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

Chapter 227 The Fallen Priest
However, Chang Tianchen's problem can be put aside for now. The most urgent task is to exchange the supplies in Shilin as soon as possible and then return home on an as soon as possible.

Ling Chengen asked Ling Xiao if there were any places to trade space containers in the market. They had been wandering around the market for seven or eight days but had not heard of any stalls willing to sell space containers. They had also asked a few tribes they were familiar with, but had not gotten any useful information.

Ling Xiao shook his head and said, "Spatial containers are always something that can only be obtained by chance. Even if someone is willing to make a sale, they wouldn't publicize it so much, because before the deal is finalized, they might encounter someone with ill intentions who tries to kill and rob them."

Upon hearing this, Ling Chengen sighed softly, having already given up hope on the spatial container.

She already has one, and even if the space capacity is not large, it is still a very precious thing.

People should know how to be content.

After this incident, their small team of about thirty people, who had arrived in Haishi ahead of schedule, began to help the main force contact acquaintances, and took with them a list of the inventory of supplies and a small number of sample supplies to discuss with the leaders of other tribes.

This has the advantage that when transacting with someone you've already transacted with, the process is simpler and there's less of a trial-and-error process between the two parties.

These matters are currently mainly handled by Bai Qingyu and Su Weihua, who are respectively leading Lin Ying and Xuan Yan, with Zhi Lü and Yuan Ran assisting the leader of the main hunting team of Shilin in completing the transaction.

Ling Chengen stayed at his stall, overseeing the daily braised food business and the afternoon work of digging lotus roots and catching fish. When he was bored, he would take a stroll around Amber Bay. Sometimes he was lucky enough to find a lot of small seafood on the beach at low tide, which he would then use to change his taste.

Trading in the market reached its peak between the tenth and fifteenth day.

Every day, many orcs negotiate, haggling back and forth, trying to secure greater benefits for their tribe.

Ling Chengen would occasionally avoid such situations.

The main concern was that when they got excited, their spittle would fly onto my face.

If you're unlucky and run into someone with a bad temper, the two sides might get into a fight, and bystanders could easily get caught in the crossfire.

Ling Chengen kept track of the progress of the supplies trade every day and began to prepare the dry food and supplies needed for the return trip. At the same time, he began one last search in the vicinity for supplies that could be brought back to Shilin.

The previously discovered velvet grass had not been harvested on a large scale due to a lack of manpower and sufficient storage materials.

However, after the main force of the Stone Forest Hunting Team arrived, apart from the people responsible for the daily transactions, most of the rest were resting or wandering around the market to join in the fun.

Ling Chengen and Ling Xiao discussed it and decided to arrange for a group of people to harvest the velvet grass, while the rest of them would continue to process the hemp they had harvested along the way, and weave it into bags and other items as soon as possible.

Ling Chengen had already familiarized herself with the surrounding environment during this time, and coupled with her supernatural ability to perceive her surroundings and avoid danger in advance, Su Weihua and Bai Qingyu no longer insisted that she have someone with her.

Because sometimes it's useless to talk to them, Ling Chengen doesn't really listen to them.

Moreover, having only one or two people with you can only provide so much help.

Most of the warriors are not as strong as her. If the enemy intends to attack them, those who follow her will become a burden.

Because Ling Chengen is the young clan leader, it is impossible for him to abandon the beastmen in his clan.

On the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the transaction, after settling the payment with the Water Dragon Beast tribe in the Thousand Lakes District, Ling Chengen said with a smile, "I hope we can cooperate again next year."

The leader, a water dragon beastman, smiled sincerely on his honest face, wiped his hands, which were still slightly wet, on his clothes, and lightly squeezed Ling Chengen's fingertips: "No problem, I should thank you for giving us this opportunity."

After all, the Water Dragon Beast Clan is not the only orc that can stay underwater for extended periods of time.

Most of the Shan Na tribe can actually do it, and there are also many amphibious orcs in the inland areas.

The fact that the other party was willing to approach their Water Dragon Beast Clan first when it came to digging lotus roots, and didn't even try to lower the price... was enough for them to treat the young chieftain of the Stone Forest Tribe as an honored guest and a god of wealth.

Moreover, through this collaboration, they also learned about a plant that could be used as food.

As aquatic beastmen, they are more familiar with the conditions of waterways in various places than other beastmen.

Lotus roots are not only found in the Thousand Lakes region of the far north; they are actually distributed in many bodies of water. However, people previously regarded these tall lotus leaves as a special type of aquatic plant and did not pay attention to the underwater roots.

The method of eating lotus root that I learned from Shilin can be used when they go back. Although I can't say for sure that they will have a good winter this year, the variety of food in the tribe will definitely be more abundant, and the number of people who die during the winter will definitely be lower.

"Young Master Ling, see you in Haishi next year."

Having finished digging for lotus roots, the water dragon beastman waved his hand behind him and left with his men.

Ling Chengen had her men carry all the lotus roots they had dug that day back home, but she didn't follow the group. Instead, she went for a stroll around Amber Bay.

The low tide times at Amber Bay are generally around 9:00 AM and after 4:30 PM.

Each low tide lasts approximately two hours.

If you take a stroll around Amber Bay right now, you should be able to find plenty of small seafood.

Because of the opening of the sea city, the Shan Na tribe and the sea tribe do not have such a strong sense of rejection towards the land beastmen.

When Ling Chengen strolled along the coast, she would occasionally run into them. Most of them would just ignore her, but some of the nicer ones would even greet her with a smile and tell her how to find the small seafood hidden on the beach.

So, as usual, she walked towards the receding tide at the shore of Amber Bay.

He jumped directly from the steep part of the cliff, stepped on the protruding rocks on the cliff face, and after a few nimble movements, landed on the black reef at the bottom of the cliff.

This is a pile of rocks. Because the rocks are very sharp, most orcs don't run this way.

There are usually many small things hidden in the crevices of the rocks, so she likes to come here to check first every day.

Ling Chengen took out a bamboo basket from his spatial storage and a pair of bamboo tongs. He poked around in the crevices of the rocks where the tide had receded and soon found two plump octopuses in the murky puddle.

She stuffed the two octopuses into the bamboo basket, put the lid on, and continued jumping back and forth among the rocks, soon finding a stranded moray eel.

This eel was quite large, and half of its body was stuck in a crevice between the rocks.

Ling Chengen used his supernatural abilities to sense the eel and discovered that it was over two meters long and could also release electric current.

She cautiously stopped her movements, using her supernatural tentacles to manipulate the area repeatedly. Each time, the tentacles would be jolted by an electric shock, but it wouldn't damage her body. Instead, it felt like giving her a massage in her mental domain, making her quite engrossed in the experience.

After the electric eel was de-energized from the ordeal, Ling Chengen decisively took action, precisely clamping the eel's head with bamboo tongs. He then used his left hand to hold the slippery body and tossed it into the empty bamboo basket. Once inside, the electric eel immediately began to struggle frantically, also trying to drive away two octopuses attempting to escape.

Ling Chengen slammed the lid shut, leaving the electric eel to thrash about in the basket, and continued on to his next target.

After she scooped up a blue cod, she straightened up and stood on the reef, squinting slightly as she watched the sky gradually darken. She prepared to explore the entire reef before heading back home.

The remaining area wasn't large, and just as she was about to jump onto the lower rocks, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a very familiar blue in the corner of her eye.

After Ling Chengen steadied herself, she held onto the reef with one hand, squinted slightly, and only after realizing that she couldn't see the condition of the sponge with her naked eye did she spread her mental energy forward.

As she approached the area near that blue patch, the other person seemed to notice her immediately.

Soon, that blue color sank beneath the surface of the sea.

Ling Chengen frowned in confusion, feeling that it should be Shi Ruoan, but the other person descended too quickly and she didn't catch a glimpse of the other person's face, so she wasn't very sure.

However, she thought Shi Ruoan wouldn't avoid her, after all, she was his savior. Although he was a taciturn and reserved person like Su Weihua, he was still quite polite.

Therefore, she withdrew her mental energy and continued her beachcombing endeavors.

Just as Ling Chengen picked up the two plump sea cucumbers, a wave suddenly crashed onto the rocks at her feet, and the cold white seawater fell on her bare ankles and calves.

She turned her head to look in the direction the waves were coming from, and saw her dark blue hair spread out beneath the surface of the sea, with a few strands of red slowly rising to the surface.

Ling Chengen squatted on the reef, reached his right hand into the seawater, grabbed the long, seaweed-like hair, and dragged the person who was soaking underwater directly onto the reef.

She casually brushed aside the strands of hair covering his face, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, and clicked her tongue in disapproval: "Aren't you a high-ranking sea race warrior? Why do you always look so disheveled whenever I see you?"

Shi Ruoan lay halfway on the reef, her tightly closed eyelashes trembling. After a few seconds, she slowly opened them. Water droplets slid down her fair and smooth skin, and her long, powerful fishtail swayed with the waves. A bitter smile appeared on her face.

"Can you pull me up first? My injuries might attract the pursuers."

"You're such a troublesome person."

Although Ling Chengen complained, he was still very quick and efficient. He hung the bamboo basket on his back, put his hands under his armpits, and dragged him directly from the sea to the shore.

Shi Ruoan's skin was very cold, colder than seawater.

Ling Chengen felt his sleeve was soaked, and with a sour face, he threw him into a crevice between the rocks. This spot was right with his back to the sea, so even if sea creatures came to investigate, they would have to go around the rocks.

However, just as Ling Chengen threw the person down, Shi Ruoan suddenly sprang up from the ground, reached behind her with her left hand, and firmly gripped a black and white ringed sea snake with her five fingers. Her sharp nails easily pierced the sea snake's scales and skin, cutting it directly into two pieces, which she then casually tossed into a crevice in the rocks not far away.

"on purpose?"

Shi Ruoan leaned against the rock with one hand, looking up at Ling Chengen who was looking down at her.

Ling Chengen spread his hands, looking innocent, and said, "I don't have the ability to predict the future. It's normal that I didn't see the snake because it was hiding deep in the crevice, right?"

Shi Ruoan didn't care whether she did it on purpose or not, and cupped her hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you for saving me again."

"What happened to you? How could you get beaten up like this on your own turf?"

"Did someone force-feed you a tragic, strong female lead script?"

Shi Ruoan didn't quite understand her teasing, but looking at the expression on her face, she could understand a little bit of what she meant.

He was a rather rigid person, and when he lowered his eyes, he exuded a calm temperament, and one could even see a hint of divinity in him, which was indeed very fitting for his identity as the high priest of the sea tribe.

Ling Chengen appreciated his appearance and temperament, but she didn't have any further thoughts about him.

Because, based on her current understanding of the situation in the far north.

Shi Ruoan and Shi Panxing are in a really bad situation right now. She is just the young chieftain of a medium-sized tribe on land and does not have the strength to participate in the power struggle in the sea.

Moreover, these two male merfolk have no other advantage besides having a pure bloodline.

The chances of the two of them successfully killing the former second princess, now the Queen of Haipola, and usurping the throne are almost zero.

Shi Ruoan glanced at the bamboo basket hanging on her body and the tongs that she had casually tossed on the stone: "Are you picking up small seafood here?"

Ling Chengen took the basket down so he could see it more clearly: "I didn't have anything to do today, so I came to pick some up. I'll have a barbecue tonight to improve my meals."

Shi Ruoan looked at the four or five fish in her basket, as well as the only eel, and said with a smile, "Actually, if you deal with the Shan Na tribe or the Octopus tribe beastmen here a few more times, you can get them to catch fish for you in the sea with just a piece of dried meat from land. They usually catch no less than ten fish, and they are all quite big and taste good too."

"Both the Hai people and the Shan people are experts in eating fish, so you can't go wrong by following their tastes."

Ling Chengen closed the lid of the bamboo basket, his face grim, and said, "I just wanted to come and pick them up myself; it's more interesting that way, and it helps pass the time. But is this the time to discuss this kind of thing? Are you being chased? Shouldn't you find somewhere to hide?"

Shi Ruoan looked up at her sharp jawline and asked gently, "Can I hide where you're stationed?"

Ling Chengen gave him a haughty and aloof glance, bent down to pick up the bamboo basket on the ground, and turned to leave without saying a word.

Shi Ruoan transformed her fishtail into legs and used them to support herself on the rocks as she followed in her footsteps.

Ling Chengen glanced back at him: "The way you're acting, swaggering back with me like this, are you afraid those sea creatures won't cause trouble for our tribe?"

Shi Ruoan smiled faintly and said, "I naturally have ways to keep them from finding out."

Upon hearing this, Ling Chengen snorted and said, "Suit yourself."

She glanced at the bloodstains dripping onto the rocks behind her, her nostrils twitching slightly. She took out a piece of cloud-patterned fabric from her spatial storage, tore it into strips, and handed it to him: "Wrap the wound with this fabric. The dripping blood will attract your enemies."

Shi Ruoan obediently bandaged her wound and casually said, "The sense of smell of the sea people is not as developed after they come ashore as it is in the sea, so you can rest assured about that."

"What if your enemies cooperate with the orcs on land? Orcs like the cat, dog, and fox tribes have an extremely keen sense of smell. They could pinpoint your location in no time by following the trail of blood you left behind..."

Upon hearing her words, Shi Ruoan immediately fell silent.