163 Wilderness Survival

◎It's time for her to do what she wants to do.◎

...Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen.

In front of the straight mountain wall, Ye Zhizhi had just added a new scratch, and then she counted all the scratches she had made in front of her again from the beginning.

She had carved a total of fourteen marks in her former territory. After moving to the canyon cave, she deliberately filled in the previous fourteen marks here, and added another one after each winter.

Time is unknown in the mountains. Ye Zhizhi cannot remember every specific day and can only estimate it roughly according to the season.

Ye Zhizhi was born in early May when the weather was neither too hot nor too cold. She was thrown into the mountains when she was less than three months old. She was then brought back to the wolf den and raised as a wolf cub. She was sick and confused for a long time. After she finally got better, the sudden drop in temperature almost killed her.

That was the first winter she had ever spent, and the cycle of years continued.

From then until the last stroke, she had carved sixteen marks.

Sixteen years.

She lived here for sixteen years.

She grew from a weak and frail baby to a blooming young woman.

Since she moved the wolves to the canyon cave two years ago, Ye Zhizhi has been focusing on leading the wolves to adapt to the environment here and working hard to fill in the gaps.

The wolves adapted well from the beginning. They spent whole days outside surveying the land and becoming familiar with every inch of rock.

Perhaps it was because this area had fertile grass and abundant prey, so the wolves grew fatter and stronger. After Ye Zhizhi led the wolf pack in several fights with many nearby predators, he finally established his position as the leader in this area.

Ye Zhizhi's ability to lead his wolf pack to dominate this jungle was primarily due to the pack's rapidly growing overall strength. Yin Fei hadn't left since returning, and Sanbai's four wolf cubs had grown to adulthood, with seven or eight more added last year.

The number of wolves is increasing faster and faster every year. By the time Silver Little Gray finds a partner who gives birth to another litter this year, and Sanbai gives birth to another litter, the size she expected will be reached for the time being.

Ye Zhizhi hoped that Yin Yi and Wolf Sister would have another litter, but the territories were too far apart, and Yin Yi was busy with the affairs of the tribe and had no time to go out and look for Wolf Sister.

The wolves are very satisfied with their new territory. When they don't want to fight, they just walk around the canyon and play with some small animals. When they want to fight, they walk out of the canyon.

Ye Zhizhi would think of his original territory from time to time, but the wolf pack had already forgotten their original territory. Life here was too rich and colorful.

A wolf's head rubbed against him. Ye Zhizhi raised his hand to embrace it and rubbed it, and all the melancholy in his heart disappeared.

Yin Fei lay beside Ye Zhizhi. Her body was much larger than Ye Zhizhi, but her limbs were curled up, showing her cute appearance.

Yin Fei came back last year. Ye Zhizhi thought that it might return to the territory after training, and wanted to pick Yin Fei up. Unexpectedly, it was very smart. After the winter, it took the initiative to run to the central area. Finally, it met Ye Zhizhi halfway, and Ye Zhizhi took it back to the cave.

Yin Fei didn't expect that there would be such great changes in less than two years since it left. Its wolf master had abdicated, its aunt became the new wolf king, and its wolf father became the second in command of the tribe.

Of course, this doesn't make much difference to Yin Fei. In fact, because Yin Fei is closer to Xiao Gu, she is even happier that it has become the wolf king.

Yin Fei is ambitious. After many years, he will become even stronger and become the new wolf king!

After Ye Zhizhi touched Yin Fei, she stood up and walked out of the cave. She asked Yin Fei to go out for patrol, and she climbed up to the grove and sat on the rock at the top of the cave. Below was the cave and open space blocked by the crowns of ancient trees, and in the distance she looked towards the canyon.

She watched it all.

At some point, Yin Yi appeared beside her, lay down beside her, and then also looked into the distance.

Ye Zhizhi leaned on Yin Yi.

She and Yin Yi were almost always together, but the time they spent together quietly like now was much less, and she had high hopes for Yin Yi.

After Wolf Dad abdicated, Wolf Mom voluntarily stepped back, and Ye Zhizhi and Yin Yi became the two kings of the wolf pack.

Yin Yi takes over the role that Wolf Mom once played and assists her in managing the wolf pack.

Yin Yi was once the most powerful among the younger generation. All the wolves in the tribe believed that he would be the next Wolf King, so he was trained according to the standards of the Wolf King.

Who knew something went wrong and she ended up becoming the wolf king.

And Yin Yi was willing to be inferior to her.

If she had always stayed in the wolf pack, the pack would have existed in this management mode, but now——

She is leaving.

She is really leaving this time.

From now on, the burden of the wolf pack will be placed on Yinyi.

Ye Zhizhi originally thought that she and Yin Yi would have a formal fight. If Yin Yi defeated her, the position of Wolf King would fall into his hands. However, Yin Yi refused to challenge her. Yin Yi was willing to take second place and assist her.

Ye Zhizhi could only instruct Yin Yi this, and after she left, the wolf pack would be left to him to take care of.

Yin Yi looked at Ye Zhizhi.

After so many years, its character has become very mature, but in front of Ye Zhizhi, he is still the brother who cares about his wolf sister.

Yin Yi knew that the wolf pack had been tying her down for many years, and now it was time for her to do what she wanted to do.

Yin Yi didn't respond, but he lowered his head and licked Ye Zhizhi.

This time Ye Zhizhi did not stay any longer. She did not take many things with her, just a thick snakeskin package, a snakeskin bag, and a dagger.

The wolves seemed to have noticed something, and on the day Ye Zhizhi left the canyon, they all appeared and watched her leave.

This is their wolf king, and she is leaving the pack.

In fact, except for the wolf cubs born in the past two years, all other wolves know that she will leave eventually.

She never thought of becoming the wolf king from the beginning, she became the wolf king for them.

The little wolves were confused and whimpered sadly. Was their king going to abandon them?

The wolves howled in low voices, as if in response, the king was not abandoning them, she was going to pursue what she wanted, and the wolf pack would wait for her to come back.

Yin Yi and Yin Lang kept staring at Ye Zhizhi until his breath disappeared.

Yin Fei suddenly started running. It ran all the way to the top of the mountain, raised its head and howled loudly—

“Ouch—”

Ye Zhizhi didn't look up. She couldn't look at the wolves. She sat on the back of Xiaohua, who had been waiting at the door, with little expression on her face.

Ye Zhizhi's mood was more torn than ever. Her heart felt as if it was riddled with holes. If Xiaohua hadn't taken her away, Ye Zhizhi wouldn't have been able to take a single step forward.

Ye Zhizhi knew that the wolves were looking at her from behind, but she still didn't look back.

She was afraid that if she looked back, she would never be able to leave.

Ye Zhizhi lay on Xiaohua's snake, repeating to herself that she should leave.

However, when he heard Yin Fei's cry filled with reluctance and sadness, he finally couldn't help but turn back.

The little flower snake was moving very quickly. She bit her lower lip hard, otherwise she might not be able to resist asking to go back.

After Xiaohua ran out of the familiar area, the heart-piercing pain in Ye Zhizhi's body slowly subsided.

She forced herself to stop thinking about it and lay on Xiaohua, letting it take her out.

In the past two years, Xiaohua's body has continued to grow, and even Ye Zhizhi, who has grown to the same size, can continue to sit down.

Ye Zhizhi forced himself not to think about anything and just let Xiaohua leave.

After a few days of rest, Ye Zhizhi's mood finally improved a lot. At this time, Xiaohua had already taken her back to her territory.

Ye Zhizhi thought that she would pass through Wolf Sister's territory when she left this time, so she decided to bring some gifts for it.

After obtaining Xiaohua's consent, Ye Zhizhi went to get the stalactite water and gave it to Wolf Sister and Xiao Chijin.

With Xiaohua around, Ye Zhizhi hardly had to walk and soon returned to his former tribe's territory.

Ye Zhizhi got off Xiaohua and saw this familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar place, and couldn't help but observe it carefully.