Chapter – 66
Hunting
Su Han quickly finished all the meat in his stone bowl.
He looked at Li Qingqing eagerly. “Is there any more?”
Li Qingqing had no choice but to give him her portion. “Then eat mine!”
Feng Hao glared at him fiercely. “You don’t do any work, but you’re the most enthusiastic when it comes to eating. And you even want two portions!”
Su Han ignored him and continued eating. Ever since staying under the sea, he hadn’t eaten anything this delicious.
It felt like the past twenty years of his life had been wasted.
The other four beast husbands were also dissatisfied, all casting resentful glances at Su Han.
“Su Han, why don’t you go hunting, and I’ll cook for everyone when you come back?” Li Qingqing came up with what she thought was a good idea.
After all, this cave had been dug for Su Han. If he went hunting, he could at least reward those who had worked so hard.
He didn’t have claws, so digging wasn’t his strength. But hunting should be fine. Even without claws, he still had special abilities.
Su Han thought for a moment, then finally agreed. “Alright.”
He still wanted to eat the meals Li Qingqing cooked.
The others were satisfied with the suggestion as well.
But Su Han suddenly added, “You should come with me. I don’t know what you land beastmen like to eat, and I don’t know what’s edible.”
What he said sounded reasonable. Li Qingqing felt it made some sense. She glanced at her other beast husbands.
Although their faces clearly showed reluctance, she still agreed.
After all, she needed to gain Su Han’s favor.
Except for the Xuanming Forest, prey on land was scarce. But there were still some. For example, behind the Silver Tiger Tribe’s mountain, there were wild boars, elk, wild ducks, pheasants, rabbits, and more.
Li Qingqing led Su Han toward the back mountain.
As they passed a river, Su Han stopped when he saw the fish swimming in it. He swallowed. “I haven’t eaten fish in a long time.”
He casually picked up a branch and thrust it into the river at a swimming fish.
To Li Qingqing’s surprise, he hit it in one strike.
“You’re so good at catching fish! Catch a few more—we can cook fish for them too,” she said.
But before she could finish speaking, Su Han had already eaten half of the fish.
Raw.
Li Qingqing’s eyes widened. “How can you eat it raw? You’ll get sick!”
Even in this beast world, she rarely saw beastmen eating raw meat directly.
Her beast husbands always roasted their meat before eating.
“Huh? Why can’t we eat it raw? We always eat it raw in the sea,” Su Han said, still biting into a piece of fish. Hearing her words, he paused and spat the meat out.
Li Qingqing sighed. How could sea-dwellers make fire underwater?
Merfolk probably didn’t even have fire-type abilities. Otherwise, they would’ve drowned long ago.
“Just remember that you’re on land now. Don’t eat raw meat anymore. It’s easy to get sick,” Li Qingqing explained patiently.
He seemed to understand and nodded obediently, then began spearing fish again with the branch.
In no time, he had caught several.
During that time, Li Qingqing quickly wove a basket out of vines and placed all the fish inside.
She counted carefully—seven fish in total, just one for each of them.
The fish were quite large. With her small appetite, one fish would definitely be enough for her.
But the males had been doing physical labor today. They usually had big appetites anyway, so one fish certainly wouldn’t be enough.
They would still need to find other prey on the back mountain.
Li Qingqing most hoped to find a wild boar or maybe a pheasant or duck.
She had never eaten elk before. She wasn’t sure if it would taste good, and she had no experience preparing it.
Soon, the two arrived at the back mountain.
The mountain was almost entirely covered in trees. Prey could easily hide in the forest, and the trees made hunting much more difficult.
Merfolk had almost no sense of smell. Their excellent underwater vision was useless on land.
The first step in hunting was locating the prey—and that responsibility fell entirely on Li Qingqing.
【Su Han is so useless.】
The system’s sudden comment made Li Qingqing smile awkwardly. Everyone had their own strengths. What kind of power could you expect from a fish out of water?
“Look over there!” Li Qingqing quickly spotted a wild rabbit. Its white fur stood out clearly in the green forest.
She immediately used her wood-element ability, summoning vines to wrap around the little white rabbit.
Excited, she ran over, grabbed one of its legs, and proudly showed it to Su Han. “Look, I caught it!”
Su Han felt somewhat dejected. He couldn’t sense where prey was at all.
Seeing Li Qingqing walking toward him with a bright smile and the rabbit in hand made him feel even more useless. He was supposed to be the one hunting, but she was the one actually catching prey.
“What’s wrong?” Li Qingqing noticed something was off and quickly asked.
Su Han shook his head and didn’t voice his feelings.
【Of course he feels useless and inferior because he’s too weak.】
The system had been talking a lot today.
Li Qingqing handed the rabbit to him. “It’s okay. You’re really good at catching fish.”
Just then, she noticed a wild boar charging toward them like it had gone mad.
“Watch out!” She quickly pulled Su Han aside.
The boar kept charging forward and slammed straight into a large tree.
Then it fainted and collapsed to the ground.
Li Qingqing could hardly believe her eyes. How had she just witnessed something like “waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit”?
She quickly wrapped the boar with vines as well, just in case it suddenly woke up.
The boar was large—enough to feed six people without a problem.
“I didn’t expect today’s hunt to go so smoothly! Let’s head back. I wonder how the cave digging is going.”
Her tone was light and cheerful. She was in a great mood. But when she turned to look at Su Han, his face was expressionless.
No—not entirely. There was an unhappy expression.
“Can you carry it back for me?” Li Qingqing asked tentatively.
His hunting skills weren’t strong, but surely he had strength, right?
Su Han immediately perked up and tried to lift the boar.
Reality hit him hard. No matter how he tried, he couldn’t budge it.
Unwilling to give up, he freed his hands, took a deep breath. “I don’t believe this!”
But the boar didn’t move at all.
He completely shut down, squatting on the ground and burying his head.
Now Li Qingqing really didn’t know how to comfort him. “Um… it’s okay.”
“How about we carry it together? I can’t lift it by myself either!”
“Really?”
“Of course it’s true!” Li Qingqing had been born with underdeveloped traits. She had no sharp fangs or claws, and she wasn’t very strong either.
Hearing that she couldn’t lift it alone either, Su Han finally felt relieved. “I knew I wasn’t the only one!”
【Does he even see you as a female? How can he compare himself to a female?】
