Chapter 109 Primitive Orc 6
Xie Yunsui washed his face with the cold river water, fearing that the smell on his body was too strong and could not be hidden from other orcs in the valley.
Xier felt a little embarrassed, and apologized by stepping on his right paw with his left paw: "I didn't mean to dirty you..."
Xie Yunsui said, "I know, Xi'er, you just want to be close to me."
Xie Yunsui moved his head and asked him if he wanted some water.
Seeing that Xie Yunsui didn't look angry, Xier jumped happily.
He hadn't had any water for almost the entire day and was indeed a little thirsty, so he lay down by the river to drink some water. He habitually kept an eye out for any wild animals around him. His eyes rolled around and he suddenly met Xie Yunsui's gaze as she held his face and watched him drink water.
Xier's tongue stagnated: "..."
Xie Yunsui: "Drink, I won't disturb you."
Xier took two more sips of water, but he felt that Xie Yunsui's gaze was too fiery and could not drink any more.
But he drank a lot, and his stomach, which had been hungry for a day, seemed to be full of water.
Xie Yunsui felt quite regretful, thinking that his breathing was a little heavy just now, which must have disturbed Xier's drinking water.
It was getting dark and the temperature was dropping.
"Shall we go back?"
"I'll carry you."
Xier carried Xie Yunsui on his back and returned to the valley with a large block of ice tied with soft vines in his mouth.
"Xier, Priest Yun, are you back? We just finished dividing a Luo Luo beast." Hu Zhao greeted.
The one being divided was the Luo Luo beast whose fur had been stripped off most of its skin.
"Fortunately, it's the snow season now, so the dead laolao beasts won't rot if left outside." Shi Yan had just sorted out the laolao beasts outside the cave.
Hu Ji is the oldest orc, always taciturn, and was silently cutting the frozen meat with his claws.
The meat was frozen solid. Xie Yunsui thought they would need to find some sharp stones before they could cut the meat. However, he didn't expect that the orcs' claws were more useful than any blades.
Shi Yan said, "Half of the snow season has passed, and the little Luo Luo beast has become thin and hungry, with not much fat left in its belly."
He looked at the belly with only a thin layer of fat on it, which was such a pity.
A small Luoluo beast, not yet fully grown, after removing its skin, removing the head with many bones and inedible bones, and removing the pile of bones on its body and a pile of inedible internal organs in its stomach, the 500-pound Luoluo beast was left with only 200 pounds of meat.
It looks like a lot, but an orc needs to eat twenty to thirty kilograms of meat in one meal to properly replenish his body's energy.
During the snowy season when there is no other food, it takes energy to resist the cold, and the Asians have to eat about ten kilograms of meat a day to feel full.
Even if they were frugal, one small loach would only be enough to feed a dozen of them for two days.
Xie Yunsui jumped down and asked Xier to put the ice cubes somewhere relatively clean. He said, "I don't need so much. I still have some fruit."
"We are able to survive thanks to Priest Yun who killed the two big lala beasts. You should get the best meat, and the heart and liver will also be given to you." said Shi Yan.
Everyone nodded.
Lian Xier nodded his head heavily.
Xie Yunsui had no shortage of meat to eat, but he felt that the belly meat with fat was too greasy. However, he thought that Xier needed more energy to maintain the beast form, and he would probably like to eat it, so he took it.
After Xie Yunsui took his share of the meat, everyone happily divided the remaining meat.
After the meat was divided, everyone started to eat the raw meat by the fire, and the orcs ate without even raising their heads.
Xier held the meat with his two front paws. He was given a large piece of lean meat with tendons. He bit it for a long time but couldn't break the tendons. He ate it in a mess.
Xie Yunsui: "..."
Xie Yunsui: "Why don't you guys roast them before eating?"
When we were eating barbecue yesterday, no one was surprised that the meat was grilled. This shows that everyone is used to eating cooked meat.
Zuyang stood aside and explained, "Everyone has been hungry for a long time and just wants to fill their stomachs first."
Xie Yunsui then remembered that the little bit of meat he distributed last night was just to make everyone less hungry before going to bed.
They had been out all day and had to work hard. They had to work together to carry back a few Luo Luo beasts, collect firewood to keep the fire burning, and immediately nitrate the remaining animal skins after cutting them... They hadn't eaten for a day and couldn't wait any longer.
Zuyang did not eat with them. He huddled beside the fire, his stomach growling with hunger, but he just covered his stomach embarrassedly.
Xie Yunsui then remembered that he was a subhuman from the herbivorous tribe.
Zuyang saw the look Priest Yun was giving him, smiled, and whispered, "I went out today and didn't find any grass or fruit."
It's freezing and snowy, so where are the grass, leaves, and fruits?
Zuyang was alone and didn't dare to go too far, for fear that he would forget the way back.
Xie Yunsui sighed, went to his cave, and took the opportunity to take out ten apples.
The juicy apples didn't look like food that could be found in winter. After Xie Yunsui extracted the energy from them, the apples became shriveled as if they had been left for a month.
Xie Yunsui brought the apples and gave them all to Zuyang.
Zuyang expressed his gratitude repeatedly.
By the warm fire, Zuyang took a bite of the shriveled apple. Although it didn't have much moisture, he still felt the sweetness of the fruit. His eyes suddenly lit up and he ate it in small bites.
This was a fruit that Zuyang had never seen before, but he didn't find it strange.
Their tribe has no priests, and the food they eat is passed down from generation to generation and is only collected from around the tribe.
After everyone finished eating the meat, they went out in groups to find snow to eat. After eating the snow, they took the opportunity to satisfy their physiological needs in the open air. Xie Yunsui only frowned when he saw this.
Xie Yunsui asked, "Do you also solve problems haphazardly in the tribe?"
A demihuman sitting nearby heard him and replied, "No, our priests have marked out a spot where we can only resolve the issue."
Xie Yunsui understood. In the tribe, there were certain rules for collective life. Everyone listened to the priest. The priest loved cleanliness and had marked out a place for everyone to meet their physiological needs. Even if everyone didn't understand, they would obey.
But now they have been abandoned by the tribe, which means they no longer have to follow these rules that they don't understand, and no one here has set up a fixed circle for them, so they just let themselves go and do whatever they want.
After all, they accepted their fate and felt that they had been abandoned by the tribe and were useless, so they could only wait to die.
Even though they had enough meat to eat for a while, they didn't think they could survive in the valley.
The valley is not their home, so they can act as they please.
As everyone returned in batches, each returning to the cave and preparing to sleep by the firelight, Xie Yunsui suddenly spoke, "I've decided to form a pact with Xi'er. We're planning to hold a pact ceremony at the end of the snow season."
The other tiger stopped chewing, bewildered. "A covenant ceremony? Me?"
Not only him, but everyone else was also confused: "Priest Yun and... Xier?"
Xie Yunsui smiled faintly and nodded. "I like Xi'er. We're already determined to be together every snow season, so we're planning a covenant ceremony. I hope everyone will give us their blessings and participate in this ceremony."
Every year, the tribe’s covenant ceremony is grand, equivalent to an important festival event. The most important part is the elders’ blessing for the newlyweds.
Everyone present is an elder, so Xie Yunsui's request is very reasonable.
A demihuman said, "Xi'er is a forsaken one. Priest Yun cannot be with him."
Xie Yunsui asked him, "Why not?"
The Naya people couldn't say it either. Isn't that what everyone in the tribe said? When he was a child, the elders also told him so.
Xie Yunsui cleared his throat and said, "I am a priest and a messenger of the Beast God. I have never heard the Beast God issue any instructions about not being with anyone. Moreover, the Beast God told me that Xi'er is not a Forsaken One."
Everyone was stunned.
Xie Yunsui continued, "Xier is a powerful orc. The reason he has been unable to transform into a human form is because he has not absorbed enough energy. I promise that from today on, before the fifth snow season arrives, Xier will become a true orc!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes became hot.
The look he gave Xier was no longer one of pity, but was filled with cautious concern, fearing that if he stayed with the Forsaken for too long, he would also become one of those disliked by the Beast God.
Xier sat upright with his back straight, his heart burning with passion.
It turns out that he is not a Forsaken One! He is a powerful orc!
Yun Sui is the messenger of the Beast God. What he says is the words of the Beast God. Is there anything wrong with what the Beast God says?
Xier nudged Xie Yunsui with his big head and murmured softly, "Will I really become a real orc?"
Xie Yunsui was full of confidence: "Of course!"
In five years, he should have come up with some results. Even if he really didn't find anything in the end, the worst that could happen was that he would take Xi'er away and live on another continent.
Hu Zhao finally realized: "Can Priest Yun understand what Xi'er said?"
Xie Yunsui nodded: "Yes."
The next second, Hu Zhao also turned into a big cat and cried out, "Can you understand what I say too?"
Xie Yunsui: "I understand."
The three orcs were shocked that Priest Yun could actually understand animal language. The priest of their tribe was a subhuman who had lived in the tribe for more than 20 years and had never understood what they said when they turned into animal forms.
Doesn't that mean that Priest Yun is even more powerful than the priests of their tribe?
So the priests of their tribe didn't recognize Xi'er as a powerful orc and mistook him for a Forsaken One?
At this moment, the three orcs' only remaining doubts about "Xi'er being a powerful orc" disappeared.
At this time, Chi Yu, who had been inactive, spoke up: "We won't live to see the end of the snow season."
"The snow season is still halfway through, and we don't have enough food to last until the end."
"There aren't enough hides to go around from the Lolo beasts. There's no hay in the snowy season. Once all the dead branches are gone, and there's no fire, we'll freeze to death."
“Those who were driven out of the tribe every year never made it through the snow season, and none of them ever returned.”
During the snowy season, the tribe will abandon some people and try to leave food for those who can contribute to the tribe.
However, as long as the abandoned people survive the entire snow season and come back when spring comes and flowers bloom, the tribe will still accept them.
As Chi Yu spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
Xie Yunsui felt that he was not deliberately picking on her. He tilted his head to look at Xier, who murmured softly behind him, "Chiyu Am also had a bonded orc a long time ago, but he was injured while hunting, and the priests couldn't heal him. Chiyu also had two cubs, the elder one was an orc, and the younger one was a subhuman, but both of them died in the snowy season."
Chi Yu is very young, the youngest among this group of demi-humans, and has only lived through thirty-five snow seasons.
Such young subhumans generally would not be reduced to living in large collective caves, nor would they be driven out by the tribe.
However, Chi Yu lost his most important relatives one after another and fell seriously ill. Although he survived, his physical condition was very poor. He was unwilling to have cubs with other beastmen, so he had to live in a large collective cave.
Chi Yu's sadness infected others, and everyone knew that they would not live long.
Xie Yunsui didn't understand.
There is plenty of food, and there are caves to shelter from the wind and snow. There is only one disabled orc among these people, but they are not completely helpless.
Just because people in the past couldn’t survive, does that mean you can’t survive either?
It is hard to imagine that there are many orcs and demihumans who have the same thoughts as them at the pile of bones at the entrance of the valley.
I have traveled all the way through the redwood forest to get here, but I don’t even try harder for myself.
Xie Yunsui was angry that he did not fight back.
"Whether you can survive depends entirely on whether you want to live. You are all people who have survived under the hooves of six Lolo beasts."
Xie Yunsui didn't want to preach. These people had no education and had long accepted the idea that "being abandoned means being useless". It was impossible to change their minds by talking.
Xie Yunsui pulled Xier up and said, "Xier and I are going back to my cave. From now on, we will live alone."
Xier wagged his tail and followed Xie Yunsui's steps.
The others said nothing and watched the man and the tiger leave.
Silence spread in the cave.
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