"Hello Kaelen~"

The training group ran past Kaelen, greeting him in unison. Kaelen smiled, raising a hand to wave back at them.

Walter had followed the scouting team; his group was currently being managed by Theron instead. Theron had recently joined the military camp, and the training regimen he arranged for the beastmen group was much heavier than Walter’s. Kaelen saw that everyone had a sandbag tied to their arms and legs.

He walked all the way and finally reached the weaving group. Randy and Mie were instructing everyone on how to process the fabric threads to make them softer. Seeing Kaelen enter, everyone stopped the work in their hands and smiled in greeting. A Feline clan Sub-Beast asked curiously:

"Kaelen, what are you wearing on your head? It looks strange."

Kaelen took off the bucket hat crocheted from fabric yarn and handed it to the Sub-Beast to see. The Sub-Beasts all put down the work in their hands, curiously gathering around to examine it. Mie held the hat, examining the material, and said:

"Is it woven by twisting multiple fabric threads together? How did you do it?"

Kaelen placed the wooden box on the table and opened it. A row of 15 crochet hooks, ranging in size from 1mm to 15mm, were arranged alternately in the box. He chose a 3mm hook and then demonstrated it once himself. The Sub-Beasts gasped in continuous admiration, all showing their desire to learn.

Kaelen said: [I will teach one person, and then this person will teach the whole group. Uncle Randy, you should assign someone to follow me to learn.]

"Let Mie and Nicholas go, these two kids are dexterous and agile."

Kaelen nodded, then took out a stack of papers from inside his shirt, kept a few sheets related to the knitting and crocheting curriculum, and handed the part related to making yarn from animal fur to Randy. Randy looked through it once, then handed it to Sheka of the Baron Avian clan.

Worthy of being the Avian clan, the best at weaving and sewing; Sheka took one look and immediately knew this was the process of making yarn from animal fur. He said:

"Currently, the animal hides and furs brought back are all used for the tribesmen, mostly rabbit fur and goat fur. Their fur is quite stiff and coarse; I am afraid it will be difficult to make it into soft yarn like grass threads."

Kaelen thought for a moment, rummaging through his memories for the method of making yarn from animal fur. It seemed that handmade yarn was made from the softest undercoat on the bodies of animals like rabbits, goats, and sheep. And that soft fur was only available during the transition between spring and summer; in this season, all animal fur became coarse and stiff. Remembering this, Kaelen could not help but feel embarrassed, but he could not admit that he was completely clueless about it, so he had to steer the conversation another way to save face:

[That is correct, the time to harvest fur is at the end of spring; I am giving this to you in advance so you all can study it slowly.]

"Oh, we will try making it with rabbit fur first, that way by the end of spring we can create the finished product you want."

Sheka nodded, beginning to attentively study the yarn-making method, occasionally discussing it in a low voice with his clanmates nearby. Kaelen led Mie and Nicholas to a separate spot and started teaching them how to crochet.

First were the basic stitches and their symbols, followed by how to read visual charts. The two Sub-Beasts studied very attentively; after familiarizing themselves with the crochet stitches, they began trying out simple crochet patterns. After a morning, both had grasped the basic techniques; the rest could be slowly practiced further.

Kaelen sighed in admiration. In the past, it took him a whole month to learn crocheting just to finish a basic scarf pattern, yet these two Sub-Beasts only took a single morning. Truly, comparing people to people will only anger one to death.

"Kaelen, are you done with your work? Let’s go home."

"Brother... ah no, hello Chief~" Mie and Nicholas stood up simultaneously to greet him; Sane nodded expressionlessly. Since morning, he had also grown accustomed to hearing this title of ’Chief’. The two Sub-Beasts packed up their belongings, bowed to the couple, and returned to the weaving area.

Kaelen smiled brightly: [Chief~]

Sane chuckled and pinched Kaelen’s nose: "Yes, Chief’s mate~"

Kaelen also burst out laughing, tilting his head: [Are you already done with work?]

"It is alright. For now, I am letting Barton and Nordhal help manage the work in the valley over there. At the military camp, I have not found a suitable person yet; perhaps I will have to observe for a while longer."

[Mhm, so my great Chief, what do you want to eat for lunch~]

"Naughty." Sane gently bumped his forehead against his mate’s, saying: "Let’s have sweet grass seed rice with sweet grass honey braised meat, alright? You stand aside and direct, I will cook."

Kaelen nodded; the two walked home hand in hand, so sweet that it could make people’s teeth rot.

The peripheral forest, half a day’s journey from the tribe.

Perhaps this place had just experienced a light rain last night; the ground was damp, and rainwater still lingered on the grass blades.

Walter pursed his lips tightly, tentatively stepping on the layer of rotting fallen leaves underfoot. Even though he had carefully scouted the path, his face still turned pale when he saw a hideous many-legged beast scurry through the leaf pile.

Walter was not afraid of snakes, nor was he afraid of worms, but he was especially terrified of this reddish many-legged beast. He endured it again and again, until finally, when another many-legged beast darted out from the rotting leaves, Walter screamed and jumped backward.

Anthony was just waiting for this; he raised his arms and pulled Walter into his embrace. Walter was so frightened that his arms and legs clung tightly to Anthony’s body, his head burrowing into Anthony’s chest, completely unaware that above his head, Anthony’s lips curled into a smug smile. Wofu looked at his older brother’s foolish appearance and could not help but roll his eyes.

This foolish older brother of his had strolled over to the beastmen in the scouting team last night, telling them that if anyone dared to carry Walter on their back, he would spread rumors that that person had a leg with Caleb, ensuring that no one would ever be able to find a mate in the future.

Therefore, today the beastmen all used the excuse of already having someone they liked to refuse letting Walter ride on their backs. Walter was also quite stubborn; even though Anthony was the only choice left, the Sub-Beast still absolutely refused to ride on Anthony’s back. Even though he had run to the point of exhaustion, he still managed to keep up with the team.

Anthony was not to be outdone either; taking advantage of when Walter was not paying attention, he had gathered all the many-legged beasts (centipedes) along the way and put them in an animal skin bag, waiting until they reached a place with many fallen leaves to release them all. Because of this, there was the scene of Walter running into such a many-legged beast every few steps.

Hmph, after living with Sane for a long time, the foolish tiger had also become sinister.

Draven, innocently knowing nothing, only felt sympathy for Walter and softly advised:

"Walter, maybe you should just sit on Brother Anthony’s back. This stretch of road has a lot of fallen leaves, and after the rain, these many-legged beasts crawl out in swarms."

Hearing the phrase ’crawl out in swarms’, Walter shivered. He hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Then... that is fine..." He would wait until they left the damp rainy area before getting down to walk again.

Anthony secretly gave Draven a thumbs-up, found a clean spot to put Walter down, and then transformed into his beast form. Throughout the entire process, he did not say a single word, acting as if this was all just a mere coincidence.

The surrounding single beastmen all silently took note, adding this incident to their curriculum for pursuing Sub-Beasts.

Walter only intended to sit on Anthony’s back for a little while and then get down, but unexpectedly, he ended up sitting for the entire journey, his closed heart opening up once again.

The scouting team had been gone for five days; at the tribe, Kaelen had discovered something new again.

Seeing Kaelen depressed and unhappy, Sane set aside an afternoon to take his mate to tour the peripheral lands of the tribe, places Kaelen had not yet set foot in. And then, Kaelen discovered soybeans, a vast expanse of soybeans. Although they were still young plants now, they could be harvested by the second month of spring.

"Can this thing be eaten too? Previously, there were also some near the Obsidian tribe, but eating it made the stomach very uncomfortable, so later on, no one ate it anymore."

Kaelen nodded. Soybeans were good, but if eaten in large quantities or prepared incorrectly, they would also cause side effects such as bloating, indigestion, vomiting, and diarrhea. Consuming too many soybeans also caused the body to become malnourished because the active compound phytic acid in soybeans limited the ability to absorb nutrients like calcium, zinc, iron, etc. It was said that men eating a lot of soybeans would lead to a decline in sexual function, but this was still within the realm of debate in his previous life and had not been verified.

[It is a supplementary food; of course, it cannot be eaten to replace staple foods. There are many ways to eat it; later, when it ripens, I will teach everyone. You should assign this place to Uncle Alden; I will instruct him on how to care for it. In the future, this place will be specialized for growing soybeans.]

"Alright." Sane immediately opened the map and marked this area within the tribe’s boundaries. The two continued their stroll. Kaelen paid attention to searching for useful plants, harvesting a forest of Dó trees. Dó tree bark could be used to make paper that was several times whiter and smoother than reeds.

Other than that, they did not find any more types of food, but he discovered that the land in these areas was extremely fertile, and the terrain was not too high, making it suitable for cultivation.

And so, the young couple strolled for an afternoon, and Crimson’s land area expanded significantly once again.

During dinner, the two were still chatting about zoning the livestock farming area.

Sane said: "The prairie area where everyone used to live is quite spacious, and there are not many wild beasts around, making it suitable as a livestock farming area. I saw in the book that they use stone or baked clay to build walls surrounding a tribe or a city; do you know specifically how to do it?"

[I know, but with such a large area, building a city wall requires a lot of manpower, and right now we do not have enough people.]

Sane frowned, feeling that this problem was truly difficult to solve. The tribe only had over a thousand people; currently, dividing them among various places was not even enough. Wanting to build a surrounding wall was truly an unrealistic fantasy.

Kaelen, however, thought in a different direction. In his previous life, he had once seen Earth-element Mages stand in a long line, stomp their feet once, and a solid, long earthen wall would be completed. If they were lucky enough to awaken such a team, it would be wonderful.

He said: [First, you should just have people use sharpened wooden stakes to enclose the prairie area to serve as a livestock farm. The enclosures need to be far apart from each other, and moreover, they must be cleanly disinfected. See if there is anyone who can take charge of this task?]

Sane furrowed his brows: "In the past, everyone just went hunting; no one has ever raised livestock before, so I also do not know if there is anyone. Tomorrow I will go ask Grandfa Talon and see."

[Alright, tomorrow tell the captains to bring the tribesmen with excellent training results to me; I want to try triggering the Divine Energy within them.]

"Last time you helped Theron, you coughed up blood and fainted." Sane objected: "I do not want you to take any more risks."

Kaelen smiled: [Last time was regenerating Beast Energy for Theron; who knew he would awaken Divine Energy right on the spot, which was why I suffered a backlash. This time, I will let them awaken it themselves and not interfere. You can rest assured.]

"Then wait for me to go together; in case something happens, it can be handled in time."

Kaelen nodded and lowered his head to eat, not speaking the words in his heart.

*Actually, the reason I fainted last time was because you scared me...*