Chapter 92
Seeing that the little rabbit seemed to be frightened, Lang Qi pulled off the animal skin and wrapped up the white picture so as not to show it to the other three people.
The cub immediately whimpered. The little gray wolf was very brave. After climbing onto Langze’s hand, it suddenly rushed forward. After jumping onto Langqi, it went into Langqi’s arms without hesitation and hugged Bai Tu before Langqi could reach out his hand.
Bai Tu’s eyes lit up when being hugged by the soft little wolf cub. He had never seen a cub from this perspective before, and he couldn’t help but stretch out his paw to rub the cub’s little belly.
The cub identified orcs by their scent. He knew the person in front of him was his most familiar handsome uncle, so he hugged him and refused to let go.
Lang Qi wanted to throw the wolf cub out, but the cub’s claws were also dangerous to the little rabbit. Worried that it would hurt Bai Tu, Lang Qi frowned and decided to tolerate the cub this time for the sake of the little rabbit.
The little black wolf was more steady and did not rush forward as directly as his brother. He only used his claws when Langze wanted to take another look at the little rabbit and approached Langqi.
Both cubs came over, and Lang Qi’s face became a little darker than before. Lang Ze saw that his attention was on the little cubs, so he glanced at them quickly and left quickly when Lang Qi glared at him.
When Heixiao came over with the prepared food, Langqi was still trying to snatch the little rabbit from the cubs’ claws. Unfortunately, the cubs were not strong enough, but it was no problem for him to catch a rabbit smaller than himself, and he used all his strength to suckle.
Bai Tu was pretending to be dead in Lang Qi’s arms. He must have been tired from resting on Lang Qi’s back during the day. Only a simple little wolf like Lang Ze would not think much about it when he was brought down by Lang Qi so early in the morning.
Bai Tu thought he could transform back into human form as long as Lang Qi returned to the tent, but he didn’t expect that Hei Xiao got there before he could transform back into human form.
When Bai Tu saw the food Hei Xiao brought, he suddenly realized that he was hungry. He didn’t have time to think about it. Hunger made him feel that the most important thing now was to eat. Bai Tu patted Lang Qi, reminding him to take him back to the tent quickly to change into human form. Even if he didn’t come back, he could just let him go.
Lang Qi silently wrapped the animal skin tighter to block Bai Tu’s view outside. With his other hand, he picked up the bowl on Hei Xiao’s tray and ran to the other side.
Bai Tu: “???”
Hei Xiao: “???”
Lang Ze came back to his senses and found that his brother, the little rabbit, and the cubs were all gone. He raised the food in his hand and said: “The cubs are not full yet.” Although he was deprived of the right to cook for the cubs, he had seen Bai Tu and Lang Qi feed the cubs before and knew that two cubs could eat a bowl of eggs. Now they had only eaten less than half a bowl.
Heixiao took a look at the rice with eggs on the bottom and water on the top in the bowl and asked: “Is this for the cubs?”
Langze nodded.
Hei Xiao: “…”
“No wonder.” If he were a cub, he would not be willing to return to the wolf clan. Cubs are just small, not stupid. They can still tell what is delicious and what is unpalatable.
On the other side, Bai Tu was taken back to the tent, turned into a human form, changed clothes and prepared to wash up. Lang Qi had already brought in all the toiletries: “Wash here.”
Bai Tu wanted to say something to leave, but he looked down at himself, put his rolled up sleeves back, and silently began to wash his face and brush his teeth.
Lang Qi is a dog, he is not kidding, seriously.
Hei Xiao knew Bai Tu’s taste. The soup was lighter than other orcs’ breakfast, and some grains and vegetables were added. After taking a mouthful of porridge, Bai Tu breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
The two cubs smelled the long-lost fragrance and tried to climb up by grabbing the hide on Bai Tu’s body, but were pulled back by Lang Qi.
Bai Tu then remembered that he seemed to have heard the voices of the cubs in his sleep. He touched the wolf cub’s belly and it didn’t look full, but also not hungry. He thought of seeing Langze holding a bowl just now: “Is the cubs’ breakfast with Langze?”
“Yes, I’ll take them there to eat.” Langqi lifted the cub into his arms.
Even though there was still a familiar scent in his arms, the cub that was taken away from Bai Tu was very dissatisfied and struggled flexibly.
Bai Tu was a little surprised: “Are you stronger than before?” He remembered that he was not so flexible a few days ago.
“Hmm.” Lang Qi responded casually. To be honest, he didn’t notice any changes from before. After all, although the cub was stronger than Bai Tu in beast form, it was still not enough to tickle him, so he was basically ignored. He wanted to take Bai Tu with him rather than the cub, but Bai Tu said that his strength had increased, so it meant he had increased.
Bai Tu was a little happy after getting a positive answer. Thinking that the cub had not eaten enough, he waved his hand to let Lang Qi go earlier: “It will get cold soon. Go and feed it. What are you cooking?” The weather is cold now, and the food can be kept warm much less than before. It will get cold after waiting for a while. Not only does it take a lot of effort to reheat it, but the taste is even worse than when it was freshly made.
“Steamed eggs.” Lang Qi’s voice disappeared outside the tent.
The steamed eggs were fine, Bai Tu nodded, knowing that the departure time was almost up, and quickly finished the remaining food.
After finishing a bowl of porridge, Bai Tu rubbed his stomach and felt that Hei Xiao’s cooking skills were no worse than his. The vegetable porridge was salty and delicious, and it was very comfortable to have a bowl of it in the morning. He smelled the aroma when the other person brought the bowl over, and it tasted unexpectedly good. He might learn how to make it in the evening.
Foods made with different methods have different tastes. Bai Tu knows a lot, but he is indeed not as good as Hei Xiao in making porridge. After all, his way of cooking porridge is relatively simple, and it rarely makes people eager to eat it just by smelling it. No wonder Heiyan always puts porridge for last every time he eats in the tribe. After getting used to eating this kind of food, he really doesn’t want to eat food cooked with separate ingredients.
While thinking about this, Bai Tu suddenly realized something. Lang Qi said that he steamed eggs in the morning, but why didn’t he smell the fragrance?
Bai Tu decided to check the cub’s food.
Lang Qi was outside feeding the cubs the last few bites. When Bai Tu was eating, the cubs had already finished half of their meal, but they couldn’t stand the bad taste. Especially after they smelled another kind of food they wanted to eat, what Lang Qi fed them was even harder to swallow. The two cubs began to resist passively, refusing to eat. Finally, under Lang Qi’s suppression, they opened their mouths, but their eating speed was much slower than when they ate the food made by Bai Tu before, and every bite they chewed was bitter.
When Bai Tu came out, there was still some food left in the bowl. Lang Qi wanted to hide it, but it was too late.
Seeing the soupy and mediocre food in the bowl, Bai Tu was silent for a while.
“Let me feed the cubs.” Bai Tu said. Eating this kind of food once could be interpreted as just dealing with it in time, but eating it twice would be abuse.
“It will be better next time.” Lang Qi explained, “This is the first time.”
“It will be the same next time.” Bai Tu shook his head. What he taught Lang Qi to make yesterday was the simplest steamed egg. Beat the eggs, add a small amount of water and steam them in a pot. Apart from boiled eggs, there is probably no simpler food than this. The fact that it can be steamed like this shows that he is not suitable for cooking.
Lang Qi was in the wrong and didn’t say anything.
Langze came over: “Tu, I’ll cook for the cubs!” The barbecue he makes is the best! It was definitely an accident that he made the cubs’ food so bad last time. If he is given another chance, he will definitely be able to do it well.
Bai Tu thought of the bowl of unidentified black object he saw in the cave last time and doubted the truth of this statement.
However, Langze was still in high spirits: “Tu, shall I prepare food for the cubs tonight?”
Bai Tu glanced at Langqi who had been silent, and then looked at Langze: “You each make a portion tonight.” He wanted to see how the two of them would make the food so inedible.
That night, when Bai Tu and Hei Xiao were preparing food, the brothers Lang Qi and Lang Ze were preparing food for the cubs.
Lang Qi followed the same steps as in the morning, cracking eggs and adding water. Bai Tu nodded, indicating that the steps were correct.
It was not until he saw the wolf start to put the egg into the pot without moving at all that Bai Tu finally realized what the problem was. He rushed to rescue it. After all, two eggs were used, and the cubs could eat it even if they were not given to them. It would be hard to swallow if it was steamed like this.
Langze next to him did not omit any steps, but he added some himself. He felt that the seasonings Bai Tu mentioned were too few, so he picked up the honey, but was stopped by Heixiao, then he picked up the lard, but was stopped again and quietly sprinkled some chopped green onions on it.
“You can eat this bowl yourself later.” Bai Tu finally understood what was going on and decided not to use these strange foods to harm the cubs. It would be better to let them eat them themselves.
The most taboo thing in cooking is to have a sudden inspiration. Not only did these two people have it, they did it more than once, especially Langze. How did he come up with the idea of adding honey, salt and chopped green onions to the eggs?
Langze still felt that he did nothing wrong: “Barbecue tastes good cooked this way!”
Bai Tu: “…”
Bai Tu: “Forget it, do it yourself, remember this bowl is yours.” Because of Hei Xiao’s obstruction, no honey was added. Just sprinkle some chopped green onions. The cub doesn’t like this taste, but it’s fine for Langze to eat it.
“Okay!” Hearing that Bai Tu was not going to care about him, Langze decisively started to play freely. He added some meat, some vegetables, and finally decided that steaming was too troublesome, so he changed it to boiling. After the eggs solidified in the pot, the meat was not cooked yet. Langze waited by the side, and he waited until Bai Tu smelled the burnt smell.
Bai Tu was serving porridge to the cubs. The porridge made by Hei Xiao in the morning was really delicious. After asking for the method, he made some adjustments and chopped the vegetables and meat into pieces so that they could be fed to the cubs. It was similar to the preparation of the previous complementary foods, but the meat flavor was stronger using Hei Xiao’s method.
What Hei Xiao didn’t say was that his method of making porridge was something he had honed over the years with Hei Yan. Seeing that Bai Tu liked it, Hei Xiao wished he could make it for him every day.
It is impossible to do it every day, so Bai Tu decided to feed it every two days. This meal is prepared for the cubs who have never eaten before. Before the feeding started, a burnt smell was smelled.
Bai Tu couldn’t help but look at the bowl in his hand, suspecting that he had accidentally burnt the porridge, but the source of the burnt smell was obviously not from their side.
“Ze, your eggs are burnt!” Bai Tu was helpless. Steaming eggs could make them burnt. No one except Lang Ze could do it. Lang Qi had finished his share of eggs. Seeing that Bai Tu had prepared food for the cubs, he decisively took over the task of feeding them and naturally took away the two cubs that were clinging to Bai Tu.
Bai Tu thought that Langze had boiled away the water and that was why he smelled the burnt smell. When the other party opened the lid of the pot, he found that there was no water at all. Not to mention water, there was not even oil. Langze just carelessly put all the ingredients into the pot. No wonder he felt that the burnt smell was mixed with many other flavors.
The meat was half-cooked, the eggs were mushy, and the vegetables stuck to the bottom of the pot were burnt. This bowl of rice was definitely inedible. The key point was that this was the result of their being here. They had been keeping an eye on the first half, and just put in some effort in the second half, so Langze gave them a big surprise.
In order to prevent Langze from wasting food, Bai Tu warned him: “From now on, you can only touch your share of ingredients.” He finally understood that Langze was only suitable for making food that everyone had prepared, and it would be best if all the seasonings were kept away from him, leaving him no room to play freely.
The sympathy he had felt when he saw the two brothers being rejected during the day was now gone. Bai Tu emphasized: “From now on, you two must not touch the cubs’ food at all. Remember, not at all.” The
two brothers went to eat obediently. Bai Tu was helpless: “You look so smart, but why is it so difficult to cook food for cubs?” Every mistake made by the brothers was beyond his expectations. No wonder the cubs ate what sounded like eggs mixed with boiled water in the morning, and the dark dishes made by Langze were inedible. What’s even more terrifying is that if you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, you can never imagine how they did it. In their minds, every step was carried out in accordance with the requirements, and they feel they are doing nothing wrong.
Bai Tu had to admit that the two brothers were only suitable for cooking for themselves. As long as they did not taste the food, the final product would definitely be unsatisfactory.
Hei Xiao glanced at Lang Qi who was feeding the cubs not far away. He always felt that the way Lang Qi looked at the two cubs was not like that of his nephews. Instead, it was a bit like the annoyed look he gave to the son of his rival.
Hei Xiao shook his head and felt that he was overthinking. Everyone in the wolf clan knew that the two cubs were the children of the previous Wolf King and Wolf Queen. Even if Lang Qi didn’t like his nephew, he would not have sent two other people’s cubs to Bai Tu as his nephews. Maybe he had lost his memory and became unfamiliar with the cubs, so it was reasonable to think so.
Bai Tu didn’t know about Hei Xiao’s doubts, otherwise he would definitely have the urge to complain to him. Lang Qi treated the two cubs more than just as nephews. Bai Tu even suspected that Lang Qi treated the cubs as his adopted sons.
Although it was a bit harder not to take a break at noon, the speed was still faster than before. Except for the first day when Bai Tu walked by himself, he was always carried by Lang Qi afterwards. He was a little uncomfortable at first, but later he just gave up. There was no reason to work overtime at night and travel during the day. Lang Qi did something wrong, so he deserved to be carried!
The market was as busy as last time, but because it was winter, more orcs came to exchange supplies, and the price of food was higher than last time. On the one hand, food can be stored for a long time during the winter, and the winter lasts for several months. On the other hand, the reduction of prey occurs in more than one place. It is enough to prepare food for one month during the rainy season. Even if some people notice that the prey is decreasing, they don’t care too much because there is still enough to eat. During the snowy season, at least three months of food must be prepared, so the decrease in prey is very obvious.
Most tribes can save enough food for their own tribe, but if they have to exchange a portion of it for salt, the exchange amount is far less than before. Those who were willing to exchange two baskets of salt before are now only willing to exchange one basket. Salt and food are both necessities. We cannot take out all the food and replace it with salt. We can only reduce the amount of salt used.
On the first day, they started by changing salt. Bai Tu, Bai Anlangze and others found Tagu again who had changed salt last time. Because there were more people this time, they prepared more food to exchange for salt. However, they did not prepare large pieces of barbecue, but more delicate snacks.
“Dried meat, meat jerky, meat floss, meatballs…” Because they were acquaintances, Bai Tu did not bring a backpack for each of them this time. Instead, he packed several samples and put them in one backpack.
Out of consideration for their old acquaintance, Bai Tu was generous and gave each of them a pack of each to try, and only cooperated if they were satisfied.
Tagu had tasted the dried meat and braised meat he had exchanged for from Baitu last time. After he returned, he was complained by the orcs in the tribe because of the high price. The amount of salt was fixed, and it was very hard for everyone to dry the salt. Although there was enough food, everyone was still surprised by the high price. It was not until they tasted the finished product that everyone realized they had wronged Tagu. The taste was indeed much better than they had imagined. They even used the food as a reward and became more enthusiastic about drying salt.
The orcs of the Tata tribe even tried to replicate this food, but no matter how they cooked it, it was not as delicious as the one they exchanged for, and the taste was much worse. After tasting delicious snacks such as dried meat, the ordinary ones seemed a bit bland. Since the temperature started to drop, the tribesmen kept telling Tagu that they must change more this time.
Drying salt is hard work, but because they have salt, the Tata tribe lives a more comfortable life than other tribes. Other tribes are reluctant to exchange snacks at such a high price, but the Tata tribe can. The amount of prey has decreased this year, but the amount of salt has not decreased. Because they work so hard, they even produce a lot more salt. The increase in meat prices means they can exchange it for more meat than before, so it is no problem to exchange it for some snacks.
Tagu had been waiting for Bai Tu and the others since yesterday, but he couldn’t find them after looking around. He became absent-minded after setting up the stall today, until he saw Bai Tu and the orcs beside him, and he was sure that it was them.
Seeing the samples that Bai Tu brought out for tasting, Tagu tried hard not to appear too impatient, but the way he stared at the basket and swallowed his saliva had already exposed himself completely.
After receiving the sample, Tagu coughed lightly and wanted to refuse, but he didn’t say “I don’t want to try it”. What if the other party really took it back after he said that?
There were so many varieties that Tagu didn’t know where to start trying, but they all tasted delicious.
Bai Tu introduced to the other party: “There are two more flavors of jerky this time. The previous one was ordinary, and this time the quantity is the smallest. The two extra ones are five-spice and slightly spicy. These two are suitable for adult orcs and older cubs. Cubs under five years old should still eat the previous low-salt version. You can just try the new one appropriately, but don’t give too much.”
If you take jerky as a snack, of course you can eat it, but some foods can be eaten as meals for orcs. The five-spice and slightly spicy versions have more seasonings, especially the slightly spicy one. The taste is good, but chili peppers are added. The stomachs of cubs are relatively fragile, and most orcs don’t like to eat chili peppers. Although this is caused by the way of eating, it is true that no one has tried it much, and cubs have never eaten it. It is better to eat it when they are older.
Bai Tu knew how careless orcs were about raising cubs. Sometimes this carelessness was not intentional. In the eyes of many orcs, giving some food was the same as raising cubs. Even orcs who doted on their cubs rarely considered which foods were not suitable for the cubs to eat, and would most likely give them directly to the cubs to taste. Last time, because there was less salt in the tribe, almost all food was low-salt version, and the cubs had no problem eating it. Even some hard jerky was just teeth grinding for the cubs. This time, I must remind them clearly that there are multiple flavors to prevent the cubs from getting angry.
Tagu agreed and tried the two new types of jerky. His eyes lit up instantly, especially the spicy one: “This one is delicious.” Tagu is knowledgeable and could tell that it tasted like fire fruit, but this way of eating it was not as uncomfortable as when he was forced to eat fire fruit before. The slightly spicy taste combined with the aroma of various seasonings brought out the meat aroma to the maximum. After eating one, his tongue felt slightly numb, but he still wanted to eat more.
There were still many foods that had not been introduced. Tagu did not eat another piece of jerky, but put the package of samples into the safest place in the backpack.
Not many kinds of braised meat have been developed, and the taste is similar to last time. Bai Tu did not give a detailed introduction, but the meat jerky needs to be explained in detail: “There are two flavors, salty and sweet. The sweet one is added with honey and the price is high.” This must be made clear in advance. The honey was found by the little wolves with great difficulty, and Bai Tu would rather not sell it and keep it for himself than exchange it at a low price.
“Of course you should.” After listening to Bai Tu’s explanation of honey, Tagu immediately understood why it was expensive. They had also seen beehives, but it was difficult to get honey. They had to drive away all the insects, and insect bites were very painful. Every tribe needed sweet things, but few were willing to exchange them for salt. Not only was it difficult to get them, but the food was usually eaten up before the market opened. People had no resistance to this rare delicacy.
After tasting the honey jerky, Tagu ordered it without even asking the price. The following foods were not as amazing as the honey jerky, but they were already rare delicacies. Intoxicated by the fragrance, Tagu waved his hand and said, “Take them all. Our tribe takes them all.” Their tribe had more than enough salt.
However, this time Bai Tu did not intend to give all of it to the other party. He would keep half for himself and give the rest to Tagu. But there is no need to explain this to Tagu, just tell him the number.
This time the two tribes brought a lot of food, even half of it was still astonishing. Due to the shortage of food and the addition of new flavors, the overall price was higher than last time. More than one hundred backpacks of various foods were exchanged for thirty backpacks of salt.
Even if it is only one third, it will be enough for several tribes to use. The rest will not be used up even if they are all exchanged for supplies. Thinking that there is still some salt left over from last time in the tribe, Bai An feels more and more that it is a good idea to process the food according to Bai Tu’s method. Their tribe didn’t have as many supplies as it does now! Even if these are not all from their tribe, it is still happy.
Originally, Bai An was a little hesitant about Bai Tu’s decision to take a detour to the Bald Tribe, but now Bai An has no objection at all. Of course, Bai Tu can go wherever he wants to go, even if it means crossing mountains and rivers, he agrees.
Because they were going to the Red Eagle Tribe, this time everyone did not waste time like before and quickly exchanged all the supplies needed by the several tribes. They even exchanged a lot more for fear that they would not be enough. When asked, they just wanted to know if there was extra salt.
Bai Tu needed to exchange some grains, but he certainly couldn’t go around the entire market in one day, so he simply found a few orcs with backpacks. When they saw supplies they didn’t recognize, they would exchange some for snacks and give them to Bai Tu to check. If Bai Tu thought they were useful, they would go over to exchange them.
As a result, efficiency increased dramatically. Before evening, Bai Tu had obtained a lot of rice, soybeans, sesame seeds, peanuts, and even sweet potatoes.
The orcs who exchanged the sweet potatoes obviously didn’t know that they would taste better if cooked, so they sold the sweet potatoes as fruit. Because they don’t have as much water as other fruits, although the taste is good, it feels weird if you eat too much, and the price is even lower than other fruits.
Bai Tu had no intention of cheating anyone. After discovering that the location was not far away, he went straight over and bought the sweet potatoes on the other party’s stall at a price slightly lower than other grains such as wheat and rice. At the same time, he told the other party the various ways to eat sweet potatoes and also told them how to grow sweet potatoes.
A lot of time was saved in exchanging food. On the same day, several tribes exchanged the supplies they needed. Everyone rested for a night and set out directly the next day. Bai Qilangze and others did not even have time to say hello to friends from other tribes, because time was too tight and they might freeze on the road if they delayed for a day.
Although it won’t snow at the beginning, it would be too miserable for everyone to walk outside in a season where everything is frozen, so it is better to be a little nervous in the early stage than to delay it until the end. What’s more, they have something very important to do.
This time, everyone did not return along the same route, but headed towards the Red Eagle Tribe.
It takes four days to get from the market to the Red Eagle Tribe. Even with Hei Xiao and several orcs from the Black Eagle Tribe leading the way, everyone was extremely careful. Unlike the road that went to and from the market, this place was a place they had never been to before. They had even only heard of some of the tribes here and had never seen them.
Entering an unfamiliar territory is a very dangerous thing for both parties. The owners of the territory are worried that the new orcs are planning to invade them and seize their territory, while the passing orcs are worried that the owners of the territory will misunderstand them. This is a contradictory thing, but there are many invasion incidents caused by reasons such as food reduction, so everyone’s defense is inevitable.
Just like the Snow Rabbit Tribe and the Blood Wolf Tribe, including the Leopard Tribe that had just settled near the Blood Wolf Tribe, they would also become alert when they encountered strange orcs wandering around their territory.
At this time, Hei Xiao’s usual experience came in handy. Because he had been to many places and the Eagle Tribe had strong flying abilities, Hei Xiao knew the leaders of many tribes. Although they did not greet each other in a friendly manner as soon as they met, at least they would not regard them as orcs who would invade them at first sight.
On the fourth night, everyone arrived at their destination, and another team was about to arrive.
Hei Yan also had no rest for the past few days. It took him six or seven days to return to the Black Eagle Tribe from the Snow Rabbit Tribe. His original plan was to gather at the market, but unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the tribe, two other Eagle tribe members arrived in the evening and informed him of Hei Xiao’s new plan. After hearing Hei Xiao’s plan, Hei Yan immediately counted the number of people and headed straight for the Red Eagle Tribe. In the meantime, he had to be careful not to be discovered by the Red Eagle Tribe, after all, both sides liked to fly.
Because of the need to hide, when they were close to the Red Eagle Tribe, Hei Yan and other Eagle tribe members would only travel at night. During the day, they would find places to hide, rest and solve the problem of hunger. Even if they are hiding, they cannot be careless. After all, there are many people in the Red Eagle tribe. If they just need to fight, it would be very simple. They can just fight and leave, not caring whether the Red Eagle tribe will find out or not. But this time Hei Yan knows clearly that Bai Tu’s purpose is to get the cubs, and Hei Xiao listens to Bai Tu.
No matter how dissatisfied he was, Hei Yan had no choice but to do as Hei Xiao asked and avoid being discovered by the Vulture Clan along the way.
Hei Xiao knew Hei Yan very well. Even when they were in the Snow Rabbit Tribe and had not decided to come so early, he still reminded Hei Yan to be careful along the way. These words were obviously effective. In addition, with the message from the Eagle Tribe who rushed over, Hei Yan was very careful along the way. Not only the Red Eagle Tribe, but other orcs did not notice that they were full of fighting spirit.
The number of people in the Black Hawk tribe is about the same as that of the Blood Wolf tribe, about 500 in total. More than 200 of them came this time. The three tribes of Wolf, Rabbit and Leopard add up to more than 300 people, a total of more than 600.
The Red Eagle tribe has two thousand people, but also includes cubs and old orcs. Even if they fight head-on now, their chances of success are relatively high. The Eagle, Wolf and Lion tribes can still fight the vultures one against two without any problem.
However, Bai Tu still did not want any casualties, so he formulated two plans after gathering all the people. One team would go first, bringing in food under the pretext of finding a witch doctor, and after most of the vultures had eaten the food, the second team would take action.
The plan was good, but there was a problem with the selection of people. Bai Tu had been in the Red Eagle Tribe for quite some time. Even if he left half a year ago, no one could guarantee that other people didn’t know him. Although Hei Yan and Hei Xiao had never been in the Red Eagle Tribe, the appearance of the Eagle Tribe here would easily arouse the Red Eagle Tribe’s vigilance. But Bai An obviously couldn’t do it alone. Not to mention that he didn’t know many details of Bai Tu’s plan, the fact that an orc of such an old age suddenly appeared in a strange tribe with which he had no previous contact would also easily arouse suspicion.
Bai Tu was thinking about it, but when he saw Hei Xiao’s hair, he suddenly thought of a solution: “I got it.”
“What?” The others looked at Bai Tu.
Bai Tu did not answer everyone’s questions, but started looking for plants. After finding a few, he gave them to the orcs who belonged to the picking team and asked them to find new ones.
The hair color of an orc in human form is the same as that in beast form. For example, Langqi has black hair, but his hair color is silver. The hair color of the lion clan is mostly golden or brown.
In the eyes of most orcs, hair color cannot be changed. In other words, if the hair colors are different, even if two people are a little similar, orcs will not think that the two people are the same person, but will only think that they are related by blood.
So he decided to dye his hair.
The other orcs didn’t know what Bai Tu was planning. Seeing that he had been busy for most of the night and had only produced a pile of water but had not taken any new actions, the confusion in their hearts gradually turned into suspicion.
Is it that you wanted to do something but didn’t do it?
The truth is that the probability of this is relatively high, and a group of people will look away as if nothing happened and pretend not to see it.
Bai Tu has done so many successful things, so it doesn’t matter if he fails today. In fact, this kind of thing is quite new to everyone.
Even Hei Yan, who always disliked Bai Tu, did not make a sarcastic remark. After all, this was Hei Xiao’s younger brother. Hei Yan knew very well the position of his younger brother in Hei Xiao’s mind. Although he knew that he was the most important in Hei Xiao’s heart, he could not provoke his younger brother. In addition, with Lang Qi staring at him unkindly, Hei Yan had no intention of fighting with the Wolf King. He was arrogant, but he also knew his own strength. A fight with the Wolf King’s brother would result in a draw, and the chance of him beating the Wolf King was very small.
It’s not like he’s brainless, Hei Yan thought smugly.
Hei Xiao saw that Hei Yan beside him suddenly became happy, and thought that he was going to cause trouble, so he looked at him disapprovingly.
Hei Yan immediately kissed Hei Xiao on the face.
Lang Qi noticed Hei Yan moving his mouth and turned his gaze to Bai Tu who was fiddling with the different colored waters, wondering what he was thinking.
After finishing the white map, he put the dyeing water aside and came over to discuss with a few people what to do tomorrow. The best excuse was Lang Qi.
“Qi was poisoned, and he used this excuse to find Wu Lai. The food is his reward.” Bai Tu explained. From the information brought by Hei Xiao, Wu Lai and Hu Bu did not have a particularly good relationship. The two of them just had a mutually beneficial relationship. Hu Bu provided Wu Lai with cubs, and Wu Lai provided Hu Bu with support.
Foxbu wanted to secretly bring Wulai back to the Lion Clan without Wulai knowing. Hongguo said that Wulai was very angry afterwards.
It would be much easier to deal with the situation if the relationship between the two could be utilized. Even if Wu Lai knew that Foxbu was taken away by the wolf tribe, he would consider which one is more suitable for cooperation, the already declining Mad Lion Tribe or the powerful Blood Wolf Tribe.
Bai Tu understood the greed of Wu Jiu’s lineage and knew that the other party would make the most advantageous choice. They just had to take advantage of this greed.
After discussing the excuse, everyone took the time to rest. The next morning, Bai Tu woke up before anyone else prepared food. He asked Lang Qi to look after the cubs while he went out to do his work.
The dye made in a hurry from plants would definitely not be as fast and durable in dyeing as the finished products he had seen in his previous life. However, he did not plan to wear hair of different colors for too long. As long as he could hold on for a day and fool Wu Lai and the others, this would be enough.
Dyeing hair bit by bit was too troublesome, so Bai Tu directly changed into an animal form, rolled in the dye, and when he changed back into human form again, his hair turned into brown-red as he expected, somewhat similar to Foxbu’s hair color.
It is not enough to just modify the hair. Bai Tu used charcoal and other tools to draw a simple makeup. Even though the tools and skills are average and it is not possible to make the person look like two different people, it is enough to deceive orcs who have not been seen for half a year.
Different hair color is half the battle, everything else is just auxiliary.
Lang Qi, who was ready to go back to the tent again and was ordered by Bai Tu to look after the cubs, saw the unfamiliar hair color. His first reaction was to take action. But when he saw clearly who came in, he felt stunned for the first time.
He lost his memory again? Lang Qi frowned, he remembered that his partner was white.
For the first time, Lang Qi began to question himself.