“I saw it with my own eyes.”

Because of their animal-like shape, the Yu tribe would be feared and rejected by surrounding tribes no matter where they migrated.

They had no idea whether the members of the Yu tribe would suddenly turn into a bird and stare at their tribe.

In the winter three years ago, the Yu tribe had eaten up the last of their food and could only eat snow to fill their stomachs.

When the snow in front of the tribe's cave was eaten to the point that the dark mud underneath could be seen, Yu Ji, the priest, decided to try to borrow some food from the Wushan tribe, which was closest to them.

Yu Ji was very nervous when he made this decision. The Yu tribe had never been treated well, and he consciously stayed away from any tribe, lest those tribes find some excuse to attack them.

Yu Ji, wearing torn animal skins, stood in the snow with Ying Xi and told the guards of the Wushan tribe the reasons for their visit.

The guards did not drive them away directly, but said they would go back and talk to the priest.

Yu Ji and Ying Xi had already prepared themselves to be driven out by the people of the Wushan tribe, but they did not expect that not only did the other party not drive them away, but they also said that they would go and explain the matter to the priest.

The two of them met each other with eyes full of disbelief.

It was too cold outside, and the wind blowing with snowflakes hurt people's skin. Yu Ji was choked by the wind and snow, and he kept coughing while covering his mouth.

After coughing for a while, the orc from the Wushan tribe guard team came back and said, "The priest said it's cold outside and wants you to go in and talk quickly."

Yu Ji was stunned for a moment, and this time he realized what the orcs from the Wushan tribe meant.

The two followed each other through the wind and snow and came to the priest's cave of the Wushan tribe.

The fire in the firepit was flickering in the cold wind outside the cave. It was bright outside, but a little dark inside. The sudden change in brightness made it difficult for the eyes to adapt quickly. Yu Ji felt that the scene in front of him was a little blurry and he couldn't see clearly.

But he could vaguely see a young man sitting on the other side of the fire, smiling at them.

"We don't have much meat in our tribe, but we have a lot of mushrooms. They are all dried and edible." The man asked softly, "Do you want some?"

Yu Ji finally got used to the light, and he could see the other person's appearance clearly.

He didn't know how to describe it, he just felt that the way this person smiled made people feel very happy.

It's good to have food, even the Caoyu tribe will happily accept it, "Yes!"

After agreeing to hunt two deer, three wild boars and ten big fish for the Wushan Tribe in the spring, the Yu Tribe received enough dried mushrooms from the Wushan Tribe to last for half the winter.

In the end, the priest of the Wushan tribe gave enough meat to the Yu tribe for four or five meals. Yu Ji was afraid that Chun Ji could not pay it back, so he did not dare to accept it.

The other party only said that it would be enough to give them meat of similar weight in the spring and there was no need to give them more.

Yu Ji knew that there was a huge difference between winter meat and spring meat. But in order for the tribe to have more food, he still accepted the meat and promised: "I will definitely return it to you in the spring."

This winter, the Yu tribe relied on the meat and dried mushrooms to get through the most difficult time.

As soon as spring came, the snow had not yet melted, but the orcs of the Yu Tribe began to fly everywhere, busy hunting for the Wushan Tribe.

After a few visits, the priests of the two tribes became familiar with each other.

Even after every rain, Wu Qing would call Yu Ji to go to the forest to collect mushrooms. He could recognize many edible mushrooms, and Yu Ji followed him to collect a lot of them. Only then did he understand why many of the mushrooms he ate in winter were different.

When Wu Qing took Yu Ji to pick mushrooms, he would carefully explain to Yu Ji the characteristics of edible mushrooms and those that were not edible.

His voice was very soft, like a spring breeze.

But these mushrooms are really hard to identify. Yu Ji spent a long time identifying them and only identified three types.

However, Yu Ji was already very satisfied. Because of Wu Qing, their tribe would have more mushrooms to eat in the future.

Yu Ji would also give Wu Qing a lot of processed kelp, and the relationship between the two tribes became closer and closer.

But no one expected that Wu Qing would disappear after the rain that marked the beginning of summer.

The Yu tribe and the Wushan tribe searched for a long time but could not find Wu Qing.

In the end, Inufeng and Yingxi led the hunting team deep into the forest and found a dirty wreath on the edge of a cliff.

The wreath was already extremely dirty due to the mud after the rain, but no one could deny that it was a dark blue wreath.

Wu Qing likes flowers very much, especially she likes to weave branches into rings, put various flowers on them and wear them on her head.

That wreath was the one Wu Qing was wearing on the day she disappeared.

The wreath fell on a cliff thousands of feet high. Due to the heavy rain, the surroundings were very clean and nothing was found.

At this point, it would be better to say that Wu Qing is dead rather than missing.

Wu Qing had not yet selected a successor to the priesthood to teach, and his sudden departure left the entire Wushan tribe unable to react.

Only priests can activate the crystals for orcs' awakening and advancement.

When the priest activates the crystal, the crystal will be stained with the priest's aura. The awakened orcs and the promoted orcs will involuntarily be loyal to the person who activates the crystal.

Especially for awakened orcs, their loyalty will be higher.

It's like the soul is branded.

Without priests, no orcs of the Wushan tribe will awaken, and the orc warriors who have already awakened will not be able to advance.

After that, Yu Ji watched the Wushan tribe decline step by step.

If they want to find a new priest for the tribe, they can only do this with the help of the Beast God.

Otherwise, a tribe without priests has only two options.

One way is to perish, the other is to join another tribe.

In the second summer after Wu Qing's death, Quanfeng came to Yu Tribe to find Yu Ji.

He didn't want to watch his people go to destruction step by step under his leadership, nor did he want to share some of the little food that the Yu tribe hunted with them.

Belonging to any other tribe is not as good as belonging to the Yu tribe.

Yu Ji and Ying Xi asked Quan Feng to think it over carefully. After all, if they really decided to join the Yu tribe, there would no longer be the Wushan tribe.

Just tell them the answer before the orc awakening ceremony in the fall.

Perhaps the Beast God really favored the Wushan tribe. Before the arrival of autumn, the Wushan tribe once again had a priest.

He did not explain his origins, but anyone who knew the abilities of the High Priest of Beast City could guess where he came from.

Yu Ji was happy for the Wushan tribe but he also had many doubts.

Why would such a person come from such a far place to serve as a priest in a small tribe?

The Wushan tribe, with its new priest, became more and more distant from the Yu tribe.

Until there is no contact anymore.

It is impossible that the people of the Wushan tribe would suddenly have no contact with them at all.

Yu Ji was really worried, so he asked someone to secretly find Quan Feng and ask him the reason.

That day, Yu Ji waited from day till night until he saw a tribesman who was seriously injured and unconscious. He was wrapped by a dry vine and fell heavily to the ground.

It is the new priest of the Wushan tribe, Mu Qi.

The withered vine quickly wrapped around Yu Ji's neck, slowly contracting, taking away Yu Ji's air bit by bit.

He warned the Yu tribe in a cold voice that anyone who got close to the Wushan tribe would die.

Having experienced the feeling of near-death, Yu Ji developed a huge fear of this man.

Yu Ji couldn't help but cover his neck. Even though it had been a long time, whenever he thought of the scene at that time, he still felt like he couldn't breathe.

Shen Nong saw that Yu Ji was in a bad mood, and waited until he had calmed down before asking, "Did the tribe member you sent see anything in the Wushan tribe?"

Yu Ji nodded, "He has met with the chief of the Wushan tribe, Quan Feng, and Quan Feng told him that the priests of their tribe have been forcing them to destroy Wushan."

"Smash Wushan?"

"That's right, but I don't know why Inukaze smashed Wushan."

Yu Ji paused, thinking carefully about what the tribe members said at that time, "I heard from Quan Feng that the man only wanted the stones on Wushan Mountain and then burned them with fire. But every time he looked at the black stones in the fire after burning them, he would get very angry and beat the tribe members with dry vines. But next time, he would still let them continue to break the black stones and burn them in the fire."

Shen Nong felt something was strange when listening to what Yu Ji said.

He had read in ancient books that in ancient times, iron ore was turned into iron. The process required high-temperature firing to turn it into iron with more impurities. Then some plant ash was stuffed into it as a flux to lower the melting point, and it was repeatedly hammered and forged. After the impurities were hammered out, the iron ore could be turned into iron.

The other party has been using fire to burn the iron ore, it seems that he knows something.

But that’s all I know.

Shen Nong suddenly thought of what Yu Ji said about the crystal that could only be activated by priests. The system had also told him before that if the orcs wanted to awaken, they must feel the energy emitted by the special crystals that existed in the beast world.

He asked the system what this special crystal was.

The system answered him that his crystal core was a special crystal in the Beast World that could awaken orcs.

Shen Nong had never seen this special crystal and had no chance to see it.

If Yu Ji hadn't mentioned it today, he would have forgotten it long ago.

"Yu Ji, can I see the crystal you used to awaken?"

Yu Ji was a little slow to react, but then he understood what Shen Nong meant.

The priest's crystal is the most important thing in the tribe. Not to mention showing it to outsiders, even the priest himself will not take it out unless it is absolutely necessary.

But Yu Ji didn't say anything. He stood up and walked to the innermost part of the cave. He squatted down and started to tinker with it. He didn't know how long he had been tinkering with it, and came back with a stone tied with vines in his hand.

Shen Nong looked at the ordinary gray stone with no special features and asked uncertainly: "Is this a crystal stone?"

Yu Ji sat down and placed the medium-sized stone in his hand on the stone table covered with animal skins.

"inside."

As he spoke, Yu Ji broke the rotten vines, and the stone instantly broke into two halves, revealing the sparkling crystal inside.

When Shen Nong saw the appearance of the crystal, he stood up instantly.

This is not an orc awakening crystal, it is clearly an energy stone used by the interstellar to enhance superpowers.

However, energy stones are scarce and difficult to buy in the interstellar space, so they are in short supply.

If he absorbed all the energy stored in the energy stone in front of him, he could be promoted to another half level directly.

Shen Nong became increasingly aware that the orc world he was in now must have some connection with the interstellar space.

He suppressed his surging emotions and asked, "Where did you get these crystal stones from?"

Yu Ji replied: "These have always been with the tribe. If they are lost, there will be no second one."

Shen Nong nodded, "Put it away quickly."

Yu Ji wrapped the crystal with a hollow stone again and replaced the vine. After hiding the crystal, he asked Shen Nong, "Do you still want to go to the Wushan tribe now?"

Shen Nong was thinking about the crystal stone and didn't react for a moment. Yu Ji thought that Shen Nong's silence meant he was going to go.

He couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's useless to go there. The Wushan tribe is not ruled by Quanfeng now. Everything must be approved by the current priest. If he said he would not trade Wushi, then it would be impossible to trade.

No matter how much Quanfeng thought, it was useless. He couldn't resist the priest at all, and it was impossible for him to do anything to the priest just to trade Wushi with you. "

I have to say, Yu Ji's words hit the nail on the head.

No matter what Shen Nong did, he would be helpless as long as the priest disagreed.

Whether you go to Wushan Tribe or not, the result will be the same.

Unless he forces you to buy or sell.

"There is a way." A deep and hoarse male voice sounded in the cave.

Yu Ji subconsciously replied, "There's nothing we can do. The priest won't agree... Yingxi? You're awake!"

Halfway through his words, Yu Ji realized that the voice was not Shen Nong.

He looked over to Eagle Creek, who was lying on the hide, and offered him a glass of water.

"Drink it, your voice is hoarse."

Yingxi drank half a cup of water from Yu Ji's hand. After moistening his throat, he spoke again, and the hoarseness was reduced by half. "I have a way to make the Wushan tribe rebel against their priests."

Yu Ji patted Ying Xi and was obviously a little angry. "What nonsense are you talking about? What can you do?"

He finally tried to convince Shen Nong not to go to the Wushan tribe to die, but Yingxi opened his eyes and started talking nonsense.

Yingxi didn't look at Yu Ji, but just waited quietly for Shen Nong's answer.

This was the first time Shen Nong saw the chief of the Yu tribe awake. He looked at Yingxi and said, "The Wushan tribe has suffered so much hardship and torture at the hands of this man, and they have never thought of resisting. What can you do?"

The other party looked at Shen Nong with eagle-like sharp eyes, "What if I say that he killed Wu Qing?"

Shen Nong obviously didn't expect what Ying Xi said, and even Yu Ji was stunned where he was.

Was Wu Qing killed by Mu Qi?

Yu Ji murmured in a low voice, how is it possible?

Yu Ji couldn’t believe it, but that didn’t mean he didn’t believe it.

Considering how much the Wushan tribe cares about Wuqing, if what Yingxi said is true, the Wushan tribe will kill their current priest even if the entire tribe is destroyed and they betray the Beast God.

Shen Nong also thought of this, but the premise is that this matter is true.

"How can I believe that you didn't lie to me?"

Yingxi gritted his teeth, hatred flashing in his sharp eyes, "I saw it with my own eyes."

Yingxi's words made the entire cave fall into silence.

Yu Ji took a long time to digest the situation before he realized what was happening. He looked at Ying Xi and asked, "You never told me that."

Yingxi stared at his hands and said helplessly, "What's the use of telling me?"

Yu Ji didn't understand. He rarely got angry, but he couldn't help but roared: "You knew Wu Qing was dead. At that time, we and the Wushan tribe searched all over the mountains for him. Why didn't you tell us? You watched the Wushan tribe recognize the person who killed Wu Qing as a priest. Why didn't you tell us when this person first appeared!"

Shen Nong's gaze fell on Yingxi, wanting to hear how the other party would answer.

But Yingxi's answer shocked everyone.

"Wu Qing was killed last autumn. He had been alive before that."