Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Lang Qi’s eyes swept across the white and dazzling arm, and he keenly noticed that Bai Tu was in a bad mood. His eyes returned to his arm again and found those marks that would not be noticed without careful observation. His face turned cold instantly: “Have you been caught by them?”

“I don’t remember, I have forgotten everything that happened before.” Bai Tu shook his head. He was just guessing. The orcs had good recovery ability and the scars were almost invisible now. Perhaps he was the only one who would suspect that this matter was related to Foxbu. After all, Foxbu had left the witch doctor two years ago, and the scar was there before he entered the Snow Rabbit Tribe. The original owner and Foxbu had a conflict on the edge of the territory half a month ago. Even the people of the Snow Rabbit Tribe only thought that the two had a conflict caused by picking.

Even if he guessed it, Bai Tu would not alert the enemy. It was the same reason as he told Bao Duo not to confront the witch doctor for the time being. Fox Bu had the support of the Lion Tribe. Bai Qi had mentioned it before. Fox Bu’s status was equivalent to that of Shi Hong. Some members of the Lion Tribe were dissatisfied with Shi Hong, but still listened to Fox Bu. The Snow Rabbit Tribe had less than a hundred people in total. It was like an egg hitting a rock for them to face the Lion Tribe directly.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Bai Tu does not consider himself a gentleman, but he will not put himself in danger. He values ​​his life very much. It is not bravery but stupidity to rashly challenge an opponent who is stronger than yourself. Judging from the current situation, what he can do is to avoid the sharp edge and stay away from Foxbu as much as possible. At the same time, he should act cautiously when encountering a tribe with a witch doctor. After all, the rabbit tribe is still too weak. Bai Tu felt a sense of crisis in his heart again.

Bai Tu frowned and looked at the backpack beside him. He was going to use these medicines to exchange for supplies, but today he exchanged most of the food for salt and had no use for the time being. It seemed like he had better take them back with him, in case they attracted the attention of the witch doctor. Since all the witch doctors nearby are from the Wu Jiu lineage and have a strong ability to exclude others, they will definitely not allow a second person to sell medicine and threaten their status. The market is also the place where news spreads the fastest, so there is no need to take risks.

Fortunately, the witch doctor is proud of his noble status and will not appear in the market, so the chance of meeting him face to face is almost zero.

Lang Qi’s eyes never left Bai Tu. Seeing him thinking and frowning, he really wanted to know what he was thinking. Noticing that Bai Tu finally set his eyes on the backpack, Lang Qigang was about to ask whether he should ask, but Bai Tu had already spoken.

“Let’s take these back.” Bai Tu made the decision, “We can’t let those witch doctors find out.”

Lang Qi remembered how quickly Bai Tu treated Bao Tong just now. It took less than a meal to clean and apply medicine. He thought for a moment and said, “We can take them to other markets to sell.”

Bai Tu was stunned: “There are other markets?” He had never heard Bai Qi and others mention this.

“Only nearby tribes will come to the East Market, other tribes will go to the South Market, West Market and North Market, but those markets are too far away and not suitable for bringing food to exchange for salt.” Food is heavy, and an orc can only carry a backpack, which is not suitable for transportation in animal form. He can only change into human form and walk. The food needed for the round trip is more than the food for exchanging salt. But medicine is different. Not only is it light in weight, the medicine made by Bai Tu can be used directly, and the effect is the same as the black medicine in the hands of the witch doctor, or even better. If it is taken out, the price will be much more expensive than salt.

“The medicines you make can be sent to the Southern Continent for sale. The iron knives in the Southern Continent are better to use than bone knives.” Lang Qi had long discovered that Bai Tu had difficulty using a knife, and it would be better if he replaced it with an iron knife.

“Iron knife?!” Bai Tu was shocked. He had never seen iron tools on these orcs and thought they had not appeared. He didn’t expect that it was only this side that didn’t have them, while the tribes in the southern continent had already used them.

“Yes, iron knives are expensive. One iron knife requires a backpack of salt, but you only need a few packets of medicine in exchange.” Medicine is a precious commodity in any tribe. Even the wolf tribe who dislikes witch doctors admit this. In the Beast God Continent, medicine is more scarce than food.

Bai Tu’s half basket of medicine is worth as much as several baskets of salt, but it is not in the East Continent market. Apart from Wu Jiu’s lineage, there are almost no witch doctors staying here, and naturally there are no orcs selling medicine. Medicine can be said to be priceless. Even if there is medicine, it can only be sold secretly. But it is different in the South Market. The price is expensive and can be exchanged for some items that are not available here.

Bai Tu was very excited after listening to Lang Qi’s explanation, but he quickly calmed down: “It’s a pity that we can’t make it to the market now.” It took them eight days to get to the market here from the tribe, and it would take even longer to go to another market. By the time they arrived, the market would have been over, so no matter how expensive the medicine was, they could only leave it until the next market.

Lang Qi watched his eyes change from surprise to disappointment, was silent for a moment, and said: “Maybe we can meet orcs from the southern continent.” Most of the orcs in the East Market are from the surrounding areas, but it is not absolute. Some orcs like to go to other places to play.

“Well, let’s wait and see.” Bai Tu knew that Lang Qi was comforting himself. After all, it was easy to imagine that, not to mention whether there would be orcs from the Southern Continent coming, it would not be easy to encounter orcs from the Southern Continent among the many orcs in the market.

When adult orcs transform into humans, they basically do not retain any strange features. At most, one can tell whether they can fight by their strength or thinness, and their color by their hair color. It is impossible to identify their specific species.

On the second day of the market, the number of people was no less than the day before. Only a few tribes went back after exchanging salt. Most tribes would purchase other necessary items and would stay near the market for a day or two. There were many orcs carrying salt or other items to search for necessities.

Bai Tu learned from the lesson of the previous day, and this time he simply brought the two brothers, Wolf Zuo and Wolf You, with him. The two didn’t even ask for any payment, they would only work for a meal.

Although the witch doctor of the Leopard Tribe was lying, one thing he said was correct: corn is indeed only available in the Leopard Tribe, and there is indeed no other tribe selling corn in the market.

However, the corn was enough for the two tribes to grow this year, so Bai Tu searched for other food at the market.

I had already asked almost all the prices yesterday, and today I hardly stopped. I just looked in the basket to see if it was what I needed. If not, I would look for the next one.

Lang Qi knew that he wanted to buy things that no one had seen before, so he helped to sort out items such as animal skins. If it was a white map of selling animal skins and tools such as bone knives and stone knives, there was no need to waste time looking at it. He only needed to check items that others did not recognize.

This more than doubled the efficiency. In less than a day, Bai Tu found wheat and pumpkins. There was indeed a lot of food in the Beast God Continent, but it was more like it had been disrupted and dispersed, and the food near the tribe was different.

Like the wheat pumpkins we found today, there are none near the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Not only have Bai Tu, Bai Qi and others never seen them, but Lang Qi and others have also never seen them in the territory. The territories of the two tribes combined are so large, and this group of orcs who have lived in the tribe for more than ten or twenty years have never seen them. That means they really don’t exist, not that they haven’t discovered them.

Melons are generally large in size, especially pumpkins, which are about the same size as watermelons. However, they are cheaper, about the same price as watermelons. A bowl of salt can be exchanged for three backpacks. Bai Tu never hesitates when he sees such things, and just buys them all.

The price of wheat was a little higher, but still much cheaper than meat. One bowl of salt was exchanged for two backpacks. There were three or four tribes selling it, and Bai Tu bought a total of seven backpacks.

Now is not the season for sowing wheat, but grain can still germinate normally after a few years if stored properly. It will not go bad if you buy it now. Of course, he will buy it. Bai Tu also agreed with the other party to bring wheat to the next market. He will take all of it. If he sows wheat before winter, it will be just the right time to sow after the next market.

After two days of finding four or five kinds of food, they used less than ten bowls of the salt that Bai An gave him. The team was ready to return to the tribe. They had almost bought all the items they needed, and the rest could be bought tomorrow morning, so they could set off at noon.

There are many orcs near the market, and the weather is hot. The noisy sounds of other tribes at night are also a torture for orcs with good hearing, so stay as little as possible. If you set out at noon, you can reach the next resting place before night. The situation there is much better than here.

Bai Tu had several kinds of fruits and two staple foods in his hands, and had no objection to this decision. Although there was still a lot of salt left, he could keep it. He had made an agreement with the Horse Tribe to exchange them for silkworms and mulberry trees, so he could still use the salt.

What’s more, he was looking forward to the next market. The temptation brought by iron tools was huge, and Bai Tu was very tempted. Unfortunately, he couldn’t exchange them in a short time, so he could only wait until the market opened before winter.

What surprised Bai Tu was that the wolf tribe did not exchange many animal skins. You have to know that Bai An used a whole basket of salt, while the wolf tribe only used two baskets of salt. The quantity was more than that of the rabbit tribe, but the per capita quantity was much less.

Langze’s answer to this was very sincere, and made people very envious and jealous.

Langze: “We have no shortage of animal skins in our tribe. Only the damaged ones need to be replaced, and those that are not damaged can still be used.”

Langqi felt relieved, as he had finally grown up. But before he could finish breathing a sigh of relief, Langzuo added the second half of the sentence without any ulterior motive: “Hunting will damage the animal skins. We don’t wear them when hunting, and you can do the same.” Langzuo’s suggestion was very sincere. This really saved animal skins. He only wore out less than ten skins this year!

Lang Qi: “…”

Bai Tu was silent for a moment, and thought to himself, shut up, kid, your wolf king is about to fight the wolves.

Lang Qi took a deep breath and explained helplessly: “Only their hunting team is like this.”

There are four hunting teams in the wolf tribe, which are roughly divided by age.

The first team was made up of old orcs over forty years old, led by experienced orcs. The second team was composed of orcs who were a few years older than Langqi. They were the hunting team of the previous Wolf King. After the death of the previous Wolf King, they were led by another orc in the team. The orcs of the third team are the closest in age to Lang Qi, only two or three years younger at most, and they are led by Lang Qi. The last team is led by Langze, and consists of people of the same age as Langze.

This is determined by the wolf’s character and living habits. Wolves of similar age have lived together since childhood, and the tacit understanding developed during play cannot be learned later. In addition, the wolf tribe has a large number of people, so if all the orcs go to one place to hunt, the success rate will only be lower. Dividing into several teams will not only increase the success rate of hunting, but also make cooperation more harmonious and less likely to cause conflicts. Generally speaking, each hunting team has a small leader, but the wolf king is the most capable in the entire tribe, and the small leader will not easily have other thoughts like the lion tribe.

For example, Lang Qi, from the age of twelve or thirteen, dared to lead his companions to chase the antelope herd. At the age of fifteen, he led a team to hunt alone. Later, his ability was equal to that of the wolf king Lang Yu, but he still obeyed Lang Yu’s arrangements until Lang Yu died. After defeating the temporary leader of the second team, Lang Qi took the position of wolf king. Several hunting teams quickly returned to peace, and no other fights occurred for the position of leader.

Until now, the team led by Lang Qi has always been the largest in the entire tribe. The several hunting teams are also kings if they are separated, and invincible if they are united. However, Lang Qi has become more cautious after losing his father and brother.

Every hunting team grows up in this way. Everything is fine and there have been no accidents over the years. But when it comes to Langze’s team, they don’t know what went wrong. By the time Langqi and others reacted, the style of the entire team was wrong.

In terms of hunting ability, this team is not bad at all, but other aspects are hard to describe. The animal skin was torn into pieces every few days. After being scolded countless times by the tribesmen who sewed the animal skin, this group of half-grown boys invented a method: not wearing animal skins when hunting, and finding leaves to cover themselves when returning.

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