Chapter 208 Wild Fox Tribe

During the afternoon's activities, Jiang Xi's skating improved more and more.

Nafiel appeared nearby at some point, swaying his snake tail as he moved through the snow forest.

Jiang Xi looked at his tail with a hint of envy.

Just then, a howling sound came from the sky, and Gazi's voice came from above.

"Lu Liufeng, a herd of deer has been spotted to the west. Let's go hunt them first."

Lu Liufeng responded with a whistle.

Jiang Xi braked halfway down the slope, creating a beautiful tail swing.

"Lu Liufeng, are you going to help?"

Lu Liufeng stopped on the double boards and pole vaulting, shaking his head.

"Need not."

Mu Ling had already slid down the slope, but suddenly reappeared on the hillside.

"Would the mistress like to go hunting?"

Jiang Xi glanced at him.

"I'm not going!"

Mu Ling's eyes showed regret.

"All right."

If the female wants to go, he can teleport to take her there.

It was just him and the female master.

After going downhill, it's uphill.

Just as Mu Ling was about to move the female master, Nafi suddenly swam over and said.

"Mistress, do you need me to help you up?"

Jiang Xi's dark eyes brightened.

She had never tried going uphill before.

Its silvery-white tail tip hooked over and was tucked into her arms.

"Mistress, hold onto my tail."

Nafer's voice was calm, but his Adam's apple bobbed nervously.

Without thinking much, Jiang Xi simply hugged his tail to her chest.

It was cool and refreshing, covered with silvery-white scales.

She touched it with some curiosity, and then felt the tail in her arms stiffen.

Nafiel's tail tip twitched, hooking around the female's waist.

Jiang Xi blinked.

Nafiel: "The slope is steep, Mistress, hold on tight, don't let go."

After saying that, he turned around and went upstream.

Jiang Xi's skis instantly slid upwards.

This skating style, which requires no effort from her, excited her as well.

Mu Ling stood at the bottom of the slope, looking at Nafiel who was hooking his tail around the female master's waist on the slope, and snorted coldly.

"No matter how much he tries to please her, the mistress will never like him! Don't even think about keeping him!"

Lu Liufeng's eyes flickered slightly, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

However, he ultimately didn't say it.

This matter...

If you can avoid saying it, then don't say it for now.

Otherwise, if things get out of hand, the female master won't be able to handle it.

At dusk, the beastmen hunted five deer.

Before nightfall, the group arrived at their destination, the Wild Fox Tribe.

As the name suggests, the tribe is inhabited mostly by various mixed-breed foxes of common bloodlines.

Before they even reached the tribe, many thin foxes surrounded them, speaking in human language.

"You come from the Cursed Land?"

The foxes that surrounded her were all small, about the same size as Jiang Xi knew, not as large as Yi Yuexi, which could engulf her.

As she observed them, the foxes also peeked at her with sparkling eyes and whispered among themselves.

"It's female."

"What a beautiful female."

"Her beastmen are so powerful."

"Is that a white fox clan member? They're so beautiful!"

"..."

Layton and Yang stepped forward.

Where is your clan leader?

“We are beast envoys from the Giant Tree Royal Court, and we need to rest in your tribe tonight.”

As soon as Layton finished speaking, the wild foxes shrieked and scattered.

"here we go again!"

"here we go again!"

"We have no food! No food! Let's go to another tribe!"

Layton's forehead throbbed, and just as he was about to speak, an old voice rang out from the forest.

"Go back, all of you!"

Jiang Xi looked toward the source of the sound, but did not see any beastmen. Instead, a scruffy fox emerged, looking rather old.

Upon seeing Layton and Yang, the old fox quickly stepped forward and bowed.

"Is the Beast Envoy returning to the Royal Court?"

Layton raised his chin.

"I'll be staying here tonight."

The old fox wiped away non-existent tears from the corner of his eye with his paw, then glanced at the group of tall, robust orcs.

"It's fine for the beast envoys to rest, but... but we really can't find a way to provide them with food."

He pulled a thin fox over from the side.

"Because there was no food, all the small foxes transformed into beast forms and began eating tree bark..."

For most orcs, the beast form consumes more food.

However, for those weaker beastmen whose human form is larger than their beast form, the beast form actually consumes less food.

Beast form is also a standard for judging whether an orc is powerful or not.

At this moment, Hong came out and spoke.

"Don't worry, Chieftain. We're just asking for a place to rest for the night. We brought our own food."

As they spoke, the beastmen made some room, revealing the five deer they were dragging behind them.

The old clan chief was surprised and recognized Hong's identity.

Seeing that they had brought their own food, they stopped refusing.

"Please come in, please come in."

As he invited him, he couldn't help but ask.

"Where was this hunted? A few days ago, some members of our tribe tracked down the deer's tracks, but the snow was too thick, and they quickly lost sight of them."

Gazi revealed the location.

“You can have the Skyguard Orcs scout from the sky. The direction of this herd of deer keeps changing, and after our hunt, their location has probably changed again.”

The old clan chief gave a wry smile.

"Our Wild Fox tribe has no airspace beastmen, and large beastmen are also rare."

The Wild Fox Tribe is located on the edge of the Giantwood Forest, near the Cursed Lands. The orcs and females of the Giantwood Forest would not choose to live in a barren place near the Cursed Lands unless they had nowhere else to go.

Even the orcs and females in the tribe, given the opportunity, will move to deeper parts of the Giantwood Forest, closer to the boundary, or even cross the boundary to live in the tribe.

After all, the boundary is the safety line.

If anything happens in the Cursed Lands, the presence of powerful patrolling orcs along the border can largely ensure safety.

As they spoke, they arrived at the Wild Fox Tribe.

The tribe is small, with only a few dozen households. The houses are built along the hillside, combining caves and thatched wooden planks. At the foot of the slope, there is a clean, flat area with some small foxes playing on it.

It was dusk, and wisps of smoke rose from every chimney, but the food wafting in the air lacked the aroma of meat.

The orcs and females of the tribe, upon suddenly seeing so many unfamiliar and tall orcs appear, all became wary and moved their pots into the cave.

Several fox-clan beastmen who had retained their beastman forms walked over. Just as they were about to ask the old clan chief a question, they saw Layton and Yang, and their expressions instantly turned grim.

These two people had just had a feast in the tribe more than ten days ago, eating the same food they had for most of the past two weeks.

Although the orc was afraid of offending the beast envoy from the royal court, he still gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Beast Master, we really have no food left."

"The remaining food is barely enough for us to get through the rest of the winter, if we eat only one meal a day."

Not to mention, there are so many orcs in front of us.

The old clan chief quickly spoke up.

“Ella, what are you saying! The beastmen and the lion-roar tribe are just stopping for one night. They brought their own food! They won’t eat ours.”

His words only made things worse, as they made Layton's expression turn even more unpleasant.

At lunchtime, he ate the food they had prepared, thinking that once he arrived at this tribe, he wouldn't have to eat their food or have to put up with their attitudes.

But after the old chieftain said that, even if they wanted to eat in the tribe, they couldn't.

Yang's eyes flickered slightly, and he was about to speak when Hong looked first at Jiang Xi next to Lu Liufeng.

“Female Envoy, we have hunted five deer, which is more than we can eat in one meal. Since we are going to stay here tonight, we might as well give one to each of them. In the spring, we can have the Wild Fox Tribe exchange them for animal hides.”

"The Wild Fox tribe is skilled at processing animal hides, and the beastmen of the Lion Roar tribe often seek them out to process animal hides before winter arrives."

Most orcs don't care how well the animal hides are processed, but the females are delicate and unwilling to wear hides that have an unpleasant odor if they are not properly processed.

Therefore, the powerful orcs in the Lion Roar tribe would offer food or animal hides as payment to the orcs of the Wild Fox tribe for their help.

The old clan chief's eyes lit up, and he quickly made his promise.

"No problem, no problem!"

"We've processed quite a lot this winter! Once the snow melts, we'll have it sent to the Lion's Roar tribe!"

Unlike the old chieftain's excitement, the fox and the thin fox-folk beastmen looked at the petite figure wrapped in thick animal skin clothing.

"It's actually a female envoy!"

"So the royal court's beast envoy came to the cursed land to receive the female envoy!"

"I've never seen a female of the Holy Favor before!"

"It's so beautiful! I saw it!"

"Her beastly husbands are beautiful too!"