She transmigrated into the body of a vicious female and saved the sickly villain.

"Although I am a wandering orc, I have the ability to support you."

The man's dark green eyes were full of temptation. "Come with me."

Qiao Yaoyao blinked. "Thank you for helping me, but I don't plan to change my beast husband for the time being."

The man's handsome face showed some confusion at her refusal. "Why? You, a female, appearing alone in a dangerous forest, means your current beast mate is unreliable. If you don't come with me, you won't survive with the knife in your hand."

Qiao Yaoyao smiled awkwardly and secretly clenched her hands behind her back even tighter.

"My companion should be here to pick me up soon."

“Is that so…” The man’s dark green eyes flickered. “But I never do business at a loss.”

As he spoke, he tapped the ground imperceptibly with his snake tail.

He pondered what method to use to abduct the person, and whether it would injure the vulnerable female.

Cold-bloodedness and aloofness are in their nature as snake-beastmen, but he was still attracted by the woman's knife-wielding movements.

Once he's interested, his prey is his.

Qiao Yaoyao understood the aggressive intent in the man's eyes. The beast world was relatively open by nature. Beastmen in tribes would still have some restraint, but wandering beastmen didn't care about those things.

For now, she can only stall for a while. Judging from her relationship with Niu Dian, Niu Dian is a shining star and he can't possibly ignore her. He'll probably come looking for her soon.

"Don't be in such a hurry. If we want to become partners, we should get to know each other first. Where are you from? There don't seem to be many snake-beastmen around here."

Qiao Yaoyao gave a sweet smile.

There were no snakes around, so she simply sat down, hoping to buy herself some time. If she couldn't hold out any longer, should she take action or just lie down?

Fortunately, the man didn't make things difficult for her. Her beautiful eyes first flashed with doubt, then became extremely bright.

He lowered his snake tail slightly and sat cross-legged not far from her.

He frowned slightly. "I came from the Red Rock Tribe. I'm just passing through. I'll take you to the beach for the winter."

When Qiao Yaoyao saw the man frown, she rolled the bar under her back a little. This thing was annoying to the snake-beastman, but it was useless. She might as well use it to gain some favor.

Sure enough, the man's eyes brightened even more when he saw her actions.

"Winter is warm by the sea, and there are many snakes there. Although we do not establish tribes, we have a customary agreement to take turns hibernating every winter and protect each other until the end of winter."

The fish-beasts there have high energy levels, and beast crystals are easy to obtain. I will prepare the warmest cave for you, so you can rest assured and give birth there.

"Ha..." Qiao Yaoyao twitched the corner of her mouth. This snake-beastman was thinking quite far ahead... She helplessly chose to change the subject, "I still don't know your name. My name is Qiao Yaoyao. It's nice to meet you."

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I…have no name. Perhaps you can call me Green-tailed Snake?” The man’s expression shifted from bright to sorrowful, his tail tip sweeping back and forth on the ground.

Qiao Yaoyao was a little surprised, but then she remembered that one of the female protagonist's beast husbands in the book was a snake beastman, and snake beastmen seemed to have a pretty tragic life.

Because of their personality, they don't like to stick together and form tribes. They are not weak in combat, so they can't be wiped out but are easily bullied.

"Green Tail doesn't sound good. You don't have a name, so how about Bamboo Leaf? Look how similar your beast form is to bamboo leaves, both are equally beautiful," Qiao Yaoyao casually made up.

"Bamboo leaves? You think my beast form is beautiful?" The man chuckled softly. "Alright, then that will be my name."

Anyway, no one will call him by his name except for the little female who is about to become his partner, so she can be happy as long as she is happy.

He was even happier that the little female liked his beast form.

He was right; the female snake's nimble movements showed that she was not afraid of snakes at all.

"hiss--"

!!!

Before Qiao Yaoyao could reply, the man sitting cross-legged in front of her suddenly let out a shrill warning.

Then his body suddenly grew to three times its original size, and his bare upper body transformed into a snake's body.

The enormous green snake opened its massive mouth, and its two fangs fired several beams of green light in one direction.

Qiao Yaoyao's eyes widened in shock at the sight before her, and she quickly scooted back several times.

Luckily, she's not afraid of snakes, otherwise she would have been sent flying to heaven!

"Hiss—" The green snake continued its attack in one direction.

"Who are you? I am the shaman of the Green Grass tribe. I am here to take the females of our tribe back. I have no intention of fighting you."

The pale white light knocked down the green light, and a blue ox fell from the sky.

After the blue ox landed, it simply used its divine power to protect itself and did not attack.

The green snake's scales retracted slightly, and he and Niu Dian simultaneously turned their heads towards Qiao Yaoyao, who was not far away.

"Qiao Yaoyao, are you alright?" Niu Dian's tone was unusually concerned.

Qiao Yaoyao shook her head. "I'm fine."

"Were you deliberately stalling for time just now, waiting for him to come and save you?" Green Snake's voice sounded much more sinister than Niu Dian's.

He was regretting that he hadn't worried about hurting the person if he had forcibly taken them away!

But... it seems no one has ever lived under his snake tail.

So, he still couldn't bear to just take the person away, so why not try swallowing them?

"No, not really..." Qiao Yaoyao smiled awkwardly.

She wouldn't place all her hopes on someone else, so she was also thinking of making him lower his guard so she could make her move.

Hearing Qiao Yaoyao's words, the snake beast seemed to feel better. He looked at Niu Dian and flicked his tongue, "She is my partner. I can't let you take her away."

"What!!!!!!"

The yellow rabbit, which had just landed, let out a sharp, popping sound.

Then, with a look of shock, he scanned back and forth between Green Snake and Qiao Yaoyao's faces.

"Qiao Yaoyao, you want to become a mate with a snake-beastman? You're insane!"

"No, why should I?" Qiao Yaoyao said, "You can't just stay with a wandering beastman just because no one in the tribe wants you. Besides, he's a snake beast. The tribe won't allow him to enter. Are you going to wander with him from now on?"

"Hiss—who cares about your shabby tribe? I'll take good care of my own females." Bamboo Leaf's scales opened again.

"You stray beast, what do you know! Qiao Yaoyao, don't believe him. Being a stray is miserable and dangerous, and... and besides, didn't I say I'm willing to be your beast husband!" The yellow rabbit turned its head to the side, looking at Qiao Yaoyao somewhat embarrassed.

The giant green snake opened its massive jaws wide, hissing...

Shameless rabbit! This is blatantly stealing his mate! He'll bite him to death and make him a snack on the way.

"Stop!" Qiao Yaoyao interrupted the increasingly nonsensical Yellow Rabbit.

"Thank you for saving me, Bamboo Leaf, but I cannot grant your request. My beast mate and cubs are still waiting for me in the tribe. I wish you find a suitable mate soon."

As she spoke, she put the tranquilizer gun back into her backpack, then she pried off the glow stone decoration from her emergency light and placed it on the ground where there was no support board.

"These are small stones I found a while ago. They're very pretty, so I've kept them. I'm giving them to you as a thank you gift."

There was really nothing else to give her. She couldn't very well generously leave behind three compressed biscuits; she could have those, but she wouldn't be able to explain it away.

She picked up the still-intact herbs she had gathered and walked toward the indigo plant.

The green snake was clearly out of control, its tongue flicking rapidly, and its dark green pupils, hidden beneath its green scales, had turned into dangerous vertical stripes.

"Hiss—" His prey tried to run away.

Niu Dian's white light intensified instantly. He was a witch doctor, possessing both the power of the Beast God and the divine power of a witch doctor. Although this snake was powerful...

But he can fight against him.

Moreover, this place is not far from the Green Grass Tribe. If he fights using the power of the shaman, the shaman will surely sense it and come to his aid.

The white divine power instantly enveloped Qiao Yaoyao, who was approaching, and before she could even blink, she was already on the yellow rabbit.

"Take her with you and go first."

"What? Oh! Okay!" Huang Wu asked instinctively, then immediately realized what he meant and ran away.

Even in mid-air, he didn't forget to turn his head and add, "Witch Doctor, don't worry, I'll call someone to help you right away!"

"boom!"

After the massive impact, Qiao Yaoyao once again experienced the sensation of freefall.

"Ouch! Something hit me!"

"Qiao Yaoyao—"

"hiss--"