Chapter 243 Black Wolf's Troubled Times

Hao Ren pushed Nangong Wuyue forward to introduce her to the wolf king: "This is the doctor I was talking about. She has the ability to revive the dead and regrow bones. She can fix your teeth—speaking of which, where are those black wolves with broken teeth?"

The wolf king looked quite surprised. It stared at the group with astonishment, its head involuntarily swaying back and forth: "You actually brought a doctor... I've never seen such a strange human. You actually keep promises to a group of animals?"

Hao Ren immediately felt a bit displeased: "Look at the way you're talking. I wasn't joking back then, okay? You're prejudiced against humans."

"It's not prejudice, just facts. I've dealt with humans and other humanoid races a lot. They're very self-centered and judge everything by appearance. Even if we can talk, they still treat us like animals. An honest person like you is indeed rare," the wolf king squatted down and scratched its neck with a hind paw. "I'll send my subordinates to call those cubs with broken teeth over. Today, I led the pack out hunting. They can't help, so they're resting at home. It's not far from here. They'll be here soon."

Two young black wolves ran off towards the distance at the wolf king's signal, disappearing into the vast grassland in a short while. Becky led the horses, which were a little frightened by the encounter with the wolves, to a distance and tethered them, then came over and said strangely, "So that's all it was. I thought you had something important going on. You have a good relationship with these wolves."

The wolf king immediately nodded and greeted Becky: "Oh, hello, Swordswoman. We met last time."

Everyone: "..."

Lili was in a super good mood after seeing her "distant relatives" in this world. She quickly became friends with the black wolves, and in the short time while waiting for the "patients," she discussed daily life only canines could understand, such as which bones were good to chew, how to care for their noses in the winter, and the inconvenience of shedding. Anyway, these topics sounded more awkward than the last to Hao Ren, especially the shedding part: wasn't the weather getting colder recently? Lili was actually starting to shed, of course, only visible after she transformed. And because this girl often transformed her tail and ears at home to air them out, Hao Ren had to spend a lot of effort cleaning the fluff off the sofa every day... In short, anything related to Lili basically gave him a headache.

The werewolf girl chatted with the black wolves for a while, and they all felt that their hearts were full of poetry they couldn't express, so they ran to a small mound next to them, squatted in a row, and started howling in a rising and falling chorus.

Becky looked at Hao Ren and his companions with the eyes of someone watching rare animals: "Your daily life must be quite interesting..."

Hao Ren sighed: "It's a bit too interesting."

The wolf king was right. This place was quite close to the wolf pack's current base camp. Before long, those unlucky black wolves with broken teeth were brought over. They looked even thinner than before. Although they were still healthy, their physiques had clearly deteriorated. Not eating well after breaking their teeth was one aspect, and another was that they couldn't participate in hunting due to their loss of combat power. Over time, their bodies would naturally be affected. The wolf king looked at its dejected pack members and immediately became annoyed. A roar startled the unlucky wolves: "Raise your heads! Show some spirit! Outsiders are watching. You must show the spirit of the pack!"

Hao Ren felt that it was a bit of a waste of talent for a wolf to spout the words "spirit of the pack."

Nangong Wuyue stepped forward to examine the wolves' teeth. The latter were initially resistant to a strange "human" opening their mouths, but after hearing that this was a doctor who could fix their teeth, they immediately became obedient and even a little eager. Nangong Wuyue roughly examined them and raised her head: "No problem, just minor injuries. And many of the roots are still there. Water magic can regenerate them."

Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief: To be honest, he really felt a bit sorry for these wolves. After all, the teeth of these unlucky guys were broken by him. He had forgotten that he was actually the one who was attacked that day—this was probably the change in mentality after a person gained strength. Some major events that used to feel earth-shattering were now trivial in Hao Ren's mind. He used to tense up when facing a wolf pack lunging at his legs, but now he only thought about whether it would break their teeth: after all, a black wolf bite was about as damaging as "Gundam" at home.

At this time, Nangong Wuyue had already begun treating the black wolves' teeth. He didn't see her chanting any incantations, nor did he see her performing any other spells or gestures. He only saw a rainbow-like mist reflecting the sunlight gradually spreading around the siren girl. The mist slowly drifted away, and even Hao Ren, who was standing outside the range of the mist, felt a surge of energy: This was much more refreshing than air fresheners and so-called negative ion air conditioners. And the black wolves shrouded in the center of the mist nodded comfortably, shamelessly lying at Nangong Wuyue's feet, smiling like huskies.

Nangong Wuyue reminded the black wolves: "It might be a little itchy from now on. Bear with it. If it's too itchy, chew on some grass. Anyway, it'll be over in a few minutes."

The black wolves were just about to retort about how wolves don't eat grass, and to show their wolfish backbone with imposing manner, but a piercing itch came from their mouths, so the spineless fellows immediately jumped up with a "woof" and started gnawing on the surrounding weeds, their teeth already regenerating rapidly.

The wolf king watched in amazement, and shamelessly approached Nangong Wuyue: "Can you fix mine too? I also lost two teeth."

That's right, it also lost two teeth, and they were knocked out by Hao Ren.

Nangong Wuyue naturally agreed, so before long, the wolf king and its subordinates were frantically gnawing on the nearby turf. After a while, their bad teeth were completely healed. The black wolves lay side by side on the grass, as unglamorous as possible, twisting around comfortably. The wolf king even smacked its lips: "Talking without leaking air... comfortable!"

The surrounding wolves watching the excitement saw that even their leader was like this, and they immediately became restless. The black wolves approaching Nangong Wuyue formed a long queue. These guys, who had always relied on fate when they were sick or injured, finally met a doctor who was willing to treat them, and immediately brought out all their problems. Some wanted help with dentures, some wanted Nangong Wuyue to check their arthritis, some had back pain, some had indigestion, and one even said that it thought its face was too short and wanted to see if it could be lengthened a bit—this one was asking for plastic surgery!

Nangong Wuyue was a little dumbfounded. She didn't expect the spiritual life of these black wolves to be so rich and colorful. Faced with some requests beyond her capabilities, she could only wave her hands repeatedly: "I can't do plastic surgery... nor can I read fortunes... your shedding is also a matter of the weather!"

Becky had been watching with great interest, but at this time, she looked up at the sky and realized that it was getting late, so she had to remind everyone: "Are you guys leaving or not? If you keep fooling around like this, you probably won't reach that village until the sun goes down."

The group then remembered that they had more important things to do, and Hao Ren could only say goodbye to the wolf king: "We have to go. We have a long way to go."

"By the way, where are you going?" The wolf king scrambled up from the ground, spitting out the grass in its mouth. "Recently, many people have been walking in that direction. Seeing you in such a hurry... are you the same as them?"

Hao Ren guessed that it was talking about the mercenary groups that had been searching for the gem in the past two months, so he nodded: "We're going to the Beinz Blood Lake."

"Humans are really strange, always running around for some inexplicable reason," the wolf king grumbled. "Is there a lot of food at that place called Beinz Blood Lake?"

Becky grinned: "There's no food, but for humans, there's something more important: a lot of money. I won't have to worry about what to eat for the rest of my life!"

"Oh, you're after money, another incomprehensible thing," the wolf king muttered, turning its head. "It's not as good as that strange guy the day before yesterday. At least he was going home, which is easier to understand."

"Wait, what did you say? Going home?" Hao Ren suddenly felt that this was a little concerning. After stopping the wolf king, he realized what was wrong: Who would live in such a barren place as the Beinz Blood Lake? What kind of home were they going back to by running to the Blood Lake?

"Yeah, a tall, thin woman, said she was from another world, and asked me where there were large space portals. I happened to have heard these days that the Beinz Blood Lake leads to another world, so I told her."