Shen Nong knew that the system's prolonged access was not a default setting. He looked through the AI sub-cities and found that only the android warriors were unlocked; the others were all blacked out with small red locks on them.
All the spiritual power of a level four spirit core can be exchanged for a mid-level android warrior.
It looks no different from an ordinary person, can perform simple thoughts, and can standby for ten years on a single charge.
All the spiritual power of a level six spirit core can be exchanged for a high-level android warrior.
Their appearance is no different from that of ordinary people, but they possess thought and can think independently, with a standby time of twenty years.
A top-tier android warrior requires all the spiritual power of an eighth-level spirit core.
Compared to advanced android warriors, they possess emotions and have twice the standby time.
Each level of android warrior allows users to choose their age, gender, and physical characteristics.
After reading it, Shen Nong said to the lifeless system, "To support your business, I'll buy three high-level android warriors and one mid-level android warrior tonight. Aren't I being a good friend?"
After hearing this, the system felt as if its dead code had come back to life, and quickly said, "Enough!"
Then it asked, "But didn't you say you weren't planning to use the other two level-six spirit cores, host?"
"Yes, but isn't he able to quickly restore my spiritual core's spiritual power? Once I've exhausted my spiritual core's spiritual power, he can just replenish it for me."
Shen Nong walked out of the cave with the carved wooden board in her hand, and said with some worry, "I just don't know if I can last three times. Each time I use up my spiritual core's spiritual power, Ze helps me recover, but I'm still quite sleepy."
After saying that, seeing that the system remained silent, he kindly comforted it, "But don't worry, I said I'd buy three high-level ones, so I'll buy three. If you can't buy them all today, you can buy them tomorrow. I guarantee I'll boost your sales performance."
The system code was shaking violently, and I didn't dare to reply.
Well, its host is causing problems again! The main system will eventually catch it and put it in the dark!
Chapter 67
You will be thrown out by his partner.
The people of the Wushan tribe now live in the Yu tribe. Their tribe was burned by a huge fire, leaving the ground scorched and desolate, making it impossible for anyone to live there.
The group of people who were burned were saved by Shen Nong using her supernatural abilities and were arranged by Yu Ji to recuperate in the hunting team's cave.
If it weren't for the fact that the Feather Tribe orcs still had matters to attend to at the seaside, and that they would rush back to the coast after resolving their affairs with the Black Mountain Tribe, leaving the cave mostly empty, the Feather Tribe really wouldn't have been able to accommodate so many people all at once.
Fortunately, the weather is warm now, so sleeping at the cave entrance is fine, as long as we light a fire to protect ourselves from wild animals at night.
As soon as Shen Nong arrived at the cave entrance, she saw Quan Feng sitting on an animal skin, staring blankly at the ground.
Not only Quanfeng, but all the other wounded were like this.
Shen Nong wasn't familiar with them, and they wouldn't say anything to him, but he really didn't want to see their lifeless expressions.
He learned about Wu Qing through Yu Ji. Although he had never met him, he understood what kind of person Wu Qing was from Yu Ji's words.
Moreover, the fact that he could endure more than a year of torture that no human could bear shows his perseverance and strong will to survive, which Shen Nong admires.
The dead cannot be brought back to life, and the living lose their spiritual support, becoming half-dead.
Shen Nong stood at the entrance of the cave, her arms unconsciously tightening around the memorial tablet he had carved for Wu Qing.
In the interstellar age, no human being believes in the concept of the "soul".
If Shen Nong hadn't stumbled upon it in an ancient book, he wouldn't have known these things.
Although the physical body dies, the soul lives on and can even be reincarnated.
This is a different kind of comfort for the living.
Memorial tablets, tombs, and sacrifices are all mediums that allow for one-way communication with the deceased.
Shen Nong walked into the cave and stopped in front of Quan Feng, placing the memorial tablet in Quan Feng's arms.
Inufu looked down at the wooden board with the "pattern" carved on it.
He didn't know how to read, but he felt that the "patterns" on the wooden board were different from those he had seen before.
Quanfeng was unaware, but Yuji, who had been standing guard to the side, had his eyes shining.
"Word!"
Yu Ji leaned closer, trying her best to restrain herself from taking the things from Quan Feng's arms to examine them.
After he saw what was carved on the wooden board, he said in surprise, "It doesn't quite look like writing."
Hearing Yu Ji say this, Shen Nong raised an eyebrow with some curiosity, "You can write?"
Yu Ji nodded and held up one finger, "I can write one."
He then squatted down on the ground, making a gesture as if he wanted to write it for Shen Nong to see.
As Yu Ji spoke, he wrote, “I am writing the character ‘Yu’ from our Yu tribe.”
Shen Nong examined the character with a cross line inside the tilted rhombus on the ground. He rubbed his chin with his fingertip and realized that it was indeed one of the oracle bone script forms of the character "羽" recorded in ancient books.
"Where did you learn this character?"
Upon hearing Shen Nong's question, Yu Ji replied, "The old priest taught me. That's the only one she knew, so I learned it too."
Yu Ji was still curious about the wooden board in Quan Feng's arms. He pointed to the board and asked, "What's the pattern on it?"
“It’s not a pattern, it’s the character you guessed at the beginning.” Shen Nong pointed to the oracle bone script character “羽” on the ground with her chin. “It’s not the same type of character as the one you wrote, so it looks different.”
This answer shocked Yu Ji. Could there really be different types of writing?
He stared at the wooden board and asked, "What does the writing on it mean?"
Shen Nong looked at the words on the wooden board and read them aloud to Yu Ji, as well as to Quan Feng and the others who lived in this cave: "The spirit tablet of Wu Qing, priest of the Wushan tribe."
Quanfeng is the tribal chief. He doesn't know much about "writing," but he's heard Wuqing mention it before. It seems to be something very important, but not every priest knows how to write.
Even the existence of "writing" was passed down orally from generation to generation of priests; in fact, no one had ever seen it.
While Yu Ji was writing, Quan Feng also peeked over and saw that their tribe had not passed down a single written language.
It turns out that text is quite similar to patterns.
Quanfeng was silently tracing the word Yuji had written on the ground in his mind, and didn't pay much attention to the conversation between Shen Nong and Yuji later. Suddenly, when he heard the names of the tribe and the priest, he almost didn't react.
He looked at the wooden board in his arms, his eyes wide as he stared at the words on it. He read them aloud, word by word, following the pronunciation Shen Nong had just uttered.
His large hand slid down the words, and Quanfeng wished he could engrave them into his mind.
When Yang Wu and the other three orcs heard that the name of their priest, Wu Qing, was carved on the wooden board, they all gathered around.
"This is called a spirit tablet."
Shen Nong explained her prepared statement to the people of the Wushan tribe: "After an orc dies, his soul will be taken away by the Beast God, and the spirit tablet is something that allows one to communicate with the soul of the deceased."
However, the soul cannot answer, but if you place fruit or meat in front of the spirit tablet, the soul can eat it.
Souls eat differently than we do; they eat based on taste. So, things placed in front of spirit tablets won't disappear, but the taste will change.
These are the teachings of the old priest who instructed me. If you wish to bless the spirit tablet, you can speak to it. You can also find some fruit and meat for him to eat; he will eat them. You can also place some of his favorite things there; he can sense them.
Shen Nong's words caused a great stir among everyone in the cave.
The magnitude of the tremor was no less than that of a beast tide, and perhaps even greater.
Quanfeng and the others were so shocked that they couldn't speak. They could only look at Shen Nong and then at the wooden board, staring back and forth like that.
Shen Nong was afraid they would twist their necks.
Yu Ji, as expected of a priest, was much calmer than the other orcs. At least he was able to confirm with him, "Priest of the Wood Tribe, is what you said true?"
Yu Ji's voice trembled slightly, and his eyes were fixed intently on Shen Nong.
Faced with such a serious question, Shen Nong pondered for a moment before deciding to continue the lie, "Yes."
Then, Shen Nong told them a lot about what happens to the soul after death.
For example, the Beast God will reward or punish a person's soul based on the things they did while they were alive.
Upon hearing this, Yang Wu clenched his fists, still looking furious, and spoke with more energy than usual, "Mu Qi's soul will definitely be punished by the Beast God!"
Upon hearing this, another orc immediately responded with a "Yes!" and added, "Priest Wuqing must have been rewarded by the Beast God!"
These words resonated with the orcs, and even Yu Ji nodded in agreement, "That's right."
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Shen Nong nodded slightly and then continued talking about how souls are reincarnated.
Based on the environment of the beast world and the understanding of the beastmen, he simplified many aspects and made many changes.
Thus, Quanfeng and his companions learned that souls rewarded by the Beast God would be reincarnated as orcs or priests, while souls punished by the Beast God would be reincarnated as prey for the orcs to hunt.
Shen Nong sat on the animal skin, listening to the conversation around her. They were all discussing who would be reincarnated as a beastman or a priest, and they all agreed that Mu Qi would be reincarnated as prey to be hunted by the beastmen.
Yu Ji sat down next to Shen Nong and remained silent for a while before slowly asking Shen Nong, "Our tribe's previous priest had a small mole on the side of his forehead, and I saw that Bao Qiu also has one. Is he the reincarnation of our old priest?"
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Shen Nong truly hadn't expected this. As the old saying goes, "To make up one lie, you need a thousand more to cover it up." At this moment, Shen Nong felt that this was indeed a profound truth.
But she couldn't not answer. Thinking of Leopard Autumn's tall and strong appearance, Shen Nong had a good idea of what was going on. "The Beast God's reincarnation can't be that quick. There are so many people in line. Leopard Autumn is already so old, it can't be him."
Yu Ji thought about it and agreed. He decided to pay more attention to children in the future.
Shen Nong sensed Yu Ji's thoughts and, fearing that other beastmen might share the same idea, quickly added, "Don't even think about looking for them. Once reincarnated, they lose their previous memories. Besides, if you look for them and disrupt their lives after reincarnation, it will cause serious trouble."
Yu Ji was drawn in and quickly asked, "What serious incident has occurred?"
The orcs of the Wushan tribe also pricked up their ears to listen to Shen Nong's words.
“It might cause that person to die prematurely, or it might make their life, which could have been good, worse and worse.” Shen Nong continued frighteningly, “The Beast God will not be happy for those who ruin other people’s fates. If he is unhappy, he will definitely punish that person’s soul after death.”
In the silent cave, the clear voice sent a chill down one's spine: "Anyone who wants to become the prey of the hunt can give it a try."
Yu Ji and the orcs of the Wushan tribe were terrified and shook their heads repeatedly, not daring to have any thoughts.
Shen Nong finally breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the faces he had so thoroughly fooled, he never imagined that one day he would become the biggest superstitious person.
Yu Ji instructed Quan Feng to carefully store Wu Qing's memorial tablet, making sure it wasn't damaged. Yang Wu and the others planned to go into the forest later to find some pretty flowers to place in front of Wu Qing's memorial tablet, as he loved pretty flowers the most.
The spirits of the Wushan tribe members visibly improved. Yu Ji's gaze lingered on the spirit tablet that Quan Feng had carefully placed on the soft animal hide, and he sighed, "If only we had discovered Wu Qing sooner..."
Shen Nong knew the pain of separation by death, especially when the person being separated was someone you cared about.
He misses his teacher a little.