I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

“Witch, recently some iron-eating beast cubs have been frequently running towards Zhushan. I haven’t paid any attention to them since they haven’t caused any trouble. What’s going on?”

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman roared, "What more trouble do you want? They've practically torn the bamboo mountain apart! You still say there are only some cubs? That Purple Bamboo is a pure-blooded ferocious plant! Even if it's not good at fighting, do you think cubs can handle it? The Bamboo Shaman already complained to me! And now he's complaining to the Ginger Shaman! Why don't you hurry up and call those troublemaking brats over here!"

The chief hadn't expected things to escalate so much, and quickly replied, "Yes!"

When the bamboo tribe warriors arrived at the iron-eating beast tribe, they saw the iron-eating beast chief leading a group of iron-eating beasts. He sneered, "Iron-eating beast chief, where is your shaman? Shaman Jiang wants your shaman to go to the council hall to give a report."

The Iron-Eating Beast Chieftain slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "How could it be so fast!"

The bamboo tribe warriors ignored him: "I've delivered the message. Jiang Wu is still waiting. When do you plan to go?"

The chieftain repeatedly said, "I'll go right away! I'll go and invite our shaman!"

The Iron-Eating Beast Chieftain, leaving behind his Iron-Eating Beast and the Bamboo Tribe warrior staring at each other, rushed to find the Iron-Eating Beast Shaman. The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman was still waiting to settle accounts with the culprit. Seeing him return alone, he angrily shouted, "What are you doing! Do you not want to be the chieftain anymore?"

The chieftain hurriedly said, "Witch! Witch Jiang has sent someone to find you! She wants you to go to the island in the middle of the lake to give her a report!"

The Iron-Eating Beast Witch's imposing aura instantly deflated, and he seemed to shrink into himself, muttering softly, "Ah? How could it be so fast..."

Seeing his reaction, the chieftain became somewhat frightened: "How about we take the cubs with us? I noticed that Jiang Wu seems to really like those cubs..."

"Will this work?" The Iron-Eating Beast Witch was somewhat uncertain.

The chief said, "Anyway, this trouble must have been caused by those cubs again. When Jiang Wu asks, we'll have to hand over the cubs to be punished. There's no escaping it."

The Iron-Eating Beast Witch gritted his teeth and said, "These brats are always causing trouble! They've really ruined my life! Let's go! Take them all with us!"

The two walked out of the room, carrying a string of iron-eating beasts, and followed behind the bamboo tribe warriors towards the island in the middle of the lake.

Once they reached the shore, the Iron-Eating Beast Shaman told the other Iron-Eating Beasts to wait patiently on the shore. Then, he and the chieftain each grabbed a cub and carried it onto the back of the Mystic Water Rock Turtle.

The chief was carrying Benben. Although time was short and he hadn't had a chance to find the culprit yet, he had seen Benben return from Zhushan quite often.

Even if this guy wasn't the real culprit, Zizhu still ate quite a bit.

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman paused at the entrance of the council hall, took a deep breath, and then led the chieftain inside with a worried expression.

Jiang Ning found it somewhat amusing; these two big guys sometimes looked rather silly.

She said, "Iron-eating Beast Witch, the Bamboo Witch says that your iron-eating beasts destroyed the Purple Bamboo Forest, and they even ate the newly sprouted black bamboo shoots this month. Do you have anything to say about this?"

The Iron-Eating Beast Witch drooped its head and said in a low voice, "I have nothing to say. This is indeed our fault."

The bamboo shaman added from the side, "Shaman, I'm not a petty person. I knew those iron-eating beasts had trespassed into the bamboo forest many times before. I thought they'd just eat some bamboo shoots and gnaw on a few bamboo stalks, nothing serious, so I ignored them. But now, even our purple bamboo has tried to drive the iron-eating beasts away, but they not only didn't leave, they even fought with the purple bamboo! The purple bamboo is injured; this is blatant bullying!"

Jiang Ning glanced at the chubby little creature the Iron-Eating Beast Witch was holding, and looked at the Iron-Eating Beast Witch, saying, "Have you found out which Iron-Eating Beasts committed the crime?"

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman was even more ashamed, stammering, "I had just returned to the tribe from the Bamboo Mountain to investigate when I was summoned here, and I hadn't had a chance to..."

"Alright then, we'll discuss this later. How do you plan to compensate the Bamboo Tribe for their losses?"

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman raised his head and tentatively asked, "How about I give Purple Bamboo ten pure bone beast cores to help it recover?"

In fact, the Iron-Eating Beast Tribe is now the wealthiest tribe in the Jiang clan.

Before being attacked by the Flame Bird Tribe, the Iron Eater Tribe already had several level four warriors, so obtaining beast cores was not a problem.

Their tribe's private stash did not need to be confiscated when they joined the Jiang tribe. Although Jiang Ning seized a lot of good things from the Yan Niao tribe, not much was left after it was distributed to each tribe.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wu was overjoyed. Zi Zhu's injuries would only require two pure bone beast cores to heal, and the remaining eight beast cores could be used to enhance the warrior's strength.

Thinking of this, the expression on Zhu Wu's face softened considerably.

Seeing that the Bamboo Shaman agreed, Jiang Ning sternly said to the Iron-Eating Beast Shaman, "In addition, the Iron-Eating Beasts that made mistakes this time must also be severely punished. Although the Bamboo Shaman doesn't care about ordinary bamboo, your warriors failed to control their battle pets, allowing them to trespass into other people's territories and gnaw on them at will, and that must also be punished. In particular, the Iron-Eating Beasts that fought with the Purple Bamboo this time cannot be missed; they must be severely punished according to the regulations. I will send Red Moon to keep an eye on them."

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman and the Chieftain bowed deeply and said, "Yes!"

It was almost evening when Hongyue returned to report to Jiang Ning, her tone carrying a hint of schadenfreude.

"Initially, there was a cub named Benben. It was quite mischievous and often caused trouble. Not long ago, it was even punished for angering a bull that was working in the planting area."

"About two weeks ago, Benben wandered into the bamboo forest while wandering around its settlement and tasted the purple bamboo. In the following days, it led the other cubs of the tribe to eat it. Later, the other adult iron-eating beasts also liked the taste of the purple bamboo, which led to the iron-eating beasts attacking the purple bamboo. Fortunately, most of the strong iron-eating beasts went out hunting with the warriors, and there were not many iron-eating beasts left in the tribe. Otherwise, the purple bamboo might be in a different state now."

Jiang Ning asked, "How are those iron-eating beasts that made mistakes doing now?"

Hongyue said, "According to the rules, all the Iron-Eating Beasts that made mistakes and their owners were deprived of half a month's supply of ferocious beast meat and beast cores. These ferocious beast meat and beast cores will be given to the Bamboo Tribe as compensation. Benben and the Iron-Eating Beasts that fought with Zizhu were deprived for a month."

"Besides that, they were also beaten. The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman seemed furious. He ordered the tribe's only remaining level four warrior, Black Bone, to personally administer the beatings. He also had his wound medicine confiscated from the punished individuals, forbidding anyone from treating them. Judging by their condition, those people and the Iron-Eating Beast will be bedridden for at least ten days to half a month."

Jiang Ning nodded. This punishment wasn't light, and she hoped they would behave better in the future.