Chapter 14 Gladiator Contest
The first batch of fish that Jian Mo fried was almost completely exchanged by the people in the tribe.
He and Wu Jiong took the flying beast to catch fish twice more, and then came back to process and fry again.
There was not much hair root starch left at home, and he was reluctant to use it all for frying fish, so he adjusted the recipe. He did not add starch, but only marinated the seasonings and air-dried them, and then fried them directly in the pan, and then left them to soak in hot oil after frying.
The final product was a bit like the canned fried fish on Earth, and also a bit like the vacuum-packed five-spice fried fish. It was fragrant and chewy, and even the bones were flavored, making people want to hold it in their hands and chew it slowly.
While they were busy frying the fish, the hunting conference was getting closer and closer, and finally arrived on this day.
The entire tribe attached great importance to this hunting conference. Before daybreak, Jian Mo was awakened by various noises coming from outside.
He clamped the animal skin mattress with his long legs, muttered, and buried his head under the animal skin mattress, but he still couldn't avoid the excited sounds below, so he had to get up.
After Jian Mo went downstairs, he found that Wu Jiong had also woken up, wearing an animal skin robe that was more gorgeous than usual.
Most people would easily look "bearish" in such a robe. He was very tall, with a unique wild sexiness and a little boyish bravery.
Even Jian Mo couldn't help but look at him twice more with admiration.
After breakfast, everyone prepared to go to Mengshui tribe to participate in the hunting conference.
The hunting convention was a rare and lively event, so most of the people in their riverside tribe came out, leaving only the patrolmen and a small number of people who were not very interested in the hunting convention.
The beastmen changed back into beast form, carrying their families and running on the field.
Each beastman was tied with various supplies, but it did not hinder their running fast.
Jian Mo sat on Wu Jiong, looking at the happy faces around him, and his mood became relaxed.
Before reaching the Mengshui tribe, Jian Mo saw beastmen and sub-beastmen from other tribes.
The beastmen were all in beast form, not the cats or dogs that Jian Mo was familiar with, but like rhinos, elephants, camels, or simply did not look like any kind of beast that Jian Mo was familiar with.
The beast records of the Asian beastmen are also different from those of the people of the Riverside Tribe. Some of them have beastly eyes and eye sockets, and some of their hands have become tentacles.
Jian Mo sat on Wu Jiong and watched all this in shock.
Fortunately, when he traveled through time, he traveled to the Riverside Tribe. If he had traveled to other tribes, he would have found it even more difficult to adapt.
"We're here--" a Asian beastman from another tribe shouted.
Everyone looks different, but their beastman language is the same.
Jian Mo looked up and saw the Mengshui tribe in front of him.
The Mengshui tribe is located on a plain and is much larger than the Riverside Tribe.
Their houses are located on the plain, dotted like stars, and from one end to the other, you can hardly see the end at a glance.
The houses are built of stone, and most of them are one-story.
What's different is that the people of the Mengshui tribe painted various ochre-red lines on the stone houses, especially on the door and window frames.
The ochre-red of the window frame and the white bark used as the window formed a sharp contrast, with a strong and rough flavor.
The windows of the riverside tribe were also covered with bark at night, so they were not so delicate.
Jian Mo stared at it, guessing that there might be hematite or something near the Mengshui tribe, which is why there are so many ochre-red pigments.
When various thoughts flashed through Jian Mo's mind, they had already arrived at the open space designated by the Mengshui tribe.
The beastmen got off the beastmen one after another and unloaded the things they were carrying.
With the help of Qing Kuang and Zhou Fu, Jian Mo took the basket off Wu Jiong.
Wu Jiong turned his back, changed back to human form, and put on a beast skin robe.
As the chief of the Riverside Tribe, he was going to discuss the hunting conference with the people of the Mengshui Tribe.
Wu Jiong said to Jian Mo: "There is some chaos at the hunting conference. You will stay with Qingkuang and the others later. Don't run around. I have already told Qingkuang that they will help."
Jian Mo nodded: "I understand."
Wu Jiong: "I will come to you after I finish talking to the people of the Mengshui Tribe. If you have any questions, just call our people directly. Don't be afraid."
Jian Mo was not afraid, but Wu Jiong talked more than usual, so that he seemed a little uneasy.
Jian Mo smiled at him: "It's okay. When I was in our...tribe, I participated in many activities."
Wu Jiong looked at him for two seconds, said something to Qingkuang, and then left.
Qing Kuang packed up his things and came over with his partner Di Ya: "Jian Mo, you have a lot of things, why don't you just find a place to set up a stall? It's too tiring to walk around."
Jian Mo nodded: "All up to you."
So Qing Kuang took Jian Mo and found a place to set up a stall by the river in Mengshui tribe.
There were people coming and going around, many people setting up stalls, and there were many kinds of goods for exchange, many of which were special handicrafts.
Jian Mo looked around and didn't see the second small stall that only exchanged food, so he was relieved.
Jian Mo put out two baskets of fish fillets, put a large leaf on the fish fillets, put fish fillets on the leaf, and put a bunch of wooden sticks next to it.
Qing Kuang was puzzled: "What is this for?"
Jian Mo: "For people to taste. No one knows what fish fillet is. After tasting it, more people may be willing to exchange it."
Qing Kuang understood.
While they were talking, an orc with a keen sense of smell surrounded their stall and asked, "What is this?"
The orc was referring to the fish fillet.
Jian Mo raised his head and said, "Fish fillet, try it."
The orc obviously hesitated when he heard the word "fish fillet". When Jian Mo said to taste it and swiftly poked a piece of fish fillet with a skewer and held it in front of him, he was completely unable to move his feet.
He took the fish hesitantly and put it in his mouth. Then his eyes lit up: "Delicious!"
Jian Mo smiled: "Really? Change it?"
The beastman moved the basket to the front and took out everything inside: "Which one do you want?"
Jian Mo looked at the stems of various plants, beautiful stones, wild fruits, bone daggers, etc., flipped through them, and gently picked out the bone dagger: "Can I change this one?"
Beastman: "Of course."
Jian Mo took the leaves he had prepared in advance and wrapped a large bag of fish for the beastman.
The beastman took the fish and put it in the basket, but did not leave. Instead, he introduced himself with a grunt: "My name is Duan Xu, an orc from the Hongmao tribe."
Jian Mo: "My name is Jian Mo."
Duan Xu smiled nervously: "Are you going to watch the gladiatorial contest later? I'll be the third in line."
Qing Kuang heard this and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Jian Mo was at a loss: "I want to exchange fish here."
Duan Xu: "You can come and have a look after the exchange. Many warriors came this year. The gladiatorial contest should be interesting."
Jian Mo did not expect this beastman to be so enthusiastic. After thanking him, he said: "If I have enough time, I will go and have a look earlier." Duan Xu
nodded.
After the strange beastman left, Qing Kuang asked: "Do you want to go and have a look?"
Jian Mo nodded: "Wu Jiong will also participate, Zhou Fu and the others also said they want to go. We have an appointment. We will cheer for Wu Jiong later."
Qing Kuang smiled: "Let's finish the exchange earlier and go over."
While they were chatting, more and more people were attracted by the smell of fish and came over.
Jian Mo was not stingy at all. He held the fish for everyone to taste.
Many people had never tasted fish fillets with this flavor, and most of them said they wanted to exchange for something else.
Jian Mo then exchanged for various supplies such as animal oil, stems, cloth, spices, etc.
The fish fillets were emptied very quickly, and in just a short while, all the two large baskets of fish fillets were exchanged.
Jian Mo also went to help other beastmen in the tribe to exchange things.
Qing Kuang followed him leisurely from behind: "Aren't you going to watch the gladiatorial contest?"
Jian Mo: "Wu Jiong's contest is very late, and we can still go later. It's just in time for me to help Zhou Fu and them exchange their things and then go together."
Qing Kuang laughed again when he heard this, a smile that was a bit tolerant and a bit funny.
Jian Mo felt that he was a bit strange today, but he couldn't remember what was strange about it for a moment?
Jian Mo had opened a pet hospital, and although it was not very successful, he did have some business experience.
He helped other beastmen in the tribe to exchange things, and he was faster than them to exchange things themselves, and soon most of the things were exchanged.
After the exchange, everyone went to watch the gladiatorial contest together.
There were other competitions at the hunting convention, but everyone said that the gladiatorial contest was the most exciting and worth watching.
They came to the edge of the arena, and Wu Jiong and a few others were still waiting and had not entered. Seeing them coming, Wu Jiong took them to the stage.
There were already other beastmen competing in the arena.
These beastmen all used their beast forms.
Jian Mo was on the stands, looking down through the gaps in the crowd.
In the gladiatorial arena, two huge "beasts" that looked like elephants and rhinos were colliding and making deafening roars.
The force of their fight directly made the ground tremble, and Jian Mo could feel the vibration even when he was standing in the stands.
It was too terrifying.
He had never seen such a match before. The collision of forces, the flying flesh and blood, the huge roar, etc., all made his adrenaline secrete crazily.
He opened his mouth slightly and felt a dry mouth.
The people around him were particularly excited. Countless cheers rang from all directions, deafening.
Some people even shouted until their voices were hoarse.
Jian Mo smelled the sweat in the air, and felt that the sweat could convey excitement and excitement.
Jian Mo suddenly felt out of tune with this world, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wu Jiong.
Wu Jiong will also be on the field soon. Jian Mo finds it hard to imagine him turning into a giant wolf and fighting with people directly with his body.
When he looked over, Wu Jiong happened to look over and the two of them met eyes.
Wu Jiong's eyes were very calm, completely different from the enthusiasm around him. When he saw Jian Mo, he nodded slightly to Jian Mo with a calm look.
It was extremely noisy all around, so Jian Mo had to get closer to Wu Jiong. He asked in Wu Jiong's ear with a bit of worry: "Are we really going to compete?"
Wu Jiong nodded: "I'm the tribe leader, we have to compete."
Jian Mo: "Is it a rule?"
Wu Jiong thought for a while before he realized what "rule" meant, and shook his head: "It's not a rule, but each tribe knows the current fighting power of other tribes in the arena - how many young and strong people there are, whether they can fight, so they have to take to the field."
Jian Mo understood that it was not easy for the tribes to go to war officially, so he showed his claws and teeth in the arena.
He said with some annoyance: "If I had known, I would not have brought so many fish, I would have brought my medical kit instead."
Wu Jiong said to him gently: "It's okay, everyone knows what's going on, and no one will mess up."
Wu Jiong introduced the situation on the field to Jian Mo in his ear - who lost their strength, who didn't kick the ball hard, who hit the wrong position...
With Wu Jiong's guidance, Jian Mo gradually understood some things and began to feel the passion in the arena.
After a while, someone came over and said that it was the turn of the orcs from their riverside tribe to play.
Jian Mo felt as if his heart was pinched, and he immediately became nervous.
Although the orcs in the arena knew what was going on, at least one person ended up bleeding in every match.
Jian Mo couldn't stop it. He could only stand with his fists clenched where Wu Jiong had just stood, and silently looked at the arena in the crowd.
As the chieftain, Wu Jiong transformed into a huge white wolf and was the first to represent the Riverside Tribe.
Opposite him was an orc who was as big as a hill, with thick leather armor and curved fangs. He looked solid and huge.
Jian Mo stared at the arena. The orc on the opposite side had such good defense, and he didn't know how Wu Jiong would defeat him.
"Don't worry." Qing Kuang said from the side, "Wu Jiong's fighting ability is very strong. He is one of the best in all the nearby tribes. The giant armored orc on the opposite side is not his opponent."
Jian Mo nodded, still staring at the arena without turning his head.
The two giant beasts on the field had no intention of being polite. As soon as they came on the field, they immediately pounced on each other and started biting each other.
The audience cheered immediately, and even Qing Kuang couldn't help but turn his head to watch the game and shouted.
The two giant beasts were injured in the huge collision and biting, but the giant wolf only had two small wounds, while the other side was already bleeding.
The cheers from the River Tribe were even louder, and everyone was excited.
The armored beastman was not afraid, and the wounds stimulated his blood. He pounced more fiercely, and every step made the earth tremble.
The giant wolf was more flexible, and it could just avoid the impact of the armored beast every time, and seize the opportunity to tear off the armored beast's skin and flesh.
Obviously, as a canine beastman, his sharp teeth are his magic weapon for victory.
After a while, he tore the throat of the armored beast until it was bleeding. In the last move, he directly bit the opponent's throat, pressed the armored beast to the ground, and looked down at it.
The slightly narrow wolf eyes stared at the armored beast, bringing the breath of death.
As long as he exerted force, the huge bite force could bite off the opponent's throat.
The armored beast had to admit defeat, and the referee announced the end of the game.
The armored beast-man was unwilling to leave the field, and the giant wolf stayed where it was, waiting for the next beast-man who turned into a beast to come on stage.
Jian Mo swallowed his saliva and felt sweat in his palms.
Qing Kuang also shifted his attention away from the gladiatorial arena and said to Jian Mo: "The Riverside Tribe has been led by cat-like beastmen for dozens of generations, that is, the line of He Feng's father De Jiang."
Jian Mo was a little surprised that he would suddenly say this, and turned to look at him.
Qing Kuang: "The beast forms of De Jiang and his people are not much smaller than giant wolves, but their claws are sharper, their bodies are more flexible, and their fighting power is extremely terrifying. Until Wu Jiong was a teenager, he defeated the entire tribe with a crushing victory and was unanimously elected as the chief."
Qing Kuang commented: "He is a natural warrior."
Jian Mo turned his head to look at Wu Jiong in the gladiatorial arena: "So powerful."
Qing Kuang nodded and said: "Of course, he is the pride of our tribe."
The giant wolf that Wu Jiong transformed into challenged a total of eight beastmen, and none of them was defeated.
But in the end, his snow-white fur was stained red with blood, which was shocking.
As a veterinarian, Jian Mo has treated countless small animals and seen all kinds of bloody scenes, but at this moment he felt weak.
He didn't want to watch it anymore, but he didn't dare to leave. He
was afraid that something would happen to Wu Jiong when he left.
After the game was finally over, Wu Jiong turned back into human form and returned to the stands after the battle.
Jian Mo kept looking at him.
Wu Jiong turned around and showed his lower body, and whispered: "It's okay, it will be fine in a while."
Jian Mo looked over him: "I'll apply some medicine to you later."
He was indeed covered with flesh wounds, and the scars were very shallow. Although he was still bleeding, he thought that the bleeding would stop automatically in a while.
Wu Jiong nodded and sat next to Jian Mo.
The two continued to watch the game.
The orc on the field was not Wu Jiong, and Jian Mo was a little absent-minded.
Wu Jiong: "Do you still want to watch? Don't you want us to go for a walk outside?"
Jian Mo was indeed not used to this frenetic environment, but he looked at the arena: "Let's take a look. They are still orcs from our tribe. It would not be good not to watch."
Wu Jiong looked at him and nodded after a while.
The competition in the arena was indeed limited.
There were no accidents in the second half. Although everyone had injuries in beast form, it should not be too serious if they were switched to human form.
The sky gradually darkened.
Today's game was over, and Jian Mo and Wu Jiong stood up and prepared to go back.
Wu Jiong took the basket from his back and asked, "Did you get anything good today?"
"Not bad, I got a lot of useful things." Jian Mo showed Wu Jiong the things in the basket, "I also got a lot of fabrics. I'll make two sets of clothes for you when we get back."
As he spoke, Jian Mo grabbed the fabrics and suddenly his hand stopped.
Wu Jiong: "What's wrong?"
Jian Mo took out the fabrics and held them up to show Wu Jiong, "This fabric is different, it seems to be extra soft."
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