translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Shi Li felt that he had been rather unlucky today.
Last night, he had taken a fall. Although he hadnβt suffered any serious harm, he had still taken some slight injuries and wasnβt in good condition today. To make matters worse, he had just left the tribe with the hunting team when he was bitten on the heel by an insect.
His heel swelled up, and it was painful and itchy, making it difficult to walk, but none of the warriors in the hunting team paid him any heed. Xiong He was very calm when he said that this kind of wound from an insect bite would heal on its own in a few days.
He also knew that the insect bite would heal in a few days, but he felt really uncomfortable right now!
If Xiong Ye had been there, he would definitely carry him on his back and find him some medicinal herbs… When Shi Li thought of this, his heart sank again.
He used to feel that it was disgraceful to have Xiong Ye carry him on his back, but the current Xiong Ye would probably never carry him on his back ever again.
This was all that damned Zhou Jiβs fault!
Right now, Shi Li wanted to toss in the towel and refuse to contribute anymore, but many of the people in the tribe had reservations about him now, and he had to appease them properly.
After taking in a deep breath, Shi Li endured the discomfort in his foot and limped forward. Yet after walking for a while, he suddenly realized that something wasnβt rightββwhy were there so many random insects of all kinds buzzing around him?!
He didnβt know when, but at some point, many, many bugs had gathered near him. There were crawler bugs, flying insects, and a whole variety of other insects, and he had no way to get rid of them all.
Shi Li was about to go crazy, especially since he could see that there were no insects plaguing the other people around him.
After dusting Shi Li with the insect attracting pollen, Zhou Ji had then spread some pollen that repelled insects on everyone else in order to prevent the rest of the people from the tribe from being caught up in the mess.
This was goodββShi Li was the only one suffering.
At this point, Shi Li also realized that something was off about this situation. However, he really didnβt think that someone had plotted against him secretly. He only thought that he was very unlucky and had provoked something or inadvertently stepped on a plant that he shouldnβt have stepped on.
He didnβt believe that anyone would be able to plot against him without him realizing it.
The people in the tribe also thought so, βShi Li, did you encounter some pollen that attracts insects?β
“Did you step on any particular plants when you left the tribal grounds?β
βPerhaps a certain kind of insect left some scent on you…β
β¦β¦
The tribespeople looked at Shi Li sympathetically and then gave him another suggestion, βYou should find a place to wash up. That should fix the problem.β
If Shi Li was able to find a place to wash himself, that would indeed be great. However, it just so happened that the place they had gone to hunt in today didnβt have a river!
Later, even though Shi Li was deliberately on guard against them, there were still some random bugs that rushed enthusiastically towards him. And when they finally came across a river, there was actually a group of alligators lying there on the riverbank!
Xiong Ye had been able to catch the alligator from before because it was on its own and relatively small. As for the alligators they saw today…
Dozens of alligators that were several meters long and able to swallow a person with one bite were all lounging together, filling up the river. At a time like this, only the brainless and incredibly thirsty dinosaurs would dare go near the river!
The tribespeople turned around and left immediately.
Even if Shi Li was very eager to wash up, he also didnβt hesitate at all before giving up this planββbeing bitten and chased by bugs was much better than being bitten by an alligator!
In places where water was scarce, rare sources of water would often become the base for various predators.
There were alligators camping by this water source, and there were also quite a few carnivorous dinosaurs lurking in the vicinity. The people of the tribe decided to go hunt somewhere else.
However, they were unable to catch much prey. They were only able to harvest a few small fellows that weighed a few kilograms each.
“It’s getting late, let’s go back.” Xiong He finally proposed. They probably wouldnβt be able to catch anything more even if they went on like this. If they were lucky, they might be able to run into some prey on the way back.
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However, a huge insect rushed at him…
βArthropleura!β Xiong He looked at the huge millipede in shock and surprise, βHurry and kill it! This kind of insectβs meat is very tasty, and its shell can be used to trade for salt!β The Arthropleuraβs outer shell was extremely hard, and it was very well suited for making weapons and utensils. The knife that he used to divide up the meat in the tribe was also made from the shell of one of these insects!
However, it was difficult to encounter this kind of millipede and generally when they did, they would usually be in groups that werenβt easy to deal with. Not only that, they moved fast, and the tribespeople couldnβt catch up!
Now, one of these critters had been drawn over by Shi Li and had come out alone. Xiong He was so surprised that he immediately shifted into his animal form, the other members of the hunting team quickly followed suit.
The millipede was besieged by the warriors and died soon after.
βItβs really a pity that the shell was flattened by our attacks.β Xiong He touched the corpse of the Arthropleura and sighed, βShi Li, you really contributed a lot this time. Iβll definitely make sure you get an extra piece of meat!β
Although Shi Li hadnβt made a move, he was the one who had attracted this millipede over!
With that in mind, Xiong He wanted to clap Shi Li on the shoulder in delight.
However, his hand hadnβt yet landed when he noticed that there was a bug on Shi Liβs shoulder.
Xiong He discreetly drew his hand back to his side. He didnβt know what kind of thing was on Shi Liβs body; it was probably better if he didnβt pat him.
Shi Li: β……β
By the time Shi Li and the others brought the millipede with them back to the tribe, Xiong Ye had already returned.
Today, Xiong Yeβs luck had been very good as usual. He and his fellow warriors had caught two Scelidosaurus as well as a few smaller dinosaurs.
They might have been able to catch more if they had stayed out for longer, but Xiong Ye remembered that tomorrow would be the day for his mating ceremony and wanted to go back earlier, so they had come back ahead of timeββthey had already caught a lot of prey.
The group quickly returned back to the tribe, and Xiong Ye called out, βZhou Ji!β He had gotten a lot of blood on himself again today and wanted to have Zhou Ji wash up and clean his hair with him.
βBig brother Xiong Ye, Zhou Ji went out!β Mao Jin, who was in charge of guarding the door, told him.
βWhere did he go? Did he go out with the gathering team?β Xiong Ye asked.
Mao Jin replied, βNo, he went out alone. I donβt know where he went.β
Xiong Ye knew that Zhou Ji liked to go out and wander around on his own. His tone carried traces of helplessness, βAlright. Iβll go look for him.β
Zhou Ji wouldnβt have gone far away and should be nearby.
Xiong Ye left the tribe and went to the place where the gathering team was, βHave any of you seen Zhou Ji?β
The members of the gathering team shook their heads. βNo.β
The head of the gathering team added, βHe didnβt even come out with us. How could we possibly have seen him?β
It was clear that the head of the gathering team had something against Zhou Ji. Xiong Ye sighed and decided to talk to Zhou Ji again that night to remind him to establish a good relationship with the people in the tribe.
If someone remained alone and aloof in the tribe, they would definitely suffer.
Since Zhou Ji wasnβt there, Xiong Ye went to another place to look for him. As a result, he ran a full circle around the tribe but still couldnβt find any trace of Zhou Jiβs scent.
Where had Zhou Ji gone? Did he run off?
Xiong Ye started to worry, but fortunately, he encountered Zhou Jiβs scent at that moment.
Xiong Ye immediately ran towards Zhou Jiβs scent and then saw Zhou Ji standing there under a tree, fiddling with some leaves.
βZhou Ji!β Xiong Ye called out, βWhat are you doing?β
After running all this way, the βclothingβ that Zhou Ji had made using leaves had already broken apart. He had planned to make a new set when he discovered that Xiong Ye had arrived, which resulted in the current scene. βI accidentally ripped up my clothing today and wanted to make new clothing with these leaves.β
Now that Zhou Ji had mentioned it, Xiong Ye finally noticed that Zhou Jiβs hides, which had always been wrapped around him tightly, were all gone. He had only tied a large leaf around his waist with a vine in a similar way to the animal hide skirts they wore.
This was the first time Xiong Ye had a good look at Zhou Jiβs body, and he discovered that Zhou Jiβs body was as pale as his face.
Not only that… Zhou Ji actually had muscles!
Zhou Ji was really good looking! Xiong Ye sighed with feeling, then felt that it wasnβt too surprising for Zhou Ji to have musclesββZhou Jiβs physical strength wasnβt bad at all. It was just unfortunate that he hadnβt awakened an animal form and was therefore weaker than other people.
Such a pity… Xiong Ye felt a little sympathetic towards Zhou Ji, then noticed that Zhou Ji had some small wounds on his arms and legs. He was shocked, βYou got hurt?β
He anxiously rushed towards Zhou Ji, then took hold of Zhou Jiβs arm to take a closer look and saw dozens of fine wounds on his arm. They were especially obvious against his pale skin.
Speaking of which… How come he felt that Zhou Ji had become paler again?
Xiong Ye quickly threw the thought of βZhou Ji was palerβ to the back of his mind and focused completely on the wounds, βDid you run somewhere far away? How did you get hurt?β
“I didn’t run far, but I was unlucky and encountered some plants that had sharp leaves and ended up with some cuts.β Zhou Ji explained.
Xiong Ye didnβt suspect anything. Those wounds were very small and indeed looked like wounds left behind by scratches from leaves, βYou have to be more careful in the future! Your skin is so thin!β
Zhou Ji smiled and agreed.
His skin was actually very thick and especially after turning into his animal form, he definitely hadnβt been scratched by plants and trees. Those wounds had been left by that huge millipede.
Only, the wounds that had originally been quite large became much smaller after he returned to human form.
In fact, although his mammoth animal form was a little ugly, it was actually quite useful…
βIβll help you put some medicine on it when we get back.β Xiong Ye said.
Zhou Ji nodded. He liked that Xiong Ye was concerned about him. It was just very unfortunate that the gift he had originally intended to give to Xiong Ye had ended up being swallowed down by himself instead.
Zhou Ji sighed in his heart, then suddenly realized that something was wrong…
After he had eaten the fruit, he had fled very quickly and focused on using the energy in his body to heal his wounds and restore his plant and spiritual powers that had been used up in the process of maturing the plant.
At the time, he had only felt that the energy in his body seemed to be inexhaustible, but now that he had stopped and wasnβt making use of it anymore…
His abilities and spiritual strength had all been fully restored, and he no longer needed to consume more energy, but there was still an extremely, extremely large amount of energy left in his body! There was really a little too much, and it was starting to run rampant within his body!
Zhou Ji opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xiong Ye was still concernedly inspecting the wounds on Zhou Jiβs legs when he was splashed on the head by the blood Zhou Ji spat out.
βZhou Ji, whatβs wrong?β Xiong Ye was shocked, βAre you alright?β
βIβm fine.β Zhou Ji closed his eyes and focused all his spiritual powers on his body as he began to try and properly absorb the energy into his body.
This energy was too overbearing; if he didnβt absorb it, his current body would end up being overtaxed by the energy!
A rare, natural treasure like this was indeed difficult to obtain.
However, now that things had reached this point, Zhou Ji was very glad that the one to eat this fruit hadnβt been Xiong Ye.
Although he appeared weak, he knew very clearly that his body was actually much stronger than Xiong Yeβs. If the one who had eaten the fruit was Xiong Ye, he would probably be endlessly vomiting up blood by now.
Using his spiritual strength to help Xiong Ye absorb energy was much more difficult than using his spiritual strength to absorb energy for himself.
Zhou Ji had no attention to spare for anything else and focused completely on absorbing the energy.
Xiong Ye was incredibly worried by now. Zhou Ji said that he was βfineβ, but he had his eyes closed and wasnβt moving at all… Zhou Ji hadnβt suffered some internal injury, right? Why else would he suddenly spit up blood?
How would Xiong Ye still have time to worry about the small wounds on Zhou Jiβs arms and legs at this point? He picked up Zhou Ji and ran back to the tribe.
Xiong Ye ran very quickly. Very soon, he had already returned back to the tribe with Zhou Ji in his arms and rushed straight to the priestβs cave.
The warriors who had been in the same hunting team as him were currently dealing with the prey they had taken down. They were surprised to see Xiong Ye come back with Zhou Ji in his arms, βWhat happened to Zhou Ji?β
βWhy is Xiong Ye carrying Zhou Ji back?β
βDid Zhou Ji get injured?β
βZhou Jiβs body looks fine. Where did he get hurt?β
β¦β¦
At first, everyone suspected that Zhou Ji had been injured. Then, someone suddenly said, βWhen they came over here just now, I smelled the scent of blood on Xiong Yeβs body, as well as Zhou Jiβs scent.β The scent of Zhou Ji on Xiong Yeβs body was very intense, and even the smell of blood couldnβt cover it up!
The people of the tribe: β……β
Almost all of the tribespeople had awakened an animal form. Some of them had particularly good noses, and some had very good eyesight. Now…
βDid Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji, in the wilderness… Cough!β
βProbably, Xiong Ye smells like Zhou Ji.β
βZhou Ji had some minor wounds on his arms and legs. Was it from when he was on the ground… scratches from the grass and leaves?β
βZhou Ji usually wraps a lot of animal hides around him every day, but he only has one leaf around his waist today…β
βWas his clothing torn off by Xiong Ye?β
β¦β¦
The people of the tribe almost immediately confirmed one thingββXiong Ye and Zhou Ji had most likely been βfightingβ outside.
Most likely, it had been very intense.
Otherwise, why would they come back looking like this?
As for Zhou Ji being carried back by Xiong Ye… Xiong Yeβs strength was so great, so perhaps he wasnβt careful enough and accidentally hurt Zhou Ji…
During this discussion, there was even a woman who spoke with envy, βI wonder what it feels like to be with Xiong Ye… Itβs probably very pleasurable?β
One of the men immediately spoke up, βIn fact, Iβm also very amazing! Do you want to give it a try with me?β
The people of the tribe laughed and joked around as they went back to work.
That was when the team that had caught the millipede returned to the tribe.
Xiong He was delighted when he saw the tribeβs harvest today. βYou guys caught a lot of prey… Whereβs Xiong Ye?β
When they heard Xiong He asking about Xiong Ye, someone immediately spoke up, βChief, Xiong Ye injured Zhou Ji and brought Zhou Ji to find the priest.β When that person explained, he raised his eyebrows and shifted his gaze. His meaning couldnβt get any clearer.
Not to mention, the people around them also rushed up to vividly describe the scene that had just taken place.
Shi Li, who had returned back to the tribe with everyone and intended to go wash up after putting down his things, heard everything clearly and felt like he had suddenly been struck by lightning, βWhat did you guys say?β
xiin: poor bug got killed so innocently⦠and that misunderstanding~ lol
apricot: aww π undeserved misfortune indeed
Tbh I actually quite like this new misunderstanding because SL is gonna get sooo much vinegar from it! No matter what, XY belongs to ZJ! But the tribe peopleβs thinking is so naive omg its too funny π€£
Thanks for chapter ^^
Millipede, your sacrifice will not be forgotten.
Naive? Or straightforward?
Heh. The tribe is hilarious. π
I wonder why SL didnβt change to his lion form when the bugs started attacking?
Thank you
Jeez Shi Li!!!!!! Are you a little princess or something??? You spoiled little shit
poor wittle buggie D:
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^
Waah! (αα©α)( βΜ₯Μ₯Μ₯Μ₯Μ₯Μβ’βΜ₯Μ₯Μ₯Μ₯Μ₯Μ)
Their future baby is dead!
Thanks for the chapter! (Our bear is back)
Oh no.. poor bug that grew up in the forest as a child and had just found new, better pastures… RIP π
The tribes speculation was funny and imglad that SL heard it.
Thankyou for the chapter!
Jesus christ, SL cut it out already. Have some self-respect for yourself. I’ve been reading you so long i actually moved out of the phase of actively hating you daring to chase the ML.
I love how they take care of each other and they care about what happens to them and so cute XY cares and more because the ceremony is coming. And the ed tribe so funny with consummation of them haha suffered Zl, thanks for the chap lo ame haha
Rest in peace millipede π―β±
Thanks for the chapter β‘
… I’m sad about the bug.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!!
Thanks for the chapter!πππ
I hope we won’t gloss over the fact that the plant Zhou Ji caught was feeding off an even bigger energy amount from underground! Zhou Ji was onto something…
cough
I like the misunderstanding~
#WantToSeePapapa
(β₯οΈ£οΉα· β₯α· ) But that millipede was so cute!
Thanks for translating~
If ZJ heard what the people of the tribe were saying, he’d pry cough up blood again xD
Poor cute millipede, he didn’t even got a full phrase to explain its death π
This misunderstanding, fufufu.
Thanks for the chapter!
lol it’s funny how much this tribe gossips π shows the hardship of living in a small community
thank you for translating this series! it’s a lot of fun π
Thanks for the hard work love the story ^_^
Thank you for the chapter my friends!!
Thanks for the chapter XD
The tribes imagination is too good
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Thanks for the chapter! π
I laugh so hard! Tribe: we are 100% sure they do the deed. π€£ππ
At first I felt sorry for the beetle, too. And then I remembered that I was terrified of them. Pity was gone. Goosebumps came
I really thought that there will be a misunderstanding between Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji that will surely affect their relationship but it turns out that the villagers misunderstood them. Hahahahaha
Thank you very much for the chapter β€β€β€β€
Rip millipede.
Also the tribe is kinda half right. Zhou Ji DID in fact ‘fight’ outside, just not the fighting they’re imagining.
That misunderstanding is hilarious lmao
Best misunderstanding ever lol π€£
Thank you for the chapter~~! πππ
This whole tribe’s mind is in the gutter π
Thanks for the chapter!
how tragic. i really liked that millipede from the last chapter
The tribe’s beastmen shipping Xiong Ye/Zhou Ji CP while in fact it’s a Zhou Ji/Xiong Ye one LMAO