us!” Mo Li said briefly.

"What kind of person is it? Can you sense it?" Xuanmo asked.

"I'm not that good yet," Mo Li said.

"Hold on tight," he said, before flying downwards at an angle.

"What's wrong?" Leng Ye asked after seeing Mo Li come down.

After Mo Li landed, she flew to Leng Ye's side, who was at the front of the group, and kept the same speed as them.

“You have someone behind you!” Xuanmo said.

“Aren’t we?” said the sea monster following behind.

“No, there are people following us from behind,” Shu Ning said.

Upon hearing this, the beastmen immediately became alert. "My lord, what do we do now?"

"Don't panic," Leng Ye said.

"How many?" he asked.

“One,” Mo Li said.