Chapter 183 The Wolf Clan's Undercurrents Emerge
After catching a lot of prey in the woods, Shu Ning and Han She were about to head back as evening approached.
Processing meat by the river...
Han She processed the meat, while Shu Ning was in charge of washing the wild vegetables.
"Han She, thanks to you, we almost wiped out all the rabbits, pheasants, and wild boars in the wolf clan's forest this time... Oh, and we even took a lot of bird eggs!"
"With the mushrooms, wild onions, wild vegetables, and Sichuan peppercorns we picked this morning, it's enough to feed us for a long time."
"And these various herbs will last us a long time."
Shu Ning looked at the herbs that had been simply processed and laid out to dry behind her and said.
Han She's eyes flickered slightly, the corners of his lips lifted slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Our Ningning's little space is still the most amazing. Without it, no matter how much of these things we prepare, it will be useless."
"whee."
Shu Ning felt a little guilty when she thought about how she had put almost everything useful in the entire wolf clan forest into her spatial storage.
"However, since we've already plundered all the ingredients and medicinal herbs in the forest, the others will have to go to more distant places to find food."
Han chuckled, "Ningning, don't blame yourself. This area is where wolves live, and they've already hunted so much that there's not much food left. We just picked what others couldn't see."
“Actually, when they hunt, they usually go further afield and don’t even look at this area,” Han She added.
“That’s true. If we go to pick more tomorrow, we’ll probably have to go outside the wolf pack area.”
"Yes," Han She said with a gentle look in her eyes.
...
Wolf Pack Entrance Guard Position —
"Luo Ci, this is a reward my father gave to Xuan Lin as a special gift for his contributions to the wolf clan," Mu Chen said with a smile.
"Leng Yu, open it for him and take a look."
Luo Ci had been frowning slightly ever since Mu Chen appeared. "Why didn't you just give it to him directly? Why did you make me pass it on?"
Mu Chen gave an awkward laugh: "I just came back from outside and saw you here, so I thought I'd trouble you to give it to him."
"These are new fruits that the tribesmen who go out hunting have found. They are sweet and sour and very delicious. You can try some too."
As he spoke, he handed him a piece of fruit.
Luo Ci felt it was inappropriate to refuse him, so she accepted the fruit from him.
He glanced at the green and red berries in the bag, which emitted an enticing sweet aroma, and swallowed hard. "Wait a minute, my shift isn't over yet."
"Alright, remember to give Xuan Lin his share when you're laid off later."
"Hmm." Luo Ci finished speaking and continued to stare ahead.
After Mu Chen left, Leng Yu leaned close to Luo Ci's ear and said, "This fruit will make you drunk. Don't be greedy while on duty."
After saying that, he left.
Luo Ci looked at them in surprise, and after changing shifts, she brought the bag of fruit to Xuan Lin.
"Boss, Leng Yu said that eating this fruit will make you dizzy."
Xuan Lin looked at the fruit in front of him, frowned slightly, and said, "Throw it away."
“But he said this was a gift from the clan chief,” Luo Ci said. “However, Leng Yu said it would make you dizzy if you ate it.”
“What did I tell you before? Do you remember?” Xuan Lin asked seriously.
"Remember, stay away from Mu Chen, and never eat anything he gives you..." Luo Ci recalled.
"Hmm," Xuan Lin replied with satisfaction.
“But wasn’t this a gift from the clan chief?” Luo Ci insisted.
"Hmm?" Xuan Lin looked at him coldly.
"I'll throw it away right now, I'll throw it away right now." After saying that, Luo Ci threw the fruit and the bag into the woods next to her.
"Boss, why are you so wary of him?" Luo Ci asked, puzzled.
“He…” Xuan Lin’s eyes narrowed slightly, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes.
“He’s taken in a lot of orcs abandoned by other tribes over the past few years and trains them every day. I’m worried…”
“Yes, his orcs are increasing in number. Now, when walking among the wolf clan, you can often see many outsiders,” Luo Ci thought warily.
"Yes, be careful to guard against him in the meantime," Xuan Lin reminded him.
"Understood, boss."
Evening, at the entrance of Shu Ning Cave—
Han She was roasting animal meat at the cave entrance, while Shu Ning was cooking egg drop soup.
Looking at the sunset that had turned half the sky red, even everything around the ground was enveloped in the sunset glow.
"How beautiful!" she exclaimed.
"It smells so good!"
Shu Ning and Han She looked up after hearing the voice and saw Jin Tong walking towards them.
"Jintong, you're back so soon," Shu Ning greeted him.
“Yes, I knew you guys would be back as soon as I came back,” Jin Tong said, squatting down next to her and smelling the soup with his eyes closed.
The aroma made his mouth water, and his red eyes instantly lit up: "Ningning, how did you know I love this?"
"You're back just in time. Here, this bowl is for you." Shu Ning handed the egg drop soup to Jin Tong.
"I'm actually hungry!" Jin Tong's ears twitched involuntarily as he tasted it. "It's delicious! What are these leaves?"
“These are wild vegetables, try some,” Shu Ning said.
“Mm,” Jin Tong replied.
At this moment, a wolf-like beastman came over to inform the Moli clan about the situation.
“I never expected that Mo Li’s father had passed away…” A hint of sympathy flashed in Jin Tong’s eyes.
"Yes... he must be very sad right now." Shu Ning was downcast and worried about Mo Li.
Thinking of Mo Li's personality, Jin Tong sighed softly, "He'll have family with him when he goes back, so he should be able to get over his grief more quickly..."
He moved closer to Shu Ning. "Don't worry too much."
"Mmm," Shu Ning replied.
After eating quite a bit more, Jin Tong took Shu Ning to bed.
The Wolf Clan's Night—
"Wake up! Look what that is!" The wolf guard nudged the other guard who was dozing off.
"Hmm...?" The dozing guard looked over with blurry eyes. "Isn't that someone having a barbecue?"
He yawned and said, "What's the big deal... I thought the boss was here."
"Something's not right!" the guard exclaimed warily. "The Holy Mother has given orders that no fires are allowed in the forest..."
"Hmm?" The dozing guard shook his head.
"There are some over there too!" the guard exclaimed.
Just as the dozing guard was about to look over again, he heard his voice again.
Moments later, thick smoke and then flames began to rise from several places.
"Oh no! Someone has set the fire on purpose!" the guard shouted in alarm.
"Go and inform the boss!"
After he finished speaking, he transformed into a wolf and ran uphill, howling.
Upon hearing this, the dozing orc instantly woke up and transformed into a wolf, running towards Xuan Lin's cave.
"Oh no! Fire!"
He ran and shouted.
The guards, who heard the wolf howls in the distance, immediately became alert and looked around.
"What happened?"
"Quickly, put out the fire!"
The other guards immediately stood up upon hearing this.
"Awooo—"
Then, the howls of wolves sounded all around, a warning.
Flames began to burn in the areas where the wolf pack lived.
"Boss, something bad has happened! It's over there in the back mountain..." the orc shouted, panting.
"Who are you?!" he exclaimed.
He stood in front of Xuanlin Cave but did not see his leader emerge. Instead, he saw several foreign orcs carefully searching inside the cave, each wielding a sharp weapon.
Upon hearing his voice, the foreign orcs stopped what they were doing and looked at him warily.
“Kill him!” one of the giant lizards shouted.
Then the other orcs, wielding large bone knives, approached him step by step with fierce expressions.
The wolf guards who brought the message quickly retreated, looking at the blood on their blades, and exclaimed in horror, "What...what are you going to do!?"
"What are you doing?" The one-eyed scorpion beast that walked towards him laughed, "Of course, I'm taking you to see Grandma!"
As he spoke, he transformed into his scorpion form, extending a venomous stinger from his tail and swiftly lunging at him.
"ah--!"
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