Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Discovering Chili Peppers

Because the amount of salt produced from drying was quite a lot, plus the salt stone collected earlier, the quantity was even greater.

Besides, there were the resources Luna Sutton found over the past few days.

Although she didn’t go to The Salt Lake to dry salt, she wasn’t idle either.

Apart from weaving baskets, she would wander around when she had spare time and discover quite a few good things.

There were Lingzhi, stalactites, and blood honey.

Blood honey is basically honey from the apocalypse, renamed in the beast world.

She discovered it by accident, and while collecting this blood honey, she got stung by wild bees on her face, resulting in several big, red, and swollen lumps, causing her much pain.

Thankfully, she had the Wood Element Ability to quickly heal.

Stalactites are good stuff, rich not only in Spiritual Energy but also great for calcium supplementation.

Stalactites are liquid and not easy to collect. She had Corbin Crowley carve several wooden barrels and brought them all back.

A lot of Silver Moon Tail Fish were caught in the Umbraflow, and she salted them all, storing them in rattan baskets.

There were also red beans, a bit like the future long bean pods.

Various wild mushrooms were picked, filling several large baskets and were all sun-dried.

She also picked various rare herbs, anything useful that she could bring back.

This resulted in having too many things to carry back.

After discussing it, everyone decided to leave the salt stone here and plan to transport it next time.

The salt stone was large and heavy, only covered with a layer of salt on the surface.

It could be scraped down with a bone knife for collection, but everyone was too busy drying salt recently, and none had done these tasks.

Jett stayed, and he could handle these tasks.

After putting down those large and heavy salt stones, everyone divided a bit of the remaining goods, and it was possible to transport everything back.

Those few barrels of stalactites were a bit troublesome, not easy to carry, prone to spilling while walking.

Walking slow helped prevent spills.

The group soon left the bottom of the cliff, marching mightily back to the tribe.

Luna Sutton sat on Corbin Crowley’s back, her mood was quite good.

The heat cycle was finally over, no longer having to be tormented, leading to sore waist and back pain by the dog-man.

Thinking of her “experiences” over these days, she couldn’t help but curse inwardly: These beastmen really have stamina that’s inhuman! Oh, right, they’re not human to begin with.

However, her affection grew slightly, reaching 68.

Another 2 points and she would be at 70, entering the “liking” stage.

Don’t underestimate these 2 points, they’re the crossover from affection to liking.

Making the dog-man like her wouldn’t be easy.

It’s not something that physical coupling alone can achieve; it requires a spiritual strategy.

As she walked, she glanced over and suddenly saw a patch of wild chili peppers, sharp and bright red, in the distant grass.

Though at a distance, she was certain they were chili peppers.

Her eyes instantly lit up in excitement, like having an epileptic fit, she frantically slapped Corbin Crowley’s back, eager shouting: “Stop! Stop!”

Corbin Crowley was startled by her sudden action, abruptly stopped, narrowed his silver eyes unhappily, turned his wolf head, and spoke: “What’s up with you?”

Luna Sutton ignored his cold expression, jumped down from his back in excitement, pointing at the bright red patch of grass not far away, she was too excited to speak coherently: “Chili peppers! It’s chili peppers! Oh my gosh, I actually discovered chili peppers here!”

As she spoke, she had already run over, confirmed they were chili peppers, even more excited, and started picking.

Seeing her picking red poison fruit, Corbin Crowley was shocked, dropped what was on his back, instantly transformed into human form, and rushed over.

He grabbed her wrist and reprimanded, “Are you insane? These are spicy, if they touch your hand, it’ll get red and swollen, you’ll be in for it.”

She was slightly stunned, turned to look at him, half-smiling: “Corbin Crowley, are you concerned for me?”

He thought chili peppers were poisonous, it really amused her.

Chili peppers can drive away cold, and are a king of seasoning; with them, you can make much more delicious food.

Spicy rabbit head, spicy pot, spicy roast fish, and hot pot.

Thinking of hot pot made her mouth water.

Especially during a cold winter, everyone sitting together eating steamy hot pot, it couldn’t be more satisfying.

Corbin Crowley didn’t understand the function of chili peppers, only knew they were very spicy and shouldn’t touch them.

Hearing her words, his handsome face darkened, he instantly let go of her hand, snorted coldly: “Concern for you? Don’t flatter yourself; I’m worried you’ll have a swollen hand, causing me a headache with your constant nagging.”

Luna Sutton wasn’t bothered by him letting go of her hand; though the dog man clearly cared for her, he stubbornly refused to admit it, as stubborn as a rock.

She flicked her wrist, smiled: “Don’t worry, the chili peppers won’t make my hand swollen, they’re actually rare and good.”

Corbin Crowley frowned, thinking about the strange things she found and the dream prophecy from The Beast God, he believed her words a bit.

He didn’t stop her again.

But he didn’t let her pick them; he reached out and picked the chili peppers himself.

Luna Sutton lovingly carried the basket over to collect them; though the dog man’s words were annoying, he was quite considerate in action.

The chili peppers were soon picked, not much in quantity, probably around two or three pounds.

But at least they had chili peppers.

The chili pepper vine was also dug up and brought back, which elicited strange looks from others.

Picking the red poison fruit was one thing, but why dig up the vine?

Luna Sutton lazily explained, smiling without saying much, climbed onto Corbin Crowley’s back and sat in place, and the group continued on.

When they returned to the tribe it was almost dark, torches were lit everywhere, illuminating the dark night and dispelling the night’s chill.

They had stayed outside for a week, and the beastmen who went out to capture Quinn Morgan were already returned to the tribe one after another.

Rhys Blackwood, Kian Sterling, Zeke Veridian, and Malachi Arcanus also returned with their teams.

But they returned empty-handed.

At present, they were sitting around the fire in the Tribal Square, taking bites of roasted meat.

Having tasted Luna Sutton’s culinary creations, what was once considered tasty roasted meat now tasted bland, like chewing wax.

If not for filling their stomachs, they wouldn’t eat a single bite.

Luna Sutton and the others arrived at the tribe, each beast’s back was loaded full of baskets, rattan boxes, and hanging wooden barrels, making the procession quite remarkable.

It instantly caught the tribe’s beastmen’s attention.

Quinn Morgan sat on Finn Arcanus’s back, his gaze dazed and unfamiliar as he looked around, feeling everyone’s gaze on him was strange, with disdain and contempt.

“Oh, look! Quinn Morgan is finally caught, now we can have peace.”

“Huh? Why does he look so dumbfounded, looking at us as if he’s never seen us before, what’s wrong?”

“Who knows what’s up, look at the huge gash on his head, probably injured his brain.”

“Oh my, take a look at the salt in the basket? Where’d all this salt come from, is it from trading with other tribes?”

“No idea, this is huge news, best go tell the leader quickly.”

…

This news instantly stirred up a commotion, with surrounding beastmen gathering and commenting loudly.

Rhys Blackwood, Kian Sterling, Zeke Veridian, Malachi Arcanus all exchanged glances, seeing shock and surprise in each other’s eyes.

Mixed with envy.

They returned empty-handed and got scolded harshly by the leader upon arrival.

Never expected Corbin Crowley to have such good luck, not only capturing Quinn Morgan but also bringing back so much salt and resources.

It was a beast comparing to beasts, making them envious for sure.

Envy aside, they couldn’t help but join in.

A smart beastman already informed Lyle Sutton.

Luna Sutton sat on Corbin Crowley’s back, listening to the surrounding discussions and shocked comments, her mouth slightly curved in a smile.

“Cynthia, where have you all been? Why are you bringing back so much salt?”

An elderly beastman couldn’t help but ask, his voice full of disbelief.

She looked at the beastman speaking, instantly jumped off Corbin Crowley’s back, explained with a smile: “We found a salt lake at the bottom of the cliff, the salt we brought back was all dried by us. Our tribe will no longer have to worry about salt from now on.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd erupted, everyone became excited, with the discussion growing louder.

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