Free Web NovelChapter 538: Chapter 398: Black Beast Skin
The System’s crisp voice rang out in her mind. Hearing it, Wu Yue opened the System panel and, sure enough, saw something that looked like an envelope at the very bottom.
She opened it and saw that it was, indeed, a prescription, but...
"System, are you serious about these ingredients?"
The System nodded. "Products from the System are guaranteed to be top-quality. Absolutely honest and fair."
"Why are there so many wild vegetables?"
Wu Yue’s mouth twitched. ’Anyone who didn’t know better would think I’m about to stew some grass.’
The System chuckled. "This prescription can be used for a medicinal bath, applied to the rash, and even drunk. You could call it an all-purpose remedy."
"As expected of the System. Totally badass."
At that moment, Wu Yue couldn’t help but give the System a big thumbs-up.
She carefully sorted and prepared the herbs, even picking several of them from the vegetable garden in her yard.
Just as she finished portioning out the herbs, Qingcao came running in, dragging Teng Kun with her.
’A scene straight out of Medusa dragging the Prince into her lair was playing out right before her eyes. Never mind the other implications—it was definitely a little horrifying.’
"Yue, what’s wrong with Qingcao? Is it serious?"
’It had to be said, for a man who seemed to come from a feudal society, Teng Kun was incredibly devoted. Even though Qingcao was so filthy she looked like a refugee, he refused to leave her side.’
’It was as if the Snow White at the Prince’s side had suddenly turned into Medusa, yet the Prince remained hopelessly devoted.’
She turned her head to glance at Qingcao, only to see the girl winking and making faces at her, her eyes filled with a desperate plea.
The look in her eyes screamed, ’Save me some face, Yue! If you tell the male I like that I got a rash from being too dirty, I’ll just die on the spot and go see the Beast God.’
"Mm, it’s because the beast skins are too thick, and with the weather being so hot, it caused a rash."
Not wanting to linger on the subject, Wu Yue pointed to the herbs on the stone table.
"First, you should brew these herbs into a decoction. As for the bathtub..."
Before she could finish, Teng Kun turned and ran out. A moment later, he returned, carrying a tree trunk so thick it would take three people to wrap their arms around it. "I’ll make one now. We can leave this tub here with Yue, so other tribe members can use it if they need it in the future."
Wu Yue nodded in satisfaction. "I was just about to tell you to go back home and bring your own tub."
Qingcao: "..." ’I really put my faith in the wrong person...’
Teng Kun: "..." ’Good thing I was prepared.’
After a flurry of activity, the three of them were done. Qingcao looked at the wooden tub billowing with steam and shivered.
"I... I really have to get in there...?"
Teng Kun also stared at the tub of medicinal water, a complicated expression on his face. "..."
’He had a feeling that if Qingcao got in there, he’d be a widower by tomorrow...’
’No, that’s not right. They hadn’t mated yet. At most, he’d just be single again.’
"Don’t worry, it’s mostly steam. It’s not as hot as it looks," Wu Yue said, her face a mask of sincerity.
Qingcao looked at her suspiciously. "Really?"
"Look into my sincere little eyes."
Qingcao nodded. As she was about to get into the tub, she glanced back at Wu Yue. "Yue, did you not wash your face today?"
Wu Yue’s face stiffened. "You don’t need to say another word. Just get in."
With that, she turned and walked out. ’That brat was definitely about to say I have sleep in my eye.’
’Heh, how could a little fairy like me possibly have eye gunk? That was obviously just a bit of ash that got in my eye from stoking the fire.’
Teng Kun, who had been stoking the fire and brewing the medicine the entire time: "..."
’Why don’t I have any ash in my eyes?’
"AAGH! HOLY CRAP! YUE, YOU’RE THE WORST!"
Qingcao’s miserable howl echoed through the small courtyard.
"Host, your friend really doesn’t know how to enjoy the finer things in life."
The System complained to Wu Yue while licking its paws inside the house.
"You have to understand. Most people here bathe in the river. They can’t handle water this hot all at once."
’Wu Yue thought about her own baths. She always started with lukewarm water and added hot water gradually; otherwise, she would never be able to stand it.’
Hearing Qingcao’s miserable scream, Teng Kun rushed in from outside and locked eyes with her just as she was climbing out of the tub, one foot already over the edge. It was a truly naked gaze.
And it was naked in every sense of the word...
The beastman’s gaze even twitched twice, following a certain something on the little female’s upper body. Then, with a SWOOSH, a stream of blood shot out of his nose.
’Damn it, every single day is just a little too stimulating.’
Seeing this, Qingcao reacted with lightning speed, shoving two fingers up the beastman’s nostrils.
