Chapter 271: A Lian’s Talent Was Awakened by Sakura!
With the milkmaid girl standing still, Lin Ye, without a second word, lightly tapped his brow and activated his Talent Scan. A thin golden light covered his pupils, and Lin Ye’s eyes began to sweep over A Lian, starting from her feet and slowly moving upwards. A Lian stood there, watching the golden light emanating from Lin Ye’s eyes. Although she had heard about this from other beast-eared girls who had already had their talents scanned, seeing it with her own eyes made her breath catch in her throat.
Lin Ye scanned her bit by bit. Her feet, legs, hips, abdomen, and hands showed nothing. However, as Lin Ye’s eyes moved a little higher, he saw a dazzling white light. These white lights were swirling around A Lian’s prominent features. Lin Ye had never seen such dazzling white lights on any of the beast-eared girls before. It felt like staring directly into two searchlights. The white light from A Lian’s body made Lin Ye’s eyes sting. Forcing himself to bear the discomfort, Lin Ye focused his gaze on the two masses of white light.
Soon, A Lian’s Talent Ability appeared before Lin Ye. After seeing A Lian’s Talent Ability, Lin Ye was stunned. He then lightly tapped his brow, closing the Talent Scan, and muttered, “Wow, this is unbelievable.” A Lian saw that the golden light in Lin Ye’s eyes had faded and immediately understood that Lin Ye had scanned her talent. She then looked at Lin Ye with a face full of anticipation. Lin Ye looked up at A Lian, then looked back at her prominent features with astonishment. Finally, under A Lian’s expectant gaze, Lin Ye spoke, “A Lian, your Talent Ability awakened on its own a long time ago, you just didn’t know it.”
A Lian was stunned upon hearing Lin Ye’s words. Lin Ye’s expression remained unsettled, and he kept marveling. After a moment of reaction, A Lian spoke again, asking Lin Ye, “Ye, you’re saying my Talent Ability has already awakened?” Hearing A Lian’s voice, Lin Ye looked at her and nodded. Seeing his nod, A Lian immediately asked, “Ye, then what are our Talent Abilities? I don’t feel anything at all?”
Lin Ye heard A Lian’s question and glanced at her prominent features again. After thinking about the Talent Ability he had just seen, Lin Ye said, “Your Talent Ability is just one: you produce a very large amount of… milk.” He continued, “Because you’ve never had children, you didn’t know you had awakened this Talent Ability. Moreover, there’s a side effect to this Talent Ability, which is that it will keep getting bigger.”
After speaking, Lin Ye’s eyes involuntarily glanced at A Lian’s Talent Ability again. A Lian, upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, looked down at her own prominent features. A blush suddenly spread across her face, all the way from her cheeks to the roots of her neck. Lin Ye rubbed his nose and said to A Lian again, “This isn’t a very serious side effect, it’s just a bit troublesome.” He added, “Your Talent Ability awakened on its own, so you don’t need the Talent Awakening Potion.”
However, Lin Ye became curious again and tentatively asked A Lian, “A Lian, do you remember when your Talent Ability first started to manifest?” A Lian’s face turned even redder upon hearing Lin Ye’s question, and she was too shy to speak for a long time. Seeing A Lian like this, Lin Ye was about to dismiss the idea and let her go back. But before Lin Ye could speak, he heard A Lian’s voice, “A long time ago, when Sakura was still little, she often slept with me at night, and when we slept together, she would often… often suckle… me.” After stammering this out, A Lian was too embarrassed and ran off covering her face.
Lin Ye was stunned and stood there in disbelief, muttering, “Wow, that’s pretty creative!” Watching A Lian run away, Lin Ye smiled and shook his head. He hadn’t expected that there would be beast-eared girls in the tribe whose talents had awakened on their own. He just hadn’t expected it to be this kind of talent. Shaking his head with a smile, Lin Ye turned back to the ballista. He checked the bowstring made of refined steel and the bow back made of mulberry wood and ox horn, ensuring they were all in good condition.
After confirming that everything was fine, Lin Ye began to push the ballista backward. He pushed the ballista all the way to the wooden house, only to find that there was no place to put it after it was built. The mountaintop was already filled with large amounts of potatoes, flour, and dried meat. All sorts of food occupied almost half of the cave. Bamboo shoots and mushrooms were also piled up in the cave. The remaining space was filled with thousands of arrows, several stacks of beast skins, and various tools Lin Ye had made, along with other miscellaneous items.
There was no space inside the wooden house either, and the ballista couldn’t even enter through the doorway. With no other options, Lin Ye took out his axe and began to build a cover for the ballista. The entire ballista was made of wood, with only a few parts made of iron after metalworking became available. Therefore, the ballista could not be exposed to rain or prolonged sunlight, as this would cause the wooden parts to rot or crack, rendering the hard-earned ballista unusable.
However, building a simple rain shelter was easy. He placed the ballista between two small trees, cut off the branches on the lower part of the trees, covered the ballista with beast skins, and tied them to the small trees on both sides with hemp rope. A stake was then placed in front and back to secure the beast skin tightly. The beast skin was almost completely covering the ballista, so even if it rained, water wouldn’t splash in. This also provided the best protection from the sun.
After the ballista’s shelter was built, the sun had already set. Lin Ye went to the open space and saw the beast-eared girls and winged girls just starting to build a fire. For the past while, the beast-eared girls and winged girls had been excitedly asking Ganyu questions. Ganyu’s terrifying arrow shot had made her seem incredibly powerful in the eyes of the other beast-eared and winged girls. Before, they only thought that Ganyu’s Talent Ability was to shoot farther than them, which was impressive but still within their acceptable range. However, today’s arrow had shocked them for a hundred years. They had seen the power of Lin Ye’s first shot, and then Ganyu’s second shot. This strong contrast had stunned the beast-eared and winged girls all day. Even now, while building the fire, their eyes kept drifting towards Ganyu.
Seeing them just starting the fire, Lin Ye touched his stomach and licked his lips. He walked over to Shi, who was focused on rubbing sticks to start the fire, and asked, “What are we having for dinner tonight?” Shi, who was looking down and diligently rubbing sticks to start a fire, looked up when he heard Lin Ye’s question. Seeing Lin Ye, he showed a slight smile and replied, “Boiled potatoes and barbecue, as usual.”
Lin Ye licked his lips again upon hearing Shi’s words. He frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face. Lin Ye then looked down at Shi and said, “I’ll cook tonight. I’ll also teach you a new way to eat flour.” As soon as Lin Ye said this, the eyes of the surrounding beast-eared and winged girls who heard him lit up. One by one, they looked at Lin Ye excitedly, their mouths watering uncontrollably.
“Did you hear that? Ye is going to cook for us again!” “Yeah, and he said it’s a new way to eat flour.” “The Gnocchi Soup he taught us last time was already so delicious. I wonder what he’s going to make this time.” “What? You’re saying Ye is going to make something new for us to eat?” “Ye’s cooking again?” As the beast-eared and winged girls discussed, soon all the beast-eared and winged girls in the tribe knew about it.
