The orcs from the mountains arrived in summer and were sung about by bards...
As the days and months pass, the flower season arrives. It's that time of year again for flower cultivation.
During this flower-nurturing period, Jiang Yunlan, as she had said before, waited in her clan for the beastmen from Half Moon Lake to arrive at her clan.
The unicorns arrived in Xia earlier than the other orc clans around Half Moon Lake. This was because the other orcs had followed the Xia clan's caravan, while the unicorns carried their own supplies and ran at full speed to Xia's habitat.
"Lan—"
Jiang Yunlan heard Yue Dujiao's call from afar and turned to look in surprise. She clearly remembered that the beastmen who came from Half Moon Lake would not arrive at the Xia Clan for some time.
"Long time no see, how have you all been lately?" she asked as she walked toward the unicorns carrying large and small bags.
"Because of the supplies sent by Xia, far fewer of our tribesmen fell ill with fever last hot season, and we all survived the snow season together!" Yue·Unicorn said happily, raising her hand to let several tribesmen put down the packages they were carrying.
His lower half of his face was covered by a mask, so Jiang Yunlan couldn't see the smile on his lips, but she could hear the joy in his excited voice.
"Lan, come and see! These are the things we looted from our territory. There should be some you can use." He squatted behind a pile of packages, unpacking them, and asked Lan if she wanted to join him.
Jiang Yunlan decisively sat down, ready to experience the joy of opening a blind box.
The first package contained various plants. She picked up a teardrop-shaped fruit that she had never seen before, and heard Moon Unicorn say something to her beside her.
"This fruit is poisonous and cannot be eaten. However, Lan knows herbs and will surely find a use for it."
Having understood, Jiang Yunlan put the teardrop-shaped fruit aside and continued to look through the package.
When the Xia clan went to the seaside to find the unicorn people, they also searched the surrounding items. She saw many familiar items in the package, took them out and put them aside, and then threw the unfamiliar items into the basket for the clan members to study.
A bunch of pretty but useless stones were also thrown into the basket to be used as paint.
Picking up a fragment that looked like a tortoise shell from another package, Jiang Yunlan turned to the unicorn beside her. "Yue, where did you get this?"
022 has always wanted a medium to preserve the history of the Xia civilization, and this tortoise shell-like plate is very suitable for recording history.
Yue Dujiao looked up at the item in Lan's hand, somewhat puzzled as to why his clan would possess it. He stared intently, then exclaimed with sudden realization, "This is something our ancestors brought from their birthplace. There's a kind of beast in our birthplace that has this on its back; it's food for our clan."
“When we eat mountain fish, we break off a flat piece of float to play on the water. However, there are no mountain fish near our birthplace on the mainland, and our floats have been worn down to the small piece you have in your hand.”
Having received information about the mountain fish, Jiang Yunlan said to 022, which was floating in the air, with a sense of helplessness, "It seems that the tribe will not be able to store enough armor plates until we go to explore the sea."
022 responded calmly, "I've already memorized it. There are mountain fish in the sea."
Yue laughed heartily, patting his chest and saying, "When that time comes, I'll help you catch mountain fish!"
After unpacking the package for the Xia clan, he stood up from the ground, looked around, and asked curiously, "Lan, where is the trading area you mentioned? We also want to exchange supplies with other clans in the trading area."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yunlan got up and led the unicorns to choose the stalls they wanted.
The unicorns arrived at the trading area and selected their desired spots within two seconds. They could already guess that many clans would come to Xia's habitat, and selling their items in the trading area would surely yield unexpectedly good things.
Just as the orcs like Moon Horn had predicted, the orc clans that had nurtured their flowers in Half-Moon Lake during the last flowering season returned to their habitat and recommended the Xia clan to their familiar orc clans, inviting them to visit Xia's habitat together.
A group of orcs who were originally living elsewhere were persuaded by a friendly orc clan to bring their best trade goods and rush to Xia's habitat with their friends.
The Honey Butterfly Beastmen and the Mountain Deer Beastmen are the beastman clans that were successfully introduced to the Xia Clan by the Feathered Beastmen.
Last fruit season, they received items such as glass jars from Xia in exchange with the winged beastmen, and they all had the idea of visiting the Xia clan.
So, during the Flower Nurturing Time, under the escort of Greysien, they pushed a wooden cart with the Feathered Beastmen to Xia's habitat.
The orc clans of the mountains arrived in Xia a day later than the unicorn people.
Jiang Yunlan stared in shock at the unfamiliar orc clans brought by Cangmu Yuya, wondering where to set aside a temporary resting place for them. She suddenly realized that there would be far more orc clans visiting her tribe this spring than she had anticipated.
Sure enough, it would be better to send another team of police officers to maintain order in the trading area.
A thought flashed through her mind as she saw Gracie jump out of the car and come toward her, trailing her tail.
When the snow season ended, she had grown taller and was now two fingers' width taller than Gracie, who had a long growth period.
"Lan, I brought food to find Chaoxia. Where is Chaoxia now?" Graysien said, then turned around and called to Cangmu Yuya, asking him to retrieve his food energy stone.
Hearing his question, Jiang Yunlan thought for a moment and said, "At this time of day, Zhaoxia and Xiaojiu should be in the second training ground."
The second training ground was a new training ground that Xiao Qiu specially created after she obtained the power of ice and snow. It's a place where she can practice the power of nature.
Knowing the location of Dawn, Greysien grabbed the package containing his food and ran to the second training ground. He forgot to ask Lan for directions, so he randomly grabbed a Xia orc to lead the way, and coincidentally, he grabbed Miansheng, who could only avoid getting lost by following the signs.
To make matters worse, only half of the road to the second training ground had been repaired.
Guided by the sound of cotton flutes, Greysien remained lost for a long time before finally raising his paw and grabbing a deer-beastman holding food in both hands.
Suddenly, the cub grabbed her clothes. Feng Hong, chewing on her food, looked down in confusion and said, her words slightly muffled, "I remember you're the dragon Lan mentioned. Do you need something from me?"
"Mountain deer beastmen from the mountains, have you ever seen deer beastmen with orange hair and orange eyes in other flower-growing areas?" Jiang Yunlan asked.
The brown-haired, red-eyed mountain deer beastmen shook their heads and asked her curiously, "Are those deer beastmen you're looking for your people?"
The winged beastmen and others had said that Xia was a clan of mixed races.
“Those are my people’s kin. I want to know how those deer-beastmen are doing now. My people miss them very much.” As she spoke, her mind recalled the time when Xia had just settled in the grasslands, when Maple Sugar was not with her to handle clan affairs.
Back then, Maple Syrup would patrol her habitat with crutches, appearing energetic but inwardly lost. This was because, after a severe injury to her left leg, she could no longer be a warrior.
She grew up in the Deerbeastman clan and is an orc who perfectly embodies the image of a Deerbeastman warrior.
The word "protection" has been with her ever since she became a warrior seed.
She cared about her fellow beastmen. Although she never said it, Jiang Yunlan understood that she really wanted to know about the current situation of her people, and so did Qiu Guo.
Jiang Yunlan couldn't tell whether Feng Hong, who only cared about food, wanted to be part of the same clan.
"So it turns out that some deer beastmen are looking for their own kind..." The mountain deer beastmen, thinking of their kin who had accidentally gotten lost during their migration back to the mountains, said emotionally, "We will ask other deer beastmen we know if they have seen a deer beastman with orange hair and orange eyes."
Jiang Yunlan smiled and thanked her, then turned her gaze to the bee-beastman beside her.
Was it her imagination? She felt these bee-like beastmen looked somewhat similar to the butterfly beastmen of the Healer Clan. Both clans had beastmen with antennae curled around their foreheads, making it almost impossible to discern their beast form from their appearance.
However, the hair and eye colors of the butterfly beastmen are very random, while the hair and eye colors of these bee beastmen are all within the warm color range.
At this time, the Honey Butterfly Beastmen were unaware of this. Because they could produce honey water, Lan mistook them for Bee Beastmen.
"You are the orcs who produce sweet water, right? Xia wants to exchange some more sweet water. I wonder what kind of supplies you need?" Jiang Yunlan listed a list of supplies that most clans would need, looking at the leader of the Honey Butterfly orcs with expectant eyes.
All the Honey Butterfly Beastmen were stunned by the large amount of supplies Lan mentioned, and stood frozen in place for several seconds.
Nearby, the other orc clans in the mountainous regions besides the winged orcs were also shocked. What? These are all things that can be traded?!
Deciding to come to the Xia Clan with the winged beastmen this spring was truly the right decision. The mountain beastmen were secretly delighted, calculating what items they wanted to exchange with the Xia Clan.
A few seconds later, the leading Honeybee Orc came to his senses and chose the supplies that the chieftain had told them to bring back before they set off.
Having solved the problem of her people wanting honey water to make desserts, Jiang Yunlan then asked the beastmen who had come from the mountains to Xia whether they wanted to build their own temporary resting place or rent houses in Xia to live in.
Without a second's hesitation, Cangmu Yuya spoke up before the other clans: "We'll stay in Xia's house."
The Honey Butterfly Beastmen had obtained the supplies they needed to take back and, like the Feathered Beastmen, chose to stay in Xia's house. The Mountain Deer Beastmen and the remaining two Beastman clans hesitated for a while, but ultimately decided to build their own temporary resting place.
They were within Xia's territory, so they wouldn't encounter any danger. It didn't matter where they lived, they thought.
Until they saw what Xia's house looked like.
The mountain deer orcs and other orcs, who had never seen anything like it before, were dumbfounded. Wait, how could it be that living anywhere is the same?! Those are the houses of the Xia clan!
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