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

Chapter 210 I'm Going to Kill Him
Ling Chengen squatted down and watched the video on how to prepare Dragon Blood Lingzhi.

The processing method for this medicinal material is neither particularly difficult nor particularly simple.

It is somewhat similar to the usual methods of processing Ganoderma lucidum.

Slice and dry.

It can also be dried by baking or air drying.

But you must be careful to prevent mold growth.

Moldy Ganoderma lucidum is completely unsuitable for medicinal use and consumption.

Drying actually takes the shortest time, but it requires low-temperature drying, and the temperature must be strictly controlled.

Ling Chengen held a small pickaxe and carefully picked the entire Blood Lingzhi by gently prying away the pine needles and decaying leaves. He then took out a small basket from his spatial storage, lined it with leaves, and placed the Blood Lingzhi inside.

From the cut where the Blood Ganoderma was severed by the little shovel, dark red liquid slowly seeped out, like drops of blood, staining a small piece of withered leaf red.

Ling Chengen tries to avoid touching the cap of the blood lingzhi mushroom with his hands. Generally speaking, the spore powder on the cap is where the essence is, so not touching it with your hands can preserve these spores to the greatest extent.

Seeing that she was about to carry it by hand, the system said somewhat speechlessly, "What you're doing right now is dangerous, do you know that?"

As Ling Chengen walked, he asked, "Where is it dangerous?"

"Can't you smell the fragrance of Blood Lingzhi?" Xiao Huangtong reminded him. "Although Blood Lingzhi is not as rare as White Bone Immortal Mushroom, it is still a very precious medicinal material. For most animals, Blood Lingzhi is a rare and highly nourishing substance, and it can even enhance their supernatural abilities to a certain extent."

As soon as Xiao Huangtong finished speaking, Ling Chengen stuffed the basket in his hand directly into his spatial storage, but it was too late.

A white shadow flew past her in a flash.

Ling Chengen has excellent dynamic vision and an unusually fast reaction time. Upon discovering the little creature that wanted to rob him along the way, he quickly pulled his left hand, which was holding the basket, back.

The other's claws missed their target, instead stepping on her slightly bent knee before flying away like a gust of wind into the low grass.

Ling Chengen's gaze followed the little creature's movements, staring intently at the bushes.

After a few dozen seconds, a fluffy white head peeked out from behind the bushes, its small, beady eyes staring at her warily, and its tiny round ears twitching involuntarily.

After putting the basket into his spatial storage, Ling Chengen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "So it was you. Robbing someone on the road is a very bad thing to do. Didn't your mother teach you that?"

The pure white ferret hissed intermittently, but it never stopped.

Although Ling Chengen didn't quite understand, she felt that the little thing was cursing at her, and cursing very filthyly.

Ling Chengen picked up a broken pine cone from the ground and threw it directly at the little thing.

The little guy reacted quickly, ducking down to avoid the pine cone attack.

As soon as the pine cone tumbled to the ground, it immediately popped its head out, this time making a cooing sound, sounding very excited, probably mocking her for not hitting it.

Before it could even bark a few times, another pine cone hit it squarely on the forehead, knocking it off the bush and onto the ground.

Ling Chengen chuckled, hands on his hips: "With your brains, it's easy to bully you."

The little ferret emerged from the pile of fallen leaves, crawled on all fours, bared its teeth at her, and barked a few times like a proper dog…

Ling Chengen: "..."

She ignored the little thing; such precious medicinal herbs were always given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

So, without looking back, she continued walking forward, hoping to try her luck again.

But for some reason, the ferret always followed her at a distance, neither too close nor too far. If she was ignored for a long time, it would bark twice and then twist off birch berries or pine cones from the tree and throw them at her head without much accuracy.

His luck wasn't so good after that; Ling Chengen didn't encounter anything good along the way.

A gust of wind blew the dark clouds in from the northeast, and it looked like a sudden rainstorm was coming soon. So she decided not to stay in the mountains any longer. Instead, she took the bamboo whistle from her waist, blew it three times (three short and two long), and started walking back to where she had been.

The ferret followed her closely, and perhaps seeing that she was about to leave, its cries became much sharper and it seemed very anxious.

Ling Chengen had a bit of a headache and said to the system, "What exactly is this little guy trying to do?"

"I'd like your Blood Spirit Mushroom."

you still need to ask?

Ling Chengen: "..."

She turned her head and waved to the ferret, but the little guy didn't dare to get too close. He took a few steps forward and then stopped completely, refusing to move an inch further.

Ling Chengen took out a small piece of blood-red Ganoderma lucidum and shook it.

The ferret's eyes lit up instantly, and it suddenly stood up, its hind legs on the ground, and very human-like, bowed to her with its two front paws.

"Quite smart."

Ling Chengen sighed deeply, placed the Blood Spirit Mushroom on a larger yellow leaf, and turned to walk back without hesitation.

She didn't look back. Although she hadn't been separated from the other team members for long, she had run quite a distance. If she didn't hurry, they would get soaked on their way back.

The little ferret leaped over to the blood-red lingzhi mushroom, grabbed its stem in its mouth, glanced back at the direction the two-legged beast had gone, and then hurriedly ran into the deep mountains.

……

When the group was still more than 500 meters away from the cave, the raindrops began to pelt down.

They hurriedly ran back, and as soon as they entered the cave, they saw several unfamiliar faces inside. They immediately put their hands on their weapons, ready to fight at any moment.

"Who are you people?" Ling Chengen asked sternly.

No sooner had they finished speaking than a familiar voice rang out behind them.

The young man, wearing a short-haired deerskin coat, reached up and took off his hat, revealing a thin, cold face.

Ling Chengen frowned and asked, "How did you find this place?"

"We ran into Su Weihua on the way." Chang Tianchen walked into the cave, wiped the water droplets from his hair, and his hair quickly became dry and fluffy. "He hasn't returned yet. I roughly judged that your camp should be in this area based on the direction he left in."

"There aren't as many places in this area as you might think, suitable for a small team of thirty people to camp out and also to take shelter from the rain. Most of them are already occupied by established teams, so they're easy to find."

Ling Chengen sheathed the bone blade and said coldly, "What do you want with me?"

“This cave isn’t that big; it can’t hold so many of you.”

Chang Tianchen walked up to her. He was very tall and had a slender and upright figure. This kind of light brown suede coat, which was over the knee, might look a bit strange on others, but it looked just right on him.

However, as soon as he got close, a wave of intense heat hit him.

Ling Chengen took half a step back and raised his hand, saying, "Don't get so close. We're not that close."

Chang Tianchen's eyelids drooped slightly. His tall figure exuded an intrusive and oppressive aura. His cold, sharp eyes swept across her face. Despite his arrogance and wildness, he obediently stopped in his tracks.

"So much time has passed, and I'm trying to make up for the mistake I made unintentionally back then. Are you still not going to give me a kind look?"

His voice was low and hoarse, and a hint of helplessness and sorrow slowly surfaced in his eyes. Ling Chengen met his gaze and said directly, "Stop talking nonsense, what exactly do you want?"

"I'd like to invite you."

A hint of confusion crossed Ling Chengen's eyes, and Chang Tianchen said naturally, "Your thirty-man team will definitely be fine on the way here, but the journey south will certainly not be peaceful."

"The people you brought are too young. Although their strength is indeed formidable among their peers of orcs, the Autumn Hunt is not just a testing ground for young people. It is the largest event in the Northern Wilderness, and there are many villains who want to take advantage of the chaos."

"You brought these people out for training, so you probably don't want them to die in this hunt, right?"

Ling Chengen: "If we're going to form a team, Snake Mountain isn't the best choice for our squad."

“We in Shilin have our own large hunting teams.”

Chang Tianchen reached out and tossed a ball of fire, lighting the firewood that had already been laid out on the ground. He pointed to the stone by the hearth and said, "Sit down first, we can talk slowly."

Although Ling Chengen really wanted him to leave quickly, Chang Tianchen was not a man who could be dismissed with a few words.

So she had no choice but to sit down on the rock expressionlessly, and slowly warm her slightly damp hat by the fire.

He also picked up a few oranges from the basket, took a metal rack that looked a bit like a bicycle spoke rim, and a round wire mesh, and put the oranges, a handful of dried fruit, and a copper kettle on it to heat them slowly.

Chang Tianchen looked at the circular support that was centered on the long axis, half of which was suspended above the fire and could slowly rotate. He curiously reached out and touched it, but Ling Chengen glanced at him, and he quickly withdrew his finger.

"This thing looks pretty useful," he said casually.

"Let's talk about traveling together after the market is over," Ling Chengen said, ignoring his pleasantries and directly rejecting his suggestion. "My father will probably be leading a team to the far north as well. If we run into him then, we'll just follow Shi Lin's main group."

"You should worry more about your Snake Mountain tribe, instead of always watching us around..."

Chang Tianchen was not surprised by her answer, nor did he show any disappointment on his face.

But Ling Chengen knew very well that this guy was definitely not giving up.

Chang Tianchen is a person with a clear goal and direction, and he will not give up easily because of some setbacks.

If he hadn't offended her before, he would have even resorted to any means to achieve his goal.

Chang Tianchen: "We can discuss the return trip after Haishi makes a decision. So... what about participating in Haishi?"

"Whether it's you, Su Weihua, or Bai Qingyu, this must be your first time participating in Haishi, right?"

"Are you sure you don't need someone familiar with Haishi to be your guide?" Chang Tianchen tried to use information to gain an opportunity to get closer to him.

Ling Chengen calmly said, "Our team has members who have participated in Haishi."

Chang Tianchen raised his eyes and looked at the stone forest beastmen in the cave. Suddenly, he noticed a few unfamiliar faces. Finally, his gaze fell heavily on the black-haired youth who was quietly squatting in the corner, sorting through various mushrooms.

Xuan Yan had his back to him, and Chang Tianchen stared at him for a few more moments.

He quickly realized it wasn't his imagination.

He recognized the dark-haired man.

"An exiled noble from the Beast King City of Southern Plains?" Chang Tianchen gave a cold snort.

Upon hearing his voice, Xuan Yan stopped what he was doing, turned around, and gave him a cold, indifferent glance.

"You're lucky; you actually managed to get him to join your Stone Forest."

Although Chang Tianchen was somewhat annoyed with Xuan Yan, he had to admit that Ling Chengen's ability to pick up people was top-notch.

It was one thing to pick up two high-ranking merfolk from the North Sea before, but now they're even picking up upper-class nobles from the Southern Plains.

"Do you know?"

Ling Chengen glanced at Xuan Yan, who didn't want to talk to Chang Tianchen, and casually asked a question.

Xuan Yan paused for a few seconds, then nodded: "Before I joined Rattlesnake, I met him a few times. He wanted to recruit me to Snake Mountain."

But after several encounters, he felt that Chang Tianchen was an unpredictable madman, and it was too dangerous to make a living with him. Moreover, this man was arrogant and cruel, with no bottom line, and was completely different from him.

So after rejecting Chang Tianchen for the third time, Xuan Yan had a feeling that this madman was going to mess with him, so he took advantage of the fact that the guy was busy with other things and seized the opportunity to run away with his bucket.

As it turned out, his intuition was correct.

Chang Tianchen first encountered problems due to his ancestral atavism, and then suffered betrayal and alienation from everyone.

His experiences were no secret in the central part of the Northern Wilderness.

Moreover, the rattlesnake is located in the Luolu Mountains, not too far from the Stone Forest and Snake Mountain.

Even if he doesn't deliberately inquire, he can still hear people around him gossiping about him during his leisure time after meals.

Not working for him back then was definitely one of the wisest choices he ever made.

Ling Chengen turned to look at Chang Tianchen, whose face was somewhat sour, and his expression was rather intriguing.

Chang Tianchen just snorted and said, "I thought you were quite capable. After all these years of parting ways, I didn't expect your strength to have regressed instead of improved, and your superpower can only be maintained at the tenth level."

Ling Chengen keenly sensed the meaning behind his words and asked, "Was Xuan Yan's ability above the tenth rank before?"

Chang Tianchen glanced at her, still with that noble, aloof, and disdainful attitude.

"He didn't tell you?"

Ling Chengen: "I haven't known him for very long."

Chang Tianchen chuckled, making no attempt to hide his mockery: "I figured out his general situation on the third day I met him."

Ling Chengen glared at him: "Shut up!"

"Do you think everyone is like you, without morals or martial ethics?"

Chang Tianchen toned down his attitude, but he was still a little uncomfortable and retorted in a low voice, "What's the use of morality and martial ethics!"

After Xuan Yan finished sorting the mushrooms in a basket, he stood up and said, "If you don't have anything else to do, get out of here!"

"It's none of your business how I conduct myself."

Chang Tianchen said arrogantly, "You can't beat me right now, so you'd better watch your words."

Xuan Yan scoffed, "Shameless!"

Chang Tianchen: "None of your business."

Xuan Yan, unusually sharp-tongued, said sarcastically and maliciously, "So you're destined to be a bachelor for life!"

Chang Tianchen was stunned for a few seconds after being scolded: "!!!"

When I came to my senses, my first reaction was...

I'm going to kill him!!!