Bringing a System to the Beast World

Chapter 341 Bowing Down for Food

Seeing Qingcao's drooling expression, Wuyue smiled and said, "If you want to know if it tastes good, go and get another stone bowl. I'll give you some, and you'll know once you try it."

Qingcao's eyes lit up and she prepared to get up and fetch the stone bowl.

But then, thinking of something, she sat down a little embarrassed: "Hehe, I'll wait until you have time to cook it for me another day."

"Eat your fill and get a good night's sleep. I've prepared a straw nest for you, and there's been a fire burning inside the cave; it'll be very warm."

Wu Yue glanced at her, feeling a warmth in her heart.

He took the stone bowl that Nagano had just brought, filled it with some noodles, and handed it to her: "Try it, I can't finish all these noodles by myself."

Qingcao took the stone bowl from her shyly, looking at her with a suspicious look: "You can usually finish a whole pot of food by yourself, is it really enough for me to eat?"

Looking at Qingcao's sincere question, Wuyue felt her face burning.

Even though she eats a lot, doesn't she care about her pride if you say it so loudly?

He glared fiercely at the guy beside him: "If you're not going to eat it, give it back to me!"

As he spoke, he reached out to snatch it.

Qingcao chuckled and quickly got up to avoid her, saying, "Well, Yue, you can eat slowly. I'm going home now."

After you finish your noodles, put the stone pot by the fire; I'll take it back in a bit.

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared.

Wu Yue sighed softly. Despite her thin body, she ate more than the average female in the tribe, and she began to wonder if she had some kind of illness.

While Wu Yue was slurping down her hot soup noodles, the beastmen of the Poison Scorpion Tribe on the other side looked at the wild vegetable dumplings in their hands, the same color as their own faces, and felt utterly miserable.

"Is this all the Snow Tiger Tribe is feeding us? Isn't that going too far in bullying animals?!"

"What's the point of eating? We might as well go out hunting."

The grumpy orc looked at the wild vegetable dumplings in his hand, which had the same color on the faces of the people around him, but he had no appetite at all.

Although he wasn't the most powerful person in the tribe, when had he ever eaten food that only slaves would eat during the rainy season?
The orc who had kidnapped Wu Yue chuckled, "Let's eat as much as we can while we still have food. That little female even told us to dig a cave. If we don't eat, how will we have the strength to work?"

The tribesmen around him looked at him with disdain: "I never thought you were such a beast. A little female has scared you like this."

The orc calmly picked up a wild vegetable dumpling and put it in his mouth. Thinking about the roasted meat he had eaten yesterday, he actually found it quite delicious.

After swallowing the wild vegetable dumpling in his mouth, he decisively reached out to grab another one, only to find nothing.

Opening his eyes, he saw that the tribesmen who had just said they would never eat it were now licking their fingers, looking as if they were savoring the taste.

His lips twitched immediately. "Didn't you guys not eat it?"
They're licking their fingers, and you call that not eating?

After finishing their food, they nestled together in a secluded spot near the cave entrance and fell asleep, leaning against each other.

Wu Yue learned of their movements from the patrolling beastmen, but just smiled and said nothing. She only instructed them to keep an eye on them before returning to her cave to rest.

The fire in the cave was burning with very thick firewood, and the flames illuminated the entire cave, which was not very large.

Looking at the thick grass nest and the thick animal skin blanket on top, Wu Yue chuckled and pounced on it.

After tossing and turning for a while, I finally lay down and drifted off to sleep.

Inside the Snow Tiger Witch's cave, the chieftain looked at the shaman with a grave expression: "Are those orc warriors really alright? The hair dye they use is too dangerous for us."

Wu slowly picked up the stone bowl filled with hot water, took a sip, and exhaled a large breath of hot air, looking very comfortable.

"What are you worried about? Those orcs do have poison powder on them, and we don't know where Yue got that poison powder from. Even if I wanted to detoxify them, it wouldn't be easy."

Before Yue activated the poison, it was already a blessing from the Beast God that a few people were saved.

As for the method of dyeing hair...

At this point, he picked up the stone bowl again.
The clan chief felt as if a claw was scratching at his heart, and he began to dislike the stone bowl in the shaman's hand.

Is there anything that can't be said all at once?
"Ha~"

After letting out another comfortable breath, the shaman continued, "The color of their hair was achieved using two extremely precious Gu worms from that Gu shaman."

According to the orcs, these hair-dyeing worms aren't very common; otherwise, there would have been more than just one or two people coming to the tribe to capture Yue.

The clan chief still looked somewhat melancholy: "So, that sorcerer still has the Gu worms that can dye hair, and our people are still in danger."

The shaman glanced at him, chuckled, and clapped his hands triumphantly: "Look what this is!"

As if hearing the sound of his slap, a series of light footsteps sounded outside the cave.

A moment later, two chubby little blue pigs came in. Although they looked a bit smaller than Wu Yue's, they were definitely the same breed.

The clan leader's eyes lit up instantly: "This is... one of those small beasts that can catch Gu worms?"

Wu nodded triumphantly: "Haha, you guessed right. These are the two that Yue gave me. As for the rest, you can arrange for them to patrol various parts of the cave."

Seeing the shaman's undisguised smugness, the chieftain felt that his shaman was becoming more and more childish.

After leaving the shaman's cave, Chief Snow Tiger headed towards Wu Yue's cave.

Upon arriving at the entrance of Wuyue's cave, they saw Qingcao peeking out rather lewdly, seemingly doing something shady.

He immediately went inside: "What are you looking at?"

Qingcao, who was observing whether Wuyue was satisfied with the cave's layout, was startled by her clan leader and quickly turned around to look.

Seeing that it was their clan leader, he breathed a sigh of relief: "What brings you here? Are you looking for Yue? She just fell asleep!"

Clan Chief: "."

I haven't said anything yet.
"Then I'll come again tomorrow. You should go back early too. There are orc warriors patrolling at night, so nothing else will happen."

Green Grass chuckled and nodded.

The next morning, Wu Yue got up early, feeling refreshed.

Upon seeing the food in the corner of the cave, she decided to make some egg drop soup and eat some flatbread that day.

Remembering that he had promised the slaves yesterday to visit them, Wu Yue walked toward the slaves' living quarters after eating.

Because many humans still lacked shelter, the slaves' quarters were located somewhat outside the caves. While they wouldn't get wet in the rain, they weren't very warm either. However, because they had listened to Wu Yue's advice and stored a lot of firewood beforehand, it was much better than before for everyone to huddle together and warm themselves by the fire.

Upon seeing Wu Yue arrive, the slaves stood up excitedly: "Lord Wu Yue!"

"Lord Wuyue, you've arrived!"

"Lord Wuyue, are you alright?"

Surrounded by the slaves' greetings, her heart softened: "Don't worry, everyone, I'm alright now."

After saying that, he patted the head of a little cub beside him: "You can stay here for now. After the pure people move into the cave, you can go to some of the places inside."

He talked with the slaves for a while before heading further out of the cave.

At this moment, the scorpion beastmen were munching on their second meal of vegetable dumplings.

Despite being a powerful carnivorous orc warrior, he was found eating wild vegetables here, which made me feel inexplicably sad.

Holding a ball of wild vegetables in my hands, tears streamed down my face uncontrollably.
"Oh my, you're eating!"

Hearing that familiar voice, the wild vegetable dumpling that had just been put into my mouth suddenly became hard to swallow.

The grumpy orc stiffly looked up.
Sure enough, the one who walked over with a 'terrifying' smile was the little female they had captured earlier.

It seemed like she was greeting them.
The Snow Tiger tribe beastmen who were patrolling looked over with smiles: "Yue, are you here to lead them in?"

Wu Yue smiled and nodded: "Because the space inside the cave is a bit cramped, I thought it would be a good opportunity to have them help dig the cave."

The patrolling orc warrior was taken aback upon hearing this, then laughed and pointed to a type of scorpion orc hiding at the cave entrance: "They're quite free, aren't they?"

The scorpion beastmen: "."

They're very busy, okay? Which eye of yours saw them as idle?
Are orcs no longer held accountable for their words?

However, no matter how unwilling they were, they still followed Wu Yue dejectedly into the cave.

Along the way, they saw a group of people, dressed only in grass and vines, busily working. Several people were working together, and stone pots were placed over fires. The pots contained food they had never seen before, emitting wave after wave of aroma.

The orcs' stomachs rumbled again.

"Lord Wuyue, are they the evil beastmen who captured you?"

A pure human cub, barely taller than a beastman's thigh, trotted over with its short legs, its big eyes filled with hostility as it looked at the scorpion beastmen behind Wu Yue.

Wu Yue nodded: "Yes, because they did bad things, so I brought them back and made them dig caves for us."

Upon hearing this, the innocent-looking boy's face grew even more hostile: "They look like bad guys."

The grumpy orc immediately became displeased, forcing what he thought was a very 'friendly' smile at the cub and saying, "Do I look like a bad guy?"

The little cub looked a little scared, but when it saw Wu Yue standing to the side smiling at it, it immediately puffed out its still somewhat thin little chest: "You look even more like her when you smile."

Upon hearing this, not only Wu Yue, but also the other Poison Scorpion Beastmen couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing Wu Yue smile, the little cub also chuckled.

The only one who wasn't smiling was the grumpy orc who the little cub said looked like a bad beast.

Seeing the little cub smiling innocently and happily, the irritable beastman's anger dissipated considerably, though he still muttered to himself, "Little cubs are the worst."

After saying goodbye to the cub, Wu Yue continued leading the Poison Scorpion Beastman into the cave.

The grumpy orc stepped forward, glanced at Wu Yue, and said, "That cub looks very young. Why leave it in such an outer place?"

Wu Yue glanced at him with some surprise and said, "Because he is the son of a slave. Those living outside are all slaves of our tribe."

The irritable orc: "!!!"

The Poison Scorpion Beastmen: "!!!"

So, those foods that made them drool were eaten by the slaves?
Slaves were also allowed to live in caves where tribesmen sought refuge from the rainy season.

Turning to look at the slaves, whose faces always wore faint smiles, and then sniffing the aroma emanating from their stone pots, I recalled how they had just been eating the wild vegetable dumplings with such satisfaction.
Very meow!
When did orcs' living standards become worse than slaves'?!

The grumpy orc raised an eyebrow, ready to explode, but as soon as he looked up, he saw the terrifying little female staring at him with a meaningful look, and the little flame that had just begun to rise in his heart was extinguished with a 'poof'.

He chuckled dryly and said, "I really didn't expect that the living conditions of slaves in your tribe are so good."

Wu Yue withdrew her meaningful gaze and smiled, "Of course, our tribe's slaves work very hard. As long as they contribute to the tribe, they will always be rewarded."

The irritable orc and the group of venomous scorpion orcs' eyes lit up instantly: "Then if we dig a cave properly, we can still have some good food to eat, right?"

Wu Yue pondered for a moment and said, "I'm not really sure about the food you're eating."

But if you work hard, the old lady in charge of food will probably give you more food.

Upon hearing this, the naive beastmen of the Poison Scorpion tribe were instantly filled with strength.

With their chests puffed out and their green faces full of energy, they looked at Wu Yue and said, "Where are we digging the cave? Take us there quickly!"

Seeing how effortlessly they could dig ten caves in one go, Wu Yue couldn't help but chuckle to herself.

He led them to the other half of the cave wall that had not yet been excavated: "You can dig on this cave wall, layer by layer, but remember to leave steps and passageways for people to go up and walk through."

The grumpy orc, brimming with energy at the memory of the delicious food he had smelled earlier, casually waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about such a small matter."

Wu Yue smiled and said, "It doesn't need to be too big, just enough for four orcs to live in."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Only then did the Poison Scorpion Beastmen feel waves of unusually intense gazes surrounding them, staring directly at them and sending shivers down their spines.

Somewhat stiffly, they turned around and saw the people who had been sitting by the fire warming themselves and preparing food were now staring at them with wide, sparkling eyes.

Seeing them turn around, he waved enthusiastically, saying, "You guys dig your stuff, we're just watching, hehe."

Angry orc: "."

The way you're looking at me makes me feel like I'll be trampled to death after I dig a cave!

(End of this chapter)