Chapter 59: Everyone Has Arrived

Su Xiyue was walking on her way back.

Suddenly, the system's voice rang in her mind: "Ding! Congratulations to the host! Yeling's favorability has increased by 40, and the current favorability is -20. Please keep up the good work, host, and raise it to neutral as soon as possible!"

She paused in her tracks, utterly stunned.

Did she hear that right?

She had just been arguing with that scumbag just now, and his favorability actually surged by 40 points?

Had that scumbag lost his mind? How could his thought process be so bizarre?

Thinking of those two bowls brimming with venison, she suddenly understood something.

No wonder everyone said that if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach.

This saying was undeniably true.

It seemed her culinary skills were truly exceptional, managing to conquer even that scumbag.

In a pleasant mood, her steps on the way back became even lighter.

When she returned to the cave, she found that Xuanming had already left. The bowls and chopsticks he had used were left sitting right there unwashed.

That scumbag really didn't stand on ceremony, acting like some kind of lord and master?

She muttered to herself, feeling somewhat displeased.

Walking over to the stove, she peered into the stone pot and found it scraped clean. She remembered clearly that she had left some behind when she went out, but now not even a drop of soup remained.

The corners of Su Xiyue's mouth twitched again, too drained to even complain.

Fortunately, she was in a good mood right now and couldn't be bothered to fuss over such trivial matters.

She quietly washed the bowls and scrubbed the pot clean.

Just then, some of the female members of the tribe came looking for her, with Yunxiang and Shusheng among them.

With a single glance, she knew they had come to learn how to weave backbaskets and identify mushrooms from her.

Perhaps they even wanted to learn how to cook from her.

However, Miyao and Miya were not among them. The affair between Qingyang and Muqing had been exposed, sending their father into a rage, and Qingyang had been beaten to death on the spot by his older brother. The two sisters were busy grieving and handling the funeral arrangements, so naturally, they wouldn't come over.

Not to mention, she and the two sisters were already at extreme odds with each other.

Just as she was pondering these things, Yunxiang walked over with a beaming smile, "Xiyue, you're home? We came to look for you just now, but found you weren't here, so we went back first. We figured we'd drop by again later, and truly didn't expect you to actually be back."

"Yeah, I went out for a bit and just got back."

Su Xiyue looked at Yunxiang and replied with a smile.

She didn't mention going to the mountaintop to deliver venison to Yeling.

Lest they mock her behind her back.

Little did she know, the scene of her acting crazy and disgusting Yeling by the river last night had already spread throughout the entire tribe.

The females present had naturally all heard about it, but right now, they tacitly refrained from mentioning it, though they might laugh at Su Xiyue in private.

They were here to learn things, not to pick a fight.

What would they do if they angered Su Xiyue and she refused to teach them how to weave backbaskets, identify mushrooms, and cook food?

"Um, you said yesterday that you were willing to teach us how to weave backbaskets and identify mushrooms. Is that true? When can we start learning?"

Shusheng stepped forward, taking the lead with an embarrassed expression.

Whether it was her imagination or not, she felt that the Su Xiyue before her was much thinner and much fairer than yesterday.

Even her protruding buckteeth were far less obvious.

Yet she didn't ask about it; right now, she just wanted to learn practical skills.

Especially backbasket weaving and cooking—these were the most tangible crafts.

Su Xiyue glanced at Shusheng, then looked at the other females present. Seeing everyone staring at her with expectant gazes, she smiled faintly, "Of course it's true. I can teach you how to weave backbaskets right now. Coincidentally, we also need to go into the forest to find vines, and I can teach you to identify mushrooms along the way."

"That's wonderful! Thank you, Xiyue."

Shusheng let out a breath of relief inwardly and said happily.

Although Su Xiyue had agreed to teach everyone earlier, who knew if she might go back on her word?

Seeing her agree to teach now, she was naturally overjoyed.

Yunxiang and the other females present were equally delighted, successively offering cheerful and flattering remarks.

"Oh, Xiyue, I noticed you seem to have lost more weight, and you've gotten so much fairer! And your teeth—they look much more normal too. Goodness, how on earth did you manage that? It's so enviable; clearly you didn't look like this yesterday."

Yunxiang crowded closer, staring at her up and down, and couldn't help asking.

Her own facial features were ordinary, she wasn't tall, and with her somewhat plump figure, she wasn't considered pretty.

Yet she was still much better looking than the original Su Xiyue, though right now, they looked almost on par.

In fact, Su Xiyue even looked a bit fairer and taller than Yunxiang.

"Yeah, yeah, Xiyue, you really have changed so much. Not only has your appearance become pretty, but even your mind has become so sharp, and you know so much."

"Isn't that the truth? You've really become much prettier, and even your buckteeth have receded so they aren't as noticeable."

"Aiyah, Xiyue, how on earth did you pull this off? I'm so envious! I want to get fair and thin too. Is there some kind of secret recipe?"

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The females present chattered noisily, all of them wearing expressions of envy.

The former Su Xiyue was lazy, ugly, and had an unlikable personality. Even though she was the chieftain's daughter, everyone looked down on her to some extent.

In fact, the fact that she had a chieftain father and yet managed to possess five top-tier beastmen husbands made everyone intensely jealous.

They hadn't spoken ill of her behind her back or ostracized her on fewer occasions.

Yet right now, they were all crowding around her as if nothing had happened, eager not only to learn the things Su Xiyue knew, but also to find out how she had managed to get fair, thin, and even rid of her buckteeth.

Su Xiyue merely smiled faintly. She was well aware of these females' true colors; the only ones with genuinely decent personalities were Yunxiang and Shusheng.

"You all flatter me. What secret recipe could I possibly have? I've just lost weight from dieting. I used to be so fat that my facial features were all crammed together, which naturally looked very ugly."

She glanced at the surrounding females, smiled, and continued, "As for my skin getting fairer, you all know I awakened an ability. My ability is of the wood healing type. Every night before I go to sleep, I use my ability to detoxify myself. Perhaps once the toxins inside my body were purged, my skin started looking healthier and fairer."

Her explanation was a mix of truth and falsehood, but it wasn't entirely wrong—wood-type abilities did indeed bring certain benefits.

The females present wore looks of sudden enlightenment, all feeling that her explanation made sense.

She used to be so fat, with her face covered in flesh and her features crammed together, so of course she looked ugly.

Add to that the acne and pustules all over her face, and she looked even uglier.

Now that she had grown delicate, fair, and slim, she naturally looked much better.

As for what happened to her teeth, everyone attributed it to her wood-type ability as well.

Previously, everyone only knew that Su Xiyue had awakened a wood-type ability, but they never expected it to be a wood-type healing ability.

A wood-type healing ability—wasn't that the same as the ability possessed by the tribe's shaman?

"Xiyue, since your ability is a wood-type healing ability, does that mean you can heal injuries too?"

Shusheng was the first to react, her glowing gaze fixed intently on Su Xiyue as she asked.

Upon hearing this, Yunxiang and the other females also turned their gazes toward her.

If Su Xiyue could really heal injuries, wouldn't that mean everyone could come to her whenever they had problems in the future?

One had to know that the tribe's shaman was very busy; unless someone was gravely injured or had a relatively high status and position,

ordinarily, the shaman wouldn't easily exert their ability. At most, they would spare a glance when free and hand over some medicinal herbs for you to take back and apply yourself.

"This..."

Su Xiyue frowned slightly. Of course her ability could heal injuries, but if everyone started coming to her whenever they had minor ailments in the future, she wouldn't be able to handle it either.