I ride a big black tiger and fly through the world of beasts

Chapter 108: Incomplete Orc Transformation

Zhi turned around and said to Yitian and the others, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and talk to my father and brother first."

Yitian nodded.

Zhi turned to the other side of the stone. Soon, Zhi's cheerful voice came from the stone cave: "Dad, brother, I'm back. I went to the other side of the cliff and happened to meet a few bird-beast people. I asked them to help pick spiritual herbs. Look, there are so many spiritual herbs."

The hoarse voice said with some sorrow: "Zhi, you can't go out alone anymore. It's very dangerous outside. If you run into a stray animal, what will you do if you call your father or brother?"

At this time, another clear but somewhat weak voice came from the cave: "Zhi, listen to your father, and don't go out by yourself in the future. There are still some wild fruits in the cave, enough for you to eat for a few more days. Even if you don't pick the spiritual herbs, as long as you survive these days, your father and brother can go out."

Zhi said distressedly: "Brother, I was worried that the spiritual herbs on the cliff would be eaten by other animals. Now I have picked them back, you can eat them quickly."

The hoarse voice said, "Zhi, the orcs who helped you pick the spiritual herbs are here, right? Please invite them in quickly."

Zhi replied, "Okay, Dad, I'll invite them into the cave right away."

Soon, Zhi ran out and said, "Yitian, come in with me."

Yi Tian and the others followed Zhi to the entrance of a cave. The cave was not very high and one had to bend down to enter. The light inside was not very good, but it had no effect on the orcs' vision.

In the corner of the not-so-big stone cave, two half-snake orcs with long green hair were half-lying against the stone wall. They were very thin, with bulges on their cheeks due to lack of flesh. Their upper bodies felt a little skinny, and their breath was a little weak. At this moment, they were trying to keep their eyes open and looking at them with kindness.

Yi Tian suddenly felt like he was having a heart attack. Que Qiao and the others also felt uncomfortable. How long had they been hungry?

Zhi introduced: "Dad, brother, these are the orcs who helped me pick spiritual herbs. His name is Yi Tian." When he wanted to introduce the other people, he couldn't remember.

Que Qiao said: "My name is Que Qiao, this is Que Bai and Que Shan, we and Yi Tian are all from Yaocheng." His eyes fell on the coiled snake of the half-snake orc, and saw the unshed snake skin hanging on it.

The older half-snake orc smiled gently and said, "Hello, thank you for helping Zhi. I am Snakeye, and this is my snake cub Sheqi, who is two seasons older than Zhi."

Sheqi followed and said, "Thank you."

Yi Tian said: "You're welcome, it's a very small matter. How long have you not eaten?"

Sheye felt a little embarrassed and said helplessly: "It's almost a full moon. I can't remember clearly. We sometimes fall into a coma."

Yitian looked around the cave. In the other corner, there was a relatively large tiger skin, which should be Zhi's sleeping skin. Next to the tiger skin were several pieces of animal skin of average quality. In addition, there was a piece of hairless animal skin with a lot of green wild fruits and a pile of plant leaves, some of which were already dry. Next to the plant leaves were two stone knives.

Zhi saw Yitian looking at him, so he walked to the corner, picked up two pieces of animal skin, handed them to Yitian and said, "These animal skins are for you as a reward for your help."

Yi Tian shook his head and said, "I told you, it's a very small matter, and you don't need to repay me." He looked back and signaled to Que Qiao with his eyes.

Que Qiao immediately said: "Yitian, let's go for a walk around, you wait here for us." After that, the three peacocks quickly left the cave.

Yitian sat cross-legged on the ground and said, "Father Zhi, can you really not completely transform?"

Sheye smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, we are orcs who cannot fully transform. We are born like this. Before every winter season, we need to shed our skin once. During the period of shed skin, we will lose our fighting ability and feel weak all over. We can't go out to hunt. If we eat a kind of spiritual grass before shed skin, we can survive the shed skin period. However, we didn't expect that before this winter season, our shed skin period came early, which made us unable to guard the cliff and wait for the spiritual grass to grow. We don't even have the ability to take care of Zhi."

Yi Tian was puzzled and asked: "Have you sought medical help?"

Sheye said, "I have sought medical help, but the doctors who have seen us said there is nothing they can do. Later, the tribesmen thought we were ominous orcs and would not let us enter their tribe. Since we are ominous orcs, we do not want to disturb others, so we live here quietly. I am fine with anything, but it is a pity for Sheqi, he is still young, and Zhi, she is a little female who will soon become an adult. I want her to leave us and live in the tribe, and there are several tribes willing to take her in, but she just doesn't want to leave us."

Zhi said: "I will not leave my father and brother. If any tribe wants to take me in, they must take in my father and brother as well." She sat aside, tearing the spiritual grass into pieces and putting them into the mouths of her father and brother one by one.

Yitian couldn't help but take a deep look at the thin little female, and suddenly wanted to take care of the little female in front of him. He asked tentatively: "If our Yaocheng is willing to take you in, will you go?"

Zhi shook his head and said, "No."

Yi Tian said: "Why?"

Zhi said: "What if your tribe keeps me here and drives my father and brother away? Besides, your tribe is far away from here, so there must be no such magical grass growing there. What should I do if my father and brother shed their skin before the next winter season?"

Yi Tian said: "If we in Yao City take in the orcs, we will not abandon our people. Our city lord's wife, the city lord's partner, is a very smart female. Maybe she has some way to treat your father and brother."

Zhi's eyes widened immediately, and he asked expectantly, "Is your city lord's partner a doctor?"

Yitian shook his head and said, "No, but she is very smart, smarter than you can imagine. I can't guarantee that she will have a solution, but I think you can try. We also have doctors in Yaocheng, but I don't think they will have a solution."

Zhi blinked and said, "Can you make the decision?"

Yi Tian nodded and said, "No, but I am the beast beside the city lord. If you are willing to leave with me, I can ask the city lord and his wife for mercy. If there is no other way, come here to pick spiritual herbs every time you are about to shed your skin."

Zhi's face immediately showed joy, and he looked at the two half-snake beastmen and said, "Dad, brother, do you think it's okay?"

Sheye looked at Yitian and said, "Can you really accept orcs like us who have incomplete transformations?"

Yitian nodded and said, "As far as I know, our city lord is not the kind of orc who would believe in false rumors."

Sheye said, "Okay, we'll go to Yaocheng with you." He thought to himself that Yaocheng looked good, and this eagle beastman was also good. If he could become Zhi's partner, he would be relieved. As for whether Yaocheng could accept him and Sheye, he didn't care much. At most, he and Sheye could return here to live. As long as Zhi was fine, that was enough. As long as Zhi had a partner and a cub in Yaocheng in the future, she would not be able to leave.

Zhi said happily: "Yitian, it would be great if Yaocheng could really accept my father and brother." There was a gleam of joy in her eyes.

Yitian looked at Zhi and thought: This little female, if washed and dressed in animal skins, should be a very pretty little female. It would be best if she could be fed and fattened up, she is too thin.

There was also a gleam in Sheqi's eyes. He looked at Yitian and asked, "That Yaocheng is a big tribe, right?"

Yi Tian said proudly: "Our Yaocheng is not a tribe, but a city. There are many tribes in the city. Each tribe has its own leader. Above the leader are the city lord and deputy city lord, as well as elders with similar status to the leader."

Sheye and Sheqi were stunned; this was something they had never heard of before.