Stone Age Husband Raising JournalCh22.1 - Devil Frog

translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha

Shi Li and Xiong Qi were fighting for quite a few reasons. gdXOmc

The original cause for the fight was Lang Yin.

It was a normal occurrence in the tribe for a woman to have two suitors, and having these two suitors fight in order to determine who had the right to be with her was also very normal. In fact, there were also cases where two women would fight over a man.

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Xiong Qi had long been interested in Lang Yin, and it was natural for him to be angry now that he had been preempted by Shi Li.

However, Lang Yin had already invited Shi Li to live in her cave, and even if Xiong Qi won, it would be a pointless fight. Adding on the fact that he had been injured while trading for salt, Xiong Qi hadn’t gone to make any trouble for Shi Li until they started interacting more over the past few days. Xdz 8A

After the salt team had returned, Xiong He divided the warriors into two groups whenever they went out to hunt. One group would be led by him, while the other was led by Xiong Qi.

Xiong He had been cultivating Xiong Ye, so Xiong Ye was always in his team. Since Xiong Ye and Shi Li’s relationship had turned sour, Shi Li had been assigned to Xiong Qi’s team.

Shi Li and Lang Yin had been assigned to Xiong Qi’s team together. While in front of Lang Yin, Xiong Qi hadn’t done anything excessive to Shi Li, but he had definitely arranged for Shi Li to do more of the hard work or sent Shi Li to be the main attacker when they went after prey.

And Xiong Qi even had a good reason for doing so––he was still injured, and Shi Li, as someone who had a strong and powerful animal form, was naturally expected to do more.

If it had been Xiong Ye who had been given these arrangements, he would’ve been very happy. After all, this gave him more opportunities to practice. But Shi Li wasn’t Xiong Ye.

Several days after his rebirth, Shi Li realized that he had been wrong at the start. He eventually decided to be with Lang Yin properly and began to try harder to adapt to the life he had today. He participated in every hunt, but at the end of the day, he was already different. For example, he was already unable to make himself use his mouth to tear at the neck of their prey.

How dirty and disgusting were those dinosaurs’ bodies?

Unfortunately, for male lions, the most powerful weapon he had was his teeth. L07iW4

Before, when Xiong Qi wasn’t the one leading the team, Shi Li would rarely make a move himself while using the excuse of guiding and teaching others on how to catch prey. Nobody felt that it was strange, and some even felt that Shi Li knew a lot and was very amazing. However, now that Xiong Qi was here, he had no chance to guide others at all.

During the hunt, the conflict between the two sides inevitably became even more serious.

Shi Li felt that Xiong Qi, who was already doomed to die early in his mind because he had no impression of him from his previous life, was deliberately making trouble for him and was truly abhorrent. He really wished he could kill Xiong Qi, while Xiong Qi felt that Shi Li had no true ability and was wasting his strong animal form since he was unable to catch any prey.

There was a rule in the tribe that they weren’t allowed to fight amongst themselves during the hunt, and they weren’t allowed to fight outside the tribal grounds. However, when they returned to the tribe today, neither of them could hold back anymore. They first had a verbal quarrel, and then they began to fight! ymclt9

“Xiong Qi put Shi Li in charge of intercepting that Heterodontosaurus today, and Shi Li was clearly capable of catching it, but he ended up letting the prey escape. It’s no wonder Xiong Qi is so angry.”

“Shi Li is going against Xiong Qi intentionally, right? He never does anything that Xiong Qi asks him to do properly.”

“Say, who do you think will win?”

“It’ll definitely be Xiong Qi!” U9ufg7

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Xiong He was still in his prime period where his strength was at its peak, and it would take several years, or even a decade before he stepped down from his position as tribal chief. Xiong Qi would also be quite old by then! wtm8kY

However, although the tribesmen believed that Xiong Qi would win, Zhou Ji thought otherwise. He felt that Xiong Qi was going to lose.

He has interacted with Xiong Qi before and taken stock of Xiong Qi’s situation. He had discovered at the time that some of Xiong Qi’s injuries were actually internal injuries.

Xiong Qi was wounded, and his fighting power was reduced, but this didn’t mean that he would lose. The main reason he would lose was because Shi Li was somehow managing to make use of the energy that was everywhere around them.

Although the amount of energy he could use was very limited, he seemed to know exactly where Xiong Qi’s wounds were, and every single time he attacked, his hits would land precisely at those places. NJp2ZX

Xiong Qi roared in anger, but at the end of the day, his movements were limited since the place they had chosen to fight in was not the narrow platform outside the cave that Shi Li and Xiong Ye had fought on, but the spacious valley below.

Shi Li’s animal form was particularly agile and dexterous in the valley. It appeared as though he was constantly dodging away from Xiong Qi, but in fact, he had firmly grasped the upper hand a long time ago.

Zhou Ji was very curious about Shi Li.

Xiong Ye also found it very strange, “Shi Li didn’t fight like this before…” rIa D8

Niu Er was an extremely, extremely quiet person. During the past few days of living in Xiong Ye’s cave, he would be sent into a deep sleep with a bowl of Zhou Ji’s calming soup at night, but he didn’t say much even during the day. It made others feel as though he didn’t exist.

But at this time, he spoke up, “Xiong Qi is injured… When we were on our way back from trading for salt, we were chased by a carnivorous dinosaur… Several people were bitten to death, and we weren’t able to retrieve the salt they were carrying. Later, Xiong Qi saw that the dinosaur seemed to have eaten enough and was probably full, so he took some people with him to try and take back the salt. As a result, he was hit by the dinosaur’s tail.”

Niu Er only summed it up in just a few words, but the situation back then had indeed been very tragic.

A carnivorous dinosaur was eating their people, but they needed to get close to it so that they could take back the salt that their fellow tribesmen carried… bk4Pix

So many people had already been sacrificed; they had to at least bring the salt back.

Zhou Ji glanced at the depressed Niu Er, then continued to observe the situation below and saw that Xiong Qi’s movements were getting slower and slower… Shi Li had won.

Shi Li pounced on Xiong Qi and intended to bite Xiong Qi, this person who dared to offend him, but first of all, he couldn’t make himself use his mouth to bite people, and secondly, they were in the tribe… The tribe didn’t ban fighting, but murder was forbidden.

The giant lion could only use his front paws to press down on the polar bear’s neck and roar up into the sky. 5Y23uh

Everyone in the tribe worshipped the strong. Shi Li had actually managed to win against Xiong Qi, so the way the people in the tribe looked at Shi Li changed.

Shi Li also felt quite proud in his heart.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Losing to Xiong Ye just after his rebirth had left a sense of unease and dissatisfaction in his heart, but now he had won against Xiong Qi!

When he lost to Xiong Ye back then, it was definitely because he had underestimated his opponent! PwBSpM

Shi Li looked in the direction of Xiong Ye’s cave, saw that Xiong Ye was looking at him with a seemingly worshipful gaze and roared again.

Zhou Ji noticed this scene and looked towards Xiong Ye only to find that Xiong Ye had already shifted his gaze, his expression firm.

“I didn’t think that Shi Li had become so powerful! I definitely have to work hard!” Xiong Ye’s fighting spirit was rising.

Zhou Ji learned from the priest, “The Beast God will bless you.” giMYHs

Xiong Ye nodded, then added, “I want to eat more meat!”

The food that Zhou Ji had been allocated had always been the smallest amount in the tribe. Niu Er couldn’t go out and fight, so the amount of food he was currently being given wasn’t much either. Precisely because this was the case, Xiong Ye hadn’t dared to eat as much as he pleased when he had eaten meat over the past few days and would only eat around five kilos a day. Zhou Ji would make him more food according to his appetite, but even so, he had only eaten at most seven or eight kilos of meat each day.

Of course, if the vegetable soup and fish soup that Zhou Ji stuffed him with was included, he hadn’t gone hungry at all. In fact, it had been less than ten days since Zhou Ji had come to live with him, but his animal form already looked rounder, and his fur was now sleek and shiny.

Now that Xiong Ye said he wanted to eat more meat… Zhou Ji put all of the meat that Xiong Ye had been given that day into the pot to boil. bFG7Wm

Boiling the meat was a little healthier than roasting it, especially since he had found a type of spice that Xiong Ye loved, which made the meat taste a lot better when it was cooked together.

Dinosaur meat would foam a lot and give off a stench when it was boiled in a pot. Zhou Ji picked up a spatula and transferred the foam into a bowl to the side, frowning slightly as he did so.

He didn’t like this smell.

“I’ll do it.” Xiong Ye immediately spoke up. Zhou Ji’s skin was so delicate and tender that he was really embarrassed making Zhou Ji do any more work! ZqY4Kd

Zhou Ji jumped on this opportunity and handed over the spatula. He rather missed the wooden houses that had individual rooms and metal pots from his old life.

The stone pot he used to cook things for Xiong Ye now had been left behind by his mother. The mother of the original owner of this body would roast and boil meat in order to take care of her rather stupid original son and thus made a stone pot.

This stone pot had been polished so that it was quite thin, but it was still extremely slow when it came to cooking things and really consumed people’s patience…

After handing the pot over to Xiong Ye, he went back to his own room and lay down to continue observing the energy in the air around them. He also took the chance to take a look at the crystal core in his own body and found that the white crystal core had now taken on a slight yellow tint. 9s4521

Could it be that the crystal core would change after it had accumulated a sufficient amount of energy?

And… It turned out that the beastmen in this place were also able to use the energy in the air?

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Since Shi Li could, did that mean that Xiong Ye could as well?

Zhou Ji began to turn the idea over in his mind to try and find a way to let Xiong Ye use the energy like Shi Li. gkpfxY

He didn’t want Xiong Ye to be inferior to Shi Li.

Of course, it was already dark outside, so he should get some sleep first…

Zhou Ji silently began to absorb the energy from his surroundings.

Outside, Xiong Ye and Niu Er were eating the cooked meat. rsNkVm

Niu Er hadn’t recovered completely from his injuries, but they were no longer life-threatening. He said, “Xiong Ye, I’m going back to live by myself tomorrow.”

“You can stay here for a few more days.” Xiong Ye said.

“I can’t live with you all the time.” Niu Er said. He had constantly been eating Xiong Ye’s food while he lived here over the past few days. Although Xiong Ye didn’t mind, Niu Er didn’t feel good about it.

“I’ll send you back tomorrow.” Xiong Ye said, with plans to give Niu Er another piece of meat when he sent him back. DTpUh1

A small smile appeared on Niu Er’s dark face, and then he thought of something else, “Xiong Ye, what’s going on between you and Zhou Ji? Are you planning to form a mated pair with Zhou Ji?”

Niu Er had been mostly unconscious the first few days after he’d been brought back by Xiong Ye and hadn’t noticed anything, but after he woke up and was more aware of his surroundings, he had already learned about the matter of Xiong Ye and Shi Li’s break up from Xiong Ye.

Xiong Ye and Shi Li were no longer together, and he was now living with Zhou Ji; could it be that he wanted to become mates with Zhou Ji?

At first, Niu Er had thought that Zhou Ji wasn’t good enough for Xiong Ye, but recently, after eating quite a lot of food that Zhou Ji had made, he felt that Zhou Ji was pretty good. Cx0T48

He didn’t eat much and could make good food!

Men weren’t able to have children anyway, so it didn’t matter if Zhou Ji’s strength was a bit weak since it wouldn’t affect future generations.

“Nothing’s going on.” Xiong Ye didn’t even think twice before answering, “It’s very late. Go to sleep!”

It was already dark, and there were only a few people left in the valley outside. Xiong Ye went back to his own nest and prepared to sleep. caDLvJ

Niu Er soon fell asleep, his breathing evening out, but Xiong Ye was a little sleepless as he started to mull over Niu Er’s words.

In fact, Zhou Ji was really quite good. If he and Zhou Ji became mates…

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Xiong Ye clutched at his hair, feeling sleepy, and then soon fell asleep.

After Xiong Ye fell asleep, Zhou Ji got up. He used his spiritual powers to draw the energy from the surroundings into Xiong Ye’s body and took the opportunity to study how Xiong Ye could absorb the energy in the air on his own. BOKiU3

Xiong Ye had saved his life. Helping Xiong Ye become a powerful person could be considered a reward.

Zhou Ji sent a lot of energy into Xiong Ye’s body and let it move around inside, studying it for a long time before going back to sleep.

xiin: just a quick note super long chapters (around 5k chinese words or above) will be split into parts, and each part will be treated as a ‘release’, so 22.2 will go out tomorrow. 

baozi from our discord server found this image… T-rex>Carcharodontosaurus>Tarbosaurus
apparently it’s a size difference. (though the t-rex still has the tiniest arms) i9JACN