She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Long Ze looked at Ruan Xiyue, who asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

Long Ze's lips curled into a smile as he said, "Imprint it on your chest." Ruan Xiyue nodded and said, "Me too." This time, the witch doctor again had Ruan Xiyue transform into a panda. When the witch doctor carved the adorable panda's image on Long Ze's chest, it softened Long Ze's entire demeanor. While the witch doctor was carving Ruan Xiyue's image, Long Ze transformed into a miniature dragon. The witch doctor was stunned again and couldn't help but ask, "You've transformed from a dragon into a jiao?" Long Ze nodded and said, "Without Xiyue's help, I wouldn't have been able to transform into a dragon and advance to the next level so smoothly." The witch doctor sighed again and said, "Everything is predestined! It's all your own destiny." After the witch doctor finished carving Ruan Xiyue's image, Ruan Xiyue couldn't help but poke the miniature dragon with her finger and said, "So cute!" Long Ze was poked several times, seemingly unwilling to cooperate with Ruan Xiyue's childish actions any longer, so he transformed into a human and put on a hood. Ruan Xiyue was pulled back by Long Ze and hurriedly asked, "Where are you going? It's not over yet!" Long Ze then took off his hood again, his cheeks slightly flushed, and said, "I don't know..." Ruan Xiyue cupped Long Ze's cheeks and said, "It's okay. When I first came here, I didn't know anything either." The witch doctor brought over a bowl of extremely foul-smelling ointment and asked, "Are you really sure?" Ruan Xiyue nodded, but in her mind, she said to the system: ["Oh, I'll be fine after taking one health-strengthening pill, right? Will my baby's aptitude be affected?"] ["You come to breastfeed when your child dies; you know to wipe your snot from your nose; you know to buy stocks when they rise; you know to turn when your car hits a tree? My respected host, when you lose too much blood, taking one health-strengthening pill won't hurt you. Please don't let lust cloud your judgment next time, dear. If you do, the baby will really be downgraded, dear!"] "You can tell Duoduo is very angry," Ruan Xiyue pouted. "Does she have to be blinded by her looks or her ugliness? How interesting!"

The witch doctor held a long, thin knife with a hollow center, avoiding the carved parts, and plunged it directly into Ruan Xiyue's heart.

Long Ze was instantly enraged and was about to unleash his oppressive aura when Ruan Xiyue gripped his hand tightly, biting her lip until it bled from the pain.

"Why?" he asked with difficulty.

Ruan Xiyue smiled and waited until the witch doctor finished drawing blood and applied medicine before saying, "No need for medicine, I have healing abilities."

As she spoke, she healed her own wounds. The witch doctor was stunned. This medicine was not only for healing wounds, but also for imbuing the female with an aura. This aura would make everyone aware that this female had lifted the banishment mark of a wandering orc.

This aura is very unfriendly to females; they'll be shunned and rejected by the tribe. But wandering orcs will covet her. They'll think, "If she can do this for other wandering orcs, can she do the same for me?"

The witch doctor looked at the healed wound and said nothing. Instead, he picked up the hollow longsword, which had been infused with Ruan Xiyue's heart's blood, and plunged it into Long Ze's right arm, which bore the mark of exile.

The shaman began chanting incantations. Ruan Xiyue stared intently at him. The black markings on Long Ze's right arm began to twist and fade. The shaman, covered in sweat, continued to mutter something under his breath.

A faint black light began to emanate from Long Ze's right arm. His forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat, but his expression remained calm and composed, as if nothing was happening.

Instead, it seemed as if the witch doctor had suffered a great torment; her face was contorted, her brows were covered in sweat, and she continued chanting. It was as if the old witch doctor was struggling against something, and her voice grew louder and louder.

Ruan Xiyue frowned slightly, placed one hand on Long Ze and the other on the witch doctor, and began to use her healing powers.

The witch doctor and Long Ze seemed much more relaxed, at least Ruan Xiyue thought so.

After a while, sweat beaded on Ruan Xiyue's forehead. Duoduo shouted in Ruan Xiyue's mind: "[Alright, alright! They're completely fine now! If you release your powers again, you'll be the one in trouble!]"

Ruan Xiyue then withdrew her hand and, under the guise of covering her mouth to yawn, popped a health-enhancing pill into her mouth.

A few minutes later, the witch doctor withdrew his hand, pulled out his hollow longsword, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said, "Alright. You no longer bear the mark of exile. From now on, be a good orc!"

Long Ze nodded and gave a soft "hmm," his voice still sounding cold and devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

The witch doctor sighed again, looked at Ruan Xiyue's pale face, and said, "If you feel sorry for her for doing so much for you, go find some energy fruits for her to eat. With your red-rank strength, getting energy fruits shouldn't be difficult."

Ruan Xiyue was so sleepy that she kept nodding and didn't hear what they were saying at all.

Longze nodded and said, "Thank you, witch doctor... auntie."

He awkwardly imitated Ruan Xiyue's address. The witch doctor smiled faintly, then frowned slightly and said with worry, "Alas—you've suffered too much. It's all because the previous generation of orcs didn't do orc things!"

Long Ze lowered his eyes and remained silent.

The shaman quickly waved his hand and said, "Go, go! Take her back to her stone house first! Her aura is easy to recognize, and the stone house is easy to spot. While you go to find the energy fruit, the tribe can keep an eye on her! Don't take her to your beast cave!"

Long Ze nodded, put on his hood, and carried Ruan Xiyue to the stone house where she and Qin Ye lived.

As the witch doctor cleaned up the wasted ointment, he muttered, "I wonder how Qin Ye is doing. Sigh—these orcs! The sins of their past lives always bring misfortune upon the next generation. I wonder when it will ever end!"

Long Ze placed Ruan Xiyue on the animal skin cushion, kissed her forehead, and then lifted the animal skin curtain and left.

Qin Ye's father happened to come out of the beast cave to get something and saw Long Ze wearing a hooded cloak.

Qin Ye's father turned back to the beast cave without hesitation, and Long Ze also didn't linger for a moment, seemingly not even glancing in Qin Ye's father's direction, before heading towards the back mountain.

Long Ze had actually seen energy fruits before, quite a few in fact. However, each energy fruit was guarded by wild beasts. And for him, energy fruits were basically useless except for providing a mild taste. The small amount of energy they contained was negligible compared to his high needs. Therefore, he had never picked any energy fruits before.

However, since Ruan Xiyue needs it, then... as her husband... it seems that's what Xiyue calls him, I don't know if she's ever called Qin Ye that...

Long Ze chuckled, as if laughing at his own insatiable greed, actually trying to compete with Qin Ye—her first beast husband.

Long Ze arrived in front of an energy fruit and examined it carefully. Was this energy fruit too weak? It seemed to be something that could be eaten at the purple rank, while the female Xi Yue was already at the blue rank.