Chapter 149 He didn't show his face at the first meeting.
“We are not homeless,” Mo Li said, “but it doesn’t say that people from tribes can’t come here.”
“That’s right, there’s no such rule,” the scarred orc said dismissively. “But we don’t welcome people like you with tribes.”
The thought of the orcs guessing they might be looking for treasure made him frown, and a fire immediately ignited within him.
"Leave now! Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!" he said, reaching for the bone knife at his waist.
"This is utterly absurd! This place doesn't belong to just one of you. You think you can just tell us to leave and expect us to leave for you?" Jin Tong said, pulling out his bone knife and pointing it at them.
The other beastmen also drew their bone knives and confronted them.
"Wait a minute." Seeing this scene, Shu Ning suddenly remembered something, finally finding a suitable reason, and said, "Have you been having a lot of stray animals go missing here lately?"
"What does this have to do with you?" the scarred orc asked warily. "Or is this your doing?"
Upon hearing this, the other orcs looked at them warily, their eyes becoming even more ferocious, and they slowly gripped the bone knives at their waists.
"Don't make false accusations!" Jin Tong said. "What do your missing stray beasts have to do with us?"
"If it wasn't your doing, how did you know?" the scarred orc shouted.
"That's it, it must be them!" shouted the beastmen in the crowd.
"Capture them and send them to see the Domain Lord!"
"Yes, capture them!"
"Catch them!"
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Upon hearing this, the group gripped their bone knives tightly, their eyes sharp as they watched their movements, adopting a defensive stance ready to fight them at any moment.
"Wait!" a voice suddenly came from the crowd.
The two sides were about to start fighting when they heard this voice and suddenly stopped and looked in the direction of the voice.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" the scorpion beastman who had spoken said as he trotted over.
"What's going on?" the scarred orc asked impatiently.
"Everyone, please calm down. The missing stray beasts have nothing to do with them," the scorpion beastman said.
He walked through the orcs to Han She's side, looked at the scarred orc, and introduced him: "This is our Serpent Chief."
The scarred orc frowned and looked at them in confusion. "Really?"
"How could it be false? Our Serpent Tribe is one of the most powerful tribes in the Desolate Wasteland. Every beastman who has lived in the Desolate Wasteland knows that."
The scarred orc sized up Han She, whose aura suggested he was a leader. After a moment's hesitation, he spoke, "Oh dear, why didn't you say so earlier?"
As he spoke, he put away the bone knife. "But let me make this clear, I still reserve my opinion."
"Don't you reject orcs with tribes?" Jin Tong said disdainfully.
The scarred orc was displeased upon hearing this, "We won't accept them, except for those from the Youhuangze tribe."
"Why?" Mo Li asked, puzzled.
“Because…” He glanced at Han She beside him, “their tribe, like ours, also takes in beastmen who cannot form their own tribes.”
“If you are truly the leader of the Serpent Tribe, then you may stay here,” he said to Han She, glancing at the beastmen beside him. “But the others are an exception.”
"You!" Jin Tong was furious upon hearing this.
“This female can stay as well,” he added, glancing at Shu Ning.
When Xuan Lin saw him looking at Shu Ning, he immediately pulled Shu Ning behind him.
“They all have to stay,” Han She said.
“No, we can only keep two,” the scarred orc said.
"Do you think this is some kind of treasure trove, afraid someone will steal it?" Jin Tong said disdainfully.
“There is indeed no treasure, so please leave,” the scarred orc said.
"Do you think we want to stay? We're not even happy to be asked to stay!" Jin Tong said angrily.
Shu Ning realized she couldn't stand it any longer if they kept arguing like that.
"If we help you find the lost stray animal, will you allow us to stay here?" Shu Ning asked.
"Ningning, why are you helping them?" Jin Tong asked.
Shu Ning leaned closer to Jin Tong and whispered, "We need time to help Mo Li find that thing."
"Oh, okay, okay, Ningning is so thoughtful," Jintong said softly.
At this moment, the scarred orc was ignored by them.
"How dare you, a mere female, speak such arrogant words! Even our young master can't find the orcs, how could you possibly find them!"
"If your young master can't be found, it's because your young master is incompetent!" Jin Tong retorted.
"How dare you insult our young master! You're asking for death!" He finished speaking and was about to punch Jin Tong.
Not to be outdone, Jin Tong swung his fist to strike.
"Stop!" At that moment, a male orc with a serious expression suddenly appeared.
The scarred orc immediately stopped what he was doing upon hearing the voice.
Seeing this, Jin Tong also stopped and looked at the male orc who had suddenly appeared and started speaking.
"You go back first." The orc said as he walked to the scarred orc's side, then turned around and said, "Our lord heard that you have a way to find lost stray beasts, so he specially invited you to come over."
"Is this a trap?" Jin Tong questioned. "They were just trying to get rid of us a moment ago, but now they're inviting us over."
"Let's go take a look first," Mo Li said.
“Mm,” Xuan Lin replied, taking Shu Ning’s hand and joining them.
They were then taken by the orc to an underground cave.
There was no one around, and the light was dim. In the middle of the cave was a chair made of animal bones. The cave was incredibly cool, creating a stark contrast with the outside.
"There's nobody here. Are you guys messing with us?" Jin Tong said.
The words had barely left his mouth when a deep, magnetic voice came from all directions—
"I heard you have a way to find lost stray animals."
After hearing the echoing voice, the group cautiously observed their surroundings.
"No," Jin Tong replied directly.
"You dare to make such boastful claims even if you don't have any?" The voice remained unhurried, showing no anger at Jin Tong's bluntness.
“We’ll figure something out,” Shu Ning said.
"Why are you helping to find the lost stray animal?" the voice asked again.
“We want to stay and ask you for something,” Shu Ning said.
"oh?"
“We would like to ask you for a dragon blood grass,” Shu Ning said, observing his reaction.
This dragon blood grass grows in the burial ground of the dragon clan, absorbing the dragon's aura year after year.
As the name suggests, it also requires dragon blood to be effective.
After a moment of silence, the other party spoke up: "No problem, as long as you help us find the lost stray animal." He paused for a moment as he spoke.
Meanwhile, the others were still listening attentively.
Seeing that they were all waiting for his answer, he smiled and said, "Then the Dragon Blood Grass will be yours."
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