While these orcs were expressing their emotions, other mall employees came downstairs one after another.
Everyone had a good rest, except for Chu Zhou, who had dark circles under his eyes. He must have spent the whole night studying adamantite and mithril, which is why he looked so tired.
Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze walked at the back. When she stepped into the conference room and saw the orc crying with snot and tears all over his face, she decisively turned around and left, taking Yun Ze, who had come in with her, with her.
Let Luo Zexuan handle this situation; she just needs to wait for the outcome.
Half an hour later, the tribal chiefs, their faces beaming with joy, walked out of the meeting room one after another.
It must have been Luo Zexuan who reached an agreement with them. Sure enough, Luo Zexuan spoke as soon as he saw her.
"I've already spoken with the tribal chiefs. Chu Zhou will first teach the people of the Cui Cui tribe how to build a heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed), and then neighboring tribes will send people to learn. After the snow subsides, the tribal chiefs will have their orcs bring their rare stones to the market to exchange for goods with us. Today, Yun Ze and I will take some goods and go to the Southern Continent to take a look. Chief Hu Xiao will send some of his people who have traded salt in the Southern Continent to go with us. They are more familiar with that area and know the locations of many tribes."
Lin Qianqian had no objections to Luo Zexuan's arrangements, but simply advised, "Be careful while you're out and about. If things don't look right, turn back immediately."
Yunze knew she was worried, so he gently comforted her, "I'm here, don't worry."
Yunze and Luo Zexuan, along with several orcs, rode away in a flying chariot.
Because they needed to find tribes living on the ground, they couldn't fly too high, so they had the robot drive a medium-sized flying car at low altitude.
Although the heavy snow affected visibility, Yunze's divine sense made everything alright.
After the two left, Chu Zhou went to the Cui Cui tribe to teach the orcs how to build a kang (a heated brick bed).
Despite the cold weather, the orcs worked very hard, digging stones, cutting rocks, and mixing mud with great care.
He just lacks a bit of intelligence. Teaching Chu Zhou simple things leaves him exhausted, his face as black as the bottom of a pot, and he goes on strike several times in a row.
"If I continue to be taught, my intelligence will be contaminated by idiots." These are his exact words.
There was really no other way but to transfer Wen Mingyue, who was more patient, to help as well.
Two days passed, and then a nearby tribe came to Cui Cui's tribe for help, saying that a large number of orcs had fallen ill and they were begging the divine messenger for help.
After learning about this, Jiang Shuran decided to make a house call in a flying car.
At first, Lin Qianqian disagreed. Jiang Shuran had the lowest cultivation level in the mall, and Lin Qianqian was worried about letting her go out alone.
But Jiang Shuran felt that as a doctor, healing the sick and saving lives was her duty, and so was saving animals.
Just as the two were at an impasse, Old Zhang took the initiative to say, "Let me accompany Dr. Jiang and bring some items along for the transaction."
The matter was settled, and with two more people gone, Lin Qianqian had to take over their affairs. Fortunately, there was a robot to help, so she only needed to keep an eye on things.
The orcs of the Cui Cui tribe live near the mall.
After the tribe finished trading at the mall, they notified the tribe's orcs, instructing them to bring their goods to the mall to exchange for supplies.
So, every now and then, orcs would brave the freezing cold and come out to the mall with their home's orbs and some strange items to exchange for food and drink.
One day, a very old orc brought a little orc to the market. The old orc carried a bag of colorful orc stones in his left hand and a piece of wood in his right.
It was a piece of emerald green wood, over a meter long and as thick as her arm.
Calling it wood isn't quite right, because it's more like a jade artifact.
The moment Lin Qianqian got her hands on it, she felt its fatal attraction to her.
This thing is of little use to orcs, but it is extremely useful to Lin Qianqian, a wood-type cultivator.
Because she really, really wants to eat it! Yes, she wants to eat this piece of wood.
Lin Qianqian restrained her desires and led the old and little cat beastmen to the reception room, asking, "What's your name? Where did you two come from?"
The old cat-orc, draped in a tattered animal skin and with graying hair, bowed respectfully in response.
“My name is Cat Whiskers, and this is my grandson, Cat Xun. This piece of wood was brought out by my son, Cat Meng, from the Great Rift Valley of the Western Mountains.”
"Oh, tell me more about it."
"Before the cold season arrived, my son teamed up with the orc warriors from the tribe to hunt in the Great Rift Valley of the Western Mountains in order to catch more prey. Of the more than twenty orcs who went with him, only three returned. Moreover, all three orcs were injured, and one of them died as soon as he returned to the tribe. My son, Cat Fierce, was also seriously injured. The Deer Priest visited him, treated him, and prayed for him. But after several beast days, he finally returned to the embrace of the Beast God. Of those who went with him, only Wolf Ash is still alive."
"Did your son say where he found this piece of wood?" Lin Qianqian asked casually while examining the emerald green wood in her hand.
"Mao Meng said that this piece of wood was dug out from the root of a giant tree, and there were many ferocious beast corpses around that giant tree."
"How is that guy named Wolf Gray doing now? Did he bring anything back?"
"Wolf Gray lost his right leg and became a cripple. He has moved out of his female's den and now lives in the Old Man and Young Man's Den. He seems to have brought some things back with him, but he gave them all to his female."
"His wife took his things and then kicked him out. That's so inhumane."
I originally thought that the beastmen in the Beast World were simple-minded, kind and honest, but in fact they are more realistic and ruthless.
Cat Whisker didn't know what "wife" meant; he guessed it probably meant female animal.
So they explained: "The male animal cannot hunt and has lost the ability to support the female animal, so it can only move out of the female's den. It lives in the den of the old and young, and the tribe will give it some food."
Lin Qianqian is not going to comment too much on the survival rules of the beast world right now, and she will have to wait until later if she wants to change anything.
She had a feeling that she should trade for this magical piece of wood first, as it would be of great use to her.
Looking at the little cat beast hiding behind the whiskers, not daring to peek out but its eyes darting around, the cat asked the whiskers, "What do you want to trade these things for?"
Cat Whisker was very humble and carefully made a request to Lin Qianqian.
"I want to exchange some food, salt, warm clothes, and those things called shoes, I also want to get a new pair for my grandson."
The tribe exchanged many things with the messenger, especially light and warm clothing, and shoes that kept their feet warm when walking in the snow.
Unfortunately, her family didn't receive any shoes, so for her grandson's sake, she had to take out the things she used to weigh down the hole and exchange them.
Lin Qianqian sighed. She really felt that she had been sighing too much lately. She would have to use water ice crystals and jade pearls to make a face mask every night, otherwise even a fairy would get old!
"I won't talk about these Mystic Stones. This piece of wood might not be useful to you, but it's quite important to me. You can exchange it for a lot of things. Let me put it this way: the supplies you get will not only be enough for you and your family to get through this cold season, but also enough to last for several Beast Years. Do you want to take all the supplies at once, or take them in batches and come back for more when you run out?"
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