Chapter 86 - 88: Su Luoluo, Who Exactly Will You Live With?

Chapter 86: Chapter 88: Su Luoluo, Who Exactly Will You Live With?

The golden stalks of wheat would be too loose to carry directly, so Su Luoluo used vines to bundle them together before letting the others hoist them onto their backs.

Once the stalks were neatly bundled, they were much easier to carry.

Even though it was an uphill climb, the beastmen had excellent stamina, so the task was nothing to them.

Su Luoluo, on the other hand, was the most delicate of them all. Seeing her, a few of her mates exchanged glances and were about to stop in front of her. But with a quick eye, she scrambled onto Fu Feng’s back. "Flying up with those wings of yours should be faster, right?"

The mountain path was rugged and covered in loose stones. No matter how carefully the beastmen walked, riding on their backs would be a bumpy journey.

After the exhausting night she’d had, Su Luoluo had no desire to subject her backside to that kind of torment.

Flying straight up from the ground was naturally the most comfortable and quickest way to reach the summit.

Seeing that Su Luoluo had chosen him, Fu Feng’s eyes crinkled in a smirk. He spread his emerald-green wings, their long feathers trailing, and took to the air.

Instead of flying straight up, he deliberately circled over the heads of the other mates for a moment before ascending.

Especially as he passed over Xiao Ye, he made a point of beating his wings much harder, sending a powerful downdraft.

The gust of wind that swirled over Xiao Ye’s head forced him to take a few steps back.

His mouth twitched as he watched the emerald green feathers float past overhead. ’Just you wait,’ he thought. ’I won’t let you off the hook next time.’

Sitting on Fu Feng’s back, Su Luoluo was completely oblivious to what was happening down below.

Her entire focus was on tightly clutching Fu Feng’s neck, terrified she might fall from the sky.

The experience of soaring through the air was certainly better than being on the ground, but the turbulence from the air currents was still considerable.

However, the weather was clear today, so the effect was minimal.

Flying straight up was, of course, much faster than walking.

As a result, when Su Luoluo and Fu Feng reached the Salt Well Cave, the other mates and the werewolves had not yet arrived.

Fu Feng’s tail couldn’t help but wag a few times at the thought of having this chance to be alone with Su Luoluo.

’What’s Xiao Ye so smug about?’ he thought. ’I get to be alone with Su Luoluo too.’

Recalling his elegant feathers, an idea struck Fu Feng. He looked at Su Luoluo. "Compared to the others, whose back is the most comfortable to ride?"

Su Luoluo: "..."

’He sounds just like a little cub asking a question like that.’

Su Luoluo felt a flicker of exasperation and was tempted to ignore him, but his pair of emerald-green eyes were fixed on her.

It was clear he wouldn’t let it go until she answered.

Su Luoluo suddenly felt that this world of beastmen was like one giant nursery.

What else could she say? Su Luoluo could only smile. "Your back was very comfortable to ride just now."

Even while complimenting him, Su Luoluo left herself some wiggle room. She didn’t make it an absolute statement. Who knew when this simple-looking birdbrain might go and repeat her words to the others?

Hearing that his back was "very comfortable," Fu Feng arched his neck, a look of pure delight on his face.

’I knew it,’ he preened. ’No one can resist my magnificent wings.’

After his question, he pursed his lips, about to ask Su Luoluo about what happened with Xiao Ye the day before. But just then, he saw Su Luoluo, who was sitting on a rock, had leaned against the entrance of the Salt Well Cave and fallen asleep.

Seeing this, he closed his mouth.

Su Luoluo had sensed he was about to ask about yesterday. She really didn’t want to deal with it, so she took the easy way out and feigned sleep to dodge the question.

Before long, the others arrived.

The group, shouldering the stalks of wheat and bags of well salt, set off from the cave and returned to the tribe.

On the way back, Su Luoluo closed her eyes and randomly pointed to one of her mates to ride, just to stop them from arguing.

Luckily, her random pick landed on Luan Ting.

This put Su Luoluo greatly at ease.

She had been afraid she might accidentally choose Xiao Ye.

Ever since yesterday, that guy had been looking for any opportunity to wrap his snake tail around her.

And there were two of them!

Handsome men were nice and all, but this was more than she could handle!

Perhaps because they were focused on the journey, Luan Ting didn’t say much on the way back, carrying her quietly all the way to the tribe.

The large party had just reached the entrance to the tribe when a crowd of beastmen surrounded them, looking as if they had been waiting there on purpose.

From within the crowd, someone shouted, "Leader, Luoluo is back!"

Hearing this, Su Yang walked over to Su Luoluo’s party. His gaze swept over the bulging Beast Skin Bags on their backs, and he nodded with a smile.

"Good, good. It’s good that you’ve returned!"

They hadn’t returned at the scheduled time, so Su Yang had worried that something had happened to them. After all, salt was a scarce resource; if others found out about their source, they would surely try to steal it.

Seeing them return safely, he relaxed considerably. He looked up at Su Luoluo and asked, "How is the salt harvesting site?"

Su Luoluo smiled and pointed to the Beast Skin Bags on the others behind her. "We have enough to last us a month."

"And the location is still secure?"

Su Luoluo nodded. "For now, no one else has found it. Only our people have been there."

"Good! The Heavenly God protects our Wolf Clan! From now on, we are a Wolf Clan with salt to eat."

After speaking, Su Yang looked at the golden bundles on the werewolves’ backs and asked, puzzled, "And this is?"

"This is called wheat. If you dry it and grind it into flour, you can use it to make food."

Su Luoluo had originally wanted to say it could be a staple food, but then she remembered how skeptical the beastman Nantu had been. ’I’ll have to really wow him later.’

Su Yang gave a slight nod at her words, not seeming particularly interested.

Su Luoluo had made a lot of food lately that they had never seen before. He figured this was probably another thing she had learned from her Black Bear Foster Mother.

His mind was on the salt. He called out to those carrying it, "Unload the salt and move it to the storehouse!"

"Luan Ting, you come with me."

Luan Ting nodded in acknowledgment.

Hearing this, the Wolf Clan People carrying the salt hurried toward a building off the square.

Xiao Ye, Fu Feng, Nantu, and Mo Xuan also heard this and prepared to move.

In the crowd, Xi Yi was surprised to see that Su Luoluo had actually managed to bring back salt.

The next moment, however, he caught a scent on her and raised an eyebrow. "Luoluo, I haven’t seen you in so long. I’ve really missed you," he said. "Why don’t you sleep with me tonight? I built a new house, and it’s very comfortable."

’Wait, didn’t I tell him he needed to be on his best behavior?’

’Why is he bringing this up again?’ She opened her mouth to refuse, but then something he said registered. "Sleep with you?"

"That’s right. Your house was struck by lightning. It’s completely burned down, you can’t live there anymore."

Su Luoluo: "..."

’What was this, some kind of heavenly tribulation?’

Su Luoluo looked at the others in disbelief. The beastmen standing nearby all nodded, and Cai Xia said with a look of pity, "He’s telling the truth, Luoluo. Your house is completely gone. It all burned down."

"So, will you sleep with me tonight?" Xi Yi asked, looking at her with a beaming smile as he extended the invitation.

The mates who had been about to leave stopped in their tracks and turned to look at Su Luoluo.

Xiao Ye crossed his arms and shot Xi Yi a glare. "And why should she sleep with you? My cave is comfortable, Luoluo. It’s safe from thunder and rain. Stay with me."

Mo Xuan and Fu Feng also looked at Su Luoluo. "She could stay with us, too."

Hearing this, Nantu quickly gathered his things and left. He had no desire to live with Su Luoluo.

’I don’t know what they’re fighting over,’ he thought. ’It’s like they’re all blind.’

When the four of them spoke up, the other beastmen were also surprised and all turned to look at Su Luoluo.

Su Luoluo, for her part, was frozen to the spot. ’Why do I have to choose again?!’