The vicious female Ye Youcha, who is in Shura Field every day

Chapter 278 Heart-to-heart talk
"I... I was just passing by."

The eagle-clan orc's eyes darted around nervously.

A sneer flashed in Qingzhu's emerald green eyes: "Who are you trying to fool? Do you think you need to circle overhead for most of the night just to pass by?"

The orc from the Eagle Tribe was speechless after being rebuked by Qingzhu, and his face turned extremely ugly.

Ye Ling scoffed, clearly not believing his nonsense.

Bai Qi slowly emerged from the morning mist, stopping in front of the eagle-beastman. Looking down at him, he narrowed his eyes and said, "If you don't tell the truth, we have countless ways to pry your mouth open. Do you want to try them all?"

His voice was gentle, but his words sent chills down one's spine.

Feng Su also came over, her peach blossom eyes full of interest: "Our Phoenix Clan has just researched several methods of interrogation, so why don't we try them out on him?"

Upon hearing this, the orc from the Eagle Tribe turned deathly pale.

Although he didn't know much about the Phoenix Clan of the Upper Realm, he had heard about how they had burned down several tribes in the Lower Realm not long ago and turned the entire Wolf Tribe's territory into ruins.

Today, the Phoenix Clan has become synonymous with ruthlessness among the various tribes of the Lower Realm.

Thinking that if she fell into his hands, she would probably be unable to live or die.

"and many more!"

The eagle-clan orc retreated in terror, "The chieftain sent me to monitor the wolf tribe's movements!"

Su Xiyue and Ye Ling exchanged a glance.

Since the Phoenix Clan withdrew its troops, the surrounding tribes have been watching the Wolf Clan's movements, which is not surprising.

"What else did your clan chief tell you?"

She crouched down, and a stalk of emerald green vine sprouted from her fingertips, gently wrapping around and landing on the other person's broken bone.

The eagle-clan orc was stunned. He hadn't expected this female to be a witch doctor, let alone that she would heal him.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "The chieftain said that your wolf tribe has changed too much recently. First, you were cutting birds for food everywhere, and then you were digging for these strange rocks. You also managed to survive under the Phoenix Clan and protect most of your people. There must be some unknown secret and special purpose behind this. He asked me to keep an eye on your mining and find out what these ores are used for."

He spilled everything he knew, as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube, fearing that he would be arrested and tortured.

Seeing that his injuries had improved, Su Xiyue withdrew the vines from her palm and smiled faintly: "These stones do have special uses for us, but for you, they are just a pile of useless broken stones. I am not exaggerating, but you do not know how to refine and forge them, so even if you dig them up, they will be useless."

Upon hearing this, the eagle-clan orc's eyes flashed with confusion.

But deep down, I also felt that what the other person said made sense.

Even if they now know that these stones have special uses, if no one tells them how to use them, they'll just end up with a pile of garbage if they dig them up.

Even if you take it back to build a stone house, you'll find it's not neat enough or too small.

It's really not worth getting into a conflict with the wolf tribe over this pile of broken stones.

The eagle tribe beastmen were thinking this to themselves, and they were gradually beginning to consider retreating.

Su Xiyue saw this and breathed a sigh of relief.

She stood up and said to the eagle-clan beastman, "Go back and tell your chieftain that these ores have a special use for our wolf tribe, but they are of little use to you. There's no need to bother with them anymore."

The eagle-clan orc nodded, about to transform into a vulture and fly away.

Remembering something, he stopped in his tracks, turned around, and asked, "Um... can you tell me why your wolf tribe cuts those birds for food?"

Only the Feather Tribe and the Bird Tribe have always eaten those foods, so I really can't understand why the Wolf Tribe would also cut them.

She smiled faintly and explained, half-jokingly, "The Wolf Tribe and the Phoenix Tribe are at war. In addition, the Wolf Tribe's old site was burned down, resulting in the loss of a lot of food and the death of many tribesmen. Now that food is scarce, we naturally need to prepare more food. We just happened to discover how to process and cook bird feed, so we went around and cut some back. It tastes pretty good."

The eagle-clan orc suddenly realized: "I see, thank you for letting me know."

As for the other party saying that the birdseed tasted pretty good, he didn't believe a word of it.

Only the bird tribe would like those hard, stiff grains.

He assumed the wolf tribe had nothing to eat, which is why they ate bird food; he's just putting on a brave face now.

The last trace of doubt in his heart was dispelled, and he transformed into a vulture and flew away.

Only after watching the other person's figure disappear into the horizon did everyone turn their attention away.

"Moon, why did you let him go so easily?"

Xuanming watched the eagle-beastman's departing figure, his voice tinged with dissatisfaction.

Seeing that the beastmen were all looking at her, Su Xiyue smiled faintly, "We still need several days to mine, and it's inevitable that scouts from other tribes will come to investigate. This place is too far from the tribe, and if a conflict breaks out, it will be disadvantageous to us. It's better to completely dispel their suspicions."

She was right. The Eagle Tribe didn't know how to refine and forge ore, so even if they dug it back, it would just be a pile of garbage.

Ye Ling looked at her with her silver eyes, a doting smile curving her lips: "What Yue'er said is absolutely right, and her considerations are very thorough."

Bai Qi nodded in agreement, "That's right. Our most important task right now is mining, and we shouldn't cause any unforeseen problems."

Upon hearing this, the other beastmen remained silent, clearly acquiescing to the decision.

After having breakfast, the group continued mining.

With yesterday's experience, the mining speed was significantly faster today.

Moreover, with the unexpected windfall of the azurite mine, everyone's enthusiasm for work has increased even more.

Su Xiyue wasn't idle either; she picked up the hematite they had dug out and put it into a wicker basket.

If you can't move the big ones, pick up the small ones; you'll be sweating buckets from the heat.

If she didn't have enough wicker baskets and carrying baskets, she would bring back some wicker and sit under a big tree to weave them, busy without stopping.

She made seven men feel incredibly sorry for her.

Ye Ling pressed her down under the shade of a tree: "Sit still."

Mo Lin silently slipped a bunch of wild grapes into her hand: "Eat grapes if you're really bored. They're clean."

Feng Su's fiery red feathered robe billowed in a dazzling arc as he snatched the wicker basket she had only half-finished weaving: "Little Yue'er's hands are for touching me, how can they do such rough work?"

"roll!"

The six beastmen spoke in unison. Bai Qi suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, his ten fox tails subtly separating the others: "Yue'er, I'll take you to see something."

His voice was gentle, yet carried an air of undeniable authority.

Before Su Xiyue could react, she was swept away by Bai Qi's fox tail and carried deep into the dense forest.

"Bai Qi?"

She looked up in confusion, only to see the usually elegant and composed old fox with dark eyes, his fingertips tracing the red marks left on her wrist by the vines: "Yue'er...do you prefer someone like Feng Su?"

His voice was somewhat hoarse, carrying an inexplicable emotion.

Su Xiyue was taken aback, not expecting Bai Qi to suddenly ask this.

She looked up at the androgynous handsome face before her and noticed an unnatural redness at the corners of his eyes, and his ten long, slender fingers unconsciously twisting her sash.

"you"

She wanted to explain, but didn't know how.

She has indeed been neglecting Bai Qi lately, mainly because she is unsure whether Bai Qi loves her or not.

If he loves her, why is his favorability rating so slow to rise?

She remembered that the last time Bai Qi's favorability rating increased was when the two of them were being chased around by Bai Ye's men.

At that time, Bai Qi was ambushed from behind by an eight-tailed red fox. In a moment of desperation, she bravely rushed over despite her large pregnant belly and took the fatal blow for him.

That was also the time when Bai Qi's favorability rating skyrocketed from 75 to 90.

After that, his favorability rating remained at 90 and never changed.

Su Xiyue couldn't tell whether his feelings for her were out of gratitude or love.

Sometimes these two feelings are easily confused.

Perhaps in Bai Qi's heart, he couldn't even distinguish himself.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Bai Qi assumed it was tacit agreement, and his heart ached even more.

He suddenly leaned down and bit her earlobe, his voice filled with a rare grievance: "You smiled at him three times today, and you even let him touch you."

Su Xiyue blushed. This old fox usually pretends to be nonchalant, but he can count so clearly behind the scenes.
She teased him deliberately, "Feng Su is indeed handsome."

"Am I less attractive than him? Or has Yue'er already forgotten about me and grown tired of me because she's found someone new?"

Bai Qi interrupted her, his voice tinged with a rare grievance, his usually smiling fox-like eyes now misty with tears.

Su Xiyue suddenly felt a jolt in her heart.

She had never seen Bai Qi look like this before.

This old fox, who was always so adept at handling things, now had even his tails drooping listlessly behind him, his ten snow-white tails covered in mineral dust.

"Bai Qi, you are very handsome."

She whispered, her fingertips gently tracing his delicate face, "In my heart, you are the most beautiful."

A hint of surprise flashed in Bai Qi's beautiful fox-like eyes, but he quickly suppressed it and asked uneasily, "Since I'm so good-looking, why is Yue'er not as close to me as before? Is it because of Feng Su's appearance?"

"No..."

Su Xiyue instinctively shook her head.

"what is that?"

Bai Qi suddenly pinned her against a tree trunk, his beautiful fox-like eyes filled with tears and grievance. "When I saw you laughing so happily with Feng Su, it made me feel especially sad."

He grabbed her hand and pressed it against his chest. "It hurts like I've been bitten by a venomous snake. I admit I'm jealous of him because I want to be the one who makes you happy. But I have to force myself to be magnanimous because I don't want to upset Yue'er."

My heart was pounding fast and hard under my palm.

Su Xiyue's hand recoiled instantly, as if it had been burned.

"Bai Qi."

She suddenly cupped his face in her hands, "Look at me."

The morning light filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled shadows on that androgynous face.

She looked into those fox-like eyes that always seemed to be smiling, and now they were filled with shattered light.

"Do you love me?"

She finally asked the question that had been weighing on her mind.

Bai Qi froze instantly, all ten fox tails stopping swaying: "What?"

Clearly, they didn't understand why Yue'er would suddenly ask that question.

"It's not gratitude, it's not being moved."

She traced her fingertips across his violently heaving chest. "It's the kind of love that makes this place hurt like crazy for me."

"I"

His Adam's apple bobbed, and the usually eloquent Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox suddenly fell silent.

I didn't know how to answer.

The fox's tail, which had stopped swaying, suddenly swept restlessly across the fallen leaves, raising flakes of leaves and fine dust.

Su Xiyue looked at his suddenly pale face and his silent demeanor, and her heart sank to the bottom.

Sure enough, even he himself couldn't tell the difference.

She knew this would happen.

She didn't know why she cared so much about whether Bai Qi loved her or not; she just really cared about the answer.

(End of this chapter)