My goodness, what have those little wicked snakes done to the poor rabbit? Are they all asleep? Is not a single one awake?

Could it be... a mass poisoning?

"Hey! Wake up!" Between calling Yu Ling and the group of little snakes, Snake Gray chose the one he remembered as the most harmless. "Rabbit White, are you alright?"

Yu Ling was sleeping soundly. Making up and telling stories was both tiring and mentally taxing. Just then, the group of little snakes got sleepy from crying. It was a struggle to coax them all to sleep. When she heard the buzzing sound of Snake Gray in her ear, she was almost grumpy from waking up.

"Hmm? Little Grey, what are you doing here?" Sleepiness is really contagious. Yu Ling hadn't planned to actually go to sleep, but she was still yawning as she spoke, asking, "Are you here to take over for me? I thought you would leave the task of looking after the cubs to me for many days."

Snake Gray's inner thoughts: You guessed right! Whoever wants to keep this cub company can keep it; he certainly doesn't want to!

"No, I'm just bringing you food. You can go back to sleep, go back to sleep..." Snake Gray placed a large pile of prey, cut into easy-to-digest pieces and specially prepared for the cubs, on the ground and said, "This food is also for you. Share it when you wake up. I'll come back again tomorrow."

After saying that, Snake Gray left the food and scurried away. Since the rabbit seemed fine, he'd hold out for him for a few more days!

Yu Ling glanced at her prey, which consisted of whole pieces that were easy to swallow whole, but they didn't look very appetizing. Between meat and vegetables, she chose to eat the fruit that was served as a side dish to fill her stomach, and then lay down and went back to sleep.

While Yu Ling was deceiving the young cubs in the snake clan, Lang Gu, having cleared his poison, channeled his grief and anger into hunting many prey back to his clan to atone for his negligence. However, the wicked face of Snake Flame when she detained Yu Ling still lingered in his mind, causing Lang Gu great distress.

“Since Rabbit White told you he’s alright, you should trust him.” The old priest was also helpless with Wolf Ancient, who was becoming increasingly frantic when hunting and ignoring his injuries. Finally, while bandaging and treating him for the nth time, he spoke up to persuade him, “If all else fails, once we’ve stockpiled enough food, I’ll talk to the chieftain and go to the Snake Clan to get our little Rabbit Priest back… What do you think?”

Wolf Gu thought it was a good idea, after all, he couldn't really tell whether he was more angry at the snake clan or more worried about Yu Ling's safety. Afterwards, Wolf Gu obediently restrained himself and dutifully did his job.

—Back to the snake tribe, Yu Ling's parenting skills remain as simple and unpretentious as ever. She tells stories, chats with them, tells them what kind of beastmen the Beast God would like, and shares all sorts of beast tribe gossip. Since the side quests only require faith, and they don't actually have to do anything for the Beast God that Yu Ling fabricated, fooling these little snakes is enough.

When the older snakes grow up, they will remember these stories and tell them to the younger ones, so there's no need to worry even if Yu Ling returns to the wolf clan. As for when the snake clan's beastmen will discover his 'good deeds,' given the snake clan's current lazy lifestyle, they're unlikely to discover it even after Yu Ling completes the main quest.

The snake race is indeed very lazy. Even when hunting, they rely more on patience than combat. They lie motionless all day, waiting for their prey to approach before launching a sudden attack, paralyzing it with venom, constricting it, and swallowing it whole. It can be said that without venom, the snake race is like a tiger without its teeth and claws, completely at the mercy of other orcs.

To prevent such tragedies from happening, Snake Flame not only stored the herbs that naturally grew near their habitat and could cure their snake venom in the most secret corners of the snake tribe and assigned snakes to guard them, but also took the initiative to hunt prey from other tribes through his own efforts and rich trickery skills.

Only in this way can he ensure that even if the snake clan lacks the ability to hunt during various natural disasters, they can still store enough food to survive one crisis after another.

This time, they are about to face a cold front that arrives on time every year. This is even more terrifying than the arrival of a severe winter. The biting cold wind will make orcs who are not heavy enough take off on the spot, the rivers will freeze, and the flowers, fruits and leaves on the trees will wither and die in just a few days.

Besides the food crisis, the extreme temperatures in the polar regions also make it difficult for the beastmen to go out. Apart from huddling together in caves for warmth, they have to collect large quantities of prey pelts to use as bedding. Even the cold-blooded snakes can freeze to death or even lose their lives if they are not careful.

For Snake Flame, even if he doesn't keep Yu Ling, the Lion Clan's intelligence agent, this time, he will still play dirty tricks against the Lion Clan, who has the most food reserves.

Yu Ling has the original owner's memories as a foundation, so she naturally knows that a cold wave is coming. When the female lead kicked him out, she was probably preparing to let the cold wave kill her.

Unfortunately, the original owner lacked social skills, while Yu Ling was very good at them. By saving a wolf on the road, she was able to get into another tribe as a priest. Even the snake tribe trusted her to take care of their cubs. They wouldn't die, they simply wouldn't die!

Snake. Completely trusts Yu Ling. Gray: Cough cough, I'm just escaping my own work.

Yu Ling was only a few steps away from where a group of females were laying their eggs. Newly hatched eggs were delivered every few days, and several older snake cubs, nearing adulthood, were taken out to be trained in hunting skills. The younger snake cubs being trained were kept at a very young age and would not receive any information about the snake clan from them.

Therefore, even though Snake Flame knew that Jade Ling had been thrown into the cubs' cave by Snake Ash, he did not show any displeasure, nor did he object.

However, he was still very dissatisfied with Snake Gray's unauthorized actions.

This point came to the head of Snake Gray when he had just finished planning to lead the Snake Clan to steal the Lion Clan's hidden food storage location. Snake Gray casually remarked, "Why not go to the nearest place instead of such a dangerous place as the cliff?" His anger had reached its peak.

“Snake Ash, do you remember what I said? If there are two people making decisions, it will only lead to endless arguments. In the snake clan, I am enough to do the thinking.”

Snake Flame, leading a group of snake-kin beastmen, was ready to depart. He said to Snake Gray, who was staying behind,

"Questioning? No, you just need to obey. I don't need to explain everything to you clearly, understand?"

"Sorry, I just said it offhand, I won't do it again." Snake Gray quickly covered his mouth, clearly aware that he had broken a taboo.

Snake Flame led the beastmen away, their return date unknown, but it would take at least half a month. Yu Ling felt more at ease amidst the weak females and a bunch of cubs.

It's decided, I'll retreat as soon as Serpent Flame returns!