If it were to transform into its true form as a Shadow Beast, it could roam the entire Sky Rat Clan territory in just a few minutes.
White Rat led the people of the Green Mountain Tribe on a tour of their territory before finally arriving at the cave that had been prepared in advance the night before.
The cave was dug very large, with the entrance being about two meters wide.
Judging by how fresh the soil is, it was clearly dug out last night.
"Most of the tribe members have gone to mine coal; those who remain are mostly the elderly, the weak, the females, and the young!"
As the white rat led the group into the cave, it explained things to them.
The other Shadow Beasts could only wait outside the cave, because there were simply too many of them; if they all came in, there wouldn't be enough room.
Below was a spacious cave filled with all sorts of things.
Lin Xue and Ya immediately spotted a bag of wheat made of animal skin placed on the ground.
The mother and son exchanged a glance, their eyes full of smiles.
"Chief White Rat, these supplies are very useful! Especially this bag of wheat, we are willing to exchange it for double the amount of dried meat. I wonder if you would be willing?"
Lin Xue took out a wheat grain from the bag. Each grain was the size of a fist and had a strong wheat aroma, clearly indicating that it was a good variety of wheat.
“Beautiful female, take as much as you like. This… wheat was gathered from a valley. There should be some more in the valley, but it’s not our territory. We haven’t gone there since we were warned by their master!”
The white mouse was also learning for the first time that this thing was called wheat.
Although the wheat tastes very good, the females in their tribe love to eat it.
However, since the Qingshan tribe wants to make a change, they can have double the amount of dried meat so they can eat it for a longer period of time.
"Chief White Rat, do you know if any other beastmen have gone to gather the wheat in that valley?"
Lin Xue rubbed the hard wheat grains in her hand with her fingers, then turned and exchanged a glance with Ya, clearly both of them had something on their minds.
"Probably not. That valley is surrounded by no roads, unless you fly in from above!"
"The reason we Sky Rat people were able to get in is because of our superb digging abilities. We stumbled in by accident and only then did we discover that this kind of wheat was there!"
The old white rat stroked his white beard, looking quite pleased with himself.
In terms of combat strength, the Sky Rat clan is definitely weak. However, when it comes to digging and treasure hunting, there are practically no other beastmen on the entire beastman continent who can surpass them.
"To be honest, Chief White Rat, this wheat is very important to us. Is there any way we can harvest all the remaining wheat?"
In exchange, we can provide you with some food to help you get through this cold season!
The Sky Rat clan eats much less than other races, and Lin Xue also has a certain understanding of the Sky Rat clan's numbers.
This entire Sky Rat tribe, including the cubs, has only a little over 500 people.
Moreover, the hunting season is not completely over yet. If they work a little harder, it won't be difficult for the Green Mountain Tribe and the Sky Rat Clan to have enough to eat and get through this cold season.
"During the day, there are orc patrols outside that valley, so we can only go there at night!"
Logically speaking, the Sky Rat tribe prefers to go underground, so they are unlikely to be discovered by other tribes of beastmen sneaking into other people's territories to gather resources.
That time, it was due to the tribesmen's carelessness. They thought that no one knew there was a valley inside that cliff. So they swaggered around outside, which is why they attracted the attention of the landowner.
Even if the other party didn't know what the Sky Rat Clan had found inside, or even that there was a valley inside.
This didn't stop people from hating the approach of the Sky Rat clan. In order to drive them away, they even arranged for two orcs to patrol the area.
"I'll leave this matter to Chief White Rat. So, where do you mine coal?"
They had searched the entire territory but hadn't seen any coal mining. Ya asked curiously.
"this……"
"hey-hey!"
The White Rat Chieftain smiled somewhat embarrassedly, muttering something that didn't make sense.
"Could it be in the territory of another tribe again?"
Judging from his appearance, Lin Xue guessed what was going on.
"That coal is buried deep underground, and no one but us Sky Rat clan can mine it!"
Since no one else can collect it, whoever collects it gets to keep it.
The White Rat Clan Chief wasn't embarrassed about this at all.
"Okay, let's see what else is here?"
Several of the animal skin bags were closed, so Lin Xue couldn't see what was inside from the outside.
"These are yam beans. I didn't expect you to have yam beans here. I wonder if you've dug up the yams underneath them?"
Looking at the large bag of yam beans, Lin Xue asked the white mouse next to her.
However, given the habits of the Sky Rat clan, they probably wouldn't let such a delicious thing go to waste.
"We dug them up, but our tribe doesn't have many yams!"
The supplies stored in this cave are just a small portion of what the white rats took from the things their tribesmen had collected.
That is, to make a sample for Lin Xue and the others to see.
After all, the Sky Rat clan had not yet officially joined the Green Mountain tribe, so the White Rat clan chief still had some reservations.
"That's good. Hey, aren't these peanuts?"
Lin Xue picked up a peanut bigger than her fist and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "No wonder they're from the Heavenly Rat Clan."
With all this digging underground, they're bound to find all the good stuff right under their noses.
“Beautiful female, I’ve always had a question: most of these things are unfamiliar to us orcs, so why do you know the names of every single one of them?”
This matter had been weighing on the white mouse's mind for a long time. He couldn't understand why this female would name every single item.
"Chief, can we talk about this?"
Lin Xue did not answer the white mouse's question directly, but turned to look at the cliff.
"Let me formally introduce you, Chief White Mouse, this beautiful female is my mother!"
Ya's words did not surprise the white rat, after all, he had heard Ya call Lin Xue "Amu" more than once.
"At the same time, she is also the shaman of our Green Mountain tribe!"
But the next sentence shocked the white mouse. What kind of orc tribe would take their tribe's precious shaman with them and run around like that?
"Witch...witch...witch!"
This startled the white mouse so much that it couldn't even speak coherently!
"We hope Chief White Rat will keep this a secret; we don't want too many people to know about it!"
Ya looked calmly at the White Rat Clan Chief, the warning in his eyes making the latter unsure of what to do with his hands and feet.
"Don't worry, clan leader, we won't tell anyone about this!"
The thought that there was a shaman in the tribe he had taken refuge in made him wonder if his tribe would no longer have to worry about its people dying from illness.
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