Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 02

Chapter 2

The witch doctor of the Beast God Tribe is more precious than the tribe leader. When the tribe leader dies, the strongest member of the hunting team will become the next tribe leader. However, the inheritance of the witch doctor is more complicated.

Some witch doctors will choose one or two children in the tribe to serve as medicine boys. Only a few of these medicine boys can learn the knowledge of witch doctors and become the next witch doctors. The rest only learn the basics because of their lack of talent. But even the latter is a talent that many tribes are eager to have.

There is too much knowledge that a witch doctor needs to master, and many witch doctors do not like to have too many people around them. This leads to the number of witch doctors being very small, and various prescriptions are also passed down in secret. Except for the successor chosen by the witch doctor, no one else is qualified to learn.

The witch doctor can also hold sacrificial ceremonies to communicate with the animal gods and pray for good weather and harvest for the tribe. Therefore, in the Beast God Tribe, the witch doctor is the person with the highest status besides the Beast God. Only large tribes with abundant resources can support him. Small tribes like theirs don’t even have the opportunity to support a medicine boy.

Shi Hong, the chief of the Crazy Lion Tribe, was willing to give up half of the tribe’s supplies to become a partner with Fox Bu from the Red Fox Tribe. The most important reason for this was that Fox Bu had been following a witch doctor from a large tribe for a while, had medicine in his hands, and knew wild fruits that others didn’t know about.

After Bai Tu was injured, his wound was still bleeding until he woke up. It was not because the tribe was unwilling to give him treatment, but because everyone did not know how to stop the bleeding. If the injury is to other parts of the body, you can use methods such as binding, but if it is to the head, you can only wait for the wound to heal naturally.

No one could do anything about that kind of wound. With a wound like Bai Chen’s that was deep, long and bleeding, death was only a matter of time, unless a witch doctor came to treat him personally.

Bai An never expected that the boy he picked up turned out to be a witch doctor!

But after asking, he came back to his senses from the surprise and felt that he was too happy too early. The witch doctor has a noble status. It is said that when he goes out to collect herbs, he is protected by many orcs. It is impossible for him to end up like them. Moreover, witch doctors are all very old. Bai Tu is so young and has not yet completely passed his growth period. How could he be a witch doctor?

Bai Tu didn’t know how valuable the witch doctor was, but seeing how surprised everyone was, he guessed that he must be an important person. After all, the tribe’s knowledge of plants seemed very superficial. He certainly couldn’t randomly claim an unfamiliar profession. He didn’t inherit any memories other than that of a plant, and he didn’t know his body’s previous identity. He could do things like saving people, but it was too risky to make up an identity. It would be very dangerous if he was recognized in the future.

Anyway, no one will doubt that I have lost my memory now. Thinking of this, Bai Tu said, “I don’t remember things in the past, but after waking up, I will remember the uses of plants I see outside. For example, these, I remembered that they have hemostatic effects, so I brought them back.”

As he spoke, he raised several herbs with hemostatic effects in his hand. The wound stopped bleeding before all the herbs he collected these days were used up.

When they saw those herbs, everyone who had just felt hopeful suddenly became disappointed.

The Snow Rabbit Tribe does not have a witch doctor, but most people in the hunting team have been to other tribes, especially the older ones, who often take their tribesmen out to exchange for salt and other supplies, and have witnessed the grand scene of the witch doctor saving people.

A witch doctor needs to prepare a lot of things when treating injuries. The first is a large amount of tribute to worship the beast god. If the Beast God is satisfied with the amount of tribute, the witch doctor will take out the secret holy water and black medicine with the approval of the Beast God. The holy water is used to awaken the souls of sleeping orcs, and the black medicine is used to heal the wounds of orcs.

The holy water and black medicine are items possessed by all witch doctors in the entire Beast God Continent. They are also secret recipes that witch doctors never pass on to others. Only these two things can save seriously injured orcs.

Bai Tu had no magic water or black medicine in his hand, only a few wild grasses that could be found everywhere outside. How could he possibly save Bai Chen who was seriously injured and unconscious?

Recognizing this fact, someone spoke up: “Tu, these are weeds, not medicine.”

Once one person said this, another person followed suit: “Yes, you can see this kind of grass is everywhere outside, only pheasants and rabbits will eat it, throw it away.”

“You will get sick if you eat anything you don’t want, don’t pick these up in the future…”

Someone else said: “Chief, Tu’s head wound hasn’t healed yet.”

Bai An shook his head and didn’t intend to argue with the injured boy: “Forget it, let’s share the food.” The pain of losing his son brought a heavy blow to this strong orc, but what had happened could not be changed.

Bai Tu naturally heard that everyone did not trust him, but he was unwilling to give up treating the wounded because of a few words. He could not bear to watch a fellow tribesman who was still alive and well the day before die.

In addition, he had another plan. It was said that someone had been poisoned to death by plants in the past, which led to people not daring to eat unfamiliar plants. Now the few kinds of food that people dared to eat were almost picked up. If he wants to live a more comfortable life, or at least not go hungry, he will have a lot of things to do in the future, and he must have convincing reasons.

It goes without saying who has more say, an ordinary person without any special skills or a person with medical skills. So far, he quite likes his current tribe, and because of this, he doesn’t want anyone in the tribe to die.

Bai Tu grabbed Bai An’s arm: “Chief, let me try. The wound on my head healed with these herbs.”

Before Bai An could speak, the young man holding Bai Chen shook his head: “The wound is different. Your wound is very small, but your brother’s entire thigh was cut open.”

Bai Tu knew the other person, Bai Chen’s younger brother and Bai An’s youngest son Bai Qi. His words were also the thoughts of other people in the tribe, but not everyone was as polite as the father and son.

The other young man standing next to Bai An frowned nervously: “Tu, don’t do anything rash! Eating those grasses can kill people!”

The orc next to him followed up and advised: “Tu, your wound has not healed yet, go and rest.”

Normal methods of convincing these people did not work, so Bai Tu simply went all out: “Since everyone believes that Chen’s wound will not heal, why don’t you let me try? What if it can be cured? It’s better than waiting to die in the cave.” The most important thing now is to use hemostatic drugs on Bai Chen. Without treatment, Bai Chen will definitely die from excessive blood loss. If he delays without taking medicine, it is questionable whether he can survive tonight.

After hearing the last sentence, Bai Qi looked at his brother whose half body was already stained red with blood, and then looked at his father. Bai Qi just turned sixteen this year. Even though he joined the hunting team, he still relies on his father and brother to make decisions most of the time.

Bai An seemed to be moved by these words, or perhaps he was holding the mentality of trying everything possible, and sighed: “Let’s give it a try.” The result would be the same anyway.

Bai An agreed, but everyone understood that Bai Chen’s death was only a matter of time. Without the holy water and the black medicine, it would be useless even if the witch doctor came, let alone Bai Tu who couldn’t remember the past and didn’t look like a witch doctor in terms of age.

As expected, provocation is the most effective. Bai Tu breathed a sigh of relief and ignored other people’s thoughts. When he heard the agreement, he immediately asked Bai Qi to send Bai Chen to the cave where he lived now. This cave was actually given up by Bai Qi after he was injured. There are too many people living in the cave, making it unsuitable for recuperation.

Bai Chen’s wound was indeed the same as Bai Qi said, long and deep. His bones and muscles were not injured, but he was bleeding continuously. The bleeding was not as fast as when he was just injured, but if it continued like this, even the strongest person would not be able to withstand it.

“We also need to light a fire and boil water.” Bai Tu reminded the tribesmen who were standing outside that the tribe’s stone pot weighed dozens of kilograms and would be even heavier after adding water, so they could only call for help.

Bai An looked at Bai Tu with hope on his face and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. He waved his hand and said, “Zhou and Xun, go get the stone pot.”

Several members of the hunting team came out to help set up the stone pot. Bai Dong and others helped to move branches over and started a new fire at the entrance of the cave.

The stone pot was boiling water, and Bai Tu asked Bai An for salt.

Upon hearing that salt was going to be used, the young man who had opposed Bai Tu from the beginning became even more dissatisfied and stopped Bai An: “Tu, salt is a resource of the tribe, you can’t use it indiscriminately!” Salt

is the most important item in the tribe besides food. Most of it is with the patriarch. Others can only get some regularly, or give the saved food to them in exchange for some for personal use before the salt exchange team sets off, but most orcs can only save a limited amount of food.

“Okay, Cheng, go divide the prey.” Bai An stopped the other party from saying anything else, turned to Bai Qi and said, “Qi, go get my salt.”

Hearing that it was Bai An’s salt that was used, the young man, Tu Cheng, stopped talking, but his expression was still not looking good, and he went to divide the prey with a gloomy face.

Bai Tu didn’t say a word from beginning to end. He discovered that sometimes explanations were useless.

Bai Qi brought the salt over. Bai Tu looked at the amount of water in the stone pot, estimated the approximate ratio, and poured the salt in.

After the salt water boiled, Bai Tu asked Bai Zhou and Tu Xun, who had just set up the stone pot, to pour the salt water in the stone pot back and forth between the two stone pots to cool it down, while he went to the corner to prepare the medicine.

Bai Tu didn’t walk to Bai Chen until the salt water became cool. He first cleaned the wound with salt water, and then applied crushed Panax notoginseng and Bletilla striata.

The weather was hot and there was no breathable gauze here, so Bai Tu did not bandage the wound, leaving it exposed.

Bai Tu did not avoid people during the whole process of applying the medicine. Several people in the cave witnessed the whole process of stopping the bleeding of the wound with their own eyes. Because it had been cleaned, they could see it more clearly.

In fact, Bai An, who had no hope at all, was stunned, and could hardly believe his eyes: “The bleeding has stopped?” After confirming again that Bai Chen’s wound was no longer bleeding, Bai An felt a little scared. If he had not agreed with Bai Tu just now, would he have killed Bai Chen?

Bai Qi was so surprised that he was speechless. He stared at Bai Chen’s wound with wide eyes until his eyes were sore. The wound still did not bleed. He pointed at the ointment and said excitedly: “This is the same as the black medicine!”

“No more bleeding. Tu really can heal wounds!”

“We didn’t believe Tu’s words before…”

Bai Zhou and the others blamed themselves when they found out that they almost misunderstood Bai Tu.

“It only stops the bleeding temporarily. You still need to be careful next time.” Bai Tu reminded. After all, stopping the bleeding is the first step. You must ensure that the wound does not become inflamed or festered in the next few days in order to recover quickly.

“If there is no bleeding, it proves that the disease can be healed!” Bai An had seen many injured orcs and knew that the most important thing for them was to stop the bleeding. As long as there was no bleeding, the orcs’ powerful healing ability could completely allow the person to recover. Even though Bai Chen is still sleeping, he believes that this is only temporary and his soul will return once his wounds heal.

Bai Tu took the remaining herbs to make medicine. The herbs he brought back two days ago included not only those for stopping bleeding, but also some for anti-inflammatory. It seems like my plant identification skills have been upgraded to a higher level in my new life. I know how to use it just by holding it in my hand.

Recalling what happened before he agreed to treat the injury, Bai Tu asked Bai An a few questions. Only then did he realize how magical and mysterious witch doctors were in the Beast God Continent. He also finally understood why people didn’t believe in the herbs after seeing them.

The process of the witch doctor making medicine is invisible to outsiders, but the process of healing injuries is seen by everyone. Therefore, in the minds of the orcs, if they want to heal injuries, they must sacrifice to the beast god, offer food, holy water, and black medicine.

Bai Tu had reservations about the authenticity of the sacrifices, prayers, and communications with the beast gods, but these were the orcs’ understandings for many years. He considered himself a newcomer and had no intention of challenging the witch doctor’s position in the orcs’ hearts. He only inquired about the treatment process.

He could understand the black medicine, which was probably made from a variety of herbs. Black ointments were not uncommon. What he was more curious about was the “holy water” that Bai An mentioned that could awaken the soul.

“Has the clan leader seen the holy water?” Bai Tu asked.

“I’ve seen it!” Hearing that he was interested in the holy water, Bai Qi, who had been listening to the conversation, answered quickly, “It looks like water. Xiong Tuan said that when he was an adult, a witch doctor applied it to his body. It felt very cool, and the holy water can even light fire!” His tone was full of envy for Xiong Tuan.

Bai Tu seemed to be thinking about something and had a guess in his mind: “What was the reaction of those who were treated with the holy water?”

Bai Qi didn’t know, but fortunately Bai An knew clearly: “It was like someone was calling them, and they suddenly woke up after being called. But many orcs only wake up for a moment, and then continue to sleep after waking up. The witch doctor said it was normal and it would be fine in a few days.”

Bai Tu fell into deep thought. If he guessed correctly, the so-called “holy water” was white wine or purified high-concentration alcohol.

So those seriously injured orcs who were awakened from coma… were awakened by the pain?