Chapter 12: Orc Merchant
After seeing Zhile off, Si Shuo felt completely depressed and had no energy to do anything.
Half of the males in the tribe participate in the spring hunt, and the remaining males are divided into two groups to take turns hunting and guarding.
For safety reasons, the females take turns going out to collect materials every other day.
Si Shuo slept until noon. After getting up and washing up, he went straight to the mall to buy a basket of steamed buns, two tea eggs, a corn and a bowl of eight-treasure porridge.
Ever since she awakened her special powers, her appetite has increased.
After dinner, Si Shuo had nothing to do, so he continued to study the technique of inducing labor as usual.
She had a small basket in her hand, which contained some seeds and seedlings.
Each species has a different growth period, so the effects it produces are different.
When collecting, she tried to force the fruits that were almost ripe to ripen. The fruits were ripe, but the taste was the same as that of fruits in later generations that were treated with ripening agents, and were not as delicious as naturally ripe fruits.
Si Shuo looked at the seeds sprouting in his palm and really didn't understand the meaning of this spell.
Suddenly she looked at a gray seed with barbs, which absorbed her energy and grew rapidly like a young bud that had absorbed water. After a while, the green branches became hard and the color deepened to brown, and the soft thorns also dried up and hardened!
Si Shuo was a little dazed, and pulled out another seed of the same kind to stimulate its growth. The seed was just like the previous one, growing very fast, and because she was mentally prepared and her supernatural powers provided stability, the branches were twice as thick and long.
Wasn't this one of the main forces that she encountered during her first foraging trip in the tangled bushes that made it difficult for the orcs to start?
The birth-inducing spell had no combat power. If she could cultivate this spell, when she encountered an enemy, she could induce the growth of a bush and disguise herself as a hedgehog? With a goal in mind, Si Shuo continued to dig out seeds. There were not many of this kind, and she picked them up while collecting wild fruits.
There are only about twenty of them in total.
She concentrated her supernatural powers on ripening one of them. After the thorn branch grew, it stayed at the bud stage and then she stopped.
Her energy reserves were only enough to stimulate the birth of five, but she could control the direction of the thorns' growth, which was equivalent to her being able to stimulate the birth and weave at the same time. Even the direction of the thorns' growth was within her control! "Si Shuo, the traveling merchant is here. Do you want to exchange something?" When Si Shuo was having a great time, Yi Mei rushed in excitedly.
Si Shuo only had time to throw the thorn branch aside, picked up a handful of dried fruits in his hand, and slowly stuffed them into his mouth.
Seeing her coming, Si Shuo smiled and raised his hand to invite Yi Mei to eat with him.
Yi Mei smiled and waved her hands, repeating her words again: "Every year at this time, there will be traveling merchants coming to our tribe every now and then. They are a team of wandering beasts with good strength and reputation.
We can exchange delicious dried fruits, dried meat, animal skins or crystals from them for salt grains, beautiful beads, nice animal skins, high-level crystals, rare food, pottery jars, and even cotton clothes...
Let's go to the square first to see what they brought this time. It seems that the snake beastman Ji Liang is leading the team!"
Si Shuo couldn't go out, but since the tribe was bustling, she was naturally curious and followed Yi Mei out.
She saw that almost all the orcs in the tribe came out of the cave and rushed to the square! As soon as she climbed down the stone steps, Si Shuo ran into Yu Jiao, Ma Hui and several other females.
On weekdays, she either stayed in the cave or went out to collect things with Zhile. She hadn't spoken to Yu Jiao in half a month.
Yu Jiao glanced at her, took Ma Hui's hand, and walked away as if she didn't see her.
Ma Hui pouted: "Yu Jiao, I told you a long time ago that a girl like you is not worthy of your kindness. All mutants are heartless! Fortunately, you have come to your senses, otherwise she will drag you down..."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about her anymore. Anyway, I found her a beastly husband, and what happens to her in the future has nothing to do with me.
Let's talk about Ji Liang. I've heard from the females in the tribe that the traveling merchants led by Ji Liang are the most powerful team near our Dongye Forest."
Ma Hui nodded repeatedly and said excitedly, "Yes, whenever Ji Liang and his group passed by, no orc would be bold enough to provoke them.
Ji Liang himself is an orc with a combat power of level seven, and he is a snake orc, so he can fight above his level.
Each member of the team he led was a veteran, and could fight one against five or six orcs of the same level.
More importantly, Jiliang doesn’t have any females yet…”
Yu Jiao sighed, "Everyone says Ji Liang is very picky. He is very likely to find a saint."
Ma Hui bumped her shoulder and said, "If Ji Liang isn't here, the other males in the traveling merchant team will do. They are at least level five fighters, and one can defeat five or six!"
Yi Mei's eyes turned, she grabbed Si Shuo's arm, and said silently, "Si Shuo, the males in our tribe value offspring, but stray animals are more casual about offspring.
The wandering beasts in the traveling merchant team are all capable and have good character. You can pick a beast husband!"
Si Shuo, who was eating melons with her ears erect, froze for a moment. She shook her head repeatedly and whispered, "No, Zhile is out there, working hard for me. I can't go behind his back and find a beastly husband."
Yi Mei couldn't help but nodded her head, "Silly Si Shuo, you found a powerful beast husband just to share the burden with Zhi Le, so that he doesn't have to worry about you outside.
In the past two days, stray animals in the surrounding area have been active more frequently, and the leader is preparing to stop the collection team temporarily.
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No matter how good the tribe’s defenses are, there are always some stray beasts with strange abilities that sneak into the tribe.
There's no male guarding the house, and I'm worried for you!"
Si Shuo's heart skipped a beat. "Sister Yi Mei, don't scare me."
It was already very difficult for her to stay alone in the dark cave at night, holding a night light and listening to music.
Yi Mei raised her eyebrows. "So, you should hurry up and find yourself a second beast husband. On a day like this, the night is the best time to spend time with a male."
Si Shuo curled the corners of his lips and didn't respond.
When they arrived, there was already a long queue of orcs in the square, waiting to exchange items with the traveling merchants.
On the platform in the square, there was a stone lounge chair covered with a whole red tiger skin.
A male with black hair tied up high with black crystals and golden eyes leaned lazily on it. He was wearing a thin black gown with gold inlays, tied with a dark red belt with silver stripes, which showed off his tall and strong figure.
His angular face was extremely handsome, and there was a smile on the corners of his lips, which seemed evil and passionate, and made the females present call out Ji Liang non-stop.
The bold ones even asked him to consider becoming their beastly husband.
Ji Liang acted as if he didn't hear anything. He just watched the excitement, squinting his eyes to bask in the sun, and occasionally sticking out his forked tongue, making a hissing sound.
Si Shuo took a look and couldn't help shivering, feeling that the sunlight was a little cold today.
She turned her head to watch the orcs trading with the traveling merchants, but only saw a cold gaze falling on her vaguely.
Si Shuo's scalp felt numb and the hairs all over his body stood up uncontrollably!
(End of this chapter)