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

Chapter 141 The Frenzied Thunder Beast
Ling Chengen glanced at Chong Zhen with a detached look, then walked past him with his hands behind his back, saying in a cool voice, "If Yu Shaochen finds out, he might jump up and punch you in the knee!"

Chongzhen chuckled and winked at her: "If you don't tell him, how will he know?"

"If he finds out, it must be because you told on him."

Ling Chengen scoffed lightly: "Heh—"

When the two arrived at their encampment, the advance team split into two groups. One group had already begun setting up tents and cooking stoves on the opposite bank of the stream.

The other group carried huge black scythes and headed towards the wheat field, which was taller than a person, to try to harvest the first batch of wheat.

Chongzhen and Bai Qingyu discussed it and decided that he would be in charge of setting up the tent and cooking, while Bai Qingyu and Ling Chengen would go to the wheat field to harvest and solve the problems that the newbies encountered during harvesting.

Because the black scythe is too large and heavy, it is not convenient to handle with one hand, so orcs who go to harvest tree wheat usually work in pairs.

One man wielded the Grim Reaper's scythe with great force in front, while another followed behind, picking up the fallen ears of wheat, twisting the chopped wheat leaves into ropes, bundling them up, and then arranging them neatly behind him.

Seeing the bustling harvest scene, Bai Qingyu was also eager to join in, so he took the giant scythe from Ling Chengen and joined the harvesting team.

Ling Chengen helped tie him up from behind, and because it was done quickly, it seemed quite easy for him.

She squatted down and picked up a few plump, yellow wheat grains. With just a gentle rub of her fingers, the surface of the grains crumbled. Compared to the artificially ripened tree wheat from a while ago, it was much easier to remove the husks from the grains.

After about three hours of harvesting, the sun was already almost setting below the western horizon.

After finishing the harvest, the orcs began to hang bundles of tree wheat on their bodies and slowly walked towards their encampment. The orcs along the way were all excited, curiously hugging the tree wheat, and some even tried to pick the grains and stuff them directly into their mouths.

"Young clan leader, is this what we're eating tonight?" As Bai Qingyu walked past the group carrying a tall stack of straw, the more lively Hui Dongling called out to him, waving the straw in her hand. "How are we supposed to eat this?"

Bai Qingyu reached out and took a wheat ear, rubbed the top grain to remove the husk, and said, "This part is edible, but not raw. However, if food is scarce, the outer husk can be eaten, though it's a bit rough on the throat."

"I'm not entirely sure about the specific steps, but Enen will teach everyone later. To avoid wasting food, we'll hold off on making it tonight."

Hui Dongling held the pale white grain of wheat and sighed with some disappointment: "I thought we'd be able to eat it tonight."

"If you're really interested, you can ask Chongzhen when you're cooking tonight. He knows how to do it; Enen taught him."

Hui Dongling immediately regained her previous energetic demeanor: "I'll go in a bit."

Before carrying the pile of straw wheat back to the camp, Bai Qingyu glanced at Chongzhen, who was busy at the stove, and asked curiously, "Hmm?"

“Going to thresh the barley.” Chongzhen answered without looking up. He knew Bai Qingyu would definitely go find someone, and pointed outside directly, “A flat area has just been cleared in the back to be used as a threshing ground.”

"You should carry the barley directly to the threshing ground, don't leave it here."

Bai Qingyu stopped unloading the goods and got up to walk towards the threshing ground.

Threshing tree wheat is relatively simple. Ling Chengen didn't use any tools. He simply set up a wooden board, took a bundle of tree wheat, and repeatedly pounded and swung it on the board. The plump and bright grains fell onto the flat ground with a crackling sound.

Curious orcs gathered around and followed suit, enthusiastically swishing wheat stalks around, raising dust and sending grains flying everywhere in the threshing ground.

A thick layer of wheat grains quickly accumulated on the ground. After Ling Chengen finished threshing the wheat, he looked at the thick layer of dust and broken leaves on his body and sighed softly.

Farm work is anything but clean.

However, the thought that all of this would become food for the winter, and that no one in the tribe would die from lack of food, made the current fatigue and filth seem insignificant.

"Were these grains directly packed into bamboo buckets and baskets?"

“A bag will do, but it has to be a sturdy one,” Ling Chengen said, pointing to the animal skin bag next to him.

Moving this grain is actually quite troublesome. The tribe doesn't have many cloud-cloth garments at the moment, and the bags made from them aren't sturdy enough. If the grain is too heavy, the bags will burst.

Actually, the best material is a burlap sack, but burlap sacks are made from plants like ramie and jute, and the beastmen of the Beast World don't yet have the concept of spinning hemp.

The hemp harvest in Beishouyuan is relatively late, at the earliest in July or August, and it is not yet time to harvest it.

So the tribe didn't have burlap sacks yet; they mostly used rattan and bamboo baskets. After discovering the tree wheat, she encouraged all the orcs in the tribe to weave more baskets whenever they had time. Even the tribe's cubs learned to weave. In a month, they had collected quite a few containers, but they estimated that it still wouldn't be enough.

So the orcs in the tribe patched up the animal hides they had collected over the years, intending to use them temporarily to store food.

Ling Chengen planned to use the space temporarily as the main tool for transporting goods, but the two tribes combined only had this one space, and he didn't know if it would be enough.

As far as she knew, only Yuheng had another space, but she didn't know how big it was.

However, that person is currently squatting in Xilu Youdi fishing for law enforcement, and since spatial resources are private and valuable, she is worried that she might not be able to borrow them.

Even if Yuheng were willing to lend it, he would probably ask for an exorbitant amount.

Ling Chengen squatted on the ground, holding the tree wheat in his hands, feeling a slight headache.

Bai Qingyu handed her a bamboo tube, and seeing her frowning, asked in confusion, "Harvesting tree wheat isn't difficult, and it's going smoothly so far, so why do you still look so worried?"

Ling Chengen grabbed a handful of tree wheat: "This batch of tree wheat harvested this afternoon needs to be dried for at least a day before it can be bagged."

There are very few green grains. If there are more green grains later, the drying time will be longer.

"We need to build several threshing grounds like this, the larger the better."

Bai Qingyu looked at the threshing ground, which was already quite large, and said with pursed lips, "This area is still considered the territory of the Hounan Beast Clan. We can't make such a big fuss about changing the terrain here. We can only choose a place where there is no ownership to build the threshing ground."

Ling Chengen sat on the ground and pointed to the northwest: "I remember there's a tribe over there. The Hounan Beast Clan's territory doesn't border that tribe, right?"

Bai Qingyu looked up in that direction and said, "That's the Thunder Beast Tribe."

"I have not communicated with the leader of the Thunder Beast tribe."

Ling Chengen rested his chin on his hand and said, "I thought you had dealt with all the tribes in this area."

"Thunder Beast Orcs are generally not known for their good temper. They are large, fast, have a strong sense of territory, and are extremely xenophobic."

"Moreover, tree wheat is also their main food source, but unlike the wheat porridge you make, they basically eat it raw. So I never considered going into their territory to harvest it in the first place, and I didn't communicate with them about it."

“We won’t enter the Thunder Beast territory, but we want to create several large threshing grounds in the no-ownership zone between the Thunder Beast territory and the Hounan Beast Clan territory. Do you think this plan is feasible?” Bai Qingyu hesitated and shook his head, saying, “I’m not sure either. I’ll go to the Thunder Beast tribe tomorrow to test the waters.”

"What does the Thunder Beast look like?" Ling Chengen asked curiously.

"The beast form is similar to the giant rhinoceros, and there is not much difference in size. However, Thunder Beast is just a general term. There are several Thunder Beast tribes over there, and because of the subtle differences in their beast forms, they operate independently. For example, the Thunder Beast tribe closest to the Hou Nan Beast Clan has beastmen whose beast form is the Long-nosed Thunder Beast. They do not have long horns on their heads, their necks are relatively thick and long, their mouths are also a bit long, and their entire bodies are covered with dense, short, dark brown fur."

"Nearby are the Thunder Beast Tribe and the Great Horned Thunder Beast Tribe."

"The Thunder Beast has two separate blunt horns above its nose, which are thicker than those of the Long-nosed Thunder Beast. Its neck and limbs are short and thick, and its mouth is also short. Although it is not very agile, it has a strong impact capability."

"With your size, a fully grown Thunder Beastman could easily cripple you and break a dozen or so bones."

Ling Chengen rested his chin on his hand, watching Bai Qingyu speak eloquently, and sighed, "I'm even more curious now."

"If you really want to see it, I'll take you there tomorrow."

"The Thunder Beast Clan is relatively closed off and doesn't like to interact with the surrounding tribes. They look down on tribes like the Hounan Beast Clan. The entire tribe of beastmen has a lazy and undisciplined style. They only start stockpiling food in the autumn each year, and are a typical example of living day to day."

Bai Qingyu said worriedly, "I think it's better to make the threshing ground as far away from their territory as possible. They have bad tempers and are unreasonable. Even if we make the threshing ground outside their territory, they may not reason with us and may just rush up and start a fight."

"Let's see what happens tomorrow. If the distance between the two tribes' territories is relatively far, then we don't need to worry about these issues."

After resting for a night, Bai Qingyu took Ling Chengen to the edge of the Thunder Beast territory the next day at the first light of dawn.

The distance between the edge of the Thunder Beast territory and the edge of the Thick Southern Beast territory was about 700 meters, which was much closer than she had expected.

Ling Chengen marked the territories of the two tribes on the map provided by the system and refined the data.

The map was gradually improved in her hands and slowly took shape.

“It’s too close. Standing at the edge of the Hou Nan Beast Clan’s territory, we can see the situation in the Long-Nosed Thunder Beast’s territory.” Bai Qingyu shook his head regretfully, feeling that Ling Chengen’s idea might not be feasible. “How about I go and discuss it with the Hou Nan Beast Clan’s chief?”

Ling Chengen jumped off his back and walked towards the Thunder Beast territory. In the distance, he saw several long-haired "blunt-horned rhinoceroses" slowly swishing their tails and gnawing on the tender grass on the ground.

These grass-eating thunder beasts are just ordinary animals, not beastmen.

After recognizing them, Ling Chengen asked with some curiosity, "Do Thunder Beastmen raise these animals that look very similar to their original forms for food?"

Bai Qingyu shook his head and said, "No, although these animals look very similar to their original forms, they are not called Thunder Beasts, but are called Primordial Beasts, which means the progenitor of Thunder Beasts."

“I told you before, the Thunder Beast clan is very closed off. They regard these Primal Beasts as symbols of their tribe, as sacred beasts, so they would never kill Primal Beasts or eat their flesh.”

"If someone hunts a Primal Beast in front of them, it will be considered a provocation, and they will kill the other party at all costs."

Ling Chengen: "There really are all kinds of beastmen on this Beast Plains."

The deer-tribe orcs used their domesticated deer herds as winter supplies, while the thunder beasts regarded their fellow animals as the most sacred creatures...

Bai Qingyu placed the straw hat hanging from his waist on her head and smiled, saying, "Actually, these animals are very distant from us beastmen. After all, animals can't become beastmen, and beastmen only have a portion of animal blood. In the earliest days, let alone beastmen hunting animals, beastmen of different races would hunt each other. That was truly a time of raw meat and blood, chaos and disorder."

"Later, the idea that orcs do not eat their own kind came about, but even now, there are still cases of cannibalism."

"It's just that it's relatively rare."

Ling Chengen nodded: "I have seen cannibalistic orcs before, and I've even killed a few of them."

On the way to the Misty Swamp, we happened to run into a gang in the Lolu Mountains.

Before Ling Chengen even stepped into the territory of the Thunder Beast Tribe, she felt the ground suddenly shake. She looked toward the source of the shaking and saw a long-nosed Thunder Beast, which looked furtive, suddenly crawl out of a mud pit. Before it emerged, Ling Chengen hadn't even noticed that there was a deep pit.

Because the surrounding area was covered with lush, tall grass, dense and thick, it completely blocked the puddle.

The enormous, long-nosed thunder beast slowly climbed out of the mud pit, shook its short fur, and suddenly raised its head and let out a loud roar. Every step it took seemed extremely heavy, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

Ling Chengen covered his ears and asked, "Why are they shouting so loudly?"

Bai Qingyu said with some helplessness, "That's just how their clan is."

The system whispered, "The nasal bone of the Thunder Beast acts as a resonator. It is called the Thunder Beast because its roar sounds like thunder."

"What does that sound mean?" Ling Chengen asked the system.

The system was getting a little frustrated, and finally said in utter exasperation, "Why aren't you running? He's calling his friends over to fight."

Ling Chengen: "Do you know how many people we have?"

"Anyway, you guys better run fast. We can absolutely overwhelm you in numbers." The system was very anxious. "If you run too slowly, you'll break a few bones today, and it will be really hard to end this."

Ling Chengen felt a stronger tremor than before and patted Bai Qingyu on the shoulder: "Let's fly first."

Bai Qingyu had already spotted the long-nosed thunder beast preparing to attack, so he decisively spread his wings and flew into the air. Ling Chengen jumped onto his back with practiced ease, looking down at the long-nosed thunder beast with its eyes glaring and white breath coming out of its nostrils. He called out, "We're not here to fight you. Could you please inform your clan leader? We have some things we'd like to discuss with him."

The long-nosed thunder beast below had already transformed into human form. It pulled a wooden spear from the grass, ignored their shouts, took a few steps, and prepared to throw it.

Seeing this, Bai Qingyu couldn't help but curse under his breath, wanting to curse the stupid Thunder Beast Clan member below.

As the spear hurtled toward them at incredible speed, Bai Qingyu merely flapped her wings lightly, and the wooden spear fell into the mud.

The Thunder Beastmen below cursed and yelled, "You two, get the hell out of here!"

"How dare you little brats trespass into the territory of the Thunder Beasts!"

"Get out of here!"

"Otherwise, I'll beat you so badly you'll be beating your pants in no time—"

Following that was a whole host of uncivilized insults, the curses were loud and clear, and not a single word was repeated for a long time.

Ling Chengen remained silent for a long time, which was uncharacteristic of him: "..."

She now truly believed that the Thunder Beast had an incredibly bad temper.