In the cave, Ge Xing was sitting on an animal skin to rest. When he saw Ji Nuan coming in with the witch doctor, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Ji Nuan, uncle has something to tell you."

Ji Nuan looked up at him in confusion: "What's the matter, Uncle Patriarch?"

Ge Xing propped himself up and sat up, his face serious: "In half a month, the tribal gathering in Enel Forest will be held. I also said last time that I will take you with me to the tribal gathering this time, so you can prepare some more things during this time, and then you can go and exchange what you need."

Ji Nuan's eyes lit up. She had been in this world for such a long time, but she had never been to any other place outside. This time, going to the gathering with the tribe should be a good opportunity.

He nodded his head excitedly: "Okay, I know. By the way, uncle, what is the most popular thing at the rally?"

Ge Xing smiled and said, "Of course it's animal skins and food, but food is hard to carry. We will go hunting after we go directly to the Enel Mountains, so you can prepare more animal skins."

Ji Nuan pondered for a while, then raised her head and said, "What if I make some food that is easy to preserve and bring it with me?"

The witch doctor asked hurriedly, "Food that is easy to preserve? Are you talking about the stinky fruit?"

Ji Nuan nodded: "It's food made from stinky fruit, but no beast will find out that it's made from stinky fruit, hehe!"

Ge Xing and the witch doctor breathed a sigh of relief instantly. It would be better if only the people in their own tribe knew that the stinky fruit could be made into delicious food.

However, they didn't know that in the Tumang tribe on the other side, Manli had already told Yali and Yagu the news that the stinky fruit could be made into food. Although she didn't know how to do it, she still knew how to take the fruit out and boil it in water.

The witch doctors and chieftains of the Tumang tribe did not take the news seriously. To them, prey was the most important food, and the stinky fruit had the same status as the fruits collected by the females.

So the task of collecting stinky fruits was handed over to Yagu.

“Oh, by the way, Ji Nuan, you can bring back a few slave beasts for the gathering this time. It’s too inconvenient for you to live as a single beast.” The witch doctor grandma said helplessly.

Ji Nuan was unwilling to take in a guardian beast, and she had no companion. Although she was now with Xiu Yan, there were many things that two beasts could not do.

Ji Nuan was extremely surprised. Slave beasts? If she understood correctly, it should be slaves. Have slaves already appeared in this continent?

Ge Xing patted the beast skin, beaming with joy: "Yes, let's exchange a few slave beasts this time. They can help you when you are too busy."

For someone who has lived in the 21st century, the existence of slaves always makes her feel somewhat uncomfortable psychologically.

Ji Nuan searched her memory for a long time, but still could not find any information about slave beasts. She looked at Chief Ge Xing helplessly, "Uncle, what are slave beasts?"

Ge Xing was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ji Nuan helplessly: "Slave beasts are the children of weak beastmen. They exchange their children with us beastmen in the hope that they can have food to eat in our tribe and survive."

Ji Nuan nodded. It seemed like it was just a means of survival. Nowadays, even the beastmen might not be able to eat enough, not to mention those weak beastmen with weak fighting ability. Sometimes they were the first choice of food for the beasts in the forest, so these weak beastmen were very good at hiding themselves.

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In the food storage cave, Ji Nuan put the remaining purple fruit into a porcelain pot, added enough water, lit a small earthen stove, and boiled it slowly.

Take down a pickled cuckoo, cut the breast meat into small pieces, and divide it into two porcelain bowls for pickling along with several kinds of seasoning fruits.

The rice porridge in the porcelain pot was bubbling, emitting bursts of sweet fragrance. While waiting, Ji Nuan made two more backpacks. This thing is now a very important tool, much more practical than an animal skin bag.

When the rice porridge was half cooked, Xiu Yan came back from outside, carrying two sturdy blue bull beasts on his shoulders, and in his left hand he was holding a calf that kept mooing in panic like a chicken.

The little fellow seemed to be frightened by the ferocious silver wolf orc. His four little hooves were stiffly stretched out, his round little eyes were tearful, and he kept making childish moos, looking extremely pitiful.

Ji Nuan poured the marinated meat in the bowl into the porcelain pot and continued to cook it before getting up and walking out of the cave.

She pointed at the mooing calf with some surprise and asked, "How did you catch a live one?"

Xiu Yan threw the two blue bull beasts on the ground, raised his arm holding the calf and swung it. The poor little fellow's eyes were full of tears and he swayed like a piece of dried meat with his movements.

"Bring it back to drink its blood. The other orcs have already drunk it. You also need to replenish your energy, otherwise you will be out of strength."

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