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

Chapter 226 The Main Team Arrives
The glass was not fired in a cave, but in a sheltered open space.

There's no need to ask for directions. There aren't many people in Shilin, so the enclosed campsite isn't very big. You can find the group of people making glass by following the sounds.

Chang Tianchen simply turned a corner, went around the mound of earth, and saw a bright red area.

There were about thirty or forty people, layered upon each other in several circles. Upon closer inspection, you could even spot the warriors of their Snake Mountain tribe.

Chang Tianchen walked up to the Snake Mountain warrior and casually asked, "When did they start burning this transparent glass?"

The Snake Mountain warrior, named Ritsuda, who was engrossed in watching the scene, answered the question without turning his head: "It started in the afternoon, but I wasn't here then. I heard it from the people in the Stone Forest."

What is the success rate of firing this?

Lu Tian wasn't really sure. He turned his head to see who was asking such a tricky question, but when he looked up, he met Chang Tianchen's eyes and was so frightened that he immediately fell silent.

Chang Tianchen simply looked at him quietly, ignoring his nervousness and fear, and said calmly, "I'm asking you, what's the success rate?"

Ritsuta snapped out of his reverie and immediately began recalling what he had seen since arriving. He answered rather quickly, "The success rate is quite high, but it's easy to make mistakes when firing the shapes. It seems they're making some kind of transparent lampshade, and if they make a mistake, they just throw away the failed product..."

"But regardless of the shape, basically those sand and gravel thrown in and heated for a while will quickly turn into a flowing red substance, and once the temperature drops, it will take shape."

Chang Tianchen nodded and casually asked, "You're the water snake beastman who helped dig lotus roots this afternoon, right?"

Ritsuta nodded and said, "Yes, we also finished work before dark. After we came back, we walked around the area and found that the Stone Forest was quite lively. The soldiers in the Stone Forest asked me to come and join in the fun."

Chang Tianchen asked, somewhat surprised, "You have a good relationship with the warriors of Shilin?"

Unsure of his meaning, Ritsuda replied truthfully, "Well, it should be considered pretty good."

After hearing his answer, Chang Tianchen immediately fell silent.

Lu Tian wanted to leave, but fearing that Chang Tianchen would think he was being rude, he forced himself to stand with him for a while. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he said, "Clan leader, I'll go back now."

Chang Tianchen waved absentmindedly, and Lu Tian immediately turned around and walked back.

If he stayed a little longer, the sweat on his back would almost soak his clothes.

The stone forest warrior standing next to Lu Tian turned his head and glanced at Lu Tian's back, feeling that the other party was somewhat panicked and reckless.

After Chang Tianchen had watched for a while and his interest had worn off, the warrior pulled another Snake Mountain warrior beside him and asked, "Are all the people of Snake Mountain afraid of your chieftain?"

The Snake Mountain warrior stretched his stiff shoulders and neck, turned his head and said with a pale face, "Isn't that obvious? It's only because your clan leader and young clan leader can protect you that you'd be afraid too."

Dia's eyes widened slightly, and she said disdainfully, "Impossible."

The warrior from Snake Mountain glanced at him and said speechlessly, "You really have to thank your young clan leader. If our clan leader hadn't insisted on finding her as his partner, he probably wouldn't have been able to control himself at all. If he encountered someone he didn't like or didn't like, he wouldn't even give them a chance to speak and might have just killed them."

Diya asked incredulously, "He's so cruel, how dare you let him be the chieftain of Snake Mountain?"

Snake Mountain Warrior: "Otherwise what?"

"Those who disobeyed were all killed long ago."

Dia: "He only returned to Snake Mountain before the dry season this year, right? Is that a big deal?"

Looking at the expression on Diya's face, the warriors of Snake Mountain said helplessly, "You know nothing about our chieftain's killing prowess."

Compared to the kind and amiable young chieftain of the Stone Forest Clan, and his gentle beastmen, their chieftain was nothing short of a devil incarnate.

Because of old grudges, Chang Tianchen was punished and expelled by his clan.

He had absolutely no liking for the people of Snake Mountain.

If they can't even obey orders, then he probably sees no value in their lives.

However, the warriors of Snake Mountain did not want to talk about these things anymore.

After all, Chang Tianchen is their clan leader. If he speaks ill of their clan leader to other tribes, he might lose his life if someone reports him later.

……

The Stone Forest was brightly lit at night. After communicating with Ling Chengen, Chang Tianchen also obtained glass lampshades from them. Together with the tung oil he had exchanged with them, the dark cave was lit up for the first time.

Many Snake Mountain warriors curiously gathered around the tung oil lamp hanging from the top and whispered, "Stone Forest really has a lot of good stuff. I see they have a lot of things we've never seen before on their stalls. Why don't we go take a look when there aren't too many people at their stalls, and ask them what their trading rules are?"

The idea was good, but for the next ten days or so, the number of people at the Shilin stall never decreased.

Every day, as soon as the market opens, the stalls are immediately filled with people.

Sometimes, before the goods on the stall are even displayed, a long queue of people has already formed in front of it.

This phenomenon has gradually become a major spectacle in the mirage, attracting many onlookers.

The large hunting team from Shilin arrived on the eighth day after the opening of the sea market.

Ling Chengen looked at the nearly 1,000-person hunting team, covered in dust, and at the head of the team, Ling Xiao, who looked weathered and worn. His expression was very complicated.

The reason was simple: the warriors of the Stone Forest Hunting Team seemed to be in poor physical condition.

It wasn't until the hunting team set up camp that Ling Chengen finally found out the reason.

On their way north, the hunting party in Shilin encountered several small waves of monstrous beasts, and the closer they got to the far north, the more groups tried to rob them.

They even encountered a hunting party from a large tribe.

Ling Chengen asked in confusion, "Our tribe's hunting teams aren't small. For example, the Snake Mountain tribe's hunting team only has seven or eight hundred people, but they've never encountered such a situation..."

Ling Xiao frowned and said, "I also find it strange. In previous years, we would only encounter groups that wanted to rob us on the way south after participating in the market, but this year everything is very unusual."

Ling Chengen asked, "Will today's hunting trip north have any impact?"

"There will definitely be some, not as much as in previous years, but considering the large amount of food the tribe has stockpiled this year, it should be enough to ensure that everyone has enough to eat for the winter."

Bai Qingyu handed the brewed herbal tea to Ling Xiao, pondered for a moment, and hesitated before asking, "Could our hunting team be targeted by someone?"

Ling Xiao looked up at him and said, "That's what I guessed too, but even if we collect a few corpses, we still can't determine who those people are."

Ling Chengen had some thoughts, but he didn't say them aloud.

Because she hasn't seen it with her own eyes yet.

After the market closes, they will head back with the main hunting team from Shilin, and they will probably run into each other again.

There's always a way to find out who these ill-intentioned people are.

"How did your hunt go?" Ling Xiao took a few sips of herbal medicine, glanced at Xuan Yan who was treating the wound on his arm, and then turned to look at Su Weihua, who was sitting in front of the fireplace frying meat.

Su Weihua glanced at Ling Chengen and Bai Qingyu, who hadn't yet spoken, and replied, "It's alright. Our team is small, and we took in a group of wandering orcs along the way. We've already traded all the supplies we collected. Lately, we've been selling some braised dishes at our stall, and in the afternoons we're digging for lotus roots and catching fish in the nearby Thousand Lakes area."

After treating Ling Xiao's arm wound, Xuan Yan explained, "The toxins involved have been removed, but exposed wounds can't be healed directly with your abilities, so you'll just have to wait for them to heal slowly. During this time, keep the wound dry and change the dressing every two days. It should be fully healed in about seven or eight days." Ling Xiao pressed his upper arm and nodded, saying, "Understood, thanks."

Xuan Yan waved his hand, tidied up the bottles and jars in the basket, and got up to leave.

Once he was out of sight, Ling Xiao withdrew his gaze and said, "That person was originally a wandering beastman from the Rattlesnake Alliance in the Lolu Mountains, wasn't he?"

"Does Father know him?"

Ling Xiao nodded: "I've met him a few times. He used to be very strong."

"However, this time when we met, I felt that his aura had become much weaker."

Bai Qingyu explained, "We know that. He was injured before, and his ability level has been dropping ever since..."

"What kind of injury? It's so serious?"

Bai Qingyu shook his head: "We're not entirely sure either, but he's a witch doctor himself, and quite capable. If he can't solve it himself, there's nothing we can do to help. But Enen said we can ask Yuheng to take a look when we get back; it would be best if he could cure it..."

It can't be cured.

Xuan Yan should have been mentally prepared for this and would make other plans.

Ling Xiao nodded and quickly stopped asking about the rattlesnake. Instead, he turned to talk about something else, beckoning to Lei Sang who was standing to the side and saying, "Go and get the things we found on the way. See if Enen and the others can use them."

Upon hearing this, Lei Sang became excited and turned to run outside.

Soon, he ran in carrying something orange-red on his back and carefully put down the bamboo basket: "We came across this by chance on the road. It looks a lot like the rainbow fruit in the tribe. It's also very fluffy and soft to the touch. We thought that the fluff of the rainbow fruit could be used to stuff clothes to keep them warm, and this plant should be able to do the same."

Ling Chengen picked up the contents of the basket; it was a bright orange-red mass that unfolded like a flower.

However, the petals can be stretched very long, and they are about 80% similar to cotton.

It's just that the colors are quite vibrant.

"This was picked from the branch of a large tree. A few soldiers climbed the tree to hide from a small hunting frenzy and found this thing."

"We asked the local orcs and they said this tree is called the Fire Cloud Tree."

"It gets its name from the fiery flowers that bloom on the tree every autumn."

"However, some orcs feel very uncomfortable when they come into contact with this flower, so only a small number of people pick this flower and put it in their caves to keep warm in winter."

Ling Chengen thought about it carefully and felt that these people might be allergic to the cotton-like clumps that grow from the Fire Cloud Tree.

However, it is indeed a good thing.

After all, some people may be allergic to direct contact, but others are not. If you seal this orange-red cotton in your clothes, the situation should be much better.

Seeing that she was very interested in the flowers of the Fire Cloud Tree, Ling Xiao said, "Because we were not sure if this stuff would work, we didn't pick many. But we remembered the route, so we can go back and pick more on the way back."

"I plan to start tomorrow and have the team go to the market to trade supplies so we can return home ahead of schedule."

This would allow them to avoid some of the hunting teams heading south and reduce the number of times they would be robbed along the way.

Ling Chengen pondered for two seconds: "We'll return together with the people from Snake Mountain."

Ling Xiao was stunned for a few seconds upon hearing this, and after a long while, he hesitated and asked, "You're dating that kid from Snake Mountain?"

Bai Qingyu and Su Weihua looked up, and Ling Chengen shook his head and said, "Then there definitely isn't one."

"However, it's safer with more people."

"Besides, they don't even have as many people as we do in Shilin. If they come with us, the safety of the supplies they're carrying will increase. They might even be more than happy to do so."

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment, then picked up the herbal tea in front of him, gulped it down, and said nothing more.

He really wanted to say that it wasn't good to keep that Snake Mountain kid hanging on like this.

He had dealt with the people of Snake Mountain many times.

Those snakes aren't very clever; they're not suitable to be chosen as animal husbands.

He chose Chang Yinbo mainly because that kid was weaker than Enen, so his eldest daughter could keep him in check and he didn't have to worry too much about the kid doing something troublesome.

But Chang Tianchen...

This kid is completely unrelated to the idea of ​​being law-abiding and obedient.

Once you're involved, it means one thing—trouble!
Ling Chengen knew Ling Xiao's worries, but she had her own ideas and her own pace.

She couldn't skip the option of Chang Tianchen for the time being.

The system task has been stuck there for a long time.

She also wanted to fool the system into letting Chang Tianchen's option go for now.

I'll provide a guide later.

However, the system doesn't work that way; it won't refresh the next task until this one is completed.

Therefore, she did not want to discuss Chang Tianchen's issue with Ling Xiao for the time being.

Chang Tianchen has been relatively calm lately, and his condition has become much more stable.

However, Ling Chengen dared not let his guard down, mainly because his physical and mental state was affected by his emotions.

This person is like a powder keg; he'll explode at the slightest spark.

The lethality is amazing.

There is another crucial issue.

Chang Tianchen is bloodthirsty.

Although he didn't use blood-type methods much in front of her, she could hear more or less about what he had been doing lately from the Snake Mountain warriors.

Some things may be slightly exaggerated, but these rumors are definitely not unfounded.

She didn't want to keep someone with a murderous intent around her.

In particular, the identity of the partner must be revealed.

This is a relationship where everyone prospers or suffers together.

This means that anyone Chang Tianchen offends will target her.