Chapter 79
Just eat prawns stewed in an iron pot
Shen Nong was stunned for a moment. Partner? Was it what he understood it to mean? It's just that in the beast world, partners are not loyal to each other. They don't want others to interfere in their relationship. It's entirely due to the influence of their beast blood genes. It's just that their animalistic possessiveness and territorial instincts are at play.
Shen Nong originally intended to take things slowly, gradually telling Ze his views on partners. If he sensed Ze's disagreement, he would cut his losses in time.
But at this moment, the decision disrupted his plans, bringing everything forward. This feeling of being out of control made Shen Nong somewhat uncertain.
Once he realized he couldn't take it slow, he immediately decided to confirm directly.
“My partner must be absolutely loyal to our relationship.” Shen Nong stared at Ze nervously, her breathing becoming lighter. “Ze, if you can’t do that, I can pretend I didn’t hear what you just said.”
Ze understood the meaning behind Shen Nong's words. Without hesitation, he made a sincere promise: "I swear to the Beast God that until death, my companion will only be the priest."
If Shen Nong heard such vows of love in interstellar space, she would definitely laugh it off and think the other person was childish and stupid. Even a child knows that vows are the most useless things in the world.
But this is the Beast World, and Shen Nong knows clearly what the Beast God is like in the hearts of the Beastmen.
The promise made to the Beast God, the Beastman will fulfill even in death.
Shen Nong chuckled, his eyes crinkling. He tiptoed, put his arm around Ze's neck, and gently kissed the corner of Ze's mouth. "Hello, my boyfriend."
Although Ze did not know the meaning of the sentence, it was not difficult to guess its meaning from the priest's emotions and attitude.
He felt his heartbeat pause for a moment, a feeling of extreme unreality washing over him, as if he were in a hazy, dreamlike state. In the dream, the priest was his companion.
The fleeting kiss on the corner of his mouth seemed like an illusion. He arched his back, lowered his head, and wanted to confirm it.
After realizing Ze's intention to kiss him, Shen Nong leaned back. With Ze's strength, if he kissed him again, his lips would really break. "The first rule of boyfriends is to listen to me."
After listening twice, Ze also understood that the "boyfriend" his priest was referring to meant the same thing as "partner".
Ze stopped what he was doing, looked down at the priest, and said, "Okay."
Shen Nong raised an eyebrow and smiled, "You're not allowed to kiss me now, understand?"
After a moment's thought, he replied, "Okay."
Shen Nong looked at Ze suspiciously. Was he really that easy to talk to?
“Priest, shall we go and see the orc guard?” Ze asked.
Shen Nong was now certain that Ze was truly listening to him. He smiled and took Ze's hand. What couple wouldn't hold hands when walking together? "Let's go."
Ze glanced at their hands pressed together, and only then did he feel a sense of reality: the priest was truly his partner now! The priest would never have held his hand like this before.
Ze's heart was racing, he was enveloped in joy, and the corners of his mouth were turned up in a smile that he couldn't bring himself to smile back.
The orcs of the military guard are now in groups of three, learning medical knowledge from the medical team.
When Shen Nong arrived, everyone stood up and exclaimed happily, "Priest!"
"Hmm, how's your learning going?" Shen Nong asked.
Quanfeng, confident in his own learning ability, quickly replied, "Priest, I've learned it."
Then he held up the herbs in his hand and said to Shen Nong in a serious tone, "This is a large chicken, used to stop bleeding."
He looked puzzled after saying that, "But this grass doesn't look like a chicken, so why is it called a big chicken?"
Shen Nong glanced at Quan Feng, then at Da Ji, and earnestly advised, "Study a little longer."
Quanfeng scratched his head, realizing he had misunderstood, and somewhat embarrassed, sat back down and pulled the orc from the medical team to ask him questions in detail.
Even when the orcs of the guard were sitting cross-legged on the ground, each of them stood ramrod straight, their expressions serious and focused.
Surrounded by so many high-level orcs, the orcs in the medical team tried their best to suppress their instincts and speak fluently, instead of being too frightened to utter a single word. However, their tense voices still revealed their nervousness, and sometimes they would make mistakes, only to have to turn back and start over after realizing their errors.
This left the orcs in the guards completely confused, unsure of which one to remember.
However, there were exceptions among the lower-level orcs in the medical team. Tu Dong was sternly scolding a level six orc, "How could you forget again? I told you not to put dirt on your wounds! Even our seven-year-old orc in the medical team remembers it better than you! Do it again!"
The level six orc was practicing simple wound cleaning and bandaging with another level five orc. In a short time, the level six orc had already made three mistakes, each time subconsciously grabbing a handful of dirt from the ground and covering the level five orc's "injured" arm, ultimately being judged as unqualified.
This level six orc had never been so fiercely attacked by a lower-level orc. He was momentarily speechless and even somewhat afraid of this low-level orc from the medical team.
Although the other party wasn't high-level, he felt that there was something incredibly powerful about this orc. This made him dare not refute, and he could only obediently do as the other party said and start over again.
The other orcs in the medical team looked at their captain with admiration. Captain Rabbit Winter is really amazing! He dares to be fierce even to a level six orc!
Even the other orcs in the guard couldn't help but look at this low-level orc. This completely overturned their understanding that a low-level orc dared to get angry at a high-level orc.
They were incredibly curious and all turned to look.
Rabbit Winter felt the gazes fixed on her, but the priest had told her that the most important thing for the medical team leader was to have a commanding presence. She needed to project authority, command the respect of her subordinates, and instruct them to carefully identify the herbs and memorize the symptoms—these were things that absolutely could not be done wrong.
Now the military guards have come to teach, and although they are all very simple things, the orcs in the military guards have never been exposed to these things before, so the error rate is extremely high.
Tu Dong knew that if he wanted these high-level orcs to remember him, he had to show the same imposing manner he used when teaching orcs in the medical team. As long as he had the upper hand, they wouldn't dare to be distracted.
Then, Tu Dong glared with her delicate eyes, looked around, and exuded an aura of "I'm not someone to mess with," and said fiercely to the beastmen who weren't studying properly: "What are you looking at? Study properly, or you might have a chance to save your life in a critical moment!"
The higher-ranking orcs instinctively lowered their heads and began to study diligently. When they came to their senses, they couldn't understand why they felt fear from a lower-ranking orc.
Shen Nong also noticed Tu Dong. Among the entire Mu tribe, Tu Dong was the fastest growing and the smartest.
It's truly remarkable that she could memorize so many herbs, ailments, and prescriptions in such a short time. Under her guidance, Shen Nong hardly had to worry about the medical team. He only needed to teach Tu Dong what he knew, and Tu Dong would teach the beastmen of the medical team in her own way.
Under Tu Dong's management, the current medical team already resembles a modern-day medical clinic.
Shen Nong turned her head to Ze and said, "Tell the orcs in the military guard that I will reward the top three in the Rabbit Winter Assessment."
Shen Nong spoke at a normal volume, without lowering his voice. However, he underestimated the hearing ability of high-level orcs.
As soon as he finished speaking, the orc guards stood at attention, shouting, "Yes, Priest!"
Caught off guard, Shen Nong was startled by the sudden sound but quickly regained his composure. He had asked Ze Shuo earlier because he didn't want to shout. He knew that higher-level orcs had stronger senses, but he hadn't expected them to be this strong. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Your ears are quite sharp."
He cast a glance at her and said coldly, "Sit down."
The orc guards, meeting their captain's gaze, immediately sat down, not daring to ask any further questions. They were all wondering why their captain had suddenly become angry.
The captain's mood was a major issue affecting whether their training intensity would be increased, and the orcs of the guard wouldn't be at ease until they understood it. Their probing gazes fell on their fierce and ruthless captain, only to find that his hands were tightly clasped together with the priest's.
The orcs in the guard understood.
Oh, I see. I was too loud just now, and it seems like I startled the priest.
The orcs of the Wood Tribe hunting team initially only speculated about the relationship between their captain and the priest, without confirming it.
The orcs of the Water Tribe hunting team were completely unaware of this. Before the military guard was established, they either helped the guard patrol or helped the construction team cut down giant trees. They had no contact with Ze or the priest; all they knew was that a very powerful orc followed the priest every day.
They learned that their priest and captain were partners from the orcs of the Wushan tribe.
The dog-like wind and sheep-like crows of the Wushan tribe spoke with great detail, even claiming that the priests and chieftains of the Yu tribe had known about it for a long time.
In addition, the orcs of the Wood Tribe hunting team had also felt that there was something strange between the two. After hearing what Quanfeng and the others said, they immediately became convinced that the captain and the priest were in a relationship.
The only one in the guard team who didn't know was Hu Xiao, who saw Ze and Shen Nong holding hands when they arrived, but Mao Yun had already covered his mouth and dragged him away.
He's currently sitting in the cabin digesting the "amazing" news.
Shen Nong didn't stay in the guard team for long before Yang Lei, a member of the guard team, called her away. The orcs from the Feather Tribe had arrived.
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As oysters entered their breeding season, their meat became less plump and unsuitable for harvesting. Shen Nong then stopped having the Feather Tribe deliver oysters and instead turned her attention to a wider variety of seafood.
Interstellar pollution is severe, affecting not only the land but also the oceans.
The research team has developed an artificial sea, but fewer than ten species of marine life can successfully survive and reproduce in it, with oysters being one of them.
However, seafood from artificial seas only tastes about half as good as seafood grown in the real ocean.
Ocean-filled planets in galaxies are fraught with danger, making fishing one of the most dangerous professions. Seafood from non-artificial oceans is extremely rare, so it is only sold in high-end restaurants, and even then, only in limited quantities and for limited times.
Shen Nong hadn't quite grasped the concept yet; her mind was only filled with the oysters she had eaten, so she was only thinking about what oyster sauce made from authentic ocean oysters tasted like, and she hadn't thought about the many other seafoods in the ocean at all.
When the Feather Tribe delivered seafood for the first time, Shen Nong was filled with emotion looking at the seafood that was priceless in interstellar space but worthless in the beast world.
He couldn't even get a bite of seafood in the interstellar world, but in the beast world, he had complete seafood freedom.
To facilitate storage, Shen Nong bought the method for making dried seafood from the system and even set up a seafood team specifically for this purpose.
The seafood processing team consisted of orcs from the Wood Tribe who had experience making salted fish and dried meat, along with cannibalistic women who were not pregnant. Although these cannibalistic women were thin, they were very efficient at their work, processing a considerable amount of seafood each day.
Dried squid, dried cuttlefish, dried abalone, dried sea cucumber, and other kinds of dried fish have filled almost half of the warehouse.
The Feather Tribe brought a lot of large lobsters with them this time.
Previously, they wouldn't even look at these shells and meats, but ever since they sent oysters to the Wood Tribe, the Feather Tribe people have inexplicably come to believe that the Wood Tribe priest really likes shell and meats.
When we come across any with shells, we think of sending them to the Wood Tribe.
Everything in the Beast World is bigger than anything in the Interstellar World. Shen Nong's eyes lit up when he saw the lobster that was thicker than his thigh.
Yingya spotted Shen Nong in the crowd and quickly walked over. He pointed to the ground not far away and said to Shen Nong, "Shen Yi asked me to bring something. It looks strange and is quite heavy."
Shen Nong looked in the direction Yingya was pointing and saw four enormous iron pots.
The accompanying spatula is a large iron shovel.
Shen Nong looked at the iron pot and then at the lobster, and decided that she would eat lobster stewed in an iron pot.
Chapter 80
Fruit basket
The large lobsters sent by the Feather Tribe were put into a big iron pot, and a fire was lit on the makeshift stove. Shen Nong held a ceramic bowl in her hand, which contained chopped green onions, minced ginger, and minced garlic that she had bought from the system with one infrastructure point.
Looking at the minced ginger and garlic that were shattered beyond recognition in the ceramic bowl, Shen Nong sighed. This system really treated him like a thief.
As for why the system is so wary of Shen Nong, we have to go back a few days.
Apart from crops that already exist in the Beast World and are not far from the Wood Tribe, all other crop seeds in the system shop are ridiculously expensive.
However, the system store is very large, and people usually just search for what they want to buy, rarely looking through page by page.
That day, Ze returned very late, and Shen Nong also suffered from insomnia and couldn't sleep. With nothing to do, he lay on the bed hugging a plush pillow and scrolling through the system's online store page by page.
Then he discovered that the finished product was much cheaper than the seeds.