bookcurios Chapter 137 First Meeting
Chapter 137 First Meeting
Lin Baiyan and Lang Cang exchanged a glance and immediately understood each other's meaning. He smiled and said, "This is a map I drew based on the terrain of our tribe. If any of you want to learn, I can teach you."
"From now on, when you go hunting, you won't easily lose your way."
Lang Cang responded in a deep voice, "You teach me first, and then I'll teach them."
Tiger Hill pursed his lips and remained silent. His boss was being far too jealous! He wouldn't even let the priest teach other male beastmen.
Fortunately, the male beastmen in the tribe only respected Lin Baiyan. If a competitor suddenly appeared, Lang Cang would be furious.
Lin Baiyan nodded slightly and circled a circle on the map with his finger. "Our tribe is located near the Stone Mountain. I plan to build an oval wall around it."
"We'll expand the residential area, pottery kiln, and breeding area inside the wall, and open small gates on both sides for daily access."
"Here." Lin Baiyan pointed to the center of the room. "There's a large door here, which isn't usually open. It's only opened when there are guests or when there's a lot of prey during the hunting season."
"I'm tentatively setting the wall to be eight meters high, wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, extending upwards. I estimate that such a wall would require at least 500,000 bricks."
"With such a sturdy wall, the probability of a wolf attack will be greatly reduced in the future."
When Lang Cang heard Lin Baiyan's plan, he raised an eyebrow. He wondered why Lin Baiyan would suddenly want to build a wall.
However, the benefits of this wall are obvious.
"If this wall is built according to your plan, it will not be completed until at least next year."
Their tribe doesn't have enough manpower; it would be good if they could finish it next year.
Lin Baiyan pursed his lips. "I know this can't be accomplished overnight, but with this wall, the dangers we face will be greatly reduced."
He looked at the orcs around the table. "We don't have many people to begin with, and each one is precious to me."
The atmosphere inside the cave was somewhat somber.
Looking at Lin Baiyan's somewhat solemn face, Lang Cang subtly curled the corners of his lips. "Let's build it then. The one thing we have plenty of is time. If one year isn't enough, we can do it in two. We'll eventually finish."
Lu Xiao smiled and agreed, "I think this wall is great. It protects us all inside at once, and standing so high, we can see all the surroundings."
Several orcs nodded in agreement.
So the matter of building the wall was temporarily settled.
The first thing they need to do is dig the foundation, because the strength and solidity of a wall largely depends on how well the foundation is done.
If nothing unexpected happens, this wall will remain with them for a long time.
All the tribespeople are now in the tribe, so Lin Baiyan took this opportunity to reorganize the tribe's manpower.
Currently, the jobs in the Cangyan tribe are temporarily divided into planting teams, carpentry teams, construction teams, kiln firing teams, logistics teams, and hunting teams.
Of course, many orcs hold multiple roles.
The construction of houses cannot stop, and the orcs are indispensable as the source of materials for the brick kilns.
Lin Baiyan simply rearranged the schedule for everyone.
After the construction team finished building the house in the morning, they went to break bricks; after the hunting team finished their training, they went to dig the foundation; and after the carpentry team finished some carpentry work, they went to dig the soil…
People nowadays would rather split an orc in half to use it.
Infrastructure construction is in full swing within the tribe.
A few days later, it was time to trade with the Silver Tiger Clan beastmen. Wolf Cang gathered all the male beastmen early in the morning to go to the trade with Lin Baiyan.
This was Lin Baiyan's strong request, as he had not seen any other tribes of orcs since arriving on the orc continent.
He also wanted to take a look, and besides, he wanted to try to get more chili seeds from the Silver Tiger Clan.
Lang Cang had no choice but to agree.
This was the first transaction between the two tribes, and Lang Cang dared not relax his vigilance. Although he initially thought the Silver Tiger tribe beastmen were sincere, he couldn't be sure that they might have bad intentions after seeing the pottery bottle.
We might as well bring more people; if we can't beat them, we can always run away.
Lin Baiyan transformed into a kitten and clung tightly to Lang Cang's body. At first, he didn't know that only a male beastman's back could be sat on by his partner. When he learned this from someone else, the whole cat was stunned.
For several days I didn't dare to look at Lang Cang, but now I'm slowly getting used to the position on Lang Cang's back.
Perhaps this can be considered a kind of fate.
A group of people headed towards the trading location.
The kitten lay on the wolf's neck, squinted its eyes and meowed a few times, pointing its paw at a group of small black dots in the distance.
Wolf Cang sensed his movement and turned its gaze over, letting out a soft "Awoo~"
"It must be them."
He thought he had arrived early enough, but he didn't expect the Silver Tiger Clan beastmen to be so impatient.
As they approached the riverbank, Lin Baiyan hid behind the white wolf, transformed into human form, and only peeked out after dressing properly.
Today he is wearing a long coat made of animal hide, which is made from a single piece of deerskin and is soft and breathable.
The deep brown hair and the feathered crest on its head intertwined, shimmering in the sunlight.
After he finished tidying up, Lang Cang also transformed into human form.
The tiger pack opposite stirred slightly upon seeing the familiar orcs, then made way for them.
A tall, broad-shouldered, middle-aged male orc stepped forward first, followed by Hu Yang, whom Lang Cang had seen before.
Hu Yang carefully helped an elderly sub-beastman whose body was covered in animal bones, teeth, and bone chains.
Lang Cang and Lin Baiyan exchanged a glance and stepped forward. Hu Yang greeted Lang Cang with a smile, "Cang, it's been a long time."
Lang Cang nodded at him, and Hu Yang didn't care about his attitude. He had personally experienced Lang Cang's strength.
Powerful male orcs are always a bit arrogant.
"This is our tribe's chieftain, Hu Luan," Hu Yang said, pointing to the middle-aged male orc beside him.
“This is our old priest.”
The elderly, silver-haired orc smiled kindly.
Lin Baiyan looked at the group of tigers in front of him and gave them a friendly smile. "Friends of the Silver Tiger Clan, we are the chieftain and priest of the Azure Flame Tribe."
At this moment, the tall male orc chieftain Hu Luan rushed forward and flashed to Lang Cang's side in the blink of an eye.
Lang Cang raised his hand and caught the fist that was swinging towards his face, then quickly pushed Lin Baiyan behind him.
Lin Baiyan was completely dumbfounded by this sudden accident.
What's the situation?
Why did they suddenly start fighting?!