Construction of the houses for the males began once the moat was completed. Azhang led a group to bring back all the stone slabs from the former Rock-Mountain Tribe. Half of the houses had already been torn down for the construction of the tribe earlier, and this time, they demolished the remaining half of the tribe’s buildings, leaving no stone not upturned, not even the rubble underground. What had once been a chaotic and cluttered tribe was completely erased from the plain, transforming into a barren lot. If it weren’t for the lonely Rock Mountain still standing, no one would have known that a tribe had once existed here.

The houses were built in two rows, back-to-back. Each house wasn’t very large, with one main room and two small rooms. The small rooms were designated as the washroom and kitchen, while the main room had six neatly arranged wooden beds, resembling a modern student dormitory.

Each row of houses had about ten units, and with both rows combined, there were twenty houses. The ones near the road were designated for the males, while the ones at the back were for the females. Since the school’s playground next door had no walls, the two rows of houses looked rather empty and desolate on the sides.

Since they needed to consider how to make the middle-aged females of Qi Ze City appealing to the males, Chen Qi was involved in the early planning of the dormitory construction. After that, he left the rest of the work entirely to Azhang.

At the moment, he was turning over a huge antelope-dragon horn and looking at it. During the dinner break, Aze brought Chen Qi’s meal back from the school. Recently, the tribe had been eating together, so the hunting spoils were all placed in the school’s cooking classroom. Without fresh meat at home, they had stopped cooking at home.

Seeing Aze come in, Chen Qi quickly waved at him. “Aze, could you help me cut this horn?”

Aze took it from him. The antelope-dragon horn was large, but very light, and its texture was extremely hard. Chen Qi had tried using a dragon-horn knife several times, but it only left shallow scratches on the surface, unable to cut through it at all. To avoid damaging his knife, he had no choice but to hand it over to Aze to handle.

Even the females’ sharp claws didn’t make it easy to break this thing. After spending a good ten minutes, Aze finally cut the required length and handed it to Chen Qi. When he saw Chen Qi planning to continue fiddling with the antelope-dragon horn, Aze took it back with one swift motion and set it aside. “Let’s eat first, then we can continue.”

Chen Qi smiled and leaned over to kiss the corner of Aze’s mouth. “Alright.”

After Ayao was carried home by Ka Luo to eat rice porridge, Ajing took over Ka Luo’s tasks—washing dishes, cleaning utensils, and tidying up the cooking classroom. Although he was young, his movements were sharp, neat, and efficient, without hesitation.

The little wolf cub glanced around at the people who had finished eating and were continuing to work. Slowly, it stood up. It wagged its fluffy tail, glanced at Ajing, and then backed up to the door. Using the dim light from the streetlamp, it ran towards the city gate.

The city gate wouldn’t close at night, and there was only a wooden plank bridge over the moat strong enough to support the weight of the beastmen. There were always guards stationed at the lookout tower throughout the day, so there was no concern about dragons barging in. However, the guards clearly hadn’t anticipated someone would be leaving the city gate at this time. The little wolf cub was quick, and as soon as the guards turned to look the other way, it darted across the plank bridge and disappeared into the tall grass nearby, vanishing from sight.