The prince of heaven only wants salted fish

Upon hearing Jicheng's words, the two brothers Hua and Xiu, who were already gearing up for success, showed confused expressions: "?"

Jicheng added slowly: "How can I issue a mission to you if I don't have enough food?"

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With this premise, Hua Hexiu, a devout believer in the Beast God, immediately turned around and entered the room with understanding. He turned around and brought a pile of food to Jicheng: "Are these enough?!"

Fire is a very precious resource in the Aludulu tribe. No one even thought about the possibility of barbecue in the world. The meat in the food brought out by the two brothers Hua and Xiu was basically raw, even if they tried their best. It was properly preserved, but it still exuded an unspeakable smell.

So Ji Cheng thought about this pile of food for a moment, and decisively chose the grass leaves they held out.

Although the taste is not very good, under the current conditions, it is enough to fill the stomach.

When Hua Hexiu saw Jicheng choosing Grass Leaf, he felt a little reluctant - although their animal form is forest elephant, they are actually omnivorous because they are orcs, but compared to the pure carnivorous animal form The orcs are more receptive to grass and leafy food.

If it were normal times, meat would be rarer to them, but now, the moisture in the grass leaves is their favorite during the dry season! !

However, thinking that this was a filial piety to the spokesperson chosen by the Beast God, although the two brothers felt distressed, they still didn't say anything.

——It was completely different from their previous stingy behavior towards Ji Shi. If Ji was still conscious, he would probably cry out of anger when he saw the two brothers looking like this.

After being welcomed into the house by Hua Hexiu, after eating and drinking, Jicheng finally got down to business.

"The task entrusted to you by the Beast God is definitely an important task." Jicheng said slowly.

The two brothers, each with a panda eye, couldn't help but approach Jicheng: "What is it?"

Jicheng said: "Open the canal."

Two brothers: "...?"

Xiu was the most outspoken and asked: "What is opening a canal? Why can't I understand it?" Could this Ji be deceiving them?

Hua directly poked his brother in the elbow: "If you can understand, is it still called God's will?!"

Then he turned around and asked Jicheng: "So what is it?"

Xiu couldn't help but glare at his brother: Don't you understand, too? Why are you hitting me? !

Jicheng explained: "To build a canal, to put it simply, it means to bring water from other places."

He pointed outside - although Hua Hexiu had not repaired the windows of his house at all, so the whole house was extremely dark - and tried to explain the reason to the two brothers in a simple and easy-to-understand way: "It is not the dry season and there is a lack of water now." Is that so? The Beast God is usually very busy, so he can’t just give us rain, and he will be very unhappy if he keeps bothering us.”

"So instead of always offering sacrifices to his old man to pray for blessings and so on, it is better for us to provide enough food and clothing ourselves," Jicheng curled his lips and said, "This way we can have water to drink, and we will not trouble the Beast God and his old man."

His words really made the original idea of ​​"opening canals" sound much clearer, but Xiu was still a little confused: "It seems good when you say that, but how do you open canals? Where is the water source?" None of them Understand this!

Jicheng said: "This requires me to leave the tribe and see for myself."

From Ji's memory, Jicheng knew that there was a fairly vast forest not far from the Aludulu tribe, and hunting teams from the tribe often went there to look for prey. However, as a child who has never evolved into an animal state, the forest full of various beasts is still too dangerous for Ji, so he has never been there, or even left the tribe's territory.

But for Jicheng to gain a foothold here, it is obviously necessary to explore the surroundings, especially the most extensive forest. His current force value is insufficient, but as long as he brings together the two brothers Hua and Xiu, the safety factor will undoubtedly be much higher.

And it is obvious that this year's dry season is unusual. Unlike the local residents here in Jicheng, they only pray to the beast god to give them rain. Instead of pinning their hopes on such uncertain things, it is better to have enough food and clothing by yourself - and once it stabilizes If the water source is brought here, the high priest and the others can't always think of tying themselves to the altar to offer sacrifices to heaven!

After all these considerations, Jicheng finally made this request to the two brothers Hua and Xiu in the name of the Beast God.

But it was obvious that Hua Hexiu was still frightened by Jicheng's statement: "You want to leave the tribe?"

Hua immediately frowned and said, "This is too dangerous for you!"

Regardless of whether Ji is the spokesperson of the beast god or whether they think Ji's existence is a waste of food, neither Hua nor Xiu approves of Jicheng leaving the tribe: there are many tribesmen in the tribe, and they also have simple walls built by them to resist the invasion of wild beasts and ensure safety. To a large extent, it can be guaranteed, but if he leaves the tribe, with Ji's constitution, he is likely to die directly.

Jicheng: "That's why the Beast God asked you to complete this task with me."

"Why," he asked somewhat provocatively, "do you think you can't complete the mission entrusted by the Beast God?"

Afraid that Jicheng's next words would be "Then I'll leave this task to others", Xiu quickly said: "Of course we can complete it!!"

Hua also nodded repeatedly beside him, and Ji Cheng raised the corners of his lips: "Then the matter is settled like this?"

He stretched out his hand, and Hua Hexiu rushed to put his hand on it: "It's a deal!"

Taking advantage of the fact that there were no hunting missions, the two brothers Hua and Xiu took Ji Cheng out of the tribe the next day.

It must be said that the orcs' ability to recover is indeed very strong. Even though they were given a panda eye by Ji Cheng yesterday, when Ji Cheng met them again today, the faces of the two brothers had returned to normal.

Ji Cheng's body did not have an animal form. For convenience, Hua directly changed into the form of a forest elephant and let his brother and Ji Cheng climb onto his back.

He was a little worried that Ji Cheng's small body could not climb up, and he wanted to lie on the ground first and let Ji Cheng come slowly. Who knew that Ji Cheng jumped up with a nimble kick, and his agility was no less than any hunter who had been trained for many years.

After being slightly surprised, Xiu asked on behalf of his brother: "Where are we going?"

After leaving the tribe and sitting on the back of a forest elephant, the terrain around here can be seen more clearly. To the east of the Aludulu tribe is an endless forest, but because of the drought in recent days, even the trees in the forest are about to wither, and to the west is the shape of a mountain. There is not much vegetation on the mountain, mostly bare rocks.

There are still some traces of small ditches not far from the tribe, but because of the arrival of the dry season, these ditches have long shown a trend of drying up. Even though it just rained two days ago, there is only a little residual rain water at the bottom of the ditch.

In fact, it may be more appropriate to describe it as "mud" rather than rain water.

Hua and Xiu looked at the mud in the small ditch, and their eyes clearly showed a look of desire: mud can protect the elephant's skin and can also play a role in cooling down. More importantly, rolling in the mud is really fun! !

However, thinking about the "important task" assigned by the beast god, the two brothers finally tried to overcome their instincts and did not rush into the ditch immediately - of course, it was probably because the small ditch could not accommodate the size of an elephant.

In fact, there is a small ditch, and it is very likely that there is groundwater here, but the technology of the Aludulu tribe is too backward, and Ji Cheng is not sure what the underground is like, so instead of digging wells aimlessly, it is better to go to other places to find out if there is any usable water source.

He pointed to the forest along the direction of the ditch: "Follow the direction of the ditch, let's go into the forest."

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Hua then took a step and walked into the forest.

Although many trees at the edge of the forest were withered and yellow due to lack of water, the deeper they walked, the more lush the forest became.

Hua's beast form is an elephant, so even if there are some beasts in the forest, not many of them will come to provoke him. Ji Cheng directed Hua to walk and stop. When they reached some key places, he took the initiative to get off the elephant's back, broke a branch from the tree next to him, and scratched on the ground.

Seeing that there was no danger around for the time being, Hua also changed back to human form and came over with his brother: "What are you drawing?"

Ji Cheng said: "Topographic map."

The orc tribe had no idea how important maps were, but Ji Cheng knew that with a well-drawn map in hand, everything would be twice as effective with half the effort.

They had walked for such a long morning and still hadn't found a usable water source. It was obvious that the source of these small rivers was still in a farther direction. It would not be a one-day job to dig through the canals. He couldn't wait until they found the water source and then guide them every day, right?

Ji Cheng drew the route they had just walked in a few strokes, and also marked some important places that might be used when hunting, and said to Hua and Xiu: "Write down this map, it's very important."

Afraid that the two brothers would not believe him, he wanted to add a sentence casually, "This is what the beast god said."

However, Xiu said frankly: "I don't understand."

Hua had some impression of the path they had just walked, and now he had a certain understanding of what Ji Cheng meant by "map".

So he said: "My elephant hoof drawings are better than yours."

Ji Cheng: "..."

The water source has not been found yet, but Ji Cheng and the other two have already felt hungry - especially Ji Cheng. Ji's family has no food left. He relied on Hua and Xiu for his last meal. He has walked in the forest for so long today. If he had not had to maintain the demeanor of a "prince of heaven", he would have been dragged by Hua and Xiu like a mop.

Hua and Xiu were not as hungry as Ji Cheng, and their lunch was easier to solve than Ji Cheng's: there were many tender branches and leaves in the forest, and there was still enough water in them. As long as they turned into beasts, they could easily have a full meal.

When they were hungry, the two brothers turned into beasts and went straight to the forest - they did not go in this direction before hunting, and rarely went deep to this extent. They didn't know there were so many delicious branches and leaves here!

After they finished eating, Hua and Xiu realized that they had forgotten that Ji Cheng had not eaten anything either.

"Ji, do you want us to help you hunt something to eat--"

Xiu asked carelessly, and it was at this time that they realized that Ji Cheng seemed to have started to act a long time ago-- they saw Ji Cheng digging a hole in the ground with the stones he picked up, and when the hole was deep enough, he jumped down and inserted some sharpened branches into it, and when Ji Cheng climbed up, he actually found some grass leaves and branches to cover the hole loosely, and finally sprinkled a layer of soil, and it was completely impossible to see that a hole had been dug here.

"What are you doing?" Xiu asked puzzled.

Ji Cheng made a "hush" gesture: "Hunting."

"Hunting?" Xiu wanted to laugh a little, "What kind of hunting are you doing?"

He wanted to tell Ji Cheng that real hunting is not like this. Their hunting team will have many tribesmen go out together. If they target a prey, they will chase it until the prey is exhausted or caught up. All the tribesmen will rush up and kill the prey and bring it back.

Hua and Xiu rely on the size of forest elephants. Although their speed is not top-notch when running away, they have an absolute advantage if they are one-on-one with the prey-that is why they are the best hunters in the hunting team.

And what Ji Cheng is doing now is particularly strange in Hua and Xiu's eyes: without prey, without chasing, without fangs, claws or overwhelming size advantages to attack prey, how to hunt?

Wait for the prey to appear out of thin air from that pit?