Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Walking Right Into the Trap

Wu Family Master’s expression changed slightly, "If she harmed your sister, we must avenge her."

Wu Cui Fei said, "That’s exactly what we should have done sooner."

"What’s so scary about Su Muyao? There’s nothing to fear from her. Her father died long ago, the entire Beast Emperor City announced it."

"Even her Beast Husbands despise her. It’s said their strength is at the third and fourth levels; my Beast Husband Lion Peak is already at the Peak of Level 5 and will soon reach Level 6, killing them all is a piece of cake."

Lion Peak is the son of the tribal leader; it’s because the Wu Family was exiled here that Wu Cui Fei married the tribal leader’s son, allowing the Wu Family to gain a foothold in the tribe.

Her sister Wu Cuixiang didn’t marry the tribal leader’s son but she did marry a tribal warrior, ensuring the Wu Family can survive here.

For the snow season, she stored quite a bit of food.

A lot of it is wild game hunted by Lion Peak, some is food sent by the tribal leader.

But that’s not enough, the Wu Family has quite a few people, it takes a lot of food over the three to four months of the snow season, more preparation is needed.

"Don’t worry, Mother, I will definitely avenge my sister."

"I will never let Su Muyao off."

If it weren’t for her mother holding her back, she would’ve acted long ago.

Her mother fears Su Zhihong.

The Wu Family Master watched Wu Cui Fei’s sinister, icy gaze, and for some reason felt panicked, gripping her wrist tightly, "Not yet."

"Mother, what are you doing again? So hesitant."

"Your sister might not have been killed by them, so you should ask and probe a bit, if it’s really them then take action, if not, it’s best not to start a feud."

"Our Wu Family and Su Family have no actual hatred, it’s just because of Shen Ci’an. You now have so many Beast Husbands, you don’t need to remember that incident."

Wu Cui Fei felt unwilling, the Wu Family Master spoke sternly, "Did you hear me?"

"Our Wu Family still wants to return to Beast Emperor City; we can’t act too impulsively or recklessly. Perhaps Su Zhihong left his daughter a way out, otherwise she wouldn’t have safely reached the Beiluo Tribe."

The Wu Family Master, for some reason, felt that Su Zhihong must have left his daughter some way out or even some force. There’s even a rumor that the Su Family has an elite Dark Guard Team, which disappeared after the news of Su Zhihong’s death got out.

She speculated that Su Zhihong might have given it to Su Muyao, so despite so many wanting her dead, she’s still alive.

Wu Cui Fei gritted her teeth, "Mother, I understand."

Wu Cui Fei listened to her mother ramble about many things, internally scoffing at how cowardly her mother was, suspecting Su Muyao wanted revenge on Wu Cuixiang but afraid Su Zhihong wasn’t really dead and would retaliate, and even more afraid that Su Zhihong left some force behind.

She wouldn’t care about so much.

When Wu Cui Fei came out of the cave, she happened to see Lion Peak carrying a freshly hunted beast towards her.

Seeing Lion Peak had hunted food again, Wu Cui Fei’s expression lightened.

At first, she despised Lion Peak’s origins, but later admired his capabilities in hunting beasts; being the son of the Beishili Tribe Leader was satisfactory.

"Wife, what’s wrong?"

Wu Cui Fei said, "Put the stuff down and come with me to the Beiluo Tribe."

Lion Peak frowned, "Why suddenly go to the Beiluo Tribe?"

Wu Cui Fei said, "What, don’t want to go?"

Lion Peak shook his head, "No, our two tribes have had conflicts for a long time. If we can avoid contact, it’s best to avoid it."

"So that the two tribes keep to themselves."

This is to avoid fights over minor issues; now as the snow season approaches, it’s best not to start wars.

Once war starts, many things become uncontrollable, and it might even attract Yunxiao City’s City Lord to handle the issue, which would be the least of their problems.

With the City Lord of Yunxiao City perhaps still unaware, both tribes could be gone.

There are many tribes eager to annex theirs and seize their food supplies.

Wu Cui Fei heard these words, her eyes flashed with calculations; having conflicts is good, it offers room for manipulation.

Best borrowed knife to kill.

Suppressing the cunning gleam in her eyes, she leaned against Lion Peak, appearing soft and tender, using a seductive tone, "You’re the leader’s son; Beiluo Tribe isn’t as strong as our Beishili Tribe, they wouldn’t dare do anything to you to prevent conflicts. We’re just going to ask something."

"Not to provoke anything."

The inquiry is just for show for her mother; the best outcome would be sparking a conflict, utilizing the tribal feud to eliminate Su Muyao if the Beiluo Tribe is wiped out.

"There won’t be any problem."

...

Beiluo Tribe

Su Muyao was at home preparing many poisons and sedatives.

She didn’t know how effective they were.

"Poison and sedatives made with spirit medicine should be quite potent."

The system said, "It’s for sure more effective than those made from ordinary ingredients."

Su Muyao mumbled, "It would be great to have someone test the effect."

"If the effects are strong, it can be used against assassins."

"These drugs have different effects."

She made many kinds for self-defense.

"Why not catch some wild beasts for testing?"

But right now, forced improvement in her power had caused superpower aftereffects; lately, it seemed her superpower was sealed and unusable, so for her safety, she shouldn’t venture into the forest to hunt and take risks.

The system said, "Host’s personal safety is important now."

Su Muyao said, "Wu Cuixiang’s provocation felt off before, if she tries to provoke me now I’ll test the drugs on her, saves effort."

Back then she lacked the space reward to have these spirit medicines; poisons and sedatives made from ordinary materials were ineffective on beastmen.

Since Su Muyao couldn’t test them, she could only put them in storage for now.

She looked at the sky; it was already past noon.

Wen Nanxi and the others had been sleeping since morning, should rest for the entire day; can’t handle three sleepless days.

"I’ll go to the kitchen and make them something delicious, so when they wake up they can eat something hot."

"I’ll make noodles."

"Red-braised beef noodles; I stored quite a bit of beef in the ice cellar, perfect to stew some beef in the noodles."

Su Muyao remembered they liked noodles, and with hot soup and meat, it fills the stomach nicely and is comforting.

They hadn’t had noodles for a while.

First cut the beef brisket into pieces, soak in cold water to remove blood; then boil it...

Once ready, stew it over a clay pot on low heat for flavor.

While stewing, she kneaded the dough to make noodles.

She used eggs to knead the dough.

Su Muyao worked quickly, though without superpower kneading was slower, preparing it well, then rested the dough and rolled it into even strips.

Su Muyao actually loved cooking; she felt peace and an inner healing sensation while cooking.

In the apocalypse when bored, she liked watching videos, especially food videos, finding them comforting.

Noodles cut, waited for Wen Nanxi and the others to wake and cook.

While busy, a sweet voice sounded at the door, "Is this Miss Su’s home?"

"I am Wu Cui Fei, is Miss Su home?"

"I know Miss Su hated my sister before, had conflicts; my sister vanished over a month ago, no news at all. After searching for a month, I had to come ask Miss Su..."

Wu Cui Fei’s voice was loud, as if afraid the neighbors wouldn’t hear.

Su Muyao’s eyes lit up, someone had come for the testing?

Perfect timing.