"Yes, Chieftain," several young orcs responded, transforming into wolf forms and rushing towards the southernmost part of the tribe.
Bi Xie and Yu Feng were unaware that after the three left, several male wolves ransacked their cave.
Unfortunately, they found nothing. The food and animal hides needed for the winter in the cellar had been taken away, leaving only some stone benches and beds, ashes, unburnt firewood, and scattered bones in the cave.
Upon hearing the report from the male wolves, the wolf clan chief's expression darkened further.
Qiu Ning stared in disbelief at the returning male wolves: "Is there really nothing left? Did you search everything?"
Several male wolves shook their heads: "We've searched everything, there really is no food in the cave."
"How is that possible? Yu Feng hunted more food in one day than all ten of you combined. How could you possibly carry it all?" Qiu Ning questioned aggressively.
"Alright, Qiu Ning, if it's not true, it's not true," the chieftain said with a gloomy expression, his hands behind his back. He glanced at the shaman beside him. "Yuan Sang, is your prediction about the weather correct? Will this winter really be prolonged?"
“Chief, this time we are absolutely right. This winter will not only be prolonged, but it will also be the coldest winter in history. Chief, you might as well send a few people to follow Yu Feng. If they don’t find a cave to spend the winter and freeze to death outside, we can take back the food they took!” Yuan Sang said.
The clan chief pondered for a moment, then gave the order.
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The three transformed into beasts and raced out of the Nanling Mountains.
It was fast when it encountered the wind, but it deliberately yielded to Bi Xie and Luo Ling, always keeping only a few feet ahead of them.
Snowflakes fell gently, leaving a trail of footprints on the ground.
There are only two tribes near Nanling Mountain: the Wushui Wolf Tribe and the Rabbit Tribe. Surrounded by these three tribes is a forbidden area—the Dry Bone Forest.
This forest covers a large area, but it is full of poisonous insects, snakes and ants. Even orcs who have awakened their beast souls are extremely vulnerable to being bitten by poisonous creatures and dying in this forest.
Over time, no orcs dared to hunt in this forest, and it became a dividing line between the three races.
When Luo Ling saw Yu Feng stop in front of the Bone Forest, her bright eyes flashed with fear. "Feng, why did you bring us here? This is the Bone Forest, it's very dangerous inside."
Yu Feng raised an eyebrow arrogantly and said confidently, "Sister, don't worry, there's a kind of herb inside that can cure all poisons."
Bi Xie glanced at the lush forest and remained silent.
With a slight slant at the corner of his eye, he asked in a cocky tone, "Ugly pig, are you scared?"
Bi Xie rolled his eyes at him, too lazy to pay him any attention.
Call her an ugly pig. She'd never even acknowledge it!
"Sister, don't worry, I've stayed in there before, it's fine," Yu Feng shook off the snowflakes, glanced at Bi Xie with a spirited look, and said firmly, "You don't need to be afraid either, with me here, I will protect you."
Bi Xie glanced at him in surprise.
Upon encountering the wind, she awkwardly turned her head away and ran into the forest, her ears slightly red as she said, "Follow me!"
Luo Ling glanced timidly at Bi Xie, and the two followed behind Yu Feng.
The interior of the Bone Forest is actually no different from other forests. The trees are tall enough to block out the sun, with lush green vines hanging from their dense branches. The roots of the trees are intertwined, and many of them have arched out from the ground.
There were also many milky white mushrooms growing under the tree, so densely packed that staring at them for too long would make your scalp tingle.
Yu Feng instructed: "These mushrooms are inedible, and so are these purple fruits with red spots; they are all poisonous."
Bi Xie followed the boy's finger and saw that they were all plants and fruits she had never seen before.
She had never seen this tree before, even though it was several times thicker than her waist, and she didn't know its name at all.
There were many ferns growing on the ground, each as tall as her waist.
Fortunately, Yu Feng was leading the way, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to see the road at all.
These weeds are growing too vigorously!
The air was filled with the fresh scent of grass and trees, mixed with a hint of floral fragrance. Luo Ling exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, what beautiful flowers!"
Bi Xie turned his head and saw many pale purple flowers growing in the bushes. They were somewhat similar in shape to wisteria flowers, but their corollas were larger, and there was a ring of pale yellow down on the inflorescence axis.
That faint floral fragrance emanates from this flower.
Luo Ling knew the Forest of Withered Bones was dangerous, but she loved flowers and refrained from touching them, though she took a deep breath of their fragrance. "They smell so good, Ah Feng, may I pick some?"
Yu Feng hesitated for a moment. He had never picked this kind of flower before and didn't know if it was poisonous.
But seeing how much her older sister liked it, she couldn't bear to refuse.
Anyway, there are antidotes, so even if the flower is poisonous, it should be fine. After thinking for a while, Yu Feng strode over and said, "Sister, how many do you want? I'll pick them for you."
Luo Ling's eyes sparkled; she clearly loved it: "Pick more..."
Yu Feng picked several handfuls of purple flowers, and then led the two of them to pick the bitter herb he had mentioned that could cure all poisons.
Bitter hemp grass is a name Yu Feng gave himself. As its name suggests, although it can detoxify, it tastes both numb and bitter.
I picked some purple flowers when the wind blew, and just to be on the safe side, I ate a few bitter herbs.
Bi Xie and Luo Ling were also forced by him to eat a bitter herb.
The three of them didn't linger in the Bone Forest for long before Yu Feng took them directly to a cave.
“This is the cave where I used to live. We’ll make it our home here for the winter. If you’re afraid to stay in the Bone Forest after the snow melts, we’ll go somewhere else,” Yu Feng said, putting the animal skin bag he was carrying on the ground and starting to tidy up the cave.
Although no one has lived in the cave for a long time, it still has all the necessary stone beds and benches.
Bi Xie had no objection to living in the Bone Forest; it was freezing cold outside, so having a place to stay was already a blessing.
Seeing that the two had agreed to stay there, Luo Ling stopped talking and started tidying up the cave.
When it encountered the wind, it transformed into a beast, concealing its ulterior motives, and said to Luo Ling, "Sister, I'll dig out another inner room for you to live in."
Luo Ling blushed, glancing at Bi Xie, who was cutting animal hides with a bone knife, and nodded, thinking that her younger brother had misunderstood her and wanted to become partners with Chu Xie. "Okay."
The wolf claws of the four-star soul beast were very sharp, and in no time, Yu Feng dug out a cave of about thirty square meters.
Bi Xie was surprised by the speed at which the silver wolf dug the burrow. He swallowed hard and said, "Let's dig another one out. We can use it to store firewood or something."
Yu Feng grunted in response, and his wolf claws pierced the rock wall as easily as cutting tofu, quickly digging out two small caves and a cellar.
The cave was somewhat dark, so Bi Xie lit a fire, which made the cave brighter.
Using stones to make furniture all the time isn't a solution, so Bi Xie sent Yu Feng to the forest to cut some wood.
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