funbook-pk Chapter 5 Gathering Outside
Chapter 5 Gathering Outside
Upon hearing this, the beastmen in the cave looked at each other in bewilderment, and no one uttered a sound.
That's fire, how can it be lit so easily?
The fire on this continent is something that every tribe cherishes. Obtaining fire is very difficult, and although they now know how to use fire, raising it is still a skill that requires a lot of expertise.
The orcs consider fire to be a very sacred thing, one of the bridges to communicate with the beast god. Only priests can skillfully control the flame. After the priests light the flame, they will keep the flame in the tribe so that it will never go out and will be used by the tribespeople.
The atmosphere in the cave suddenly became somewhat silent.
Lang Cang didn't have high hopes; he was just asking casually.
Just then, a clear, youthful voice suddenly rang out in the cave: "Or, perhaps I can give it a try?"
Wolf Cang looked in the direction of the sound and saw the sub-beastman weakly raising his hand. Everyone else's eyes also quickly focused on Lin Baiyan.
Seeing that his words had caused all the beastmen in the cave to widen their eyes in surprise, Lin Baiyan's social anxiety suddenly kicked in.
Why are you all staring at him like that? All he did was say he could start a fire.
He subconsciously rubbed the fluffy head of the kitten Xia in his arms again.
Seeing the young man's somewhat bewildered expression, Lang Cang, though puzzled, didn't ask, "Then give it a try."
"You can start a fire after you've collected the materials."
"Then let's do as Rabbit Forest suggested and leave a few sub-orcs in the cave to polish the stone pots."
Wolf Cang didn't hold out much hope, after all, Lin Baiyan still looked like a cub. He thought that perhaps he could find some flint during the hunt.
His mother and father were the ones who started their tribe's fire with flint.
Seeing that Lang Cang's expression hadn't changed, Lin Baiyan breathed a slight sigh of relief and loosened her grip on the kitten.
Xia, the kitten he was holding, was oblivious to her cat brother's complicated thoughts and happily rubbed against Lin Baiyan's hand.
After all, even though Brother Cat White had shared food with her before, he had never held her in his arms so affectionately and rubbed her cat head. The little kitten cherished the tenderness she was receiving now.
Lang Cang ignored Lin Baiyan's strange behavior. He carried the rabbit to the group of fluffy wolf cubs and said to the largest one, "Lang Yun, you stay here and watch over Lang Yu and the others."
He then handed the rabbit in his hand to Lang Yun: "Wait for me to come back, and don't go out unnecessarily."
The orcs in the cave didn't object to Lang Cang's actions; the rabbit was hunted and brought back by Lang Cang alone.
Of course, they dared not have any objections, since they still needed Lang Cang to lead them out hunting.
Lang Yun nodded seriously upon hearing Lang Cang's words.
The half-grown cubs, like mother hens, warily gathered the wolf cubs behind them together, widened their eyes, pricked up their ears, and dutifully lay down at the front.
After everything was assigned, Lang Cang said to the beastmen in the cave who were already getting restless, "You must return to the cave before dark. I have already done a quick patrol. Although there are no traces of large wild beasts around, it is not necessarily safe."
Rabbit Forest and Lin Baiyan nodded very seriously. In terms of hunting and vigilance, they were not as sharp as the male beastmen. Therefore, the sub-beastmen only moved around in places that the male beastmen deemed safe.
But now they obviously don't have time to do another thorough inspection; their priority is to fill their stomachs.
"Let's go then." Lang Cang stood at the cave entrance, first transforming into a giant white wolf, then howling at the sky before running out. The other male orcs in the cave, hearing the signal, also transformed into their beast forms.
For a moment, Lin Baiyan felt as if he had entered a zoo, with brown bears, monkeys, foxes, antelopes, rhinoceroses, and tigers, each with a different animal form.
They followed the white wolf and rushed out.
The cave gradually returned to silence. Tu Lin smiled and said to Lin Baiyan, "Then let's set off."
Lin Baiyan responded and, together with Tu Lin, led the group of sub-beastmen into the forest.
Not long after entering the forest, he saw the pile of fallen leaves he had gathered. The young man walked over, brushed the leaves aside, and revealed the chestnuts underneath.
Lin Baiyan picked up a spiky fruit that had been slightly opened, revealing chestnuts inside, and said to the sub-beastmen who had gathered around, "This is the spiky fruit I was talking about. Peel off the outer layer of thorns, and there's another shell. You have to peel off that outer shell too. The innermost part, the flesh, is the edible part."
“I call this chestnut.” Lin Baiyan subconsciously used the name he had used on Blue Star, since the beastmen didn’t know his real name anyway.
A more lively sub-orc exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, so that's how you eat this!"
“There were these around my old tribe too, but we always avoided them because the thorns were sharp and prickly.”
He wore a pained expression, looking somewhat annoyed. "I never imagined that there was food inside. Didn't we waste a lot of food before?"
The surrounding sub-beastmen all smiled kindly, and Rabbit Forest also showed a rare smile: "It's okay, now that we know, let's collect all of these together and we'll have plenty of food to eat."
For hardworking and frugal orcs, wasting edible food is utterly incomprehensible.
The beastmen were happy to gather and store anything that could fill their stomachs.
"Let's get started right away!"
Without further ado, the sub-beastmen scattered around the chestnut tree to search for edible chestnuts.
Seeing so many people harvesting chestnuts, Lin Baiyan decided not to go any further. It was rare to find so many people around, so there was less worry about danger.
He wanted to test whether the ability he brought with him from his time travel was actually useful.
The young man said to Tu Lin, "Tu Lin, I'll go over there and see if there's any food left."
The system of addressing people by seniority on the Beastman Continent is very chaotic, so Lin Baiyan had no choice but to call Tu Lin by his name directly.
Orcs love their cubs very much, but they are not good at maintaining relationships between relatives. Generally, fathers and mothers raise their cubs to adulthood and then let them live on their own.
Of course, on the orc continent where hunting is a daily activity, countless cubs lose their fathers and mothers at a young age, and these cubs are usually raised by the tribe.
He pointed to the woods next to them. Tu Lin looked in the direction he pointed and nodded when he thought it wasn't far. "Then you have to be careful and don't go too far. If you encounter any danger, be sure to run back."
In Tu Lin's eyes, Lin Baiyan was still an immature cub, so he subconsciously said a few more words.
Seeing that Lin Baiyan responded very seriously, Tu Lin smiled and let him go to collect the materials on his own.
Seeing Lin Baiyan walk towards the nearby woods, the handsome sub-beastman quickly called out to him, "Cat Bai, Cat Bai! Where are you going?"