Chosen Mate Of The Beastmen Empire

Lila and Gina also looked just as puzzled. They only saw the mountains, rivers, trees, flowers, and various animals, but they didn't see the towering piles of white salt blocks.

It was like a cold bucket of water had been poured over their heads, dampening the joyful atmosphere. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Though they believed Nyx wouldn't deliberately deceive them and might have just misjudged, they couldn't help but feel disheartened.

"Do you see it? The salt is right there," Nyx raised her hand and pointed to a light blue lake, breaking the gloom among them. She was not surprised by their reaction.

Before this, they had never seen a salt lake with their own eyes. In their isolated primitive tribe, many things were not common knowledge, and the tribes with salt mines would not casually share their life-sustaining resources with outsiders. Naturally, they didn't know where the salt came from.

"Salt is in seawater, it might be underground, and there's also salt in salt lakes,” Nyx patiently explained to them, pointing to the salt lake. "The salt in this lake is enough to sustain our tribe."

With the size of the Wolf Tribe, even after several generations, they could rely on this lake for survival.

The chieftain was stunned, his mind racing. Lila and Gina expressed their admiration more openly, gazing at Nyx with adoration. "Nyx, you really know so much."

"Have you ever seen the sea?" They had heard other tribes talk about the sea at the big trading market, but they couldn't imagine what it looked like.

Nyx spoke about it calmly, as though she was very familiar with these things.

Zayne also turned to look at Nyx. When he saw her nod, his heart tightened. He had heard the sea was very far away. So Nyx must have come from a distant place.

"There are many delicious things in the sea, and they are different from the ones caught in the rivers." Seeing Lila and Gina's curiosity, Nyx opened up. "Not only fish, shrimp, crabs, and snails, but also seaweed like kelp and laver. They're abundant and easy to store."

"Ah, I think I know." Gina jumped up. "I saw dried seaweed at the big trading market." She had wanted to try it but it was too expensive, so after much hesitation, she didn't buy it.

"Next time, you can buy some and try it," Nyx smiled and patted her head.

It would take a long journey from the seaside to the trading market, so it was normal for things to be more expensive. It wasn't worth exchanging meat for it, but using pottery to trade was just right.

Lila flexed her claws and secretly swallowed. She wasn't very interested in the seaweed, but she was very interested in the seafood.

From today, she would start saving bone coins and resources. She could also sell her jewelry. This year, she was going to taste those things.

As they chatted, the main group had already approached the lakeside. The water was shallow, sparkling with light. Large white crystals were solidified at the shore, while some swayed with the current.

Upon seeing this, the chieftain's eyes lit up. He couldn't resist rushing over, picking up a crystal, and popping it into his mouth. It really was salty.

A big mouthful of salt was so bitterly salty it almost hurt. The chieftain's face involuntarily scrunched up, but he couldn't

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bring himself to spit out the salt water.

A small piece of salt like this would cost them a lot of meat to exchange. The tribes that sold salt never cared for wild fruits or vegetables. Only meat or medicinal herbs were worth trading.

Without enough salt, they'd have no strength. Even if the price rose excessively, they had no choice but to obey.

And now, their tribe had salt. They no longer had to depend on those people. The chieftain threw his head back and laughed, howling joyfully like a wolf.

The wolf pack responded, their howls echoing through the valley, startling the birds and animals. Lila also tilted her head back and mimicked the wolves, howling. Nyx couldn't resist, reaching out to rub her fluffy face.

"This territory is ours now. From now on, we will settle here." The chieftain looked around and made a final decision.

The mountains stretched endlessly, and the new territory was vast and wide, surrounded by the crucial salt lake and water sources. There were plenty of natural caves to continue their old way of living.

People spent half the day settling in before eagerly setting off to hunt.

Since the avalanche, almost all the animals across the mountain had fled, making life very difficult for them. It would take several days before they could successfully hunt. If they couldn't catch fresh prey, they had to dig up what was buried in the

snow to eat.

Everyone went out together, but they didn't always get lucky. Most of the time, they were left hungry, relying on snow to fill their stomachs.

The world on this side of the mountain was like heaven compared to that on the other side. Herds of cattle and sheep, wild rabbits running all over the place-it was like a dream.

The hunting team quickly had some success.

A few nearly starving wolf pups in the tribe also regained their vitality after the stimulation of the new environment, perking up and trying to imitate the hunting team, surrounding and trapping prey.

They actually managed to catch a wild chicken, rolling around happily and proudly carrying the chicken to Nyx. "Nyx, we caught this, it's for you."

Nyx was busy setting up a pottery pot by the lake to boil salt. Seeing a group of scruffy little pups, a smile unconsciously appeared in her eyes as she waved at them.

The little wolf pups immediately rushed over to her, one by one, rolling over and getting their bellies rubbed. While playing with them, Nyx used some leaves to wipe their bodies clean, removing the dust and dirt from their fur.

"This is for you." The pups hadn't forgotten their purpose, wagging their little tails and eagerly trying to offer the wild chicken to Nyx.

It was Nyx who had led them in their migration and found them this good new territory, and their parents often reminded them to remember Nyx's kindness.

Even without being taught, they understood it themselves. Once the pups were determined about something, they were often very persistent.

Nyx didn't refuse their gift, reaching out to accept the half-dead wild chicken. "I'll make you guys a special chicken dish later."

“A special chicken dish?” Lila appeared at some point, speaking softly. “I want to eat it too."

"Sure," Nyx said helplessly, poking her in the head. "Go catch another chicken,

and I'll make it for you. Don't steal from the

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She stood up and looked around, noticing the rest of the tribe had gathered, busy salvaging salt from the lake.

"Don't eat the salt straight away." She pointed at the bubbling pottery pot, speaking gently, "This salt has a lot of impurities. It's better to boil and filter it first."

It seemed that there wasn't enough time today to boil and sun-dry all the salt.

She had already collected quite a bit of salt, properly boiled and dried, and placed

it in a nearby bamboo basket along with other spices and cooking tools.

Nyx rummaged through the basket and pulled out the largest pottery pots. "I'll cook today."

Everyone gathered excitedly for a good meal, celebrating their newfound home and rebirth.

"Yay." Lila was the first to enthusiastically approve of the suggestion. "Soup. Make meat soup."

She had been dreaming about the meat soup Nyx had made for her, occasionally even dreaming about the taste. The tribe leader subtly took a step back, quietly distancing himself from the greedy cat, somewhat embarrassed by her.

He also wanted to drink Nyx's meat soup. Even after all this time, he could still vividly recall the rich aroma.

But as soon as Nyx took out the pottery pot, his attention was immediately captured. He leaned in to inspect it, his eyes widening in surprise. "This is-