She opened her mouth, and the next moment an even richer sweetness filled her mouth.
The taste wasn't just sweet; there was something else too. He felt like his breath carried that taste.
Is it sweet?
Ze, with a peach candy in his mouth, nodded, "Sweet."
Shen Nong hummed in agreement, then said, "Remember to wash the bowls thoroughly."
Holding the bowl in his hands, watching Shen Nong's back, he felt as if he were surrounded by "sweetness".
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The Marrow Cleansing Pill cleansed the tendons and marrow, and after a night of pain, the bones and limbs of the ten people were completely reshaped.
On their way to find Shen Nong, Hu Xiao and the others talked about the changes in their physical sensations.
Rabbit Wind said, "I feel like my whole body is like a feather, and if the wind blows, I can fly up to the sky."
Tiger Roar patted his chest and tossed his head back. "I'm full of power now. I could take on a giant beast without any problem."
Cat Cloud glanced at Tiger Roar and denied him, "You're not a priest. If you're this skinny, you'll only get killed by giant beasts."
Tiger Roar's face turned red with anger. "I should be the one killing the giant beast! If you don't believe me, I'll go and show you!"
"I don't care if you fight the giant beast, I only want to watch the priest fight the giant beast."
Thinking of how Shen Nong shot the giant beast, Mao Yun began to attack Hu Xiao in various ways, saying, "It's good to see the priest shooting the giant beast, but it's not good to see you."
The two argued all the way to Shen Nong's cave before stopping.
Ze was already here, so he was the first one waiting outside the cave.
When Shen Nong came out, the ten people stood in a row, very orderly.
He took the bloodstone and had them test it again. Except for Ze, the other nine people were upgraded by one level.
The reason for this is that he has not yet awakened his beast form and cannot be detected.
However, according to Ze's memory, he has already lived through fifteen autumns, so he must be at least sixteen years old now.
If they awaken in the fall, their human form will have animal-like features.
However, there will be no difference in strength in beast form, and it may even be stronger, after all, the Marrow Cleansing Pill is not for nothing.
The nine people were overjoyed at the improvement in their abilities. Advancing to the next level required a great deal of effort.
Some people might not level up for many autumns, but they level up in just one night.
“From today onwards, you will need to undergo rigorous training. You are not responsible for the hunting team and guard team matters for the time being.”
Shen Nong brought up the "Orc Warrior Training Plan" from the system screen, which was already in the system.
This saves him the trouble of coming up with all sorts of random, potentially ineffective, methods.
Four of the nine are women. Here, strength is respected, and those who can join the hunting team or the guard team are not weak.
Shen Nong did not intend to treat them differently and simply made them all the same strength.
Moreover, the physical condition of orcs cannot be compared with that of normal humans.
In the days that followed, Shen Nong subjected the ten people to grueling training.
Originally, Ze didn't have to come, but he wanted to come along, so Shen Nong let him have his way.
When he feels it's not working, he will choose to give up on his own.
But Shen Nong didn't expect that this kid would persist until the very end.
During the training period of the ten-person team, the hunting team, led by Shen Nong, aimed for quick and decisive victories.
He no longer used the gun, but instead used his supernatural abilities.
His superpowers have recovered very well. This is probably because of the primitive era, where there was a lot of wood-type energy. He can absorb very pure wood-type energy every day to refine and improve the level of the crystal core.
During the training of the ten people, Shen Nong provided them with plenty of food to ensure they were full at every meal.
Shen Nong was also certain of one thing: the strength of these orcs was not related to their physical build, but rather to their appetite.
Despite being small and thin, it possessed a strength greater than a tiger's roar and had the largest appetite among them.
He had a huge appetite. At first, he tried to restrain himself. But as the training intensity increased, he couldn't complete the tasks if he wasn't full, so he started eating to his heart's content.
Since he ate his fill, Shen Nong has been hunting for longer periods of time.
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Shen Nong noticed that the summers here were exceptionally long. He had been there for two months, and it was still incredibly hot.
The ten people he selected trained in the tribe for a month according to the system's training plan, and then left the tribe together, saying they were going to the grasslands, where there were many giant beasts, for more extensive training.
Shen Nong was finally able to catch her breath and rest more each time she went hunting, without having to hunt so much.
He finally had enough time and energy to start thinking about reorganizing the tribe.
Moreover, according to the people of the Mu tribe, autumn is very short, lasting only a few days, followed by a long winter.
Shen Nong looked around the tribe and saw that the houses were either thatched huts or cold caves. In the summer, it was alright, even at night it wasn't very cold, but if winter came, many people would definitely freeze to death.
Now, a considerable amount of pottery has been fired, enough not only for the tribe's use, but also enough to be exchanged for other goods.
Time was of the essence, so Shen Nong told them to stop and start firing mud bricks in preparation for building an earthen house.
After making a simple rectangular mold with a stick, Shen Nong began to make mud bricks. The finished mud bricks, like the previous mud jars, needed to be air-dried.
He broke up some broken mud tiles and put them into the mud bricks, which would increase the success rate when firing and prevent them from cracking easily.
Over the past two months, Shen Nong has built a simple earthen kiln in the tribe, which produces better results and faster firing than firing directly over a fire.
All the earthen kilns started operating at the same time, and the bricks were fired very quickly.
Shen Nong recalled the steps for building an earthen house that she had seen in ancient books and began to work on it.
For now, the roof will still be covered with straw. The thicker the straw is, the better the effect will be.
He left a chimney when he built the house, intending to build a kang (a heated brick bed).
This way, you can keep warm in winter by heating the kang (a traditional heated bed).
To allow light in, Shen Nong left space for a window; since there was no glass, she used wooden planks instead.
During the day, the wooden pieces are propped up with sticks, and then lowered at night.
After a mud house was built, the boys of the Mu tribe ran around it with great joy.
Some would stick their heads out of the window, shout, and then quickly crouch down, inviting others to play with them.
The elderly people of the Mu tribe touched the edge of their houses, their cloudy eyes filled with endless memories.
They had seen houses like this in Beast City before, and they had wanted to build them, using a lot of mud to build them.
However, it never gets very tall, and it cracks when exposed to the sun and collapses when it rains.
However, after they went inside and looked closely, they found that the priest's earthen house was better than the one in the Beast City.
Shen Nong had all the tribe members participate in building earthen houses, starting with the places for the elderly and children without parents.
The children of the Wood Tribe who have no parents usually live with the elderly. Because they have not awakened, they have little strength and can only gather berries.
The children were overjoyed to hear that houses would be built for them first.
Catgrass flashed a bright white smile, hands on its hips, "Priest is so kind! We have such a nice house to live in, we won't freeze to death in the winter!"
Rabbit Flower nodded vigorously, "Yes! And the priest said that the sleeping area inside the house can be lit with fire, so that sleeping on it in winter will feel like a summer night."
Catgrass couldn't help but imagine that feeling, and for the first time, he looked forward to the arrival of winter. He wanted to give the priest good things and make the priest happy.
So he called to his friends, "Let's go pick berries for the priest!"
Chapter 9 Beast Tide
His little expression is so pitiful (edited).
The waterfall roared with a loud splash, and birds circled above it, chirping loudly.
The lush mountains and forests are home to a variety of tempting fruits.
The catnip "whooshed" up a three-meter-tall tree, and the yellow berries on the tree were the best he knew.
However, this kind of fruit is very hard to find. He and Rabbit Flower had to climb most of the mountain to finally find one.
The catnip had stripped the entire fruit tree bare, and as I was about to leave, my gaze was drawn to the distant scenery.
"Catgrass, come down! What are you looking at?"
Tiger Mountain is urging them down below; if they don't come down soon, it will get dark. They haven't realized this; if they encounter wild beasts, they will be eaten.
"There are lots of bright red fruits over there on the cliff; they look delicious."
Catnip really wanted to have a bite, but unfortunately the fruit grew on the opposite cliff, and he couldn't get there.
Tiger Mountain carefully tucked the fruit away; he didn't even glance at the pretty ones.
Since you can only look at it but not eat it, you won't crave it if you don't look at it.
Catgrass slid down the tree trunk, wondering if he would be able to taste the red berries before meeting the Beast God.
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After handing over the responsibility of building the house, Shen Nong returned to the cave and focused on teaching about rabbit winter herbs.
Tu Dong learned about herbs from Shen Nong because of her teeth.
The people of the Mu tribe all have very healthy and white teeth. Shen Nong observed that they eat a type of leaf every day.
These leaves smell like mint, but their appearance is quite different from mint.
It is round, with smooth and thick leaves, and its name is simply and directly called Roundleaf Grass.
Shen Nong, who was originally a botanist, immediately became interested.
He had never seen many of the plants here before, and after learning about the roundleaf grass, he wanted to study it.
Since I also needed to collect herbs, I went out with the collecting team quite a few times.