The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 140 Hou Nan Beast Clan
The man, his defenses breached, stared at Bai Qingyu with eyes like knives during dinner, who seemed oblivious to his presence.

Bai Qingyu maintained a relaxed and calm demeanor throughout, until after dinner when she met Chongzhen by the stream. With a faint smile on her face, she said, "You've been looking at me like that all night, aren't you tired yet?"

Chongzhen grinned and said, "Stop showing off here. Don't think we don't know what you're thinking."

Bai Qingyu brushed her long hair aside, revealing the marks on her neck, and said casually, "You're just jealous."

Chongzhen gritted her teeth: "Yeah, you better be able to stay by her side every step of the way, or you'll break down like me one day."

Bai Qingyu's smile vanished, and she gave him a quiet look: "You?"

"You and I are both Enen's partners. Whoever wins her favor will naturally depend on their own abilities."

"As you are now, there's no way you'll make her care about you."

Bai Qingyu didn't say she knew Ling Chengen very well, but she basically figured out her attitude and bottom line when it came to relationships.

"Don't get too cocky, it's not certain yet. If it's not me, it could be someone else!"

Chongzhen snorted coldly, ignoring Bai Qingyu's suddenly ugly expression, and jumped directly into the stream. His red fox tail floated on the water as he swam upstream, not wanting to bathe in the same place as Bai Qingyu.

Hmph, isn't it just about vying for favor?

Flat-haired orcs can never compete with those with round hair.

Chongzhen hugged his large tail, the tip of which brushed against his chin. He looked down at his reflection on the water and fell into deep thought.

That's what they say, but how exactly do you do it?

……

Ling Chengen was unaware of the undercurrents among his family members. The next morning, he led his team to the east.

Looking down at the massive migration below, Chongzhen exclaimed in shock, "This is the first time I've ever seen so many people traveling together."

The number of flying orcs is ultimately small, and this time when they go to harvest tree wheat, they not only need to bring manpower, but also enough other living supplies.

Because such a large number of orcs have entered the territory of other races, they cannot be hunted at will.

This would disrupt the prey reserves in other tribes' territories, easily triggering wars between tribes.

"Are we starting the harvest from the south this time? Which exactly?"

Bai Qingyu turned around and said, "The territory of the Hounan Beast Clan."

Ling Chengen paused for a few seconds, then quickly located the territory of the Hou Nan Beast Clan on the map provided by the system. It was located in the border area between the south and the east.

The five major regions of the Beast Plains are mainly divided by terrain, and they are not completely contiguous.

For example, the dividing line between the central and eastern regions is mainly the Yehelan River and its tributaries. However, in some areas where there are no rivers, the division is based on the direction of the mountains. If there are no rivers, the area is a border region that does not belong to the eastern or central regions.

There are actually quite a few tribes in the border area, but they are generally small tribes.

The territory of a small tribe is generally defined by its settlement, with a radius of five kilometers around it.

Medium-sized tribes have larger territories, covering a radius of 15 kilometers. Within this 5-kilometer radius, outsiders are prohibited from entering, and there are regular patrols by defense teams. The 10-kilometer radius beyond this area is more lenient; if orcs from other tribes occasionally pass by or accidentally trespass to hunt, they are not necessarily driven away.

However, if a foreign tribe invades and hunts too many prey, they will inevitably be forcibly expelled.

The dividing line between the east and south is mainly based on the mountain range, with the most iconic one being the Nangang Mountains.

The Nangang Mountains are a typical north-south mountain range, about 500 kilometers long. The mountains are steep in the north and relatively gentle in the south.

North of Nangang Mountain lies a large basin called the Liska Basin, where the Hounan Beast Clan primarily resides.

The southernmost part of the tree wheat growing area is located in the Lisca Basin.

The distance from the Stone Forest to the Lisca Basin is quite far; even at full speed, it would take Bai Qingyu at least 5 to 7 hours.

Ling Chengen estimated that, without taking breaks and without any load, Bai Qingyu's speed could exceed 300 kilometers per hour, which is only slightly lower than the maximum speed of high-speed rail in his previous life. He could complete a flight of 1500 kilometers in five hours.

However, the actual situation cannot be calculated like that. Bai Qingyu could not fly without any load, nor could he maintain the maximum speed throughout the entire flight. Therefore, he could fly about 1700 kilometers in seven hours.

The distance from Shilin to the Lisca Basin is roughly the same.

Bai Qingyu is a young and strong orc with extremely fast speed and excellent physical fitness, and a seven-hour flight is not easy for him either.

If it were a land animal carrying a heavy load and running 1,700 kilometers, it would take even longer.

Aside from a small number of high-ranking warriors, most land-dwelling orcs can only travel at a maximum speed of around 150 kilometers per hour.

Most land beasts travel at speeds below 100 kilometers per hour, and even traveling at high intensity without rest or food, it would still take them about 17 hours.

Therefore, Ling Chengen never intended for the orcs of Shilin to reach the Lisca Basin within a single day.

The journey was basically divided into two days, and the team set off in batches.

Leading the way was the Hanshan tribe. They were the fastest, and even when carrying heavy loads, they could reach their destination in less than twelve hours.

Su Weihua, Yu Shaochen, and Bai Xu led the three groups behind them to different locations, ensuring that the land-dwelling orcs could shorten their travel time as much as possible and avoid going too far.

The Hanshan tribe harvests the southernmost wheat, while Yaoluo and Shilin head towards the ripe barley fields closer to the center.

What's the situation with the Hou Nan Beast Clan?

Previously, Bai Qingyu had been in charge of communicating with the tribes in the wheat harvest area. Ling Chengen had heard some of it, but she hadn't paid attention to some of the smaller tribes. This was the first time she had heard of the Hou Nan Beast Clan.

Bai Qingyu gave her a general overview of the characteristics of the Hounan Beast Clan, and the system also filled in other information about the race for her.

The Hounan Beast Clan resembles rabbits, but in its beast form, its limbs are much longer than those of rabbit-beasts, making it appear more slender and tall.

However, the Hounan Beast Clan is also a small-sized beastman, with a relatively large population, but their reproductive capacity is not as good as that of the Rabbit Clan.

The Hounan Beastmen eat tree wheat, but not much. They mainly feed on small prey, nuts, and Hounan grass fruit, making them omnivorous beastmen.

"Since the Hounan orcs also eat tree wheat, why would they agree to your proposal?" Ling Chengen asked, puzzled.

Bai Qingyu blinked and explained, "The Liska Basin is very suitable for the growth of tree wheat. The tree wheat there grows better and in greater quantities than in other places. The Hounan tribe consumes less than one-twentieth of the tree wheat each year, and the rest is all wasted."

“There are quite a few nut trees in the forests near Cold Mountain and Stone Forest, so I made a deal with them, paying them 100 blue crystals and exchanging 1000 kilograms of tree fruit for the tree wheat that they couldn’t consume in their territory.”

Ling Chengen raised his eyes and asked, "Is this worth it?"

Bai Qingyu curled his lips, a sly glint in his eyes: "I've calculated it. Based on the one mu of land you allocated, one mu can yield about a thousand jin of tree wheat. The Lisca Basin has at least five hundred mu of tree wheat." That means they can harvest at least five hundred tons of grain.

One ton of nuts can be exchanged for five hundred tons of grain.

No matter how you calculate it, you won't lose money.

Sitting on his back, Ling Chengen asked curiously, "A ton of nuts isn't a small amount, is it? Nut production is much lower than that of tree wheat. Do our two tribes have that many nuts within their respective territories?"

“Yes,” Chongzhen suddenly interjected. “Even if Shilin and Hanshan don’t have any, the nuts produced by Yaoluo are enough.”

Ling Chengen's gaze fell on his face, looking at his fox-like eyes, and he said in a slightly detached tone, "There are many small beastmen in Yaoluo, and quite a few low-level wood-type ability users, as well as many beastmen who like nuts, so a lot of nut trees have been planted in the territory."

"The most abundant are hazelnuts, pine nuts, and walnuts, along with almonds and agapanthus..."

Chongzhen reached out and weighed the smooth stone in his hand, tilting his head as he said, "I didn't know how much one kilogram and one ton meant before, but since you gave me the weight the stone can bear, I can roughly estimate it."

"A ton of nuts, no problem."

"Actually, Yaoluo can't harvest all the nuts every year. After all, we are short-handed, nuts are not very filling, and they need to be dried and processed. So we still spend more effort on hunting every year, and a lot of the fruit hanging on the trees is wasted. Since we can exchange them for food to fill our stomachs, the more the better."

Ling Chengen rested his chin on his hand and pressed down the straw hat on his head to block the sunlight from falling on his face.

Bai Qingyu added, "Shilin and Hanshan have many pine forests, so there are a lot of pine cones. Also, neither of our tribes eats pine nuts much, so the pine cones from the pine forests are unwanted every year..."

So don't worry at all.

The team set off early in the morning, and by 3 p.m., the advance team had already arrived at the Hounan Beast Tribe.

As Bai Qingyu descended from mid-air, many members of the Hounan Beast Clan came out of their homes, curiously observing these enormous beastmen. Their eyes flashed with panic and fear, but also with an undisguised curiosity.

Chief Hou Nan was a male beastman. He was short in stature, probably only about 1.5 meters tall. He was dark-skinned and thin, and looked to be around forty years old. His eyes were a rather cloudy gray-green color, and staring into them for a long time could be quite eerie.

This person is named Hou Ran. Hou is a common surname among the Hou Nan beast clan, so this name is quite normal.

Chongzhen and Ling Chengen stood a little behind, sizing up the rather short orcs.

"Their clan leader is indeed a level 10 earth elementalist. Don't underestimate him; he's very powerful."

Ling Chengen tilted his head and said, "Looking to be about the same age as my father, and with superpowers reaching the tenth level, he is indeed not to be underestimated."

Chongzhen turned his head and whispered to her, "Although the Hounan Beast Clan is a small tribe, their tribe must actually be quite large, much larger than the population of Shilin, at least seven thousand people."

"So many?" Ling Chengen glanced at the burrow hidden in the tall grass and asked doubtfully, "Judging from the terrain here, there shouldn't be this many caves, right?"

"Their community is mainly family-based and they live scattered."

"There are probably a hundred or so orcs in this area, but only Hou Ran's family lives here."

Chongzhen pointed to a high place further away: "There are two more families over there, about the same number as Hou Ran's family."

"These families are scattered throughout the territory of the Hounan Beast Clan and do not gather together."

Ling Chengen asked doubtfully, "Will their territory's cohesion be affected? How much influence does the clan leader have?"

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Anyway, Bai Qingyu has had a lot of contact with them. The fact that he was able to make a beast god oath with them must mean that the entire Hounan beast clan agrees to it."

Ling Chengen was worried that there were loopholes in the oath of the Beast God.

But she couldn't really interfere with Bai Qingyu's actions.

The Beast God Oath is a very effective oath, but it has nothing to do with science.

It seems that they first need to use their supernatural abilities to construct something like a magic circle, and then both sides make a vow to the Beast God within the magic circle.

If you disobey, you will die a violent death in a short time.

Ling Chengen had never seen such a vow before, but Bai Qingyu was already very familiar with it.

After a brief exchange with Hou Ran, Bai Qingyu quickly returned alone, pointing to the north of the Lisca Basin and saying, "We cannot settle in the central area of ​​their territory; we need to station troops on the edge of their territory."

"And we cannot cross their territory's internal defense zone at will."

Ling Chengen nodded, having no objection.

"The harvesting area has been agreed upon in advance. They had already uprooted some of the tree wheat, creating a boundary line. North of the boundary line, we can harvest the tree wheat freely, but we cannot harvest other nuts, nor can we hunt within their territory... That's roughly it."

"If anyone is injured, we will be expelled."

After briefly explaining the situation, Bai Qingyu led the arriving group to their destination to set up camp.

Ling Chengen and Chong Zhen crossed the irregular dividing line, glanced at the wary Hou Nan beastmen behind them, sighed softly, and turned back to ask gently, "Is there a water source nearby?"

They can carry daily necessities, but they didn't bring much water, so they will definitely need to replenish it.

The Hounan beastman holding the long fork paused for a few seconds. Seeing that she was a young female and didn't seem threatening, his expression softened. He pointed in a direction and said, "The water source is over there, there's a grassy stream."

“There are fish in the stream. You may catch and eat the fish and beasts in the water, but you may not hunt the young of the fish and beasts.”

"This is what the clan chief said."

Ling Chengen nodded slightly and said, "Thank you."

The young, dark-skinned member of the Hounan Beast Clan seemed a little embarrassed. He gripped his long fork tightly and said stiffly, "No need. You can ask the patrolling warriors nearby if you have any questions."

Ling Chengen watched as he leaped lightly, covering a great distance like a rabbit taking flight, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

"These Hounan Beastmen are really good at jumping," she murmured.

Chongzhen spread his hands and said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do, it's something I was born with."

"Don't let their small size fool you, their attack power is not weak. Relying on their extremely abnormal jumping ability, their attacks are always unexpected, making it impossible for the enemy to defend against them."

Therefore, not all small-sized orcs are weak.

When a certain ability is used to its fullest potential, its combat power is quite astonishing.

Ling Chengen stroked his chin: "What about the forest panda?"

Chongzhen paused for a few seconds, babbled a few times, and looked reluctant: "I guess... all her talent points are in cuteness?"