I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 188 People from the Central Tribe

A few white clouds drifted in the azure sky. The sky was a pure blue, and the clouds were flawlessly white. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the beastmen were working.

Recently, the gathering teams have been gathering in more distant places and won't be back until noon. There are fewer orcs left in the tribe. A few elderly orcs are cooking, and a few others are looking after their children and cubs.

With the adults out, the children and cubs were left in the care of the elderly orcs who stayed behind in the tribe. They occupied a corner of the square, where the older children gathered together to play games, while the younger children transformed into their animal forms and ran around with the cubs in that corner of the square.

The orc looking after the children worked while occasionally glancing up to check on the children and cubs playing together. In another corner, lunch was almost ready, and the aroma of stew slowly wafted out. To cater to the children and cubs' tastes, the orc who cooked had also fried some cassava cakes and made some meat floss.

Once the food had cooled down a bit, an elderly orc called out, "Time to eat! Wash your hands and eat!"

The children and cubs cheered and ran towards this side. However, the cubs had a natural advantage and were obviously faster. They ran to a row of ceramic basins, put their paws in, scooped up water, and splashed it on their faces.

The children washed their hands and faces in another ceramic basin, and after washing their hands and faces, they simply shook them off, and the water droplets dried quickly.

The orc in charge of cooking began serving the food, and just then, loud birdsong came from the sky.

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The orcs from the central tribe are coming. Twelve sky orcs are carrying more than twenty orcs on their backs.

The two Sky Orcs returned to their tribe and told the elders everything they had seen and heard in the High Tree Tribe. The Orcs who remained in the High Tree Tribe also knew that this was truly unbelievable. Just two years ago, their ordinary tribe had become rich and prosperous, and many things they had never imagined before had appeared. So they traded some of their goods with an Orc from the High Tree Tribe and received a small dagger in return.

The dagger was only the size of a palm, with a handle made of ordinary wood and a scabbard sewn from animal hides. Although the dagger was small, it was extremely sharp, many times sharper than a stone knife. Even the sacred artifact used by the tribe to worship the beast god could not compare to this small dagger.

The elders were skeptical of the Sky Orcs' words, but when they saw the small dagger, all their doubts and suspicions vanished immediately.

A tribe capable of creating such a marvel must be even more powerful and developed than the central tribe.

After discussing for most of the day, the elders of the central tribe decided to send twelve sky beastmen, carrying twenty land beastmen, led by the tribe's third elder, along with the tribe's most precious specialties, to the High Tree Tribe.

The Central Tribe has no chieftain, only twelve elders, because the Central Tribe is a union of twelve tribes, with each tribe sending one orc to serve as an elder, resulting in twelve elders for the twelve tribes.

The Third Elder holds a very high position in the central tribe, second only to the First Elder and the Second Elder, and wields considerable influence within the tribe.

The Third Elder had thought about it countless times on the way, wondering what the Gaoshu tribe was really like. When he finally arrived at the Gaoshu tribe, he was still deeply shocked.

After arriving at the Gaoshu tribe, they excitedly wandered around the village. When they saw houses already built and inhabited, their mouths gaped in astonishment; when they saw sharp iron tools, their mouths gaped in astonishment; when they saw leveled fields, their mouths gaped in astonishment; when they saw millstones and grinding stones, their mouths gaped in astonishment; when they saw bows and arrows, their mouths gaped in astonishment...

Is this really a small tribe, or the place where the Beast God lives?

How were those tall, grand houses, with walls as bright as water, built? How were those neatly arranged fields cultivated? Wild beasts run for their lives at the sight of orcs, so why do the beasts of the High Tree Tribe not only not run away from the orcs, but even work for them? How were those bows and arrows, which can be held in the hand and shot far away, made...?

After arriving at the High Tree Tribe, the beastmen of the central tribe realized that the two Sky Beastmen had not exaggerated at all; they were telling the truth, and their words did not even describe the entire situation of the High Tree Tribe.

The Tall Tree Tribe possessed things beyond their imagination.

The orcs from the central tribe wandered around the High Tree Tribe until evening. The expressions on their faces had changed from disbelief, excitement, and envy at the beginning to calmness now.

Of course, this is only on the surface. Only they themselves know how excited and envious they really are.

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It wasn't until he sat down to eat with the orcs of the High Tree Tribe that the Third Elder recovered from his shock. He stared at Bai Ling for a while, and an idea involuntarily arose in his mind: how wonderful it would be to bring this person back to the center.

But this idea could only remain in his mind. If the young orc didn't have a partner yet, it might be possible to take him back to his tribe. But now that the orc has a potential partner, he probably wouldn't want to leave his tribe.

Because the Third Elder was so shocked, he didn't ask many questions during the meal. Zhan talked about other things, only advising the orcs of the central tribe to eat more. As for Bai Ling, he said a few words at first, but then just kept his head down and ate.

After we finished eating, the main event began.

Bai Ling sat next to Zhan. Besides the two of them, there were two other elderly beastmen who were even older than Zhan. Zhan would discuss matters with them whenever they came to mind.

Opposite the exhibition hall were the three elders and two orcs from the central tribes, while the other orcs from the central tribes were eating on the other side.

The orcs from the Central Tribe came here mainly to see just how amazing the High Tree Tribe really is, and now they know.

The caravan had already used animal meat as a trade to learn house-building skills from Ling Xue of the Gaoshu tribe, as well as bow and arrow making, farming, and stone mill making. They would be even better if they could learn how to make ironware as well.

To learn these skills, one had to offer something in exchange. The Third Elder instructed the clansmen to bring out the most precious items they had brought.

Soon, the orcs from the central tribe carefully carried over several baskets filled with soft animal hides. They placed the baskets on the ground, carefully removed the animal hides covering them, and then took out an even smaller basket.

The small basket was also stuffed with animal hides. The Third Elder peeled off the animal hides from the basket and slowly took out something wrapped in animal hides.