The stray beast was dead. Xin Yuan didn’t look at him again and walked towards a small water pool nearby to wash his blood-stained fingers.
Wen Li could now stand, leaning against a tree trunk, her expression still shaken.
At that moment, she truly thought Xin Yuan was going to take her heart.
“What are you thinking about?”
As Wen Li was lost in her thoughts, Xin Yuan had unknowingly appeared beside her.
“N-nothing.”
Although she denied it, Xin Yuan noticed the fleeting panic in her eyes.
Xin Yuan raised an eyebrow. “Did you really think I would believe that stray beast?”
Wen Li looked up at him, then quickly lowered her gaze and shook her head.
Xin Yuan didn’t dwell on it and said to Wen Li, “Let’s go back.”
After speaking, he picked up the basket from the ground and slung it over his shoulder.
“I found the eggs you wanted,” Xin Yuan added.
Wen Li’s face lit up with joy. “Eggs! You found them!”
This surprise slightly dispelled Wen Li’s fear from earlier.
Xin Yuan nodded. “They’re this way.”
The situation had been urgent. Upon sensing Wen Li’s danger, Xin Yuan had rushed to her side immediately.
As a result, the eggs were still left far away, and he hadn’t had time to retrieve them.
Xin Yuan walked towards the back of the mountain, and Wen Li quickly followed.
Xin Yuan had already cleared the dangers in that area beforehand.
Coupled with the incident with the stray beast, Xin Yuan was not at ease leaving Wen Li alone.
It was better to have her follow him.
The two walked one after the other towards the back of the mountain.
Before long, Wen Li saw several dead wild chickens ahead.
“Wait here,” Xin Yuan said.
He walked behind a tree, fiddled with something, and then came out with several wild eggs.
“Is this it?” Xin Yuan asked.
Wen Li nodded vigorously. “Yes, it’s this one!”
With the eggs, she could make scrambled eggs with tomatoes when they got back.
Just thinking about the sour and salty taste made Wen Li smack her lips.
Xin Yuan retrieved all the eggs from behind the tree.
This time, they had a good harvest, finding over ten wild eggs in total.
In addition, there were five wild chickens.
Xin Yuan carried them all back.
This time, Xin Yuan deliberately took a detour with Wen Li, avoiding the stray beast’s corpse.
By the time they returned to Xin Yuan’s cave, it was already afternoon.
Xin Yuan put down all the items, and Wen Li began to take stock.
Today, they found potatoes, tomatoes, eggs, and wild chickens.
There were many things, enough for her and Xin Yuan to eat for several days.
Looking at the abundant supplies, Wen Li felt a sense of satisfaction!
Even the lingering fear of almost being killed by the stray beast had lessened considerably.
Wen Li realized that her psychological resilience had improved greatly since coming to this beast world.
If it were her past self, she would have needed ten days to half a month to recover from the trauma.
“Wait here, I’ll start cooking now,” Wen Li said to Xin Yuan.
Beastmen ate two meals a day.
One in the morning and one in the evening.
They had already eaten this morning, so this time was perfect for preparing dinner.
After speaking, Wen Li glanced at Xin Yuan.
She noticed Xin Yuan chewing something and his gaze was fixed on his arm.
“What are you eating?” Wen Li asked curiously.
Xin Yuan looked up when he saw her approaching, his expression a little speechless. “I’m not eating. I’m preparing medicine.”
Only then did Wen Li notice that Xin Yuan’s arm was injured.
The wound was not large, but it was deep, cutting through the flesh and revealing the raw red tissue underneath.
It looked serious, but there was no bleeding, which was a very strange sight.
“You…”
Wen Li was stunned. It was the first time she had seen someone injured without bleeding.
“When did you get injured?” Wen Li pressed.
She hadn’t noticed Xin Yuan being injured earlier. He looked no different from usual.
She hadn’t even smelled any blood on him. It was truly… strange.
Xin Yuan’s handsome face was expressionless and very calm.
“You do your thing. It’s not serious.”
After speaking, he spat out the crushed herbs from his mouth and gently applied the juice to his wound.
The technology in the beast world was backward, and medical practices were primitive.
Usually, when beastmen were injured, they would chew herbs and apply the juice to the wound.
However, the herbs here were effective. As long as the diagnosis was correct and the medicine was applied for a while, the wound would heal quickly.
The green herbal juice seeped into Xin Yuan’s cut wound.
Xin Yuan was not afraid of pain. His brow had not furrowed since he was injured.
“Hiss!”
However, as the herbs came into contact with the wound, Xin Yuan gasped.
A burning pain spread from the wound. It was the same herb, but it didn’t have the usual cool, soothing sensation.
The current sensation was like pouring chili water mixed with salt into the wound.
It stung and burned!
Xin Yuan clenched his teeth tightly, and cold sweat began to bead on his forehead.
“Are you… are you alright?” Wen Li saw all of Xin Yuan’s reactions.
She particularly noticed that Xin Yuan’s wound had started to turn black and swell.
This situation did not look like a simple injury… it was more like poisoning.
Wen Li didn’t understand medicine, but just by looking at the situation, she realized something was wrong.
“Could you be poisoned?” Wen Li voiced her suspicion.
Xin Yuan’s gaze returned to the wound, and his expression sharpened.
Xin Yuan stood up abruptly. “I’m going to find the shaman.”
Seeing this, Wen Li quickly followed.
“I’ll go with you!”
The two hurried towards the shaman’s residence, one after the other.
The shaman’s residence was at the other end of Xin Yuan’s cave, and it required crossing the entire tribe to get there.
The further they walked towards the center of the tribe, the more beastmen they encountered.
In the central square of the tribe, females were gathered, chatting in small groups.
Wen Li and Xin Yuan, walking in a hurry, immediately attracted their attention.
A female who recognized Wen Li greeted her.
“Wen Li, where are you going?”
Wen Li didn’t stop walking and answered, “Something came up. I’ll chat when I have time.”
Then, she disappeared.
The females standing there were bewildered and thoughtfully watched the direction in which she and Xin Yuan had gone.
Soon, the females started discussing.
“Strange, Wen Li is with Xin Yuan. Doesn’t she dislike this beast husband?”
“Oh, wait. If she’s with Xin Yuan, then why was Zhu Yan looking for her everywhere yesterday? He even came to my house.”
“Zhu Yan also came to my house to ask yesterday. I thought something had happened to her. Isn’t she fine?”
The few of them discussed for a long time but couldn’t reach any conclusion.
One of the females recalled Xin Yuan’s stunningly handsome face and said enviously, “I say, Wen Li has such good luck. Her beast husbands are all so handsome and strong.”
“It’s all because her mother found good matches for her,” said a beautiful female disdainfully. “If you ask me, they’re not that great. Aren’t all her beast husbands eager to get rid of her?”
A slender female agreed. “Exactly. Wen Li is so ugly, how could any male willingly stay with her?”
A female who was on good terms with Wen Li changed the subject.
“Speaking of ugly, don’t you think Wen Li has become better looking? She’s lost quite a bit of weight.”
“Where? There’s no change at all, she’s still ugly. Look at An Yuan, another ugly female in the tribe. She’s become so beautiful now.”
“…”
The few females chatted and discussed for a long time.
By this time, Wen Li and Xin Yuan had already reached the shaman’s residence.