Chapter 31 Garlic Flower: The Sheep Herd Goes Rampage!
Jinxia is a deer-type sub-beastman. She originally had a pair of big, round eyes with long eyelashes, and her blinking was very lively.
Now, because of the discomfort, her eyelids are drooping and her lips are bloodless.
Hearing Yu Yan's words, Jin Xia looked at him with emotion and said, "Oh, don't even mention it, our whole family got food poisoning."
"How could this be?" The adults here clearly have very strong stomachs.
Jin Xia, with a gloomy expression, said, "It's the oysters we caught last time. There were too many, and we couldn't finish them all. They started to spoil after soaking in the stream. We thought it would be fine, but this morning after eating the oysters, we had diarrhea. We drank water boiled with clover flowers, which helped a little, but my stomach keeps rumbling and cramping."
He sighed and said regretfully, "Next time, if I can't finish it, I'd rather throw it away than leave it for so long."
Yu Yan nodded: "Yes, it's summer now, there's no shortage of food, so don't eat anything that's gone bad."
Jinxia: "Yes, yes, I've really remembered this time. Are you going home now? The people from the Qingqing tribe will soon head in the direction of your home."
Yu Yan: "Let me find you some other medicine first."
Jin Xia's eyes lit up: "There are other medicines? Yu Yan, thank you!"
Yu Yan turned to Feng Gui and said, "Father, you go back and entertain the guests first. I'll be there soon."
"Okay, give me the basket."
The wind carried its good cargo and flapped its wings, then departed.
Yu Yan and Jin Xia stood facing each other. The former took out a small jar containing Mengtuoshi powder from her own space.
Then I took out a clean piece of paper, folded it, and cut it into small squares.
He wrapped several packets of montmorillonite powder in paper and handed them to Jinxia.
"This is a powder treated with montmorillonite, called montmorillonite powder."
"You, your father, and your uncle all need to dissolve the powder in warm water first, then take it. One packet at noon and one packet in the evening. If you don't have symptoms like diarrhea or stomach pain, don't take any more, to avoid constipation."
Jin Xia blushed slightly at his words, took the medicine, and thanked him again: "Thank you, Yu Yan. I'll bring you the supplies later."
Yu Yan waved her hand: "No rush."
He put the remaining montmorillonite powder back into his spatial storage.
"I'm off then."
"Okay, slow down!"
Yu Yan sprouted wings and flew home.
As he approached the ginkgo tree, he saw several thin men sitting inside the thatched hut. Feng Gui poured water for them in a ceramic bowl.
They also heard Yu Yan's commotion and got up to leave the thatched hut.
"Yu Yan!"
"You're back!"
Yu Yan glanced at everyone's faces and nodded.
The beast world is full of handsome men, and these people are no exception. However, generally speaking, their features are more refined and handsome, their skin is fair and clean, and their temperament is quite refined.
The clothes they wore were made of fabric, but they were much cooler than ours; they were sleeveless vests and shorts. I suppose their tribe must be hotter than here.
Looking at his height, Yu Yan is considered relatively short among the peninsula tribes; the sub-beastmen among them are all about the same height as him.
Yu Yan then realized why the name "Qingqing Tribe" sounded familiar. Xue Fei was originally a sub-beastman from this tribe! She moved to the peninsula tribe after becoming partners with Mo Ye.
"Hello," Yu Yan greeted them with a smile. "Let's talk in the thatched hut."
Everyone smiled kindly, their eyes fixed on him with curiosity.
After they sat down again, a young and handsome orc introduced himself: "Yu Yan, I am Shu Yu, the chieftain of the Qingqing tribe. They are all from our tribe."
Shuyu has a gentle voice and a reserved personality, which makes people feel good about her.
Looking at his "streaked hair" with more white than black and his red eyes, Yu Yan couldn't help but wonder: Could his beast form be a rabbit?
I saw a rabbit-like beastman at the salt lake last time; I wonder if he's among them.
"You just came from the tribe? What do you need me for?" Yu Yan asked.
Shuyu replied apologetically, "Yes, we set off this morning. We heard that people from the Mingyuan tribe visited your home, and we were very curious, so we wanted to come and see for ourselves. We hope we haven't disturbed you."
Yu Yan smiled and said, "It's not an intrusion at all. Shall I show you around my house?"
“Okay,” Shuyu replied happily.
The orc sitting next to him, Tan Nian, was overjoyed. He jumped up and exclaimed, "Yu Yan, you have so many things at home! Shall we go take a look at the pottery first? There are so many styles I've never seen before!"
Just as Yu Yan was about to agree, Shu Yu stopped her, saying, "Tan Nian, let's give Yu Yan the things we prepared first."
Tan Nian: "Oh! You're right. I got so excited I forgot, haha."
Yu Yan watched with curiosity as each of them took out a bouquet of flowers from their own basket.
Then, they lined up and gave it to him.
"..."
Shuyu smiled and said, "Yuyan, I heard you like flowers. These are all picked along the way. They're beautiful and smell nice. I hope you like them."
The wildflowers in his hand were red, yellow, and purple, with flowers of varying sizes, but they were all indeed very beautiful and fragrant.
Beautiful things bring joy. Yu Yan smiled, not wanting to spoil the mood, accepted the flowers, and said, "Thank you."
Shuyu was even happier: "You're welcome!"
The others handed him the flowers one by one. Surrounded by the fragrance of the flowers, Yu Yan decided to find a few vases (ceramic jars) and put the flowers in them.
Tan Nian lingered at the back of the group. As soon as he got close, Yu Yan smelled a pungent odor.
Upon closer inspection, the scent was coming from the spherical flowers in his hand.
Each large, spherical flower is composed of numerous small purple flowers.
The rich purple color is beautiful, and the green stems are slender.
As for the smell it emits...
"Let me see." Yu Yan reached out to Tan Nian anxiously.
Tan Nian unexpectedly handed the flowers to Yu Yan.
The person accompanying her looked surprised and asked, "Yu Yan, do you really like this flower? Although the color and shape are quite pretty, it smells terrible."
“When Tan Nian wanted to pick this flower, we all tried to stop him, but he insisted that this flower was special.”
"Do you prefer something smelly to something fragrant?"
Everyone seriously considered whether they should pick some "stinky" flowers next time they come.
Holding the flowers, Yu Yan looked up and smiled helplessly, "It's not that I like the smell, it's just that this flower is what I'm looking for!"
"What is that?" Feng Gui asked, puzzled.
Yu Yan was overjoyed, "Garlic!!!"
"Garlic...is the seasoning you mentioned that can replace hand shanks and is also very effective at removing fishy smells?"
“That’s right!” Yu Yan looked at Tan Nian, “You actually picked garlic flowers!”
The tribe's stored Hand-Herb Roots were almost gone, and Yu Yan was feeling a bit worried. Tan Nian and the others really helped her solve a big problem!
Shuyu and the others were also very happy to hear this.
"People in our tribe actually prefer wild vegetables to game meat. These days, we stir-fry wild vegetables with wild herbs, and it tastes especially good. Everyone likes it."
"The garlic you're talking about, can it also be used for stir-frying, right?"
Yu Yan: "Of course! The taste is just as good as Shou Shou Gen!"
He held up the purple garlic flower in his hand: "Do you remember where you picked this?"
Several pairs of eyes fell on Tan Nian's face. He had a cute appearance, with round eyes, big ears, and a bit of baby fat on his cheeks.
He was a little embarrassed by the stares and said, "I remember the approximate range."
Yu Yan: "Where in your tribe?"
“This isn’t from our tribe; it was collected from your tribe.”
"Our tribe?"
"Yes, but not many are flowering now; they are all green seedlings."
Garlic sprouts! Lots of them!!
Yu Yan couldn't sit still any longer and wanted to go out into the wild to dig for garlic right now.
Seeing this, Tan Nian tentatively asked, "How about we take you to find it now?"
"Great! I'll treat you to something tonight!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately lit up. Everyone around here knew that Yu Yan was a great cook.
"Then let's set off quickly!"
Yu Yan took a few steps outside, then remembered something and said apologetically, "The visit will have to wait until we come back."
Shuyu waved her hand: "It's nothing."
His home is right here, so he can't run away.
Feng Gui followed and asked, "Should we call more people? What if there's a lot of garlic?"
Yu Yan: "Okay, let's call for help along the way when we fly out."
Garlic is very durable when hung up, so Yu Yan and Feng Gui each carried three large baskets.
To prevent the garlic from being crushed, they also lined the basket with a thick layer of dry straw.
When they sprouted wings, the orcs of the Green Green Tribe also transformed.
It turned out to be a fluffy big rabbit, a big Totoro, and a big wombat!
The big rabbit is Shuyu, with white fur all over its body, interspersed with a light layer of gray fur, two snow-white rabbit ears standing up, and red eyes.
The other two Totoro and wombat are a pure white and a gray, respectively, with very soft fur.
Their beast forms were much smaller than those of Lanxiu, Cangfeng, Moye, and the others, only about three meters tall.
Compared to real people, their animal forms are fluffy and chubby, and even the slightest movement of their ears or tails is incredibly cute.
How adorable! When Yu Yan saw them, she felt like she had accidentally wandered into a dreamlike fairytale paradise.
Whether it's a rabbit, a totoro, or a wombat, they're all standing upright right now.
They stretched their claws downwards, lifted the orc up, and placed it on their heads.
The big rabbit asked Yu Yan, "Do you fly on your own?"
Yu Yan nodded.
Tan Nian sat on Shu Yu's head and said, "Then we'll lead the way for you!"
"good!"
This was Tan Nian's first time visiting the peninsula tribe. To better identify his direction, he manifested his animalistic features—a pair of large, blunt, rounded gray ears.
There was a Totoro beastman in the group, so Yu Yan immediately recognized that these were Totoro ears, and she was absolutely charmed by their cuteness.
Several orcs skipped and hopped through the forest, while Yu Yan and Feng Gui called out a few times from above.
Hearing the commotion, Xin Yu, Xue Fei, Yin Qing, and the others followed.
“Yu Yan, we’ll go with you!” Xin Yu said.
Yin Qingfei flew to Yu Yan's side: "How can you go out and play without me?"
Xuefei caught up with Shuyu, and Tan Nian reached out and pulled him onto the back of the big rabbit as well.
"Xuefei, it's been a long time!" The people from the Qingqing tribe greeted him with a smile.
"It's been a long time. I was just about to go to Yu Yan's house to find you guys." Xue Fei was also very happy to see her childhood friends.
Yu Yan listened to their pleasantries for a while and learned that Xue Fei and Shu Yu were actually cousins.
Yin Qingfei looked down from the sky and asked Yu Yan, "Why didn't I see Lan Xiu today? Isn't he the one who loves to follow you the most?"
Yu Yan: "They probably haven't returned from hunting yet."
Xin Yu chimed in, "Yes, Cang Feng and Mo Ye haven't come back either."
Upon learning that the mission was to find garlic, everyone was full of enthusiasm.
Tan Nian led the way, taking everyone south.
The sky is a vast expanse of blue, and the scenery is magnificent and thriving.
After crossing five mountains and wading through three rivers, they approached a valley on the edge of the tribe.
This is a shortcut to the peninsula tribes.
The path in the valley was narrow, and the two orcs couldn't run side by side, so they proceeded in a single file, with the big rabbit Shuyu leading the way.
The stone walls on both sides are steep, the light is dim, and almost no vegetation grows there.
The weeds at the bottom of the valley had grown to the height of a person; if someone were to walk among them, they would surely feel eerie.
After running for a while, the group got closer and closer to the exit of the valley, and the light gradually brightened.
Tan Nian pointed ahead: "There's a meadow over there. We found the garlic flowers when we were crossing it."
Soon, everyone was out of the valley.
Outside the valley, the sky is bright and the oxygen content is high, causing the grass to grow taller than inside the valley. From above, the lush meadows look like a rolling green ocean.
Yu Yan said to everyone, "We'll split up in a bit, be careful, don't get too scattered, and send a signal immediately if anything happens."
Everyone nodded.
Yu Yan divided everyone into three teams, with one orc in each team.
Then, the three teams each set off in different directions to search.
Yu Yan parted the two-meter-long, lush green grass, carefully checking for garlic sprouts.
They're all green and look pretty much the same, making them quite difficult to find.
His eyes were almost blurry from looking so hard, but he finally spotted a garlic sprout!
He ran over, and because the garlic roots weren't deep, he didn't have to use much force to pull the garlic sprout out by the roots.
Looking down, you see a small, undeveloped garlic bulb wrapped in purple skin, and below that, a cluster of white garlic roots.
Purple garlic is spicier than white garlic; he could smell its strong aroma even without getting close.
A series of garlic dishes flashed through my mind: garlic shrimp, garlic oysters, fried mushrooms with garlic, steamed ribs with garlic...
Slurp, my mouth is watering.
Yu Yan looked excited, grabbed the garlic sprout, and flew into the air.
"I found it! This is the garlic sprout! Everyone come and take a look!"
Responding voices came from all directions.
The meadow rustled as everyone walked this way.
To Yu Yan's left front, Tan Nian's excited voice rang out: "I found it too! I found it by following the scent of the garlic flower! Let me pull it out..."
The blades of grass were shaking violently.
Does pulling up a garlic clove really require such a big fuss?
No, that's not right!
There's something else there!
Her innate alertness instantly kicked in, and Yu Yan exclaimed, "Tan Nian, be careful!!"
Tan Nian was startled and instinctively dodged to the side. In his sight, a huge creature covered in white fur bumped past the spot where he had just been standing!
"What is that?!"
"Baa!!!" The beast roared, quickly changed direction, and charged at Tan Nian with its black, curved horns on its head!
Yu Yan, who had flown past, saw it clearly this time and gasped in shock.
Nobody told him that sheep in the Beast World grow this big! They're about the size of those dairy cows on TV!
Its long, pointed horns alone are as long as half of its own arm!
If you get poked by it, you'll be pierced through the chest and back, how could you possibly survive?
Tan Nian clearly knew this thing was not to be trifled with, and shouted, "Shu Yu!!"
As soon as Yu Yan called out, Shu Yu rushed towards Tan Nian.
It was because he arrived in time that he blocked the sheep beast's attack again with his body.
"Go quickly." He gripped the sheep's neck with both paws, not bothering to look back.
Tan Nian didn't dare to delay at all. He got up from the ground, turned around and ran!
"Chief, please be careful!"
Orcs from the other two directions shouted, "Chieftain, we're here to help you!"
"Ah! There are some here too!"
"Where did you come from? You weren't here just now!"
"I saw a baby sheep! The mother with the cub is very fierce, everyone get out of the way!"
Yu Yan flew up early and wasn't targeted by the frenzied sheep beasts, but the other sub-beastmen were attacked.
As a bleating beast lunged at Feng Gui's chest, Yu Yan broke out in a cold sweat.
"Father!"
Fortunately, Feng Gui was experienced and nimbly crouched down and ran to the side, dodging the attack of the sheep beast.
The sheep beast pursued relentlessly, and he couldn't find a chance to take off for a while, so he shouted:
"Yu Yan, don't come down!"
Yin Qing managed to take off amidst the chaos. The horn of the sheep beast rammed into his wing. If he hadn't spun around in mid-air in a hurry, it wouldn't have been as simple as just losing a few feathers.
"These sheep beasts are too ferocious!" Yin Qing said, still shaken.
On the other side, Xin Yu is a wolf-type sub-beastman who cannot fly, but he is more agile and more aggressive. He is using his claws to deal with the sheep beast.
He somersaulted onto the back of the sheep, and in the next instant, his claws slashed towards its neck, leaving three scratch marks!
The sheep cried out in pain, and Xin Yu retreated immediately after the attack, jumping down and quickly increasing the distance between them.
"The wounds I left with my claws weren't deep enough! I can't kill them!"
The Qingqing tribe's orcs are strong enough to fight the Meimei beasts.
However, they do not have a significant size advantage, their claws are not sharp enough, and they do not have sharp teeth, so it is difficult for them to achieve an overwhelming victory.
Moreover, there were only three of them, but many sheep beasts; they couldn't even help the beastmen out of their predicament.
The bird-type sub-beastmen couldn't find a chance to take off, and the flat grassland was not conducive to maneuvering, so the scene was in complete chaos.
If this continues, there will definitely be casualties!
Yin Qing's eyes were red: "I'll immediately send a message to the orcs in our tribe! Tell them to come and rescue us!"
He picked up the whistle and blew it with all his might.
Yu Yan hovered in mid-air, her gaze fixed on the battle below, her face cold and stern.
It is precisely at times like these that we must remain calm.
There must be a solution, think of one, think of one...
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, one of which he keenly caught.
Once he found a good spot, he landed and quickly pulled out the dry grass from the bottom of the basket and lit it with a fire.
Then, he took off, grabbing the burning hay with his claws!
Xuefei darted and leaped across the meadow, running swiftly, while a male bleating beast chased after him like a madman.
As the sheep beast lunged at him with its curved horn, Yu Yan shouted, "Xue Fei, run east!!"
Xue Fei suddenly turned around, and a beam of fire fell from the sky, hitting the head of the sheep beast behind him!
"Baa!!" Its fur stood on end and it started running wildly, not knowing where it was going!
Great, it works!
Yu Yan shouted, "Father, take off quickly! Yin Qing, you and I will light the ignition together, and follow my instructions!!"
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