Good smell

After five days and five nights of camping in the open air, the little green dot on the map was only a kilometer away from the little red dot of the Yu tribe.

Fortunately, when Shen Nong was in Interstellar, he always followed the research team to run around in some dense forests to do research, so he didn't feel any discomfort during the past few days.

Moreover, he doesn't even need the help of an environmental simulator to simulate the bed environment where he usually sleeps in order to fall asleep.

Except for the first night when Shen Nong suffered from insomnia, he slept soundly on the other nights as long as he covered himself with animal skins.

Maybe it was because the bed was too soft and he was really too tired from traveling during the day.

No time for insomnia.

It was just that Shen Nong saw that Ze's mental state was not very good, especially in the past two days. Shen Nong felt that the dark circles under Ze's eyes were getting more serious.

Bao Qiu and his men take turns to keep watch at night, so Ze won't have time to rest.

For this reason, Shen Nong specifically asked Ze what was going on with the dark circles under his eyes. Shen Nong was very familiar with his face as if he had not slept all night.

He answered quickly, as if he had prepared the answer long ago, and it was flawless.

The general meaning is that after awakening, my hearing is much stronger than before. There are many unknown noises in this forest at night, as well as the roars of wild beasts. My mind is too tense, so I can't sleep.

There are indeed many strange noises in the dense forest. Humans will be highly nervous about unknown things until they are sure there is no danger.

After the orcs awaken, they have animal genes in their bodies. They are more sensitive to unknown dangers than ordinary people, so it's no wonder that they can't sleep well.

Shen Nong thought about it and felt fortunate that he would not wake up, otherwise it would be even more difficult for him to sleep well.

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A group of people from the Mu tribe followed Shen Nong, carrying large backpacks.

Shen Nong looked at the distance getting closer and closer, and reminded the tribesmen behind him, telling them to follow closely and not to fall behind.

Don't counterattack immediately no matter what you encounter, avoid it if you can.

After all, we are going to a strange tribe. Although they don't carry weapons such as stone spears, it is still better to be cautious when entering their territory.

Knowing that they were almost there, the caravan had been traveling for several days, and even the orcs were showing signs of fatigue.

But after listening to what Shen Nong said, he immediately perked up and kept his eyes on his surroundings.

I heard the sound of an unknown bird flapping its wings and flying. I didn't know which tree it was perched on before, but it flapped its wings and flew away after being startled by a group of people.

There were several goshawks circling at the top, chirping from time to time. Shen Nong looked up and seemed to still see the goshawks' sharp eyes falling on him.

He frowned slightly. It was not difficult to notice that the closer they were to the Feather Tribe, the more birds there seemed to be around.

Orcs can transform, and we can tell this from the name of the Feather Tribe. It seems that there are more flying orcs in the tribe.

This also explains the large number of birds around.

Their every move now is probably seen by the priests and patriarchs of the Yu tribe.

Shen Nong didn't want to rush ahead, so he raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, "It's getting late, let's rest here today."

As Shen Nong expected, those birds were from the Yu Tribe monitoring them. Since they stopped about 500 meters away from the Yu Tribe, those birds never flew again.

He found a branch to rest on, surrounded the people of the Wood Tribe, and kept a close eye on them.

Every once in a while, a few of them would fly out and then fly back again after a while.

Shen Nong didn't care about the birds flying around. He took out the animal skins and started drawing a map with charcoal sticks.

The map purchased from the system only has moving dots and arrows for illustration.

Shen Nong enriched the map he drew based on the route displayed by the system and combined it with reality. He used simple graphics to represent mountains, water, flowers, grass, jungles... He also drew a heart at the location of the vegetation he was interested in to express his love.

Based on his memory, Shen Nong drew the route he took during the day and marked it carefully with graphics.

This map will be used by caravans in the future. Before the caravans are familiar with the route, they have to rely on this map.

So every time Shen Nong finished drawing, he would call Bao Qiu and ask him to learn how to read a map.

After listening to Shen Nong's explanation and understanding the meaning of those simple patterns, Bao Qiu looked at the map and immediately discovered the benefits of this map.

It was a bit confusing at first, as I couldn't understand some of the twisting lines, and it was also difficult to name the corresponding patterns.

Bao Qiu knew the importance of this map to the future caravan, so he studied it very seriously. He would recite the meaning of the pattern in his mouth while walking during the day, and would repeat it in his dreams at night, "The triangle is a mountain, and the three curved lines are water."

Bao Qiu studied very hard. After Shen Nong taught him several times, he had completely memorized the meaning of the patterns and understood how to read the route.

Because the people of the Yu tribe were watching, the Mu tribe caravan did not go out to look for water.

Shen Nong thought that the orcs of the Yu tribe were watching him from above, and although he couldn't do anything now, he could still be greedy for them. It just so happened that they had been eating meat soup for so many days, and they could change their taste, so he said he was going to have barbecue today.

The orcs are very strong, and splitting a stone slab is more than enough for a level 3 orc warrior, not to mention that the orcs in the caravan are all above level 5.

The stone slab needs to be cleaned, and in order to eat the meat quickly, the fastest way is to use hot stones and boiling water.

After setting up the fire and lighting it with a tinder, Lang Yu picked up a dozen stones of suitable size and threw them into the fire.

This scene was seen by the orcs of the Feather Tribe hovering above, and the pupils of their sharp eagle eyes shrank slightly.

The people of this tribe can actually carry fire in wood? !

Cangyu flew to a low altitude, wanting to see clearly what the wood that could hold the fire looked like.

Thanks to his animal form, he could see very far, but the thing was too small, so he couldn't see it very clearly, and could only see roughly.

But as he flew down, the other party had already stuffed the fire source into the big thing they had been carrying.

He had never seen this thing before. It seemed to be filled with a lot of things. It was covered with a piece of animal skin, so he couldn't see what was inside.

However, Cang Yu was somewhat puzzled. They did not use the fire to roast meat or keep warm, and since it was still daylight, they did not use it for lighting.

Thinking of the orcs of this tribe throwing stones into the fire, Cangyu wondered, do they live just to burn stones?

But what can we do by burning stones? Stones cannot be eaten.

Langyu and the others were already very skilled at hot stones and boiling water. They estimated that the stones were hot enough and used suitable branches to pick them up.

Throwing it into a pottery jar filled with water, the cold water met heat and white smoke came out of the pottery jar. As more stones were put in, the gurgling sound of the boiling water became louder.

After the water in the pottery pot boiled, Lang Yu found several large leaves, placed them on both sides of the pottery pot, picked up the pot and poured water into it.

Clean the surface of the stone slab by scalding it, set it up, add branches to the empty space below, and light it with fire from the fire.

Cangyu was in mid-air watching the operations below, his eagle eyes wide open.

what happened!

If you throw a stone into the water, why does the water smoke?

Moreover, the things they use to hold water look like stone jars but also look nothing like stone jars.

In addition to Cangyu, the other orcs from the Yu tribe who were monitoring were also shocked.

Shen Nong heard the sound of birds flying away again, but he didn't care because he was used to it.

The stone slabs had become hot, and the orcs of the Wood Tribe moved the stones and sat in a circle.

After washing his hands and the bone knife, he cut the meat into slices for Shen Nong. The other orcs also started to work, guarding their own areas, taking out the bamboo tubes filled with oil and pouring oil on the stone slabs.

Soon, the aroma of oil filled the air. The pickers had great strength and the slices of meat were cut to the right thickness. The marinated meat was put on the oil and grilled, and the aroma of oil stimulated a stronger aroma of meat. The aroma spread upwards, and the orcs of the Yu tribe squatting on the book swallowed their saliva desperately.

What is this strange orc who broke into their tribe doing!

What a nice smell! Their meat smells so nice!

The orcs of the Feather Tribe, who had not eaten meat for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore, so they made chirping sounds, which was a secret code that only the orcs of the Feather Tribe could understand.

The meat smelled so good that they didn't want to smell it anymore, so they all scrambled for the chance to return to the tribe and report the news.

If you can’t smell it, you won’t be greedy.

Cangyu heard the secret message and shouted as well.

Let them be quiet and follow the original plan. Whoever is supposed to go back and report the news will be the one.

His powerful cry drowned out the chirping of other birds. The other orcs of the Feather Tribe dared not make a sound. The orc who had gone back to report the news quickly flapped his wings and flew away.

He was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to control himself and would rush down to eat the meat.

Then they would be exposed! If they were exposed, they would have no way to secretly find out what these orcs who suddenly appeared were doing by approaching the Yu tribe.

What they didn't know was that the Yu tribe had actually been discovered long ago.

Lang Yu used bamboo chopsticks to pick up the meat. These chopsticks were invented by the priests. They were said to be convenient for eating meat slices and fish pieces, but they never knew how to use them.

But it is much better than when I first started using it. At that time I could only poke the meat slices with chopsticks, but now at least I can pick them up, it just takes some effort.

Seeing the roasted meat oozing with oil and fat being picked up, Bao Qiu couldn't help swallowing his saliva. But before he could lift it up, it fell down again.

He was so greedy and anxious, and he became even more annoyed when he heard the birds chirping. "It's all because of these birds. They chirped all of a sudden for no reason, and I couldn't even pick up the meat."

Then he saw Ze carefully sprinkle some chili powder on the meat slices, pick them up skillfully with chopsticks, and put them in the priest's ceramic bowl.

The priest picked up the meat slices from the ceramic bowl and chewed them slowly. Ze sat beside him and continued to grill the meat for the priest seriously.

Lang Yu tried to pick it up with chopsticks again, but failed. He gave up and pinched it with his hands.

Apart from the fact that his fingers felt a little hot, he really enjoyed eating it.

While eating, Lang Yu couldn't help but glance at the priest and Ze. He always felt something was weird.

This scene looks familiar.

He seemed to have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember where it was.

In the end, his mind was completely attracted by the delicious barbecue. He no longer paid attention to anything else and concentrated on eating his barbecue.

Lu Chun sat far away. She was eating barbecue and felt a chill on the back of her hand. She wiped the water droplets off her hand and asked, "Is it raining?"

Ma Mu next to him replied: "No."

The orc from the Feather Tribe on the tree, who was drooling at the fragrance, quickly covered his mouth with his wings.

Wow, he really seems to eat meat!

The barbecue meal at the Mu tribe lasted from dusk to dark. Looking at the stars in the sky, Shen Nong slowly closed his eyes.

Ze still stayed by his side, watching the priest slowly approaching him. He had gotten used to it.

He pulled the animal skin on Shen Nong's body up and closed his eyes to rest.

Lang Yu ate a lot today. When he was sprinkling the chili powder at the end, his hands were shaking and he added too much chili. The food tasted spicy and delicious.

Then I started to have stomach upset.

He picked several large, soft leaves and ran far away to eat them.

When he came back, the moon was already in the middle of the sky. The moonlight was bright, and after getting used to the night, the sight was even clearer because of the moonlight.

He accidentally glanced at the priest who was a little distance away from them. On weekdays, they would not look around when they were on night watch. They chose to stay beside the priest, and they did not need to pay too much attention to the priest.

They only needed to stare at the fire and concentrate on watching for any wild beasts attacking.

This was the first time that Lang Yu saw the priest sleeping. Under the moonlight, his whole body seemed to be glowing with white light, very beautiful.

In the moonlight, he noticed that the priest's face was pressed against Ze's arm, and his hand was on Ze's body. Ze was also protecting the priest in his arms. In a flash, several images popped up in Lang Yu's mind.

He finally figured out what was wrong.

Lang Yu's father and mother lived together for a period of time, and this is how his father treated his mother at that time.

I would feed my mother meat and hold her in my arms while she slept at night.

Later, when he grew up and was able to live on his own, his mother left with another orc, and his father also went to another tribe and had children with another female orc.

This is how orcs feel. If they like each other, they stay together. If they don’t like each other, they separate.

It's rare for two orcs to stay together all the time.

Some of them only give birth to cubs and don’t even live in the same cave.

But Lang Yu felt that it was not quite like that, because what his father did was not good.

However, Lang Yu couldn't figure out what the difference was, and he couldn't understand why he felt that the relationship between Ze and the priest was like that between his father and mother.

That's a priest! What are you imagining?

Lang Yu shook his head desperately, patted his head, and told himself not to think about it anymore.

In the priest cave of the Yu tribe, the young priest Yu Ji put down the stone bowl in his hand. There was a layer of brown juice at the bottom of the bowl.

He looked at the orc on the animal skin with his eyes closed. The orc was tall and long-legged, with a handsome and resolute appearance. But his face was blue and his lips were dark purple. His sickly appearance weakened his resoluteness and made him look even more haggard.

Yu Ji used his fingertips to wipe away the remaining juice from the corner of the other person's mouth and asked the orc who came to report.

"You said they just ate the meat and did nothing else, and now they are asleep?"

Yu Ji had a delicate face and a gentle temperament. But no matter how docile he looked, he was a priest after all. At this moment, his brows were furrowed and his voice was so cold that it made the tribesmen nearby feel a little scared.

After getting confirmation from the person who reported the incident, Yu Ji looked at the person lying on the animal skin with concern.

The patrol team had already discovered their presence, but seeing that these orcs were on their way and did not make any other moves, Yu Ji just asked the patrol team to keep a close eye on them.

The tribe leader was poisoned and unconscious, and the tribe had another orc from an unknown tribe. They would not attack the other side unless they had no other choice.

What if, I'm just passing by?

However, the patrol team now told him that the group had stopped moving forward since the afternoon.

From time to time, he would receive some information that made him puzzled, such as wood that could produce fire, strange stone pots, stones that made water smoke, and meat that was so delicious that it made him drool.

Yu Ji’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper. This group of people didn’t look like they were just passing by.

However, Cangyu said that they were not many in number. Although the orcs were of a high level, he did not see anyone following them.

If they haven't left after dawn, Yu Ji decided to go and see for himself.

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As the sky brightened, Shen Nong was awakened by the sound of birds.

The orcs of the Feather Tribe would not call like this. It seems that there are indeed many birds around the Feather Tribe.

Ze had already prepared hot water and was waiting for Shen Nong to come and wash up.

After Shen Nong had finished packing, Bao Qiu came over and asked Shen Nong what to do next.

After Shen Nong thought about it, he only said one word: "Wait."

wait?

Bao Qiu didn't quite understand what he was waiting for, but he chose to listen to the priest. He turned back and told Lang Yu and the others to keep an eye on their backpacks and not to move around.

They ate a lot last night and didn't move around, so they weren't very hungry now. The orcs of the Wood Tribe drank some water, and waited in their large backpacks.

Seeing that this group of people were sitting there motionless and had no intention of leaving, Cangyu quickly sent someone back to report.

After hearing the news, Yu Ji took a deep look at the unconscious person on the animal skin.

Pray that this group of people are not here to be enemies with the Yu tribe.

He turned around and said to the person who reported it, "Come on, take me to see it."