117: Whose heartbeat quickened?

"That's true, but the Beast Husbands will secretly compete with each other in private," Colorful Sunset said, speaking from the experience of someone who had been through it.

As if remembering something, she sighed softly and said, "I was tormented quite a bit by the Moon God Festival last year. Yi De, Second Virtue, and Third Virtue all gave me nice gifts. I chose Third Virtue's, and Yi De and Second Virtue weren't very happy about it."

"The Moon God Festival represents a Female's affection for her Beast Husband. Since you chose Brother-in-law Third Virtue, Brother-in-law Yi De and Brother-in-law Second Virtue were naturally sad. So, how did you resolve it in the end?"

"What else could I do? I had to hide it from the two of them and go on dates with them privately. For three days straight, my waist almost snapped, and my legs were trembling so much I couldn't walk."

A Zhu burst out laughing upon hearing this. "Isn't that because Sister Colorful Sunset is so loved by her brothers-in-law? That's why it turned out like that."

"Being loved is one thing, but sometimes it's also quite a suffering."

"Don't you have three as well? Why does it seem like you don't have much of a reaction?" Colorful Sunset said, looking at A Zhu beside her with some curiosity.

Hearing this, A Zhu said somewhat shyly, "I made an agreement with them to celebrate the Moon God Festival three times a year. That way, each of them has a chance to be with me."

"No wonder you said to choose whichever gift you like and pick that Beast Husband. This method is pretty good; I should learn it too."

"Luoluo, what do you plan to do for the Moon God Festival? A Zhu's method is good; you could learn from it." After Colorful Sunset finished speaking, she winked at Su Luoluo, who had remained silent the whole time.

Three Moon God Festivals were one thing, but having to celebrate six Moon God Festivals—Su Luoluo felt like that would be the death of her.

While A Zhu's method was good, it simply didn't apply to her.

She didn't know what to do for the moment, so she changed the subject and pointed at the salt ahead. "I'll go over there and take a look. It seems they've placed the stones incorrectly."

After Su Luoluo left, A Zhu glanced at Colorful Sunset and whispered, "Luoluo has six Beast Husbands. Her situation is different from ours. I expect she'll be quite busy this Moon God Festival."

Colorful Sunset nodded. "True. Three are enough to exhaust me. Luoluo has six in total; it definitely won't be easy. People used to envy her for having six Beast Husbands, but thinking about it now, three is quite enough."

"Exactly. More people means more trouble. I also think three is just right."

Su Yang attached great importance to the Purify Salt. For this salt purification, he required everyone in the Tribe to participate together.

The Females were responsible for simple water-changing tasks, while the beastmen had to cooperate with Su Luoluo's arrangements.

The pottery-making technique had already been taught to the Tribe members by Colorful Sunset and A Zhu. Following what Su Luoluo had said previously, they had already prepared ten large pottery jars and Pottery Pots in advance.

The crude salt had all been placed in the water, and the Plant Ash had been prepared by the Females.

She wanted some people to add the Plant Ash, and each group had to have one person closely monitoring their actions.

This was to prevent unnecessary things from getting mixed in, and of course, to guard against a certain insidious person.

Su Nuannuan had finally found an opportunity and wanted to take the chance to throw something in, but she found that Su Luoluo had people staring intently, leaving her with no way to act for the time being.

Is it really necessary to be so cautious about just adding some ash?

Su Nuannuan was dying of anger.

Xi Yi watched as Su Luoluo instructed people to put the Plant Ash into the salt water. After a short while, the turbid salt water suddenly became much clearer, which left him incredibly surprised.

He hadn't expected that this dirty-looking Plant Ash would have such an effect.

Nan Tu had seen Su Luoluo Purify Salt once before, so his reaction this time wasn't as big as the last.

Regarding that Plant Ash, after seeing it last time, he had tried it himself with other things and found that as long as there were impurities in the water, Plant Ash could absorb them cleanly.

Last time, Su Luoluo was there sewing a bag and then burned some grass; he suspected she used this when her period came as well.

However, that was a physical structure unique to Females after all, so it wasn't convenient for him to investigate.

But even so, he still had many questions about some of Su Luoluo's operations.

Therefore, upon learning that salt would be purified today, he came over quickly.

For example, why was she now putting different stones into the jars and adding a layer of charred wood?

The other processes were relatively simple; Su Luoluo was mainly focusing on the filtration device in front of her.

How much coarse sand, fine sand, and charcoal to put in, and how to arrange them, all had specific requirements.

She watched the beastmen work, and only after confirming the proportions were correct did she have them pour the salt water from the jars into it.

Seeing this, Xi Yi also became somewhat interested. He walked over with his arms crossed and looked at Su Luoluo, asking, "Why put these things inside the jar? Won't it make the salt even dirtier?"

Su Luoluo pointed at the salt water in the jar and said, "On the contrary. Look, as the salt water passes through the coarse and fine sand, those large particles of dirt stay here. The impurities that continue to flow down become even fewer. By the time it reaches the black charcoal, the dirt is trapped by it, and the salt water becomes even cleaner."

Hearing this, Xi Yi leaned in to look at the salt water Su Luoluo mentioned. Sure enough, the turbid salt water poured in had become much clearer.

He nodded and praised her with rare seriousness, "So it filters out the dirt bit by bit. You are very clever, Luoluo."

Su Luoluo didn't say anything to that. This method wasn't something she came up with; she was just using the knowledge of others, so it didn't count as her own cleverness.

Nan Tu was already curious about this question. Hearing Xi Yi ask, he immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

Learning the reason why Su Luoluo did this, he once again expressed his admiration for her intelligence.

How did she think of such a good method? She was much smarter than those people in the City-State.

Thinking of this, Nan Tu couldn't help but look at Su Luoluo a few more times.

She was staring at the pottery jar with a focused expression, occasionally having people add some charcoal.

That serious look in her eyes caused a ripple of emotion to inexplicably rise in his heart.

Her waist was also much thinner than before. At this moment, as she bent over, it made both her front and back look very prominent.

He couldn't help but recall the soft sensation from that day. His neck began to turn red, and his heart started beating faster.

[Ding! Nan Tu's attraction value has increased by 10 points, and heartbeat value has increased by 15 points.]

Su Luoluo was carefully observing the salt crystals precipitating when the system suddenly rang.

Hearing this mechanical announcement, she was somewhat surprised. Why did Nan Tu's points suddenly go up?

She subconsciously glanced in Nan Tu's direction and, lo and behold, she found him staring intently at her.

She didn't know what he was looking at, but he seemed exceptionally serious.

Su Luoluo shuddered, wondering what Nan Tu was plotting again.

She ignored him; after all, an increase in favorability points was a good thing for her.

The filtered salt water had to be boiled and stirred slowly to precipitate the crystals. The heat couldn't be too high. After Su Luoluo checked the fires one by one, that gaze disappeared, and she didn't think much more of it.

After a busy morning, the salt was finally all refined.

Su Luoluo stretched and walked towards the Wild Kitchen; it was time to cook.

When Xi Yi saw the pure white salt come out, he rubbed it between his fingers and found that the salt was extremely fine, even better than any he had eaten before.

For a moment, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Perhaps the guidance of the Heavenly God was right.

Su Luoluo truly brought him a different surprise every time.