I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 363 Let's go find gold!

After drilling the first well, Bai Ling felt that the tools were not quite right for him, so he went to the ironworks to forge two more tools.

Even with smaller shovels, when digging deep into wells, all you get is mud, so the larger shovels are actually less useful than the smaller ones.

Another tool is a large awl, which can be used to chisel open rocks if you encounter them.

The hardest part of digging a well is finding a suitable location. Bai Ling knew how to find a suitable location by looking at plants, soil, rivers, and mountain terrain. He told all of this to the beastmen, and Bai Ling led the beastmen to run in the wild until autumn.

The orcs are very quick learners. In the past month, they have dug several wells. However, the water in three of the wells is bitter and unusable, so the orcs filled them in.

After having wells, the beastmen no longer needed to fetch water from the river. This saved them time, and the well water was also cleaner and tasted better.

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After autumn arrived, the temperature did not drop immediately. Taking advantage of the rare free time, Bai Ling, Yue, Xiao, and Chen went to the river and caught a lot of fish.

Once there were quite a few fish on the cart, Bai Ling called out, "There are enough fish, let's go back."

The two white lions and the red fox that were still in the river roared, shook off the water droplets on their bodies, and walked towards the riverbank.

Bai Ling had tied all the fish she caught with sticks and put them on the cart. If she had just put the fish on the cart, they would have jumped off and fallen into the grass below.

In the moonlight, Xiao and Chen transformed into human form. Xiao was the most talkative. Looking at the cart full of fish, he laughed heartily: "We caught so many fish, we can't eat them all in one meal."

Bai Ling said, "Tonight we'll make braised fish, and tomorrow morning we'll make fish fillet soup. The rest we'll make into fish balls and cook with vegetables."

Bai Ling pushed the cart home, with Xiao Hechen walking ahead, muttering to himself. Bai Ling and Yue also talked as they walked, with Bai Ling doing most of the talking and Yue listening.

The courtyards in the tribe were all fenced off, and before they even got home, they saw a large group of young orcs squatting in their own yard.

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The sharp-eyed orc saw Bai Ling and the others return and immediately stood up, calling out to his companions, "Ling and the others are back."

Upon hearing that Bai Ling had returned, the young beastmen all stood up and rushed towards the courtyard gate. Two of them even jogged out of the courtyard and came to Bai Ling, saying solicitously, "Ling, let us help you push the cart."

Bai Ling shook her head: "No need, there are only two steps left, I can push it."

So many orcs came to find him, they must have something to say. Before Bai Ling could even ask, the orcs explained their purpose one after another.

It turns out they sought out Bai Ling because they hoped she would lead them to find gold.

Last winter, when gold was first being refined, Bai Ling had already made a promise to the beastmen that when he had time, he would take them to find gold mines and teach them the method of refining gold.

But Bai Ling was too busy after the New Year, busy with carpentry, building houses, digging wells, farming... He simply didn't have time to take the orcs to find gold.

Now they don't need Bai Ling to build houses or dig wells anymore. The crops aren't even ripe yet, so they come to ask if Bai Ling has time to take them to look for gold.

Bai Ling did not answer the beastmen's questions, but instead looked at the moon.

Yue lowered her head and thought for a moment. They really didn't have anything to do recently, so they could take the beastmen to look for gold mines: "Ling, we can go together."

Bai Ling had been waiting for Yue to say this, so he nodded and said, "I have some time recently, and I can take you to look for gold. However, gold mines are not easy to find, and mining them is also very difficult; it's not something that can be done in a day or two."

A young orc immediately said, "Ling, we have plenty of time. I'll be satisfied as long as we can find a little bit of gold."

Another young orc said, "Yes, my request isn't high either. I just need to save up some gold to make him a piece of jewelry."

All the people who come here are young orcs. They either have a prospective partner or a sweetheart. They come to Bai Ling to help them find gold mines so they can save up some gold to make jewelry for their prospective partners or sweethearts.

Bai Ling then asked, "Pig, you said you saw golden sand in the Fifth Tribe, which means there is a high possibility that there is a gold mine nearby. If we want to go there to look for gold, we need to talk to the elder of the Fifth Tribe and get his permission first."

The pig immediately said, "Ling, don't worry about that. We've already spoken with the elder of the Fifth Tribe, and he's agreed to let us go looking for gold. There are quite a few orcs in the Fifth Tribe who also want to go; they know better than I do where the golden sand is."

A beastman next to the pig said, "Gold is so beautiful, who wouldn't like it? My father has to work in the fields, otherwise he would come with us too."

Since they had decided to go, they had to bring the necessary tools. Bai Ling told the beastmen to bring wooden basins if they had any, and earthenware basins if they had any, as well as food and water.

The beastmen kept Bai Ling's words in mind and then left. They had to hurry back to prepare so they could set off early the next morning.

Upon hearing that Bai Ling was going to search for gold mines, the other members of the clan were also very interested. Yue's father, Qian, and father, Ying, discussed it and decided that they would go tomorrow.

Yue was surprised that his father and father were going along. He asked in confusion, "Father and father, if you like gold, I still have some."

Ying looked at Yue and smiled, "Your father and I went out with Ling to save up gold for you."

Yue was even more confused.

Qian said, "Yue, gold is so beautiful. Your father and I will definitely save some for you so that you can have gold to make jewelry when you get married."

Yue then understood his father's intention, and his face turned slightly red: "Father, I already have quite a lot of gold, and with Ling's gold, it's enough to make many ornaments."

Ying laughed and said, "What's yours is yours, what's Ling's is Ling's, what Ling gave you is what Ling gave you, and what your father and I gave you is what your father gave you."

Yue had already made arrangements with the tribe's hunting team to go hunting with them in a couple of days, but now he's changed his mind and wants to go out to dig for gold with Ling instead.

He had previously given his father gold jewelry, but his father refused to accept it, saying that it was a gift from Ling and they couldn't accept it. But since he had dug up the gold himself, his father could accept it, and he wanted to make jewelry for his father by hand.