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

Chapter 211 Will Become a Hero
Before Chang Tianchen could make a move, Ling Chengen sensed his intention and his eyes suddenly turned fierce: "If you dare to lay a hand on my men, there's no point in discussing anything after Haishi."

Chang Tianchen said incredulously, "He clearly provoked me first!"

"It's one thing for you to favor Bai Qingyu and Yu Heng, but you also unhesitatingly favor Xuan Yan, who only joined your team halfway through and whose true nature is still unknown?"

Ling Chengen didn't care whether he felt wronged or not, and said calmly, "No matter what, he's in my hunting team now. If I don't even protect my own men and people, what kind of young clan leader am I?"

Chang Tianchen: "..." Although, he was still annoyed.

He turned his head and glared fiercely at the composed Xuan Yan, making no attempt to conceal the coldness and malice flashing in his eyes.

Xuan Yan snorted: "What are you glaring at? Even if you glare at me, you won't dare to lay a hand on me."

Chang Tianchen clenched his right fist. Seeing this, Lin Jing, who was standing beside him, immediately reached out and pressed down on his left shoulder, whispering, "Clan leader, you must hold back now! You can't lose control again."

"Besides, he's in Shilin right now, he can't escape."

"We have a long future ahead of us."

Chang Tianchen's temples throbbed with veins, and he abruptly stood up, saying, "I'll come back another day."

Xuan Yan glanced at the unremarkable and somewhat thin Lin Jing, let out a soft "hmm," and asked, "I don't think I've seen you before."

Lin Jing looked up and gave Xuan Yan a deep look, then said sarcastically, "It's normal that you can't remember someone as insignificant as me."

Xuan Yan was a little surprised, but he didn't care about the barbed words in Lin Jing's words. He turned his head and said to Ling Chengen, "I'll explain about the superpowers to you later. I'll go and deal with the mushrooms first; those things can't be left for long."

The best thing about mushrooms is their freshness.

Moreover, with a hunting team of over thirty people, this amount of mushrooms could easily be devoured in one meal, and it still wouldn't be enough to satisfy all the big eaters in the team.

Chang Tianchen came and went in a whirlwind. Ling Chengen watched him leave in the rain, his gaze falling on his slowly transforming ears.

I don't know what's going on with the Heavenly Python's bloodline, but after it transforms into a beast, its ears are actually very similar to the ear fins of a mermaid, and they are also covered with thin but sharp colored scales.

Two completely unrelated races, even separated by sea and land, share such a common point; it's hard to say whether it's just a coincidence.

Ling Chengen glanced at it briefly before looking away and said to Yuan Ran, "Once the rain stops, take someone to find out where the Snake Mountain Tribe is staying."

Yuan Ran asked doubtfully, "Should we ambush them?"

Ling Chengen was speechless for a moment, then said, "Why did you ambush them? Do you think you can beat Chang Tianchen?"

Yuan Ran scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly: "Of course I can't beat you, but you're quite something, Young Clan Leader."

Ling Chengen frowned and said, "You overestimate me. I am no match for him either."

“We’re not mortal enemies with Snake Mountain, and we don’t have to fight to the death every time we meet, so I don’t need to use the kind of methods that would hurt the enemy a thousand while also hurting myself eight hundred.”

"Just go and investigate. We may not do anything, but you must understand the surrounding situation."

"Chang Tianchen's sudden attack this time has also served as a reminder to us."

“Many hunting teams are familiar with this area. Our team is relatively small, and for those large hunting teams, we can easily crush them. If someone really sets their sights on us, we need to have a way to deal with it.”

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ran realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately said solemnly, "Young Clan Leader, don't worry, I'll go and inquire about it in a moment."

"Try to find out about the other hunting teams stationed around us. But remember, never get too close, or you might be seen as a spy with ill intentions, and you could get into trouble if you're not careful."

Yuan Ran: "Understood."

……

After Chang Tianchen and his men left the cave where the Stone Forest Squad was stationed, they hadn't gone far when his lower body transformed into a shimmering snake tail. With a sudden flick of his tail, he smashed a nearby rock into pieces.

Lin Jing bent down to pick up the shoes and the animal skin apron from the ground, skillfully maintaining a safe distance from Chang Tianchen, who was going crazy in front of him. He moved his body under a tree and looked at everything in front of him as if it were commonplace.

After Chang Tianchen had vented his anger, he spoke up: "Why should the clan leader care about someone like Xuan Yan? His current ability level is not as good as before. Although our tribe has few tenth-level wood-type warriors, we do have some. He is no longer of the same value to us as he used to be."

"Xuan Yan mocks you, but that's only because he's backed by Shi Lin and has the young clan leader of Shi Lin supporting him."

"If you really don't like him, or you hold a grudge against him for being accommodating before and then breaking his promise at the last minute, you can wait until he's alone and give him a good beating."

"As long as Young Master Ling doesn't stop you, dealing with him is a piece of cake, isn't it?"

Chang Tianchen turned around and said, "You make it sound so easy. He has a mouth. If we can't kill him, he'll definitely tell on us, and he'll even exaggerate the story."

"If I really kill him, I'll never be able to set foot in Shilin again in my entire life."

Lin Jing: "...So why are you wasting your energy on him? Right now, you should focus on improving your relationship with Young Master Ling and getting her to lower her guard against you as soon as possible. That's the important thing."

"If you become the young clan leader Ling's partner in the future, Xuan Yan will apologize to you sooner or later for the harsh words he uttered today."

Chang Tianchen said somewhat impatiently, "I'm not stupid, tell me something I don't know."

Doesn't he understand that only by getting Ling Chengen to let go of his resentment as soon as possible can he have a chance to advance further?

The problem is that Ling Chengen is not a female who can be fooled by sweet words, nor will she forgive and forget him for a small gain.

Lin Jing touched the tip of his nose, a little guilty, and said, "I can't think of that."

Chang Tianchen's tail thrashed irritably on the ground. He threw the hat he was holding into Chang Tianchen's arms and sneered, "You piece of trash, what use are you?"

Lin Jing pursed his lips and retorted in a low voice, "If I were useless, would you take me on a long hunt?"

Chang Tianchen: "You're getting bolder and bolder."

Lin Jing chuckled: "There's nothing I can do about it. They say that following the clan leader is like living for today and never seeing tomorrow. If I were to die one day and still have a bellyful of resentment to vent, that would be such a loss."

So, as the old saying goes, do today's work today.

We must not bottle up our anger today and let it out tomorrow.

If you bottle it up, you'll only hurt yourself.

As for whether it will hurt others, that's none of his business!
Chang Tianchen's ear fins had slowly retracted, the faint cracks in his eyes had gradually disappeared, and with a slight activation of his supernatural abilities, the moisture and chill on his body were completely evaporated, and he calmed down completely.

"Let's go, go back."

Lin Jing, holding his hat and shoes, asked, "Aren't you going to wear these anymore?"

Chang Tianchen slithered forward on his snake form and said in a calm voice, "I won't wear it."

He's not afraid of the cold.

Most snake-type orcs are somewhat afraid of the cold due to their racial characteristics.

However, this situation will be greatly alleviated after awakening fire-type abilities.

Because of problems with his advancement, his superpowers occasionally go out of control. This situation worsens when his emotions fluctuate too much, so his body is always hot, like a constantly burning furnace.

After the two had walked some distance, Chang Tianchen tilted his head slightly and asked, "Let's go scout out which hunting team the people who were watching us just now belong to."

Lin Jing blinked, his honest demeanor vanishing completely, replaced by a sly smile.

“I’ve already figured out the situation around us.” Lin Jing looked back at the path they had taken. “Besides our team of thirty-eight and Shi Lin’s team, there are five large hunting teams stationed around the Asta Mountains.” “These five hunting teams each have more than five hundred people.”

"Three of the hunting teams are stationed on the northern slopes of the Asta Mountains, not far from where Chief Ling and his men are stationed."

"The other two hunting teams, each with more than a thousand men, were stationed on the southern slope."

"The two teams on the southern slope were at odds and were stationed on the east and west sides respectively, with at least ten miles between them."

"Those two teams were not easy to deal with, and they drove the other three teams to the north slope, not allowing them to hunt or stay for long on the south slope."

Upon hearing this, Chang Tianchen raised his eyelashes, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

"Big Horizons, or Cruma?" he asked flippantly.

“Neither.” Lin Jing sighed deeply and shook his head regretfully. “However, both of these hunting teams are from the southern region and have learned all the bad habits of the Cruma and Daxing tribes.”

"As long as they don't come to the northern foothills, we'll leave them alone."

Chang Tianchen also disliked the tribes in the south. Although many of them were oppressed, he still looked down on those spineless people who not only handed over their territory but also sacrificed their own people to serve as slaves to those self-proclaimed noble idiots.

Chang Tianchen swam forward slowly, and soon added, "However... we have to keep a close watch on the northern slopes around the clock, and we absolutely cannot let our guard down."

"Who knows if those people might suddenly get greedy and set their sights on our hunting teams?"

The hunting teams of the two tribes on the southern slopes may seem to be at odds, but they can unite at any time and extend their reach towards the north of the mountain.

After all, getting an extra set of winter supplies before the cold season arrives provides an extra layer of protection.

This wasn't the first time such a situation had occurred. The hunting teams of the Daxing and Kruma tribes were at odds, but one winter they joined forces to annex the resources of many small tribes in the central region. Afterwards, they sat down to divide the spoils, almost coming to blows.

Those two tribes made a fortune by robbing others' resources, and during the cold season, they all grew fat and strong.

Of the small tribes in the central region that they plundered, five tribes were basically wiped out, with only a few survivors thanks to good luck. Now, their whereabouts are unknown.

Chang Tianchen deeply resented Cruma and Daxing.

These two tribes are a perfect pair, one despicable and shameless, the other hypocritical and sanctimonious. Neither of them is good.

Lin Jing kept Chang Tianchen's words in mind and planned to make arrangements after the report was completed.

He quickly gave a brief account of the situation of the other three hunting teams on the northern slopes.

Two of the hunting teams, each with over 700 members, were composed of hunting teams from small tribes.

One hunting party was from their central region, and the other was from the west.

The remaining hunting party of nearly eight hundred people came from a large tribe in the east.

Years ago, the Dahang and Krumah conspired to seize the small tribe's autumn hunting supplies, leading to the tribe's extermination.

Since then... many small tribes have started to band together for mutual support.

Especially when returning from the autumn hunt from north to south, the hunting teams of small tribes would always travel in groups.

Only children like Ling Chengen and Bai Qingyu, who know nothing, would dare to act alone.

Chang Tianchen got angry just thinking about it.

He meant well.

After all, whatever he wants to do depends on Ling Chengen being alive.

Otherwise, all his efforts would have been in vain in the end!

Lin Jing said, "The situation of the three hunting teams on the northern slope is still unclear, but I saw that the hunting team in the central area has people from the Wuyang tribe in it."

Chang Tianchen didn't understand why Lin Jing would specifically mention Wu Yang: "So what if there's a Wu Yang tribe?"

Lin Jing reminded him, "Chief Ling has a beast husband who is from the Wuyang tribe."

"Back then, Wuyang, like our Snake Mountain, was also defeated by Shilin."

"Didn't we hand one person over?"

"I heard he's a male orc who's decent-looking, but not outstanding in any other way."

"It seems to have little presence in the Stone Forest."

"However, I haven't heard that Young Master Ling drove the people away."

Chang Tianchen: "So?"

Lin Jing asked, "Should we tell Young Master Ling what she thinks? Maybe she'll be willing to negotiate with Wu Yang because of the male he sent?"

"Otherwise, if a conflict or misunderstanding arises later... there won't be time to distinguish who is who when a fight breaks out."

Chang Tianchen glared at Lin Jing: "You think you're so clever? Just wait and see if Ling Chengen will give me a good look?"

"If I go back to her now and talk to her about this, do you think she'll be willing to sit down and listen to me, or will she just kick me out?"

Lin Jing spread his hands and shrugged helplessly: "So, clan leader, you're still no good!"

Chang Tianchen lashed his tail across his rear, gritting his teeth as he said, "I think you're asking for it!"

"You're such a chatterbox, why don't you ever talk back to Lin Quan? You're always picking on me."

Lin Jing laughed and said, "Who told him to be my brother? Besides, he won't hold back when he hits me."

Unlike Chang Tianchen, as long as he hasn't completely lost his mind.

He doesn't actually attack people around him, especially those he's close to or knows.

To some extent, Chang Tianchen was not a good person, much less a perfect one, but he was indeed a very tolerant person towards his subordinates.

Many people only see his outward cruelty and do not truly understand why he allowed himself to be stigmatized and never defended himself.

Compared to Bai Qingyu, the young clan leader of Hanshan, there is also Ling, the young clan leader of Shilin.

Their clan leader has climbed to his current position by shedding blood all the way.

Having experienced being abandoned, betrayed, ostracized, and exiled...

For a time, they were neither human nor ghost, eating raw meat and drinking blood like a true wild beast.

But he pulled through.

Even if everyone criticizes him for being unscrupulous, arrogant, ruthless, and evil.

But he still admired Chang Tianchen.

Because only people like this can become powerful and ruthless.

While upright and honorable heroes are certainly worthy of praise, they are generally not the ones who emerge victorious in the end.