Meng Yuqing and Lian said at the same time: "..."
Which tribe sent so many unlucky kids to the market? Are there any adults who can act a little more steadily?
Before he could finish his internal complaints, the young orcs started arguing again, "It definitely wasn't me. I didn't even get close to the shell containing the breathing grass."
"It's not me. I was the last one to come up. I was in the water passing water to you before." Another young orc also said hurriedly.
"It's not me either. I've always been at the edge."
"Ah? What happened? We lost a lot of the Breathing Grass we collected with great difficulty. We can't exchange it for much anymore." The little prince sighed and said gloomily, "I was planning to exchange it for cloth from Qingshan City for my brother."
"What should we do?" A young orc with green hair scratched his head and asked, "How about we leave one person here while the others go look for something in the water? Capture wild animals, find beautiful beads, or pick some edible grass?"
Watching these young orcs discussing where to get more merchandise, Meng Yuqing finally couldn't hold it in any longer and asked, "Where are the adults in your tribe? Where are the other things they brought?"
When they heard Meng Yuqing's words, the young beastmen suddenly remembered that there were people from other tribes waiting nearby to exchange things.
After they heard Meng Yuqing's words clearly, they all showed guilty expressions again. The little prince said vaguely, "A few of us will be enough."
Behind Meng Yuqing, Lian stood with his arms folded, his brows slightly furrowed and his expression somewhat serious. He glanced at the young orcs one by one. Feeling Lian's gaze, the young orcs lowered their heads and dared not look at Lian.
Meng Yuqing looked at the reactions of the young orcs in front of him and realized that something was wrong.
"Yuqing, let's go check out other stalls first and give them some time to find goods that can be traded." Before Meng Yuqing could figure out what was going on, Lian suddenly spoke up.
Meng Yuqing turned around and saw Lian winking at him. He nodded calmly and said to the young orcs, "Then we'll go look somewhere else first. We'll come back to you when you have enough stuff."
After saying that, he and Lian left the stall.
After the two walked away, Lian finally spoke up, "These little guys must have sneaked out of the tribe."
Meng Yuqing looked at Lian in surprise. Lian continued, "Orcs aged fifteen or sixteen are at their most ignorant. If our tribe didn't keep a tight rein on them, we'd probably have to go out and look for them every one or two months. But even so, we still have to go out and catch them once or twice a year."
"Is this true? How come I didn't know about it?" Meng Yuqing asked.
He has been here for so long and this is the first time he has heard of this.
Lian continued to explain, "Because they were found in three days at most, it didn't alert too many people. Luckily, everyone was busy these past two years, and the little guys didn't have the energy to run around. In the past few years, I went out and caught them several times."
"What should we do now?" Meng Yuqing asked.
Lian said without hesitation, "Go find the Blue Water Tribe and see if they know which tribe these kids are from. Have them keep an eye on them and send them back after the market is over. Four kids are missing, and they've probably searched the ocean like crazy."
When we arrived at the Blue Water Tribe's stall, many people from land tribes gathered here. Compared with other sea tribes, they were most familiar with the Blue Water Tribe.
The two stood there for a while, then walked around the team and came to Po's side.
After Lian whispered to Po about the appearance characteristics and number of those young orcs, Po frowned slightly, then stood up, called another tribesman to take his place, and took the two of them aside.
"There are four little orcs, their hair colors are light blonde, cyan, blue, and black respectively. The one with light blonde hair is the main one, right?" Po rubbed his forehead and instantly knew which family these young orcs came from.
"They are little orcs from the Scaled Tribe. There happens to be a team from their tribe in the market, so it's a good opportunity to let them take them back." He said as he led the two of them.
Soon they arrived at a stall, which was quite busy with many people from the land tribes.
Meng Yuqing and Lian took a look at the main products of this stall, which were all breathing grass packed in shells half a meter to one meter long.
"The Scaled Armor Tribe has the most breathing grass in its territory. Although other tribes also have breathing grass for sale, the quantity is definitely not as much as theirs." Po introduced the Scaled Armor Tribe to the two.
At this time, an adult orc with light blond hair from the Scaled Armor Tribe just came out of a large shell filled with water to take over the shift. He saw Po at a glance.
"Po! Why are you interested in coming to our place again?" He raised his hand to greet Po, but it did not stop him from jumping into the sea.
Po pointed in the direction of the young orcs and said, "Your cub is over there. He's sneaked out again and came to the market."
In an instant, the orc with light blond hair jumped out of the water, saying with a ferocious look on his face, "That brat ran away again? I've only been out for a few days? I'll see if I don't break his tail this time."
As he said this, he walked towards the direction of the young orc with a menacing look.
Before Meng Yuqing and Lian could say anything, they saw the adult orc who looked somewhat similar to the little prince quickly disappear.
The three of them hurried to catch up, and Po even explained to them as they walked, "Those four little guys haven't been quiet since they turned fourteen."
Lian instantly showed a sympathetic look to the adult orc with light blond hair in front of him.
As the main force in catching little orcs, he knew how troublesome it was to have such a cub. Even though such things rarely happened in the former Qingshan tribe and now the Qingshan City, it did not prevent him from hearing about the experience of looking for cubs every year from Che, Xi and Jia.
Especially this guy Che, he was also lost when he was a child.
When they came to the stalls of the four young orcs again, only the youngest orc with black hair was still in the port, and the other three had disappeared.
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