Chapter 36 Little Sheep
Pull it and blow it away.
As the sun rises, the rolling hills are tinged with a golden edge.
The gurgling sound of the brook in the forest is made even clearer by the sound of broken ice colliding.
At daybreak, the hunting team began to cook the meat. After drinking a pot of hot broth, they quickly packed up and headed deep into the forest to look for the prey they needed.
The snow deep inside was different from the snow outside, with many more animal footprints.
Choose carefully to distinguish and find the hoof prints of cows and sheep.
In order to bring back the prey quickly, the hunting team was divided into two teams, led by Hu Xiao and Ze respectively.
Ze led his men to the left to look for the cattle, while Huxiao led his men to the front to look for the sheep.
With the arrival of spring, animals in the forest begin to come out and move around, leaving many and messy footprints on the snow.
Halfway through the pursuit, Ze found another footprint that looked like a bamboo leaf. This mark spread forward, in the opposite direction of the cattle herd. He asked Mao Yun to continue following the cow hoof prints, while he followed the bamboo leaf-shaped mark to check forward.
The Ze side was divided into two teams. Hu Xiao's team went smoothly and followed the mark all the way and found a wide grassland hidden in the forest.
There were groups of white fish gathered on the grass. Hu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief as he had finally found them.
I wanted to reach it quickly while the goat wasn't paying attention, but there were many bushes around, and they were all full of thorns.
When passing through, the animal hides would get hooked, which would affect their pursuit speed.
The animals that can survive in this forest are all extremely sensitive.
The leader sheep, who was originally leisurely looking for food with its head down, sensed a different scent, and its eyes were directly fixed on Hu Xiao and his group who were about to pass through the bushes.
"Mee!"
A long and powerful bleating sound quickly gathered the scattered sheep together. Animals are extremely sensitive to danger, and they seemed to know that they were no match for the orcs, so they turned around and ran away.
Hu Xiao was afraid that it would be difficult to find the goats once they ran away, so he quickly tore off his skin and transformed himself.
The leader goat, which was much bigger than the other goats, watched as a huge tiger pounced on the ground. The tiger's sharp claws could kill the goat instantly with just a slight blow.
The giant tiger let out a loud roar, and the flock of sheep trembled at the sound and dared not move.
In the past, the Mu tribe even had difficulty hunting, and they were sometimes hunted by their prey.
But things are different now. Orcs above level 5 have a natural bloodline suppression on ordinary beasts. Hunting at this time is a piece of cake for Hu Xiao and his men.
Even the others didn't transform, and with just the roar of the tiger, the sheep didn't even dare to run away.
It is the nature of animals to seek benefits and avoid harm. After being caught, they neither run nor struggle.
Even when Hu Xiao and his men put ropes around their necks, they were still very obedient.
Hu Xiao, who was checking the flock of sheep, was attracted by a few fat sheep. It was no wonder that he noticed them, because these sheep were really too fat.
They also have a lot more hair than other sheep. Hu Xiao led these sheep out separately and decided to lead them himself. "The priest likes these furry things the most. We can't let them get lost."
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I followed the footprints in the snow until I was blocked by an extremely thick tree. The tree was so big that it would take ten big black men to hug it.
He didn't know why, but he felt a familiar aura from this giant tree.
The breath was faint and disappeared in an instant before he could think about it.
After much thought, he decided to put catching the chicken first. He walked around the giant tree and finally found a nest made of branches on the other side.
There are four to six eggs in each nest, and some nests have a few eggs scattered on the ground around them.
However, only the eggs were seen and nothing else. The chickens were very alert. Although they could not run away in such a short time, it was enough for them to hide.
Hold your breath, concentrate, and listen quietly to the sounds around you.
After awakening, as long as he focused, he would have extremely strong hearing. At this time, he could hear clearly even the sound of snow melting a hundred meters away.
Soon, Ze locked onto the hiding place of the pheasants. He walked towards their hiding place step by step. The strong orc aura made them huddle together and tremble.
He stopped in front of a small mound, pushed aside the branches in front of the mound, and revealed a cave entrance.
He squatted down, reached his hand in, and when he took it out, he had a male pheasant with gorgeous fur and long tail feathers in his hand.
The captured pheasant was shaking all over, and the beautiful green feathers on its neck had lost a lot of their luster.
The pheasant in his hand was put down. The pheasant felt that it had escaped death, and the thought of running away was only for a moment. It found that it could not run at all, and its legs were weak. It could only squat on the ground with its neck shrunk.
After a while, Ze took out all the pheasants. There were more than a dozen female pheasants with dull fur and short tail feathers, and more than twenty male pheasants.
He tied up all the pheasant's feet with straw ropes, carefully picked up the eggs in the chicken coop, wrapped them with animal skins, tied them tightly with straw ropes, and held them in his hand.
In order to bring all the pheasants back, Ze carried and hung more than forty pheasants on his body.
Fortunately, the chickens didn't dare to flutter, so I didn't feel any inconvenience on the way back.
In addition to physical training, Shen Nong also taught the hunting team how to leave marks that only their companions can understand.
After separating from Mao Yun and the others, Ze returned to the original place and found the marks left by Mao Yun and the others on a tree trunk not far away.
There were footprints of humans, cows and wild boars on the snow nearby. It was not difficult to see that Mao Yun and his team had captured cows and encountered quite a few wild boars.
Follow the mark forward, that's the way back.
Mao Yun and Hu Xiao met on the way and went back to the tribe together.
They all had a good harvest. Mao Yun had more than a dozen cows, and because they encountered a herd of wild boars, none of the wild boars escaped.
Mao Yun and his group caught more than twenty of them at once.
When we returned to the tribe, the team was in a very long line and it took us half a day to finish walking.
Hu Xiao was holding a fat sheep in his hand. He finally saw Shen Nong and waved his hand and shouted, "Priest!"
He led the sheep towards Shen Nong, happily showing Shen Nong the fat little sheep in his hand, "Priest, their wool is so soft, do you want to take them back to the cave to sleep together?"
In Hu Xiao's opinion, their omnipotent priest would take all the furry creatures to bed.
Shen Nong's eyes really lit up when he saw the little fat sheep in Hu Xiao's hands, but it was not because he wanted to sleep with him.
But, the one that Hu Xiao is leading is a sheep!
"Where did you catch this sheep?"
Hu Xiao knew that the priest liked it, and quickly said, "The ones with the group of wild goats should be fat wild goat kids."
"This is called a sheep. It has a lot of wool. If you shear it regularly, it will grow again. If you collect the sheared wool, the tribe will have more cold-proof clothing in the winter."
After listening to Shen Nong's explanation, Hu Xiao looked as if he understood it with his ears but not with his brain.
Shen Nong sighed, regretting why he had said this to Hu Xiao. He said to Hu Xiao, "Sheep meat tastes better than goat meat."
Tiger Roar's eyes lit up, "I understand, Priest!"
Shen Nong was helpless, "It's OK as long as you understand..."
Hu Xiao was craving for meat, and he thought that if these plump sheep were raised together with other sheep, he would still have a chance to eat them.
But he still remembered that the priest liked furry things, so he asked again, "Then priest, do you want to take them back to sleep?"
Shen Nong then remembered that he had not answered Hu Xiao's question just now. He refused and said, "No, just keep him in the pen."
Now Hu Xiao was happy and led the sheep towards the designated livestock area.
Shen Nong had a pair of dark circles under his eyes. He looked at a group of pigs, cows and sheep passing by and smiled with satisfaction.
The chicken coops and cattle sheds built by the Water Tribe were almost finished. Shen Nong discovered that as long as these orcs were full, they would be very strong. They were also very energetic, as if they didn't know how to get tired.
The construction period was shortened by two times and the quality was still satisfactory.
The pigs, cattle and sheep had to be driven into the sheds and pens respectively. Shen Nong thought it would be a hassle. But after the tiger roared twice, they all became very obedient. They went into the sheds when they should go, and went into the pens when they should go.
It is said that wild animals are difficult to tame, but Shen Nong always feels that they are more docile than domesticated ones.
But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that the reason these pigs, cows and sheep were so obedient was probably because of the orcs' powerful aura.
Animals will submit or be afraid of those who are more powerful than themselves. The current level of Hu Xiao and his companions is not the same as before.
Hu Xiao looked at the filled shed, his eyes no longer on the pigs, cattle, or sheep, but on the pickled meat, the roasted meat, and the stewed meat.
He swallowed silently, "Priest, I still think it's better to eat meat directly than to raise them. To raise them, you have to give them food. Eating meat directly can feed the tribe for several meals..."
As he spoke, the tiger roar became quieter and quieter. He could smell the aroma of meat at the tip of his nose, and if he continued to talk, he would uncontrollably drool.
Shen Nong knew what he was thinking. "There is a kind of grass by the river that can be fed to pigs. Just ask the collection team to collect some every day. As for the cattle and sheep, just drive them to where there is grass, and they can eat it themselves."
As Shen Nong spoke, his eyes were searching among the hunting team members, and his tone became increasingly cold. "They don't need to eat our food, and they will continue to give birth. We don't need to hunt to eat meat."
"And cattle can help plow the land..." After making sure that there was no one he wanted to see in the hunting team, he asked, "Where did Ze go?"
Hu Xiao's mind was full of eating meat, so he didn't listen to Shen Nong's words seriously. Mao Yun immediately replied: "We met a pheasant on the road and caught it. We left marks along the way and deepened the footprints in the snow. He should be back soon."
Shen Nong said "hmm" and asked them to go back and rest first.
I walked around the tribe and unknowingly arrived at the city gate.
"Priest, is there anything you want our guard to do?"
Tu Feng joined the hunting team, and Yang Lei became the captain of the guard team. When he saw the priest coming to the city gate, he thought there was something important for them to do, so he made a special trip.
Shen Nong was stunned for a moment, then said casually: "Oh, the adobe bricks used for building houses in the Water Tribe are almost dry. Send a few people who have built adobe houses to help the Water Tribe build houses."
Yang Lei said "OK" and turned to greet people. But he was also confused. Didn't the priest ask Mao Cao to come and talk about the water tribe building a house early this morning? Why did he come and talk about it again in person?
And Maocao was talking about tomorrow, not today.
Yang Lei scratched his head, maybe Maocao remembered it wrong. Otherwise, the priest would not have made this trip. Alas, Maocao is so forgetful even after awakening that he can even remember the time wrong.
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I couldn't sleep last night, and Shen Nong kept talking to me all night.
At daybreak, Shen Shen perked up, but the AI system begged for mercy, saying it needed to replenish its energy.
As a result, it is still dormant.
You have to rest for eight hours to be considered done. During this period, the system only maintains basic operations, and there is no chatting or shopping companionship service.
Shen Nong leaned against the entrance of the city wall bored, pulling the fur of the animal skin on his body with his hands.
Pull it and it will blow away. Pull it and it will blow away.
If Shen Nong were to say, it was because the system's capabilities in that dimension were not good enough.
Their interstellar optical computers can be charged once and never shut down for a lifetime.
It's unlike a system that has to be fully charged before it can start up after a very long standby time.
Just as Shen Nong was silently complaining about the system, a person walked over from a distance.
Shen Nong narrowed his eyes and looked carefully.
The man seemed to have a bunch of things hanging on his body, and the distance was quite far, so I couldn't see his appearance clearly.
But Shen Nong still could tell that the person was Ze from his tall and perfect figure.
Ze walked with steady breath and without even a trace of sweat. The weight on his body was so light that it was not worth mentioning. After awakening, he had excellent eyesight and could see the priest leaning lazily on the edge of the city gate from a distance.
He gradually quickened his pace, wanting to reach the priest as quickly as possible.
Shen Nong leaned against the wall, looking at the tall and handsome man in front of him, his whole body a little dazed.
He has a high nose bridge, sexy lips, and a majestic look between his brows. Even in the interstellar world, there are only a handful of faces that can compare with his.
Ze looked at Shen Nong with a focused gaze, his eyes filled with joy, like the twinkling stars, very beautiful.
"Priest, I'm back."
The magnetic and pleasant voice was like a small hook, gently pulling Shen Nong's heart.
I don’t know if it’s because we were separated for two days that the “beauty of distance” came into being.
Shen Nong suddenly felt that this person, from beginning to end, even his personality and voice, all met his aesthetic standards.
If the other person is not like that, he has a group of chickens in his left hand, a group of chickens in his right hand, a group of chickens hanging in the middle, and a few chickens on the fish skin bag and clay pot behind him.
Shen Nong avoided Ze's expectant gaze. He thought that he should respond to the other party's words.
At least say, "I understand."
Or show concern and ask if anyone is injured.
But as soon as Shen Nong opened his mouth, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Hahaha!"