Ze took out the earthenware pot and placed it on the ground. He didn't continue taking it out until Shen Nong told him to stop.
Yu Ji didn't really know how to use these things, so Shen Nong explained how to use them to him.
"If you're having barbecue, each person won't get much. You could try making meat broth instead."
The prey was quickly processed, and under Shen Nong's command, the Feather Tribe took fire from their hearth and started cooking meat soup in earthenware pots.
The earthenware pot bubbled and steamed, and the aroma of meat began to fill the air.
Shen Nong felt grateful for Yu Ji's earlier act of giving him all the prey, and then looked at the little beastman squatting by the pottery pot, drooling with hunger.
He thought of Catnip and his group of brats.
Fine, I'll help them all the way.
He has always enjoyed looking around while walking, and on the way to the sacred mountain, he found some familiar wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain.
I just didn't look closely enough to be sure if it's safe to eat.
After all, he had never eaten it in interstellar space; he had only read about it in ancient books.
He told Yu Ji about this and asked Yu Ji to send someone to pick some so he could identify them carefully.
Upon hearing this, Yu Ji immediately instructed the hunting team to pick the fruit.
Several piles of leaves fell to the ground, and a few large birds appeared in the sky.
The Feather Tribe orcs returned quickly, only spending some time gathering the resources. They pulled up everything that was available around them.
Shen Nong rummaged through a pile of weeds, examining each one carefully.
Four items were ultimately confirmed to be edible, but some contained a certain amount of oxalic acid and needed to be blanched in hot water.
After he explained it to Yu Ji in detail, Yu Ji instructed the hunting team to pick the four edible items that Shen Nong had mentioned.
Shen Nong was also quite curious about the taste of wild vegetables. He said to Yu Ji, "After you pick them, share some with us so we can try them. I'll trade you some fine salt for them."
Hearing this, Yu Ji completely dispelled his doubts. He had been worried that he might have made a mistake and been poisoned.
Yu Ji nodded, "Okay."
He then asked, "What is fine salt?"
Shen Nong asked Ze to bring some fine salt, and Ze quickly placed a bamboo tube in Shen Nong's hand.
Shen Nong opened the bamboo tube, lifted the fish skin at the seal, revealing the white salt inside.
"This is fine salt, similar to rock salt, but tastes better."
Yu Ji shook his head. "We don't eat rock salt."
This time, Shen Nong was puzzled. "You don't eat salt? What will you do if you don't have strength?"
Yu Ji summoned an orc and said in a low voice, "I have some green grass in my cave. Go and get it."
Chapter 46 Kelp
Many ways to eat meat
The orc left quickly and returned quickly.
Shen Nong didn't pay attention at first, but when he saw what the orc was holding, his eyes lit up, as if they were shimmering with light.
This is seaweed!
Ze Jiang kept Shen Nong's surprised expression in his heart, and followed Shen Nong's gaze to the long and somewhat stiff "grass".
“Our tribe doesn’t eat rock salt, we eat this.” Yu Ji lowered his head, took the item from the orc’s hand, handed it to Shen Nong, and explained, “Green long grass.”
This green grass has always been an indispensable food for the Feather Tribe; they feel unwell if they don't eat it for a long time.
Yu Ji knew about the salt rocks; tribes that didn't live by the sea relied on eating salt rocks.
However, no one traded salt stones with the Feather Tribe, but fortunately, they had never relied on salt stones to extract salt.
Green Grass only grows in the sea. The Feather Tribe orcs can fly, so even though their tribe is not currently near the sea, they can still obtain it in a short time.
Moreover, if this green grass is processed properly, it can be stored for a long time.
The taste has always been very good.
It was just too cold in winter, so the Feather Tribe orcs couldn't fly out to gather resources. They'd almost finished eating all the green grass in the tribe, except for the few remaining in his possession.
These were the ones he had originally planned to keep for Yingxi to make tea.
Yingxi is not in any immediate danger, and can eat whenever she wants. Yu Ji noticed Shen Nong's fondness for the green grass in his hand and said, "This tastes very good, you can have it."
Shen Nong bought a map from the system, knowing that there was no sea nearby.
According to the distance shown on the map from here to the nearest sea, if we walk for ten hours a day, and the journey is treacherous and difficult, it will take at least twenty days.
Gently squeezing the dry, hard seaweed in her hand, Shen Nong felt that the cooperation with the Feather Tribe could be deepened further.
For the Feather Tribe, the distance to the seaside is nothing at all.
The bubbling sound of the broth brought Shen Nong back to his senses. He kept a little dried seaweed and returned the rest to Yu Ji. "Since it's for me, consider it my treat for you to have a bowl of seaweed soup. You can also put some of this into the broth; it'll taste great too."
Yu Ji did not refuse, as the tribesmen had indeed not eaten green grass soaked in water for a long time.
However, the water with the green grass is only a little salty, so how can it taste good?
He had the orc beside him take the portion that Shen Nong had given him. Shen Nong instructed him, "Soak it in water until soft, then cut it with a bone knife and put it into the earthenware pot to cook."
The orc was slightly taken aback, somewhat puzzled. But he nodded and said he understood.
After everyone left with the green grass, Yu Ji asked Shen Nong, "When you cook the green grass in your earthenware pot, is it called seaweed soup?"
Shen Nong recalled what she had just said and chuckled, "You call it green grass, but I'm used to calling it seaweed. It's like how you call wheat thorns, but I call thorns wheat. It's just a different name."
Yu Ji nodded, a smile playing on his lips, and said somewhat seriously, "The way you usually address people is much nicer than how we address them."
"Then you can call me that from now on."
Yu Ji said, "Okay!" He muttered a couple of lines to himself, pondering the names for seaweed and wheat. Hmm, these two names do sound better.
Add kelp to the broth, cover and simmer.
As Shen Nong instructed, the fire was heated much less, with fewer wood twigs added.
Only when you get extremely close can you smell the subtle salty aroma.
...
In the dense forest, Leopard Autumn was staring at a large wild boar, while Wolf Rain and the other two worked together.
Their human form is quite large, which makes it difficult for them to maneuver properly here, so they hunt only in human form.
The wild boar had come from deeper into the dense forest, and it seemed to have an injury on its leg.
Therefore, his movements are not very agile, and he sways from side to side when running.
Leopard Autumn and his men had already caught quite a lot of prey, enough for the group to eat their fill for two meals.
However, there's no such thing as too much prey, especially when it comes delivered right to your door.
"They're here!"
Leopard Autumn shouted at Wolf Rain, and Wolf Rain quickly cut off the wild boar's retreat, while Leopard Autumn blocked the wild boar in front.
With his large, powerful hands, Leopard Autumn braced against the wild boar's sharp tusks. Due to the strong impact, Leopard Autumn was pushed back several meters by the wild boar.
The wild boar's tusks were restrained, making it uncomfortable, so it shook its head violently.
But nothing happened.
It's shaking!
Not moving at all.
It's shaking!
Motionless...
Leopard Autumn's arms were bulging, his muscles as hard as iron, as if they would tear apart the clothes covering his arms. Even without transforming, a level seven orc warrior was not someone a wild boar could easily take on.
Leopard Autumn moved with incredible speed, quickly releasing its grip. Before the wild boar could even react, it only saw a blur rushing towards it. Leopard Autumn struck the wild boar on the head with an elbow, rendering it completely unconscious.
After easily subduing the wild boar, Leopard Autumn called to the others, "Hurry back, the priest is hungry."
"Aww!"
Wolf Rain howled, shook the sweat from his brow, hoisted the prey from a short distance away, and quickly left.
Not long after they left, a group of orcs emerged from the dense forest.
"Dog Wind, we've lost track of our prey."
The dog-like beastman, nearly two meters tall, had white fur that looked somewhat sticky from neglect. Some of the bloodstains on his chest had dried, while others were still bright red, with tiny droplets of blood still dripping down his fur.
With his keen sense of smell, Quanfeng stared at the marks on the ground, his nose twitching slightly, and said in a deep voice, "They didn't lose them; they were hunted down by other orcs."
Moreover, this group is very strong.
So strong that he could still smell the lingering, powerful aura of the orcs.
"What do we do now? We only have one deer and one cow..."
The talking sheep-shaped beastman has spiral-curved horns and a coarse body with grayish-brown fur.
He said with some concern, "If there aren't enough prey, the priest will be unhappy..."
Quanfeng snorted coldly, "I don't care if he's happy or not."
Yang Wu frowned. "Don't say that again. Our people depend on him to survive."
A tribe cannot exist without a priest.
Yang Wu didn't say it explicitly, but Quan Feng understood what he meant.
Quanfeng lowered his eyelashes to conceal the coldness in his eyes, then said to the other orcs, "We don't have enough prey. Come with me into the dense forest to hunt again."
...
Yu Ji sent the Yu tribe's hunting team out to gather wild vegetables. When they returned, Bao Qiu and the others also returned with enough prey.