Haitang followed behind Shihu, who protected Haitang and Yueyue. Dongfang Long was in a similar situation. When the group entered the forest, they could see that their surroundings were different.

"There are more wild vegetables on this side," Haitang said, and Shihu nodded, looking around.

"That's natural, the soil and water here are very good." So there are more things here, but of course it's also more dangerous, and there are ultimately fewer females than males.

Of course, over the years, the number of people has increased, and because fewer and fewer people have become beast-like, this village has begun to take shape. However, even so... it is not as much as the area around Haitang, which has been depleted by harvesting over many years.

Hearing this, Haitang nodded and immediately started working. Haitang began digging for wild vegetables and then looking for wild fruits. She even picked up medicinal herbs like Chinese yam directly. Shi Hu and the others also filled baskets.

Today, Haitang mainly came to the mountains to find some health-preserving ingredients. She didn't want many wild vegetables. Chinese yam was hard to find, but fortunately, Yueyue had eaten it before and knew about the raw leaves, so the two of them found it quickly.

They found some in no time. Shi Hu and Dongfang Long naturally protected them from the sidelines. Whenever they saw a wild animal, they would start shooting. At first, their aim was a little off, but now, although they weren't hitting the target every time, they could hit it nine times out of ten.

The only downside was that the arrows weren't sharp enough. Even if they wounded wild boars, they would still scare them away. Fortunately, Dongfanglong and Shihu could cooperate. Dongfanglong would draw his bow while Shihu would block them from a distance, and they could quickly capture their prey.

While digging for yams, Haitang suddenly noticed something familiar on a small cliff not far away. Haitang was stunned for a while, and the group had already gone quite deep into the mountain.

"Father..." Haitang looked at Shi Hu not far away and immediately waved to him. When Shi Hu saw her, he walked over.

"What's wrong?" Dongfang Long was cleaning up the pheasant not far away. He showed the wound to the other party and said that the pheasant was not going to live, so he would just treat it as meat. If it could live, he would keep it.

"Father, look, can you get that down for me?" Haitang couldn't reach it; the cliff was too high. Shi Hu, who was nearly two meters tall, could reach it by standing on tiptoe.

"This thing... okay, Daddy will get it for you." Shi Hu said, looking at Haitang, and reached out to lift Haitang up with one hand.

Haitang glanced at Shi Hu and reached out to step on the Ganoderma lucidum. The Ganoderma lucidum was as big as a large soup bowl. Haitang carefully began to handle it. Shi Hu originally wanted to do it himself.

Seeing her daughter's excited expression, she thought for a moment and decided to let her do it herself. "Be careful, Tangtang..." Hearing this, Haitang nodded.

He carefully dug out the Ganoderma lucidum with a small knife. After he finished, Shi Hu asked Haitang to come down. Although Shi Hu had lost an arm, he was still able to hold a half-grown girl steadily.

"Sister... hurry up and go." Haitang had just come downstairs when Yueyue ran over. Yueyue looked disheveled. Haitang hadn't even put the Ganoderma lucidum down yet when she saw Yueyue's appearance.

"What happened?" Haitang asked, and Yueyue's face turned pale upon hearing this.

"A wild tiger has appeared ahead." The wild tiger refers to a tiger, unlike the orcs, the other party is a wild beast.

Hearing this, Haitang was stunned. Just now, Dongfanglong and Yueyue encountered a tiger. Haitang was digging for medicinal herbs when Dongfanglong immediately led someone away.

Haitang's expression changed, and she was about to walk over, but Shi Hu grabbed her. "You silly girl, you'll just be a snack to eat with drinks. Yueyue, you go back with your sister, I'll go check on things..."

"No, Father, you have no chance of winning right now," Haitang said, her face pale. Although she had never seen a live tiger, she had seen others bring back tigers from hunts.

The orcs had hunted wild tigers, and those tigers looked much bigger and more majestic than those in the zoo. Even Shi Hu's family had a tiger skin, but... his stepmother just took it away without a second thought.

"Then what should we do? Should we just abandon Xiaolong?" Shi Hu looked at Haitang, who immediately shook her head, holding the Lingzhi in her hand. It was impossible to abandon Dongfang Long.

"Father... eat this. The main reason I came out this time is that I didn't see these medicinal herbs on the other side, so I came here to try my luck. Father... if you eat this, you should be able to transform into a beast." Haitang said to Shi Hu.

"Father, please believe Tangtang, okay?" Haitang's eyes reddened. "You should believe Tangtang. Tangtang won't lie to you." Shi Hu nodded as he saw Haitang crying.

He grabbed the Ganoderma lucidum and started eating it. It felt hot. Ganoderma lucidum is very nourishing. This thing looks like more than a hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. Haitang has been taking care of Shi Hu's health these days.

Knowing that Shi Hu was still lacking a certain fire, which was nothing other than qi, she needed to give Shi Hu a major boost. Small treatments were too much of a hassle, so she wanted to focus on medicinal herbs.

The situation was even more complicated on Dongfang Long's side. She showed Dongfang Long that he was like a well, while Shi Hu was like a water vat. When Shi Hu ate it, he felt his body become hot.

"This... Yueyue, you and your sister wait here for Father." Shi Hu said to Haitang, and the next second, veins bulged on his face, and he let out a fierce shout, "Ah..."

Having experience with beast transformation, although he hadn't been able to transform for over a year, he was already familiar with it deep down. He felt that he could transform into a beast, and he also trusted his daughter.

Haitang was startled when a huge white tiger appeared. The next second, the tiger charged towards a nearby spot. Yueyue's eyes widened. "Father can finally transform into a beast!"

Haitang nodded, relieved that her guess was correct. The reason she couldn't transform into a beast was due to insufficient nutrition, which led to all of this. And nutrition wasn't just about meat, but also protein and qi.

All ingredients in the world have nutritional value; this is the medicinal cuisine that Haitang knows. "Father should be able to do it, right?"

Haitang looked at Yueyue and said, she didn't know if she was right. But Dongfang Long had lured the tiger away because of her and Shi Hu, so she couldn't just not save him.

Because Dongfang Long is not just anyone, but also family. He protects and takes care of them, and he does a lot of things and chores at home.

He shouldered all the burdens almost like a man, and Haitang couldn't help but cry. Yueyue looked at Haitang and said, "Sister, let's go out first." Hearing this, Haitang nodded.

The roars of tigers echoed from not far away. Haitang looked at the distance with some worry. The roars had startled many people. Shiming also ran over, "Yueyue...did you encounter a wild tiger? Where is your father?"

"Third Uncle... my father has turned into a beast. He went to fight that wild tiger." Upon hearing this, Shi Ming was slightly taken aback. Turned into a beast? "It's true, my father has turned into a beast."

He didn't tell Shi Ming that his father had turned into a beast after eating something that looked like a mushroom, because it was a secret. When Shi Ming heard this, he was completely dumbfounded.

Given Shi Hu's current state, there was no way he could transform into a beast. But soon, seeing the white tiger approaching from a distance, with Dongfang Long beside him, Haitang, seeing Dongfang Long, immediately pounced on him, checking his body to see if he was injured. "Are you hurt?"