After he finished speaking to Hu Ming, he turned to look at Su Tang, his expression still gentle, revealing no other emotions.

"A-Tang, you two rest here first. I've asked Yingjie to prepare a separate cave for you. Tomorrow I'll take you to retrieve the divine stone."

After thinking for a moment, Su Tang quickly nodded, "Go ahead, don't worry about us."

Hu Shen has always been upright and honest in his actions, so since he said he wouldn't, she subconsciously believed him.

Seeing Su Tang say this, Hu Shen turned to Su Jianyuan and Da Qing and nodded slightly before striding away.

Yingjie and Niuli stayed behind to settle the others.

Outside the cave.

"What's going on?" The gentleness on Hu Shen's face disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression, exuding an imposing aura.

"Just now, someone dumped the corpses of those orcs at the foot of the mountain. They were all orcs from our Tiger Clan..."

Do you know what kind of beast did it?

"I don't know. The injured orcs were also thrown back, but they were all knocked unconscious and didn't see what the other party looked like. A female was also thrown back with them."

Hu Ming answered truthfully.

Upon hearing this, a hint of anger flashed in Hu Shen's usually calm eyes.

They only killed the tiger-tribe orcs; the other orcs were simply knocked unconscious and sent back.

This is a blatant provocation, a demonstration against him!

What kind of orcs are they that harbor such hatred towards the tiger clan?

"Your Majesty, I've inquired. There were orcs who were knocked unconscious from morning until afternoon when they came down the mountain. They were all knocked unconscious shortly after they came down," Hu Ming continued to report.

What does this tell us?

These orcs guarded Mount Ten Thousand Beasts from beginning to end, waiting for their chance to strike.

There is definitely more than one orc on the other side.

"Can we determine what kind of orc they are from the traces they left behind?"

“Your Majesty, the other party left no trace, it should be… a bird-clan beastman.”

Hu Shen frowned slightly. Bird-clan beastmen? Neither he nor the old beast king should have had any enmity with any bird-clan beastmen.

To be honest, the only one was the pair of blue eagle orc siblings we encountered on the way back.

"Then send a few squads of bird-clan beastmen to patrol the vicinity of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. If they find anything, they should immediately come back and notify me," Hu Shen instructed after a moment's thought.

"Yes!" Hu Ming's gentle face relaxed slightly.

Hunting is the orcs' way of survival. Hunting in the forest was difficult enough, but now they are also subjected to malicious attacks by orcs.

Although this matter is not enough to affect the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, some weaker orcs will be afraid to go down the mountain to hunt because of it.

Recently, the Beast Mountain has taken in many orcs who have fled there, and they are in short supply of survival materials.

Without hunting, they would simply wait to die.

Just as Hu Ming was about to go down and carry out the order, he was suddenly stopped.

"Wait, have those two Azure Eagle Beastmen left from down the mountain?"

Hu Ming pays special attention to orcs related to the king.

Upon hearing this, I answered without hesitation:

"They're gone. Before they left, they found twenty orcs who had just joined the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. I heard they were promised benefits, so they had these orcs escort them back to their tribe."

Hearing this answer, Hu Shen was not surprised.

“However,” Hu Ming paused, then continued, “I heard he’s dealing with a group of jackal beastmen, none of them are easy to deal with.”

Jackal orcs are notoriously difficult to deal with, and are infamous among wolf orcs.

It is said that jackal orcs dislike being taken advantage of. They are not only bad-tempered, but also love to take advantage of others. Because they are shameless, they are all quite strong.

Back in the Beast Mountain, there were many powerful orcs suppressing the beastmen, but the jackal orcs were quite well-behaved.

However, what it will be like after leaving the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain remains to be seen.

Hu Shen glanced at him. "Are you gloating?"

Hu Ming tensed up, thinking he had said something wrong. Just as he was about to explain, Hu Shen continued.

“Good. When the jackal orcs return, if they did a good job on the road, reward them with ten boxes of coal, and you can collect five boxes as well.”

Coal—that was a precious resource brought back from the Black Mountain tribe.

They only brought back a few hundred baskets in total, which wasn't enough for all the beastmen of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, so they didn't distribute them at all.

Wang Juran, awarding himself!

Hu Ming carefully observed the king's expression, trying to decipher the meaning of the word "good".

It probably doesn't mean that in the normal sense...

...

Inside the cave.

After Hu Shen left, Ying Jie continued to arrange accommodations for Su Tang.

"A-Tang, the king has prepared a separate place for you. Please come with me." Compared to his casual attitude at the farm, Ying Jie showed more respect to Su Tang after entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

It's not that Su Tang's identity has changed.

Rather, it was his attitude towards Su Tang, as the king's most trusted subordinate, that determined how the other orcs viewed Su Tang.

"My brother and I can live together, there's no need for all this trouble." Su Tang glanced at the cave, which was about the size of two rooms and could easily accommodate three orcs and a cub.

They've stayed in all sorts of places along the way, so Su Tang isn't too picky about where she is when she's traveling.

After all, this is someone else's territory.

"This was specifically ordered by the King. He said it's inconvenient for a female like you to live with a male," Yingjie explained.

Compared to the carelessness of ordinary orcs, Hu Shen is meticulous and thorough in every aspect.

Washing up, changing clothes, and sleeping are things that can be done on the way, but now that we've arrived at Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, there's no reason to stay with Da Qing any longer.

Upon hearing this, Su Jianyuan also said:

“Since it was Hu Shen who arranged it, you should go. What’s the point of living with two grown men like us?”

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