Her intuition told her that if she spoke out, she might end up like the Zerg orcs.

She suddenly didn't want to expose Ah Tang anymore.

She wished she had never known.

"Cat Nine, what's wrong with you?" Lion Feather looked at Cat Nine on the ground with displeasure, his ears stinging from the sting.

He tried to pull Mao Jiu up, but Mao Jiu kicked him away haphazardly.

"Don't come any closer, none of you come any closer, Ah Tang, I'll tell you everything, I know I was wrong, please forgive me..."

Lion Feather was kicked in the knee, and he bent over, clutching the painful spot with a grimace.

It seemed he hadn't expected the female who always liked to pester him would actually attack him.

Su Tang also looked puzzled, touching her face with some confusion. She didn't seem to have revealed her intention to kill someone to cover it up, did she?

Why is Mao Jiu reacting so strongly?

"What do you know?" Su Tang asked curiously, looking at the somewhat deranged Mao Jiu.

"The Black Mountain tribe was attacked because of the flammable stones we found on the mountain. They were black, and our Black Mountain tribe's mountains are full of those kinds of stones."

“How could a stone catch fire?” Lion Feather immediately retorted. “Only wood can burn.”

The orcs around them all looked on in disbelief; they had never seen a stone that could burn.

But since A-Tang didn't say anything, they all wisely kept quiet.

After all, they didn't know that fruit could taste so good before they came here.

"A stone that can catch fire." Su Tang's breath hitched, her eyes brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

That's just coal!

I never imagined that the Black Mountain tribe was actually a huge coal mine!

My brother and his family really need coal resources.

“Everything I said is true. She, Atang, and I saw it together.” Mao Jiu’s voice gradually faded.

After she finished speaking, she secretly glanced at Su Tang.

Su Tang's expression remained unchanged, showing no sign of anything amiss.

After listening to Mao Jiu's words, Su Tang finally understood what was going on.

Cat Nine and A Tang once rescued an injured cub at the foot of the mountain. They accidentally discovered burning coal and, out of compassion, let the cub go. However, the cub stole the coal and returned with a large number of orcs to attack the Black Mountain Tribe.

Out of fear, the two kept the matter a secret, not even from the orcs of the Black Mountain tribe.

"You must have seen wrong. How could orcs attack you for stones?" Lionfeather still looked unconvinced.

Cat Nine completely ignored Lion Feather.

Hu Shen's gaze was deep; he offered no opinion, simply watching Su Tang silently.

“What Mao Jiu said is true. There are indeed stones that can burn, and they burn for a longer time than wood,” Su Tang nodded.

She gave Mao Jiu a deep look.

The latter shuddered, his fingers twisting together in nervousness, fearing he might become the next Zerg orc.

"Such good stones?" Niu Li looked at Hu Shen with surprise and excitement. "Boss, let's go dig some of these stones too, so we won't have to worry about the wood not drying out during the snow season."

Mao Jiu hurriedly stopped her, "We can't go. The Black Mountain Tribe has been occupied by the Earth Dragon Beastmen. They are very ferocious. My people were all killed by them."

After speaking, feeling the gazes cast upon it by the beasts, it timidly shrank into a corner, trying its best to minimize its presence.

Hu Shen noticed the excitement in Su Tang's eyes; she seemed very interested in this kind of stone.

His eyes flickered, and he turned around, saying:

"Pack your things, take the females back first, and then we can discuss the stone-digging."

"Yes, sir!" Niu Li scurried off to relay the order.

A group of orcs ransacked the lair and left in a large swarm with the females.

Lion Feather felt a deep, inexplicable frustration after being ignored several times.

He wanted to get close to Su Tang, but was pushed aside by Hu Shen every time, and ended up at the end of the line.

He felt a little depressed, and then suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten something.

...

In the woods not far from the gray wolf tribe.

When the appointed time arrived, the lion-clan orcs waited and waited, but they didn't even see a glimpse of their little leader.

"Why hasn't the young chief arrived yet?"

"Could it be that the young chief has changed his mind and doesn't want to go back with us?"

Several lion-like orcs looked anxious.

They've already sent word back; they're sure they'll be able to bring the young leader back this time.

Just then, a lion-clan orc came running from the direction of the gray wolf tribe, panting heavily.

"The young chief isn't in this tribe. I've searched the entire area, but I can't find him..."

Upon hearing this, the other orcs' expressions changed.

Oh no!

They must have been tricked by the young leader!

"What should we do? Should we still wait for the little chieftain?" one of the lion-clan beastmen asked.

"We can't wait any longer, let's go back and report to the chief!" The leading lion-orc decided immediately and led several of his men back.

Within the canyon.

A burly, middle-aged man with a full brown beard paced back and forth, occasionally glancing out of the canyon.

"Why isn't she coming back? Didn't you say Ah Ling had promised to come back?"

Just as he was getting impatient, several running lions finally appeared outside.

Lion Sky looked over with joy and excitement, but when he didn't see the person he was looking for, his face immediately darkened.

"Where's A-Ling? Why hasn't A-Ling come back?"

“Chief, the young chief doesn’t want to come back…” The lion-clan beastman stopped at the entrance of the canyon and knelt down with a thud.

"Why? Didn't I tell you to tell him I was seriously ill? Why won't he come back?" Lion's face instantly darkened.

Lion Feather was his only bloodline, and apart from his confidants, none of the beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain knew this.

Everything he did was to pave the way for Lion Feather, but Lion Feather never understood his good intentions.

“We don’t know either, we just…” The lion-clan beastman hesitated.

"Just what?"

"It seems the young chieftain is getting quite close to a female cat outside," the lion-orc recalled the information he had gathered outside the gray wolf tribe.

Lion Sky frowned. "You mean, A-Ling has fallen for a female outside and therefore doesn't want to come back?"

The lion-like orcs dared not respond.

"I'll go find Ah Ling myself, wherever you last saw him!"

Upon hearing this, one of Lion King's subordinates immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Chief, no! Your injuries have only just healed. Now is the time when the Lion Clan needs a leader."

Several months have passed since they escaped from the Beast Mountain. Their lion clan has suffered heavy losses, and even their leader, Lion Sky, was seriously injured and lay in bed for a full month before he could walk again.

But Lion Sky had already made his decision.

It was precisely because he was injured and bedridden for a full month that he was even more determined to find his only cub.

"No need to say anything more. After I leave the canyon, you all need to dig a tunnel with all your might."

If he can't get Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, then that brat Hu Shen won't get it either!

Once he brings Ah Ling back, it will be the day Hu Shen dies!

"Yes!" Seeing that he couldn't persuade his leader, the lion-clan beastman had no choice but to agree.