25: Chapter 25 He really eats people

"I know, they went hunting."

Lang Yue walked into the cave.

"I brought you something."

She placed a piece of fur beside Xingxing.

Twitching her nose...

Damned female! She had actually already mated with Lang Lie!

Lang Lie was hers!

All the best things in the Wolf Clan should be hers!

How dared she touch her things!

Years ago, she wanted to take him as a Beast Husband.

He said that in this life, he would never have a Mistress, and would protect the Wolf Clan for his entire life.

To get his attention, she had turned all his close friends into his Beast Husbands.

Yet in the end, she still couldn't have him.

Now, only a few of them were left in the Wolf Clan.

She thought that even if he didn't belong to her, he wouldn't belong to anyone else.

But—

Tang Ruan had actually possessed him!

What right did she have!

Tang Ruan instinctively clutched her collar.

Lang Yue's gaze made her feel completely uneasy.

It was as if in the next second, she would swallow her whole.

"I'm heading back first."

Tang Ruan stood up and quickly walked out of the cave.

On the way, she kept thinking: Should she tell Lang Lie about this?

But Lang Yue had only glared at her; she hadn't caused any actual harm.

Lang Lie and Lang Yue had known each other for many years. If she said something, would he think she was just overthinking it?

"Ah!"

Tang Ruan wasn't paying attention and bumped into a Beastman.

"I'm sorry!"

The Beastman slowly turned around.

He had a lame leg, a hunched back, and one eye, with hideous scars covering his aged face.

Tang Ruan was frightened by his appearance.

She had grown up, but she had never seen anyone this ugly.

The old beast stared at her with turbid yellow eyes.

Tang Ruan felt that this eye looked familiar.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her hand—

"Little Female! Your tribesmen said, 'Thank you for helping us find people yesterday,' and sent some things over!"

Lang Chi pulled her away into the distance.

"Lang Chi, who is that person? I've never seen him in the Wolf Clan before."

"Stay away from him in the future. He isn't from the Wolf Clan." Lang Chi's tone was unkind.

"He isn't? Then why is he here?"

Lang Chi stopped walking, a look of disgust on his face. "He insisted on following us. What could I do? Wolf beasts are already rare; we can't just kill him. You just need to know that he is a cursed Beastman."

"Cursed?" Tang Ruan didn't understand. "Why would he be cursed?"

Lang Chi put his hands on his hips and curled his lips impatiently.

"I told you, don't regret asking."

Tang Ruan: ...

Was this some sort of terrifying story?

Tang Ruan nodded.

"He has eaten Beastmen."

Tang Ruan suddenly widened her eyes.

"He... he... he eats people?"

Seeing her scared appearance, Lang Chi thought she looked like a frightened little rabbit.

It was extremely amusing.

He took a step toward her and deliberately licked his lips. "That's right! He has eaten many—many—Beastmen!"

Fragmented images flashed through Tang Ruan's mind.

A one-eyed wolf with scorched fur lunging at her, and she grabbed a handful of sand to throw at him...

She ran for her life, and that wolf was chasing her from behind...

Later, she missed her step and fell into the stream in Dongdong Valley...

At that time, she was badly injured and couldn't remember many things.

Now that she thought about it, the one-eyed wolf she saw in the forest that day must have been him.

He was the wolf beast that had chased and hunted her all those years ago!

Tang Ruan began to tremble uncontrollably.

Lang Chi didn't expect her to be so timid.

He hurriedly explained: "Little Female, I was just trying to scare you for fun! He did eat Beastmen, but he ate corpses. He only couldn't tell the difference because he was starving."

After a Beastman dies, they revert to their Beast Form.

Some smaller Beastmen do indeed look no different from animals.

But these were all lies.

Only she knew that he really ate people!

"Where is Lang Lie?" Tang Ruan suddenly asked.

Lang Chi pointed in a certain direction.

"He just got back. He should be over by Hongshu's place."

Tang Ruan turned around and ran quickly in that direction.

"Hey! Little Female, don't you dare tell on me! I was just teasing you!"

Lang Chi chased after her in a panic.

Tang Ruan saw Lang Lie, threw herself into his arms, and hugged him tightly.

Only this way could she feel safe.

The surrounding Wolf Clan Beastmen saw this scene.

They all gave the patriarch a thumbs-up in their hearts.

The patriarch was truly impressive!

In just one night, he had made his Mistress inseparable from him.

Before, some people had said that Lang Yue had taken everyone else as Beast Husbands because the patriarch was incompetent, and she hadn't taken him...

Hongshu was even more shocked, his mouth hanging open.

So after mating, a female would rely on a male this much.

He also wanted to form a contract with Potato soon!

Lang Lie reached out and rubbed the back of Tang Ruan's head.

"Be good, hug later. I have something I need your help with."

Lang Feng and Lang Mo were carrying Lang Yu over.

Fresh blood dripped all along the way.

Inside the cave.

Tang Ruan concentrated her mind and placed her hands on Lang Yu's wound.

Lang Lie gripped her shoulders, channeling his Energy into her body continuously.

Cold sweat slid down Lang Lie's temples...

"Boss... I'm fine, don't waste any more Energy."

Lang Yu struggled to sit up but was pushed back down by Lang Lie.

"Don't move!"

Tang Ruan's gaze fell beneath Lang Yu—onto the large patch of fur soaked in fresh blood.

She closed her eyes.

The things they had to do every day were this dangerous!

After a long while, Lang Yu's bleeding finally stopped, and the wound had healed by fifty or sixty percent.

Lang Lie stood up, his face pale.

Lang Chi hurriedly rushed over.

"Boss, how are you? Can you still use your Supernatural Ability?"

Lang Lie looked at the tribesmen around him.

He nodded.

Lang Chi breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, thank goodness, the boss's Supernatural Ability was still there.

When Lang Chi was little, he had been severely injured once.

The wound had pierced through his entire chest, and it looked like he wouldn't make it.

It was Lang Lie who used his own Energy to keep him alive by a thread.

He held on until the wound slowly healed.

But after that, Lang Lie couldn't use his Supernatural Ability for a long time.

Now, the Wolf Clan needed Lang Lie's Supernatural Ability to catch prey in that terrifying canyon—to survive.

He absolutely could not lose his Supernatural Ability.

"The food the Marmot Beastmen sent is enough for us to eat for a while. Recently, everyone should not go to the canyon to hunt."

Lang Lie said this as he walked past Lang Chi, not giving Lang Yu's father a chance to interject.

Tang Ruan trotted to keep up.

After they left.

Lang Chi stood in place, not moving for a long time.

If his Supernatural Ability was truly fine...

Why, suddenly, would he not let everyone go hunting?

Lang Lie had just stepped into the cave.

He stumbled, nearly falling over.

"Lang Lie!"

Tang Ruan hurriedly supported him.

She had noticed something was wrong with him earlier.

But because it was Energy that had been consumed, she couldn't see the signs of illness.

"How are you?" she asked worriedly.

"I'm a little tired. Can you sleep with me for a while?"

"Okay, okay! I'll stay with you, I'm not going anywhere."

On the soft couch, Lang Lie curled up his body.

He held Tang Ruan in his arms like a baby.

Before long, his steady breathing could be heard.

However, his brow remained tightly furrowed.

"Tang Ruan... Tang Ruan..."

Hongshu's voice came from the cave entrance.

Tang Ruan had just crawled out of Lang Lie's arms when he grabbed her.

She turned her head and saw that his eyes were still closed.

She comforted him: "Be good, I'll be right back. I just need to say a few words to Hongshu."

Only then did he let go.

Outside the cave, Hongshu was rubbing his hands together.

"I shouldn't be disturbing you at a time like this," he glanced into the cave, "but Potato's foot is injured a bit badly..."

No wonder they hadn't come back after they left that day.

"I'll go back with you to take a look!" Tang Ruan said hurriedly.

"No need, no need."

Hongshu waved his hands.

"You just need to give me the medicine.

I can take care of Potato now that she's injured, and Lang Lie needs you too.

I believe Potato will understand."

Tang Ruan struggled for a moment, then returned to the cave.

She took the medicine and came out.

"Go back, grind it up, and apply it to her wound. If it isn't better in two days, come find me immediately!"

"Okay!"

Hongshu took it.

Tang Ruan hesitated for a moment and said: "Help me ask the patriarch if he can lend the Wolf Clan some food."

She wanted Lang Lie to rest for a while longer.

Hongshu nodded. "Okay! I'll find an opportunity to try."

As he spoke, he took a pitch-black ball from his pocket and handed it to Tang Ruan.

"This is what Potato was injured by that day. Tell the Wolf Clan to be careful when they are in the forest."

Tang Ruan took it.

It seemed to be a fruit, looking very hard, and its shell was covered in hundreds of tooth-like spikes, like a small sea urchin.

Suddenly, a few lines of small text appeared in Tang Ruan's mind.

[tooth ball fruit, the seeds are edible...]