Then the three were thrown in again. This time, Su Yuan added some healing items to the water until the remaining black mucus on their bodies could be peeled off before they were pulled out of the water.

How are you feeling?

After soaking in the water for almost three hours, Mingqin recovered. Her delicate face was full of fatigue, but without those crystalline particles, she looked much better.

"I feel...very relaxed. I no longer have that feeling of life slipping away from my body. Thank you."

Ming Qin smiled broadly as Su Yuan carried her to a hot spring pool. Other beast girls nearby gathered around to look at this newcomer to Starsea Town.

"No need for thanks, but you won't take back the Tuya tribe after you recover, will you?" Su Yuan joked.

But even if they wanted to reclaim the Tuya tribe, it was too late. The Black Sheep's mission was not only to take care of the beast girls, but to bring them back.

Tuya's territory is near the entrance to the Mushroom Forest area and has many Ming Stones nearby, making it a suitable base. It's just not big enough, otherwise it could be developed into a small town.

"Hehehe, don't worry, we are not the kind of people without conscience. As for Tuya and the others... actually, Tuya didn't want to be the leader, but I didn't have many days left to live at the time."

"She used to be just like Tuying, responsible for trading between the tribe and the outside world. For her, the burden of the lives of her people was too heavy."

"witch......"

Beside her, Tu Ya pursed her lips, struggled to her feet, and knelt in front of Su Yuan in the hot spring, placing the back of Su Yuan's hand on her forehead, expressing her attitude through her actions.

"Then you all should focus on recovering. By the way, I have a question. Could those bright stones in the canyon be things that people turned into after they died?"

"ah?"

The sudden, seemingly random question startled Tuya, but Mingqin answered with a smile, "Of course not. People poisoned by Akashi will eventually have their life force drained away, turning them into a skeleton covered in crystalline particles. They will not become Akashi."

"As for those bright stones, when the sun rises at noon, the concentration of witch power in the canyon increases, and the ferocious beasts rampage. At that time, those bright stones will also begin to grow."

It turned out it wasn't made from a corpse. Su Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. If this thing were a transparent crystal formed from a corpse, he would feel disgusted using it.

"Next, Tuya and Tuying, after you recover, go and make contact with other tribes and tell them that I have a way to cure Akashi poison."

"Those who are willing to join us can receive free treatment; those who are not can exchange it for a Ming Shi tablet or other rare items."

"From now on, you will live in Moon Pivot City, and that territory will temporarily serve as a base for transactions."

Su Yuan assigned tasks to the group. He hadn't expected this to happen. Now that the Tuya tribe had joined in, some of their previous plans needed to be revised.

"Yes, Chief Su!"

Tuya's face was full of smiles. Last night, she and Wu had discussed taking all their people away from that canyon, but they knew they couldn't collect the Ming Stones, so they were no longer of any use to Su Yuan.

No one will help you for no reason unless you are already one of theirs, like now.

Having lost his position as chief, Tuya's smile grew even wider as the remaining members of the tribe were able to live in a peaceful place.

Moreover, she is not useless; a more important task has been assigned to her.