Chapter 1443: Chapter 1440: Enthusiasm for Breeding
It wasn’t until the cold season, when a string of little beasts followed the wild beasts of the Alonzo Tribe, that the tribesmen at the base realized the benefits of living prey.
In the fiery season, we catch one prey, and in the cold season, we harvest a lot of prey. The cost of getting so many prey is just going out every day to gather some fruits, wild grass, and the like that they enjoy.
The females finally found their place to shine, and their enthusiasm for learning to breed was higher than ever before.
Of course, these are all after the fact.
The first thing Adong and Nigel did upon returning to the tribe was to head to the Shaman’s cave.
The old Shaman was still studying his herbs. Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw the two almost over-familiar faces. His voice showed not the slightest fluctuation: "You’re back..."
"Shaman, it feels like you don’t really want to see the two of us. We were going to tell you some good news, but now it seems we’ll just leave it at that."
As Adong spoke, he grabbed Nigel’s clothes and prepared to turn and leave.
The old Shaman immediately perked up, putting the herbs aside and leaping up nimbly from the beast skin mat. "What good news? Could it be that Shaman Ji Nuan has returned?"
Nigel nodded: "Yes, Shaman, when we went over this time, we ran into Shaman Ji Nuan. She said she brought a lot of medicinal powder. As long as we can trade, she’ll give it all to us."
Saying this, he also took out a few leaf packets from his clothes: "These are what Shaman Ji Nuan gave to us, as thanks for taking care of those tribesmen."
The old Shaman snatched the medicine packets from Nigel’s hand as if grabbing at life: "Shaman Ji Nuan is just too polite, haha."
Adong, rendered speechless by the Shaman’s demeanor, sneaked up: "Shaman, would you consider sharing a portion with me and Nigel?"
Upon hearing this, the old Shaman quickly stuffed the waist medicine packet into his beast skin clothes: "You two have already taken the medicinal powder; what do you still need this for? Save it for the tribesmen who need it."
Adong chuckled: "Isn’t this about trying to curry favor with the young females?"
Although he said this, knowing Adong’s character, he would never use precious medicinal powder merely to woo females.
The old Shaman knocked him on the head, annoyed: "With the time you spend trying to please young females, you’d be better off taking the tribesmen out hunting and then exchanging with Shaman Ji Nuan for medicinal powder."
Speaking of which, Nigel suddenly frowned and looked at the old Shaman: "Shaman, Shaman Ji Nuan said that the medicinal powder will be reserved for us, but the terms of exchange have changed."
Upon hearing this, the old Shaman turned to look at him: "What terms?"
Adong spoke seriously: "Shaman Ji Nuan said, this time the exchange can be five live prey for one pack of medicinal powder."
The old Shaman’s eyebrows danced with excitement: "Isn’t this great? It’s reduced by half!"
Nigel smiled wryly: "But Shaman, you don’t know, Shaman Ji Nuan said the five prey have to be alive, not dead. She said dead prey don’t store well in the fiery season."
The old Shaman nodded: "Shaman Ji Nuan’s idea isn’t wrong either. Dead prey indeed don’t last long."
Having said this, he turned to the two orcs: "Then go hunt live prey. Are our tribesmen going to be daunted by this task?"