Chapter 96 - Empty Cave (1/2)

Ch96 - Empty Cave

While fighting against the people of the Giant Tiger Tribe, Xiong Ye usually had other people from the tribe go up instead of personally making a move.

He did it this way so that the people of the tribe would have a way to practice their combat abilities, and also allow the people of the Little Brook Tribe and Green Hill Tribe to get revenge.

He generally watched from the sidelines and only rushed out when the people of the tribe fell into dangerous situations, knocking out those who needed to be knocked unconscious, killing whoever needed to be killed, and saving his own people.

At the start, he had sent all the people he caught from the Giant Tiger Tribe back to their tribe, but he could no longer do so now-they had already gotten a bit too far away from the Big Bear Tribe during their pursuit.

Xiong Ye handed these people over to the people of the Green Hill Tribe who had followed him in chasing down the Giant Tiger Tribe.

The people from the Green Hill Tribe were seething with hatred; those Giant Tiger Tribe people who hadn’t killed anyone from the Green Hill Tribe were better off and were only beaten at most before being sent off to become slaves, but those who had killed people from the Green Hill Tribe were all met with horrible ends.

The people of the Green Hill Tribe didn’t let off any of their enemies; their hatred could only be washed clean with the blood of their enemies.

That afternoon, after once again making trouble for the people of the Giant Tiger Tribe, Xiong Ye led his people to hunt down a dinosaur, roasting and eating it together.

They were in charge of chasing after the Giant Tiger Tribe, and their team had a total of 82 people. Half of the team consisted of people from the tribes that the Giant Tiger Tribe had slaughtered their way through before, and at this time, some of them began to speak up from around the fire. Someone sobbed, “I’ve finally avenged… my child…”

Xiong Ye sighed. He took some spices out of his bundle of supplies and carefully sprinkled them over his roasted meat.

Fortunately, Zhou Ji was beloved by the Beast God. Otherwise… The Big Bear Tribe’s future might have been pretty much the same as that of the Green Hill Tribe and Little Brook Tribe.

It was all thanks to the Beast God and also thanks to Zhou Ji!

Xiong Ye stared at his roasted meat and began to think of Zhou Ji again.

His cooking skills really couldn’t match up to Zhou Ji’s. Luckily, Zhou Ji had given him some seasonings before they set out this time.

“Xiong Ye, give me some chili powder.” Zhu Zhan came over and said.

“No.” Xiong Ye refused, “I don’t have much left.”

“You clearly still have a lot!”

“But we might be away from the tribe for a month.” Xiong Ye glanced towards Zhu Zhan and said somberly, “A whole month.”

There was nothing Zhu Zhan could say.

Xiong Ye spoke again, “Zhu Zhan, do you think Zhou Ji is thinking of me right now?”

Zhu Zhan laughed shortly and no longer wanted to interact with Xiong Ye.

Xiong Ye was still speaking, “I’m not there, and I don’t know if anyone is hunting for Zhou Ji. Is Zhou Ji afraid at night? He’s always been adverse to the cold; will he be chilled if I’m not there by his side to keep him warm in my animal form?”

Zhu Zhan: “You turn into your animal form to sleep with him? Aren’t you afraid of squishing him?” Xiong Ye’s animal form was too big! Oh, right, and their bed… could Xiong Ye’s animal form even fit in it?

“How could I squash Zhou Ji? He sleeps on my body.” Xiong Ye said. He liked turning into his animal form and having Zhou Ji sleep on top of him.

Zhu Zhan didn’t want to speak anymore. It hadn’t been that many days since Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye saw each other, right? Did he need to be so nostalgic? His own mate…

Zhu Zhan began to think of his own mate. He was also a bit worried.

However, he soon set aside his worries-his Zhu Zhu was also a medium level Beast Warrior, and sows who had children to protect were very fierce. They had to be alright!

Not only did Zhu Zhan miss his mate, Xiong Qi was also missing Bao Yu and didn’t have any thoughts on praising Xiong Ye any further… Of course, there was also another reason why he didn’t praise Xiong Ye anymore-he had already praised Xiong Ye time and again and had already run out of things to compliment him on.

People were more spirited after eating. Xiong Ye had a portion of people stay back to rest while he brought the others to make more trouble for the Giant Tiger Tribe.

They had already made up their minds to make sure that the Giant Tiger Tribe couldn’t return home!

While Xiong Ye was going up against the people of the Giant Tiger Tribe, back in the Big Bear Tribe, a good many of the captives that Xiong Ye had sent back had already died.

They had been killed by the people of the Green Hill Tribe who had remained in the tribe. Those were their enemies!

Zhou Ji didn’t stop them and then had them put the remaining captives to work.

These captives finally had to experience the things they had put others through, such as not having enough to eat but still having to continue working.

Everything happening in the tribe was business as usual, and things were developing well… Zhou Ji went to the priest and said, “I need to communicate with the Beast God at home. Don’t come to disturb me for this period of time, and don’t let others disturb me either.”

The priest agreed immediately, then asked Zhou Ji if he needed food.

Of course Zhou Ji wanted food; he picked out a lot of smoked meat and brought it home-even if he didn’t eat it now, they could still eat it later on.

Exactly. He wouldn’t eat it right now… Zhou Ji planned to go and find Xiong Ye.

Xiong Ye’s strength couldn’t be considered weak, but he was still worried that Xiong Ye might come to harm, so he planned to head over and take a look. He could also take this as an opportunity to teach Xiong Ye the new cultivation method he had come up with.

With that in mind, Zhou Ji locked the door to their house and climbed out of the window in order to leave the place.

He had told the priest that he couldn’t be disturbed, so the priest certainly wouldn’t come looking for him. He also wouldn’t discover that he was no longer there…

Zhou Ji soon left the Big Bear Tribe. He moved swiftly and soon caught up with Xiong Ye and his party.

He didn’t approach and instead found a tree hollow. After tossing in some seeds for plants that repelled insects and germinating them, he waited for all of the insects to run off before lying down inside and happily eating the plants he had made for himself.

This kind of lifestyle wasn’t as comfortable as living at home, but it wasn’t bad… However, things weren’t perfect-the day after Zhou Ji arrived, it began to rain heavily.

For the people of the Giant Tiger Tribe, this rain was like added misfortune on top of misfortune. Under circumstances where they could no longer see their surroundings clearly and had their sense of smell affected by the rain, many of their people ended up caught.

As for Xiong Ye and the others, they also had a hard time after it started to rain.

They hadn’t brought much with them and didn’t have Zhou Ji helping them find places to stay in at night, so they had no choice but to live out in the rain.

Only Zhou Ji was able to ensure that his living environment was very comfortable.

Even if he couldn’t find a hollow in a tree, he could lie down on the branches of a tree and grow some plants that could keep the rain out, making it so that not even a single drop of rain could touch him.

While he was traveling… He was already able to use his energy to create a shield that isolated his scent from the surroundings. It wasn’t difficult to keep out the rain.

Throughout his entire journey, he remained completely clean and dry.

The rain was very heavy that night. Xiong Ye had no plans to go out and deal with the Giant Tiger Tribe. “We’ll rest here tonight.”

Xiong Ye finished giving everyone orders, then found a tree to climb up and lie down in, covering himself with a few large leaves to keep out the rain.

The tree was very large, but it wasn’t very comfortable lying down like this, and it was barely enough for him to get some rest.

Some of the others lay down in trees just like him, others turned into their animal forms and found places to burrow into, while some people slept in small tents erected from leaves and branches on slightly higher ground.

There were others who simply lay down in the rain and let the rain hit them as it liked, acting as though the rain wasn’t an issue at all.