"Hmph, I'll let you go this time since I'm in a good mood."

Li Meng had initially thought about freezing the lake.

But since he had already gotten what he wanted, there was no need to do so.

With a pleased expression, Li Meng walked deeper into the forest.

In the following days, Li Meng continued upstream.

He trekked over mountains and through rivers, stopping and starting along the way.

Five days later, he reached the northern bank of the Goblin River.

About twenty kilometers away from the Goblin River stood a large mountain.

On the cliffside halfway up the mountain stood a green-skinned figure.

That green-skinned figure was Li Meng.

Standing high, he could see far, and the forest at the foot of the mountain was laid out before him.

But the forest was not quiet; it was bustling with noise.

The forest on both sides of a tributary of the Goblin River was being felled.

In the forest, many pig-headed, human-bodied creatures could be seen.

They wielded stone axes, panting as they chopped down trees.

Their stature was much larger than that of goblins.

Their average height was around 1.9 meters.

They looked chubby, giving a sense of both fleshiness and sturdiness.

They resembled humans more than pigs.

Apart from their large noses and ears, their pig heads were more human-like.

The Pigmen tribe had migrated here some time ago.

On both sides of the small river stood rows of new thatched huts.

Though simple in structure and somewhat crude in appearance,

they were adequate shelters from the wind and rain.

In the tribe, some fires could be seen smoking.

The presence of the fires indicated that the Pigmen tribe knew how to use "fire."

"Finally found you!"

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Looking at the distant Pigmen tribe settlement, Li Meng murmured to himself.

Another purpose of his journey upstream was to find the Pigmen tribe.

After a month, he finally found them.

The Pigmen tribe was not small; the visible number alone was no less than two thousand.

If Li Meng hadn't seen some undigested waste in the Goblin River,

finding the Pigmen tribe wouldn't have been easy.

Glancing slightly to the south, Li Meng looked in that direction.

The end of this tributary was the Goblin River.

At the confluence, the Goblin River wound southward, deep into the Goblin Forest.

The Pigmen tribe's location was about seventy kilometers from the tribe.

Not too close, but not too far either.

Li Meng recorded the Pigmen tribe's location on a wooden board with charcoal.

"Time to head back!"

Li Meng hadn't forgotten about the Black Robe matter.

However, Black Robe shouldn't appear so soon.

Although the simulated life predicted future information was quite brief,

it didn't specify when Black Robe would appear.

But some information could help predict the approximate time.

Before long, the green-skinned figure by the cliff had disappeared.

It had taken over a month to come, stopping and starting, sometimes going to the southern shore, sometimes returning to the northern shore.

But it only took Li Meng five days to return to the tribe.

On the afternoon of the fifth day, Li Meng returned to the tribe.

"Boss, boss!"

The return of the boss excited the goblins guarding the entrance to the throne cave.

Two goblins looked at the approaching boss with fawning expressions.

"Go find Gobu Ge and have him send some clay over!"

Li Meng instructed the goblin underlings as he approached.

One goblin quickly turned and ran in the direction of the Iron Cave.

"Where's Benben?"

Li Meng looked around but didn't see Benben.

"Boss, Benben left half a month ago, and we don't know where he went. He hasn't returned yet."

Benben left?

This news surprised Li Meng.

But he didn't pay much attention and walked inside.

Benben was an ogre, and his armor allowed him to roam the Goblin Forest freely.

Although Li Meng didn't know where Benben went,

he believed Benben would return.

"Not here either?"

Entering the throne cave, Li Meng found that the female Lizardmen were not there.

He knew where they had gone.

They must have gone to the Iron Cave to deliver milk to the male Lizardmen.

Li Meng didn't linger in the throne cave.

Seeing no one inside, he turned and left.

"I wonder how Gobu Da is doing!"

Walking through the tribe, Li Meng thought to himself.

More than a month had passed, and he hoped Gobu Da wouldn't disappoint him.

Before long, Li Meng saw the carpentry workshop.

"The boss is here, the boss is here!"

Seeing the boss, the goblins at the door acted as if they'd seen a ghost.

They turned and ran into the carpentry workshop, closing the door behind them.

This scene gave Li Meng a bad feeling.

At the door, Li Meng heard the sound of running inside the workshop.

"Gobu Da, what are you up to?"

Li Meng shouted, pushing the door open.

The running inside the workshop came to an abrupt halt.

All the goblins looked at the boss at the door with fear.

Especially Gobu Da, who was tinkering with a three-bow ballista in the corner.

"Not bad, very good!"

Seeing the three-bow ballista in the corner, Li Meng's eyes lit up.

He walked over to Gobu Da with a look of satisfaction.

Praising him generously as he walked.

Gobu Da chuckled, fawning as he approached.

"Boss, you... came back so soon?"

"It's been over a month, and you call that soon?"

Li Meng glared at Gobu Da and approached the three-bow ballista.

Gobu Da shrank his neck, worriedly looking at the ballista.

Looking at the three-bow ballista in front of him, Li Meng nodded repeatedly.

Although it didn't have the bowstring, it looked like something.

But the craftsmanship was truly ugly, very crude.

Both the bow and the ballista's frame were full of dents and bumps.

"Not bad, not a waste of my teaching you for so long!"

Li Meng was quite satisfied with what they had managed to create.

Next, he would let Gobu Da and the others slowly refine their skills.

Thinking of this, Li Meng reached out to adjust the slightly crooked bow.

"Crash!"

With that touch, the three-bow ballista suddenly fell apart.

With a clattering sound, its parts scattered all over the ground.

Li Meng's outstretched right hand froze in mid-air, his gaze vacant.

"Uh... boss!"

Gobu Da took two fearful steps back.

He wanted to run, but his body wouldn't move.

"Gobu Da, you idiot!"

A thunderous roar echoed through the carpentry workshop.

The massive roar sent a shock through the goblins in the tribe.

They all looked in astonishment towards the carpentry workshop.

In the nearby forest, a group of female Lizardmen was returning to the tribe.

"High Priest, it sounds like that goblin's voice."

Hui Nana shuddered, her expression uncertain.

The master had been gone for over a month.

They had just given birth not long ago, and now the master was back.

Frequent pregnancies had left them physically and mentally exhausted.

Bai Ling's heart sank, and she remained silent.

A flicker of fear passed through the eyes of the other female Lizardmen.

In the following days, Gobu Da used up all his luck.

Li Meng's scolding and the goblins' cries echoed from the carpentry workshop from time to time.

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