readsfreenovel After Chapter 325, I'll go see the sea with you.
After Chapter 325, I'll go see the sea with you.
Everyone enjoyed the meal, especially the orcs from the High Tree Tribe, who were eating seafood for the first time and were completely captivated by its delicious flavor.
Crab meat is sweet and fresh, tender and refreshing; oyster meat is smooth and chewy, and the meat is very thick; clam juice is rich, salty and delicious; shrimp meat is firm and bouncy; even a simple cold seaweed salad has an indescribable freshness that makes it irresistible.
The beastmen ate very quickly, practically devouring the food. They clearly ate more than usual, finishing everything except the seafood and even the stewed meat.
Bai Ling ate quite a bit, but it was a pity there were no chili peppers. If there were chili peppers, the seafood would have tasted even better.
Before it got dark, Bai Ling started packing up the things he had brought back. There was a lot of seaweed on the beach, and he and his people collected a lot of it. In the hot weather, seafood like crabs and oysters couldn't be stored, but seaweed was easy to store.
Bai Ling washed the seaweed she found in the stream. Zhao and her partner made several wooden frames, which were placed outside the cave. The washed seaweed was then laid on the frames to dry naturally.
If the sun is shining, the kelp can be dried in a day or two, but Bai Ling doesn't have time to wait here; they're leaving tomorrow morning. The kelp will be about half-dried overnight, and they can pack it in a basket to take with them on the road.
Seeing that Bai Ling valued the seaweed so much, the elder asked, "Ling, do you like this? It does taste quite good. If you like it, we can trade some with the aquatic beastmen."
Bai Ling laughed and said, "Alright, when we get to the aquatic beastmen's tribe, we'll trade some with them."
Xiao asked from the side, "What are aquatic beastmen like? Do they all live in the water?"
One of the Sky Orcs said, “They live on land, just like us, but we hunt on land, while they hunt in the water.”
Bai Ling had another question: "Why don't they live in the water? Even in the coldest winter, the sea doesn't freeze. The temperature in the sea is much higher than on land, and there's plenty of food. It should be more convenient for them to live in the sea, so why do they still live on land?"
Another sky orc said, "I know that. I'm good friends with an aquatic orc, and he once said that aquatic orcs also get uncomfortable if they stay in the water for too long. They have to come up to the surface for air every now and then. Like us, they also store a lot of food before winter comes, so they don't go into the water to hunt for food much during the winter."
Bai Ling then asked, "Compared to the Sky Beastmen and Earth Beastmen, do they have more food?"
The ocean is rich in resources, and aquatic orcs can hunt in it, so they may have more food.
The Sky Orc nodded: "Yes, they do have more food."
Xiao seemed very interested in the aquatic beastmen, and kept asking all sorts of questions. Bai Ling tugged at Yue's hand and gave her a wink. Yue nodded slightly, and she and Bai Ling headed towards the sea.
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The two stopped at the foot of the mountain, looking at the sea not far away.
As dusk fell, the brightest spot in the sky was where the sea met the sky.
Layers upon layers of clouds, each uniquely shaped, floated in the sky. The heavens had darkened, yet the clouds still cast their last rays of light. The sea, where the clouds met, reflected tiny, shimmering lights, their reflections shifting with the waves like tiny, star-like candles lit beneath the water.
Taking a walk on the beach with your loved one is a very romantic thing, but Bai Ling and Yue did not go there.
He had originally planned to take Yue to the beach, but the Grand Elder and the Sky Beastman repeatedly warned them that they must not approach the sea at night, because the sea was terrifying and it was too dangerous to go to the seaside at night.
Bai Ling and Yue didn't go to the beach. Instead, they found a rock on the mountain, sat down, and faced the sea.
This was the first time Yue had ever seen the sea. He was very excited during the day and walked back and forth in the seawater many times. If the Grand Elder hadn't repeatedly emphasized it, he would have wanted to transform into his beast form and go play in the sea.
Yue looked around and saw only rocks and trees; she didn't see any other beastmen. So Yue approached Bai Ling and whispered, "Ling, when we travel in the future, how about we stay in the tribe of aquatic beastmen for a while?"
The beastmen all go out to travel. Yue's father went out to travel, and Bai Ling and Yue will also go out to travel in the future. They talked about this in their conversation, but that will be a long time from now.
Bai Ling nodded and said, "Of course, Yue, you like the sea, so let's stay in the aquatic beastmen's tribe for as long as we like."
Yue smiled but didn't say anything. He rested his head on Bai Ling's shoulder and looked at the distant sea.
It was completely dark, the moon had not yet risen, and the sea was pitch black, with no light in sight, only the sound of the crashing waves.
The sound of the waves seemed endless, one after another, as Yue leaned on her lover's shoulder, too tired to even speak.
Bai Ling stretched out an arm and wrapped it around Yue in his arms. He said slowly, "Yue, you like the sea. So when we travel, we'll keep heading south to see the sea."
The climate of the Orcish Continent is similar to that of Earth, getting warmer the further south you go. It's likely that the oceans in the south are tropical, just like the oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.
Compared to the sea here, there are so many more things to see in the tropical ocean. Even if it's very, very far away, Bai Ling is willing to go with Yue.
Yue leaned on Bai Ling's shoulder and asked, "Is the sea in the south more beautiful?"
Bai Ling nodded: "Yes, if the sea here is the same as on Earth, then the sea in the south is even more beautiful. The seawater there is bluer, the sand is finer and whiter, the seashells are bigger and prettier, and there might be coral reefs and coconut trees. The fish there are all tropical fish, and tropical fish all look, well, they might be different from the fish you've seen before, so it wouldn't be surprising if you said they looked strange."
As Bai Ling narrated, a picture appeared before Yue: the sea was very blue, the sand on the beach was as soft and white as the clouds, there were many beautiful, colorful seashells on the beach, the reefs were also colorful, there were many tall and beautiful trees on the beach, and the fish in the sea were also very beautiful, of various colors and shapes. Of course, those tropical fish also tasted very good.