"Eggs?" Ke was stunned when he heard Lian's words. "Has anyone in our tribe laid eggs recently?"
He turned and looked at the flying orcs of his tribe.
"No, my partner didn't lay eggs."
"I don't even have a partner, how can I lay eggs?"
"My cub has already hatched from the egg."
"I can forget anything but my own eggs."
"I am not a bird-beast man, and my offspring do not come from eggs."
The flying orcs of the Creek Tribe were talking in unison.
Seeing the bewildered faces of the Xiaoxi tribe, Meng Yuqing gently grasped the fur on Xuan's back and whispered, "Could these be black-beaked bird eggs? They've taken a fancy to this tree and want to breed here, so they're chasing the Xiaoxi tribe and attacking them."
"Black-beaked bird eggs?"
The people of the Xiaoxi tribe looked at Meng Yuqing and immediately understood.
"By the way, you said they came to the jungle to lay eggs. This is probably theirs."
"They actually took over our tribe's trees to lay eggs!"
"No wonder they came to attack us. It turns out they had their eyes on the big trees in our tribe."
As they spoke, they no longer waited for the orcs on the ground, but instead increased their speed and flew towards the leafy tree.
Soon, their angry voices were heard.
"These are not my eggs. They laid eggs in my nest!"
"It's so abominable! They destroyed all the food and animal hides in my nest."
"They destroyed my nest!"
Hearing their complaints, the orcs on the ground looked at each other, then shrugged and quickened their pace.
Ke was still relatively steady and didn't fly after them but kept flying near Xia.
When all the beastmen on the ground arrived under the leafy tree, Ke immediately flew up the tree to check his nest.
It took him a while to fly down, then he circled around his tribe, and finally landed next to Xia and said with a wry smile.
"We had prepared a lot of edible plants this year and even found several delicious berries. Now they've all been destroyed. We're out of food and supplies. I don't know if we can save enough to survive the winter. I'm afraid we can't trade with you this year."
He closed his eyes. Everything had to be prepared anew. The edible plants had to be collected from scratch, the animal skins had to be re-tanned, and the tribe had to be cleaned up and rebuilt. The hottest weather would soon arrive, and the cubs driven out by their parents would run around everywhere. This would be too dangerous for the cubs and sub-beasts.
Moreover, they had nothing to exchange for salt with Xia, so for the next year the sub-beasts would have to follow the orcs and rely on drinking raw blood to survive.
Hearing Ke's words, Xia's tail tip twitched slightly. Meng Yuqing immediately understood that Xia might be about to take action. At the same time, he also found that Xuan was also twitching his tail gently like Xia.
Sure enough, Xia's voice rang out the next second. "If there's really no other way, you can stay near our tribe for a while. At least with us, you don't have to worry about the safety of the young animals leaving the nest. You can stay until next spring, when life will be easier. You can send some people over to rebuild the tribe and then bring the others back."
Xia did not directly propose to the other party to join the tribe, but instead prepared to trick the person back first.
As for taking them back, if they see that the Qingshan tribe lives a good life, they will naturally want to stay, and they will stay willingly.
After figuring out what Xia meant, Meng Yuqing lowered his head and suppressed the smile on his lips. Regardless of anything else, at least no one would go hungry this winter. Who in these small tribes could resist the temptation of not going hungry in winter?
When Ke heard what Xia said, he was stunned for a moment. He did not refuse immediately but lowered his head and began to think.
Xia was not in a hurry. He turned around and walked to Qiuye's side and rubbed Qiuye gently, "Thank you for your hard work today."
"It's not hard. I caught some wild animals today, and I caught a lot of them. I'm very happy." Qiu Ye immediately hugged Xia's head and then climbed onto Xia's back.
At this moment, Xuan picked up a tightly tied black-beaked bird and passed by Ke in a casual manner.
Meng Yuqing looked at Xuan's actions with some confusion, but seeing that Ke had already noticed them, she refrained from asking.
Ke looked up and watched Xuan walk past with the black-beaked bird in his mouth.
Suddenly he opened his eyes wide and found that there were no wounds on the birds' bodies.
He recalled the scene he saw when he led his tribesmen to chase the black-beaked bird to the cave where Xia and the others were.
Black-beaked birds fell to the ground in large groups, as if they had suddenly lost their strength.
Except for the brightly colored bird-beast, the rest are land-based beastmen.
They just stood at the entrance of the cave and seemed to be doing nothing, but they made all the black-beaked birds fall to the ground.
Their number is even smaller than that of their own tribe, yet they managed to catch so many black-beaked birds.
Ke looked at Xia and then at the other orcs of the Qingshan tribe. They looked much stronger than the people in his own tribe. Even though they were fewer in number, their fighting power was definitely not worse than that of their entire tribe.
If such a tribe has bad intentions towards our tribe, our tribe will definitely not be their match.
What's more, over the years, Xia's tribe has given a lot of help to his own tribe.
Thinking of this, Ke gradually came up with an idea.
He glanced at the orcs and haggard sub-beasts in his tribe who were facing him with sad faces, and he no longer hesitated.
He walked to Xia's side, looked at Xia and said seriously, "Xia, our tribe is going to trouble you."
Xia replied calmly, "It's not a problem."
Xuan, who was stroking the black-beaked bird, also stopped his claws and gently swept his tail over Meng Yuqing. "Yuqing, your request will be fulfilled soon."
Hearing Xuan's words, Meng Yuqing gently pulled the long hair on Xuan's back and said with a smile, "Well, I know, there might be a surprise after it's finished."
There are only thirty-four people left, he said secretly in his heart as he looked at Bo, Ke and others.
I hope that the next journey will bring these thirty-four people together.
After becoming a tribe of a thousand people, the Qingshan tribe no longer needs to be so cautious.
They also have an alliance with the Shijiao tribe, and if they bring the Shuilin tribe in, they will become an organization that is no weaker than any of the three major tribes.
After Xia and Ke reached an agreement, Ke called all the tribesmen over and announced the decision to them.
"During this difficult time, we will follow Xia and live near their tribe. We will come back next spring."
He looked at the bewildered tribesmen in front of him and said solemnly, "I hope we can get through this winter well."
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