Chapter 199 - 201: Su Luoluo Is Actually Having a Secret Meeting?

Chapter 199: Chapter 201: Su Luoluo Is Actually Having a Secret Meeting?

While the meal over there was in full swing, the wild kitchen was deserted.

Fu Feng walked in and scanned the area. Seeing no familiar faces, he asked with confusion, "Where’s Luoluo? I don’t see her anywhere."

Mo Xuan jutted his chin toward a spot not far in front of them. "She’s over at the clan’s settlement. Probably won’t be coming back."

"The settlement up ahead?" Fu Feng asked, not understanding.

Before Mo Xuan could answer, Xiao Ye arrived at the wild kitchen a step behind him. He also glanced around, and not seeing Su Luoluo, his gaze landed on the stove. "Why is everything empty? Where are the pottery pots and bowls? What delicious food is Su Luoluo off making now?"

Mo Xuan nodded. "Yeah, she definitely made a lot of delicious food."

"She’s making delicious food? I’ll go help her. Where is she?" Nantu asked as he entered from outside.

"I’m afraid she doesn’t need your help," Mo Xuan muttered while chewing on a piece of food.

Nantu caught his underlying meaning. "What do you mean by that?"

Mo Xuan just snorted and said nothing.

It was Xi Yi, standing to the side, who spoke up with a slight smile. "Luoluo is with the clan right now. She doesn’t have time for us."

"The clan? Did the leader give her another task?" Nantu asked.

"Not our Wolf Clan. The Ring-tailed Fox Monkey Clan," Mo Xuan said, biting into a sour vegetable with a loud CRUNCH.

"The Ring-tailed Fox Monkeys? Didn’t Luoluo say she was going to drive them away?" Luan Ting, who had just arrived, sounded surprised as well.

Fu Feng recalled what he had seen that day and scoffed. "I doubt they can be driven away now. Luoluo already agreed to be their leader."

"What do you mean?" Mo Xuan exclaimed, equally stunned.

Fu Feng explained, "This morning, I saw the Priest of the Ring-tailed Fox Monkeys form an alliance pact with Luoluo."

"What!"

"What did you say?"

"When did this happen? Why didn’t she tell us?"

The moment Fu Feng finished speaking, the other five men erupted.

Mo Xuan, Xiao Ye, and Luan Ting were, of course, the loudest.

Mo Xuan and Xiao Ye were utterly bewildered, while Luan Ting was just stunned by how suddenly it had all happened.

Something this huge had happened, and Su Luoluo hadn’t told them a thing.

Nantu remained the most level-headed. "She probably just hasn’t had a chance to tell us yet."

Hearing this, Xiao Ye’s eyes immediately turned red, and his teeth began to grind. "So she’s with that monkey right now?"

"No, not exactly. The Priest left right after he and Su Luoluo swore the oath," Fu Feng said calmly.

"Left? What did he go off to do?" Mo Xuan demanded gruffly.

Fu Feng shrugged. "He said he was going to catch flower rats. They’re running low on smallpox scabs, and the flower rats have disappeared, so Luoluo sent him to find more."

"Find flower rats? We snakes are experts at finding rats. Why didn’t she come to me?" Xiao Ye wondered aloud.

Mo Xuan was also suspicious. "If he’s just looking for flower rats, why be so secretive about it?"

Luan Ting mused, "I suspect there’s more to it than that."

"No, this isn’t about finding flower rats. Su Luoluo is definitely hiding something from us!" Xiao Ye concluded after a moment’s thought, his eyes darkening.

"A pact with the Ring-tailed Fox Monkeys is never simple. That clan loves using pacts to feign loyalty. Who knows what he’s really scheming."

"Then what is Su Luoluo up to?" Fu Feng asked, now also suspicious after hearing their analysis.

"I don’t know what she’s really up to, but she’s definitely hiding something from us."

Xiao Ye snorted and shot a look at Xi Yi. "Don’t think she can pull the same stunt again and hide it from us."

Xi Yi, on the receiving end of Xiao Ye’s glare, didn’t so much as flinch. He clearly paid him no mind.

He looked at Xiao Ye. "So what do you plan to do?"

Xiao Ye sneered. "Follow her and find out what she’s really doing, of course."

Su Luoluo, oblivious to the men’s suspicions, watched as the clan members ate the different kinds of seasoned fish, their faces wreathed in smiles.

"Once you learn how to make this fish, you can cook it yourselves. There are other recipes, too. If you’d like to learn, I’ll have Cai Xia teach you in the future."

The Ring-tailed Fox Monkey Beastmen, their chins greasy with savory juices, all nodded in unison at her words. "Leader, your cooking is incredible! We’ll definitely study hard."

"It’s true. I’ve lived a long life, and this is the first time I’ve ever eaten anything this delicious," the Old Beastman added.

Su Luoluo smiled. "There are plenty of other delicious things to learn. I’ll teach all of you in time."

"Thank you, leader."

"Thank you, leader!"

"Thank you, leader!"

Seeing how approachable Su Luoluo was, the Old Beastman felt a deep sense of relief.

’At first, he hadn’t understood why the Priest insisted on choosing this female as their leader, but now he could see the Priest was right.’

’What other female would personally cook for them like this?’

"However, you’re all still using stone pots and bowls. They’re so clunky. Food tastes much better when it’s cooked in pottery pots and bowls."

"Pottery pots and bowls are too valuable. We can’t afford them unless we trade for them with the city-states," the Old Beastman said, troubled.

Su Luoluo waved her hand dismissively. "You don’t need to buy them from a city-state. I’ll teach you how to make them another day. I made all these pottery pots and bowls myself!"

"What? The leader knows how to make pottery pots and bowls?!" the Old Beastman exclaimed, his face a mask of astonishment.

The other Beastmen were also in disbelief. When their leader had them bring over the pottery bowls and pots, they had secretly marveled at the Wolf Clan’s wealth, thinking it was a luxury to use such items for cooking. They never imagined their new leader would claim to have made them herself.

"R-really?" another Beastman stammered in disbelief.

Su Luoluo nodded. "Of course. When the time is right, I’ll take you all to make some pottery!"

’Cai Xia and Ah Zhu are probably too busy with the smallpox scabs to have any time. I might as well go with them myself. It’s the least I can do to repay Si Cheng for his help.’

"Telling them to make pottery so they don’t have to use stone pots and bowls... that sounds pretty normal," Fu Feng muttered, hiding in a distant thicket.

"It looks normal for now. Who knows what’ll happen later," Mo Xuan snorted.

Nantu shook his head. "No way. Luoluo, she..."

Before Nantu could finish, Su Luoluo left the Ring-tailed Fox Monkey Clan’s settlement and headed for a small grove to the east.

’I need to deal with that rice soon. Once I have the grain, I’ll need to husk it.’ As she walked, Su Luoluo pondered how she could build a device for husking rice.

However, just as she set foot in the grove, a pleasant voice called out, "Luoluo, I need to talk to you."

Su Luoluo turned around and was surprised to see Bai Meng.

’What’s he doing here?’

She was about to ask what he wanted when he looked at her with a searing gaze, took her hand, and began to pull something from inside his clothes.

"See? I told you she was up to something! If we hadn’t followed her today, we never would have known she was secretly meeting Bai Meng!"

Bai Meng had been so quiet lately that the men had let down their guard. They never expected he was the type to make big moves in silence.

’Hmph. Su Luoluo has certainly been busy these last few days. Let’s just see what she has to say for herself.’