My husband is too wild, I need to go home and find my mom.

Chapter 38 Nothing

Yan cried out, probably indicating that it was alright?

Yao carried away the drowsy Lin Ni.

After lunch, Linni made her request: she hoped that everyone's rest time would be determined according to the Eagle Beastman's physical condition, rather than specifically to accommodate her. She really wanted to reach the Tiger Beastman tribe as soon as possible.

The weather was getting colder and colder. Flying so high in the sky, even during the day when the sun was out, she was still suffering from the wind and sun, and had to keep her head buried in Yan's feathers. The daily journey was truly agonizing. Since she was already so uncomfortable, she didn't mind suffering even more, just wanting to reach her destination as soon as possible so she could get some rest. Such a request from a female was not unreasonable, and even a male like Rui, who already had a mate, wouldn't refuse it.

So the group increased their speed, but on the afternoon of the second day, they discovered a newly appeared cursed land. This place was only the size of a basketball court, with blood-sucking red flowers just growing as tall as a person. Several low-level ferocious beasts had already gathered there. Since they had seen it, they had no choice but to stop and deal with it. However, a few low-level ferocious beasts were nothing to Night, a high-level snake beastman, and three mid-level eagle beastmen. They quickly killed the beasts.

Lin Ni suddenly remembered that killing strange beasts should yield legendary beast crystals that could provide energy, right? So she asked, "Are there any energy crystals inside the bodies or heads of these ferocious beasts?"

Yan: "What is crystallization?"

Linni: "They are the energy cores, hard and containing energy."

The eagle-beastmen exchanged glances, and Yan said, "We haven't heard of it."

Since Lin Ni brought up the existence of this thing, Ye and Yan dissected the corpses of these ferocious beasts. They dissected the four beasts' corpses to pieces but still couldn't find the legendary beast crystal.

The dismembered carcass of the ferocious beast emitted a putrid stench, the thick black aura and stench filling the entire cursed land. Lin Ni choked, covering her mouth and nose, and stumbled back several steps, coughing for a long time before she could catch her breath. Although the beast's carcass was incredibly foul, strangely, no blood flowed from it; besides the skin and fur, there was only a muddy interior and bones inside. Lin Ni thought it resembled a zombie, but since they had never heard of them before, and these four beast carcasses didn't contain any blood, then it was probably not a zombie. She could only say to them, "If there isn't any, then let's go. By the way, how do you usually dispose of the beast's carcass?"

Yan said, "Just burn it down along with the Cursed Land. There's no need to deal with it separately. If any ferocious beast dies unexpectedly in the Cursed Land, it will either be eaten by other ferocious beasts or by the Bloodsucking Red Flower."

Linni asked curiously, "Then what about the ferocious beasts outside the Cursed Land?"

Rui said, "There are no ferocious beasts outside the Cursed Land. The energy of ferocious beasts weakens after leaving the Cursed Land, so they will not leave the Cursed Land. If an orc runs into the Cursed Land and then runs out, they will only chase him for a short distance of a tree before turning back."

Linni nodded: "I see."

Although Linni said it was fine if there wasn't any, Ye and Yan still went and searched through all the ferocious beast corpses. The disgusting stench was unbearable even for them, but they still couldn't find the beast crystal containing energy that Linni had mentioned. Apart from rotten flesh, skin, and bones, there was nothing else in the ferocious beast corpses.

While burning down the bloodsucking red flower patch, they also hunted some prey to finish their dinner. Of course, everyone took a shower because it smelled terrible!

Now that they had rested, everyone decided to travel at dusk and nightfall, resting again later when they were tired. The weather was getting colder, and the days weren't as long as the summer days (20 hours), now the day and night were roughly the same length. Everyone knew Linni must be exhausted, so even Rui, who was eager to return to the Tiger Beast Tribe to report on the Cursed Land and see his partner, didn't complain. Everyone wanted to get back to the Tiger Beast Tribe quickly; winter was approaching, and they needed to prepare for the harsh season.

Since everyone wanted to reach the Tiger Beast Tribe as quickly as possible, they really rushed westward at top speed, finally arriving at the Tiger Beast Tribe on the night of the third day. Lin Ni couldn't help but feel fortunate: luckily, she had met Yan and the others. It had taken several Eagle Beastmen six days to fly there. If they had continued at the same speed as she and Ye, and encountered various dangers and troubles along the way, they probably wouldn't have been able to reach the Tiger Beast Tribe before winter, and would most likely have had to spend the winter in the Fox Beast Tribe.

It was already late at night when they arrived at the Tiger Beast Tribe, and all the beastmen in the tribe were already resting. Yan and his companions cried out a few times to inform the beastmen on night watch, and then flew directly to their caves. These lone flying beastmen usually lived on the mountainside, which allowed them to move around easily and also help keep an eye on the tribe's safety at any time.

Lin Ni didn't let them light a fire to cook. She took out two fruits from her backpack, ate them, and went to rest.

Yan saw Lin Ni sleeping directly in her den and happily walked around the cave, only to be swatted aside by Ye with her snake tail. Yan was already used to Ye's teasing and didn't mind at all. She even walked over quietly and whispered to Yao, "This cave is quite high, and it's inconvenient for you to go out. I'll go and hunt some game for you to eat."

Yao shook his head: "I don't want to eat either. I'll just stay here and guard Lin. You guys go out and get some food and then come back to rest."

Ye said to Yan, "It's nothing for me to go a day or two without food. Take out your best animal hides, and I'll make Lin a set of clothes for her to wear tomorrow."

Yan realized that they were about to officially join the Tiger Beast Tribe, and that his father and mother beasts would probably come to see Lin. Lin had previously complained that her animal skin clothes were dirty and smelly, so he went to a small cave nearby and brought over all his belongings: "You can use these."

Night waved his hand: "Eat something and rest."

Yan Fei was indeed tired after a whole day, so he transformed into a black eagle and rested at the cave entrance.

Yao watched as Ye fiddled with animal hides to make clothes for Lin Ni, and asked, "Do you need my help?"

Ye shook her head and said, "It's cold at night, you can sleep with Lin in your arms."

Yao didn't speak again, nodded, turned around, climbed onto the grassy nest, and pulled Lin Ni into his arms. Lin Ni didn't open her eyes, only called out, "Yao." Then she found a comfortable position in his arms, hugged him, and continued to sleep.

The next morning, Lin Ni woke up in Yao's arms as usual. Lin Ni was gradually getting used to waking up in Yao's warm arms and being taken care of by them like this. Getting used to something is a really terrible thing!