Autumn bathing experience in a mixed-race clan in the forest

Looking at Jiang Yunlan, who was eating very slowly and showed no urgency for her food, Feng Hong said with concern, "Sister, Lan is a wise woman. It would be better if she didn't leave the cave. If Lan needs water, we can just get it back."

Lan is a wise man, but also a young cub, and easily killed.

“What Lan meant yesterday was that she wanted to go too. She’s wise; she must have her own reasons for doing this. You all need to protect her well,” Maple Syrup said, watching them leave.

Of course, she was worried about Lan, who hadn't fully recovered, and afraid that something might happen to her outside. But her belief in the wise was already ingrained in her very being.

She was originally a warrior in her tribe's hunting party, but during a hunt in her prime, she was bitten in the leg by a wild beast and was once on the verge of death and unable to walk. The chieftain then went to the Healer Clan to ask their wise man for some herbs that could heal her wound, which saved her life.

She believed that Arashi, being a wise person herself, must be searching for something that only Arashi could find.

Jiang Yunlan hadn't expected that before she even started her persuasion, the beastmen would all blindly believe her, just like Maple Syrup. At that moment, she was being held in front of the rabbit beastman, Ah Bai, watching the trees disappear from her sight like arrows.

Ah Bai was very fast, more than twice as fast as Feng Hong and Mianhua, who were also carrying cubs. She soon disappeared from sight of the beastmen behind her.

However, she would occasionally tug at Ah Bai, asking him to collect branches, bark, and dead leaves, and he almost got caught. Ah Bai didn't understand what she wanted these things for, but he was quite obedient. Whatever she asked him to take, he would pick it up and put it into the wooden bucket slung over his shoulder.

The two orcs approached the river. Instead of leaping out of the jungle, Ah Bai stopped and carefully listened to the sounds around the river. After waiting a while and hearing no noise from wild beasts, he cautiously peeked out and scanned the river with suspicion.

After confirming several times that there was no danger, he carried Jiang Yunlan out from behind the tree and to the riverbank.

Several animals drinking water by the river saw the orcs, quickly drank some water, and ran away.

Ah Bai paid no attention to the animals. He carefully put down Jiang Yunlan, who was barely up to his waist, and pointed to the river in front of him, saying, "Lan, water."

Hearing him point to the river and talk about water, Jiang Yunlan smiled and shook her head, tracing the entire river with her fingertip and repeating "river" several times.

He understood, and unconsciously lowered his head, whispering, "...River?" as if afraid he had misunderstood again.

Seeing his compliant yet somewhat uneasy reaction, Jiang Yunlan immediately nodded, smiled brightly, and affirmed, "Yes, it's He, Abai is great."

He knew he had made the right choice this time, and smiled shyly.

"Ah Bai, give me the wooden bucket." Jiang Yunlan pointed to the wooden bucket hanging on his shoulder, and then to herself.

Ah Bai understood and obediently handed over the wooden bucket, watching her actions with curiosity. She took out a thick branch, shaved it into a neat rectangular shape with a stone knife, then hammered a V-shaped notch at the edge of the wood, and took out bark from the bucket to scrape off the debris.

He couldn't understand it, but he knew that Lan must be doing something very important. He immediately became more vigilant, looking around to prevent any sudden danger from harming Lan.

"Drilling wood, drilling boards, flammable dry leaves. So that's how it is, drilling wood to make fire."

022, who had followed along, observed Jiang Yunlan's actions and offered the most insightful comment: "The most difficult way to start a fire is also the most suitable way to start a fire under the current conditions."

Hearing this, Jiang Yunlan nodded silently, almost agreeing aloud, but then remembered that no orc could see 022. She hesitated, then quietly closed her mouth, pressed the prepared sawdust and dry leaves under the drill board, and began to grind sparks with the sharpened drill bit aimed at the V-shaped notch.

If Feng Hong and the others arrive before she has started a fire, she will first teach the beastmen spearfishing techniques, and continue to make fire while they fish.

She had prepared herself mentally in advance, and was not disappointed that she hadn't emerged from Mars when she saw Feng Hong and the others arrive.

Jiang Yunlan put down the drill, moved her aching hands, and gestured to the orcs in Feng Hong, asking them to collect some sturdy, arm-length, thick branches.

After a difficult negotiation, she received a pile of branches of varying sizes, some thick and some thin. She nodded in satisfaction, selected the suitable branches, and then taught them how to use stone knives to remove the branches and sharpen one end of the straight branches.

A simple spearfishing tool has emerged.

The beastmen studied diligently, looking at the things that had been created from their own hands, and then, with bewildered expressions, touched the tips of the branches. They felt sharp and a little prickly.

Maple Red and Ink Fiber stared at the thorn-like tips, scratching their heads in frustration. Their heads were so itchy, they wished they had brains. The two orcs felt as if they understood something; an idea flashed through their minds. The tips of the branches, like the thorns on animals, could be used as weapons.

In the instant they understood everything, the two orcs couldn't help but share their discoveries.

Just as Jiang Yunlan finished testing the harpoon, she looked up and saw five orcs staring at her with bright eyes.

A familiar sense of déjà vu washed over her, and she decisively drove the beastmen to the edge of the river, fearing that if she hesitated even a moment longer, she would have to endure the same humiliating physical contact as yesterday.

The river was fairly wide and shallow, with the bottom clearly visible, making it a good place to catch fish. Jiang Yunlan stood in the river teeming with fish, watching the beastmen demonstrate and verbally explain their fishing techniques.

If they really couldn't understand, they would practice until they could spear a fish. With that in mind, she successfully speared a fish using her skillful technique.

Jiang Yunlan carried the fish she had stuck ashore and smiled, encouraging the beastmen to give it a try.

Driven by the lure of food, the four orcs grabbed their harpoons and charged forward, undeterred by repeated failures. Only Ah Bai, having been instructed to protect Lan, refused to leave his guard and attempt to catch fish in the river.

"Forward, forward. Yes! A little lower, lower, lower!" Jiang Yunlan stood on the shore teaching them spearfishing techniques, managing to make them understand what forward, backward, left, right, up, down, and how to squat and stand up were all while teaching them spearfishing...

In response, she could only marvel at the sheer power of food's allure.

Seeing that Heitu became the first of the four beastmen to spear a fish, Jiang Yunlan was very pleased and immediately pushed her to teach the other three beastmen. Then, she painstakingly tried to start a fire by rubbing sticks together.

Seeing Jiang Yunlan's actions, 022 decisively floated to her side. The record of the orcs spearing fish was already there, so there was no need to look at it again, but the scene of this clan lighting a fire for the first time was not to be missed.

The four orcs in the river caught fish one after another, enjoying the thrill of fishing. They became somewhat obsessed with spearing fish.

Jiang Yunlan frowned deeply, gritting her teeth as she continued drilling the wood, unable to get any fire out. She refused to believe it; she had succeeded before, and she was sure she could succeed this time too.

When the spearfishing expert, Black Earth Spear, threw her fifth fish ashore, she, who had never seen fire in the clan before, witnessed its birth, and the fish in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.

"Fire! It's fire! Lan has brought fire!" she shouted, her eyes filled with awe as she looked at Jiang Yunlan. She had always known that wise men were powerful, but never before had she had such a profound understanding of their strength.

Fire, which can only be born between heaven and earth, actually appeared in Lan's hands. This is no longer just taming fire; it's a miracle that fire was born!

The three orcs still in the river stared in astonishment at the fire that had appeared on the bank. Even Ah Bai, the only orc who had witnessed Jiang Yunlan successfully start the fire, was doubting his own eyes.

He wondered how the fire could have appeared right under his nose when he hadn't even blinked.

Jiang Yunlan carefully protected the flames that had been blown up, adding dry leaves and twigs to the weak flames to build them into a bonfire.

"On the second day of the Primitive Beast World Observation Record, the mixed race clan in the forest made fire by friction for the first time. The fire starter was Jiang Yunlan, a Blue Star person. Record 022." The transparent slime ball said this.

Jiang Yunlan's attention was focused on starting the fire. Caught off guard by someone calling her name, she subconsciously looked up. 022 met her gaze and, thinking she had something to say, slowly formed a flowing, questioning shape with his body.

The two, one human and one magical creature, broke their previous tacit understanding and began their first formal interaction.

"What exactly are you?" Jiang Yunlan asked.

"The recorder," 022 replied.

A strange answer. Jiang Yunlan didn't understand what kind of being it was, but she could sense that it was harmless to her and the beastmen here. Just as it answered, it was a "recorder," and all its actions were to record and observe this civilization.

No orc can see it, nor can it touch the orcs here.

She ignored 022's matter and turned to look at the beastmen who had climbed out of the river and were excitedly circling around her and the campfire, giving them a kind smile.

The grand bathing project can finally begin. Let her think about which orc should be taken for a bath first. Let's start with the slower-reacting Cotton.

Jiang Yunlan stood by the river with a smile and waved to the beastmen. Unaware of her wicked intentions, the beastmen, looking rather foolish, ran over and obediently lined up in a row.

She noticed their reaction and was momentarily puzzled. They seemed a little too obedient. Why was this happening?

Did they think she was one of their own and wouldn't harm them...?

Jiang Yunlan looked at the easily fooled beastmen, paused for two seconds, and decisively reached out to Mianhua, preparing to pull him into the water first. Despite her doubts, she still had to give the beastmen a bath.

She didn't quite understand why the beastmen listened to her, but she felt much more relaxed and at ease. The panic she felt about being transported to another world had been gradually soothed.

Cotton saw Lan suddenly reach out and grab him, blinking his eyes with a hint of confusion. His feet didn't move, not understanding what Lan was doing.

Jiang Yunlan, having exhausted all her strength: ...

She was wrong; she shouldn't have thought that her weak body had the strength to pull these orcs.

Jiang Yunlan remained silent, filled with grief and indignation. She sighed softly, pointed at the river, and told Mianhua to go down into it. After much effort and gesturing, she finally made Mianhua understand her meaning.

Watching Cotton sit down in the river, she wearily reached out and scooped up a handful of water, splashing it on Cotton.

Communicating with the beastmen was too difficult. Rather than gesturing for them to wash themselves, she decided to just do it herself. She didn't believe they wouldn't understand that she wanted them to take a bath.

Cotton was soaked with water, her hair, cheeks, and horns were all wet, and it took her a moment to realize what Lan meant. She obediently rubbed the mud off her body.

Jiang Yunlan was pleased to see him so obedient. She had assumed the other beastmen would be just as obedient, but when she turned her head, she saw the beastmen on the shore looking at her with resistance and furtively trying to hide behind her.

She couldn't let them be covered in mud, so she decisively ignored their cries of pain as they went into the water and forced them to wash themselves clean.

As a result, the beastmen felt the fear of being dominated by bathing and firmly remembered the word "bathing".

The orcs bared their teeth, looking both fierce and obedient, reluctantly taking a bath in the autumn. They had no choice; if they didn't bathe, Lan's gaze would be terrifying, so they had to comply.

Jiang Yunlan, feeling wronged and accused by them, could only helplessly straighten her face. She didn't want to, but having her body covered in mud all the time made her prone to skin diseases.

She wouldn't have started worrying about hygiene so early on if she wasn't concerned about the orcs getting sick.

At her request, the beastmen, having finished their baths, gathered naked around the fire to warm themselves. After a while, their bodies gradually warmed up, and they stopped feeling cold and shivering. They immediately regained their energy and were no longer angry with Lan.

Hehe, it feels so warm and comfortable. How could Lan be wrong? Lan is always right!