Pampered Beast: Frail Beauty with Many Children Brings Blessings

Chapter 12 The Wandering Orc

After seeing Zhile off, Si Shuo was completely dejected and couldn't muster any energy to do anything.

Half of the males in the tribe participate in the spring hunt, while the remaining males are divided into two groups to take turns hunting and guarding.

For safety reasons, the females now take turns going out to collect food every other day.

Si Shuo slept until the sun was high in the sky. After washing up, he bought a basket of shumai, two tea eggs, an ear of corn, and a bowl of eight-treasure porridge from the mall.

Since she awakened her superpowers, her appetite has increased.

After dinner, Si Shuo had nothing to do, so he continued to ponder the art of inducing childbirth as usual.

She had a small basket in her hand containing some seeds and seedlings.

Each species has a different growth period, and the effects she induces vary.

When she was collecting the fruit, she tried to force the ripening of the nearly ripe fruit. The fruit did ripen, but the taste was the same as the fruit that had been treated with ripening agents in later generations, and it was not as delicious as the naturally ripened fruit.

Si Shuo watched as the seeds sprouted in his palm, completely baffled by the meaning of this spell.

Suddenly she saw a grayish seed with barbs, which absorbed her energy and grew rapidly like a tender sprout that had absorbed a lot of water. Before long, the green branches hardened, the color deepened to brown, and the soft thorns also dried up and hardened!

Si Shuo was a little stunned, then pulled out another seed of the same kind to encourage its growth. Just like the previous one, the seed grew very fast, and because she was mentally prepared and her supernatural ability provided stability, the branches were twice as thick and long.

Isn't this one of the main forces in that tangled thicket of bushes that she encountered during her first gathering, a thicket that even the beastmen couldn't get to?

The life-inducing spell is useless in combat. But if she could master this spell and create a thicket of bushes to disguise herself as a hedgehog when encountering enemies, what would happen?

With a goal in mind, Si Shuo continued to dig for seeds. There weren't many of these; they were mostly seeds she picked up while gathering wild fruits.

There are only about twenty in total.

She concentrated her supernatural power to accelerate the growth of a thorny bud, but once it reached the bud stage, she stopped growing it.

Her power reserves are only enough to generate five, but she can control the growth direction of the thorns. This means she can generate them while weaving them, and even the growth direction of the thorns is within her control!

"Si Shuo, the traveling merchant is here. Do you want to exchange for something?" Just as Si Shuo was having a great time, Yi Mei rushed in excitedly.

Si Shuo only had time to toss the thorny branches aside, and slowly stuffed a handful of dried fruit into his mouth.

Upon seeing her arrive, Si Shuo smiled and raised his hand to invite Yi Mei to eat together.

Yimei smiled and waved her hand, then repeated what she had said: "Every year around this time, traveling merchants come to our tribe every now and then. They are teams of stray beasts with good strength and reputation."

We can exchange delicious dried fruit, dried meat, animal hides, or crystals from them for salt, pretty beads, nice animal hides, high-grade crystals, rare foods, pottery jars, and even cotton-padded clothes...

Let's go to the square and see what they brought this time. It seems like the snake-beastman Ji Liang is leading the team!

Si Shuo couldn't go out, but the excitement had spread to the tribe, so she was naturally curious and followed Yi Mei outside.

She saw almost all the orcs in the tribe come out of the cave and head towards the square!

As soon as Si Shuo climbed down the stone steps, he encountered Yu Jiao and Ma Hui, along with several other females.

She usually either stayed in the cave or went out to collect things with Zhile. For the past two weeks, she hadn't spoken to Yu Jiao.

Yu Jiao glanced at her, took Ma Hui's hand, and walked past as if she hadn't seen her.

Ma Hui pouted: "Yu Jiao, I told you long ago that your sister doesn't deserve your kindness. Mutant beasts have no heart!"

"It's good that you realized it, otherwise she would have dragged you down with her..."

Yu Jiao laughed and said, "Alright, let's not talk about her anymore. Anyway, I've found her a beast husband, so what she does from now on has nothing to do with me."

"Let's talk about Ji Liang. I've heard from the females in the tribe that Ji Liang's traveling merchants are the most powerful group near our Dongye Forest." Ma Hui nodded repeatedly and said excitedly, "That's right. Whenever Ji Liang and his group pass by, no orc dares to provoke them."

Ji Liang was originally a level seven orc, while he was a snake orc, capable of fighting opponents of higher levels.

The team he led was composed of seasoned veterans, each capable of taking on five or six orcs of the same level.

More importantly, there are no females in Jiliang yet...

Yu Jiao sighed, "Everyone says Ji Liang is very picky; he might very well find a saintly woman."

Ma Hui nudged her shoulder: "If we don't have Ji Liang, any of the other males in the merchant caravan will do. They're all at least level five in combat strength, one of them is worth five or six!"

Yi Mei's eyes darted around, and she grabbed Si Shuo's arm, silently opening her mouth, "Si Shuo, the males in our tribe value offspring, but the stray beasts are more casual about offspring."

The wandering beasts in the merchant caravan are all capable and of good character; you can choose one as your beast husband!

Si Shuo, who had been listening intently to the gossip, froze for a moment. She shook her head repeatedly and whispered, "No, Zhile is working so hard outside for me. I can't let him go behind my back and find another beast."

Yi Mei couldn't help but nod her head, "Silly Si Shuo, you found a powerful beast husband to share the burden with Zhi Le, so he won't have to worry about you outside."

The stray beasts around here have been quite active these past two days, and the leader is preparing to have the gathering team temporarily stop.

No matter how well the tribe is defended, there are always some strange and elusive beasts that manage to sneak into the tribe.

"I worry about you because there's no male around to keep watch at home!"

Si Shuo's heart skipped a beat. "Sister Yi Mei, don't scare me."

She was already struggling to stay alone in the dark cave at night, holding a small nightlight and listening to music.

Yi Mei raised an eyebrow. "So, you should hurry up and arrange a second male husband for yourself. On days like this, the night is the perfect time to get close to a male."

Si Shuo twitched the corner of his lips but didn't reply.

When they arrived, the orcs had already formed a long queue in the square, wanting to exchange goods with the traveling merchants.

On the platform in the square, there was a stone recliner covered with a whole red tiger skin.

A male with black hair tied up high with a black crystal and golden, vertical eyes leaned lazily against it. He wore a light, black robe with gold trim, cinched at the waist with a dark red and silver belt, which accentuated his tall and muscular physique.

His angular face was exceptionally handsome, and a smile played on his lips, both wicked and amorous, which made the women present keep calling out to Ji Liang.

The bolder ones even suggested he consider becoming their beast husband.

Ji Liang seemed not to hear anything, watching the commotion, squinting in the sun, occasionally sticking out his forked tongue and making a hissing sound.

Si Shuo glanced at it and couldn't help but shiver, feeling that the sunlight was a bit chilly today.

She turned to look at the orcs trading with the traveling merchants, only to be met with a cold, insidious gaze that seemed to fall upon her almost imperceptibly.

Si Shuo felt a chill run down his spine, and the hairs all over his body stood on end uncontrollably!

(End of this chapter)