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

Chapter 214 The Clan Chief's Humiliation
Su Weihua and Ling Chengen could recognize the person's identity just by looking at his back.

Ling Chengen couldn't help but sigh softly and mutter, "Why are you here again? You have nothing better to do all day than wait here for me?"

Hearing her frustrated tone, Su Weihua's eyes curved slightly: "The hunting team from Snake Mountain dominates our eastern side, only seven or eight miles away from us. That distance is negligible to them."

"With SH City about to open, their hunting team should be in a rare period of rest and preparation. They've probably been quite free these past few days, so it's not surprising that they've been coming over to visit every day."

Ling Chengen shut his mouth and walked toward Chang Tianchen, who was rooted to the spot like a stone.

Su Weihua did not follow, but stood under the tree and watched quietly for a while, then suddenly turned and walked in another direction.

He found the scales on a fir tree without much effort.

Lin Jing was a small, dark green snake. When he saw Su Weihua standing under the tree, looking up and staring straight at him, the snake was completely dumbfounded...

A dark green frost snake, less than a meter long, slowly slid down from the tree, its bright red tongue flicking a few times. Suddenly, it spoke in a human voice, "How did you find me?"

"Shouldn't you be asking what I need you for?" Su Weihua said.

Lin Jing scoffed, his face full of arrogance, and said, "Even if I don't ask, are you just going to refuse to tell me?"

Su Weihua: "Finding your location isn't that difficult. Since your snake body is green, you can only hide among green plants to achieve concealment. Among the few green trees nearby that are close to our cave entrance, this one offers the best view."

Lin Jing: "You are quite observant."

Su Weihua chuckled and said, "Isn't this common sense?"

Lin Jing: "..." I feel like I'm being mocked.

"What do you want? Speak your mind, or shut up."

Su Weihua: "How many people did you bring on this hunt?"

Lin Jing stared intently at him with his cold eyes, and after a long while asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"I'm just asking around. You don't really think that our small team of thirty-odd people can do anything to your Snake Mountain team of over a hundred people, do you?" Su Weihua's tone was flat, but Lin Jing couldn't help but feel that her expressionless face was mocking.

"The number is less than a thousand."

Lin Jing didn't report any specific figures; this was actually a secret for each hunting team.

Although he had a clear understanding of the situation of several hunting teams in the vicinity, not all orcs in the hunting teams who did intelligence gathering were as good as him. Most of them could only make a rough estimate as a reference.

He had followed Chang Tianchen since he was a child, so he had seen many tribes and teams that suffered great losses because their intelligence was inaccurate.

Therefore, he set a goal from a young age to become the best at gathering intelligence.

"How many of the orcs you brought this time are actually water snakes?" Su Weihua asked.

Lin Jing blinked, his distinctive vertical pupils narrowing slightly. He tilted his head and scrutinized Su Weihua for a few seconds before suddenly asking, "You want to borrow our hunting team's water snake beastman warriors? What do you have in the Thousand Lakes District?"

Su Weihua was a little surprised by Lin Jing's keen insight, but he didn't need to hide what he wanted to do.

Anyway, once construction begins, it can't be kept secret.

“Our population is small, and most of them are not good swimmers. Our clan chief wants to collect the roots and stems of round-leaved aquatic plants, because she says they are edible.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing immediately straightened his upper body, circled around the slender fir tree, and when he peeked out from behind the tree, his upper body had already transformed into a human form.

He crossed his arms in front of him and said with great enthusiasm, "You should have said so earlier. Since it is Young Master Ling who needs it, how can we refuse?"

Su Weihua said seriously, "Even if you help us, at most we can only divide the roots and stems of the round-leaf grass with you and teach you how to cook this food. As for anything else... don't think about it."

Lin Jing has the standard face shape of a male snake-type beastman, with a small head and face, round, bright and clear eyes, smooth facial features, and an overall light-colored appearance. In addition, he is not very old, and his round eyes paired with a deliberately ingratiating smile make it easy for people to lower their guard.

"The way you're saying that makes us feel like outsiders. Although our clan leader can be a bit ruthless at times, he's actually a very good person, especially when it comes to protecting his own. Even though his superpowers are having some issues right now, he's reverted to the Heavenly Python bloodline, so his future is promising. If he really does end up with your young clan leader Ling, then your young clan leader will have a lot of face when he goes out."

However, Su Weihua was clearly unmoved by his overtures and maintained a businesslike attitude, saying, "There's no room for discussion. I won't help Chang Tianchen."

"You know his character better than I do."

"No matter how eloquently you speak, if Ling Chengen hates him, there's nothing anyone can do."

"Moreover, your clan chief isn't the only one in the Northern Plains who's an older, single snake with a promising future. There are plenty of other promising young people out there."

Lin Jing: "..."

He heard from others that Su Weihua was a silent wolf who believed silence was golden.

But little did he know that when he opened his mouth, it was even more poisonous than the venom spewed from his brother's mouth.

However... there is some truth to what that said.

Their clan leader was indeed several years older than Ling Chengen.

Look at the young clan leader of Hanshan. He is eighteen years old, in the prime of his youth, beautiful, and energetic. He is also in excellent health and has no mental illness.

If all else fails, look at this one.

At seventeen, despite some hardships in life, he was still quite handsome.

If he were willing to put up a sign at the market looking for a mate, he'd probably have a ton of young, beautiful, and capable females willing to pay him off...

Compared to them, their clan leader does seem rather unattractive...

But Lin Jing wouldn't dare say such a thing.

He still seriously wanted to argue with Su Weihua about the merits of his family patriarch, but Su Weihua ignored him and turned away.

Lin Jing hugged the tree trunk, scratched the bark with its paws, and took a bite of a fir leaf. The strange bitter taste in its mouth made it shudder, and it immediately turned its head and spat a few times.

He sighed deeply and said dejectedly, "Other people can find a partner by meeting them today and crawling out of a hole tomorrow. Why has it become such a long and drawn-out tug-of-war for the clan chief?"

I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out.

……

After returning, Lin Jing first sought out Keharun to inquire about the specific situation of the water snake warriors in the hunting team.

Although Kharen didn't understand why, he assumed that Chang Tianchen wanted to know, so he told him directly.

Lin Jing stroked his chin and said, "Does our tribe only have less than fifty water snake beastmen?"

Kharen said speechlessly, "There are definitely more than that; only this many came out this time."

"Why are you asking about these people? What is the clan chief planning now?"

Lin Jing: "Get them to go into the water and dig up the roots and stems of those round-leaved grasses. Shi Lin also said that the roots and stems of those aquatic plants are edible. If we cooperate, they will teach us how to process these plants."

"In my opinion, instead of going into the water to dig up grass roots, we should go hunting."

Lin Jing glanced up at him, his eyes filled with disdain, and said, "You make it sound so easy, but you know exactly what a hunt is like."

“Sometimes, when you spot a herd of animals, you can chase after them for two or three days. If you’re lucky, you can hunt a lot of meat; if you’re unlucky, by the time you catch up, someone else will have already snatched it away, and you can’t say anything about it.”

"After running around for three to five days covered in dust and dirt, exhausted like a dead dog, there are countless examples of people who end up with nothing." "Nothing is as fast as digging up ready-made supplies. Besides, in the deadly cold season, it doesn't matter what you eat. It's good enough to have something to eat. Many people are just missing that one bite to eat and don't live to see the following spring."

Kharen lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, realizing that what he said made sense.

Have you ever eaten the rhizome of this round-leaved aquatic plant?

"So, if we follow your suggestion and have our hunting team's water snake beastmen go into the water to dig, what's the point if they work all day and the harvest isn't even enough to feed thirty or fifty people for a day?"

Lin Jing rolled his eyes at him: "Do you have precognitive abilities? You haven't seen anything, haven't even dug a single hole, how do you know you won't find much?"

"And are the people of Shilin stupid?"

"The investment and returns are disproportionate; how can they possibly target anything in the water?"

After pondering for a moment, Kharen immediately changed his mind and said, "When do you plan to start digging in the Stone Forest? I'll go and take a look on the first day. If the quantity is large... I'll go and discuss it with the Water Dragon tribe next door. They have many orcs who are good swimmers."

Lin Jing: "I'm not quite sure either. We'll either start today or wait until the market opens."

Anyway, on the first day of the market opening, everyone will definitely rush to the sea market and have no interest in digging mud in the water.

Kharen: "Then you should go and ask around. If it's done today, I'll go find someone right now."

Lin Jing watched him rush around, scratching the back of his head as he walked away, before suddenly realizing what had happened...

This person was just disagreeing a moment ago, how come they've suddenly become so enthusiastic?

……

The matter of digging lotus roots was discussed quickly, but Lin Jing still went to talk to Chang Tianchen first.

Although she knew that her love-struck patriarch would most likely not refuse, and might even personally supervise the construction, the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

After all, they belong to Snake Mountain, not Stone Forest.

They can't just scramble to get on Su Weihua's good side just because she says something in Ling Chengen's name; that would be too embarrassing.

With the clan chief's approval, things become different.

People talk about how they were too eager and embarrassed...

That has nothing to do with Snake Mountain; it's just that their clan leader is a bit of a sycophant!
The warriors of Snake Mountain were nothing more than tools for the Mad Clan Chief to pursue his lover.

After receiving Chang Tianchen's approval, Lin Jing went to find Su Weihua with this in mind.

Half an hour after daybreak, a group of people were led to Qianhu District by Su Weihua.

The Thousand Lakes area is still bustling with activity today, with many hunting teams present.

Since fishing and hunting are also important resources during the cold season, although they are not easy to preserve, it is not a big problem.

Many of the orcs in the far north have awakened ice-type abilities due to the geographical environment and other reasons.

As long as the hunting party is willing to contribute some resources, they can find orcs who are willing to use their supernatural abilities to help freeze the catch.

After daybreak, Ling Chengen followed Bai Qingyu to Qianhu District.

This time, she truly understood why this place was called the "Land of a Thousand Lakes".

Bai Qingyu flew with her in the air for a long time, but they still couldn't see the boundary of the Thousand Lakes District.

While they were flying overhead, Xiao Huang Tong took the opportunity to calculate the area of ​​the Thousand Lakes District.

Within this region, there are 7997 rivers with a length of over five kilometers, totaling more than 8.5 kilometers in length, and 12420 lakes of various sizes, with a total water area of ​​over 12 square kilometers, comparable to the area of ​​some provinces in my previous life.

When Ling Chengen heard the number, he was stunned for several seconds.

Previously, she only felt that the land area of ​​the Beast World was very large, but she never had a particularly concrete concept of it. However, this time, she gained a very intuitive and clear understanding of just a small part of the vast territory of the Beast World from a series of data.

When Bai Qingyu landed with her by a small lake, the tall grass that was taller than a person completely submerged them.

However, they had already located the underwater collection team before they landed.

After parting the bushes, the two followed the sound and found the group.

The aquatic plants by the lake were cut down by Su Weihua's people, clearing out a large open space.

Since the Stone Forest Hunting Team had no other plans, almost everyone came to the Thousand Lakes area to watch the excitement and lend a hand.

The rest were mostly warriors from the Snake Mountain tribe, numbering about a hundred.

Only fifty water serpent orcs actually went into the water.

As Ling Chengen walked under a pear tree, she vaguely sensed an unusual presence. She suddenly turned her head to look at her right shoulder and saw a yellowish-green horned viper slowly raising its head. It had two forked antennae on its head and was curiously examining her with its blue-green snake eyes.

As Bai Qingyu walked up behind her, the scales of the viper coiled on the branch slowly changed color, turning into a light purple, similar to the color of lavender.

Upon seeing this color, Ling Chengen suddenly turned to Bai Qingyu and said, "I remember you used to harvest lavender every year, dry it, and hang it on the wall. I don't think I've seen you do that this year..."

Bai Qingyu glanced at the purple tree viper, reached out and pulled Ling Chengen to her left, her voice as light as a summer breeze: "We got some this year too. Didn't you often go out during the dry season? I found a good day and took some people to harvest it."

Lavender is not only used to decorate rooms, but it is also a commonly used medicinal herb.

Not only does it have some analgesic effects, but it can also help relieve tension and irritability during the breeding season...

This medicinal herb is very common, and some tribes even arrange for wood-type beastmen to cultivate it.

The main purpose is to deal with the surge in male orc breeding season every spring, so that they can calm down as soon as possible.

He collects dried lavender flowers partly because he likes the color and finds them beautiful, perfect for decorating his nest, and partly because the scent of lavender makes him sleep very comfortably.

On the other hand, it was mainly prepared for the several adult male orcs in the family.

Bai Xu and Bai Xi are both older than him, but neither of them has any intention of finding a partner yet, so they have to get through the breeding season on their own every year.

Neither of them were the type to prepare soothing herbs in advance, so they would ask him for them every year when they needed them.

Bai Qingyu led Ling Chengen past the pear tree, and only after they had distanced themselves did she whisper, "Don't go near the tree vipers in the future."

Ling Chengen asked doubtfully, "Are they warriors from Snake Mountain?"

Bai Qingyu nodded slightly and said, "Yes, but there's a problem with the tree viper orcs of Snake Mountain."

"The ancestors of their race were exiled from Sancha Baishui City in the Southern Plains. It is said that they had serious problems due to the reversion of their bloodline, and repeatedly attacked the beastmen around them indiscriminately. In the end, they were sentenced to exile to the Northern Plains."

"This situation did not disappear with reproduction; instead, it was passed down from generation to generation."

"Therefore, the tree viper beastmen of the Northern Plains are mostly very unstable in personality."

"Although Chang Tianchen has the bloodline of a celestial python, his appearance actually resembles that of a tree viper with seven or eight horns."

"Therefore... the Tree Viper race may be the race closest to the Sky Serpent."

“I suspect that Chang Tianchen’s emotions have been unstable ever since he reverted to his ancestral form, and the root cause is likely that the Heavenly Python bloodline itself has a huge flaw.”