When the bone knife was about to cut through Du's neck, he immediately shouted loudly:

"God of Beasts above, I, the Black Snake Clan, swear hereby to become the mounts and followers of the female orc Lianyi for the next year and not do anything to harm her, otherwise my intestines will be pierced and I will be eaten by wild beasts!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Du's beast totem and Lianyi's beast mark lit up at the same time, proving that the oath was true, and Lianyi's poisonous fang bone knife just touched the white skin on Du's neck.

"What a shame! I wanted to try to see if I could cut your throat with the bone knife sharpened by your own fangs."

Lianyi looked at Du with indifferent eyes.

Du was absolutely convinced that if he didn't react quickly enough, his throat would be cut by this vicious female before the oath was fulfilled.

Lianyi put away the bone knife and removed the vines, then slowly gave the order:

"I'm hungry, go find something to eat. I want to eat unicorn beef. Don't delay too long."

Du nodded without saying a word, with a face covered in blue and purple, he turned into a snake and dived into the depths of the forest.

Lianyi curled her lips and then went into the tree hole, ready to study her beast mark carefully. Because she had not subdued Du before, she had to guard against the ferocious orc's attack. She had to use part of her mind to guard against the other party, so it was not convenient for her to study her newly appeared beast mark.

Now that the contract was concluded and Du was no longer watching her anxiously, Lianyi calmed down and slowly sensed the beast mark between her eyebrows.

This mark had been erased in a ceremony held by the witch after the original body chose to become a female orc. However, Lianyi felt that the witch did not have the ability to erase the mark bestowed by the Beast God, and that some kind of power must have been used to cover up the beast mark.

As her mental power slowly touched the beast seal, Lianyi felt a huge force waiting to be developed and utilized by her. Previously, it was because the beast seal sensed her thoughts that it commanded the vines to trap Du. Now what she needed was to become familiar with this power and make use of it.

As a former Mahayana ancestor, Lianyi was very daring to try. She guided a trace of the power in the beast seal and began to let it flow through the meridians of her body. After passing through the aorta, the power basically disappeared.

Lianyi opened her eyes and looked down. Her exposed skin had become smooth as new, and the wounds on her body had healed without leaving any traces.

Even though orcs are strong and recover quickly from injuries, it would take at least ten days for her injuries to completely disappear. Now, because she channeled the power in the beast seal, her injuries recovered in just one hour.

Lianyi seemed to be thinking about something. She was going to ask Du what the principle was when male orcs transformed. This was the way the Beast World had been living for tens of millions of years. No beast had studied the principle of orcs' transformation. It was considered an instinct given to them by the Beast God.

With a loud "bang", there was a movement outside the tree hole. Lianyi got up and went out of the tree hole, and saw Du, who had just regained his human form. A unicorn with a sunken belly was lying on the ground in front of the tree hole. It was dead, obviously entangled to death by Du's beast body.

"Go and clean the prey. We're going to have barbecue today. Give me the salt you brought with you."

Ripple ordered unceremoniously.

No matter how aggrieved he felt, he had to endure it. He picked up the unicorn, which was twice as big as himself, and went to the stream where there were ripples, and began to cut up the prey.

After Lianyi visited the scene of the accident, she planned to leave the territory of the lion tribe and visit the territories of other beast tribes. So after eating and drinking, she cooked the remaining unicorn beef in a stone pot one by one, then found a thin stone slab, put the sliced meat on it, burned firewood underneath, and began to dry the moisture of the beef so that it would be easier to store.

Lianyi asked Du to watch the heat and turn the beef over from time to time. She went into the forest and followed the clues given by the plants in the forest. She found a small red pepper. Due to its spicy taste, it was not eaten by any wild animals.

She picked some and found a small piece of wild onion, but it was obviously underdeveloped, short and thin. Lianyi didn't mind at all, at least it could add flavor to the dish, so she pulled them all away. Then she dug two palm-sized pieces of ginger and returned to the tree hole.

Du was still roasting the unicorn beef slices. Lianyi took the shrunk meat slices after roasting, smeared the refined butter into the stone pot, then put in small chili peppers and scallions and stir-fried them for a few times. Finally, put the roasted meat slices in and started to dry-fry them little by little. Of course, salt should also be added.

The sound of "A-sneezes" kept coming from the side, Lianyi said with disgust:

"Go and dry the meat slices. My sneeze flew into the pot. How can I eat it?"

Du gritted his teeth, covered his nose, moved the thin stone slab away, moved a little further away, and continued to dry the meat slices without saying a word, which made Lianyi very satisfied.

It took Lianyi two days to make a big bag of spicy dried meat. After covering the area around the tree hole, she was ready to leave.

After eating the spicy dried meat alone, the look in his eyes when he looked at Lianyi changed a little. This method can store food to the greatest extent during the rainy and cold seasons and prevent the food from spoiling. This method does not exist in the tribe. They all try to make barbecue from the meat of the prey as much as possible, but unfortunately barbecue will spoil if left for a long time.

"Let's go!"

At Lianyi's command, Du changed into a beast, carried Lianyi and two animal hide packages, and started to move forward according to the instructions.

Lianyi went to the place where the original owner had nearly died. Before she could go down to see what was going on, Du spoke up:

"There is the presence of members of the Lion Clan here. They should have been here recently."

“How many people have been here?”

Ripple asked calmly.

"A group of orcs must have come here before, but later on, the smell of only one orc was the strongest. It must have been left behind after they came here repeatedly."

Du has his own unique method of tracking. Just by spitting out the snake's core, he can understand the general situation.

Lianyi's expression was indifferent, with a hint of sarcasm. He had been going back and forth so many times, just wandering around in this one place, without even expanding the search range. If he was determined to look for it, how could he not find the tree hole half a day's walk from here.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Where are you going?"

"Go to your tribe first!"

“I was expelled!”

Since he didn't want to be attacked by his tribesmen, he had to tell the truth.

"What are you afraid of? If you take me with you this time, you can say that you are redeeming yourself by bringing a method to store food for a long time. And since I am a female, they shouldn't attack you."

Lianyi said it very easily.

“.”

He knew that his objection was futile, so he could only lead Lianyi and slowly walk towards the Black Snake Clan's territory.

On the other hand, Sang was sad for a long time after learning that Lianyi was attacked by a wild beast and might have died in its mouth. He always went to the place where Lianyi's scent last appeared alone. When the scent became weaker and weaker and almost disappeared, he was ready to give up.

That day he planned to take one last look at it and was about to let it go, but when he arrived at the place, his face changed because the smell of Ripples became stronger again.