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During this autumn beast tide, each tribe only sent a hunting team. Since the Wood Tribe taught them how to pickle meat, the tribes had stored so much pickled meat that they couldn't finish it all during the winter.

The demand for beast hunting this year is not as great as before, and it is enough to hunt two giant beasts. With that energy and time, it is better to make more money and trade with the Wood Tribe.

The Wood Tribe was led by Ze this time. After the battle in the Beast City, all the surrounding tribes knew that Ze was a divine beast warrior. Under Ze's leadership, the Wood Tribe's military guards hunted as many prey as they did last autumn.

There are still two alive behemoths from this hunt. The animals in the livestock area have given birth to cubs two or three times, and the wildness of these cubs has become very small. If we try to tame the behemoths, the defense of the Wood Tribe will be more secure.

Shen Nong had no objection to this, and since his energy source became the energy source of the beast world, his communication with Dahei and Tuanzi became smoother and smoother. It was as if he could understand the beast language.

The two giant beasts that Ze brought back to the tribe were relatively docile herbivorous beasts that looked a lot like rabbits, but their fur was particularly long, and their ears were also particularly long, hanging directly to the ground when they walked.

When Shen Nong went to see the two giant rabbits, they were chirping to each other and occasionally pretending to be indifferent and glancing at Ze who was following Shen Nong.

Shen Nong listened to their chirping non-stop, and the more he listened, the deeper his smile became. Finally, he stroked Ze's shoulder, laughing so hard that he trembled. Ze asked in confusion, "What are you so happy about?"

"They think you are very strong and powerful, and they want you to be their big brother and protect them. But they are worried about how to ask you to do it, and they are worried so much that their hair is starting to fall off." Shen Nong pushed Ze forward and teased, "Look at your little brothers, they are so cute!"

Ze was afraid that Shen Nong would feel uncomfortable laughing, so he turned around and rubbed Shen Nong's back, "I listen to the priest. If the priest says they are my younger brothers, then they are my younger brothers."

Upon hearing this, Shen Nong waved his hands to attract the attention of the two giant rabbits, "Don't worry, it won't look good if all the fur falls off! He has agreed to be your big brother!"

The two rabbits had just arrived and were not as smart as Dahei, so they did not understand what Shen Nong said. When they saw Shen Nong, they chirped again. One of the rabbits with a darker color said excitedly, "He has a strong power, so let's recognize him as our second brother!"

The other white rabbit started to worry again, "That's good, but how are we going to recognize him? Oh... I'm so sad, I'm going to start losing my hair again!"

After listening to the conversation between the two rabbits, Shen Nong smiled and pulled Ze away. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, these two long-haired rabbits would become bald rabbits.

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There are still two or three days before winter comes. All the surrounding tribes have accumulated enough supplies for the winter, except for one tribe - the Vine Tribe.

Fujiki was eating the fish that Mao Teng had caught in the river. He kept muttering, "If those orcs hadn't defected from the tribe, I wouldn't have eaten fish for so long. They're hard and taste bad."

Mao Teng heard this almost every day, but he turned a deaf ear to it and took out the salt shaker to marinate the rabbit meat he had hunted.

The Mu tribe controls all the salt around, and it is impossible for the Mu tribe to trade salt to Fujimu because of what he did. Mao Teng originally planned to take Fujimu away from here and find a place where they could trade salt to survive. Although it would be dangerous, he also knew that if he stayed here without salt, he would die.

Who knew that the Mu tribe actually sent someone over, saying that it was the high priest's instruction that he could exchange anything at the Mu tribe market.

Mao Teng still remembered that he was stunned for a long time, and didn't know what was going on, so he blurted out, "Why?"

He still remembered the orc's reply: "The high priest said, if you ask why, I'll tell you, because he will never give up the teacher who raised him no matter what."

Mao Teng didn't know what "teacher" meant, but he could understand the meaning of the words of the priest of the Wood Tribe.

He had been without a father or mother since he was a child, and was raised by the old priest. Since the flood, the old priest seemed to have completely changed. Mao Teng knew that the old priest wanted to prove that he was right, but wrong was wrong. No matter what, many orcs in the Vine Tribe died because of that wrong decision.

But he is still the old priest who raised him.

Anyone can leave the old priest except him.

Mao Teng put the marinated rabbit meat away and saw the clean fish bones on the ground. He smiled and said, "We don't have much marinated meat to eat in winter. We don't know if we can survive the winter. We'll get the marinated meat in two days and make broth. I heard it tastes good."

Fujiki lowered his eyes, his emotions unclear. He said nothing, and after a long while he snorted heavily with a nasal tone.

At night, Mao Teng keenly smelled the scent of burning leaves. He opened his eyes in shock and quickly covered his mouth and nose.

But just a little bit of the scent of the magic leaf can make people feel weak all over, and a little more can make people lose consciousness and fall asleep.

Mao Teng looked at the empty straw mat opposite him, his heart sank, he bit the tip of his tongue hard, the bloody smell spread throughout his mouth, the pain made Mao Teng sober up a lot. He dragged his weak body out of the cave, thinking that the person had left and there was no place to find him, the smoke coming from the other side of the big cave seemed like a guide.

priest!

When Mao Teng arrived, the entrance of the cave had been sealed by fire. He knew that Teng Mu was inside, so he rushed forward without thinking. As soon as he took a step, Mao Teng fell heavily to the ground.

There are magic leaves in the big hole, and the burning smoke has the smell of magic leaves.

Mao Teng was in a trance. When he was unconscious, he heard Teng Mu's old voice in the cave, "Let's go, go to the Mu tribe and be with the tribesmen, and live well."

Fujiki stared at the blazing fire with his cloudy eyes. He had inhaled too many leaves and had already collapsed to the ground. The words he just said had already consumed all his strength.

Before completely losing consciousness, Fujiki shed tears unconsciously. He was clearly doing it for the good of the tribe, so how could this happen... Was he really wrong?

The fire burned for a long time, but because there was nothing around the cave, it did not spread out. When Mao Teng woke up, the first thing he saw was the dark cave.

His strength had not yet fully recovered, and he almost half crawled into the cave.

There was a charred corpse inside, holding a "wooden stick" in its hand that broke into pieces when touched.

"priest!"

After Mao Teng woke up from crying, his body returned to normal. He had seen the old priest deal with the dead orcs, burning them and burying them in the ground.

He dug a hole and buried the man in it, stared at the mound for a long time, and then walked towards the Mu tribe.

When Shen Nong knew that Mao Teng was coming, he probably guessed that Teng Mu was gone. Otherwise, with Mao Teng's personality, he would never come to the Mu tribe. He did not object to Mao Teng joining the Mu tribe. On the contrary, he had always thought that if Teng Mu left, Mao Teng would welcome him if he wanted to join the Mu tribe.

Because Mao Teng was very much to his liking. And if he was trained well, Mao Teng would be a very capable helper.

The orcs of the Vine Tribe were very happy about the arrival of Cat Vine. If it weren't for Cat Vine's tacit consent, they would not have joined the Wood Tribe so easily.

Lu Shi and Hu Wu felt the most deeply about this. If Mao Teng had not deliberately chosen Lu Shi to burn the big hole, Lu Shi would never have told Hu Wu. By the time Hu Wu found out, the big hole must have been burned clean.

To prevent accidents, the Wood Tribe had already stipulated that all orcs who joined the Wood Tribe must use the bloodstone to seal the covenant. Shen Nong asked Fox Five to give the bloodstone to Mao Teng. When Fox Five handed the bloodstone to Mao Teng, he thought Mao Teng would be reluctant, but he didn't expect Mao Teng to be so decisive.

Cat Vine formed the bond very quickly. Looking at the orcs from the Vine Tribe who were surrounding him with shocked expressions on their faces, he explained helplessly, "The priest from the Wood Tribe has always been very good to me. He agreed to let me become a Wood Tribe orc without asking any questions. I am very happy."

Fox Five couldn't hold back his words and whispered, "I thought the tribe... Mao Teng, you are only loyal to the priests of Teng Man Mu Luo."

Fox Five's words were uncomfortable to hear, but he really meant no harm. Not only him, but all the orcs in the Vine Tribe thought so.

Mao Teng was silent for a moment and then replied: "It's not that I am loyal to him, but I take care of him as my father."

Now it was Fox Five's turn to remain silent. After coming to the Mu tribe, they heard from the elders that Mao Teng was indeed raised by Fujimu.

"Okay, get to work." Lang Ye patted Mao Teng's shoulder, "Let's go, the high priest asked me to take you to the guard team."

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The survey of the dragon stone jade cave in Beast City was nearing completion, and Shen Wu reported to Shen Nong regularly every day. Seeing that the work over there was almost over, Shen Nong asked Shen Wu whether he planned to come back now or wait until spring.

Shen Nong didn't choose either of them. He always wanted to go out to survey the topography of the Beast World and dig out some usable resources.

However, the jungles, rivers, mountains and deserts in the beast world are full of hidden dangers. They are all undeveloped forbidden areas that even beastmen dare not approach easily.

This time Shen Wu brought it up again. Shen Nong is a priest of a tribe and should consider the long-term development of the tribe. He should agree to Shen Wu's proposal.

But there was only Shen Wu, and there were too few people. When something happened, there was no one to help.

Now he has no way to exchange bionic warriors from the system mall to follow Shen Wu for protection, because his energy comes from the fundamental energy of the beast world. The system cannot receive the fundamental energy of a world.

Just when Shen Nong was worried, Bao Qiu came to find him in the courtyard.

"If you don't rest well in the winter, you won't get any rest in the spring." Shen Nong asked Bao Qiu to sit on a chair and poured him a cup of hot water. "Tell me what's the matter."

Bao Qiu bowed his head respectfully and said, "High Priest, I want to take the caravan out in winter as well."

Shen Nong raised his eyebrows, "Why did you suddenly make this decision?"

"It's not sudden, I've been thinking about it for a long time." Bao Qiu looked serious and solemn, and it was obvious that he really thought about it for a long time before he proposed to Shen Nong, "High Priest, you gave me a booklet with plant patterns before, and the only thing on it that the caravan has found so far is tung oil.

The caravans would return to the tribe to rest in the hot summer and the cold winter. The spring and autumn seasons were too short, so if they could make use of the long winter and summer, the caravans could go further.

We didn't mention it before, firstly because our orcs' level was not very high, secondly because we didn't have enough warm clothes in winter, and thirdly because the Beast City was blocking us in front, and we didn't dare let the Beast City find us.

Now the lowest level of orcs in our caravan is level seven. Langyu, Luchun and I are already level nine orc warriors.

The tribe gave us cotton clothes, and we have enough warm clothes. The Beast City is no longer an obstacle, so we want to take the caravan further to trade with the tribes and find more things in the book."

Bao Qiu knew that everything in the book was very useful. The more he found, the more help he would give to the Mu Tribe. He had been in the Mu Tribe for so long, and although he seldom lived in the tribe because of the caravan, he really liked the Mu Tribe and wanted to do more for it.

The other orcs in the caravan had the same idea as him. The high priest was very kind to them. He was concerned about their heat in summer and cold in winter, and he considered everything for them.

They had never been treated like this before in the Salt Tribe. Even though they were of a high rank, they were essentially no different from the orcs who were used as human shields by the Salt Tribe.

Shen Nong thought that the level of the orcs of Bao Qiu and his group was indeed not low, so it was feasible. He thought of Shen Wu's proposal, so he mentioned it to Shen Wu and Bao Qiu, asking them to set out together so that they could take care of each other.

Both parties had no objection to this. The emerald cave in the Beast City had also been surveyed almost completely. When the caravan circled around the Beast City, Shen Wu's work would be finished.

Shen Nong bought another camera to follow the caravan, which could determine their location in time and help them avoid risks. He didn't have much time to help the caravan keep an eye on the camera, so he gave Shen Wu the permission to control the camera.

When the caravan set out, it was snowing in the Beast World. The snow was flying everywhere, and the surroundings were soon covered with a thin layer of white.

Shen Nong looked at the caravan gradually disappearing in the wind and snow, hoping that everything would go well for them.

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When the caravan was about to reach the Beast City, they found two unrecognizable corpses that had been eaten by wild beasts in a forest.

The bodies were buried under the snow and could not be seen at all. Lang Yu didn't notice and stepped on the ribs of a body, and then he discovered the bodies under the snow.

"Bao Qiu! Lu Chun! Come and see!" Lang Yu dug out the corpse whose ribs were crushed by him, and was shocked when he saw the face.

Most of the face had been eaten away, but the other half was still vaguely recognizable. The totem belonging to the Salt Department, although much dimmer, the outline of the shape could still be seen.

"Is this the Snake Forest?" Lang Yu asked, pointing at the face.

Bao Qiu and Lu Chun came over, and after seeing his face clearly, they looked at each other. The other orcs in the caravan also came over, and everyone was silent.

"It's the Snake Forest." Bao Qiu frowned and walked forward, "Let's go quickly after we have rested well, don't let Shen Wu wait too long."

Upon hearing this, everyone scattered, picked up their large backpacks and followed Bao Qiu's footsteps forward.

Lang Yu took one look at She Lin's body, then at the other unknown body. He didn't need to think too much, considering She Lin's temper, it must be that the two of them had an internal conflict and fought. In the end, no one got anything good and both died.

No one in the caravan offered to cremate Shelin and let him receive the baptism of the God of Fire. They ignored Shelin's body and walked around it, conserving their energy as usual and moving forward in silence.

After arriving at Beast City, the caravan rested for a day and then left with Shen Wu.

The snowstorm in the beast world was already very strong, and the caravan walked for a long time in the endless snow. Some of the beastmen began to feel uncomfortable in their eyes.

Shen Nong left a message on the system platform to remind Shen Wu, asking everyone to use animal leg bones of suitable size, make them into the shape of glasses, dig a long and thin hole in the middle, and tie them to the eyes with processed animal tendons, which can effectively prevent snow blindness.

After the animal bone glasses were made and put on, the strong light could no longer shine directly into the eyes, and the orcs felt much more comfortable.

Shen Wu is a bionic man and logically does not need animal bone glasses to prevent snow blindness, but he thinks these glasses are cool and would look very handsome in them, so he asks Bao Qiu to make one for him.

The group walked forward for a distance, and Shen Wu saw a small tribe in front of them from the camera.

The orcs in the caravan followed Shen Wu and soon arrived at the small tribe.

This tribe had no guards outside, and because they were afraid that the tribe would misunderstand them as coming to attack, only Bao Qiu and Shen Wu went in, while the other orcs stayed outside and waited.

The tribe was empty, which was not surprising to Bao Qiu. It was winter now, and even the high-level orc warriors from the big tribes would stay in caves during the winter and would not come out easily.

The tribe was not large, so they found the cave quickly.

There were many branches piled up inside the cave, blocking the entrance. The snow below was very deep, and had already submerged the bottom of the pile of branches. Bao Qiu stood outside the cave and shouted, "I am Bao Qiu, an orc from the Wood Tribe Caravan. Do you need to trade anything?"

There was no sound in the cave. Bao Qiu had very good hearing and knew that there were people inside, with their teeth clenched together and trembling.

He was not in a hurry. He had seen this situation many times. It was just that the orcs were afraid to show up. He continued to shout, "We can trade animal skins, salt and fire in winter. If you don't have anything to trade, let our caravan stay here for a while.

If you don't need any of that, we will also offer pickled meat, pottery, and seasonings for trade in the spring. If you need anything, you can tell us now and the orcs will deliver it in the spring."

At this time, there was a rustling sound in the cave. Half of the branches piled at the entrance of the cave were taken down, revealing a pair of dark eyes. It was not known whether it was because of fear or coldness. The other party's voice was trembling violently, and his breath was very weak. "Do you really have fire?"

Bao Qiu smiled and said, "Yes, do you want it now?"

The pair of eyes seemed to light up for a moment, and then they became a little uneasy and panicked, "We have nothing to exchange..."

"Didn't I just say that if there is nothing to exchange, then let us stay for a few days." It would take time for the caravan to find the things in the booklet and for Shen Wu to survey. It was not that they could not live in the wild, but it was still safer to live in the tribe.

The other party thought silently. Between letting a strange high-level orc live in the tribe and risking the tribe being exterminated, or watching the tribe members freeze to death one after another, he finally chose the former, "Okay."

Bao Qiu happened to have a tinder in his arms. He walked forward and felt the man hiding behind the branches tremble, as if he was afraid of him. He stopped two steps away from the cave entrance and handed over the tinder. "Open this and blow gently towards the mouth to make a fire."

"Isn't it a torch?" The other party stared at the fire starter in Bao Qiu's hand, the doubt in his eyes overshadowed the fear.

Bao Qiu laughed and said, "How could there be torches outside in such a heavy snowstorm?"

The tinder in his hand was quickly taken away by a dirty and black hand. There was another rustling sound in the cave, mixed with several sighs.

Soon, these sounds were replaced by screams. Even Shen Wu could hear clearly that the orcs in the cave were shouting, "Fire! There is really a fire! They didn't lie to us!"

All the branches at the entrance of the cave were taken away, and the orcs passed them one by one, and soon built a fire.

Finally there was a fire! They were saved!

This tribe is too small. Except for the priest and the chief, all the other orcs live together in two large caves. One of them is bigger. In winter, the priest and the chief also live in the cave with the orcs.

However, the caves of the priests and the chieftains were too small, only big enough for one person to live in. The winter was too cold, and after their fires went out, all the orcs crowded into the largest cave, leaving only the empty cave next to it. Therefore, the orcs in the caravan lived in the large cave next to them.

At night, the orcs in the caravan spread mats and bedding in the cave and started to make a fire to cook meat soup.

The delicious aroma of the broth drifted to the cave next door, and the sound of swallowing saliva never stopped inside.

The caravan beastmen wrapped their feet in cotton coats, took off their leather boots and stuffed the heated stones into their shoes. Although the leather boots were waterproof and saved the caravan beastmen from the pain of having their feet soaked in snow water in winter, they were still stuffy and airtight. After a day, no water could get in from the outside, but a lot of sweat accumulated inside.

If you don't dry it, it will be uncomfortable to wear the next day.

"Have the mugwort and round-leaf grass powder been poured into the footwashing water?" Lang Yu, who was holding a hide bag in his hand, heard the orc who was boiling the footwashing water say that it had not been poured yet. He walked over and sprinkled some green powder into the pottery jar containing the footwashing water.

Wash your feet every night and sprinkle the powder of wormwood and roundleaf grass on them. Not only will your feet not smell bad, but they will also feel fresh. Even if your feet are sweaty all day, the smell in your shoes will be minimal. If there is a smell, just sprinkle some powder in your shoes and then put stones in them to remove the smell.

Shen Wu does the same thing as the beastmen every day. He has no sweat glands and does not sweat. He does this just for fun and to try.

The broth was bubbling and ready. The orcs took out their own earthenware bowls and began to drink the broth.

"Oh, I miss the dumplings in the tribe so much. Do you think the priests will make dumplings this year?" Lang Yu drank the broth, his mind full of dumplings.

Bao Qiu ate a piece of meat and replied, "Let's make dumplings. Didn't the priest say that we should eat dumplings on that day every year?"

Lang Yu felt a little regretful, "If I had known, I should have eaten the dumplings before coming out."

"We can eat it this year too." Bao Qiu said this slowly. This made the orcs in the caravan stare at him. Lu Chun asked, "Are we going back before that day? But we don't know which day it is."

Seeing the orcs' expectant look, Bao Qiu said directly: "The priest gave me flour to make dumplings. Shen Wu knows the day."

Wolf Rain howled twice, "The priest is so kind!"

Lu Chun was close by and slapped Lang Yu on the head, "The orcs in this tribe are timid, you'll scare them to death again!"

The caravan stayed in this small tribe for three days, but found nothing, so they continued on their way.

Along the way, the caravan passed through many tribes, and the name of the Mu tribe spread among many tribes.

Some tribesmen were brave enough to pull over the caravan to ask about the Wood Tribe. They were really curious about what kind of tribe could make clothes that allowed the orcs to walk freely outdoors in winter. They were also curious about why their salt was like snow and why fire could be carried in a small bamboo tube.

After asking more questions, they found out that the Wood Tribe was a bigger tribe that was more powerful than the Beast City. Because the Beast City was defeated by the Wood Tribe, the Beast City had divine beast warriors, and the Wood Tribe also had divine beast warriors, and their divine beast warriors were much more powerful than the ones in the Beast City!

Moreover, the Mu tribe had endless meat to eat and endless animal skins to wear.

There will be ice in the summer and heated houses in the winter.

The orcs there will not freeze to death in the winter, nor will they starve to death, nor will they die of heat in the summer...

Because they have a way to preserve meat for a long time. There is a kind of flower that can be made into something called clothes, which is very warm to wear. The orcs in the caravan wear such clothes, because wearing clothes allows them to walk outside in winter.

The Mu tribe also has something that can travel on water, called a boat.

The Wood Tribe can make wood into something called a cart. With the help of the cart, the elderly and children can carry things as heavy as those of the orc warriors.

All these things were created by the high priest of the Wood Tribe. According to the orcs in the Wood Tribe caravan, their high priest is like their beast god.

When they had no meat to eat and no animal skins to keep warm, it was the high priest who kept them fed and warm. When they were in danger and seriously injured, it was the high priest who healed them.

The high priest also allowed the elderly to work on their own so that they could have enough food and clothing, instead of having to eat only a few bones all day long and being so hungry that they had no strength to eat grass and tree bark to fill their stomachs.

Bao Qiu led the caravan forward, and the Mu tribe became famous among all the tribes along the way.

Especially in the small tribes suffering from hunger and cold, their yearning for the Wood Tribe is almost as strong as that for the Beast God.

If you want to be well fed and clothed, praying to the beast god is useless, but becoming a subordinate tribe of the Wood Tribe is possible. They have no doubt that what the caravan orcs said is false. The clothes they wear, the food they eat when they stop to rest, and the things they use are the best proof.

In their hearts, the mysterious and powerful Wood Tribe has become the City of God.

During this winter, the small tribe that could not survive seemed to have found a destination they could rely on in the vast universe.

Live, do your best to live, and then go to the Mu tribe! There, everyone can rely on their own hands to eat and wear warm clothes, and survive the hot summer and cold winter.

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